Re: [TMIC] Hello again

Sandra Melville (luthyen(AT)erols.com)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:50:41 -0400

Mykella,
::HUUGS:: Welcome back!
To that nurse:: I appreciate your thoughts, Ma'am..for me lack of sleep
seems to make things worse, tthough, so much as I'd like to talk more...."

Good luck, our prayers are with you

Or maybe.."Could you turn out that light? I cant quite reach it..

Sam

Mykella Ribble wrote:

> Hello, all, and *welcome* to our newcomers. You have found a wonderful,
>
> caring, and knowledgable group of people. TM can be very confusing and
> frustrating, and I cannot fully express how much this list has helped
> me!
>
> I have been back in the hospital now since Tuesday. I had a blood
> infection which was treated with iv antibiotics, but I was still running
>
> a temp. Once I got here, the temp subsided, but I was still in pain -
> joint pain and headaches. So, now they are testing for some other kind
> of inflammatory process. The test for Lupus should be back around
> Tuesday. Apparently my bloowork showed some kind of inflammation...now
> we have to find out what.
> I was just started of 60mg Solumedrol iv
> This morning my dr. said he was going to have to discharge me in the
> next 24 hours because the hosp. case manager and the insurance were
> giving him a hard time. The dr. would rather I stay through the
> solumedrol...or at least we know for sure what this is. Anyway, I have
> begun to run a temp. again so who knows what will happen now?
> I had to have a second blood transfusion yesterday...only 3 weeks after
> my last transfusion. So we also need to find out why my red blood cells
>
> are not reproducing
>
> Unfortunately, tonight, my nurse is the only nurse in this hosp. that I
> dread to see. She thinks she knows everything and likes to lecture
> (esp. when I am trying to sleep. Any of you know of any good way to
> deal with such people, let me know ;-)
> For example, one night she spent an hour (she can talk for an hour all
> by herself) telling me how fillings were the cause of all the ills.
> help! ;-)
>
> WEll, I had better go
>
> Take care, everyone,
>
> Mykella