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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 26 Sep 10 - 01:35 PM Not at the moment. November, yes... turbinate reduction surgery. And I have an Owens nose, so's gonna be a big headache. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 26 Sep 10 - 06:04 AM I either have full moon syndrome or the low pressure, stuffy head barometric, atmospheric blues. anyone else got a head ache? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 23 Sep 10 - 02:48 AM oh Maeve... that is pure evil droooool...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 22 Sep 10 - 07:26 PM Noooobooody knoooows the truffles I've seeeen... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: maeve Date: 22 Sep 10 - 07:20 PM Me oh my, a cure for what ails you (Warning: chocolate alert!) http://www.intriguechocolates.com/truffleofthemonthclub.php |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 22 Sep 10 - 04:39 PM very funny Rap :P I suspect as it is the NHS docs prescribe the cheapest meds first. If they don't work or they cause reactions then doctors try the better more expensive meds. That is the way they are required to do it per NICE Guidance and PCT policies and to protect their budget for prescriptions, I think. The way it works (I believe) GP surgeries are given only a certain budget for prescription drugs. Someone like me who has a chronic condition (hypothyroidism) gets the meds for free (free meaning they are paid for under the surgery's budget for prescription meds). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Rapparee Date: 22 Sep 10 - 04:22 PM VT, why would they prescribe edema and hives for a heart condition? 8-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 22 Sep 10 - 02:34 PM Gnu I have a life time history of hive like reactions to medications. It may not be the active ingredients (the actual medicine) but the excipients (additives in the pill to help the body absorb the meds). Beta blockers and ace inhibitors (most common BP controlling meds) can cause edema. Vascular disease itself can cause edema and can cause hives. Edema is a side effect, the doctors say you have to live with if you want to control the blood pressure. There are things you can do to control the edema. Watch sodium intake (it is everywhere especially processed sauces and soups, breads, even milk). Take enough water and potassium and/or magnesium (be careful, it is a fine balance getting the fluid and tissue salts correct). Elevate the feet above the heart several times a day. Very important that you are lying flat on your back and that there is only a slight bend in the hips when you elevate feet. Use compression socks. They really work and it feels wonderful when you remove them. Not that they are uncomfortable. Just a lovely feeling of freedom for your legs and feet at the end of the day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 22 Sep 10 - 01:38 PM VT... "... for blood pressure, I get edema and hives" Well, well, well... I shall be having a chat with my physician next appt. Might not do any good as he has pooh-poohed my previous complaints. Perhaps a further study of the BP meds and possible links first. I think my BP just went up a few points. And I am itchy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 22 Sep 10 - 01:12 PM CORRECTION! I will be having a myocardial perfusion scan. Injection of radio isotopes and pictures taken of my heart. Seems less invasive than the catheter thing. Anyone had one and can tell me what to expect? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 20 Sep 10 - 02:33 PM yeah... I used to get a little bit of swollen ankles now and then. Since they put me on amytriptyline and then ramipril for blood pressure, I get edema and hives. fun, eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 20 Sep 10 - 02:16 PM VT... edema? From the meds??? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 20 Sep 10 - 02:07 PM saw cardiologist today Blood pressure was 165 over 88 he requested a Coronary angiogram This is often used to assess whether people with angina require surgery. The test gives vital information about: Blood pressure within the heart, How much oxygen is in the blood The function of the pumping chambers and valves The exact severity and positioning of any narrowings in the coronary arteries. A catheter is inserted into a vein or artery in the groin or arm, under a local anaesthetic, and dye is injected into the coronary arteries. Obstructions in the arteries can be identified by tracing the liquid's passage though the veins. I see him again 3 months to give whatever part of the clinic time to administer the above diagnostic. rash is getting bad again... I have to return to GP and get something done about BP. which means more meds and more edema and more hives.. Hack saw please. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 20 Sep 10 - 01:28 PM Rap... you okay? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 20 Sep 10 - 12:33 PM At least he didn' fall on his sword...did he???? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Sep 10 - 11:10 AM Rap just got back from a trip, that's why he took the fall. Gotta watch this guy's wordplay. Also gotta watch out for those bottom three steps. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Rapparee Date: 20 Sep 10 - 10:38 AM Okay, I fell down some steps last night. I'm in. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 20 Sep 10 - 10:27 AM I hope you didn't get any on your ears. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 20 Sep 10 - 08:34 AM Lysol was probably the first disinfectant spray air cleaner. It had a disgusting smell. One morning I confused it with my hairspray and went to work smelling like a public rest room. Nasty stuff. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Sep 10 - 02:41 PM I can never remember the difference between Lysol and Listerine. Listerine is the mouthwash and such, but isn't Lysol like a floor cleaner? Would you put it on your skin? I'd use the Listerine for that, not the floor cleaner. My dog Cinnamon (the smart, funny, occasionally mellow pit bull) will come visit folks in the ward, but don't feed her too much. She's in great shape and I don't want her getting fat after visiting all of you with your nutella and marmite and whatnot. The bandage should come off of her foot on Wednesday (toe surgery after an injury). SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 19 Sep 10 - 05:59 AM I figured out why my head and neck hurt so much. I fell asleep in a bad position while watching film last night. This morning TSO gave me a neck and shoulder massage and applied tingler to my head. I had one paracetamol (tylenol) with my coffee and have ice pack on my neck. I feel much better. Hopefully I have averted another course of acupuncture. I have decorating (painting) and ironing to do today. Loads done yesterday. Feeling quite accomplished. Our flat is going be in tip top shape when I collapse. Sorry you are having probs, John. I have been following the TUC thread. While I don't agree with your take on the situation, I don't wish you to feel bad. Hope things pick up for everyone very soon. All I can do, is hope. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: John MacKenzie Date: 19 Sep 10 - 05:01 AM Well girl, we have to grin and bear it, don't we? I have been feeling depressed for the last 3 or 4 weeks, and I'm finding people to be a PITA. However, you can't avoid them, so I just let the shit happen! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 19 Sep 10 - 03:20 AM what a terrible night... I feel terrible... headache, nausea, mild aching in sides of neck and upper chest, feet like ice and tingling... but I am soldiering on. lots of work to do. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 18 Sep 10 - 11:23 AM hugs to you, Tam |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 18 Sep 10 - 04:35 AM thanx for that Gnu... so yeah! rash is even better today.. but I had a terrible night of leg pain and edema, even though I raised my legs and feet above heart on a folded duvet. My feet feel so weird and tingly and legs heavy, full and achy. Going to wear compression socks this weekend and make the time to take at least 3 30 minute breaks today and tomorrow with the legs raised. Lots of water and potassium intake planned. We must foil the gravity monster. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 17 Sep 10 - 01:39 PM Dettol (in Canada, anyway) ... kills germs and bacteria Soothes and cleanses abrasions/cuts Useful on bites/stings Non stinging Useful to use for laundry use and bathing Dettol is an antiseptic solution which can be used to clean cuts, grazes, gravel rash, bites and stings, and anywhere bacteria can grow. Dettol protects your... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 Sep 10 - 01:27 PM Mary... take your own advice on that flu jab site. Ice it! maybe with your frozen lunch. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 17 Sep 10 - 08:27 AM ound my FROZEN DINNER lunch in the freezer where I put it - after tearing the car, my house and two office fridges apart. DOH! Sorry about the itching Miss Tam.Ice wrapped in a wet towel as a compress may help. Mary, whose flu shot is swollen and sore. WHINE! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 Sep 10 - 02:42 AM Linn.. How do you know about Dettol? Took me a bit after I moved to UK to clock that Dettol(UK) = Lysol(USA). But yeah wire brush and more like boat hull cleaner would have been great. Actually feeling much better after 2 nights no blood pressure medicine and 1 night with steroid cream. It is clearing and I slept beautifully last night. Did not want to get up this morning. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Bat Goddess Date: 16 Sep 10 - 08:57 PM Wire brush and Dettol! ;-) Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 16 Sep 10 - 03:15 PM Burp. Pardon me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 16 Sep 10 - 02:57 PM not poison ivy.. poison meds. reaction to the blood pressure medicine. hungry as I am... still dieting... I didn't take Mary's lunch. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Jeri Date: 16 Sep 10 - 02:35 PM It's on your kitchen counter. Well, that's where mine is whenever I 'lose' it, and it's not in my car. I'm relatively fine. Got a bit of the blues that I get when I have a lot of fun, then go back to the Real World, but I'm slowly re-acclimating. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 16 Sep 10 - 02:23 PM Been roaming in the gloaming filled with poison ivy, have we? I'll take the bed next to you but only if you promise to sit still and be quiet. My thyroid is wacky and I am losingthings. Today it was my lunch - no not in the bathroom. Somewhere between South Portland and Portland I manage to mislay it. Hope it's not in the trunk of my car. SIGH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 16 Sep 10 - 01:55 PM ICE! GIVE ME ICE! No not for my drink. For my legs, covered in itchy red hives. Better yet. BRUSH! GIVE ME A WIRE BRUSH! no wait.. SAW! GIVE ME A HACK SAW! that should do it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Amos Date: 19 Aug 10 - 09:29 AM We are recovering from house painters. From domestic order to chaos and half-way back in on eweek. Ya know the similarity between a Louiana hurricane and a Texas divorce? Somebody's gonna lose a trailer. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: freda underhill Date: 19 Aug 10 - 08:26 AM The corridors are strangely empty, yet I know there's a few people round here who need some bandaids, brandy and bananas. How're y'all going? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 25 May 10 - 02:48 PM %*^# reduction candle lit for LtS' friend. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 May 10 - 12:50 AM Well, I think we've arrested the freefall, he's still very down, but at least when he talks 'worst case scenario' he's planning on coming back... but he still needs help. Thank you all. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 24 May 10 - 04:18 AM Can we make room in the Psych ward for a friend of mine who is currently in free-fall and about to implode? I can't post details but he's very depressed, is awaiting a result in July that could either be negative (which is what we want) or something that is going to completely overturn his life and may result in years of misery. Thanks guys... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 23 May 10 - 03:25 PM KFC? Hasn't the man suffered ENOUGH? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 23 May 10 - 10:30 AM ....And it's all around my arm I will wear the Blue Pillow... Now that's the Severn we all know and love. Where abouts do you live? Are there no friendly cudmatters in the vicinity, willing to do a Sunday pop round with a KFC bucket? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: freda underhill Date: 23 May 10 - 08:05 AM Sev, if I was nearby, I'd pop in with some flowers and mineral water. What a predicament. It's repair and maintenance time, and sometimes it hurts to laugh. speaking of which... Last week I had a trip to the dentist. There i was, immobilised in the dental chair, undergoing root canal therapy with bits of metal being shoved into my mouth while the dentist was determinedly drilling, when who came to mind? none other than the maniacal dentist in Little Shop of Horrors. It didn't help the process to burst out laughing as the piercing drilling screamed into my brain. The dentist was patient with me. Hang in there , Sev, we want you home and healing. freda |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 23 May 10 - 05:52 AM cyber visitors aren't the same thing as local visitors. sending more good wishes for accelerated healing. sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 22 May 10 - 04:58 PM I can't get there Sev... wish I could. Keep that chin up bud. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Severn Date: 22 May 10 - 04:16 PM Yes, VT, seeing my two grandchildren for the first time (Julianne is 3 and Rowan is 8 months)is a great way to feel better about life. I'm still wearing the abduction pillow and still not cleared for driving and still am getting my dressings changed a few times a week. My first follow-up appointment is on the 25th, so we'll see if any sutures are removed, whether I can drive again and recommendations on how long I must wear my oversized sling ....And it's all around my arm I will wear the Blue Pillow... Original estimates were 6-8 weeks full time and maybe up to 6 more just at night. Time will only tell, and the old man's not spilling the beans quite yet..... So much for an Up Date on a down Saturday night. A visitor or two or a driver would definitely be welcomed..... (SIGH!)..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 22 May 10 - 05:28 AM OK... now I know from Facebook that Sev has visiting family. so maybe that is why he has not posted lately. Hope the company goes a long way to making him feel better. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Donuel Date: 20 May 10 - 10:16 AM Yahoo I can feel my thumb again after apparently compressing the sensory nerve last week simply from from using scissors to cut cardboard for an art project. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 20 May 10 - 02:45 AM ok Sev... time for an update, mate. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 18 May 10 - 03:47 PM wow I just did the tutorial and training on the Speech Recognition in my Windows 7 and it was easy peasy. Have not tested it yet. Throat hurts from yelling a swearing at it during tutorial. It says you are training the computer to recognise your voice and speech, but it is as much training yourself to speak a certain way. |
