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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2005Squirrely family update
Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running cable, telephone and network lines. No benefits, but a paycheck none the less. Drews contact is still in his eye. No luck there yet. I went to drs today and have broncitis and asthma triggered more so from it. So back on pred for another 6 days. Dr told me I need to get with more drs becase of the critical chronic issues I have. No money no can do. He did not hydrate me so we shall see how that goes. Oh yeah by the way, the sweats I was telling some of you about. Dah, it was fever. I checked my temp several times over the last few days with two different thermometers, one ear, one oral. Neither said it was a temp but today at the drs it was. So that explains the sweats but feeling cold too. My feet and hands and chest and back were freezing while the rest of me was sweating and hotter than all get out. I am hurting from just changing clothes every couple of minutes. ;-) So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-)  SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is > presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running > cable, telephone and network lines. No benefits, but a paycheck none the > less. oh good, there's a step in the right direction. Will keep up the prayers that it turns into something permanent with benefits. (and that they aren't like our local rural cable company that went out of business when the electric company cut them off due tot heir huge unpaid pole-rent debt!) > Drews contact is still in his eye. No luck there yet. May that soon change. > I went to drs today and have broncitis and asthma triggered more so from it. > So back on pred for another 6 days. Dr told me I need to get with more drs > becase of the critical chronic issues I have. No money no can do. He did not > hydrate me so we shall see how that goes. Oy. things really need to turn around for you. > Oh yeah by the way, the sweats I was telling some of you about. Dah, it was > fever. I checked my temp several times over the last few days with two > different thermometers, one ear, one oral. Neither said it was a temp but > today at the drs it was. So that explains the sweats but feeling cold too. > My feet and hands and chest and back were freezing while the rest of me was > sweating and hotter than all get out. I get that sometimes when I'm running a fever, too. It's truly not fun. It's a pain to have to take a shower when all you've been doing is lying around in bed, but I get so sticky when I sweat and after a major round of chills & sweating (usually followed by a little nap) I need a shower to help me out a bit! > I am hurting from just changing clothes every couple of minutes. ;-) I hear ya there! ((((((((((((SJ)))))))))))) may the antibiotics kick in quickly. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare ((((((squirrely jo))))))) I'm glad to hear that JIm got a job! That's good news indeed! I'm sorry to hear that you have a fever! That can really drag you down! Take care, Love and prayers, Vickie B. Thanks Vickie, Yeah I was already drug down because I was just getting over a virus/flu that had the stomach flu with it. That lasted three weeks. Now got this one on top of it all. I hate this time of year. I was being so careful too and not going out or being around people and it got me anyways. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo "> ((((((squirrely jo))))))) > > I'm glad to hear that JIm got a job! That's good news indeed! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Vickie B. Thanks Nann, I am not on antib's I am allergic to all of them that is why I have to do the pred to see if we can chase it that way. I hope you are doing ok. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo >> Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is >> presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > in > quickly. Great news....Jim got a job....Send Drew to Oklahoma so that I can get that Contact outta his eye!!That is driving me crazy!!!! Hey Squirrely....Just wrap up in a towel ;) Save alot of energy and pain changing clothes...LOL...Praying that the fever breaks and the antibiotics kick in quickly... Hugs Cindy > Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is > presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) Thanks Cindy. Ok, but I don't know if Drew will fit in the big enevelop. LOL ;-) I am not on antib's. Allergic to them all. So the pred is suppose to hopefully chase it out. I hope. We shall see. I am hurting myself, just putting on the thermal shirt, taking it off, taking off tshirt, and just running around in tank top. Then putting it all back on. Then crawling under blanked, turning on fan, taking off blanket and clothes, putting them back on, turning off fan every couple of minutes. I never knew your feet and hands and chest and back could get so cold when the rest of your body feels like a volcano. It never amazes me that I keep saying this was the worse I was ever this sick and then I get something else that makes that one the worse. I guess I just wasn't as sick before as I thought I was. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Great news....Jim got a job....Send Drew to Oklahoma so that I can get > that Contact outta his eye!!That is driving me crazy!!!! [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) Whaa! I had that with my bronchitis! i called it the shivering sweats. I finally gave up and wore my robe to bed just flipped layers of blankets on and off. Not fun at all. Get tons of rest, fluids and naps. I'll think some chicken soup your way ;-) skip > I am hurting myself, just putting on the thermal shirt, taking it off, > taking off tshirt, and just running around in tank top. Then putting it [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >>> >>> So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) Thanks Skip, I hope you are doing better now. I hope I can get better without antib's. Thanks for the chicken soup. It taste so good. