Re: I'm Back !!!

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Diane,

Glad the surgery is over for you. I hope the healing all goes great,

and you can start feeling better. Sorry, you were in so much pain. I

will be keeping you in my prayers, sending a gentle hug your way, Tawny

[Guest guest]

WB! Hope the healing goes well...

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--- redhatladydiva wrote:

> Hi everyone

>

> I'm back and just thought I would give everybody an

> update. Surgery

> went well, but I didn't do so good. I didn't want

> to wake up and

> when I finally did, I was in so much pain. I

> thought the pain with

> my neuropathy was bad, but this was worse. A 10+

> for about 5 days.

> I think I lived on pain killers for a week straight.

> I then ended

> up with an infections around my stitches and a

> kidney infection.

> They both are now cleared up. I had the stitches

> removed today and

> the Dr. gave me a good checkup. I go back the end

> of March for

> another check up. If that is also good, then it's

> only once a

> year.

>

> Hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected.

> It may take me

> awhile to get caught up on all the e-mails while I

> was layed up.

>

> We got a snow storm Sunday night into Monday. Ended

> up with almost

> 6 " of snow. On the way home from the Dr. today it

> started snowing.

> I was almost home so it didn't bother me. I don't

> think were going

> to get much - maybe an inch. We are still in a cold

> spell. Had

> three days with below zero temps and the highs only

> in the single

> digits to teens. Doesn't look like it's going to

> warm up much in

> the next week. Maybe in the 20's.

>

> Hugs to everybody and thanks for the prayers.

> Diane - Minnesota

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Diane, and welcome back, and I am sorry that u had to have surgery and go

thru all that pain, but glad you made it back and are typing back to us now. I

hope you will continue to get better, and I will be continuing my prayers for

you.

Take care, and get well soon.

Love,

denise in orlando, florida

redhatladydiva wrote:

Hi everyone

I'm back and just thought I would give everybody an update. Surgery

went well, but I didn't do so good. I didn't want to wake up and

when I finally did, I was in so much pain. I thought the pain with

my neuropathy was bad, but this was worse. A 10+ for about 5 days.

I think I lived on pain killers for a week straight. I then ended

up with an infections around my stitches and a kidney infection.

They both are now cleared up. I had the stitches removed today and

the Dr. gave me a good checkup. I go back the end of March for

another check up. If that is also good, then it's only once a

year.

Hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected. It may take me

awhile to get caught up on all the e-mails while I was layed up.

We got a snow storm Sunday night into Monday. Ended up with almost

6 " of snow. On the way home from the Dr. today it started snowing.

I was almost home so it didn't bother me. I don't think were going

to get much - maybe an inch. We are still in a cold spell. Had

three days with below zero temps and the highs only in the single

digits to teens. Doesn't look like it's going to warm up much in

the next week. Maybe in the 20's.

Hugs to everybody and thanks for the prayers.

Diane - Minnesota

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[Guest guest]

Welcome back Diane,

I'm sorry I'm just now posting in response to your post here I've been not so

well either.

I'm so happy to read your surgery went well. I'm sure you have had that follow

up again and I'll read it on up the line, if you sent one? If not, can you send

an update?

Sounds like you were really in some horrible pain after the surgery, I hope it

was successful and serves you well

I can't remember what you had done <crc> Forgive me

We had ice instead of snow. 5 inches of sleet, then we were suppose to get 6-12

inches of snow this past weekend but we didn't get any. LOL They totally were

off on that forecast. I think it's so funny when they mess up like that. The

weekend we got the sleet, the forecast was for 1/4 to 1 " of ice, lol just too

funny. And we STILL have that ice around, even on the roof tops. Just comical I

tell ya! lol

This cold sure makes a body ache at best. Mine had been doing pretty good with

the pain until I started sleeping and then all hell broke loose. Now, I'm in

horrible pain. Everything aches and other spots are excruciating, the fronts of

my thighs even hurt really bad and they don't always hurt, usually its the back

and sides of my thighs. My hangs even hurt today! Ok, I'll stop whining!

