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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: MudGuard Date: 06 Feb 08 - 12:26 PM What is in a barium? In an aquarium, there is aqua (water). In a terrarium, there is terra (earth). In a barium, there is a ba? As far as I know ba is not a Latin word. So what is in there? ;-) Btw. by looking that up I found the word baro, baronis = baboon, booby This sheds quite a new light on the title of "baron" ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 06 Feb 08 - 12:06 PM Good news Sev. Did you mean bed pan humour? G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 06 Feb 08 - 11:36 AM Wait! I thought gnu said he wanted "Deadpan Humor"! Or maybe it was Cap'n Hook that wanted it..... Or was he the one the Barrie-um was meant for? Thanks, Nurse! Kesey references are an improvement over queasy references,. .....Feeling a bit better today, folks, thanks! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: GUEST,nurse ratched Date: 06 Feb 08 - 02:21 AM Sev, unlike that reprobate Giok, you will be given my very bestest care! LTS, it's nice to be remembered n.r. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 05 Feb 08 - 06:45 PM And never trust a fart! Especially an old fart like Gnu. Nurse Ratched will be round with the bed pans in about 10 minutes. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 05 Feb 08 - 05:20 PM Aw shit, Sev... I mean... oh, you know. Damn. I hope things get moving again... wait, I mean... Well, you know... my thoughts and prayers are with you each and every day. Not a finer gentleman in all of Mudcat. I hope you are able to go Pro Bowlo next weekend without a weak end. Drink lots of water and walk slow, eh? g |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 05 Feb 08 - 04:56 PM Jeez, that's a bummer. You could have done without the Barium Necessities ♫ G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 05 Feb 08 - 04:37 PM A couple of days of gnaws-ya (from the inside) watching over two bowls on Super Sunday, and today having my CT and PET scans cancelled, but not until after I had the Barium. "Barium? He ain't dead yet!" Hope you all are doing well. Heading toward my good week...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 05 Feb 08 - 03:05 PM Glad to hear you are doing well, MudGuard! I am doing okay. Slept on my left side on my couch for a wee bit two nights ago and the progress I had with the facial "droop" and eye twitching and eye weeping and lip twitching regressed. Back to sleeping in the Lazy-Boy chair for a few more days (?), at least. But, the lines on the left side of my forehead are still "gone". I think the nerve damage was caused during the stone removal attempt prior to the gland removal surgery. Of course, when I questioned the doc about the odd procedure he used during the stone removal attempt (trying to crush the stone with his figers???), he said people pay big money for Botox injections for that. And, I thought, I wonder if I hit him with a right cross directly on that nerve, would he thank me? Don't mind me... just whining... and wondering. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work Date: 05 Feb 08 - 05:01 AM WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! Back at work for the first time in nearly 3 weeks... it's not nice here! I want my duvet. And an IV of cherry juice please. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 04 Feb 08 - 07:17 AM A nasty-tasting granulated herbal formula seems to be taking the edge off the migraines; poetry and new tunes have begun to emerge for the first time in a few years. Must be the good compnay and good nursing here in the Recovery ward! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Feb 08 - 05:47 AM Still coughing but it's no longer green. Huzzah for penicillin. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: MudGuard Date: 04 Feb 08 - 01:38 AM As far as I know, the "age spots" are caused by a lack of vitamin E. As you are providing additional vitamin E, this might help to reduce the lack of vitamin E and thus reducing the age spots. Btw, I am recovering quite well. The cut is healing, it doesn't hurt or itch anymore. And the swell has almost vanished. It's also much easier to stand up/sit down now. What about progress with the other patients? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Rapparee Date: 03 Feb 08 - 10:39 PM Low light? Lack of sunlight might also do it -- I think they're basically melanin. