I think I need to write a book! (very long!!!)
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From: Donna G. on 30 Jul 2008 10:08 Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008, 3:47 a.m. Subject: I think I need to write a book! So, most of last week and through the weekend, I wasn't feeling all that well, but that was kind of expected since I had had numerous infusions last week (ivig & rituxan). Well, on friday, I was having a particularly bad day with nausea, diarrhea, horrible migraine like headache, etc. Was really a miserable day. At about 9:00 p.m. friday night, there was a knock at my door and it was the lady that lives 4 doors down from me and she wanted to know if a cat that was sitting in the hall was my cat. I said no, I don't have any pets. She then asked if I knew who the cat belonged to, and I again said no. During this discussion, the lady who lives directly across the hall from me opened her door and her cat came to the door also. Well, the stray cat out in the hall saw the other cat and freaked out and literally flew into my apartment and into my closet that is directly behind the door! Great, I thought! Now I have this strange cat that no one knows who it belongs to in my closet and literally buried itself in the farthest corner under all my christmas stuff. So, here I am feeling not well at all, and trying to coax this strange cat out of my closet. I ended up having to literally take out about half of the stuff in the closet to even get to the cat, and it wasn't going any where. Every time I tried to pick it up out of the closet, it scratched at me and moved further behind the boxes and such. Just perfect. In the mean time, I close my bedroom door, close the bathroom door, and took several boxes and tried to block off the living room in case the cat decided to relocate its hiding place and got perhaps behind the couch or something where I would have a very difficult time getting to. So, there I am, standing in the entrance way of my apartment looking at this cat and trying to figure out what to do next, when all I really want to do is just go back and lay down in my bed! Finally about an hour after this all started, there was another knock at my door, and it was actually the lady who owned the cat, but the cat was so freaked out by then, it wouldn't even come out of the closet for her. She literally had to crawl into the closet and pick the cat up and the cat had its claws firmly embedded in the carpeting and didn't come out without a bit of resistance. While trying to coax her cat out of the closet, the lady said to me "how come you have this big heavy box in your closet?" Now mind you, I wasn't feeling particularly neighborly at that point so really had to bite my tongue to keep from responding that I wasn't planning on having to dig a stray cat out of my closet or apartment at 10:00 at night! I don't remember what exactly I did say to her, but I do remember later that night feeling quite guilty for being rather short and not exactly neighborly like at all with her. Saw her tonight and was able to apologize and she was apologizing to me and then we both had a good chuckle over the whole thing. Oy!!! OK, so that was my weekend. Surely this week would turn out to be a bit smoother! Today (tues) I had an appointment with the hand specialist as I have been having a horrible time with my hands, most specifically my left hand. The thumb in particular has been extremely tender for the last 2 months and was getting worse and worse. I was to the point of barely being able to pick up a cup or anything because of the pain and it would throb something fierce at night often either keeping me up or waking me up during the night. So, he (the orthopedic doctor) examines my hand and is a bit mystified that the pain had come on so quickly without overuse and without any type of injury, so decided to do some x-rays. Well, he then came back in the room after the x-rays and said after looking at your x-rays, wow, I don't know how you have stood the pain you must be in as long as you have. He put the xrays up on that lighted box thing in the room and pointed to two of the three joints in the thumb of the hand that had been giving me so much grief and said you see all those white dots? I said yes, and he said, those dots aren't supposed to be there. Ok, so what does that mean? He said, well we don't see this type of thing very often (of course!) but you have a rather severe case of calcifying tenosynovitis. I guess they see plenty of tenosynovitis, but not with the calcification, especially to the degree I had developed in such a short period of time. He said it usually comes on very quickly like what you described and can be exquisitely painful. Yep, I'm shaking my head. He said you're not going to be really happy with me, but in order to try to calm this down and try to avoid surgical repair, I am going to have to inject it and then put you in a cast for 4 weeks! Say what??? I beg him not to put me in a cast as it is way too hot to have to be in a cast, but he says no, you have to have a cast to totally immobilize that thumb and wrist. He also said that even after 4 weeks he couldn't guarantee that things would be calmed down enough. Groan!!! So, I am now sporting a cast on my left hand/wrist for the next 4 weeks, am in even more pain, and not a happy camper. Ever try to hang on to a walker with a cast on your hand/arm? OK, OK, so I know it could be a lot worse!!! Then I fly out to brighton to make my appointment with the lung doctor. That was a 2 hour appointment (I was his last appointment of the day, so he didn't have to rush!) as we had tons of things to discuss. But, it was soooo hot and humid today and by the time I walked in from the parking lot and then they put me in a room at the very end of the hall, I was really a puffing and my oxygen levels were down to 79-80 and that was with my oxygen on! Yikes!!! So we waited a bit and then he came in and we talked for a while, then they walked me around the hall to see what my oxygen levels were doing at that point. They dropped to 86 but that was better than when I first came in. Turned up the oxygen for the rest of the day, adjusted meds a bit, wrote out prescriptions that were needed, talked about the knee replacement I need, but he said he won't approve that surgery until I can go 4-6 weeks without being sick! We're hoping by fall that will happen once this heat and humidity let up a bit. He also wants me to consult with the orthopedic guys at the U of M as he would prefer that I have the knee surgery over there so that he can be right there to monitor my lung stuff during the whole process. So, will go see the ortho docs at the U, and then decide what to do from there. I stop on the way home to fill some prescriptions, get some copies made of the prescriptions he gave me for my oxygen and for a new nebulizer (so that I have copies on file), made a few other quick stops and finally made it home by about 9:00 p.m. Exhausted, in pain, and ready to just flop into bed!!! Actually, took something for pain and did lay down for a couple of hours, but am now up and just getting something to drink and catching up on emails a bit. Honestly, you really do have to laugh sometimes just to keep yourself from crying!!! LOLOLOL!!! Heading back to bed and hoping for a half way decent nights rest and no knocks at the door with strange happenings!!!! heee heeee heeeeee Anyone want to write my book for me? Please pray that this cast can come off in 4 weeks and that things will be treatable without surgery on the hand! Sending you all prayers that your week is smoother than mine!!! Despite it all, I do realize just how extremely blessed I truly am!!! Hugs, .. .. .. .. Donna .. .. .. .. 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) J.K.M.A.
From: Kate on 30 Jul 2008 10:57 On Jul 30, 8:08 am, DKGBee...(a)webtv.net (Donna G.) wrote: > Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008, 3:47 a.m. > > Subject: I think I need to write a book! > > So, most of last week and through the weekend, I wasn't feeling all that > well, but that was kind of expected since I had had numerous infusions > last week (ivig & rituxan). > > Well, on friday, I was having a particularly bad day with nausea, > diarrhea, horrible migraine like headache, etc. Was really a miserable > day. > > At about 9:00 p.m. friday night, there was a knock at my door and it was > the lady that lives 4 doors down from me and she wanted to know if a cat > that was sitting in the hall was my cat. I said no, I don't have any > pets. She then asked if I knew who the cat belonged to, and I again said > no. During this discussion, the lady who lives directly across the hall > from me opened her door and her cat came to the door also. Well, the > stray cat out in the hall saw the other cat and freaked out and > literally flew into my apartment and into my closet that is directly > behind the door! Great, I thought! Now I have this strange cat that no > one knows who it belongs to in my closet and literally buried itself in > the farthest corner under all my christmas stuff. So, here I am > feeling not well at all, and trying to coax this strange cat out of my > closet. I ended up having to literally take out about half of the stuff > in the closet to even get to the cat, and it wasn't going any where. > Every time I tried to pick it up out of the closet, it scratched at me > and moved further behind the boxes and such. Just perfect. In the mean > time, I close my bedroom door, close the bathroom door, and took several > boxes and tried to block off the living