Bad bloodwork

[DeniseJP]

My doc's office called to say my latest round of bloodwork showed elevated liver enzymes and they told me to stop taking the cholestrol meds (they put me on) for a month and to get a new test done then.

I did not expect that one - I expected the lecture about my high blood glucose, which the endocrinologist and I are working on. That is a tough one as there is no rhyme or reason to what my blood sugar does.... and I am not one into the sweets or overeating to send it spiraling...I say I am a walking chemistry experiment in progress.:biggrin2:

Surgery is scheduled to fix my left elbow this coming Thursday - I have tennis/golfer's elbow (and yet I don't golf or play tennis) that did not respond to cortisone shots, physical therapy and massage therapy. The pain was bad enoughlast night that I was icing it and refilled my pain meds, which I don't normally need.

I had folks over to look at a horse I had for sale and they were also interested in rabbit showing. I got to show off all my buns... the Hollands, Juliette and Calliope were the models and I actually got to hold Calliope and she loved it! She sat in my arms looking at the horses and the visitors and she was quite proud - the guests loved looking at her. I will have a chance to work with their 4H kids on horses and rabbits and I can't wait... maybe we can get another bunny jumping group going here in NY... despite my busy schedule I am not giving up on giving bunny jumping a go...

Denise

 

[hartleybun]

:bunnyhug:im off to the hospital this week too:X osteoporosis and arthritis affects all the women in my family and im seeing a neurology consultant. nevermind my other joints, my neck is getting quite immobile and im starting to hunch:X

my gp wants me to have a scan but only a neurology consultant can authorise that - :? - . i just know the consultant is going to young enough to be my son...god it makes me feel old

 

[DeniseJP]

hartleybun wrote:

:bunnyhug:im off to the hospital this week too:X osteoporosis and arthritis affects all the women in my family and im seeing a neurology consultant. nevermind my other joints, my neck is getting quite immobile and im starting to hunch:X

my gp wants me to have a scan but only a neurology consultant can authorise that - :? - . i just know the consultant is going to young enough to be my son...god it makes me feel old

Luckily my GP and surgeon are close to my age but when the newbies come in I am scared my age is showing!



Good luck on your visit!



Denise

 

[hartleybun]

LOL - it's when they ask if i mind a student being present - do they really think i have the sort of body that likes being gawked at any more? you'd think they had never seen a stretch mark or mummy tummy:X

now i sound like my grandmother

 

[wabbitmom12]

DeniseJP wrote:

I did not expect that one - I expected the lecture about my high blood glucose, which the endocrinologist and I are working on. That is a tough one as there is no rhyme or reason to what my blood sugar does.... and I am not one into the sweets or overeating to send it spiraling...I say I am a walking chemistry experiment in progress.:biggrin2:

Surgery is scheduled to fix my left elbow this coming Thursday - I have tennis/golfer's elbow (and yet I don't golf or play tennis) that did not respond to cortisone shots, physical therapy and massage therapy. The pain was bad enoughlast night that I was icing it and refilled my pain meds, which I don't normally need.

ray: Good luck with your surgery this week.

You sure have had a lot going on physically. Stress"ll do that to ya! I didn't catch whether you had posted this before, but I assume you have diabetes? Or metabolic syndrome? (My dad is diabetic, so I try to keep up with all things blood sugar related.) It sure wont' be easy to keep the blood sugar under control while you are recovering from surgery. Dad had rotator cuff surgery and he had so much "fun" , I won't even tell you about it because I don't want to discourage you.

LOL - walking chemistry experiment...Like Dave says when we are fillng our 15 prescriptions per month, "Better living through chemistry!"

 

[DeniseJP]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

DeniseJP wrote:

I did not expect that one - I expected the lecture about my high blood glucose, which the endocrinologist and I are working on. That is a tough one as there is no rhyme or reason to what my blood sugar does.... and I am not one into the sweets or overeating to send it spiraling...I say I am a walking chemistry experiment in progress.:biggrin2:

Surgery is scheduled to fix my left elbow this coming Thursday - I have tennis/golfer's elbow (and yet I don't golf or play tennis) that did not respond to cortisone shots, physical therapy and massage therapy. The pain was bad enoughlast night that I was icing it and refilled my pain meds, which I don't normally need.

ray: Good luck with your surgery this week.

You sure have had a lot going on physically. Stress"ll do that to ya! I didn't catch whether you had posted this before, but I assume you have diabetes? Or metabolic syndrome? (My dad is diabetic, so I try to keep up with all things blood sugar related.) It sure wont' be easy to keep the blood sugar under control while you are recovering from surgery. Dad had rotator cuff surgery and he had so much "fun" , I won't even tell you about it because I don't want to discourage you.

LOL - walking chemistry experiment...Like Dave says when we are fillng our 15 prescriptions per month, "Better living through chemistry!"

Yes - I have been a diabetic for almost 20 years - I am on an insulin pump which makes things easier... but I have had enough surgeries between my left knee, gallbladder, right elbow, right wrist and now the left elbow that I think I have a surgery frequent flier card. I bounce back easily... which is good.

Stress wreaks havoc with my blood sugars - all I need is one thing to set me off and POOF! My numbers go through the roof... the endocrinologist was trying to see if we could try to add temporary basal rates when I get stressed and I said I end up going low then... there is no rhyme or reason to it.

I love the "Better living through chemistry"... that is definitely me. :biggrin2: I like to think I am my own unique chemistry experiment.

Denise

 

[DeniseJP]

hartleybun wrote:

LOL - it's when they ask if i mind a student being present - do they really think i have the sort of body that likes being gawked at any more? you'd think they had never seen a stretch mark or mummy tummy:X

now i sound like my grandmother

I hear you on that... especially when they gawk at parts they are not working on!!!


For example, I HATE having them take my underwear away for surgery (especially when they are NOT operating onTHAT part!)...so I made a special pair of underwear just for surgery that warns the nurses to "LEAVE THE PANTIES ON!" My friends thought it was a hoot and the surgical center nurses were in stitches from laughing after they saw them when they had to disconnect the insulin pump (they are afraid of diabetics...I find lots of medical personnel are afraid of diabetics...)... but they said there was no reason they had to come off! Amen to that!

I got in an argument with one nurse at a hospital about my underwear... she would not give them to me and said "Everyone's tush hangs out here." I told her, "Well, not MINE!"(unless I can sell advertising space on it).I found out from the surgical center that for knee surgery they have to pull your knee up and away and secure it and just the thought of that visual scared the heck out of me - especially since I was on that table for many knee surgeries!:scared:

Whenthat nurseleft the room, I took my crutches, dragged the clothing bag to my bed, flipped onto the bed, got the underwear out and got them on over the cast and equipment they had me rigged up to. Life was much better then and the lady in the bed next to me was trying not to laugh as her gallbladder surgery stitches hurt. She offered me some chocolate for brightening her day, as she knew what it felt like.

The surgical center nurses wanted me to make more pairs of the underwear as they said people would like those... it's bad enough having surgery... it is worse when they take away one's dignity as well.

I can laugh about it and I know my surgical team will be laughing on Thursday. Life is too short and I love to laugh.

Denise

 

[hartleybun]

:roflmao: i shall be wearing my finest marks and spencer lingerie - pretty, good support and enough metal to use as a weapon should the need arise

mind you nothing will beat the time my gynae consultant - real old school - permitted his registrar to examine me. there i am, flat on me back, legs trussed up and junior asks if i could open wider.....poor kid couldnt get why we all burst out laughing. any med students reading this take note - dont ask daft questions

 

[DeniseJP]

Ohh, got to have the metal! Metal is a plus! And a lot of elastic to fire the metal at unwary if obnoxious medical personnel...:biggrin2::highfive:

Donna, it is a good thing we are not in the same surgical suite at the same time - we could have a lot of fun at the expense of our docs... mine would be in good humor/humour though - I have brought him and his wife (also an orthopaedic surgeon) a case of "Heinies" (as they are my neighbors) as a copay for time not in the office! They do have the best barn parties!

Denise

 

[nermal71]

Here's a good one...gall bladder surgery....two days before that wonderful cousin comes to visit for his monthly visit and I had to deal with that.....and they wouldn't leave me with any protection. So here I am miserable from gall bladder surgery having to "clean up" and protect. And I took so long that they forgot about me and left me sitting in the bathroom for an hour and a half till my hubby got there, rescued me and ripped into the nursing staff for forgetting about me and ignoring the buzzer. I was asleep sitting on the toity by the time he got there hehe

 

[DeniseJP]

I had a night nurse forget to come to take me to the potty after I buzzed her so I limped there on my crutches and managed to get my IV lines and everything there and back... no bed pan for me - I am a stubborn thing for sure...hence the panties with an attitude and my other coping mechanisms!

Doc's bloodwork requisition came in the mail and he is testing for EVERYTHING - pancreatitis, hepatitis, enzymes... scared the heck out of me! I have to wait a whole month to get the new tests...?

Denise

Denise

 

[wabbitmom12]

DeniseJP wrote:

Doc's bloodwork requisition came in the mail and he is testing for EVERYTHING - pancreatitis, hepatitis, enzymes... scared the heck out of me! I have to wait a whole month to get the new tests...?

Denise

Have they tested for thyroid also? Recently? Sometimes that will run together with the diabetes, and definitely makes it more complicated to get the blood sugar under control.

