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Mygetaway
Member

08-23-2000

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{Hugs}} Herc!

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{{{HERC}}}}} Ain't getting older just about as much fun as watching a seagull drop 'you know what'? NOPE...the seagull's more fun!!! Hang in there and I'll be thinking about you tomorrow with fingers and toes crossed!!! Just think...if anyone ticks you off over the next two weeks, you can bat them with your arm!!!

Seriously, I will be thinking only good thoughts for a new improved elbow.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, MGA and Kstme! You made me laugh--and feel so loved!!!

Cher
Member

08-18-2004

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herc take care of yourself!! Thinking of you lots!!
Hugs

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 9:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, thank you, Cher! 1

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herc, How did the surgery come out??

You're typing, so I'm thinking this whole cast thing is going to work out for two weeks? You'll be so proficient in one-handed typing, you'll never want to go back!!

(((HERC)))

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 2:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, Sweetie! How kind of you to take the time to be so caring!

Well, I sure hope it turned out well, but I guess I won't really know for a bit. The doc did say he had to 'plane' down the bone--as it had gotten rather bumpy and lumpy. Creeps me out to think about that on top of having it drilled, too.

I am now a sight to behold--with an amethyst-colored cast!

Well, this one-hand typing is really one finger typing--and it wears me out, to tell you the truth! So I will be glad when I can get back to normal. Pant, pant!

Thanks again, Kstme!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Today I got a new (hot pink this time!) cast--cuz the swelling in my arm went down and made the cast too big in spots, causing it to rub and become a torture chamber. Yay, feels so much better!

Tomorrow afternoon, as directed by my PCP, I see a gastroenterologist about tracking down the cause of my anemia (blood loss issue suspected to be related to either acid reflux or an ulcer). It will be just a consultation at this visit. I am going to attempt driving there myself--one-handed, which is how I usually drive anyway.

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herc, how did Dr. visit go today?? More testing in your near future? blech!

I must say, that HOT PINK cast has got to be styling!!! There's no holding you down, is there?? I'm so glad you complained and had the old one replaced!

You take GOOD care!!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 11:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, Kstme! You are a darling to notice. And thanks for the smiles and good wishes.


My gastro doc was very nice. He ordered 3 tests.
I asked for all testing to be performed AFTER my cast comes off (24th).

On March 2, I will have a:
1. Colonoscopy (this will be my 2nd--first was at age 50.)
2. Upper GI endoscopy


Then, on March 8, I will have a:
3. Gastric Emptying Study-Solid

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herc, I, kind of, thought you'd be in for some of the fun tests...ack...NOT! And, I don't blame you for waiting until after the cast is off!

Um, the March 2 tests seem to have you coming and going...if you know what I mean...

As I've said before, this getting older isn't everything it's cracked up to be! But, hopefully, the drs. will find out 'what's' happening. It's so frustrating not having definite answers.

You hang in there, Herc and I'll be thinking only good, positive thoughts for you! After all, anyone who goes out in public with a pink cast, has my undying respect!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Old age sucks, but it beats the alternative.



Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi all! Hope I'm posting this in the right place...

Yesterday afternoon I did a pretty stupid thing. I was sitting at my computer for a few hours straight the whole while I had my left foot tucked up under my right knee. Well, the phone rang and I got up to answer it and the next thing I know my foot gets bent up under me and I go down like a ton of bricks! The only other way to describe it is to say I "rolled" over my foot, like one would roll over their ankle.

At first it didn't hurt that bad, but the more I stood on it and walked on it, the more it started to hurt. (I had somewhere to go, otherwise I would've nursed it a bit more at that time) By the time I got home later yesterday evening it was really sore! I could still walk on it, but with quite a limp.

I sent Steve out to Walmart to get me an ACE bandage and I wrapped some ice in a towel then strapped the ice to my foot with the ACE bandage. I kept in on there for about 3 hours before going to bed, mostly elevated during this time.

Now this morning/afternoon is still hurts, but now there is a red area on my foot. I at first assumed it was a bruise, but it's red, not a "bruise" color in my eyes. And it's a very small area, a little bigger than a quarter, although not perfectly round. This "bruise" is directly on the area that hurts the worse.

I'm afraid I did something really bad to my foot. It can't be broken since I can still walk on it pretty decently..or can it? I've never broken a bone before so I have no idea what it feels like or even the symptoms. Could it be a sprain? I've never experienced anything like that either so again, I'm not sure what that would feel or look like.

