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I'm so incredibly tired but must accomplish more before I rest.
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Tang let us know what happens.
Dutch just rest for a little bit, u'll be working to slowly if u don't anyway
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thanks everyone for sharing in my good news...u guys are great !! So glad I found this thread.
Tang....hope you got it all figures out and u are antibioticed up !!
Have a great holiday weekend owlettes
Night night
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Okay, so here's what has happened so far. I called answering service and he patched me thru to the on-call doc. I told him what happened and he asked me some questions about my allergies, what type of infection I had in the past and that sort of thing. So, he tells he will take care of calling in my antibiotic. Okay...great!So, a little bit later pharmacy calls and tells us that the med he called in will be $100, that is w/ insurance. I said whaaaat? So, I call answering service again and doc says that given my history of infection and my allergies that this medication was the only thing that would work. I even said give me bactrium even if I'm allergic and he said no. Okay, so I we're gonna have to just bite the bullet and pay up.
On the way to pick up the meds, pharmacy calls again and says a different doctor called in a different medication that will only be $5. This one is Levaquin. I can't remember the name of the first one.
*sigh* Okay, that is much better.
When I got home I cleaned up my would and packed it like they showed me. Holy chit ladies, that is some rough stuff to stomach.
I'm worn out with all this stuff.
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for those who need it
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susan3! So happy for you! I'm not very good at keeping up with threads but I sure am glad to have read your post!
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Tang, have you taken Levaquin before? (I'm skimming posts/hit or miss). Make sure to watch out for any side-effects. I was on it in late March and had some trouble on it and had to go off of it after 11 days (I've had wound-healing issues as well). Usually I wouldn't be one to mention side-effects but this particular drug can do some weird things.
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So glad you got great news susan. I hope you celebrated big time.
Omg tang, unbelievably crazy stuff you are going thru... my heart goes out to you.
Chevy, your yard is beautiful and so cold! Hope no more storms for a long time.
Teka, will you be planting this weekend? I want to see pics of the plants you're buying.
I'm trying to work with my other dog Snuggs to be kind and helpful to blind Annie Mae. I get home from work tonight and Annie Mae comes walking down the hall towards my voice.....then here comes Snuggs so excited and wagging her tail so fast she knocks Annie Mae down......just can't be upset with a dog so excited to see me. I think I will be setting Annie Mae right side up every time Snuggs tail knocks her over.
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Pawprint About the time our little terrier became totally deaf and blind some divorsing friends gave us their dog. Scamp became her seeing eye, hearing ear dog.
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Hi chabba, that is really so amazing. 2nd posted a story of a dog that helped a blind dog get around. I'm hoping my other dog kind of figures this whole thing out and helps my blind dog. What I've noticed is my other dog has stolen the blind dogs food that fell from her mouth and took her toy and hid it, so I think she has realized the other dog can't see her do these things. Such a little trickster! Now I'm trying to figure out how to teach compassion to snuggs so she will help Annie Mae.
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That's adorable Pawprint.
"Oh, what fresh hell is this?" Tang, I hope the infection clears up quickly and you can begin to heal.
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My arm is much better. Now I have something else I'm stressing about. I should be sleeping. It's almost 2am.
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Must have tweaked out my knee today somehow..so I put on some strong selling muscle cream and omg, now my eyes are watering and my room is filled with a menthol smell.....But knee is feeling better
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Susan, hope you are celebrating the wonderful news!
Tang, what's going on? Hoping you're feeling better.
Chevy, beautiful yard! Crazy weather we're having. Love the fire hydrant.
Pawprint, that funny little Snuggs! Are you giving more attention to Annie Mae and she's jealous or just the little prankster? Have you tried rewarding Snugs' appropriate behaviors (whatever those look like to you)? How's Annie Mae doing today? Knee problems too? Don't you already have your hands full? Rest this long weekend!
I love BCO sisters who call and talk for hours! You're the best!
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Morning gals! So okay.... I SEE your "Waldo!" I've seen him before too, but I don't know where... And so WHAT books are we talking here? No! I AIN'T read no Waldo books!
How's THAT for proper English?
Anyway..... Congratulations Susan for your good scan! Hope you slept well!
Wren! Isn't he pretty? (The Rooster)
Maybe get those little blue rubber ear-plugs? DH wears them, thinking they shut out the noise.... I think he is nuts...I don't hear no damn noise! But whatever!
