Subject: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:13 PM i checked into the Emergency Room on wed. p.m. after experiencing chest pains and difficulty breathing. the diagnosis is a blood clot in my lung. Pulmonary embolism (P.E.) is no joke. but at least it was not a heart attack. or a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. i was admitted to the hospital and put on blood thinners. luckily there is wireless internet here and my daughter has loaned me her lap top so i can check e-mail and mudcat! to have to be here for a week without access to the internet, mudcat and e-mail would be a real tragedy!! i am listening to NPR radio via the net,.\ that beats being at the mercy of the network television stations! i was supposed to join my friend buckwheat bob at several gigs -- today i am missing the first one--i progress now. Laurel |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: fat B****rd Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:15 PM Best thoughts from Charlie. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Gizmo Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:21 PM All the best wishes for a speedy recovery. Well wishes and thoughts From Nicci |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Scoville Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:26 PM Whoa, I actually came here expecting snide surgery jokes; boy, do I have egg on my face. PE is scary stuff. Wishing you the best. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Alaska Mike Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:31 PM Laurel, take it easy and follow the doc's instructions. I know how lousy hospitals can be, but I also know they can be very helpful in staying alive. Best wishes for a swift and complete recovery. Mike |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: GUEST,michaelr Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:32 PM Bset wishes for a speedy recovery, Laurel. Cheers, Michael |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Deckman Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:35 PM Good Grief Laurel!!! Some folks will do ANYTHING to get attention! It's not often I say that hospitals can be good for you, but I'm sure you realize that where you are right now is the best place possible. I'll let Miken know when he gets home. So, try to relax, follow orders ... tough as that sounds ... and remember that all of these kind of experiences build "charactor." CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Hawker Date: 02 Mar 07 - 03:36 PM Get well soon, Love and kind thoughts, Lucy |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Sorcha Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:06 PM Geeze, Laurel! Get WELL! |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:07 PM thanks for all good thoughts following orders is difficult but in this case, worth it i am in good spirits except that it hurts to laugh |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Deckman Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:18 PM Hey Laurel ... Did you hear the one about the Billy Goat that was seriously attracted to a Republican ... ooops, I'd better not finish it. I might make you laugh! Bob |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: kendall Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:21 PM I'm sorry to hear this, and I hope for a speedy recovery. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Megan L Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:24 PM Lassie get weel soon an thats an order :) keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Joybell Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:32 PM Healthy thoughts and best wishes, Laurel. Enjoy the getting waited on bit and good luck with the scary bits. Love Joy |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Wesley S Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:43 PM Yes - behave and follow orders. And that's tough advice to give OR follow. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Amos Date: 02 Mar 07 - 04:59 PM Glad you have your lungs in hand, sweetie!! Keep on breathing!! A |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Bee Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:02 PM Hope they let you out very soon. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:03 PM No gigs while yer in there! No radio shows from bedside, either-- rest, rest, and more rest, young lady, or we'll send Spaw to tie you to the bed. ~Susan |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: ranger1 Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:42 PM Get well soon. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: George Papavgeris Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:52 PM All the best, Laurel, we're all thinking of you |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: katlaughing Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:54 PM Geez, Laurel, I am glad you went to the ER and that it was not a heart problem, too, but geez. No picnic, I know. Thanks to your daughter for lending her laptop and to you for keeping us posted. I am sending you lots of healing thoughts and giving thanks for a complete and speedy recovery. luvyakat |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Mar 07 - 06:49 PM It's important that you follow directions and take your thinner regularly, having it checked often as well. I hope they can find the reason such as a Factor 5 problem or something as it makes it easier over the long haul. I am certainly not trying to scare you Kiddo.....But you know just how serious that was/is! They have never been able to isolate the problem that caused Karen's P.E. and subsequent clots but she does her warfarin/coumadin and things are great. You'll be great too I'm sure and you have all our best thoughts coming your way!!! Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: skipy Date: 02 Mar 07 - 07:14 PM I'm sorry to hear of this, and I wish you a speedy recovery. Skipy |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 02 Mar 07 - 08:27 PM it doesn't help to know that they are giving me rat poison ---do you suppose it is a plot???!!! better than crushed glass, i guess!! it is good to know that i am not alone i may have missed my gig today but plan to be back in the swing of things by this time next week... good lord willing and the creek don't rise. i will have to look into the 5 factor whatever that is. there is an issue with Vitamin K that i need to learn about...\ as well as avoiding cranberry juice green tea, garlic and shed loads of stuff that i have been thinking of as good for years.... it seems as if vit. K levels go down with heat...and cooking may destroy it...if i am correct ...any opinions on this? |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: RangerSteve Date: 02 Mar 07 - 08:37 PM Life without Cranberry Juice? You really have my sympathies. My thoughts and prayers are with you. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Deckman Date: 02 Mar 07 - 08:55 PM HEY ... DON'T KNOCK CRUSHED GLASS I love it! Bob |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 02 Mar 07 - 09:09 PM Best Wishes! |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Mar 07 - 09:45 PM Ah...the joys of Coumadin. Coumadin comes in various size pills and you will take it daily. THe amount varies with the individual, their condition, weight and other things but what becomes very important is diet. The Coumadin clinics and other monitoring specialists will try to get you away from some things and blah, blah......What is important is that whatever you eat, you're consistent! Green leafy stuff contains Vitamin K and K kills the effect of the coumadin. If you're a real veggie nut than cutting back may be in order a it since you want to try not to have too high a daily dose of coumadin. Karen and I both eat veggies like Sprouts and cauliflower and broccoli and spinach which are major coumadin killers but we limit the times per week and the serving size to try to be about the same amount every week......consistency! The same is true with cranberries, papaya, grapefruit, and other things which ENHANCE the effect of the coumadin. You can still eat about whatever you want but eat it consistently! You'll get to know all about the numbers especially one called pro-time number which gauges the time it takes blood to clot. Normal clotting blood is around 1.0 to 1.3 or thereabouts. Your doctors will figure a level based on your condition that they want to establish as your number. Karen and other P.E. patients are generally about 2.5 although some Docs vary that. In my case with the heart valve, mine is best kept a bit thinner at 3.0-3.4. To maintain that with a consistent diet I take 7.5mg every day but Sunday and Wednesday when I take a 3mg. Karen weighs less and maintains a lower number but she requires a 7.5 daily.......we're all different. Adjuisting to the proper level can be frustrating at times but its no big deal. What is a big deal is that you need to get yourself a MED ID something or another so if you're injured the folks working on you will know you take blood thinners! There is plenty of info a lot better than this on the net and I am sure your Docs will give you reading material as well. Don't be freaked over it......it beats the alternative! Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 02 Mar 07 - 09:49 PM got any good doctor jokes?? or nurse jokes? i have a portable heart monitor thingy telemetry.....sounds like something from star trek.. beam me up... and i just had a nurse-type person run in to check to see if i am still alive -- one of the wires came loose from the lead. luckily i could give her a positive report on my status... not dead.....yet...... although i sort of wished i was when every breath was so painful. the stickers that hold the clips to the wires never come off though...there are some stuck to the bed nd they will not peel off no matter what...the stickers last thru showers and everything... gosh i wish the lady down the hall was not moaning and wailing. sometimes she ramps up into an operatic pitch.. sorry if that offends any opera fans out there. she gives opera a bad name!! well, i got my mandolin delivered today so maybe i can echo back with some noise of my own!! |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Sorcha Date: 02 Mar 07 - 10:56 PM Go for it Laurel! But what you really need for that is a Hawaiian lap steel. Do some serious wailing! |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: katlaughing Date: 02 Mar 07 - 11:00 PM Pick it, gyrl! Spaw about summed up the coumadin thing. I have been taking since geting the new aortic valve. I do not like taking it, but it beats the chances of the alternative.:-) I found the more I exercised the lower the dosage which flies in the face of their studies, according to the people at the coumadin clinic I go to, but my doc says he thinks it's because my body is using it more efficiently which works for me! My protime has to be between 2.0-3.0. It may take them some time to get your dosages correct. I have finally had my first three months with a steady "read" and so have a set dosage, 7.5 each day except Friday when I only take 5.0. They are supposed to be developing new drugs for this. Last I heard over in the UK, but who knows? Anyway...you've got the right attitude and I know you are getting better. Just don't come outta there like a horse in a race okay? Take it a little slow and easy. After a week of being in hospital, everything may be a little slow on the uptake and you'll need to be patient with yourself.