Woke up with same "twisted" pain in left side of abdomen, below rib cage. So Maribeth took me to Shelby ER. Drew blood, did chest X ray. NO pneumonia or anything worse that I was thinking of. Probably a strain! Didn't put me on any other antibiotic because I had just finished Z pak on Wed. and I take Bactrim DS on M-W-F routinely. Gave me a script for cough syrup with codeine.
This evening I am still coughing. Probably not as much. Twisted pain/strain still there. Ugh!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Kinda glad it's not hot out
Hello today is 2/12/14
No big medical changes since last dr. visit last month. Some of the swelling in my face has gone down. I still have jowls and my head looks like a square. I have gained 30lbs that I didn't need. This is why I am glad it's not hot out! I am still very tired and mad that I get SOB whenever I try to do something. My left hip and leg started to HURT again. I think it's like cyatic nerve pain. It gets so bad it makes me sick to my stomach. I limp when I walk. Sometimes left leg will start to "go out on me" but I haven't fallen. Thank you MB for carrying laundry up and down stairs. Glad my house is small with only stairs to the basement. I cook at times. I was VERY HAPPY to have my favorite son and favorite brother in law come to my house the end of Jan. and update my bathroom. I have had a toilet, vanity, med. cabinet, lights above med. cabinet, and cupboard above toilet for years.................. Brad and Bill worked for 3 days to put new floor boards in, new floor, bead board around and install the above items I had. Pictures to follow after we paint. I only have one bathroom in my house so it made for 3 interesting days. We were only without a toilet for one night so I made my own "potty chair". MB spent that night at her dad's. I got to cook meals for two hungry men. They seemed to like it. Only thing, I was up and about tooo much. Left hip got worse. Had to start taking Flexeril again. I would take 5mg in morning and 5mg in late afternoon and then maybe 10mg at bedtime. I don't like to take Flexeril because it makes me even more "foggy." But it helps the pain.
That weekend I started to feel like I was getting a sinus cold. Now this would be my first for the winter. Normally I would have one ALL winter long. But, with my resistance being low, I wasn't sure how my body would react to it now. Would I be able to fight it off? So it took another week and weekend, but now I have full fledge sinus cold. I called Dr. Anderson Monday. He ordered Z-pak for me and that it was ok to take the aerosol tx that I had from the spring. I was also having low grade fever, highest 100.5, and productive cough. When I cough really hard I feel like I could pass out, or I sneeze 10(?) times, really fast.
Sinuses were clear. Today, (Wed.) I called the doctor again because cough is worse and not coughing up much. No fever. Should I get a chest x ray? Plus last night in bed when I coughed it felt like things (?) were twisting up in my stomach?? My umbilical hernia is really pushing out a lot. I wonder is my hernia is screwing up my stomach? Questions to ask the good doc.
My next infusion date is Friday. BUT if I'm not better, I need to reschedule. FYI, I haven't heard from the doctor. Maybe in the morning they will call me back.
Haven't been out of the house since last infusion. OMG!!!!!! Or at least I can't remember going out.....maybe just in my dreams. Which my dreams are something else! MB just went to the grocery store for us. Thank you MB!
I also found out I get SSI disability in May! Should also be getting some money before that by end of this month from SSI. I am so confused with all of these agencies. I don't think about calling them because most days, I don't really "wake up" till late afternoon. I'm up and dressed but my head is not working. Plus I still spend most of my morning on the pot. :x You knew I couldn't go without bringing diarrhea up. LOL
2/13/14
Ok, today (Thurs) I called Dr Andersons office. Cancelled my appts to see him and for my infusion. Not having any fever but cough is nasty. When I cough, I have a twisted sister feeling in my left and sometimes right upper "alien baby" abdomen. I have been doing my aerosols that will hopefully break up phlegm in upper chest. NO FUN! Dr. Anderson told his nurse to tell me to see my family doctor. I feel kind of funny going to them. I will if I have too but will probably go to ER tomorrow or Sat. if I'm not doing better.
