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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2007Home!
Surgery nothing like 7 years ago. Then it was level 3 pain - tolerable. This time - level 8 for 2 days , decreasing to level 6 and level 4. Everything (except pain) went downhill from there. 10:45 am Thursday Mary, the PT and I were in the hall with the walker. - not 10 feet from the my room. Some bitch from dietary department comes around collecting noon meal request. The slut found the room empty and couldn't put herself out by inquiring if we belong to that room. The the doctor comes by and expresses concern about the pain and decided I should spend 4 or 5 days in rehap. So I get a meal highly rich in Vitamin K --- a no-no for someone taking blood thinngers following surgery (and I LOVE spinish). The hospital moves me there befor completing the paperwook. We're taken into a room and hear nothing for an hour -- absolutely no communications PT and OT come by kater fir the afternoon session. Dinner is served. 5:25 Mary's helping me to the toilet when she observes a "blister" on my left buttock. Page the nurse, She comes in, looks at it, says she'll get some salve. 10 minutes later Mary pages the nurses' station again. Nurse comes in, says they're out of the salve and it will take 15 minutes to purchase it. Mary leaves for home at 7:50. 9:00, I haven't heard a word. Phoned Mary to come and get me. She arrived and that's when the feces hits the proverbial rotating machinery in the ceiling. I've neverbefore had someone get down on their knees and beg for something. <g> Brought me their legal mumbo-jumbo paperwork to sign, which I did after crossing out 3 or 4 paragraphs -- never saw a doctor, so I couldn't be going against his wishes. Arrived home about 10:30 pm. Slept through the night, walked up a storm today, pain varies between 2 and 4. OH!, The still have those cute nurses with hang-ups, treating patients like 3- or 4--year olds. "Do you need to do number 1 or number 2?" It's midnight, I'm sore and tired (hopefull sleepy) and will get back to you ASAP. Thanks for all the e-mails and notes in ASA -- Mary printed them and brought them to the hospital daily. ... I'm a little sigline. When I grown up, Diane C can turn me into a novel. Dear Firechief, It's delightful to hear from you again! I'm sorry that you are in so much pain and hope that it will get better. Love and prayers, Vickie B. LOLOL,,,, that s the Chief I know. Harv > Surgery nothing like 7 years ago. > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > ... I'm a little sigline. When I grown up, Diane C can turn me into a > novel. Welcome home, Chief!! DeeTee > LOLOL,,,, that s the Chief I know. > Harv [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] >> ... I'm a little sigline. When I grown up, Diane C can turn me into a >> novel. >OH!, The still have those cute nurses with hang-ups, treating patients like >3- or 4--year olds. "Do you need to do number 1 or number 2?" What an experience, Chief. The hang-ups will always be there. Jim's home care attendants come in and say "How are we today?" I gather from your description that Mary is a force to be reckoned with, if it was the staff on their knees. Glad you are home. Be well. Joan > I gather from your description that Mary is a force to be > reckoned with, if it was the staff on their knees. Sometime during the afternoon they learned that Mary is a retired nurse (CNA in this state) and well versed in patient care. > Glad you are home. Be well. Thank you. I hope my spelling is better this morning. <g> ... Happiness is finding the owner of a lost bikini. > Thank you. I hope my spelling is better this morning. <g> > > ... Happiness is finding the owner of a lost bikini. The bad spelling just makes me smile and miss Larry a little. His got pretty bad when the pain was bad, but that never stopped him. Jo >Sometime during the afternoon they learned that Mary is a retired nurse (CNA >in this state) and well versed in patient care. I love it! Really gets their knickers in a knot, doesn't it? It needn't, I tried my best to see the patient and family's side of things when I was nursing, and went out of my way to try to make things better, but when Jim was in hospital in March with a fractured hip there were a few times................ For example, one day his belly was blowing up with fluid and they had to wait for a nurse from Emerg. to come insert a nasal tube to drain his stomach. I threatened to do it myself, which sort of ruffled a few feathers. It did get inserted, much to Jim's and my relief. I firmly believe everyone going into hospital needs a mentor, preferably with some medical knowledge! Joan >>Sometime during the afternoon they learned that Mary is a retired nurse >>(CNA [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I firmly believe everyone going into hospital needs a mentor, > preferably with some medical knowledge! Once upon a time, that was your nurses job. Jo >>When I grown up, Diane C can turn me into a novel.