OR.... just get up with the birds... like I do... or even before... THEN go out there and bang on a pan with a big spoon, and wake THEM up!
Tang, did you get straightened out yet? Ah man, I hate when the Doc's drop you through the cracks!
Smarty.... Just lots more rain, and only a few minutes of small hail, BUT I had all my plants covered, or under things... Maybe again today!
WTH are you guys talking about NOW? "ZAC VACS???" I mean even CAMMI knows this one! The trouble is, I read what you guys say, and then I'm on my own to figure you out!
I have a "Dirt-Devil Vac!" Period... Is this short for Zachary?
And Sass says it can be used "down to ______?" She IS speaking in code.... Do YOU guys get it?
LittleDutch... You sounded like some sort of Author... writing
"I'm so incredibly tired but must accomplish more before I rest."
But it sounded good!
Teka! Yes... I have those plants..... At least I DID! Hopefully they will pull out of this cool-night, hail, rain Monsoon season we are having.
Tang.... I might just say, they are all jacking you around, but what can you DO? At least they are working with you... Did you say "$100 my a$$!" Is that why they changed it? What a bunch of Dinks! You were caught in the middle of a ClusterDink! As Cammi would say, that is "Recockulous!" With a capital R!
Okay, Lee has done that, been there... so maybe PM her and ask what she means? I mean in case you have any MORE probs?
Thank you littlePaws! Yes, our Victorian was built in 1886... That little "garage" used to be a "mother-in-law" house, but converted to a little garage in the 50's for the then owners MIL... And the metal garage is a spare garage... Now how many people have 2 garages I ask? We just use it for storage for our "stuff!" Used to house the 57' Chevy, and then the big Motorcycle, and this was before we got "stuff!" Everything is old... but it just fits us.... Ha!
Glad Annie Mae is doing "alright!" I just love her.... Yes, Chabba wrote that about their dog... Maybe your Snuggs will realize what is going on, and help her? I mean instead.... oh wait.... Snuggs is now the "Alpha Dog!" So he is asserting his "authority" over her!
THAT'S what I need Chabba... A hearing-ear dog! DH just don't get it sometimes... And he will sneak up in back of me, and touch me, and I jump and scream my head off! People who can't hear, get frightened so easily, when SOMEone scares the chit out of them!
Dutch... That is good..."Oh, what fresh hell is this?" Who said that? It pertains to a lot of us, right?
And Paws... Menthol? Should help you breath better TOO...Ha!
22222nd! We have 2... Firehydrants...! Not just one! DH worked for Denver Water for 30 some years, and he brought those home, and we planted them! I was just thrilled.... not. But I can paint them bright colors, so they "blend."
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Look what I fround! Ha, ha!
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Okay.... I'm done...
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Good Morning owl of you--Get it??? I know it's awful.
Well Chevy u and I are up, like old people do, just admt it. And I know u'r garden will be beautiful, I remember, but I can't believe u still have this silly weather going on. It's almost June.Just don't get hit with a hail thingy--protect yourself, u don't have any room for any more head damage in any way. After all u already had to give up u'r poledancing and other nitely activities. Yes I thought that would impress u that I actually knew what a wound vac is--haha I'm more aware than u think---but this_____________ that Sas does I have no clue.
Tang so glad u got that all figured out--good thing u called like Sas said--I didn't think of that. Now we hope it all works out and like Chevy said PM or just talk here to Lee, she's familiar with this anti.
Sally again--happy news.
Paw I bet Snuggs will stop all that silliness and help Annie Mae soon, u'll see, at first they have to play the big shot then their instincts click in and they help.
I hope everyone has a calm weekend--I plan on going to me DD1's home--all our cousins will be there--(well from one side) and hopefully weather is good so we can use the pool, at least it's heated so that helps. Most of us will just stay overnite there and maybe I will have a drink. hahaha I never mis some of my meds with drinks so it just depends, Oh yes I will bing my depends to-Since I had it all day yesterday I hope my D is gone now for a few days.1
OK BBL have a wonderful Sat.
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Chevy..the quote is from an American author named Dorothy Parker. I found a couple otherquotes from her.
"When asked to use the word 'horticulture' in a sentence: You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
"That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them."
Of course, Sheldon Cooper said itonThe Big Bang Theory as well.