LOL - I agree with the 'LEAVE MY PANITES ON!!" attitude. 13 years ago I had sinus surgery under general anthesia (back when it was a more complicated surgery than it is now).I said "to heck with you, nothing is happening below my chin while I'm being operated on, so the underwear stays put!!" and so did my socks, by the way!

 

[BethM]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

LOL - I agree with the 'LEAVE MY PANITES ON!!" attitude. 13 years ago I had sinus surgery under general anthesia (back when it was a more complicated surgery than it is now).I said "to heck with you, nothing is happening below my chin while I'm being operated on, so the underwear stays put!!" and so did my socks, by the way!

I am a bit disturbed that they would want you to not have underwear! I have had sinus surgery twice, 2 and 4 years ago. Beforehand, they said I could keep my undies and socks. They did request no bra, which is fine with me. (The nurse said that if something went wrong during, they might need access to my chest. She also thought I wouldn't want to wear it afterwards, and it would be too difficult for me to take it off.)

I don't understand why they would take panties away, if they're not doing surgery on the abdomen. :?

 

[wabbitmom12]

BethM wrote:

I don't understand why they would take panties away, if they're not doing surgery on the abdomen. :?

EXACTLY!! I was basically told by the nurse, "Take everything off, down to your birthday suit, and put on this gown." Well, being the rebel that I am, I said to myself, "No way, Jose`!" And, I figured if I didn't object verbally, she wouldn't know the difference...so I just didn't take off the panties and socks, and I didn't tell her!

I don't get why the nurses say that either. Some items are obvious, like the bra, because they might need to resuscitate you or something. (God forbid!) But goodness, for college-educated people, they sometimes just don't have any common sense. (Advanced apologies to all of our nurse friends out there. I'm sure y'all say things like that about your patients, too. )

 

[DeniseJP]

BethM wrote:

wabbitmom12 wrote:

LOL - I agree with the 'LEAVE MY PANITES ON!!" attitude. 13 years ago I had sinus surgery under general anthesia (back when it was a more complicated surgery than it is now).I said "to heck with you, nothing is happening below my chin while I'm being operated on, so the underwear stays put!!" and so did my socks, by the way!

I am a bit disturbed that they would want you to not have underwear! I have had sinus surgery twice, 2 and 4 years ago. Beforehand, they said I could keep my undies and socks. They did request no bra, which is fine with me. (The nurse said that if something went wrong during, they might need access to my chest. She also thought I wouldn't want to wear it afterwards, and it would be too difficult for me to take it off.)

I don't understand why they would take panties away, if they're not doing surgery on the abdomen. :?

Luckily the surgical center I am going to leaves them on... but I warned them when they were putting the heart monitors on last time so they did not fall over in shock or laughteronce I was out - my surgeon is also my neighbor and he knows I have a sense of humor.

I know when I had a raging infection in my knee and needed more surgery to clean it up, the panties stayed on - I hollered pretty loudly when they moved me to a gurney and I think I scared the nurses (that pain was worse than labor).

The docsare watching the thyroid as well... doc said that should be the next thing to "go" as it gets attacked by whatever is driving my autoimmune system awry... that is how type 1 diabetes happens. I am like, next thing to go?! That will be another pill to take...:grumpy:

Like I have mentioned before, I will be having a little chat with God about the extended warranty on my parts...:biggrin2: I think when they made me they had to use old spares that someone else did not want...

Denise

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I hope everything goes well and I love your sense of humor!

Dave

 

[DeniseJP]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

I hope everything goes well and I love your sense of humor!

Dave

Thanks - life is so serious and if bad things are going to happen to me, at least I am going to make the lemon meringue pie out of the lemons life gives me.

Pass the homemade whipped cream, too!



Denise

 

[Blaze_Amita]

I love your humor about these things ladies. absolutely wonderful. I was trying not to laugh as i read the thread.
Good luck in your surgeries and recovery afterwards
I'll have you in my mind and my thoughts

 

[DeniseJP]

Blaze_Amita wrote:

I love your humor about these things ladies. absolutely wonderful. I was trying not to laugh as i read the thread.
Good luck in your surgeries and recovery afterwards
I'll have you in my mind and my thoughts

Please laugh! Laughing is good!!! I am serious about laughing when life gives you manure... make a garden from it!

As long as I am alive and kicking, I will be kicking the hands that dare try to remove the underwear. :devil I am not having surgery to have my dignity removed, thank you very much... LOL!

Denise

 

[hartleybun]

:yeahthat: definitely! when life hands me the scraps i sew and quilt

i too shall not be removing any underwear tomoro and he had better warm his hands too...

good luck for thursday denise:bunnydance: xx