I hope you are doing well with your recovery!

Hugs,

Tommie

I'm Back !!!

Hi everyone

I'm back and just thought I would give everybody an update. Surgery

went well, but I didn't do so good. I didn't want to wake up and

when I finally did, I was in so much pain. I thought the pain with

my neuropathy was bad, but this was worse. A 10+ for about 5 days.

I think I lived on pain killers for a week straight. I then ended

up with an infections around my stitches and a kidney infection.

They both are now cleared up. I had the stitches removed today and

the Dr. gave me a good checkup. I go back the end of March for

another check up. If that is also good, then it's only once a

year.

Hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected. It may take me

awhile to get caught up on all the e-mails while I was layed up.

We got a snow storm Sunday night into Monday. Ended up with almost

6 " of snow. On the way home from the Dr. today it started snowing.

I was almost home so it didn't bother me. I don't think were going

to get much - maybe an inch. We are still in a cold spell. Had

three days with below zero temps and the highs only in the single

digits to teens. Doesn't look like it's going to warm up much in

the next week. Maybe in the 20's.

Hugs to everybody and thanks for the prayers.

Diane - Minnesota

[Guest guest]

Hi Tommie

Sorry to hear that you haven't been doing so well. I had surgery to

remove a cancerous lump/tumor on my left temple. My next check up

isn't until the end of March. I'm going to keep a positive outlook

that all will go well with that visit.

Hugs

Diane-Minnesota

>

> Welcome back Diane,

>

> I'm sorry I'm just now posting in response to your post here

I've been not so well either.

>

> I'm so happy to read your surgery went well. I'm sure you have had

that follow up again and I'll read it on up the line, if you sent

one? If not, can you send an update?

>

> Sounds like you were really in some horrible pain after the

surgery, I hope it was successful and serves you well

> I can't remember what you had done <crc> Forgive me

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hugs Diane!!!!

--- redhatladydiva wrote:

> Hi Tommie

>

> Sorry to hear that you haven't been doing so well.

> I had surgery to

> remove a cancerous lump/tumor on my left temple. My

> next check up

> isn't until the end of March. I'm going to keep a

> positive outlook

> that all will go well with that visit.

>

> Hugs

> Diane-Minnesota

>

>

> >

> > Welcome back Diane,

> >

> > I'm sorry I'm just now posting in response to your

> post here

> I've been not so well either.

> >

> > I'm so happy to read your surgery went well. I'm

> sure you have had

> that follow up again and I'll read it on up the

> line, if you sent

> one? If not, can you send an update?

> >

> > Sounds like you were really in some horrible pain

> after the

> surgery, I hope it was successful and serves you

> well

> > I can't remember what you had done <crc> Forgive

> me

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> >

>

>

>

>

> To read these messages on the Hugs web site go to:

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hugs-N-Pain

> you can contact me privately at starlyin@...

> Rose

> Owner/ Moderator Hugs N Pain

> God Bless our Troops

> Please Pray for them

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane,

Thank you for refreshing my memory. OMGosh I remember now. God bless you. I'm so

happy things went well. Praise the Lord! I hate my lack of memory, now I get to

be elated about this late! lol Oh well at least I know now.

My lack of memory makes me think that others might feel I don't really care

enough to remember That is not the case at all, please forgive me. My memory

just seems to keep getting worse and worse I hate it.

Will you undergo any chemo or radiation before March? I assume they got it all?

God is in control here Diane, you'll be healed I believe that with all my

heart!

Again, thank you for the refresher!

Love, hugs and prayers,

Tommie

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Hi Tommie

Sorry to hear that you haven't been doing so well. I had surgery to

remove a cancerous lump/tumor on my left temple. My next check up

isn't until the end of March. I'm going to keep a positive outlook

that all will go well with that visit.

Hugs

Diane-Minnesota

>

> Welcome back Diane,

>

> I'm sorry I'm just now posting in response to your post here

I've been not so well either.

>

> I'm so happy to read your surgery went well. I'm sure you have had

that follow up again and I'll read it on up the line, if you sent

one? If not, can you send an update?

>

> Sounds like you were really in some horrible pain after the

surgery, I hope it was successful and serves you well

> I can't remember what you had done <crc> Forgive me

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

me

> about 2 hrs to type this as I can't sit with my feet down for very

> long - about 5 minutes at a time.

>

> Hugs to all

> Diane - Minnesota

there you are .. we were getting worried.. Im glad u r better... u

really need to watch your legs and feet with neuropathy even though you feel

pain you dont have normal feelings and it is easy to lose a leg... stay well

....

God bless and keep you

Rose

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[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Everyone

>

> Sorry I haven't posted in almost 2 months. I got seriously sick

in

> August and am now just getting back on my feet. It all started

> around the 1st of August when I got a gash in my right leg. I

don't

> know how it happened because I don't have any feeling in my right

> leg. I just remember seeing my leg bleeding. It didn't think it

> was that deep,so I didn't go to the Dr. for stitches.( I am

currently

> without any health insurance and can't afford anything out of

> pocket). About a week later I flew down to Florida for my nephew's

> wedding. On the flight back when my leg gave out on me, I

realized

> that my right leg was extemely swollen and purple ( I had on a

long

> dress for the wedding so didn't notice it before).One of the

flight

> attendants came to help me and saw it also. When we landed in

> Minneapolis, they had the paramedics with a stretcher and an

> ambulance waiting. I was wheeled off and taken to Abbott in

> Minneapolis. The Dr's. in the ER put me under and they slit my

leg

> to get all of the puss out. I ended up in the hospital with my

leg

> slit open so that it could drain for about a month. I got out in

> time to go to another nephew's wedding (in a wheel chair as I

> couldn't walk on my leg yet)in the middle of September. I then

> spent another 3 weeks in a wheel chair. As my house has stairs

and

> not everthing is on one level, I ended up staying with Dean's

> mother - she's 85 yrs old and very active. I didn't like being in

> the hospital or a wheel chair, but it couldn't be helped. I knew

I

> was in a lot of pain, but couldn't feel it much because they had

me

> so drugged up with pain pills. I did finish one afghan and got

> 3/4's of the way done with another one while I was layed up. That

> was the only positive thing about this. This past weekend my son

> came and took me shopping up in the Twin Cities for a mother's

dress

> for his wedding in November. He pushed me in a wheel chair

through

> 3 different Malls before we finally found one. The Dr. has told

me

> that if I stay off of my feet as much as possible that I should be

> able to walk down the aisle at his wedding. So hence I haven't

been

> on for a long time.

>

> I would like to welcome all of the newcommers to the group. I

won't

> try and anwer any of the posts as the ones that pertain to me are

> probably quite old. For the newcommers, I suffer from SAN -

Sensory

> Autonomic Neuropathy in both my feel and right leg. It affects

the

> nerves in my feet and right leg (that's why I didn't realize that

I

> had hurt my leg). The specialists have said that my neuropathy

was

> caused from an Autoimmune Disorder. That was over 2 years ago. I

> am currently on Neurontin and Lamictal for the nerve pain and

> Depression. They do help with the nerve pain, put doesn't take

the

> pain completely away. I am on 100mg each twice a day. Anything

> higher makes me a complete zombie and I won't live that way. Most

> of the pain meds, except morphine,I have a reaction to and I don't

> like being on morphine all that much either. I only use the

> moprphine when the pain is a 10+ for more than 2 days.

>

> Take care everybody and I will try to get on here as my legs will

> alow. I spend most of my days laying on the couch or else in my

> easy chair with my feet propped up on pillows. It has only taken

me

> about 2 hrs to type this as I can't sit with my feet down for very

> long - about 5 minutes at a time.

>

> Hugs to all

> Diane - Minnesota

>

Diane,

I'm still new to the group and feel so welcomed by all the people

here, Thanks to you all! I don't know how a lot of you are able to

sit at a desk to be on-line at all, it's painful for me. I knowing

this with a little help had my desk and computer moved into my Den.