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Tang sorry you had to go through all that. Levaquin even though it has it's problems, is a good "best guess" first drug until the sensitivity comes in. "Best guess" is a real term. Until the sensitivity is back, it's important to start antibiotic therapy in the presence of a known bacteria. Your wound presence is suspicious of bacteria. Sounds crazy to say suspicious, but until the sensitivities back with the final documentation. It's suspicious only, but 99.9999% suspicious.
What you experienced is called a wound dehiscence-wound that opens at incision line.
Please read through the wound care thread I linked. There are sections on wound evaluation, how to do a dressing change. What to watch for. When to report if there's a change. Taking pictures to document changes.
If your up to it call the answering service and ask the on call doc for the homecare referral. They have better products for wound management, that will aid in healing. Levaquin is a good antibiotic, but does have it's problems. Avoid running and distance walking. If you have any Achilles pain report it right away, or any new pain of other joints. This is a link to dailymed.nlm. Please read. All drugs have consequenses. Most drugs have long list of s.e.'s and warnings. it's better to understand about your drug then taking it blindly
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=a1f01e8e-97e9-11de-b91d-553856d89593
On Monday I'll talk you through finding out how to get the sensitivity. If things seem stable you could wait till Tuesday.
If you develop a fever, you can call the answering service. But my recommendation is go to the emergency department. Call ahead to ER and use these words. I am an immunocomprimised chemo patient(I forget where you are chemo(?), with a wound and fever. What should be done at ER is you are immediately put in an isolation room. Isolation is a good thing.
The fever tells you that the bodies immune system is fighting the infection, but it can also warn us that the bacteria is going to the whole body--systemic. The safe choice is ER. This is not a situation that taking aspirin or acetaminophen is the right thing to do. Don't mean to scare you with any of this. But you need to know when to take a different action. You can't do that without information.
HUGS sassy
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Chevy a wound vac can be used even on small wounds. The decision to take it off when it has decreased the dimensions of the wound can be difficult b/c it then changes wound healing times. i.e. leave vac on a couple more days versus take it off and then end up with standard dressings for a couple three more weeks. Wound Vacs are incredible. Then can take wounds that used to be impossible and heal them in short order.Once in place they create a protective barrier. Then when suction is applied, the suction draws blood to the area. In that fresh blood are all the wound healing elements. Plus, the red blood cells carry oxygen. Bacteria that grow in non oxygen environments die in oxygen environments. Very good. It's marvelous. The suction then draws off all the bacteria dead or alive, and wound debris into a suction container.
But not all wounds are appropriate for it's use. A wound care certified doc or nurse should be the person to determine it's use.
Did I do better this time?
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Susan, great to hear your "good news". Time for Poseco...
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Okay Sassy, you know what that reminded me of? Cupping.... and then I found this....
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/297230/
Is this similar, or the same idea?
In fact, I remember reading on this site, how some women DID believe in "cupping".... or was it someone like Suzanne Summers and her beliefs?
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Chevster, I think, Blessings was doing cupping along with acupuncture.
Chemo brain, so my apologies if I am confused...
Hope all is having a good weekend. I am heading to a funeral and then a graduation party.
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tang, how are you doing today?
Pawprints, how is Annie Mae today? Hoping Snugs has let the foolishness go and get that she now has a job to do. How are you?
Susan, still doing the happy dance?
Chevy, thanks for my Saturday smiles and laughs. Love your yard, very pretty and comfortable.
Chevy, hoping you're enjoying your day away. Put your phone on voice mail and forget about the calls if you can.
Hi1, what a day of mixed emotions for you! Have fun at the graduation party!
Just gotta say, I am so grateful for BCO/Insomniacs friends who call (when I need it most) and we talk for hours! Thank you, my friend!
Jwoo, hope you're lurking, haven't heard from you in a while.
Am still giggling about the Where's Waldo tatt!
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2nd LOL.
And I have the same questions u have, BTW did u mean Chevy and her calls, cuz that's usually me.
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Chevy The link you pulled up, that's exactly it. Major advancement in wound care. Introduced late 90's. Loved the thing. But sometimes it could be a bugger putting one on. How it would be compared to cupping no clue. Haven't studied cupping. Blessings has done it, and speaks positively of it. I'll defer to her expertise on cupping0
