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Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Kona. It's not that extreme. Screen back that color 20 times or so and that is the effect. But I have a physical on the 30th, so I will assuredly ask!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Oh, and thanks a whole helluva lot, HP. Now I am imagining that I am getting dirty spots on my neck. I think it is a clustering of the little brown spots ganging up. LOL.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know how to go about obtaining hospital and medical records from when you were a child?

Also looking for info on the longterm risks of repeated exposure to x-rays.

If anyone can help, thanks.

P.S. Hope your physical goes well, Herckleperckle.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
LOL, Juju! Thanks, Calamity!

Calamity, re your 'repeated exposure to x-rays' question, here's a link to an article written by a radiology expert from Stanford University: X-Ray Exposure.


Now about your first question, about getting your childhood medical records. Do you know which hospitals/docs have them? Common sense tells me that you should start by calling the hospital(s) in question and ask about their procedures for request copies of these old records. (I am sure hospitals have the information stored somewhere--archived, microfilmed or on tape (computer), so I suspect there may be a charge per page for finding and making a copy of these records.)

Is your pediatrician still around? Call his/her office for procedures. (Probably same deal.)

I know I asked my gyn's office for a copy of the surgical notes from a surgery that went badly--shortly after I was released from the hospital. I merely had to sign a paper confirming that I requested them and I was mailed a copy. Nothing was hidden.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Thank you for the info, Herckleperckle. My surgeon is retired and I haven't had any luck getting records from the hospital. Don't see why. I was a "case study" so I know they have them. Wish the x-ray article had had better news.

Good luck with your physical tomorrow.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Friday, September 29, 2006 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Got my wisdom teeth pulled this afternoon. The aftercare instructions said to bite on guaze for 20 mins, and if it was sill bleeding, replace the gauze and repeat. I'm still bleeding... three hours later. Should I be concerned? I ususally clot fairly quickly.

Fancyb
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08-22-2006

Friday, September 29, 2006 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fancyb a private message Print Post    
Karen, that is not too long but it depends on how much you are bleeding. If it is only a little just keep using the gauze. My instructions said to bite firmly for 45 minutes. If this wasn't working to wet a tea bag in cold water and bite firmly for 20 minutes. Good luck.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 12:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Fancyb! Hadn't heard the teabag trick, and I was starting to panic a bit cause I'd already gone through all the gauze they left me with. The bleeding slowed down, though not stopped completely I'm not so concerned anymore. My only panic now is that I'm about six hours post surgery and my tongue is STILL frozen...

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Did they tell you to rinse with salt water? Very important

Fancyb
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08-22-2006

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fancyb a private message Print Post    
Good to hear that Karen. My instructions also said one of the common experiences can be numbness to the side of the tongue with lower impactions. Good point about the salt water but only after 24 hours so as not to disturb the clot that has formed.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
They did tell me a salt-water rinse after 24hrs. I'm currenty at 17hrs post. The whole right side of my tongue is STILL completely frozen. I'm really starting to freak now... it was very complicated getting it done -- after TWO HOURS in the chair and TONS of freezing 'cause I kept feeling it, he'd only managed to extract one tooth. He ended up giving up and closing up the top and bottom on the right, didn't even try on the left side. I was supposed to have all four pulled in about an hour, instead he got one and about a third of the 2nd before he had to give up and refer me to a specialist. So I'm kinda nervous about the amount of freezing they gave me... if anyone's ever heard of using so much it's irreversible? (total newbie to the world of any surgeries here... I'm generally healthy, and save for my birth, this is the most complex event in my medical history.)

Fancyb
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08-22-2006

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fancyb a private message Print Post    
Karen, that sounds awful, you poor thing. I think you need to find a number to that dentist or that specialist and call. Your concerns are warranted after such an unusual ordeal. I have always been given a number to call and a 24 hours a day number. They should keep in touch knowing what happened.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
:-) He's next on my list, Fancy. Thanks again - I just wanted to touch base with all the TVCHers here, see if you guys had any experience / advice similar to what I'm going through. Thanks again!! I'll keep you posted on when/if I ever get feeling back in my tongue.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Good luck, Karen. Yes, call. Sorry you had such a tough time.

Everybody needs to know about the wet teabag for dental bleeding after mouth surgery.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Karen - did you just go to a regular dentist to get this done? Or an oral surgeon, who then referred you to a further specialist?

I had impacted lower wisdom teeth about 18 months ago, and got them done by KENNETH CHOW in that big medical building on Broadway, across from A&W and Tojo's. The guy was PHENOMENAL. He gave me IV Valium, and I was out for the 90 minute procedure, and woke up feeling good. I recommend him to EVERYONE. He was amazing, and the staff was available 24 hrs, and they were super nice. If you are interested in a sure-fire good surgeon, he is one of them.

As for the tongue numbness, one of the hazards of wisdom teeth operations is nicking or severing the major lower nerves. This may be the case, and the only thing you can do is report it and wait. Nerve regeneration is slow to non-existent.

Again, call the office of Kenneth Chow if you want a great guy. I have a VERY good experience.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
thank you eeyore for that info, now... karen, do you need your mama to come up there and help you? i'll beat up on that nasty dentist that hurt my baby girl! and WHERE IS DONNERS IN ALL OF THIS??? HUNH?? he's supposed to be taking care of you!