I have loved it this way. I can sit in my recliner and get on-line

with the keyboard in my lap and its loads more comfortable for me. I

can sit here and look to my right to see the monitor or straight

ahead to see the TV. I love it being set up this way so I can

basically lay back and relax and at the same time keep up with

friends on-line. I don't know if you can set you desk and computer

up this way or not, but its helped me more than you'd know. I just

thought that in your situation and many others in the group this

might be of help to set yourself up this way if possible.

Best wishes on the healing and God Bless!

Gerald

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there you are .. we were getting worried.. Im glad u r better... u

really need to watch your legs and feet with neuropathy even though you feel

pain you dont have normal feelings and it is easy to lose a leg... stay well

*******************************************

I almost lost a leg a few years back from a staph infection. I have

lymphedema in both legs, and developed a blister on my left thigh. It got very

red and

painful over the weekend, and I went to the clinic on Monday; went straight

from there to the hospital. Was on anyibiotics for a month, in a nursung home,

then had surgery. Went home a week later. The surgeon said if I had waited

another day, I would have lost the leg, and maybe my life too. The infection was

really bad, almost all the way to the femur. Funny thing was, that I didnt feel

sick, maybe kinda like I had the flu is all. They said my temp was 104! I

didnt feel that hot at all.

So now, b/c of the ME, I must watch any type of abnormality on either leg. I

scraped the right one a couple years ago, and it took over a month to heal

properly. And no, I dont have diabetes.

in WA

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[Guest guest]

Hi Rose

Thank You. I wear compression socks to help with the circulation in

my legs and therefore didn't realize that they were swollen. The

night before I did notice that I had a lot of cramping in my legs.

I just thought it was from all the walking I did through the

airports and sitting on the plane.

I had a check up at the Dr.'s and he said I'm doing better. Said

I'll be on crutches for about the next 3 - 4 weeks. I reminded him

that my son was getting married on Nov. 10th and that I wanted to

walk down the aisle on my own and not in a wheel chair or on

crutches. He laughed and said " we'll see " . He knows me pretty good

and knows that I just might walk on my own and not use the crutches

and/or wheelchair until the reception.

Take care

Hugs

Diane-Minnesota

>

>

>

>

> me

> > about 2 hrs to type this as I can't sit with my feet down for

very

> > long - about 5 minutes at a time.

> >

> > Hugs to all

> > Diane - Minnesota

>

>

>

> there you are .. we were getting worried.. Im glad u r

better... u

> really need to watch your legs and feet with neuropathy even

though you feel

> pain you dont have normal feelings and it is easy to lose a

leg... stay well

> ...

> God bless and keep you

> Rose

>

>

>

> ************************************** See what's new at

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>

[Guest guest]

Hi

That's what the Dr.'s told me I had. Some how the cut on my leg

became infected and got into my blood stream. They also told me

that I was lucky. They said one of the things that helped was the

fact that I was wearing my compression socks. It kept the blood

flowing and not pooling down in my feet.

Hugs

Diane-Minnesota

> I almost lost a leg a few years back from a staph infection. I

have

> lymphedema in both legs, and developed a blister on my left thigh.

It got very red and

> painful over the weekend, and I went to the clinic on Monday; went

straight

> from there to the hospital. Was on anyibiotics for a month, in a

nursung home,

> then had surgery. Went home a week later. The surgeon said if I

had waited

> another day, I would have lost the leg, and maybe my life too. The

infection was

> really bad, almost all the way to the femur. Funny thing was, that

I didnt feel

> sick, maybe kinda like I had the flu is all. They said my temp was

104! I

> didnt feel that hot at all.

>

> So now, b/c of the ME, I must watch any type of abnormality on

either leg. I

> scraped the right one a couple years ago, and it took over a month

to heal

> properly. And no, I dont have diabetes.

>

> in WA

>

>

>

>

>

>

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