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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 21 Feb 08 - 03:42 PM He's not here |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 21 Feb 08 - 03:56 PM Better assinine than cat-o'-nine! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 21 Feb 08 - 07:08 PM You cut to the quick, Sev. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work Date: 22 Feb 08 - 09:24 AM Whipped in quick with that one! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 22 Feb 08 - 09:31 AM The thong is gone, but the malodour lingers on ♫♪ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 22 Feb 08 - 10:48 AM I feel crappy today. I picked up my biopsy slides and was treated with such sorrowful care that I think they thought I was going to die on the spot. Pity is truly offensive! Made me very angry. I am not even ill never mind dying. Damn! Tirade over. Thank you for the opportunity to vent. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 22 Feb 08 - 12:04 PM Dishrag-dirtbag days have started again and will be around for about a week or so, and I'll be feeling a bit listless both to starboard and to port. Lots of naps. But just one more treatment to go. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 22 Feb 08 - 12:14 PM Soon be gone today hair tomorrow time Sev. You'll be OK mate. G. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 22 Feb 08 - 12:42 PM Sleep as much as you can. It makes the time go faster. One more treatment and you will be fine by the Getaway. M |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: jacqui.c Date: 22 Feb 08 - 01:23 PM I need a bit of space in the ward please - I caught SINSULL's cold and am feeling rather sorry for myself right now, particularly since it's come with laryngitis so Kendall and I are a matched pair so far as speaking is involved right now. Chardonnay drip please and butter pecan icecream. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 22 Feb 08 - 01:59 PM I could teach youse two some sign language. My ex and I used a lot of sign language. Fer starters, close your fist and face the palm side of your hand toward you and extend... wait... nah, youse don't need to learn what I little I know. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 22 Feb 08 - 02:02 PM You caught the cold from me???? Not Judy???? I don't think so. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: jacqui.c Date: 22 Feb 08 - 05:06 PM Same symptoms as yours Mary. Timescale fits as well - if it had been Judy's I would have got it Friday, when Dennis went down with it. Still, can't complain too much - right now my lovely husband is cooking dinner for me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 23 Feb 08 - 02:07 PM Another major milestone!!! My body had started rebelling at the (boredom?) of only one major sleep position -- sitting upright in bed propped up by pillows (one bolster, 7 bed pillows and a horseshoe-shaped neck pillow) or propped up on my right side, but still for all practical purposes "seated". And my tush didn't like having all my weight on it not only for the 8-9 hours of sleep, but then for all the normal daytime sitting (such as here at the computer). So started experimenting on Wednesday or so. Tried lying horizontally on my stomach with my arm hanging down on the side of the bed. Okay, I guess, but I was afraid if I woke in the middle of the night (to change positions perhaps?), I'd forget my arm was broken and do something painful or damaging. Then I tried lying horizontally on my right side with my arm resting on top, on the left side of my body. Uh uh. Gravity pulls the arm back towards my head and it's painful. No go. Then yesterday I tried the third option. My bolster has flat surfaces, one of them is angled. I turned it onto the larger flat surface, which gave me sort of a ramp to elevate the top part of my body. Stuck a pillow to continue the ramp and support my body. Stuck a pillow for my head on top. Lay down on my right side and supported my arm with a pillow on my left (top) side. IT WORKED!!! It's sort of halfway between sitting upright and sleeping in a normal horizontal position. Slept that way last night. Wasn't perfect. Woke after a couple hours with my arm aching and needing to be in another position. Rolled onto my back needing to support my arm on another pillow, but it worked out fine. Was back in the original position again before morning and then back to the back position. BUT IT WORKED! So -- down to the bolster and 3 (maybe 4) bedpillows. WOW! I feel like I'm getting closer to "normal" (whatever THAT is). Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 23 Feb 08 - 06:42 PM Wonderful news, Linn. Thank you for keeping us up to date on your continuing recovery. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 23 Feb 08 - 07:32 PM Linn. That's great! Having a good night of sleep is something we take for granted until we can't. I know. The parotid surgeries sure made me appreciate such problems. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 23 Feb 08 - 07:55 PM Well, I'm not sure I've arrived yet at "good sleep", but I am, I think, on my way. And thanks for the encouragement! Recovery is taking a LOT longer than I had thought. (Doesn't it always; sigh.) Another encouraging thing was Thursday's physical therapy. The pool is heaven, but I saw the most progress during the "land" part of the stretching by Geoff, my therapist. I was amazed at how far up he had my arm. (But he did say, "You can't do this by yourself yet." ) But it was soooo encouraging that the stretch had been possible. At least now I know that there WILL, indeed, come a time when I can raise my arm past my shoulder. Thanks again! Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 28 Feb 08 - 11:10 AM If Ebbie will be joining our star patients in the Recovery Room, we'd best tidy up and open the door! Nurse! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 28 Feb 08 - 04:36 PM I hope there's room for me - I still have a cough - it's been 4 weeks now, even after a course of antibiotics for the chest infection. Trouble is, I've got a concert coming up next weekend... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 29 Feb 08 - 06:34 AM Somebody kindly tuck Liz in and hook up the chocolate mousse IV. We've got to get rid of that cough. Skarpi should be in soon with his recovering knee (and the rest of him, I trust), so let's get a comfortable bed ready, and put his guitar within reach. What would you like to eat- and drink- Skarpi? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 29 Feb 08 - 07:11 AM Just don't let Skarpi give that pickled shark recipe (or any of the finished product) to the kitchen staff. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 29 Feb 08 - 07:49 AM I guess if Skarpi wants pickled shark I'll catch him a shark and pickle the poor thing. Let's just keep it out of the IVs, eh? Liz won't want any cross contamination in her Mousse IV. Come to think on't Liz won't want any Iv messing with her chocolate mousse. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 29 Feb 08 - 08:16 AM I have a jar of the said pickled shark pieces in my fridge. To whom shall I forward it? G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 29 Feb 08 - 09:42 AM Skarpi has posted in his hospital thread. He is home and heading off to rest, and surgery seems to have gone well. He is not looking forward to 2 weeks of recovery time, but seems to be in good spirits. maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Bat Goddess Date: 29 Feb 08 - 11:19 AM I dunno...I think pickled shark sounds good, but, then again, I like just about anything pickled. (Don't start!) Finished off a jar of pickled fiddleheads last night. Haven't had any pickled herring since New Year's. Thinking about a pre-luncheon snack of pickled beets. My ancestry's German -- pickles are a vegetable (even fish). Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 29 Feb 08 - 11:27 AM Um... ya might wanna go over the shark recipe in detail before you have a bite. Hmmmm... and after you have eaten sommat else. But, not too soon after. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: skarpi Date: 29 Feb 08 - 12:11 PM so I am in recovery unit now ? I cant do anything at moment #$#%#$# skarpi |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 29 Feb 08 - 12:18 PM Um, Brevinnin, Skarpi? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: maeve Date: 29 Feb 08 - 12:19 PM Yes, Skarpi. You are supposed to recover. That means that you have to rest and maybe listen to some good music. Gunna gets to take good care of you and bring you nice things to eat. Be good! maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 29 Feb 08 - 03:23 PM Maeve, Even if you caught and pickled the shark for Skarpi, I don't think it would be aged enough in time. Think more in terms of "kim-chee (sp?) with a single dorsal fin"..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 29 Feb 08 - 03:52 PM But it doesn't taste as good as Kimchee :) G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 29 Feb 08 - 08:41 PM It does if you pickle the sharks in a tank of gin with a bit of lime juice. They swim around happily until they the alcohol takes over. Once they float to the top, they're done. It works on Linn too although she prefers a magharita bath. IV of Jack Daniel's here if you please and no open flames! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 01 Mar 08 - 04:02 AM coff coff coff. Brennevin for me and no bloody shark! I agree, it was 'interesting' but definately an acquired taste. Sorry Skarpi, for insulting your national heritage and your stout efforts to teach the southerners some culture (everything is south from Iceland, except maybe Alaska), but I'm afraid it's come to nothing. coff coff coff. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Re-cat Montgomery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 01 Mar 08 - 07:51 AM As I have never tasted the shark dish in question and have none in my possession, as does Giok, I've merely been referring to the long pickling process. Maybe if we sent the shark down to the Fer-Mental Hygene Ward for a little Shark Therapy they could speed up the process a little bit. After all, one of the lab retrievers who works down there told me that the gang in that unit, through Hickory Smoke Therapy, was recently able to to successfully administer the previously mentioned famed "Smithfield Cure" for a hog even AFTER it had died! You can't miss the place. It's right behind the cafeteria. What was the name of that doctor/curate in charge again?..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: John MacKenzie Date: 01 Mar 08 - 08:25 AM Giok is also undergoing a long pickling process Severn, very enjoyable it is too. Hic *#! Slainthe. G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: jacqui.c Date: 01 Mar 08 - 08:34 AM I just need to crawl in for a day or two right now. That cold is still hanging on and I'm tired. Kendall's colonoscopy, with the attendant fasting and purging on Wednesday/Thursday and two trips to Boston Tuesday and Friday have just about done me in. Snuggly bed please, Chardonnay drip and butter pecan ice cream. And keep that coff away from me Ms Squeak! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 02 Mar 08 - 03:16 AM Can someone make room on their bed for a poorly kitty? Yesterday morning Shadowcat was observed to be wobbling, rather than walking, she'd vomited and the litter tray bore traces of dire ear. Her gums were very pale and her eyes wouldn't stay still but twitched from side to side. She seemed to have trouble focusing and was very confused and disorientated. We knew she wasn't at all well when we managed to get her into the travelling basket with no fuss and not a single hiss or scratch. This is a cat who usually has to be immobilised and poured into the basket. So, we whisked her off to the vet and it seems she may have suffered a small stroke (how ironic - a cat stroking, rather than stroking the cat) or else has an inner ear infection. According to the vet, her eyes aren't reacting as they should but her kidneys are fine (urine was at the green end of the dipstick) so she wasn't a candidate for euthanasia as we'd feared. We're treating both diagnoses, she got a broad spec antibiotic for the inner ear and is on steroids to boost her up a bit. She's lost some weight but she was never a big cat - 4kg is about her heaviest (about 8lb UK pounds) she's down to 2.80kg or 6lbs at present. Anyhoo, she was inspected, injected and ejected to our care where she has made good progress. She refused to come out of the basket for several hours (another first, she's usually clawing her way out as we walk up to the front door) but she did drink some water put nearby, and had some fish for her lunch. She'd recovered enough to glare at us as we ate our dinners and ate her own as usual. She was back upstairs on the bed with me last night and seems much better today but still needs careful attention. I'll let you know how she's feeling when I give her her pill tonight. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 02 Mar 08 - 06:30 AM I'll make room. I haven't had a kitty or dog for years. The only pet I've had recently was was on Friday morning. I was reading my email and having my first tea when something caught my eye... a large, green spider walking across my old backup monitor. I petted it with a kleenex and took it swimming. I would normally have put it outside, but, seeing as it was -23C at the time, that would have been cruel. I hope kitty makes a full recovery soon. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: jacqui.c Date: 02 Mar 08 - 08:18 AM Kitty can come and snuggle with me too. Give her a get well hug from me, she is a lovely cat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 02 Mar 08 - 08:48 AM A quick dose of Cat-A-Tonic and the kitty will be fine. (The hair of the cat as scratched me?) If Seamus can wander around giving me Lab reports, we certainly have room for a cat. Sorry I can't help you any further on it, even though I got admitted to the hospital partly because I was a vet.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 02 Mar 08 - 06:03 PM Poor kitty. There is room here on the pillow. And a little Jack Daniel's if you like. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 03 Mar 08 - 03:45 AM She's much better today thanks, the steroids have kicked in and she's almost frisky... well, as frisky as a 20yr old cat can ever get. She's selecting her favourite bed at the moment... watch out for the cat scan. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 03 Mar 08 - 04:26 AM Another success story. Good news. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 03 Mar 08 - 11:03 AM Soooo, sucker for punishment that I am... just got back from a meeting with the "diabetes nurse" (none - just something I wanted to do as a preventative measure) and an appointment with my GP. The whack of blood tests were all okay to excellent. And, the prostate exam went well. Ah, I mean, he didn't feel anything untoward. I did, rearward. Now, all I have to do is start eating properly, lose weight, cut down on the beer, exercise, stop smoking... oh dear! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: SINSULL Date: 03 Mar 08 - 12:14 PM gnu - is there any point in living?????? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 03 Mar 08 - 02:40 PM Spring... which seems as far away as those other things right now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Severn Date: 10 Mar 08 - 10:59 PM Starting my Sixth and last Chemo round. Then it's a few months to wean myself off the effects permanently. I checked with the on-call-ogist to see who's on call this week. For the nurses, they have "Mary Ellen Cauterize" again, tending all wounds, as well as Nurse Ratched, Intervenous De Milo and most of the old favorites. As for the docs, it looks like Lance Boyles, Malcolm Funxion (Maj. Ret.) and Abraham Bortz as well as Drs. Howard, Fine & Howard. Looks like we'll be in capable enough hands. I know I am. Nurse De Milo left hers behind with me after a goodbye hug. Hope she's got a ride home!..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Mar 08 - 11:24 PM Good luck with that! Nurse Ratched may need to have someone fix up a quiet corner for Gov. Spitzer. Seems he just shot himself in the foot. Big time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: gnu Date: 11 Mar 08 - 04:40 AM Sev... good thoughts and prayers on their way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2008 From: freda underhill Date: 11 Mar 08 - 04:53 AM yes, lots of good thoughts, Severn. I'll even keep that old hag Ratched chained up for a while. fred |
