Trauma Headquarters and ADSG

If you noticed my absence it's due to a stay at the hospital. I'm not up to filling in all the details now.  Been here since Sunday with severe gastric pain due to a mess up with meds. Dh was out of town  and I was either loopy or sleeping all the time. Managed to pas a out coming back from the bathroom where i "slept" for a couple of hours. Got a shiner and banged up knee for that stunt. No concussion or broken knee, though their is still some pain. My stomach started hurting pretty bad Sunday and a friend came over.  Had her give me Nexium. When I took a sip of water with it the pain went through the roof.

She called an ambulance and here I am. Have had a ton of X-rays CTs blood, urine,etc. I can't walk alone because of the pain in my leg and dizziness. (Probably due to low blood pressure due to to meds...).  Also was severely dehydrated   Have had loads of iVs so much better ther.  My stomach was hurting pretty bad yesterday and they looked at my blood and noticed it had been dropping steadily. Gave me blood and did a GI. Yep!  A bleeding ulcer.  Any one thinking CF yet?   Got it cauterized this morning.

Need leg pain improved so I can walk. Had two nurses suggest rehab before going home. Right now I need stomach pain help so I can  "eat" my liquid dinner and not get dehydrated again. Craziest situation I've been in!  Miss you all and don't know if I will have wi-fi if I go to rehab. But for now I'm here.

So sorry your not well,  definitely in my prayers. :love7:

Praying the pain will subside and you get rest.

Praying for healing and a return to good health!   :love7:

So glad to hear from you, True, but feel terribly about your health.  Please be careful!  Praying here.

Glad to hear from you.

I had wondered why I hadn't seen much from you.

Praying for a steady recovery.

Guess you knew they'd find a bleeding ulcer.....how we all don't have one is amazing.

Praying for complete healing.

Thanks for the prayers and good wishes.  Feeling a bit better today. This all started with sciatica and snowballed. So true, Cher. We've earned them. Mine came from bad reaction to meds and home alone for a day and a half.  I am sure your prayers will help a lot.

Look forward to getting back in touch. Mostly reading for now.

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Praying from here for healing, for rest, for restoration.  Please be kind to you and get better soon!
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anne

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praying here!

Feel better soon!

blessings

Just saw DR. He says if stool is clear of.blood and I sit up more and begin walking more, with no further issues can go home Monday. Have some elevated white count.  My leg keeps giving me intermittent pain which makes it hard to walk.  I had also gone to a physician several weeks ago and was  diagnosed with maldebarkment.  It's ok, my gp even never heard of it. It's the biggest souvenir of my cruise. Two months and counting of sea legs. Ugh he wants me on physical therapy for that.

Anyhow seems there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the prayers, they must be helping.

My reply got lost last night, I think.  Hope you are feeling better and get some clearance today.  Mal-debarkment?   That is so crazy!   As in, your body still feels like its on a ship?   How does that happen?  :(   

Hope you keep improving!

beats me. I'm supposed to see a PT in Cape Girardeau with a specialty. But I need to get better from this first.  My stomach is really hurting when I eat, though they have something that helps a bit.  No pain meds allowed as they are hard on your stomache. Then I have to give some blood free stool samples to be released from hostage.... I mean the hospital.  Now there's a conundrum.  I must have done something really terrible in my youth or childhood.  Look what Maria got for being a bad nun.  

You sound a little loopy, True.... :laughing6:   Enjoy the pain killers at least....

Loopy doesn't begin to explain it. I made some very strange phone calls under the influence.  Pain killers got taken off the list as they are hard on the stomach, but thet have tried to come up with alternatives. Today was the first day I wasn't really hurting too bad. They gave me a potassium, which I didn't really need evidently and that has caused some irritation.

This morning my doc offered me the option to stay on liquids today and get a colonoscopy tomorrow or begin to eat soft food and do a three day liquid fast later and get it. Even I can do that math. Keep praying folks. They just showed up with my gallon sized cocktail.

Praying all goes well. True.

Be a good patient now.....

Prayers from here.
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anne

Mercy!  I think I would tell them I want clear liquids today and enemas this evening rather than the gallon cocktail.

I hope they find the problem and fix it quickly and all is well.

Ugh....hope you are faring okay tonight True!   :coffee:

Thinking of you!

Praying for you. I hope you are on the mend.

Hoping you are doing better today. 
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anne

Thanks for the good wishes and prayers.  I made it home yesterday.  I am very blessed to have a young family member (by choice) take her days off this week to drive 4 hours to stay with me.  I don't know how I would have made it otherwise.  Dh has helped, but is also working.  She has spent every minute looking out for me. I'll have her help until Thursday.  I am having home health nurses and therapy for awhile as I cannot drive. I have other friends who are pitching in to get me to appts. and stay with me.  Not sure I'll have that level of help much longer, but am trusting I'll be ready.  It has been a golden lining to have the love and support of so many family and friends.

One problem I'm having is intermittent, very low blood pressure, which is putting me at a risk for falling.  Dh got me a walker at the suggestion of the therapist. I will say that I seem to be improving from both yesterday and this morning.  Both my stomach pain and sciatica seem better tonight.  For now I am staying downstairs.  We put a bed in the family room.  Just no point in taking unnecessary risks.

Will keep you posted as I can.  Thanks again for being so supportive my friends.

My husband also suffers from intermittent low blood pressure, among other things.  He stumbles a lot when he first stands.  So, use your walker, take your time, sit on the edge of your bed or chair until you don't feel dizzy, etc...I'm sure they told you all those things.  It's just scary when my husband stands because he won't listen to all those instructions!

Praying for your health.

Keeping you in prayer.   :love7: