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Make damned sure they check for all strains of staph. Pernicious little buggers. Hard to get rid of, and a deep staph infection can be fatal if left to run for too long. Don't jsut assume that they are thinking of everything just because they're doctors.
--Jonah
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But no worries, riiight? Fuck-o, Jonah- you sure know how to think "Doom-an-Gloom".
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Would you rather I sat on it and she did have a staph infection? From being near death myself, trust me it's faaaaaar better to eliminate all the possibilites before you let your guard down.
--Jonah
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I suppose so- I just read about MRSA and it fits perfectly with the cause of my leg wound (which was mis-diagnosed as a Brown Recluse bite).
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Lee, I've been seeing you around the boards again lately. But no comment in here. I'm sure we're all wondering how your blushing bride is doing.
--Jonah
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Oh, yeah. That. Um, she's fine. Scar is healing nicely, but she's still in quite a lot of pain in her ribs and collarbone from where they were broken or shoved aside. They never did figure out what the mystery illness/infection was that landed her back in hospital. Does she feel better then she did before the op? I don't know, early days, she still gets tired easily. Supposed to be going back to work in 10 days, that'll be 8 weeks since the op as she was originally recommended. Only now the Cardiac consultant is telling her she really needs three months. I think she's going to try it and seee hos she feels, maybe do part time.
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Take it from someone who recently had their squishy bits worked on -- whilst it does only take a couple months to heal after the surgery, it takes far longer to heal completely and rebuild your metabolism and stamina. Daily walks, maybe bicycling, if she has one. Anything to gradually elevate the heartrate without straining the muscle or the sutures.
But here's to another chance. Use it well, you guys.
--Jonah
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quote:Originally posted by LOA: I don't think the fluid helped so much... I didn't seem to be dehydrated, and I had to get up and go to the bathroom more that night than ever before!!!
As for the question about the facial muscles, it was actually rather amusing, until it got scary.
I had two cycles through this saga - it started when my jaw clenched suddenly, and I began to have a hard time breathing. I couldn't open my mouth though, because I had no control. Then, my lips started to pucker out, and I looked absolutely ridiculous, but there was nothing I could do about it. Talking was impossible, and I just had to wait it out. Then, the jaw loosened, and I could talk for a few minutes, but with a horrid lisp, and my voice was really high. It was bizzare. It was like my tongue was too big for my mouth or something. Then my jaw got stuck in the "open" position, my lips curled over my teeth, and my tongue came out of my mouth, and I couldn't breathe again.
The first cycle of this "fun" laster 3 hours total, but I was home alone, and I didn't know what was going on, so I didn't call for help.
The second cycle hit RIGHT after Scott got home. We laughed about it at first, because I looked (and sounded) so ridiculous, but then it got REALLY bad cause I couldn't breathe. I think I started to panic at that point, which made it worse.
Scott called the pharmacy first, and they said it was either the compazine or my topamax. They told Scott to call the ER and talk to the doc that saw me, or get me in there immediately, if my BP kept rising (I really think that was from me panicking though.)
When Scott called the ER, the doc said it was the compazine for sure, told me to discontinue it and take some Benedryl ASAP. Not and easy feat when one's jaw is stuck in the open position and swallowing is almost impossible. But we got through.
That cycle, while it was scarier than the first, by far, only lasted 1.5 hours total.
I haven't had a problem since, except my jaw is just a bit sore today... it was open WIDE - like, imagine being at the widest point of your yawn, and then getting stuck. That's where I was at.
*shrug* So now I know - Compazine + Liz = Halloween looking faces
~Liz
I'm still working through all of these posts, but I felt the need to reply to this one - when I was in junior high school, I was prescribed compazine for nausea related to strep throat. The exact same symptoms happened to me, but the idiot nurse practitioner my dad took me to thought I obviously needed a muscle relaxant to calm things back down, so she injected me with more compazine. Two ER's and an ambulance ride later, I was almost dead since I couldn't breathe more than a few seconds at a time from my jaw and throat clenching shut (not to mention my diaphragm quitting on me too) and with major muscle damage from every muscle in my body trying to contract as hard as it could. As soon as the doctors in the second ER found out I'd taken compazine, they gave me a massive Benadryl injection and it was *instant* relief - every muscle relaxed in less than two seconds. Overnight stay with some anabolic steroids for the muscle damage, week off school, and that was that.
The biggest reason I bring this up is that I was told at the time that my type of reaction to compazine was *extremely* rare, but you're the second other person I've heard of having it. Not so rare after all?
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I just finished going through all the posts, and I just wanted to say that although I don't really know you, Jay - I'm too recent here - my heart and thoughts go out to you. Be glad you have someone like Shik to break the tension..
And Liz, look up "Modafinil" on Wikipedia - if you have narcolepsy, maybe it's something to ask your sleep specialist about. I don't think its a stimulant, so you might be able to take it in addition the ADHD stims you're on. It's a new category of drug called a eugeroic.
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I'm still alive and -remarkably- my leg is still healing.
Sorta.
It's growing skin (horray!) but only along the one side (interior towards center of tibialis anterior), but, due to "masceration" due to drainage, the other side is still not making progress.
It's something though- the wound's gone from a large oval to a irregular (but smaller) shape.
Er...anyone hear anything from Jay?
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Jay has not visited the board since September 15. :/
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Daniel Butler
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Does anyone know any more personal channels to reach either him or his family?
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