Our dear Silverlady
 

Billye is in the hospital, and has been since Saturday. As she'd already posted, as of last Friday she had two fractures in her legs, as well as one in her thorax. Then it seemed her sacrum developed a fracture, and she had an mri on Friday. Saturday, she was unable to move around at all because of the pain, and her husband took her to the hospital. She's definitely got a fractured sacrum, too. Also, they found a kidney infection and pneumonia.

The doctors have gotten good pain control for her, and she is much more comfortable. The orthopedists are still working on what to do for her.

It's a lot of suffering.

Thank you. I don't know how I missed reading about this before. What an awful lot to deal with.

Gentle cyberhug to dear Billye.

rose

Sending
 

lots of hugs and guidance for her docs to get her back feeling better - her presence is sorely missed :grouphug:

Billy - my heart is with you...
 

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
Just tell your docs that there are lots of 'balloons' watching over you.

Beat that infection and that pneumonia will you!
I'll quietely [as best I can that is] wait for updates.
They better be good, promise? - j

I'm sending you lots of cyber hugs and love.

Hope you feel a bit better soon.

Melody::hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Get Better
 

How very sad sweetheart. we will keep you in our thoughts and our hearts.
When you feel much better,we will take turns telling you how much we
care. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: Sue

My thoughts are with you and I am praying for a speedy recovery. Get well soon we miss you. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Billye
 

I'm so sorry to hear of your latest sufferings. My very best wishes to you for a complete recovery - You're in my thoughts and quiet prayers - the very best to you.
:hug:
Alkymst

Billye . . .
 

I sure hope you get out of the hospital ASAP. I will hold a thought for your healing . . . and you can see that so many of us are doing that. Get back here soon.

rafi

Billye
 

Poor thing. She has really had a lot to deal with and now this. I think I recall that she has Osteoporosis or maybe it was Osteopenia. I hope they can do something for her. I am glad though that she is under observation, since she has these infections and so many fractures...

Our best to you Billye. May you have a speedy recovery...

love,
Cathie

:hug: dear billye. my thoughts and prayers are with you.

when you read this...if there is anything i can do..please..please let me know. i'm not that far away from you.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

My prayers are with you Billye...:hug: :hug: :hug:

Thank you Lisa for letting us know, i didn't know either that she was in hospital, that just awful news, did she have a fall or something ?
As if she needed any more to contend with, well i hope that they are looking after our dear friend, she is one lady that deserves the best care possible.
Wishing a speedy recovery,
Brian:)

OMGosh....
 

How awful! I thought she was "just busy with her new moderator job"....:o

Billye--if you are reading here using your laptop... I am here rootin for you!:hug:

I hope they find a way to mend this problem. I am just speechless.

:eek:

for Billye
 

Thank you, Liza Jane, for posting this disturbing health information on Billye.http://bestsmileys.com/touced/1.gifPlease convey my best wishes for a speedy recovery to her.

Billye, when you read this, remember there are lots and lots of people praying for you.http://bestsmileys.com/hugging/3.gif You will be in my thoughts.

I hope that you are being taken very good care of at the hospital and that you are back on your feet and feeling better as soon as possible.

Billye
 

Billye, you are our beacon of light!
 

Billye, you are the one that keeps us going... When I have days that I think I don't want to go for another test, or another appointment, I remember your trip to the mayo and how difficult it was for you! What a trooper you are... you are an inspiration to us all.

My prayers go up for you! May God Bless you and give you strength.

Terri :grouphug:

Sending good thoughts and prayers...

no laptop in hospital
 

Billye doesn't have a laptop in hospital, but I'm emailing this link to her husband, in the hopes that he can print it out and bring it to her. It's like one big Get Well Soon card.

Let me add to the names on the card, then.
 

I hope you get well as quickly as possible. (And how did all this happen so suddenly--anything to do with any of the current meds . . .? ? ? ?)

I'm still here filled with hope...
 

good wishes and lots of :Heart: :Heart: :Heart: being sent your way - j

Dear Billye
 

Get well soon! I am very sorry to hear you are ill!
I wish you the best for a speedy recovery.:hug:

I don't think I've had the pleasure of meeting Silverlady but my thoughts and prayers are with her. Sending lottsa vibes for speedy resolution to all the problems.