I AM SO TIRED OF BEING TIRED!!!!!! If I wasn't already crazy, I would be by now. I haven't had really a good cry in a while, I think it's time. Poor Maribeth just called me from work. She could tell I was choked up and said "are you crying?" hahaha Can't hide anything!
No big medical changes since last dr. visit last month. Some of the swelling in my face has gone down. I still have jowls and my head looks like a square. I have gained 30lbs that I didn't need. This is why I am glad it's not hot out! I am still very tired and mad that I get SOB whenever I try to do something. My left hip and leg started to HURT again. I think it's like cyatic nerve pain. It gets so bad it makes me sick to my stomach. I limp when I walk. Sometimes left leg will start to "go out on me" but I haven't fallen. Thank you MB for carrying laundry up and down stairs. Glad my house is small with only stairs to the basement. I cook at times. I was VERY HAPPY to have my favorite son and favorite brother in law come to my house the end of Jan. and update my bathroom. I have had a toilet, vanity, med. cabinet, lights above med. cabinet, and cupboard above toilet for years.................. Brad and Bill worked for 3 days to put new floor boards in, new floor, bead board around and install the above items I had. Pictures to follow after we paint. I only have one bathroom in my house so it made for 3 interesting days. We were only without a toilet for one night so I made my own "potty chair". MB spent that night at her dad's. I got to cook meals for two hungry men. They seemed to like it. Only thing, I was up and about tooo much. Left hip got worse. Had to start taking Flexeril again. I would take 5mg in morning and 5mg in late afternoon and then maybe 10mg at bedtime. I don't like to take Flexeril because it makes me even more "foggy." But it helps the pain.
That weekend I started to feel like I was getting a sinus cold. Now this would be my first for the winter. Normally I would have one ALL winter long. But, with my resistance being low, I wasn't sure how my body would react to it now. Would I be able to fight it off? So it took another week and weekend, but now I have full fledge sinus cold. I called Dr. Anderson Monday. He ordered Z-pak for me and that it was ok to take the aerosol tx that I had from the spring. I was also having low grade fever, highest 100.5, and productive cough. When I cough really hard I feel like I could pass out, or I sneeze 10(?) times, really fast.
Sinuses were clear. Today, (Wed.) I called the doctor again because cough is worse and not coughing up much. No fever. Should I get a chest x ray? Plus last night in bed when I coughed it felt like things (?) were twisting up in my stomach?? My umbilical hernia is really pushing out a lot. I wonder is my hernia is screwing up my stomach? Questions to ask the good doc.
My next infusion date is Friday. BUT if I'm not better, I need to reschedule. FYI, I haven't heard from the doctor. Maybe in the morning they will call me back.
Haven't been out of the house since last infusion. OMG!!!!!! Or at least I can't remember going out.....maybe just in my dreams. Which my dreams are something else! MB just went to the grocery store for us. Thank you MB!
I also found out I get SSI disability in May! Should also be getting some money before that by end of this month from SSI. I am so confused with all of these agencies. I don't think about calling them because most days, I don't really "wake up" till late afternoon. I'm up and dressed but my head is not working. Plus I still spend most of my morning on the pot. :x You knew I couldn't go without bringing diarrhea up. LOL
2/13/14
Ok, today (Thurs) I called Dr Andersons office. Cancelled my appts to see him and for my infusion. Not having any fever but cough is nasty. When I cough, I have a twisted sister feeling in my left and sometimes right upper "alien baby" abdomen. I have been doing my aerosols that will hopefully break up phlegm in upper chest. NO FUN! Dr. Anderson told his nurse to tell me to see my family doctor. I feel kind of funny going to them. I will if I have too but will probably go to ER tomorrow or Sat. if I'm not doing better.
I AM SO TIRED OF BEING TIRED!!!!!! If I wasn't already crazy, I would be by now. I haven't had really a good cry in a while, I think it's time. Poor Maribeth just called me from work. She could tell I was choked up and said "are you crying?" hahaha Can't hide anything!
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