I went to my pdoc on Monday and described the symptoms I have having. She said it definitely shouldn't be feeling like that. So she sent me right over for an x-ray which took almost 5 hours waiting. Then I had to wait to talk to her again to go over the results. One of the leads has come dislodged and needs to be fixed. She's calling in shoddy surgery because even though I cough a lot it shouldn't have happened. Tomorrow I go for pre-admission testing and Thursday I have to have more surgery to have it fixed. I forgot to ask if it needs to be off again for two weeks. But it's off now and for some reason I'm still coughing a lot. But Curious gave me good advice and I bought some today. I'm just so frustrated with this whole thing right now and I just wish they'd get it right so they can turn it up to a therapeutic level because so far it's done nothing but give me headaches, literally.

what about jsut having cough drops in your mouth to dissolve? I do that sometimes to help prevent a cough if I am at the theatre....
I sure hope they can fix it so it doesn't keep you coughing all of the time....
keeping my fingers crossed so that you can get some sleep tonight.
(((HUGS))))
bizi

It sounds like you have a really good pdoc BJ and I guess I'll not comment on your surgeon. Let's pray for a better result on Thursday. Stay strong dear girl...we're praying for you.

Hi BJ,

I was wondering...... about this cough....... could you possibly be ill with an upper respiratory infection or some sort of bronchial irritation? Have your doctors ruled that out??

Please know that I think of you every day........ sending you some healing hugs ~'.'~

Bryanna

I don't want to comment on my surgeon either Alffe. My pdoc is very upset about all this as I am. I'm hanging on by a thread and they botch the surgery. I can't say enough how frustrated I am, this is my lifeline. It's been another long day. Bryanna I did have some fluid in my lungs so I might have a cold or something but I shouldn't have felt the "zaps" like I have. And my EKG was all out of whack and I had to have that repeated. My pdoc said my heart was racing. So I had to sit and try to calm myself down and have it done again. Another night where I'm so worn out. My pdoc gave me a shot of something and it's starting to hit me. I have to be there at 6:30 am and the surgery will be at 8:30. At least I will sleep then. And my pdoc said they won't turn it on again for another two weeks because they basically have to reconnect everything, so another delay in getting this "right" I just hope and pray that they can get this right and turn it on and I can get some benefit from all this.

sending good thoughts your way for a safe surgery.
((((((HUGS)))))
bizi

{{{HUGS}}}} and prayers going out for you today BJ....

I hope all is well and that you are getting some much needed rest. You sure deserve for this to work for you this time!

(((BJ)))

I am so sorry that you are going through this. It's like starting all over for you.

I had my VNS turned up Wed. night and it hasn't done anything for my depression. Now my voice sounds rattled instead of going down. I told my PCP how disappointed I have been with this. We still have to turn it up one more time to see how it's going to do for me.

I still deal with all of the same issues. Suicidal thoughts, depression, not getting out of the house.

I am hoping once you get yours straightened up you will do better though. My problem I believe is because I have so many medical problems. We didn't take that into consideration when I had it put in. We talked about this for 2 years though and when it was approved, we went after it in hopes it would help me.

We're still not giving up on it yet though.

I hope things do better for you after the surgery. Maybe the wire was loose all along and just finished coming off.

Let me know how you are doing.

Ada

HI Ada...I've been reading your posts in the depression forum so I know that you and BJ share this new "experience". I'm praying that given time, both of you will benefit from having this "installed."

I wonder, as you do, if having multiple medical problems would be a factor.
I'm sending you positive thoughts for finding a good result in the very near future.