<< Joe, you're already pretty novel! Loved reading your email, even with all the typos and mysogeny (sp?), because it lets me know you're back and in your usual feisty form. I hope the pain continues to abate and you feel stronger by the day. you are lucky to have that mary! diane Glad to hear from you Chief. I'm smiling at your description of the dorky nurse questions. I remember being in a room with tons of visitors for both of us patients and an idiot comes to the door and shouts: "Have we all moved our bowels today?". My friends husband yelled back "No, so what are you going to do about it?". She took off running down the hall. I'm very happy you have your Mary to tend to you. Heal fast please. Ann ROFL!!! Ann, what a great response by your friends husband! Really made me LOL!!! . . . Donna . . . . 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2. J.K.M.A. Woooohooooo!!! Joe, welcome home!!! Sorry things were so rough for you, but I'm sure now that you are home, you will do better. Rest when you can, walk and move around to keep things improving, and keep the pain controlled as best as you can. You know, sometimes the doctors and nurses don't realize that the best thing they can do for you is to give you some quiet rest time and just leave you alone!!! It's always amazing to me that in a hospital when you are sick, and need the rest the most, is when they sleep deprive you! Uggggh. Don't blame you for calling Mary to come get you, I just about did the same thing the last time I was in the hospital. Prayers for smoother roads ahead and a quick and uneventful healing time for you!!! Hugs, Donna . . . . 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2. J.K.M.A. > Woooohooooo!!! Joe, welcome home!!! > > Sorry things were so rough for you, but I'm sure now that you are home, > you will do better. Rest when you can, walk and move around to keep > things improving, I think I got an hour doze at the keyboard this afternoon. > and keep the pain controlled as best as you can. Right now the pain has dropped to level 1. Discomfort is a different story (and I try to treat the 2 as different symptoms). I got a real, honest-to-goodness, long, good night's sleep last night, had a light breakfast and lunch, and now I'm waiting for Mary's stirfry pork for dinner. <g> Mary injected the first of the blood thinner today - using the new "plunger" type hypo. It really was smooth. The doctor had asked if I could inject myself and I told him Mary's been doing the Embrel for 2 years, so that took a load off his mind. ... There is no such thing as being a "little pregnant." So glad you are doing better now that you are home. Don't have to nag you to do those exercises - Mary will do that bless her. Just listen to her!!!! Kelly >> Woooohooooo!!! Joe, welcome home!!! >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > ... There is no such thing as being a "little pregnant." Chief, glad you've had such an improvement at home. Being "at home" and having Mary to look after you really makes a difference, doesn't it! Pray things will onlyl improve quickly and you'll soon be really up and around again. And know we're all pulling for you. Gwen >> Woooohooooo!!! Joe, welcome home!!! >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > ... There is no such thing as being a "little pregnant." YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!! soooo glad you are doing better at home! give mary an extra hug for being so with it! nice to know your pain level has dropped--nice to feel, no doubt, too. take good care of yourself, guy and don't overdo, please. you were sure missed! ((((((((((((((((((((happy hugs))))))))))))))))))) kate Donna G. wrote: > Woooohooooo!!! Joe, welcome home!!! > > Sorry things were so rough for you, but I'm sure now that you are home, > you will do better. Rest when you can, walk and move around to keep > things improving, I think I got an hour doze at the keyboard this afternoon. > and keep the pain controlled as best as you can. Right now the pain has dropped to level 1. Discomfort is a different story (and I try to treat the 2 as different symptoms). I got a real, honest-to-goodness, long, good night's sleep last night, had a light breakfast and lunch, and now I'm waiting for Mary's stirfry pork for dinner. <g> Mary injected the first of the blood thinner today - using the new "plunger" type hypo. It really was smooth. The doctor had asked if I could inject myself and I told him Mary's been doing the Embrel for 2 years, so that took a load off his mind. ... There is no such thing as being a "little pregnant." > My friends husband yelled back "No, so >what are you going to do about it?". She took off running down the >hall. The sad part of that is that she probably didn't even realize what prompted that response. Joan Glad you are home and things are going as well for you as they can. Take care. Give Mary a hug for looking out for you.  SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one > Surgery nothing like 7 years ago. > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > ... I'm a little sigline. When I grown up, Diane C can turn me into a > novel. Thank goodness for Mary's attentions! Sometimes I wonder how folks without family to watch out for them survive hospital stays. Now you are home Under Mary's care and may you healing really get going now. Sometimes, home is what you need more than anything else. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare
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