Who will care for your babies while you are laid up. Wish I could help Ann sent from Ann's IPAD
On Jan 11, 2012, at 11:26 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Ann. > > Going day to day is sometimes very stressful. The first time that things > happen it is very stressful, but then when those things repeat it is in some > way easier. I always think about how I feel, or the disabilities that I > have, that there are so many people who are worse off than me (and don’t have > two sweet little Chihuahuas.) > > Things won’t be moving too soon as far as surgery. I have to get those two > MRIs and both of them require contrast. The last MRI that I got was after I > was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, so I had to go for a blood test two days > before they could schedule an MRI. I don’t think that both MRIs can be done > on the same day. If they did, it would mean that they would have to do the > two separate MRIs for the knee and spine, then inject the dye and then do the > contrasts. I don’t think the contrast can stay in my body long enough to do > both contrasts, but for my spine laying on that MRI table for the length of 4 > MRIs would really not be good. > > Once I get the MRIs done, I will have to make an appointment with both > doctors to see what they need to do, and then they will have to coordinate > with dates/times, etc. My spine doc wants the pain mgmt doc there too…but > the PA there said that is not how he does it. I will have to talk to the > spine surgeon if that is true, and he must have one that does this or else he > would never suggest it. > > So with the MRIs, doctor appts, doctors coordinating dates/times and then > coordinating those with the hospital OR, it really may be March before I go > for surgery. If the first surgery that they have is late Feb or Early March, > then I would just wait the few extra days for Judy & Tony to be gone and I > watch Mandy for them. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ann banks > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Don't Worry > > > > > > Hi Joan, sorry for all your stressful medical problems just now. Wish I could > help in some way. But God is going to help you plus help your doctors get you > well. > > Give Dollie and Desi a big hug. > > Hope tomorrow is a better day > > Hugs > > Ann > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just woke up and the pain is so much less. The doctor gave me Lasix & > Potassium to get rid of the excess fluid, and an oral anti-inflammatory med. > > There were three days last week when I was on my feet for a long period of > time. I was marking where there were sidewalk defects on Tuesday and > Wednesday and then Thursday a walk of the entire community with the builder. > I think someone said once that it is a quarter mile to go through all of the > streets, but there was also the standing still here and there. I was using > the rollator walker to take the weight off of my knee and lessen the impact > of my back. The back of the knee pain actually started before all that > walking, though. > > I slept until about 30 minutes ago. Before I fell asleep, I took my regular > meds (Kadian for pain, Norflex for muscle relaxing, and Lyrica for the > neuropathy.) In addition to that I took the one Voltaren pill, a Lasix and > some Potassium. When I got up – had to turn lights on and feed my pups – I > don’t have as much pain. But, if I were to stay up and be walking awhile, it > would probably get worse. When I walk and stand my lumbar disks are being > compressed and I think they might swell and put more pressure on the nerves > going down to my legs. > > I am well medicated and don’t want to take the way that I feel right now as > what I will feel like at midnight when it is time to take more meds. > > The ER doctor said that I have to get the back and knee surgery soon. I > really want to wait until March so that I can watch Mandy when Judy & Tony go > to Chicago. On the other hand, I have to think about me and the signals that > my body is giving me. > > I am not going to worry about the things that I want done first, but only on > the things that I will need to do before surgery. The new flooring in the > master bedroom, and maybe the new bedspread, curtains, etc. After surgery > Tony can help me with the cabinets in the bathroom and some of the other > things that I want done. Maybe I can do some of them myself a few months > after surgery. > > When I lived in CA, my doctor was keeping me on Lasix and Potassium because I > would get this edema when my back was hurting the most. Therefore, I don’t > get too excited about the edema. But, my primary care doctor here has > planted a seed in my head that what I feel is OK, may really be something > else that needs attention. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Don't Worry > > > > > > Joan, after all that checking, it sounds as if they found nothing. So, I am > concerned, what is causing the pain? > > > > Gloria > > > > In a message dated 1/10/2012 1:40:48 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Hi all, > > I am having some pretty bad problems for the last 5 or 6 days. First the > back of my knee was hurting really bad and then the calf right below it > started in. I had assumed that the calf muscle was because the back of the > knee was making me walk differently. Then my lower calf was hurting really > bad, and the longer that I was on my feet rendered me almost unable to walk > any other way than by moving my leg from the hip. > > Sunday, my leg was itching and so I raised my pant leg a little to > scratch…then the delayed reaction telling me that my leg was very smooth. I > think took a look and both of my legs had some pretty severe edema and that > is why they were hurting so much and the itching too. > > Sunday night I was thinking and thinking what to do. Everything could > possibly be from my spine which a lso was acting up a lot; it could be > something that is wrong with that knee – the same one that I injured when I > fell 14 months ago; it could be a reaction to the Levaquin; or it could be a > blood clot. After all of my thinking, I thought it best to go to my primary > care doctor and if he thought I needed to go to one of my specialists he > would refer me. > > I woke up too late for the 7:30 am walk-in appt slots; so I went for the > 12:30 walk-in appt. I showed the doctor and he said that my right leg was > much more swollen than the left, and then he did a ‘homan’s’ test that showed > positive for possible blood clot. He sent me to the ER again. > > I got to the ER about 3 pm and things moved a lot smoother than when I went > there in June. I was assessed by the triage nurse; got an EKG, then > interviewed by the gals that put all the symptoms and update everything else > in the com puter; then I saw a doctor who read my docs script for what he > saw, did, suspects. That doctor put in an order for the ultrasound to check > for bloodclots. I got the ultrasound and then another lady needed me to put > in my insurance info into the computer (always about money at the hospital). > Then I was taken to a little cubicle where the doctor came and told me that > there was no blood clots. This is where the visit was different than the one > in June. In June the doc talked to me for maybe 30 seconds and then he had > his nurse give me discharge instructions and a prescription for Lortabs, when > my medical record showed that I was already taking Kadian. > > Yesterday…after the doctor told me that I didn’t have any blood clots, then > he said he wanted to ask me some questions before he discharged me. He asked > me how long I was having this pain, if it was the same the whole time, and > then he actually examined the legs and the knee. I told him that the knee > had a torn meniscus, a bone spur on the patella, and some osteo-arthritis. > When he heard that, he went back to look at the ultrasound because with those > knee injuries a bakers cyst can form in the back of the knee…but that was not > the case for me. He then asked me what I could take for pain, and I told him > and he said ‘OK, you don’t need another Rx for pain’. He was getting ready > to write a prescription for me, when I pulled the one out that my primary > care doctor gave me in case the hospital didn’t do anything like last time. > My doctor prescribed Lasix, Potassium, and Voltaren tablets (the gel only > works when put on the spine centerline or on the knee.) The ER doctor said > that my doctor was very well prepared for what I might need. I just had to > wait for my discharge papers and then I left. I went to CVS to get my > prescriptions filled, and then I di dn’t have my new Rx insurance card. I > gave them the prescription and told them that I would call with the info when > I got home. I called and got another gal and she told me that the meds would > not be ready until noon today. This is where I lost my composure…I told her > that I had spent the entire day and part of the evening at my doctors office > and the ER for severe swelling in my legs and very bad pain and that I NEED > that medication tonight. She told me to call back at 9pm. Well…I still > couldn’t take my pain meds because I can’t take them and drive. I called at > 9 pm and they told me to give them another 15 minutes. Finally, I left home, > got to the pharmacy and got back home again. Needless to say, I am in a lot > of pain. I am supposed to keep my legs up until some of this gets better. > So, I could move my laptop to where the recliner is but I would have Dolly & > Desi on my lap so ther e would be no room for the computer. > > So…if I don’t respond to something or send new email…don’t worry about me. I > will try to respond to some emails on my phone, but it can’t retrieve the > messages with attachments, or the fancy signatures. I will check my email > only a few times – if any. > > Monday I go back to my doctor, so I will update all of you then. > > Thanks… > > Joan, Dolly Dee & Desi Lou > > Permanent residents of the Nantucket Clipper Rehabilitation Facility > > > > > -- > > > Ann & Pedro and Chico > > <~WRD000.jpg> > > > > >