*smile* luvyakat |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Janie Date: 02 Mar 07 - 11:05 PM Good golly, girl, how frightening! glad you went to the ER and are getting prompt intervention. Good thoughts and healing energy going up. Janie |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: JennieG Date: 02 Mar 07 - 11:16 PM Keep smiling Laurel! don't let them medical folks get you down. Cheers JennieG |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Alice Date: 03 Mar 07 - 12:35 AM Wow, Laurel. I had a similar experience years back. I'll send you a PM. alice |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Elmer Fudd Date: 03 Mar 07 - 12:38 AM What a bummer, Laurel. Illegitimatus non carborundum! We gotta get Anna Pigeon to kick some serious butt and spring you. Sending healing thoughts your way, Elmer |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Liz the Squeak Date: 03 Mar 07 - 04:12 AM I know what you mean about those stickers! Waking up in the middle of the night with people standing over you with the adrenalin shot and the paddles is no picnic either! Have a rest, do what they tell you and don't eat the yellow crap they give you, it's disgusting! LTS |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Black Beauty Date: 03 Mar 07 - 05:29 AM So sorry to hear you were unwell Mike. Get better soon. Love Charlotte |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: jacqui.c Date: 03 Mar 07 - 05:40 AM That was some shock! Take care of yourself Laurel, you know that your friends on the 'Cat will be pulling for you. Problem is, hospitals are no place to be when you're sick - t0o much noise and dreadfull food most of the time. Where will you be going when they let you loose? I hope that you have someone to keep an eye on you then - I know that your home is quite isolated. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: gnu Date: 03 Mar 07 - 06:29 AM Laurel! Follow all those orders! And get well soon. Thoughts and prayers. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Leadfingers Date: 03 Mar 07 - 10:22 AM Doctor / Nurse Jokes ?? DONT Tempt me !! Though I could PM you one or two ! Good Vibes from here Laurel ! |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: katlaughing Date: 03 Mar 07 - 11:01 AM Elmer Fudd, gotta get Anna Pigeon outta her latest scrape, first!**bg** Laurel, how's your morning? Better and freer of pain, I hope. kat |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: John MacKenzie Date: 03 Mar 07 - 11:13 AM Laurel I'm not sure a mandolin in hospital is a good thing. I remember my Doc saying, "If you pick it, it'll never get better" Go get better quick or else. Giok (((((((L))))))) |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 03 Mar 07 - 01:38 PM thanks my friends... it is hard to jsut sit here. and harder yet to think about going back to my little cabin in the woods where last i was there, the power and phone were out. no doubt those things are fixed by now and perhaps some of the snow is melted. ok--med time and vitals--see you later |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Alba Date: 03 Mar 07 - 01:44 PM Laurel ma Dear. Och that was a bit of fright for you... and us You're in the right place for now...honest. Heal well and keep us up to date with what's happening. I am holding you in my Heart and in my thoughts. Loads of Positive stuff and Love:) Judi x |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 03 Mar 07 - 01:44 PM Sending good healing wishes your way- I'm glad you've got your mandolin and your laptop! Think of it as a spa week- lots of pampering and attention, and you can play and cruise the web all you want! |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 03 Mar 07 - 05:14 PM this could be habit forming |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: leeneia Date: 03 Mar 07 - 08:58 PM Best wishes, and I'm glad you got to the hospital in time. As for the long term, there are worse things than having to do without broccoli, cauliflower and spinach. Or was Spaw just trying to cheer you up? |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Deckman Date: 03 Mar 07 - 09:05 PM During your "spa week" I sure hope that they don't have a fire alarm sound! I can just see you running down the hall. tubes and bottles trailing, and yelling for the truck to get started! SHEEEEUH! Bob |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: Ebbie Date: 03 Mar 07 - 10:19 PM I'm glad you have your laptop. Feel free to complain all you want- that's when we'll know that you're rapidly getting better. |
Subject: RE: BS: open mike in hospital From: open mike Date: 04 Mar 07 - 12:00 AM Try to get the I.V. nurse to arrange your tubes and lines to facilitate mandolin picking--no,not on that arm, no not in that hand, please move the tape so i can bend my wrist... i promised a concert if it worked right, and so they fixed me up! ahhh---music therapy! |