Well doydie; it would appear Charlie must have pried open the wallet just enough for a few bathroom necessities. I didn't realize the lower intestine having been removed would create something even worse than the "usual" aroma. I remember someone previously mentioned there are special deodorizer tablets to add to the bag. (Maybe might be a good present to add to his Christmas stocking.)

Do you permanently have to be off the arthritis meds? Entertaining is difficult under the best circumstances. Glad your Thanksgiving turned out to be enjoyable in spite of being exhausted.


Gerry

Well shoot, I had a big reply and my internet went out. I had pushed reply after I wrote it all out but it didn't go through.

Geri, there are products they are expensive. He can't smell it because of his long time Afrin use and Parkinson's. I tolerate it because I am his wife and being a former nurse helps to.

Next August 23rd I can start my medicine again. You have to be off of it for 365 days after a stent where you are put on Effiant to help that stent stay open. It also makes you open you pocket book to pay for it.

Got our bathroom finished today. We needed a new floor, vanity and commode. Charlie denied that he said we could buy a new vanity and commode. The new floor was really needed. But we found out that the back of the cabinet was warped so we did buy that along with a new floor. But when the guy was putting the commode back down, he found out that the new o-ring wasn't the whole problem. So we now have a new commode.

Now to get the walls done. Charlie has a bad habit of letting his fists show his anger on walls. He puts new putty and 'sands' down to dry wall level but it isn't sanded right. You can really tell when it is painted that it wasn't sanded down all the way. So I don't know when he will finish so that daughter and I can paint. Plus new vanity and commode is virgin white and we need to make that room pop with accessories.

I hate when that happens....... I sometimes loose responses/emails, etc. when my finger happens to hit a key that just takes it all away. I sit at the kitchen table with my laptop which is a bit high for me so unfortunately I sometimes (all too often) hit keys I don't intend to.

Gerry

How have you all been? I was in the hospital and thought 'whoops, I haven't checked in for a while and here I am in the hospital. Yes, I was in the hospital. Monday of LAST week I started a wicked cough. I had an appointment with my CPAP doctor on Wednesday so that Medicare would pay for a new CPAP. He said it was just a cold. I did get a prescription from my family doc for some cough medicine. On Friday I was feeling awful and saw doctor and got a chest xray which didn't show anything but they went ahead and ordered an antibiotic. Saturday I started having a nose bleed. Yes, I pick my nose and since I don't use a humidifier on CPAP there is a lot in there.

Well I got a whopper of a nose bleed. After 3.5 hours of nose bleed non stop I went to the ER. Got my nose packed which is one of the most terrible things to have done. But my B/P was sky high which isn't good if you have a nose bleed. Plus they addressed my coughing. It took a cat scan on my chest to find pneumonia. So I needed an IV drip of a medicine to try to get the B/P down. Because of that I was in ICU for 3 days.

Nasal packing came out on Monday and I thought I would finally be able to breathe out of my nose and sleep not sitting up. With the packing in the left nares, it also occluded the right nares. I was miserable with all the coughing, high blood pressure, just everything.

Finally they moved me out to a telemetry room but still couldn't breathe out of my nose therefore had to sleep with head of bed up. When you are violently coughing, your B/P will show a high reading. It seems like they never took my B/P when I wasn't coughing.

Because of all the bleeding when I went in, my blood count was 8.2 Normal is 12 but my normal is around 10. Well it kept going down and on the day he was to discharge me it was 6.9. So 2 units of blood. Since I hadn't hardly eaten for several days before I went in and then when in hospital, I was dehydrated. But with my B/P being as high as it was they didn't want to give me a lot of IV fluids. So my veins were awful.

Finally home, husband had done nothing to take care of the house, there was nothing to eat. He actually had the gall to aks me when I got home what I wanted on a grocery list to cook and he would go out and get it. I am sitting here coughing my head off, still hard to breath and he wants me to cook. I ended up throwing away all the fresh fruit and veggies in the house away and ate a stale bread sandwich. We will have to go out to the store today.

I slept almost 12 hours last night! Got up once to go potty, take my inhaler and use more nasal spray. Oh, the scab, crust, whatever you want to call the thing in my nose after the packing came out finally came out yesterday. I actually called it a dead slug. Now with my CPAP last night, there is a lot of dried stuff in the nose again this morning. I have to get a humidifier on my CPAP. Must call today, OK, I'll do that now.

doydie,
Sorry you have been thru a really nasty ordeal. A humidifier is not a luxury; hopefully you can get hubby to realize this. (I don't know if you tried putting vaseline in your nostrils ; especially when very dry. I have been doing this for years; especially in the winter.) Also, would be good if you could possibly stay in another day. Maybe you can give him a grocery list that has some frozen pizza or t.v. dinners on it . He will learn to appreciate when you are feeling up to cooking again.

