Icu
 

Well guys, interestingly enough, I'm in my local hospital ICU with bilateral blood clots in both lungs. Crazy. Now they are thinking the pneumonia may be pleural effusion due to the clots. I have been these horrible shots in my stomach every 12 hours. I don't know how long it will take for the clots to disappear, but I hope it's soon, but then I will be on a drug called Coumadin for 6-9 months. We don't have a definitive answer why it happened, but consensus say feeling like poo lying in bed apparently caused a few DVTs thar broke and landed in my lungs. I believe divine intervention was at work because we were not planning to go to th hospital. Well, my husband felt something was wrong, and we went. If we waited a week or two, it might have been no more TK. Wow!! Crazy how things work out sometimes. Anyway, I should be out of icu today or tomorrow, and out of hospital, well hopefully Friday. At least no rsd pain the DVTs ultrasound was quite painful, but I made it. Oh, and due to mixed company, I dare not tell y'all my catheter story but it is a doozy.wow!!! Wow ridiculousness. But I'm here by the grace of god.

Wow TK! I hope you are feeling better and recovering from this real soon!!

Thanks for letting us know what is going on with you. Keep us posted!!

Take care -
Nanc
:hug:

Happy to hear...
 

so glad you went to the hospital
the meds you are going to be
taking is to thin that blood of yours
so watch the interaction with other meds
you may be taking
glad you made it
truly great job hubby
by the GRACE OF GOD
AMEN!

someone who cares

When it rains, it pours...
 

So glad you are still with us. I know the treatment is rugged but it beats the alternative. ;) Try to behave and follow orders. Hopefully you will be home in your own surrounding soon. Prayers and best wishes.

Heavens Sake!!!
 

My goodness girlfriend....so glad you are in the hospital...give that man a kiss!!!
Read up on Coumadin,,,rest rest rest...keep us updated.
Keeping you in healing light
Johanna*

Tk how awful!
 

Tk Im so sorry to hear how unwell you are, but thankfully, you husband had the right idea to take you to hospital and thankfully you are being cared for now. Gosh you are going through the mill..... I do wish you a speedy recovery and that you will be home where you belong real real soon


Take good care of yourself , we are all thinking and praying for you.


Jackie:hug:

Hi TK
 

I am so glad you went to the ER and gained treatment!!! DVTs!!! Ouch, and oh my goodness. Glad you went and did not stubborn it out at home like I might have done.

Oh, and that Lady Story you want to share with friends here about, all you have to do is go to the Private Messages area, click up and to the right of this screen where you see your login and you will see private messages. Compose a PM to a lady friend, then add up to nine other lady friends so they may share the grief and humor if there be humor! Arghhhh. Then you may share the story privately so as not to endure or cause embarrassment of one such as Andy or me. Yup.

BE SAFE, kknowing you are in our prayers.
Mark56:hug::grouphug:

I know there are guys with nasty catheter tales. It isn't just a girlie problem. ;) When my grandson was two, he had to go to the ER with a bad viral infection. The idiot nurse took 15 minutes getting the IV in and he has good veins that don't roll. When it came time to put in the cath. she poked that poor baby 10 times before I pushed her out of the cubicle and asked the doctor to call upstairs for a pediatric nurse with good aim. By this time, the little guy was hysterical and would not let anyone outside the family touch him. The doc got a pediatric nurse who took one look at him and said the poor kid had been abused in her opinion. She requested that they give him a mild sedative in the IV and let her rock him for about ten minutes and bond with him. By the time the meds kicked well, he was cooing, giggling and thought the new nurse was his best friend. Naturally, she slid that sucker in on the first try before the child knew what was going on.

BTW the last time I was hospitalized, the floor nurses were having trouble getting the cath in and I requested that they stop and get a pediatric nurse. They did it. End of problem.

Yup
 

Yup, yup, yup, when I was hospitalized because at last the lower half of my body gave way because no surgeon would touch me since I am a lawyer [last doc's words, not mine] nothing was working at all. The compassion surgeon who said he would help me, then had an emergency situation with which to deal because non-functional bowel and bladder lead to a trip to heaven.... I was cathed and whatever else they did after getting me out and under because the pain was bad enough I really wanted something more permanent like that movie about lame horses....

I know guys have such stories, just wanted to give TK a private place to share hers with the gal folk.

Had Cath, will Travel,
Mark56:grouphug:

OH MY! TK, you have been through alot!

How are you doing at this point?
Sending prayers and wellwishes your way my dear :hug:

I'm so sorry for what you've been through.

Anxious to hear how you're doing....

:hug: Rae :hug:

I'm okay. I'm home and feeling better, really weak though. I'm still taking lovenox shots twice a day with home health and they monitor me. My scs is doing well, but I hardly think that I'm only 2 weeks out of revision surgery due to the blood clot scare.

Really gave me a mortality scare. RSD is crappy and painful, but it beats not getting to see my husband and kids for sure!!

Anyway, thanks for all the concern, love, prayers, and hugs!! I get to be on this lovely drug called Coumadin for quite some time. Luckily it's cheap.

Wish I could say that about the shots. They're expensive.

Well, I hope 'ol Sheldon stays put this time and keeps humming like he is supposed to.


Well, thanks for everything!!

TK
:hug: :grouphug: :)

Hey TK, thanks for the update. So glad you are home and doing better. I hope the new meds help you out. Been thinking about you and sending well wishes your way.

Nanc
:hug:

TK
I'm so sorry all you've had to deal with. Haven't been on the site lately. I hope by now you're out of ICU and getting your strength back..
Coumidin is a very tricky blood thinner that needs to be monitored with regular blood tests. If I remember correctly you have to avoid certain foods too.
Thank goodness your husband got you to the ER quickly. Sometimes our spouse and family members know what's best for us.
Hope you're home soon Sandy

Prayin and Prayin
 

We are sorta good at that around here TK, and you are in our post trauma care ward here now. Follow orders, be good to thyself, did I suggest follow orders, and rest up while healing.

Caring as one of Many,
Mark56:hug::grouphug:

no place like home
 

Ahhhh...good to hear you are home.
Praying for a clear path of healing for you.

and yes those shots are expensive..I had to give myself one a day after my knee surgery for ten days...and mine came in a twelve pack..what is that all about????....like hot dogs and buns!!!

Rest well
Johanna*

Tk :)
 

So glad to hear that you are home and hopefully now you will get back to full health asap........we are all praying for you and hoping that you will be well very very soon

Jackie :)

Whew!! :eek: Now behave yourself. Hugz and prayers. :hug:

Hospital
 

Sorry to hear your in ICU. But congrats on surviving

Hello LoveHummies!
 

Welcome to the group! :hug:

I see you're finding your way around the forums just fine. Just wanted to say that it's great to have you with us!

Rae
:grouphug:

Howdy LoveHummies!!
 

Are those Hummies... hummingbirds perchance? I sure do like hummingbirds.
Welcome to this neck of the universe, and I hope and pray all will be well with you.
Mark56:grouphug:

OOh I'm sorry I missed this. I imagine the shots in your stomach are to stop more clots as they give them me when I'm in hospital for that reason.

Catheter .. I understand :eek:

You're in great humour and I applaud you for that.

Hugs from me

Recovery turtle style
 

Im doing better. Just Coumadin is not a drug that makes you feel chipper. Course my dr. Says it's glorified rat poison. My pt is 2.4 which is good. I just can't get past the sheer exhaustion. Course three weeks post surgery recovery and the blood clots just wear me out. I am now sporting TED hose full time (they're so sexy lol) and still have chest pain and the calf pain is horrible. Sheldon does not relieve it. My dr. Says that is pretty much a guarantee that the lung clots were DVTs from my legs. She said the hose should help. They don't. Just wanted to update everyone. Getting better, but it just seems to take time. I know I have FMLA for 12 weeks, but my drs. Are saying six months for full recovery. I am hoping they release me for work. I am a teacher, which does not seem physical, but it really is! Physically and mentally exhausting. So we shall see. Anyway, hope everyone else is well. I'm going to try school (my master's class tonight) in a wheelchair. I don't know if I will make it, but I will try it. Hope you are all as pain free as possible! Thanks again for continued prayers, hugs, and well wishes!

:hug: :grouphug:

Really don't know what I would do without yalls encouragement!

TK
:)

Thank you so much for your updates TK :hug:

I know it seems like your recovery is going slowly. You've been thru an incredible journey tho! I hope the chest pains have eased up?
Are you feeling a bit more energetic at this point?

Please take it real easy, eat right, and get the rest your body needs...
.... yes :rolleyes: I can be a bit 'motherly' at times....but hey, it makes me feel important :D

Rae
:hug:

Thinking about you!!

I understand your concern about FMLA as I'll be running out of mine...

Hope things start looking up for you!

Well now....
 

Can't have this FMLA running on us and Teachers pushed beyond limits..... so prayin we must do. Yeah, we do resort to that to help as well. T, thank you for your service as a teacher!! Much respect from this household, for we do know how education plays such a big role in the development of the society yet to unfold and be revealed.

Appreciative,
Mark56:grouphug: