STFU (Shut the F*** UP)

sas-schatzi

Shells, the docs will poopoo the suggestion. The cast needs to be removed and the arm looked at underneath.  Multiple cases over the years, won't bore you with stories. He has general pain control now, but he's likely on dilaudid IV. Still complains of surgical site pain. This far post op it's an unusual complaint.

He had problems from the gitgo. They cracked the cast. Doesn't mean they totally relieved the problem.

sas-schatzi

Wren, It' called pulmonary toilet. Done with saline. Very specific protocol. Google--"ventilator patient care". It's to get out all the dried secretions. Dried secretions can impair air exchange and be a set up for infection. Ventilators can cause dried secretions. They usually have humidification, but this is a further cleansing.  Sorry he's on a ventilator

sas-schatzi

My contact dermatitis on chest and abdomen is clearing.

Talked with PhyllyinMDAnderson. She's got some news, but having trouble getting on BCO. Prepare to celebrate!

Shellshine

Shingles are usually confined to one side of he body and follow a nerve pattern called a dermatone. They usually are fluid filled little vesicles and hurt like hell.

Wren - may have been bronchoscopic lavage with saline to remove secretions, or postural drainage with "cupping" to loosen them.

Don't watch that movie - it's scary as hell - and gross. I had to read an hour with 3 cups of camomile tea to get to sleep. Boy do I feel rested, though! 

Chevyboy

I was riding with my Daughter, for her Dermatology appt. and we got rear-ended!  What a shock!  Damn girl was on her phone.... We were waiting in the merge lane, to pull out into traffic, and she just slammed right into us.

I thought my DD would smack her!  She said she was on her phone, and didn't see us!  Well, this 1995 purple Berretta is pretty big!  Damnit anyway.  The gal was looking at her front bumper, and DD yelled "You are looking at YOUR car!  Look what you did to mine!" She was driving a big SUV.....

DD works so hard, takes very good care of that old car, never been in an accident, and now they probably won't give her much for that old car, but it was all she had! 

The gal had insurance...blah-blah.   Have to wait and see what they say.   Didn't call the Police, because we really weren't hurt, the car was okay to drive, and we got all the information.  She COULD have been cited for that, if we would have called the Police.  But she said she was in a hurry, and late anyway, and she works with little kids.... that's all I had to hear....

Oh well....   Could have been worse....

luvmygoats

Chevy - Hope you got cell pictures and pictures of her insurance card. I was backed into in WalMart last year by a Cadillac Escalade. I have an Equinox - "I didn't see you and my back up alarm didn't sound". Well yippy skippy what a dodo bird. Her insurance paid to repair the dents in my car door. Glad everyone is OK.

Sassy - will wait with bated breath for Phyllogoodnews. And glad your dermatitis is subsiding.

Shells - ((((HUGS)))) for you. Hope pain docs find something for DH.

gardengumby

Chevy - I wish you had called the cops.  She was LATE???  THAT was her excuse to leave? pah!!! People need to be cited for texting and driving so they LEARN THAT IT IS F**KING DANGEROUS!!!!!  I have almost been hit more times than I can tell you, and even more times wanted to take a baseball bat to some idiot who is sitting at a green light texting away, not realizing he/she is holding up traffic.  #$%^ Sometimes I really really hate technology.

Di2012

AMEN...GardenGumpy!....my daughter was rear ended at a high rate of speed by a girl that was texting and spun my daughter around and totaled her car (that was 1 payment away from being paid off).  My daughter had months Doctors visits,  PT, massage therapy and has a hip problem which needs surgery.  The girl that hit my daughter car flipped over (wheels up) and slid into a ditch.....the tricky high power lawyer from Bellevue($$$$) that represents the girl was texting has delayed and delayed a trial for over 4 years (texter girl  was in an another accident less than a month before  the accident with my daughter)....most of the eye witnesses have now disappeared, Although police reports have names of witnesses. The case goes to trial in Dec.

Di

sas-schatzi

Chevy, pm'ing

Anonymous

Lost my damn post. Sassy, please feel free to post my news.  Stupid hotspot.

sas-schatzi

PHILLYNEWSSOGOOD. I'll give a teaser, this is too good for you not to share it.

NO rads!

gardengumby

Fantastic!!!

marywh

Im off to bed girls, have felt like shit all day. Dont know whats going on.Be back tomorrow...

4sewwhat

Feel better and rest up Mary

camillegal

Phylo---U DON'T NEED RADS? did I read that right? (shut up Chevy)

And Chevy u't poor DD, what a goofy thing u 2 could have really been hurt--she said she didn't see you--like wonder womans' airplane invisible--crap--she meant she wasn't paying attention. Well I hope it all works out for u'r DD and things go smoothly.