:grouphug:

Silverlady
 

I remember her from BrainTalk and she always was there to dispense such incredible advice and knowledge. I wish her the best.

Jane, any...
 

update? I am hoping and beyond...but any news is better than the internet 'vacuum'....
My heart is where it should be for all that this means and could mean...I just want to keep thinking and exuding as much good energy as I can spare!

HUGS BILLYE! - I want you here complaning! You know what I mean... - j

Touching Billye
 

I just hung up from speaking with Billye, and her husband did not print out this thread, as I'd hoped he would (#@$%&^ to him for that), so I came online and read each and every note to her. She was in tears, but in a good way. She says our online community means the world to her, and the loss of it while hospitalized has been painful to her. She wishes she were online, as she has lots to share---she's got advice on avoiding her situation (especially for Dahlek, who is facing something similar), on dealing with bone issues, fractures, and so much more. She misses what she has to offer, as much as she misses the help she receives. It really meant the world to her to hear all the notes from so many friends, and truly, I was as astonished as she was when I began to get a senses of the tallly, the sheer number of people who we both know, from this source of love and kindness and wisdom.

So, after hanging up with Billye, I did the thing that a brassy NY woman might do---I phoned her husband to read him the riot act in as tactful a way as possible. I mean, c'mon, buy the lady a laptop! Lots of reasons why it's not "necessary", all of which I combatted as best I could. I mean, even if there's no wireless in her hospital room, just to be able to use a laptop from her bed at home, rather than sit at the desk with pain in her behind, would change her life. So, I did what I could to push him on this one. I'm hoping he comes through. If not, I can say that money for a laptop for Billye would go EXACTLY where we want it to go, and we can find it here amongst ourselves and do what needs to be done. Not like when we all gave to Mr Lester for a backup of our data and he bought land in Second City. So I'll keep taps on Mr Silverlady, and if he doesn't come through, I'm hoping we can figure something out.

We need her as much as she needs us here.

So, the medical update on her: She's been transferred from the general hospital floor, where she had excellent pain control, to a Rehab floor, to get physical rehabilitation for the fractures. And she's on a new regimen for her osteoporosis, which I can't recite just now due to a senior moment. On the Rehab floor they don't give injections or use IVs, so they cut her pain meds drastically, down to Tramadol, and it's not working. She's hoping to get changed back to a stronger oral painkiller. She's happy with the care she's gotten up until this happened, this transfer which stopped her pain control.

Overall, she sounds tired, but much much better. And even though she's tired today from the change in room, her voice sounds stronger and she's got more optimism.

I'll stay in touch.

I would be more than happy to contribute to getting a laptop for her.

You are a great freinds to her and many her.

Thanks :hug:

Atta girl LizaJane... These New York women really know how to get things done! Liza Jane and Mel should run for office!!!

Cathie

P.S. If you find out anything you can post on the bone problems, please post this. I am being referred to the Bone and Mineral Metabolism, or Mineral Metabolism Dept. or whatever you call it, at our med school here for Osteoporosis...

I am RELIEVED...
 

to hear that things are sort of under control...That all surely HURTS like beyond fudge!
The things docs don't tell us about our bones....it's really sad, but, that's not really what THEY are trained to do...I just wish we as patients could have 'WHOLE PATIENT' confabs with docs, physical therapists and mental health folks to help those of us with chronic pain exchange viewpoints, not mis-informations on a consistent basis. Sigh.
Billye, I'm here for you when you can get to a board! Or a phone, you know who has my phone #'s!
I was only hyper alert to the whole calcium issue because I read my 'prescribing info' details on my meds, family and self history. Doc's hadn't a clue! The new Endo. did tho and is cool...Hope it stays that way...XXXXX lots of fingers here. Plus lots of patience from Mrs D and Rose!
Until later...I hope they can come up w/something BETTER than Tramadol. The ultimate s/e's are something Senecot or Ducolax are not going to help here in the long term if in big doses! OUCH! One should not elaborate details here, read pres. info!
As for a laptop? Well, I'm in for a small bit if others are willing! Not a lot, but it's like exercise....lots of 'bit's add up?
Hugs to you special Billye, sorry other folks but you're getting lesser ones rite now? I've gotta 'recharge'! - j
OH, Billy, can ya see us 'balloons'? I'm the one on the 'left' probably!