room in case the cat decided to > relocate its hiding place and got perhaps behind the couch or something > where I would have a very difficult time getting to. So, there I am, > standing in the entrance way of my apartment looking at this cat and > trying to figure out what to do next, when all I really want to do is > just go back and lay down in my bed! Finally about an hour after this > all started, there was another knock at my door, and it was actually the > lady who owned the cat, but the cat was so freaked out by then, it > wouldn't even come out of the closet for her. She literally had to crawl > into the closet and pick the cat up and the cat had its claws firmly > embedded in the carpeting and didn't come out without a bit of > resistance. While trying to coax her cat out of the closet, the lady > said to me "how come you have this big heavy box in your closet?" Now > mind you, I wasn't feeling particularly neighborly at that point so > really had to bite my tongue to keep from responding that I wasn't > planning on having to dig a stray cat out of my closet or apartment at > 10:00 at night! I don't remember what exactly I did say to her, but I do > remember later that night feeling quite guilty for being rather short > and not exactly neighborly like at all with her. Saw her tonight and was > able to apologize and she was apologizing to me and then we both had a > good chuckle over the whole thing. Oy!!! > > OK, so that was my weekend. Surely this week would turn out to be a bit > smoother! > > Today (tues) I had an appointment with the hand specialist as I have > been having a horrible time with my hands, most specifically my left > hand. The thumb in particular has been extremely tender for the last 2 > months and was getting worse and worse. I was to the point of barely > being able to pick up a cup or anything because of the pain and it would > throb something fierce at night often either keeping me up or waking me > up during the night. So, he (the orthopedic doctor) examines my hand and > is a bit mystified that the pain had come on so quickly without overuse > and without any type of injury, so decided to do some x-rays. Well, he > then came back in the room after the x-rays and said after looking at > your x-rays, wow, I don't know how you have stood the pain you must be > in as long as you have. He put the xrays up on that lighted box > thing in the room and pointed to two of the three joints in the thumb of > the hand that had been giving me so much grief and said you see all > those white dots? I said yes, and he said, those dots aren't supposed to > be there. Ok, so what does that mean? He said, well we don't see this > type of thing very often (of course!) but you have a rather severe case > of calcifying tenosynovitis. I guess they see plenty of tenosynovitis, > but not with the calcification, especially to the degree I had developed > in such a short period of time. He said it usually comes on very > quickly like what you described and can be exquisitely painful. Yep, > I'm shaking my head. > > He said you're not going to be really happy with me, but in order to try > to calm this down and try to avoid surgical repair, I am going to have > to inject it and then put you in a cast for 4 weeks! Say what??? > I beg him not to put me in a cast as it is way too hot to have to be in > a cast, but he says no, you have to have a cast to totally immobilize > that thumb and wrist. He also said that even after 4 weeks he couldn't > guarantee that things would be calmed down enough. Groan!!! > > So, I am now sporting a cast on my left hand/wrist for the next 4 weeks, > am in even more pain, and not a happy camper. > Ever try to hang on to a walker with a cast on your hand/arm? > > OK, OK, so I know it could be a lot worse!!! > > Then I fly out to brighton to make my appointment with the lung doctor. > That was a 2 hour appointment (I was his last appointment of the day, so > he didn't have to rush!) as we had tons of things to discuss. But, it > was soooo hot and humid today and by the time I walked in from the > parking lot and then they put me in a room at the very end of the hall, > I was really a puffing and my oxygen levels were down to 79-80 and that > was with my oxygen on! Yikes!!! > > So we waited a bit and then he came in and we talked for a while, then > they walked me around the hall to see what my oxygen levels were doing > at that point. They dropped to 86 but that was better than when I > first came in. > > Turned up the oxygen for the rest of the day, adjusted meds a bit, wrote > out prescriptions that were needed, talked about the knee replacement I > need, but he said he won't approve that surgery until I can go 4-6 weeks > without being sick! We're hoping by fall that will happen once this heat > and humidity