Guest guest Posted July 13, 2002 Report Share Posted July 13, 2002 Hi ! I'll bet you didn't have a lot of liquids, or a lot of food before you did the donation. And hey, all things considered -- you're under strain, and worried and anxious (not that there's anything to be anxious about, you understand) -- it's not surprising that you fainted. I'd say you were practicing your wiles, but you'd probly get mad at me... As for your husband believing you obsessed.... Well, it's hard not to be obsessed, when someone is about to rearrange your mouth for you. And you'll have a while of odd food, and odd speech and looking, um, different, to boot. Are they not planning to plate and screw the upper as well? I saw my neat three little screws on the x-ray thursday, and heard those sweet words " The fixation looks like it's holding fine. " Hallelujah!!! The only time lately I've fainted after trying to give blood was one day when I'd told 'em I'm problematic, and they'd ignored me and got to chatting just as everything seemed to go well. So the blood just stopped running. And they had to stop. And then I got all swoony and almost lost it, out of pure frustration. Even tears. They wanna keep your eyes open and you conscious, I think, just to be sure they haven't lost you along the way -- which I'm glad they didn't, for both of us. I showed my surgeon your card Thursday, and he thought it was a stitch! Even he didn't joke about moving things a foot. I think that was a mite unkind, but you know how your relationship with him works, or doesn't. And at this point, it does, right??? Before you know it, this will all be a memory! Cammie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Hi Cammie, Well, it seems I may also be sick (off to the Drs today)... and the blood loss with the virus may have added to my fainting. The nurse actually made me go have a big lunch before they drew my blood. Yes, they will screw and use small plates in the upper. But, for the lower they will use alot of plates and screws.. No, it didn't bother me at all with my surgeon joking about moveing my jaw forward a foot. Its true and I found it amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 , You have to get better quickly! Drink a lot of fluids and take some Vitamin C. July 31rst is right around the corner.... Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Hi Cheryl, Tell me about it! I can't belive this. SO, off to the PCP today at 1:15 to get cured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Amen, , and eat healthy, too! > > , > You have to get better quickly! Drink a lot of fluids and take some > Vitamin C. July 31rst is right around the corner.... > > Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Hi Cheryl, Back from the Dr's... Well, my arms are killing me because my lymphnodes are swollen from white blood cells fighting some unknown infection. Thank god that I am scheduled for surgery in three weeks because my Dr said that if I weren't he would have waited another week to prescribe me some antibiotics to see if it would clear up on its own. I told him politely that I would have to have a fit if he did that.. For god's sake, I am in pain. I can't sleep-it hurts. I can't raise my arms-it hurts. I can't extend my arm-it hurts. So, lucky for me he doesn't want to jeoporadize my surgery and he gave me some meds. If it came down to it I was going to have my old Dr back home write me a scrip and have it transferred out here to IL! -finally releasing my long held breath in relief that I didn't have something worse-like mono (which is goign around here like mad!)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 > Hi Cheryl, , Glad to hear that you 'copped' some antibiotics. You would think they were made of gold the way the doctors are hesitating to prescribe these days. I'm so glad that you have enough time to recover before your surgery. If it's not one thing, it's another, right? Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 , honey, hang on and think for a minute.. It's hard when you're feeling lousy. It's harder when you're feeling lousy and just about to get that great big prize that you've worked so hard to reach, and see the grasp threatened. But. If this thing, whatever it is, is not a bacterial infection, antibiotics won't help. Weren't we talking virus a bit ago? And every time you take an antibiotic, you increase the chances that whatever bacteria happen to be riding along will develop a bit more immunity to the drugs that could wipe them out when they attack you. If it's mono -- you want to know that. Or if it's something else. Please, find a physician you do not have to lean on and dictate to, to treat the problem BEFORE you undergo general surgery. Isn't there blood work that can find that out??? A culture? A white blood count? Those are the questions to ask your general physician, not a demand for an antibiotic! I don't know what swollen lymph nodes mean -- whether they mean bacterial or viral or both. (I had 'em, years ago, with trench mouth!) Or neither. For pain, you want other help. As in painkillers. I'm no doc. I dunno what's the matter. But I know, even if it means postponing the surgery, you want it cleared up before they put you under and before they cut you in your mouth, which is far from the cleanest, least vulnerable part of your body. (Hey, kiddo, you still gotta design that vile green hospital gown for me; i'll have something else wrong with me eventually! And you'll get a Coty award if you do it right!) I wish you well. I wish you on the other side. But I want your stay there to be for a long, happy situation! Cammie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 Hi Cammie, No, its not Mono. I am not exhibiting any other symptoms. I know all about the antibiotic epidemic.. I'm good, I don't demand prescription when it is not bacterial. but, the PCP explained that antibiotics help to break up the white blood cell clumps that are causing my discomfort. He said that they don't know why it helps but it just does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 OK. But you know I can't resist prescribing, or proscribing, Miz . C. > Hi Cammie, > > No, its not Mono. I am not exhibiting any other symptoms. I know all > about the antibiotic epidemic.. I'm good, I don't demand > prescription when it is not bacterial. but, the PCP explained that > antibiotics help to break up the white blood cell clumps that are > causing my discomfort. He said that they don't know why it helps but > it just does. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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