Thanks to anyone who would have some insight as to what the heck I did to my foot!


Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, February 25, 2005 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, Froggiegirl! I just saw this!

Sounds like a bad sprain to me. Sprains are sometimes worse than breaks--because they can take longer to heal. (My BIL sprained his ankle really, really badly on a construction site and it took over a year for it to feel normal again.)

You should really go to your doc for a dx, especially if you are working somewhere where you need to take disability or something--or need special accommodations (parking close by).

Let us know how you make out, hon!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, February 25, 2005 - 10:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Froggie, that sounds so familiar. I was seated that way once while working and I was called on the carpet for it. My boss at the time was a stickler for ergonomic correctness and what I was doing was definitely not correct. Hope that you have had some relief. It sounds painful!

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Friday, February 25, 2005 - 10:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks HP and Vee!

Turns out it is a sprain. I've been trying my best to stay off of it for the past few days, icing it, and wrapping it - using the RICE method, lol. My foot is badly bruised across the top which makes it painful to walk or for that matter even put on shoes. But it has been getting better day by day, which is a very good sign. I have an extremely busy weekend ahead of me which means I'll have to be doing some walking, but believe me I'll be looking for places to sit the whole time!

Thanks for your concern ladies! And Vee, I've definitely learned my lesson to sit properly from now on!!!



Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Monday, February 28, 2005 - 10:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tomorrow is prep day for my colonoscopy, which is scheduled for Wed. Couldn't find the paperwork/directions anywhere. So I called the office today to get directions. Putting them here (ignore me!) so I can follow this tomorrow.

The darned woman was talking so fast and going over much more than I had thought I needed to know--so my notes are scribbled over several pages of my appt book. Ack. (Hence, the reason for writing it out). Think I will call again in morning and double-check. Kinda nervous about the details. Here's what I think she said:


Tuesday: Breakfast and Lunch
Choose among the following acceptable items:
1. Black coffee or tea
2. White grape juice
3. Apple juice
4. White cranberry juice
5. Plain jello: lemon, lime or pineapple flavors
6. Up to 3 bottles of Boost

At 5 pm
Drink, in this order:
1. One Fleet Phospho-Soda (1.5 oz; unflavored)--mix with white cranberry juice
2. Four glass of approved liquid

Somewhere between 5 and 8 pm
Any of these, spaced out:
1. tea, clear juice or 8 oz broth

8 pm on
Not much; can have a Boost


Wed A.M.
1. 2nd Fleet bottle (same as first)
2. hot tea

Report Time to Hospital: 10:15 a.m.
Colonoscopy Time: 11:00

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, Herc, that sounds about right. I'll be thinking of you.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Kstme. I have a call in to the office, just wanted to be sure--but it is reassuring that this sounds right to you. And thanks for thinking of me, hon.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sounds approximately right to me too, HP. I have had two of them. One of them I had to take castor oil, I think. And I was up ALL night taking care of bidness.

Don't know what a Boost is.

Worst part of the colonoscopy is the prep day when you can't eat. It is worse if you are in an office situation. You watch every morsel of food that goes into somebody else's mouth and NOT YOURS. LOL.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, got a callback. I was off a bit. Thank goodness, no castor oil, though, Juju! (A Boost is like Ensure except it has no milk in it.) Here are the corrected directions:


Tuesday: Breakfast and Lunch
Choose among the following acceptable items:
1. Black coffee or tea
2. White grape juice
3. Apple juice
4. White cranberry juice
5. Plain jello: lemon, lime or pineapple flavors
6. Up to 3 bottles of Boost


At 5 pm
Drink, in this order:
1. One Fleet Phospho-Soda (1.5 oz; unflav.);mix with 8 oz white cranberry juice
2. Follow with one 8-oz drink of clear liquid


Somewhere between 5 and 8 pm
Drink 3 more 8-oz glasses of clear liquid


8 pm on
Not much; can have a Boost


Wed A.M.
1. 2nd Fleet bottle (same as first) + 8 oz of white cranberry juice
2. Followed by 8 oz. hot tea


Report Time to Hospital: 10:15 a.m.
Colonoscopy Time: 11:00


Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whew! Ok so far! That Phospho Soda is AWFUL!! Takes like liquified salt.

Nino
Member

09-20-2004

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, HP, that stuff tastes horrible!! Sending good thoughts your way!

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
poor herkie...good taste buds being sent your way lol

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herck, the worst part of a colonoscopy is the prep, the test is nothing, cause you will be out of it.