let up a bit. He also wants me to consult with the > orthopedic guys at the U of M as he would prefer that I have the knee > surgery over there so that he can be right there to monitor my lung > stuff during the whole process. So, will go see the ortho docs at the U, > and then decide what to do from there. > > I stop on the way home to fill some prescriptions, get some copies made > of the prescriptions he gave me for my oxygen and for a new nebulizer > (so that I have copies on file), made a few other quick stops and > finally made it home by about 9:00 p.m. Exhausted, in pain, and > ready to just flop into bed!!! > > Actually, took something for pain and did lay down for a couple of > hours, but am now up and just getting something to drink and catching up > on emails a bit. > > Honestly, you really do have to laugh sometimes just to keep yourself > from crying!!! LOLOLOL!!! > > Heading back to bed and hoping for a half way decent nights rest and no > knocks at the door with strange happenings!!!! heee heeee heeeeee > > Anyone want to write my book for me? > > Please pray that this cast can come off in 4 weeks and that things will > be treatable without surgery on the hand! > > Sending you all prayers that your week is smoother than mine!!! > > Despite it all, I do realize just how extremely blessed I truly am!!! > > Hugs, > > . > . > . > . > > Donna > . > . > . > . > 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we > call them FRIENDS...... > > 2.) J.K.M.A. Oh boy Donna when it rains it pours...sending yoiu warm healing thoughts and prayers to lose that cast in a month Kate
From: Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. on 30 Jul 2008 11:50 Oh my word! What an experience with that cat! I'm sorry you are having so many difficulties and pain - I will keep you in my prayers. Leslie "Donna G." <DKGBeeker(a)webtv.net> wrote in message news:25704-489075E5-9(a)storefull-3111.bay.webtv.net... Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008, 3:47 a.m. Subject: I think I need to write a book! So, most of last week and through the weekend, I wasn't feeling all that well, but that was kind of expected since I had had numerous infusions last week (ivig & rituxan). Well, on friday, I was having a particularly bad day with nausea, diarrhea, horrible migraine like headache, etc. Was really a miserable day. At about 9:00 p.m. friday night, there was a knock at my door and it was the lady that lives 4 doors down from me and she wanted to know if a cat that was sitting in the hall was my cat. I said no, I don't have any pets. She then asked if I knew who the cat belonged to, and I again said no. During this discussion, the lady who lives directly across the hall from me opened her door and her cat came to the door also. Well, the stray cat out in the hall saw the other cat and freaked out and literally flew into my apartment and into my closet that is directly behind the door! Great, I thought! Now I have this strange cat that no one knows who it belongs to in my closet and literally buried itself in the farthest corner under all my christmas stuff. So, here I am feeling not well at all, and trying to coax this strange cat out of my closet. I ended up having to literally take out about half of the stuff in the closet to even get to the cat, and it wasn't going any where. Every time I tried to pick it up out of the closet, it scratched at me and moved further behind the boxes and such. Just perfect. In the mean time, I close my bedroom door, close the bathroom door, and took several boxes and tried to block off the living room in case the cat decided to relocate its hiding place and got perhaps behind the couch or something where I would have a very difficult time getting to. So, there I am, standing in the entrance way of my apartment looking at this cat and trying to figure out what to do next, when all I really want to do is just go back and lay down in my bed! Finally about an hour after this all started, there was another knock at my door, and it was actually the lady who owned the cat, but the cat was so freaked out by then, it wouldn't even come out of the closet for her. She literally had to crawl into the closet and pick the cat up and the cat had its claws firmly embedded in the carpeting and didn't come out without a bit of resistance. While trying to coax her cat out of the closet, the lady said to me "how come you have this big heavy box in your closet?" Now mind you, I wasn't feeling particularly neighborly at that point so really had to bite my tongue to keep from responding that I wasn't planning on having to dig a stray cat out of my closet or apartment at 10:00 at night! I don't remember what exactly I did say to her, but I do remember later that night feeling quite guilty for being rather short and not exactly neighborly like at all with her. Saw her tonight and was able to apologize and she was apologizing to me and then we both had a good chuckle over the whole thing. Oy!!! OK, so that was my weekend. Surely this week would turn out to be a bit smoother! Today (tues) I had an appointment with the hand specialist as I have been having a horrible time with my hands, most specifically my left hand. The thumb in particular has been extremely tender for the last 2 months and was getting worse and worse. I was to the point of barely being able to pick up a cup or anything because of the pain and it would throb something fierce at night often either keeping me up or waking me up during the night. So, he (the orthopedic doctor) examines my hand and is a bit mystified that the pain had come on so quickly without overuse and without any type of injury, so decided to do some x-rays. Well, he then came back in the room after the x-rays and said after looking at your x-rays, wow, I don't know how you have stood the pain you must be in as long as you have. He put the xrays up on that lighted box thing in the room and pointed to two of the three joints in the thumb of the hand that had been giving me so much grief and said you see all those white dots? I said yes, and he said, those dots aren't supposed to be there. Ok, so what does that mean? He said, well we don't see this type of thing very often (of course!) but you have a rather severe case of calcifying tenosynovitis. I guess they see plenty of tenosynovitis, but not with the calcification, especially to the degree I had developed in such a short period of time. He said it usually comes on very quickly like what you described and can be exquisitely painful. Yep, I'm shaking my head. He said you're not going to be really happy with me, but in order to try to calm this down and try to avoid surgical repair, I am going to have to inject it and then put you in a cast for 4 weeks! Say what??? I beg him not to put me in a cast as it is way too hot to have to be in a cast, but he says no, you have to have a cast to totally immobilize that thumb and wrist. He also said that even after 4 weeks he couldn't guarantee that things would be calmed down enough. Groan!!! So, I am now sporting a cast on my left hand/wrist for the next 4 weeks, am in even more pain, and not a happy camper. Ever try to hang on to a walker with a cast on your hand/arm? OK, OK, so I know it could be a lot worse!!! Then I fly out to brighton to make my appointment with the lung doctor. That was a 2 hour appointment (I was his last appointment of the day, so he didn't have to rush!) as we had tons of things to discuss. But, it was soooo hot and humid today and by the time I walked in from the parking lot and then they put me in a room at the very end of the hall, I was really a puffing and my oxygen levels were down to 79-80 and that was with my oxygen on! Yikes!!! So we waited a bit and then he came in and we talked for a while, then they walked me around the hall to see what my oxygen levels were doing at that point. They dropped to 86 but that was better than when I first came in. Turned up the oxygen for the rest of the day, adjusted meds a bit, wrote out prescriptions that were needed, talked about the knee replacement I need, but he said he won't approve that surgery until I can go 4-6 weeks without being sick! We're hoping by fall that will happen once this heat and humidity let up a bit. He also wants me to consult with the orthopedic guys at the U of M as he would prefer that I have the knee surgery over there so that he can be right there to monitor my lung stuff during the whole process. So, will go see the ortho docs at the U, and then decide what to do from there. I stop on the way home to fill some prescriptions, get some copies made of the prescriptions he gave me for my oxygen and for a new nebulizer (so that I have copies on file), made a few other quick stops and finally made it home by about 9:00 p.m. Exhausted, in pain, and ready to just flop into bed!!! Actually, took something for pain and did lay down for a couple of hours, but am now up and just getting something to drink and catching up on emails a bit. Honestly, you really do have to laugh sometimes just to keep yourself from crying!!! LOLOLOL!!! Heading back to bed and hoping for a half way decent nights rest and no knocks at the door with strange happenings!!!! heee heeee heeeeee Anyone want to write my book for me? Please pray that this cast can come off in 4 weeks and that things will be treatable without surgery on the hand! Sending you all prayers that your week is smoother than mine!!! Despite it all, I do realize just how extremely blessed I truly am!!! Hugs, .. .. .. .. Donna .. .. .. .. 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) J.K.M.A.