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 03 Feb 08 - 07:18 PM Have you changed your glasses Linn? G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 03 Feb 08 - 07:14 PM Seamus slept at the foot of the bed. I was visited by Freddie just after I retired to my seated position in bed propped up by pillows. I motioned him into my lap, but he just stared as if to say, "Where's Mom? And who, exactly, are YOU?!?" I'm having something interesting happen and I haven't a clue as to why. I've had "age spots" on the backs of my hands for some time now. One in particular on my right hand has been both large and dark. An hour ago or so I looked down at my right hand and noted that the large one (that had a bit of a scab in the corner from my scratching at something) was noticably paler that it had been even two days ago. And that all the others seem to be fading substantially as well. Now I DID get several remedies -- on Friday from a friend who is an herbalist -- to encourage bone healing and to discourage pain. But the only one I've started using consistently was a homeopathic remedy for pain. Of course, I'm also massaging vitamin E oil into the incision scar. What's causing the age spots to fade? I am, of course, ecstatic! It's a major improvement in the appearance of my hands. Or is it being in the Mudcat Recovery Ward?!? Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 03 Feb 08 - 04:35 AM Gnu - you wouldn't be able to roll your head if you were in traction either, which is where you will be if you make a suggestion like that to Nurse Ratched, who, whilst formidibly well endowed, is rather short in the sense of humour department. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 02 Feb 08 - 10:06 PM I wish I could sleep with pillows again. In a bed, or even just on the couch. Sometime soon, I hope. Or on a big, comfy, nurse. Yeah, I wouldn't be able to roll my head to the side if... ah, er, she cradled.... ah, er..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: bfdk Date: 02 Feb 08 - 03:09 PM Not to mention Alice.. B |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Feb 08 - 01:38 PM Seamus will love all those pillows. G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 02 Feb 08 - 01:32 PM Neither roll-on nor aerosol -- stick. Not that I'd put any of it in my drawers ;-) even if I had a highboy. No, impossible logistics around here -- but a good idea! Been working on a LOT of workarounds until I can raise the arm higher that straight out from the shoulder (and allowed to lift anything heavier than a coffee cup). As it is, with the stick deodorant, I can just barely reach the right armpit -- and, believe it or not, can use my right hand to get the lower part of my underarm covered. I'm schlepping 6 pillows, a bolster and a neck pillow so I can sleep at Sinsull's tonight. Sigh. I feel as if I'm going on safari! Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Megan L Date: 02 Feb 08 - 08:36 AM Send the grumpy auld men doon tae ma ward lassie ah'll skelp their bahookie till their lugs ring. It might knock some sence intae them but a doot it they hivny got that auld withoot loosin whit grey cells they hid. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Feb 08 - 08:21 AM What's TV? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: jacqui.c Date: 02 Feb 08 - 08:19 AM My cold seems finally to be giving up - hips are aching with the weather we're having but that I can cope with. Find me a quiet spot with a TV. I'm going to sit and watch Salems Lot this morning, all four hours of it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 02 Feb 08 - 04:44 AM Sorry gents, the sad old man ward is two down and round to the left. This is for people who are sick in body, not mind. Hope we're all recovering nicely, Nurse Ratched is due back on Monday so be warned! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 01 Feb 08 - 06:48 PM Your mind works like mine mate, sad innit? G ¦¬] |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Micca Date: 01 Feb 08 - 06:44 PM Neither ball nor aerosol Giok, it was for her armpits!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 01 Feb 08 - 05:13 PM Jamming deodorant in your drawers is not really what the makers had in mind, was it roll on or aerosol? G. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 01 Feb 08 - 04:55 PM Can you jam the deodorant into a drawer and roll your arm across it that way? I managed to do that when my frozen shoulder was at it's worst and I couldn't reach across myself. We have a tallboy - a short wardrobe which was the perfect height for it. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 01 Feb 08 - 02:18 PM Awww, Sev. I wish I could piss for ya, buddy. And, them "anti-nausea meds somehow work better on a full stomach"? Double "Awww"! Can't you get some of that "medical merrywanna" to bring on the munchies? They got it here, in pill form, by prescription, I heard. And, you can also get the free range, organic stuff, too... ya just gotta know which taxi driver to call, I heard. Paging Ms. Nurse Maryjane... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 01 Feb 08 - 01:45 PM Aha, Wilfried! I NEVER had a cast -- which causes muscles to atrophy. For two days I just had a sometime sling keeping the two ends of the humerus from slopping around too much, then I had the surgery to install the hardware. No cast either after surgery and I only used the sling for awhile to stabilize the arm while riding in the car and as an indication for other people to stay the hell away from the arm. (Didn't work much -- they hugged me anyway.) Two weeks later (original appointment was for one week) when the staples came out, the surgeon gave me some basic exercises to do -- mostly letting gravity work for me. And "Power Putty" or something (better than a tennis ball) to help work and loosen the muscles. Still, it took close to a month to be able to raise my arm high enough to put in my contact lenses, for example, or put backs on my earrings. (I'm so vain.) Geoff the therapist gave me some stretching type exercises yesterday (especially since I can't get back to see him for two weeks). Everything is stretch to the point of discomfort, not pain. My terror through this whole ordeal has been that I would no longer be able to take baths -- ever. Now showers are for getting clean, but baths are for R&R -- MY R&R -- with a margarita and a book and no one (except, perhaps, a cat) to disturb me. I'm "goddess shaped" and my knees are shot (technical medical term), so to get out of the bath tub I have to push with my arms to take the stress off my knees. (Even before I broke the arm I knew that if I ever stopped, I probably wouldn't be able to do it again.) So I asked the surgeon the other day and he said after the bone has healed I should have no problems getting out of the bath. I said I also intended to lose some weight and he said, "I'm glad you brought that up." So...get the right arm healed, I've been back working with weights on my GOOD arm to strengthen it, and, most importantly, actively work at losing some weight -- not only for my arm and my future bubble baths, but for my knees as well. The arm therapy is going to take a lot of work. Straight out to the side is the highest my left arm will go right now. (And I can just barely reach across my chest with it -- makes getting deodorant on a bit complicated.) But the experts all agree that I should be able to raise my left arm almost as high as the right. (Now if I can just get it to stop hurting like hell when rain is coming -- like right now.) Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Micca Date: 01 Feb 08 - 08:54 AM Linn, and Andy you have to wtch out for those Physical terrorists!! Mine warned me about coughing , after abdominal surgery, but omitted to mention the effect of sneezing!!! the 3rd sneeze in the set resulted in my passing out!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 01 Feb 08 - 07:43 AM more than giggles? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 01 Feb 08 - 02:07 AM Bat Goddess - esteem yourself lucky when you can lift your arm as high as your head. After 3 months of daily PT I wasn't. Reading your posts I just remember one day before Xmas when I sat crying on the table and despaired of any recovery. Then the therapist asked me: How could you move your arm when they took off the cast? - Not at all. - And how now? - Better. After half a year of hard training my broken arm was more agile than the sound one; it's the only one I can use to scratch my back up to the shoulderblades. By the way - I got more than giggles from the nurses when I asked: What's this PT you're rolling me to? Public Torturehouse? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 31 Jan 08 - 07:19 PM Progressing... Had a good session with the physical therapist this morning, a nice chap named Geoff. After filling out all the paperwork, etc., multiple questions and explanations, he did some really nice manipulation (shut up) and got me to relax and trust that he wasn't going to hurt me. Showed me some exercises to do, made some suggestions about how to thin out the scar tissue from the incision, introduced me to the pool where for the first few weeks I'll be spending about a third of our sessions. (No, I am NOT going to buy a swimming suit -- or be seen in one! I've already got a pair of shorts "ruined" by a pool and I'm sure I can find a loose shirt-like thingie to wear that's also expendable.) First sessions start in two weeks -- I still can't drive and Tom is working for the next two weeks. (Since I'm not bringing in any income, I can't interfere with his two-week gig!) Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: MudGuard Date: 31 Jan 08 - 05:10 PM Severn, that sounds really awful! Hope it will be better soon! And Liz, thanks for the English lesson! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 31 Jan 08 - 04:46 PM Well keep telling yourself it's all in a good cause, and remember we're thinking of you Sev. Giok |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 31 Jan 08 - 04:44 PM Andy, Liz got it pretty much dead on. A series of days when you don't even want to get up and walk, but with the constant need to urinate, you have to anyway. Bloated and empty and verging on nausea at the same time, as different meds play tug of war inside you. You feel like about 2/5 of a human being. And since the anti-nausea meds somehow work better on a full stomach, You feed yourself anyway.No fun at all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 31 Jan 08 - 04:22 PM Andy ~ "dishrag day" - feeling like something that's been soaked in soapy water then rubbed around a dirty greasy pan, then left on the side to dry, all limp and wrung out. I'm still coughing, the pills are working though as I can breathe within 5 minutes of a coughing fit... thank you for asking. And Andy - I can testify that the regrowing hairs will be considerably more annoying and painful than any surgical procedure. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 31 Jan 08 - 04:20 PM Hello I am looking for the fellow serving Lemoncello Jell-o on the back of his yellow cello (cellophane) mellow cello (chello). I'll go away now... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: MudGuard Date: 31 Jan 08 - 04:08 PM This afternoon I got adventorous (following doctor's orders to walk a bit) and made my (very slow) way to the nearest supermarket. And I survived. And found the way back home! Now the cut/scar starts itching. And the re-growing hairs are itching as well. I'm allowed to take a shower tonight. But I think I give the cut/scar another night's time to heal before I do that - I don't go out tonight anyway ... How is the rest of you? Making progress? Liz, still coughing? Can someone please explain "dishrag days"? Severn, it sounds awful - but I do not really understand the term. I know enough English to understand "day" (1/7 of a week ;-)) and "dishrag" (cloth for washing up plates and cutlery). But "dishrag days" doesn't make any sense to me ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: MudGuard Date: 31 Jan 08 - 07:18 AM And be careful with farts when there are burning candles around - farts are combustible (don't try to use them for jet propulsion!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 31 Jan 08 - 05:53 AM Severn, you take care of yourself... just keep saying - it will pass... or remembering the Wareham Wail or other such occasions... thinking of you. Andy - keep up the good work! Rapaire - never trust a fart, remember? NEVER TRUST A FART!!! There's a regretful incident relayed me by a friend who had a similar experience, that involved her forgetting she'd had a cup of tea and thinking there was naught but air..... Bat Goddess - stop scaring people with pictures of you nekkid and skinless! Skarpi - I think we concluded that Brennevin is caraway flavoured. Fennel is more licquorice. It's much enhanced by the addition of some sloes. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 31 Jan 08 - 02:03 AM Nice to read that you have survived, Andy. Your experiences reminded me of my own in hospitals (except military hospitals, where they keep always the same staff for you). It's the same the whole world over ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: MudGuard Date: 31 Jan 08 - 12:31 AM Have slept remarkably well. Despite the fact that nobody reminded me of taking the pain killer pill in the evening. I feel some pain when getting up/sitting down (i.e. when I use the abdominal muscles), but less than yesterday. I try to use mostly the arms to push me up or let me down ... It also hurts a little bit if I accidentally touch the band-aid covering the cut. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Rapparee Date: 30 Jan 08 - 10:36 PM Apart from sleeping off the effects of the happy juice and relieving myself of the air injected into my colon on Monday, things have been...okay. I felt pretty good yesterday, but that may have had more to do with being able to EAT SOMETHING! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 30 Jan 08 - 07:57 PM Third day of Chemo. Dishrag days are here again for a while. Feel like homemade dirt. Much urination and feelings of nausea that never quite get there an all around weakness and lethargy. Hope you're all doing well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 30 Jan 08 - 07:44 PM Well, evaluation appointment with physical therapy tomorrow morning. Got a stunning printout of my latest x-ray (Tuesday a.m.) -- have scanned it and will send to people I want to scare. Will also bring it along to Friday's Press Room session and the gathering at Sinsull's on Saturday. (Not necessarily for scaring purposes.) Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Megan L Date: 30 Jan 08 - 04:19 PM :p Dauvitt and I had enough good taste to meet up with the delightful Gunna and that giant she brought with her |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 30 Jan 08 - 04:13 PM A lot more taste than some people I know Meg. G |