I would also be happy to contribute.
 

I often thought we should start some sort of friendly society where we, as members can contribute to help other members. I would be verry happy to see something like this started.

Liza, you are a good friend to Billye. I'm glad you called her husband and said what you did.


Please keep posting.

If it becomes necessary--
 

--I'll have a good talk with the spousal unit.

(If you think NYC women are brassy . . .)

And yes, I would certainly contribute to the "get Billye a laptop" fund. (You know, they've gotten much, much cheaper--hubby should know he's not going to break the bank--they can even be bought on time.)


Hmn. I though I just heard on the wind Liza Jane's voice saying that NYC men are just annoying. :rolleyes:

Billye
 

Just letting you know - your gentle caring spirit is so much missed..... and we are all thinking about you..... good to hear that you were moved to another unit - that means improvement in some areas - and hoping that now that pain mangement is reached for you at a satisfactory level.....

Sending lots of good thoughts....:hug:

outsourcing
 

Just a thought, ask the hospital social worker about a lap top....they might have some at the hospital she can use, or she might have access to a group that might get her one pronto. Hospitals all have libraries. Most even have a librarian. Put in a plea to the local Geek Squad and Big Box stores....I once got a guy to donate a tower to one of my patients, just a guy online whom I had no idea whom he was, except he did computer repairs for a living...He fed exed me the package to my business address, and paid for the shipping too! Then I donated the monitor and we got a young quad connected to the world....there are many benefactors who could have her up and running in no time...I imagine there is some connection for her at the hospital or does she need wireless?

Well, someone tell me what hospital she is in. Since I am, no doubt the closest, I will go and see her if she is still there Monday. Greenville is not all that far from me. If she is in a Dallas hospital, that is right around the corner.

Cathie

It seems that many of us have challenges besides our conditions. I'm very blessed in that my other half has always been very supportive of me. And if I was in SilverLady's shoes he'd do what he could to see that I had *some* kind of contact especially knowing how important the support is that I receive here.

Thanks for the update! And please send her a huge hug from me.

When i was in the hospital for 6 weeks last May,my son called the
Social Worker and asked them if they had a lap for me to use. She
they perfered doing that. Cathie could you give it a try. But husband
should cough up. Mybe we should get one and pass it around. Or
we could all e-mail Chaplin or Social Worker at Hospital. Somebody
give it up.:) Sue

Uh oh not what I intended
 

Look everybody, I did talk to the Billye's husband and tried to bully him into getting her the laptop, and we'll see what happens. But I don't want to give any sort of impression that he is anything other than the sweetest guy. He really is good, really, and HE HAS THE LINK TO THIS THREAD, and the point was only to get her the laptop, not make out that he's anything other than a bit clueless about what this community means. That's all.

There are lots worse things a man could be than clueless about the depth of his wife's online friendships. So please, no put-downs or anything like that intended or solicited here.

I'll find out tomorrow if I had an impact...nothing much happened in the hospital as of my early in the day call, as on weekends there's not much therapy.

It'll be really nice if a post appears in this thread and it's from the SilverLady herself.

Ah! Thank you for clarifying this! And here's a big hug for Billye's husband. :hug: Being a bit clueless is a big difference from being uninterested!

update
 

Billye's had a hard day today, but mainly, she still doesn't have a laptop.

Her husband asked the hospital if they have wi-fi or dial-up and they said no, so he told her it wouldn't work. I explained to Billye that the hospital dosn't have to have dial-up or wi-fi, that as long as she has a phone, she could plug the laptop into the phone and use AOL. I'm right, aren't I? I left word for him to phone me so I could explain this, but I don't think I'm going to hear. So, before doing anything drastic, am I correct? Using the free AOL on just about any computer you can signup and get a local number to dial? I had done that when I was at Mayo years ago.