From: Harvey R. Stone on 30 Jul 2008 11:59 Hi Donna,,,,, Just reading about your day makes me hurt,,,, in my heart and all over. I am amazed at what you deal with and still makes the world around you better than it was. Did you ever get that computer that was a gift? I did not think so because you are still posting through webtv..... Love them anyway because they meant well. Forgive them because they just can not live up to what we are taught in the good book.. By the way,,, I am kind of miffed at your doctor. For your thumb to get as bad as it is,,,,, the doc missed something on your last appointment..... It is a lesson to us all to tell the doc all about what our day is like and what is bothering us on a daily basis..... It up to the doc to really listen and do something about what is taking place. Something is being done now at a price. Updates please as things take place. Harv "Donna G." <DKGBeeker(a)webtv.net> wrote in message news:25704-489075E5-9(a)storefull-3111.bay.webtv.net... Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008, 3:47 a.m. Subject: I think I need to write a book! So, most of last week and through the weekend, I wasn't feeling all that well, but that was kind of expected since I had had numerous infusions last week (ivig & rituxan). Well, on friday, I was having a particularly bad day with nausea, diarrhea, horrible migraine like headache, etc. Was really a miserable day. At about 9:00 p.m. friday night, there was a knock at my door and it was the lady that lives 4 doors down from me and she wanted to know if a cat that was sitting in the hall was my cat. I said no, I don't have any pets. She then asked if I knew who the cat belonged to, and I again said no. During this discussion, the lady who lives directly across the hall from me opened her door and her cat came to the door also. Well, the stray cat out in the hall saw the other cat and freaked out and literally flew into my apartment and into my closet that is directly behind the door! Great, I thought! Now I have this strange cat that no one knows who it belongs to in my closet and literally buried itself in the farthest corner under all my christmas stuff. So, here I am feeling not well at all, and trying to coax this strange cat out of my closet. I ended up having to literally take out about half of the stuff in the closet to even get to the cat, and it wasn't going any where. Every time I tried to pick it up out of the closet, it scratched at me and moved further behind the boxes and such. Just perfect. In the mean time, I close my bedroom door, close the bathroom door, and took several boxes and tried to block off the living room in case the cat decided to relocate its hiding place and got perhaps behind the couch or something where I would have a very difficult time getting to. So, there I am, standing in the entrance way of my apartment looking at this cat and trying to figure out what to do next, when all I really want to do is just go back and lay down in my bed! Finally about an hour after this all started, there was another knock at my door, and it was actually the lady who owned the cat, but the cat was so freaked out by then, it wouldn't even come out of the closet for her. She literally had to crawl into the closet and pick the cat up and the cat had its claws firmly embedded in the carpeting and didn't come out without a bit of resistance. While trying to coax her cat out of the closet, the lady said to me "how come you have this big heavy box in your closet?" Now mind you, I wasn't feeling particularly neighborly at that point so really had to bite my tongue to keep from responding that I wasn't planning on having to dig a stray cat out of my closet or apartment at 10:00 at night! I don't remember what exactly I did say to her, but I do remember later that night feeling quite guilty for being rather short and not exactly neighborly like at all with her. Saw her tonight and was able to apologize and she was apologizing to me and then we both had a good chuckle over the whole thing. Oy!!! OK, so that was my weekend. Surely this week would turn out to be a bit smoother! Today (tues) I had an appointment with the hand specialist as I have been having a horrible time with my hands, most specifically my left hand. The thumb in particular has been extremely tender for the last 2 months and was getting worse and worse. I was to the point of barely being able to pick up a cup or anything because of the pain and it would throb something fierce at night often either keeping me up or waking me up during the night. So, he (the orthopedic doctor) examines my hand and is a bit mystified that the pain had come on so quickly without overuse and without any type of injury, so decided to do some x-rays. Well, he then came back in the room after the x-rays and said after looking at your x-rays, wow, I don't know how you have stood the pain you must be in as long as you have. He put the xrays up on that lighted box thing in the room and pointed to two of the three joints in the thumb of the hand that had been giving me so much grief and said you see all those white dots? I said yes, and he said, those dots aren't supposed to be there. Ok, so what does that mean? He said, well we don't see this type of thing very often (of course!) but you have a rather severe case of calcifying tenosynovitis. I guess they see plenty of tenosynovitis, but not with the calcification, especially to the degree I had developed in such a short period of time. He said it usually comes on very quickly like what you described and can be exquisitely painful. Yep, I'm shaking my head. He said you're not going to be really happy with me, but in order to try to calm this down and try to avoid surgical repair, I am going to have to inject it and then put you in a cast for 4 weeks! Say what??? I beg him not to put me in a cast as it is way too hot to have to be in a cast, but he says no, you have to have a cast to totally immobilize that thumb and wrist. He also said that even after 4 weeks he couldn't guarantee that things would be calmed down enough. Groan!!! So, I am now sporting a cast on my left hand/wrist for the next 4 weeks, am in even more pain, and not a happy camper. Ever try to hang on to a walker with a cast on your hand/arm? OK, OK, so I know it could be a lot worse!!! Then I fly out to brighton to make my appointment with the lung doctor. That was a 2 hour appointment (I was his last appointment of the day, so he didn't have to rush!) as we had tons of things to discuss. But, it was soooo hot and humid today and by the time I walked in from the parking lot and then they put me in a room at the very end of the hall, I was really a puffing and my oxygen levels were down to 79-80 and that was with my oxygen on! Yikes!!! So we waited a bit and then he came in and we talked for a while, then they walked me around the hall to see what my oxygen levels were doing at that point. They dropped to 86 but that was better than when I first came in. Turned up the oxygen for the rest of the day, adjusted meds a bit, wrote out prescriptions that were needed, talked about the knee replacement I need, but he said he won't approve that surgery until I can go 4-6 weeks without being sick! We're hoping by fall that will happen once this heat and humidity let up a bit. He also wants me to consult with the orthopedic guys at the U of M as he would prefer that I have the knee surgery over there so that he can be right there to monitor my lung stuff during the whole process. So, will go see the ortho docs at the U, and then decide what to do from there. I stop on the way home to fill some prescriptions, get some copies made of the prescriptions he gave me for my oxygen and for a new nebulizer (so that I have copies on file), made a few other quick stops and finally made it home by about 9:00 p.m. Exhausted, in pain, and ready to just flop into bed!!! Actually, took something for pain and did lay down for a couple of hours, but am now up and just getting something to drink and catching up on emails a bit. Honestly, you really do have to laugh sometimes just to keep yourself from crying!!! LOLOLOL!!! Heading back to bed and hoping for a half way decent nights rest and no knocks at the door with strange happenings!!!! heee heeee heeeeee Anyone want to write my book for me? Please pray that this cast can come off in 4 weeks and that things will be treatable without surgery on the hand! Sending you all prayers that your week is smoother than mine!!! Despite it all, I do realize just how extremely blessed I truly am!!! Hugs, .. .. .. .. Donna .. .. .. .. 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) J.K.M.A.
From: Donna G. on 30 Jul 2008 12:29
Harv, I actually did get the shiney new laptop computer gift just as my friends had promised! Now I just have to figure out how to use/work the darn thing!!! It really is a very nice looking laptop (HP brand). As far as my doctor goes, don't be too mad, as it is partially my fault. I did tell my RD that it was bothering me, but didn't really expound on it all that much, so he said it was probably just a bit of OA. Guess I should have been a bit more forceful in letting him know just how much it truly was bothering me! I just figured it was my RA and would eventually quiet down, but when it didn't, ended up at the orthopedics office having it looked at, and well, you know how that turned out! I guess sometimes it is a bad thing that we all learn to put up with so much pain, that you don't really say too much when things get even more painful. We tend to just write it off to something else and then wham you get hit by something totally unexpected! .. .. .. .. Donna .. .. .. .. 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) J.K.M.A. |