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
LOL, landi! Donners is everywhere I need him to be, no worries there. He picked me up after the appointment, and when I got home he proudly pulled eight -- yes, EIGHT -- different flavours of Jello out of the cupboard, along with two different pudding flavours and a bucket of vanilla ice cream. Then he poured me a shot of rye, got me a T3 (please, no advice on not mixing meds and booze -- that was all it was!) and sent me to bed for a few hours.

Surprisingly, I'm not in any pain, really. I'm a fast healer. That's why I was so freaked by the fact I was still bleeding, and now that I'm still frozen (which, by the way, yup. Still completely numb on the right side of my tongue. Doc said not to worry, call him again tomorrow if I'm still numb. I think I just might be.

Eeyore -- he's the dentist I've been going to for years. He does hundreds of oral surgeries as well as the basic cavities, etc. He was SOO frustrated yesterday, after 2+ hours of yanking and pulling and cutting and the teeth just wouldn't budge. From the Xrays you can see the teeth are coming in nearly perfectly sideways, which is what he was saying was the problem, he just couldn't find the socket the roots were in. No matter how much digging he did, the tooth stayed as firm and solid in place as when he started. Now I'm just frustrated that an unpaid day from work and all the anxiety leading up to it, never mind all the time actually getting sliced up by the good doctor, only amounted to one tooth being pulled, and another that's had 1/3 of it broken out before being resealed back up in my mouth. So now I have to fnd a way to get another day off from work (another unpaid, which I can't really afford, never mind what my boss will have to say about missing another day...) Sigh. I'm just frustrated. Excuse the expression, but it feels like blue balls. I was all ready to have this done, and now I feel like I'm back at the starting gate. Grrrr. The doc he referred me to will put me under, though -- I was just really hoping to avoid that.


Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I LOVED the lack of consciousness. It's amazing that you remember absolutely NOTHING from the moment the IV is put in, to about 2 hours later when they're waking you up. Yet when they wake you up, you can talk and walk, and you're fine by dinnertime! I like that "blackout" in the dental office. If only ALL of my appointments were that way!!!

Some wisdom teeth, if left too long, actually fuse to the bone. What did your dentist say about that? I wonder if that is the case with the one that is still there. Which side of your tongue is still numb? The one with no tooth, or the one with the tooth still there?

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
The doc didn't say anything about it, but I'm pretty sure that's what happened, Eeyore. I mean, the guy was huffing and puffing on one tooth for an hour and a half and it didn't budge! I asked before we started, how long it usually takes, and they told me 10 - 15 mins per tooth, less on the top ones. The top one he spent 45 mins on before the freezing started to wear off... when I cried out through the utensils in my mouth, "UHN CAH FEEHG GNAT!!" he gave both top and bottom more freezing and laid off the top for the bottom, where he spent over an hour trying, to no avail. It DIDN'T BUDGE. I'm fairly certain they're fused to the bone. Most research I did today recommended that they come out by 25 at the latest to avoid just that, and here I am at 27...

Update: 28.5 hours post op. Tongue still frozen. I'll letcha know in the AM. At this point, it's almost funny. Almost.


Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Oh, forgot to say -- I've had one other time in my life, about ten years ago, where I had to undergo complete anesthesia, and I hated that moment when I woke up. Knowing that something had happened to me, to my body, without my awareness at all, kinda freaked me out. I felt violated. I can stomach the needles and the instruments, it's fascinatingly interesting to be awake during that kind of thing if you can handle it... and given the way I felt when I woke up the first time, I'd rather not go under completely if I don't have to. But, you've met me... I'm kinda weird. LOL

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
LOL... to answer your only question, it's the side the work was done that's still numb... the one with one pulled and 1/3 chipped out.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Ohhhh!! I get it now. He did a top and bottom on one side, but the top and bottom on the other side were never touched. Hmmmm. I guess that doesn't really single out where the nerve damage occurred. *sigh*

Don't worry about the job. I mean, what kind of shitty job would hold it against you for having a fused tooth that has now put you into such a predicament. It's hardly like you are being a negligent employee. And if they have a problem with it, well...screw 'em! (Easy for me to say, I know.)

Don't stress about it though, if you can. It's not going to solve the conflict.

Oh, and the rye? Alcohol can thin your blood, and prevent clotting, which may have had something to do with your continued seeping.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Rye = thinned blood = continued seeping.

2hrs of oral surgery = only 1 tooth pulled = shot of rye before bed.

Not a tough decision, really. :-) But you're right, and I thought of that this morning.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Update: 42 hrs and still with a frozen tongue. Suddenly, not so "funny" anymore. Borderline aggrivating. Almost starting to really freak, despite the doctor's lack of concern. 42 hours?? For real?!

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
Karen, I'm so sorry you had such a rough time of it, it sounds like an absolute nightmare and I think I'd have been tempted to "try the rye" too. LOL I agree that the frozen tongue isn't funny at all and I'd keep on calling the doc until I got a straight answer as to what has happened. There is definitely something going on besides the anesthetic effect and you have a right to know what it is. Hugs to you.