Lynne U hve lots of people in u'r house--Holy Cow a lot to feed is right.=Good business u'r in.

Di2012

YEAH for Phyllis....No Rads! wooohooo 

 

Mary thinkin' of you....hope tomorrow is a better day, rest well 

Spookiesmom

Chevy, so glad you and DD are ok!!!!!



Some schmuck backed out and hit my NEW BRIGHT GREEN car 2 weeks after I got it. He had insurance, I called the cops anyway. Cost his insurance over a thousand, his rates will go up. He didn't see me?

gardengumby

Was that your new Spark???

juliaanna

Fantastic news, phyllieflyinghighwithnowifi!

Chevy, Sorry about the accident.  I think you have to file it with the police anyway, right?  Be sure to mention she was on her phone.  It's against the law in Oregon to talk, text while you drive.  You can use a "hands-free" device.  It doesn't matter if she works with kids-if she is that careless in the car, what's she doing with the kids!

OK, I'm being snarky.  Just got home from Safeway where I picked up my Arimidex.  (A little background) My prescriptions were transferred there when the pharmacy I had been using closed-I wasn't consulted, just informed.  So for over one year, every month I go in to pick up my Arimidex.  Every time I have to spend 5-10 minutes explaining  1) Yes, I do want the brand name.  2) No, I don't have to pay the $45 since I am incredibly fortunate to have 2 insurances which they need to bill.  

Today was the last straw- went in, perky little pharmacy assistant pulls out 3 bottles of Arimidex (2 original bottles and 1 orange store bottle with A F***ING PINK RIBBON TOP!).

Clerk:  That will be $465.

Me:  No, it won't.  I only need one month.

Clerk:  Well, you will only get thirty pills.  We have to count them out, but we don't do that until we tell you the price.  (They usually just give me a manufacturer's bottle, still sealed, but not labeled until I say insurance will cover it all)

Me:  I want them.  Did you bill insurance?  I have 2 insurances.

Clerk:  Well, we billed somebody, something.

Me: If you billed insurance, the cost would have only been $45,not $465  (I went off a bit about always having delays picking up prescription.  You would think after more than a year, the information would be in the computer-they put it in each time.)

Clerk:  It's all taken care of now.  I'll go count them out.

Me:  If you aren't giving me the sealed bottle, DO NOT PUT A PINK TOP ON THE BOTTLE!

Clerk:  Ok. I don't understand why they sent us pink tops.

Me:  (to myself- are you f****ng kidding me?)  to her:  It's for breast cancer awareness month- I'm very aware there is no cure.  I find the pink top offensive.

Felt good to do that. Probably would have let the whole thing slide about the insurance once again, but that pink lid set me off.  I will be changing pharmacies.

Thanks for letting me vent.  

Spookiesmom

Yep!!!! I can't begin to tell you how pissed I was. The damage wasn't all that bad, the body shop did an excellent job. DH said to me, don't park here, you'll get a door ding. I said I already got one. An expensive one.

juliaanna

I'm back, in a better mood.  

I had shingles, too, right after my exchange surgery.  It itched.  I identified it really early, got on the Acyclovir,so didn't spread.

Looking forward to this weekend when 10 or so of us "Northwest" ladies will be meeting up for lunch in Olympia, Washington.  Shells is coming, too, via Skype.  So if you hear the riot police were called out, it might be us.

Wishing all a restful evening.

J

camillegal

Julia what a mess at the pharmacy--I would have been goofy, u actually kept pretty calm and then the pink top OMG--why is it they think anyone who's dealt with cancer pink will make u feel better--it just reminds u there is no cure and all the crap u go thru. Well I'm glad u feel better.

Spookie I remember about that accident and I remember thinking who could not see u'r green car.

Shellshine

Dear Ones ~ NEVER, EVER NOT call the police when another car and your car make contact. It's a bad practice - and it will only cost you money. I let someone go and a month later had a $250 bill for my windshield fluid motor being broken by the impact. Wasn't my fault - but the old guy who hit me said - "looks like there's no damage." rrrrright   Today if Ms. Texter wasn't in such a rush - she wouldn't have hit you. Make her pay by having to wait for police - too bad - she created the mess not you.

Juliiaanna - speak to the top person of your pharmacy's administration about your rx problem and tell them you want it fixed f**king NOW or you are turning them in to the insurance commisioner.

Take care Dear Mary - rest up 💛

Phylly - no rads - girl - it's about time we had some good news around here!🎈

DH will be in the hospital for a long time - they are taking him off all narcotics due to high risk and have to do it as inpatient. He's super bummed and realizes he's in deep kim chee. I'm on my own for awhile but today very very grumpy - trying to take care of everything before next week ...a little overloaded today, will watch non-scary movies when I get home late tonight - then to new job tomorrow early to sign all of my paperwork, take the stray cat to the vet, get a hearing aid, do the shopping, drop off all the cans at the recycling center and them have a good stiff drink when I get home. At least I can do that, now. 

Off to Jazzercise - my favorite drug, then to Home Depot to buy all the stuff to finsih our construction project.

 

Teka

Wake refreshed to start off an excellent job!

StaceyLeeH

Di, Ducky, Chevy, Sass, Wren, Shells, and Juilaanna thank you for your ideas. The mystery is the spots look just like a zit, but no pain or itching... Dr said no shingles but perhaps from chemo Perjeta?? He is looking in to it. My oncologist was awesome called the dermatologist and demanded the results and dx: Humm see him on monday... All he said was hypersensitivity. Found one medical journal on a acne form rash...that maybe I could buy into.

http://www.oncologypractice.com/jso/journal/articles/0806268.pdf



Phgraham happy dance no radiation!!!



Mary sorry you feel bad. wish I could make u feel better... Call them if not better check labs get fluids whatever u need to do....



Chevy OMG sorry about the accident. You both are so lucky you aren't injured!! File police report. What a dumb B***h!!! She could have really hurt you. Some people just blow my mind. Self centered with no idea of any kind of reality...



Shells good luck tomorrow... But I know you don't need it. They are very lucky to have you!!



Sweet dreams xoxo

Sweet Pea

camillegal

Sweet Pea it might just be a skin irratation but nothing horrible--I think skin gets a lot of reactions to things that everyone kind of overlooks cuz everything else isn;t to good and even skin products are sensitive for u'r skin that u are used to. Oh everything is all jumbled up.

Shell U've got lots to do tomorrow but it will all get done and remember u can enjoy a glas of wine or whatever when u get home without a worry. K how long will they keep u'r DH in there.? Well if it's going to help the situation then that's fine and maybe u can actually breath cuz u need u'r mind on something wonderful tht's come into u'r life--JOB

Shellshine

Good Night, Sweet Princesses  of Maine, you Queens of New England.

Chevyboy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I just typed a WHOLE post, and accidently hit "cut" instead of "copy" to put here, and it was GONE in a flash!  Drats!

 

Anyway,  The insurance company is coming out today to see the damages...  It's all being taken care of, and DD is coming over today to fill out the accident report. 

 

We DID stop at the Police station on the way home, and they gave us a card, and told us how to fill the accident report online.   

 

She CALLED the Police, but they told us to move our car off of the road, and wait in the parking lot by this restaurant.... DD went to the wrong parking lot...

 

 They had asked her if anyone was hurt, if the car was driveable, and if we got all information from the other gal.

 

Police called her back and said they waited, but didn't see her, and to just stop by Police station to fill out the accident report.

So we are doing it on line...  DD says it's too hard to do it on her Iphone, or Tablet...

 

So it's all going to work out...  It wouldn't be worth it to call in an attorney, for this fender-bender... We are still making fun of one of our friends who will sue a kid on a tricycle riding on his sidewalk if he could!    He would sue a bird if he dropped a turd on his lawn!

He has 2 law-suits going for minor car repairs from someone bumping into him!  So therefore he can take pills for his injuries, and stay zoned-out and sleep and eat for the rest of his life.... and never work again.

 

Our 56th Anniversary is tomorrow!  YAY!!!  We made it...Ha!   Dh has a cold, and I think I am following suit.    We were going up to play and gamble today, but I don't think we feel like it...  Maybe we will just celebrate by shopping at Walmart and grabbing a snack somewhere...Ha!  Don't take much to please US kids!   He SWEARS the Dentist gave him the cold...  Now you all KNOW what it is like when our DH gets a cold!  So I won't say anymore... only that I am pampering and being dutifully sorrowful.

 

Good luck today Shells....  Love all you guys! xoxoxoxo

 

camillegal

Oh Chevy I knew this accident wasn't going to slip thru the cracks--u 2 are right on top of everything. OMG those many years with u oops I mean married--It is a miracle now adays, but I'm sorry about the whole cold thing. That might keep u home--Just make chicken soup that'll be good for you. CHICKEN SOUP Yes u have the resources.

blondiex46

they did do pathology on the fluid the last time and it said no cancer in the lining, doing it again this time, does't make sense, there is cancer in the lung and should be in the lining seems to me!!!