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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Papaw on September 30, 2017, 03:09:03 PM
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I spent last night and probably tonight in the hospital. Due to AFIB, I have swelling in the feet and ankles normally, but recently began retaining fluid in the abdomen and around the heart. Doctors are giving me intravenous Lasix to drain the fluids.
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Keep us posted. We'll be prayin for ya!
Al
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Hope you are doing ok ? I have learned getting old makes you tougher. You learn to live with pain that you could not do 20 or 30 years ago. Having a good understanding family helps when you are hurting and being cranky acting. Get well and go find some nice tools.
EvilDr235
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You can practice your flirting skills with the young nurses - I hope you got young nurses!
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I have a mix of nurses, young and old!
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You can practice your flirting skills with the young nurses - I hope you got young nurses!
You can practice on all of them.
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Take care. Sending good thoughts your way.
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prayers for you.
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Wishing you all the best.
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Dang, sorry to hear that Papaw. Hope you are better and out of there ASAP!
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hoping for a speedy recovery.
are they putting you on the water pill ?
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Stay feisty, my friend.
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Best wishes for a fast recovery.
You're in our thoughts & prayers.
Larry
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Prayers from Oklahoma! Take care my friend!
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The very best from the Netherlands.
Henri
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Prayers and best wishes Papaw, hope you are up and out of there soon.
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are they putting you on the water pill ?
Been on it for several years, but something happened to make me retain a lot more lately. I guess they will try a new one this time. Glad I have Medicare A, B, and D in my Advantage Plan!
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Be well Praying for you.
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Prayers and wishing you a speedy recovery. John
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Do hope you are feeling better soon. Yeah, the Lasix is a water pill. for making lots and lots of water.
I had my time in the spa (as SWMBO calls it) a couple of weeks ago for a couple of new stents. Always lots of fun.
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Still here. Maybe today I can go home.
Finally got a nurse to understand that Decaf coffee is crap and got me the real thing!
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Get well quick!! We’ll be thinking of you.
Mike
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Take care, Papaw!!!!! Lou
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Won't be today. CT scan was done to see if I have clots near the heart, so I have to wait for the results.
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Waiting is extremely difficult. Hang in there & DO get better. You are the guiding force of the best tool site on the web!!!!!! Site not withstanding. Get better for you & yours, Gene
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Waiting is extremely difficult. Hang in there & DO get better. You are the guiding force of the best tool site on the web!!!!!! Site not withstanding. Get better for you & yours, Gene
X2!!! Take Care !! Brian
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Still here. Maybe today I can go home.
Finally got a nurse to understand that Decaf coffee is crap and got me the real thing!
Really! Why would anyone want coffee that comes in a green can?
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Still here ! CT scan shows fluid around the heart so they are talking about draining it. Couple more days at least.
I guess I will get a drain plug ! Maybe one of my old wrenches will fit ?
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Still here ! CT scan shows fluid around the heart so they are talking about draining it. Couple more days at least.
I guess I will get a drain plug ! Maybe one of my old wrenches will fit ?
No, go for the kind that takes a 1/2" square drive, so you can use any 1/2" ratchet. It was a dark day when the automakers stopped doing that on differentials.
Sorry to hear about this latest update, and hope that they can resolve whatever's causing the buildup.
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No, go for the kind that takes a 1/2" square drive, so you can use any 1/2" ratchet.
That's a plan!
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Papaw, let us know if we should send the plumbing supplies with the tools.
will be thinking of you. Frank
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By the way, I imagine that you've told them that any medical tools with handles that they use need to be Perfect Handle tools.
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Looks like the docs are trying to decide what we are going to do. They put me back on blood thinners, so that means no surgery soon. They both say the fluid is not enough to drain.
Had a nice therapy nurse in today and we walked around the unit so she could get a feel for what I should do at home.
Looks like more Lasix or another drug to keep the swelling down is in the picture.
I WANT TO GO HOME !!!! :angry:
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I feel for you Papaw, Iv'e had 4 3 day stays since Dec.23, 2016. I dislike their food, and I can't sleep in a hospital bed.
they bother you all day & night.
today I had to swallow a camera, went in for 6:50 am, went home and had to go back at 3 pm for them to remove the monitor,
tonight I passed the camera. they say that I should hear from them in two weeks ????
they had done the throat scope, but that only goes as far as the stomach, the camera is the modern way of checking your intestines.
hope they make a good decision for you. Frank
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2017 has been a big year for me and hospitals. Only two were pleasant. I had cataract surgery on each eye, then a colonoscope and an upper GI scope in two days. Then this little escapade.
Food here isn't bad, and the bed is really good. The worst thing is having so much time without the family and all the little things we become accustomed to having at our fingertips at home.