Take care,

Gerry

I got my humidifier on my CPAP the day after I got out of hospital. I really can't tell a difference but yet my nose is so stopped up that I don't know what is going on. Before I went into the hospital the CPAP doc said I had a head cold. I think I still do. No, I haven't used Vaseline in my nose. I have used Neosporin and I also use my Carmex chap stick. I guess I use it because it is right beside me.

I think the pneumonia is all gone, I had lab today to see what my blood count is. I see the doctor tomorrow about that.

My biggest problem right now is that Saturday I got this terrible back spasm and it's still going on. Charlie started out reluctantly but he has really stepped up in taking care of me. He has had to do all meals, sometimes get me to the bathroom, get me to the car in my wheel chair. He offered to bath me since I hadn't washed my hair in 2 weeks. But he set a chair, I don't have a shower chair, in the bath tub and I got a pretty good bath. My hair is just air dried but it's clean. I wore my knitted ear muff to the lab and I'll do the same tomorrow. While we were out today we did stop at Wendy's and he enjoyed having a nice carry out meal. Yesterday our dearest daughter brought over KFC full meal. I have had back spasms before but none like this.

I hadn't done any Christmas shopping yet so tonight I did a couple of things. For some reason I couldn't order any clothes from Walmart. My oldest grand daughter loves this one store on the mall. I can see their clothes on line but I need to actually see them, see how low or how short they are. Our Christmas isn't until Dec 31st so I hope next week I can get out to the mall.

Well had another nasal bleed episode and back to ER. I did stop without having to have my nose packed again but had another unit of blood. Had some pretty severe dizziness this time. I have found out if you don't have a bad back before you go into the hospital, you will come out with one.

How's everybody doing? This thread gets so little attention now. I remember years ago when it was hard to keep up with it!

It's cold as ice here but forecast to be nearly 70 by weeks end. Crazy Georgia weather. Don't like it? Just wait a minute!!

Nothing new with me. Same old thing different day.

Never thought I'd say this but Spring is looking pretty nice about now. Cold weather makes my spasticity go crazy. I've been popping Baclofen like Tic Tacs!

Ya'll check in when you get a minute. Hope everyone is doing well.

Georgia weather is certainly throwing my body for a loop too . It's been going from almost unbearably hot one afternoon to cold and damp the next day. My poor old kitty still wants to go outside, but only wants to spend about 10 minutes out there then it's back inside and claiming a lap, preferably one that has a blanket on it he can snuggle under.

Other than that, the DSD just might be growing up a wee bit... I kicked her out of the house, but DH came home from work and let her come back, I said I would leave then because I refused to be put in the hospital over stressing about her, and as luck would have it, I ended up in the hospital, scared the crap out of her it seems, and she has been quite attentive since I've been back home. And very forth coming about where she is going and when she'll be back. Granted it's only been for a day, but she seems to be improving some and is starting to learn her father's A/C trade, which she started going over the online courses he has through his job yesterday while I was in the hospital.

I might be half blind and even more of a cripple then I was before, but hey, some good still came out of it if the DSD can continue in her current behavior trend. Would almost say that it was worth it, so long as you don't ask me when I need to get up to use the bathroom . I feel as though the vision will return as it likes to run away on occasion and is my biggest "complaint" at the moment, as far as the weakness in the legs goes... we were already making plans to make the house more handicap friendly and this has just put a bit more of a rush job on that. If it doesn't improve by the 16th when the GB is supposed to return, well... it'll be time for a few ramps to go in place over a couple of thresholds so I can continue to watch her. At least we live in a single story ranch so, it's really just a few minor things.

Just so happy about the 180 in the DSD right now to care about the why's and wherefores that brought about the change

Starz, sorry you had to be back in the hospital. Sometimes that's what it takes to make some one sit up and see who they are and the effect they are making on others in the house hold.

I am doing OK as far as my blood count. Well I think I am, I feel good as far as that is concerned. But my back is still feeling real bad. Finally got an MRI and it showed continued degeneration of my low back. I have my Mom's back. But I also have a herniated disc which I guess is causing the most pain and difficulty in walking. But with the stent I had done back in August, it prevents me from getting any surgery. Well, I haven't even asked the cardiologist about going off the medicine for time enough to have surgery. When my doctor's office called after the MRI, they asked if I wanted to see a neurosurgeon or a pain clinic.I asked about physical therapy also. My physical is scheduled for Thursday and I will discuss it all then.

My daughters bought me the Aleve TENS unit for Christmas and it does give me temporary relief.