Guest guest Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Marina, I am sorry you are so sick. Do you have someone there to take care of you? I will keep you close in my prayers, sending chicken soup your way, Tawny --- In , " marina_troi " <marina_troi@y...> wrote: > > Sorry I haven't been around lately. As you know, I haven't been > feeling too well. Well, it finally kicked me in the ass. I felt > so bad on Sunday and by Sunday night my temperature was up to a > 102. Come Monday morning it was still up there and I felt worse so > I drove myself to the ER. What a waste of time. The only thing > they did was give my half a liter of fluid IV and do a chest x-ray > to make sure the costal chondritis pain I was having wasn't > pneumonia. > > Well, they send me home with an antibiotic I told them I was > allergic to and with a temperature of 103. Yup, it went up and I > felt worse leaving than when I went in. They said to come back if I > get worse!!! I am worse, you dumbass!! I don't know what kind of > sorry hospital they are running there, but I was pissed. > > Well, a few hours later, my dad came over and took me to the > hospital where I work. It was too far away for me to drive to > myself. Well, they treated the RA flare with some IV steroids and > treated the pain. Turns out that I have pylonephritis, on both > sides!! They had me admitted and I just got home late last night. > So I was in for about five days. > > Still can't keep food down, having trouble taking my meds. My knee > may be infected the same way my kidneys are. They believe that the > vasculitis is what affected my kidneys and the infection could have > routed its way to my right knee. Just what I need. > > I had no veins left for them to put IV's in. The medications they > were giving me just ate away at my veins. My right arm is so > swollen from three IV's going bad, one of them turning into > phlebits. I have a half inch wide red streak that runs from my > wrist up to half way up my upper arm. > > My eyes are so blurry from the meds they gave me, I can't even be > sure if what I'm typing here makes any sense. Well, I hope everyone > is well. Know that I am thinking of each and every one of you. > Take care, and I will be back soon..........Marina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Marina, It sounds like you have been through a lot. I hope you feel better soon. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Bet in AR --- marina_troi <marina_troi@...> wrote: > Sorry I haven't been around lately. As you know, I > haven't been > feeling too well. Well, it finally kicked me in the > ass. I felt > so bad on Sunday and by Sunday night my temperature > was up to a > 102. Come Monday morning it was still up there and > I felt worse so > I drove myself to the ER. What a waste of time. > The only thing > they did was give my half a liter of fluid IV and do > a chest x-ray > to make sure the costal chondritis pain I was having > wasn't > pneumonia. > > Well, they send me home with an antibiotic I told > them I was > allergic to and with a temperature of 103. Yup, it > went up and I > felt worse leaving than when I went in. They said > to come back if I > get worse!!! I am worse, you dumbass!! I don't know > what kind of > sorry hospital they are running there, but I was > pissed. > > Well, a few hours later, my dad came over and took > me to the > hospital where I work. It was too far away for me > to drive to > myself. Well, they treated the RA flare with some > IV steroids and > treated the pain. Turns out that I have > pylonephritis, on both > sides!! They had me admitted and I just got home > late last night. > So I was in for about five days. > > Still can't keep food down, having trouble taking > my meds. My knee > may be infected the same way my kidneys are. They > believe that the > vasculitis is what affected my kidneys and the > infection could have > routed its way to my right knee. Just what I need. > > I had no veins left for them to put IV's in. The > medications they > were giving me just ate away at my veins. My right > arm is so > swollen from three IV's going bad, one of them > turning into > phlebits. I have a half inch wide red streak that > runs from my > wrist up to half way up my upper arm. > > My eyes are so blurry from the meds they gave me, > I can't even be > sure if what I'm typing here makes any sense. Well, > I hope everyone > is well. Know that I am thinking of each and every > one of you. > Take care, and I will be back soon..........Marina > > > > > > __________________________________________ DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Thank you, Beth. I wouldn't wish this on anyone!! The prayers are apreciated, too........Marina --- In , Beth <mightybeth2001@y...> wrote: > > Marina, > It sounds like you have been through a lot. I hope you > feel better soon. You are in my thoughts and prayers. > Bet in AR > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Oh, gheez, you've been through hell. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. marina_troi <marina_troi@...