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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / January 2005I'm home and whiney
Back from the hospital! Guess what I had? Lung inflammation just like I TOLD THEM I HAD! Had to stay a day longer so they can tell my heart is fine?! And the cruddy part....I still feel like doo-doo. I'm calling my pulmonologist tomorrow and taking lots of steroids. The trip to the hospital was quite unnecessary...and my husband told them that...but they insisted it could be my heart. Well anyhoo....I got oxygen while I was there and that did improved things. I am going to be quite hard-pressed to get put back in the hospital. I had taken all my own Rx...and good thing. They couldn't keep a simple list of all my meds and the 3 of the 11 they did remember...they doubled the doses. I had to refuse any pills from those folks... But no pain meds...what's up with that? They said I was already on ultracet and shouldn't be in pain? I said if it were killing my pain I would be there...duh?! Had every heart test imaginable....not a single lung test? Didn't I mention to them that my LUNGS hurt? I was short of breath and couldn't walk across a room? Fortunately...I have a pulmonologist I will call tomorrow and he can now easily rule out heart stuff. I took one of those "medicine" stress test on my heart. Evidently I am that rare souls that has a bad reaction to that "medicine" they inject into you to stimulate your heart. I now know what a possible heart attack feels like....bad stuff! I came too and they had wet towels all over my face and shaking me a little. I will do the tread mill next time! Ok...I'm bummed and feel like crudola. My husband is pretty concerned tonight....and ticked off about this hosp. stay. Did I mention I had the roommate from hell? She didn't want to go home....she wanted more test. She INSISTED that she had a heart attack at age 35....and the test were WRONG. The powers that be came in our room this morning and told her that insurance cut her $$$ off and she had to go! She threw a tizzy...and the men in the business suits said "Buh-bye lady". Time for me to go to bed. I need to cuddle up with my sweetheart...he is kinda upset that they didn't look into the problem at all. I will be back online tomorrow...and will catch up with post then! Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! Janet R ((((((((((((((((((((Janet)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) debbie m. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/angels1/ > Back from the hospital! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! > Janet R > Back from the hospital! > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > couldn't walk across a room? Fortunately...I have a pulmonologist I > will call tomorrow and he can now easily rule out heart stuff. Hi Janet, I surely hope that you do not have what I had. I became so short of breath that I thought it was my time to go and that lasted for a week or more. I also have a pulmonologist because of the TB and if your is sharp,,, you will get some answers. By the way,,, all those tests from the pulmo guy cost over $1200 and like your heart tests are just as costly. > I took one of those "medicine" stress test on my heart. Evidently I > am that rare souls that has a bad reaction to that "medicine" they > inject into you to stimulate your heart. I now know what a possible > heart attack feels like....bad stuff! I came too and they had wet > towels all over my face and shaking me a little. I will do the tread > mill next time! Oooh, I don't know,,, I think you took the right one. If you have any problems at all from your feet to your hips or even the lower back,,, the mill will make your problem shine like a light bulb and they are able to get the same answers the chemical way. > Ok...I'm bummed and feel like crudola. My husband is pretty concerned > tonight....and ticked off about this hosp. stay. Wellll, I can understand that on several levels and one of them is guilt that he has not been paying enough attention to your problems. > Did I mention I had the roommate from hell? She didn't want to go > home....she wanted more test. She INSISTED that she had a heart [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! > Janet R Rest,,,, cuddle,,,, healing things to do. I hope you slept well. Harv YIPPEEE.....you're back!!! That made my morning Harv! Glad to hear from you :))) Janet R : > Back from the hospital! : > [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] : : Harv (((((((((((((Janet)))))))))))))))))))  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Janet}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Hi Janet! Glad to see you home, but sorry to hear your hospital stay turned out to be more stressful than helpful! Sending prayers that you heal and get to feeling better real quick. I had pericarditis and pleurisy last january and that can be sooooo painful and uncomfortable. Praying that the pulmonologist gets you well on the road to feeling better! Hang in there and keep us posted as to how you make out! Donna G ((((((((((((Janet)))))))))))) Feel better fast. Gwen > Back from the hospital! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! > Janet R And with all the activity they still expect you to rest while in the hosptal! Glad you're back! Skip > Back from the hospital! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! > Janet R Janet, glad you're back home! I hope they can figure out what's going on and get you to feeling better ASAP!! thinking of you, Carol {{{{{Janet}}}}} Sounds like you definely need rest after that hospital stay. But when you are rested, please be sure to call the patient advocate for the hospital and let them know exactly what happened and how unhappy you were with your stay. I had a similar experience when I was in the hospital in 2000. They too didn't give me my meds, including pain meds. I must not have been the only person to complain, because that same hospital has much better service now. It's been going thru changes the past three years and I don't see the same kinds of problems there now. Mom's been there at least 10 times in the past year and they are really getting it together. So please, when you are feeling up to it, complain. you never know when you might have to go in again! In fact, when I called the patient advocate, they gave me the name of a contact person to call if I went in to the hospital again. I contacted them when Mom went in and all was wonderful. Hang in there and feel better. Diane W Janet, How are you doing? Have you seen the pulmonologist yet. Are you recovering any yet. Sending lots of healing thoughts your way. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Back from the hospital! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! > Janet R |
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