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Whaa! I had that with my bronchitis! i called it the shivering sweats. > I finally gave up and wore my robe to bed just flipped layers of blankets > on and off. Not fun at all. Get tons of rest, fluids and naps. I'll > think some chicken soup your way ;-) > > skip Yup, fine now although, in my case, it took awhile and to this day I cough on smoggy days and around strong scents. I consider that a small price for putting up with that particular round of sickness <g>. Make sure your doc is monitoring your breathing sounds - the last thing you need is pnemonia. More soup? > Thanks Skip, I hope you are doing better now. I hope I can get better > without antib's. Thanks for the chicken soup. It taste so good. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> skip Sure that was good soup. I will have to get your recipe for it. ;-) I am watching it closely. I was kind of worried yesterday when the hair balls would not stop coming up. It was really thick and by the time I got it loosened up, my pulse was like up to 130. Then it went back down. I hate getting up in the mornings because of that. ;-) But today was better so hopefully I am getting all that junk up and out of there. I hope. This will be day 3 of the pred. So I am half way there. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Yup, fine now although, in my case, it took awhile and to this day I cough > on smoggy days and around strong scents. I consider that a small price [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>> >>> skip Squirrely, I am always amazed at how you hold on to your sense of humor even when you feel like crap. I mean, my husband thinks I stay positive, but from what I see here, you're better at it than I am! i hate bronchitis with a passion and am delighted to say I haven't had it for several years now. Breathe in as much steam as you can stand, however you can manage to get it. I'm lazy, so I usually settle for a couple of very steamy showers during the day. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Sure that was good soup. I will have to get your recipe for it. ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > But today was better so hopefully I am getting all that junk up and out of > there. I hope. This will be day 3 of the pred. So I am half way there. I did put a pot of water on the stove yesterday for about 4 hrs to get steam into the air. I think it helped some. For some reason, I can't do humidifier or vaporizer, it activates my asthma for some reason so I use the old method of the pot on the stove. I have to keep my sense of humor or I would be so depressed. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Squirrely, I am always amazed at how you hold on to your sense of humor > even [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the > day. Yah, that morning "cough" is pretty gross! My doc tried to tell me it was good for building up my chest muscles. As if! It will taper off as you get better, thank goodness. Get back in bed! > Sure that was good soup. I will have to get your recipe for it. ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>> >>>> skip Yes Sir: You didn't have to yell that so loud, you scared me to death. LOL ;-) I felt sorry for hubby this morning. He was eating breakfast, and there I am trying to bring up a hair ball. I told him aren't you glad your boss called and told you to come in at 9 instead of 7:30 so that you could hear this while you are eating. LOL I wonder how long it will be before the fever goes away with threating this with just pred. I can't stay hydrated enough to keep the hair balls loose. You know I am wondering if I actually swallowed the whole cat. ROFL. OK already, I had to answer this before I could go to bed. But I can fix that too. I can have my other puter put back in my room and then I can answer from my bed. LOL SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo "> Yah, that morning "cough" is pretty gross! My doc tried to tell me it was > good for building up my chest muscles. As if! It will taper off as you > get better, thank goodness. > > Get back in bed! Once I called in "sick" and stayed in bed all day. I moved my laptop, a portable TV, a couple books onto the bed with me and basically vegged all day. It was great! too bad we have to be healthy to really enjoy that lol! > Yes Sir: You didn't have to yell that so loud, you scared me to death. LOL > ;-) [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Get back in bed! you'd better be back in bed now, squirrely girl! Then again, in the past with bronchitis I'd sleep either in the recliner or on the couch with my head propped up on one of the arm rests so I'd wake up with the cough from hell a few less times during the night. If you can keep your head elevated some while sleeping it helps some with the morning hack. Or at least you sleep a bit more so you have more energy for the coughing ;) You know - just remembering my most recent cases of bronchitis has my chest hurting again! probably just a fraction of how you feel though......... SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Yes Sir: You didn't have to yell that so loud, you scared me to death. LOL > ;-) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > that too. I can have my other puter put back in my room and then I can > answer from my bed. LOL Nann, I was trying to move around alot because I thought that would help the lungs move some of that stuff out of them that way. I think I read something about if you lay in bed too much that, that gives that stuff more of a chance of going into pnemonia. I don't want that. ;-( I am trying to do the best I can, but i am not sure it is good enough. I know you are over on the other ng, so you know a friend just passed away. I think she had this virus also from the sounds of it. Then another one on that group also has a virus and ended up in the hospital today. So I am starting to get worried now. Especially since we can't do antib's on me. I can't get hydrated enough to get the muscus moving much. They won't hydrate me because of the scare of my health issues. So I keep pushing the pedialyte, and other fluids but it doesn't seem to be enough since I am still running a fever and sweating so much. I am a mess. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > you'd better be back in bed now, squirrely girl! Then again, in the past > with bronchitis I'd sleep either in the recliner or on the couch with my [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> that too. I can have my other puter put back in my room and then I can >> answer from my bed. LOL Oy, I forgot about your hydration issues. I hate bronchitis so much, the thought of that pushed the other from my mind. You must feel like you just can't win. Can you take expectorant? I forget the generic name, but you know - it's included in many cough syrups but you can buy it alone, without the cough suppressant, in the cough syrup section. It's the stuff some nuts claim will cure FMS in large doses. I find it does help in getting the crud out of the lungs. I think it's also available in an OTC pill form now, but that might be pricy. Then again, you may already be taking it or you may not be able to with all your drug sensitivities. Stay in touch with your doc, please, and don't let things go too long if you don't get better. We don't want to lose you, too. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Nann, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I am a mess. ;-) I am not sure I will have to look up about expectorants and the thyroid. I know you can't take certain ones with thyroid problems. I don't want to lose me either. ;-) I am trying the best I can. We shall see. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Oy, I forgot about your hydration issues. I hate bronchitis so much, the > thought of that pushed the other from my mind. You must feel like you [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >> I am a mess. ;-) I t is possible that what Drew is feeling is the abrasion that occured when his problem first started. This could take 2 weeks to heal. I know personally that this can be very uncomfortable. I am hoping your husband's job works out and relieves the whole family of the terrible mental strain. The very best of luck to you. You have had enough of the other kind. Judy H.> > Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is > presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) Judy, that might be it. I cant get there to see for myself. I wish I could. we are hoping his job works out too. we sure could use the income. It is funny because three weeks ago we found out that his father would not be able to give us any more money to live on. So this came in the nick of time. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo >I t is possible that what Drew is feeling is the abrasion that occured when >his problem first started. This could take 2 weeks to heal. I know [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The very best of luck to you. You have had enough of the other kind. > Judy H.> Glad to hear that Jim got a job :) That will take away some of the stress. And you take care of yourself. Bronchitis is nothing to treat lightly. I hope the doctor gave you some antibiotics. Go back to bed and get better! Prayers are on their way :) Hugs, Carole > Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is > presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) no antib's I am allergic. I haven't been getting much sleep at one time so am in bed off and on. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Glad to hear that Jim got a job :) That will take away some of the > stress. And you take care of yourself. Bronchitis is nothing to treat [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Hugs, > Carole Thrilled about Jim's news and wishes that Drew's eye situation figures itself out soon. As for your health, what are we gonna do with you? Are you allergic to garlic? It's one of nature's antibiotics. So if you can eat it, have someone cook up some broth/soup for you with lots and lots of garlic. Eat sautéed garlic spread on bread. Eat as much garlic as you can. Can you take Echinacea? Not quite sure I'm recalling this correctly but I think my sister's herbalist told her to use the liquid kind (not sure if it's a 'tincture' or whether there is another name) 20-30 drops on her tongue 6 times a day for no more than two weeks. And I don't know if Echinacea is OK for you or not, given your other meds and medical issues. But it's supposed to help bolster the immune system. I think the idea of just wrapping yourself in a towel instead of changing clothes. Got any extra flat sheets so you can just wrap like a toga or something? Feel better, kiddo - SOON!!!!! Adelle > Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is > presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) > Thrilled about Jim's news and wishes that Drew's eye situation figures > itself out soon. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Feel better, kiddo - SOON!!!!! During one of my hospital stays that involved huge amounts of solumedrol, I managed to acquire one of those thin cotton hospital blankets. I'd just wrap up in one of those at night until I'd sweat through it, and then shower and switch to big bath or beach towels till morning. Those were the days (not) Jo will try the towel and blanket suggestions. right now I am sitting here in my tank top, tshirt, and have my thermal wrapped around my shoulders. So now my arms are ice cold and so are my hands. feet are ok for now because I have my slippers on. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo >> Thrilled about Jim's news and wishes that Drew's eye situation figures >> itself out soon. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jo adelle. those were good suggestions but I cant do either. the garlic would start the hiatal hernia going more whacky than it is now. The Echinacea I can't do because of the Hashimotos. That is why drs don't like to see me coming. No answers. Too many chronic illnesses and two many allergies to meds. I cant do vitamins and herbals either. So I am a lost cause. That is what frustrates the heck out of them. But they should try living in a body like this and really see how it feels and the frustration because of not being able to get the help I need. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Thrilled about Jim's news and wishes that Drew's eye situation figures > itself out soon. [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> >> So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) great news on Jim's job. Jo, can you get Drew to san Francisco? Have a good friend who is an opthamologist and I am betting we could get him to look at Drew's eye without charging him. Glad you at least know what is going on with your body (well as much as you can know considering it is your body <g>). m M, I will give him a call tonight and see if he can make it to SF. I will let you know. Thanks again. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > great news on Jim's job. Jo, can you get Drew to san Francisco? Have > a good friend who is an opthamologist and I am betting we could get him [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > m Thanks M, I talked to him last night and he said he was going to wait another couple of days and see what happens. He sounds like someone I know, just can't put my finger on it. ;-) I will let you know in a couple of days what he wants to do. That was such a kind offer you made to us. I thank you for that. You are such a sweetie always. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > great news on Jim's job. Jo, can you get Drew to san Francisco? Have > a good friend who is an opthamologist and I am betting we could get him [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > m well, i'm glad jim got a job, but so sorry you've got all this other stuff going on. it sounds miserable. take good care of yourself. hugs, diane thank you Diane SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > well, i'm glad jim got a job, but so sorry you've got all this other > stuff going on. it sounds miserable. take good care of yourself. > > hugs, > > diane {{{{{Jo}}}}} DeeTee > Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is > presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) Some good news, an d some not so good. Sorry to hear that Drew is still having problems. I was sure that the lens would have come out by now. ((((((((((((((SJ & family))))))))))))))) Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Thanks all. Rose, I am thinking they might be thinking it is still in there and it is swelling that they are seeing instead of the contact. I don't know, I haven't see it myself. But he said he will see for a couple more days what is happening and then do something. I don't know about him sometimes. So I guess it is just a matter of waiting and see what happens. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Some good news, an d some not so good. Sorry to hear that Drew is > still having problems. I was sure that the lens would have come out by [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. That's great news about Jim's job! Now we must work on making you better! Prayers are still coming, Jo. {{{{{SJ & Jim}}}}} Take care. Bonnie Thanks Sweetie SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > That's great news about Jim's job! Now we must work on making you > better! Prayers are still coming, Jo. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bonnie Hoping everyone is improving Jo Hugs your way jb | Jim got a job. He will be working in the cable business again. He is | presently working in the next town from us in a Hotel. They are running [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] | | So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) jb thanks, it is still touch and go. But I am sure something will turn around one way or another. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Hoping everyone is improving Jo > Hugs your way [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > | > | So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) God loves you and so do I !!!! | jb thanks, it is still touch and go. But I am sure something will turn | around one way or another. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] | > | | > | So there is my news for the day and I am sticking with it. ;-) Thank you Janice, I love you too and I know God does you too. But thanks for the reminder, sometimes I need that reminder. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > God loves you and so do I !!!! Jo, I was out of town and just learned about Jim's job and your being so sick again. I am thrilled about the job and pray it will turn into a permanent job with good benefits. As for you, am so sorry that you're so sick and so few things you can take to help you get better. Please take as good care of yourself as possible, and pray you will get better quickly. Also hope your son's eye will heal quickly. Gwen > Thank you Janice, > > I love you too and I know God does you too. But thanks for the reminder, > sometimes I need that reminder. > >> God loves you and so do I !!!! Thanks Gwen. I am praying my having to go to the hospital yesterday morning didn't mess with Jims job. He got there an hour late. But he did work longer last night to make up for it. I hope the boss gives him a break. Talk about bad timing. I am trying to take care as best as I can. I am hoping his eye heals quickly too. Thank you again. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Jo, I was out of town and just learned about Jim's job and your being so > sick again. I am thrilled about the job and pray it will turn into a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >>> God loves you and so do I !!!! |
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