> wrote: So sorry that I've been gone, once again!! Well, Last weekend I got real sick. I was having the worse lower abdominal pain and a temperature of 102 to 103degrees. So, like any other idiot nurse, I decided to try and wait it out until Monday morning when I would call to see if I could get in to see him. Fortunatly, I was able to get into see him. By the time I got to his office, the pain was so intense in both my bladder and both flank areas near the kidneys. I's swear if felt like I was having contractions!! Anyway, the week before I had some blood work done and urinalysis with cultures. he blood looked normal, the urinalysis looked normal, 2 or 3 days later, the cultures on the urine started to grow bacteria. Well, I told my doc that the urinalysis wouldn't be normal at this time. So, I needed to be on antibiotics but I'm allergic to most of them. So, into the hospital I went to get treated with IV antibiotics and benadryl injected before the antibiotic. It does help, a lot. With out it, it feels like they are infusing fleas directly into my body!! Well, I'm still having trouble eating. Haven't been able to keep anything down for a little over a week now. I've been living off Gatoraide for the last few days. I can get about one to one and half of those 20 oz. bottles down. It takes me all day, but I figured that was better than nothing.!! I really hope this day finds everyone wel. I also want to wish a happy father's day to all the dad's out there and the dad's to be. Take care, your sister in RA, Marina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 --- In , " marina_troi " <marina_troi@...> wrote: > > So sorry that I've been gone, once again!! Well, Last weekend I got > real sick. I was having the worse lower abdominal pain and a > temperature of 102 to 103degrees. So, like any other idiot nurse, I > decided to try and wait it out until Monday morning when I would > call to see if I could get in to see him. Fortunatly, I was able to > get into see him. By the time I got to his office, the pain was so > intense in both my bladder and both flank areas near the kidneys. > I's swear if felt like I was having contractions!! Anyway, the week > before I had some blood work done and urinalysis with cultures. he > blood looked normal, the urinalysis looked normal, 2 or 3 days > later, the cultures on the urine started to grow bacteria. Well, I > told my doc that the urinalysis wouldn't be normal at this time. > So, I needed to be on antibiotics but I'm allergic to most of them. > So, into the hospital I went to get treated with IV antibiotics and > benadryl injected before the antibiotic. It does help, a lot. With > out it, it feels like they are infusing fleas directly into my > body!! Well, I'm still having trouble eating. Haven't been able to > keep anything down for a little over a week now. I've been living > off Gatoraide for the last few days. I can get about one to one and > half of those 20 oz. bottles down. It takes me all day, but I > figured that was better than nothing.!! > I really hope this day finds everyone wel. I also want to wish a > happy father's day to all the dad's out there and the dad's to be. > Take care, your sister in RA, Marina > Marina, sorry to hear you are not well, sure hope you feel better soon, take care. Janet IN IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Marina, I hope you'll be heading to the Cleveland Clinic soon! Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] Hey Gang > So sorry that I've been gone, once again!! Well, Last weekend I got > real sick. I was having the worse lower abdominal pain and a > temperature of 102 to 103degrees. So, like any other idiot nurse, I > decided to try and wait it out until Monday morning when I would > call to see if I could get in to see him. Fortunatly, I was able to > get into see him. By the time I got to his office, the pain was so > intense in both my bladder and both flank areas near the kidneys. > I's swear if felt like I was having contractions!! Anyway, the week > before I had some blood work done and urinalysis with cultures. he > blood looked normal, the urinalysis looked normal, 2 or 3 days > later, the cultures on the urine started to grow bacteria. Well, I > told my doc that the urinalysis wouldn't be normal at this time. > So, I needed to be on antibiotics but I'm allergic to most of them. > So, into the hospital I went to get treated with IV antibiotics and > benadryl injected before the antibiotic. It does help, a lot. With > out it, it feels like they are infusing fleas directly into my > body!! Well, I'm still having trouble eating. Haven't been able to > keep anything down for a little over a week now. I've been living > off Gatoraide for the last few days. I can get about one to one and > half of those 20 oz. bottles down. It takes me all day, but I > figured that was better than nothing.!! > I really hope this day finds everyone wel. I also want to wish a > happy father's day to all the dad's out there and the dad's to be. > Take care, your sister in RA, Marina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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