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I feel for you Papaw, Iv'e had 4 3 day stays since Dec.23, 2016. I dislike their food, and I can't sleep in a hospital bed.
they bother you all day & night.
today I had to swallow a camera, went in for 6:50 am, went home and had to go back at 3 pm for them to remove the monitor,
tonight I passed the camera. they say that I should hear from them in two weeks ????
they had done the throat scope, but that only goes as far as the stomach, the camera is the modern way of checking your intestines.
hope they make a good decision for you. Frank
I hope the camera wasn't a full-sized single lens reflex; or worse:
(http://static.squarespace.com/static/5252fdf4e4b021f1cd53aadf/52559431e4b03365be8fc82a/52559588e4b03365be8ffb17/1381340552173/8x10-Eastman-View-Camera-No.-2-Side-View.jpg?format=original)
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Bill, no, it was shaped like a capsule, just a tad bigger in the dia. up til yesterday, the procedure was working on my mind,
as they explained to me that it could get hung up, it has a plashing light on the end that is supposed to go forward in your throat.
the flashing last for about 8 hours, 7:02 am I swallowed it and 3:04 pm the beeper went off, then last night around 8 pm it passed thru.
now the wait for results.
my wife will never forget the look on my face the day they told me that I had to swallow the camera.
p.s. it felt good to eat this morning.
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...it has a plashing light on the end that is supposed to go forward in your throat. the flashing last for about 8 hours, 7:02 am I swallowed it and 3:04 pm the beeper went off, then last night around 8 pm it passed thru.
OK, I'm now imagining you looking like Wile E. Coyote: open your mouth, and there's a flashing light inside. And then the light showing up on your torso as it makes its way through.
I have a vigorous swallow reflex; hope I never have to take THAT test! I'm glad the test went well, and hope that the results are good.
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they said about 2 weeks for the results.
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Papaw and Turnnut, best wishes for a speedy exit! Hospitals are overpriced hotels where unpleasant things happen. Turnnut, I feel your discomfort. I had colonoscopy a while back and as small and rounded as that little camera looks, When I woke up after the roofies (date rape drugs) wore off I swear that the guy strapped it to a canoe paddle to get it where it was going.
Papaw, if you don't harass the nurses properly, I'll be very disappointed. GET WELL SOON!
John
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back here, it seems that the hospital looks at your insurance, that will determine how long they hold you.
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Papaw and Turnnut, best wishes for a speedy exit! Hospitals are overpriced hotels where unpleasant things happen. Turnnut, I feel your discomfort. I had colonoscopy a while back and as small and rounded as that little camera looks, When I woke up after the roofies (date rape drugs) wore off I swear that the guy strapped it to a canoe paddle to get it where it was going.
Papaw, if you don't harass the nurses properly, I'll be very disappointed. GET WELL SOON!
John
Colonoscopy-----Go for the warm blanket; stay for the warm cookies http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/Smileys/popos/smiley.gif
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Gonna get out today if all goes well !
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Fingers crossed!
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Here's hoping you get to go home and relax a little. I always manage to eat and sleep in hospitals; it's usually the other patients who bother me more than the nurses. I'm guessing they will keep you on the diuretic for a while; I get a couple every morning and it keeps me busy. :tongue:
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I am home now and glad to be here !
I have had diuretics for several years now, and now going to have double the dose !
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Welcome home Noel.
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glad to hear that you are home, and I hope the double dose helps you out.
Yes, there is no place like home.
have a good day, Frank
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Here's hoping all goes well, and that, once they tell you they're going to spring you, they do it right away.
When I was in for a surgery some years back, the doctor said, about 9:00 a.m., "We're releasing you today." Fine with me. But there was paperwork, and this, and that, and I finally got wheeled out to the car at 4:30 p.m., right in San Francisco rush hour traffic. Even with the sneaky roundabout that we took to avoid the freeway traffic north, it took three hours to get home (a distance that is theoretically about an hour and a half's drive), and the bag from my post-op catheter was just about to burst when we pulled into our driveway.
Edit: hadn't seen the message that you're home when I did this reply earlier. Good to know you got home before you got too frustrated.
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Take care of yourself Noel.
Larry
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Glad to hear that you are home!!!!!! Take care, Lou
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Such good news for all of us! Hope you can get some good night's sleep.
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Even after 6 days of laying in a bed or sitting in a chair, When we got home I took a 10 hour nap ! Nothing like your own bed.
Wife was surprised when I got a Whataburger Coffee Shake on the way home.
Today two 3 grandkids came to visit and we had fun !
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yes Noel, grandkids & great grandkids will always make for a good day, enjoy them.
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Glad to hear that you're home now. Diuretics keep you busy for while, but i find mine wear off after noon and I'm half-way normal then. :tongue: