Archive through December 06, 2001

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Weinermr

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 08:17 am Click here to edit this post


Tksoard - here's one to make you laugh (funny or in bad taste - you decide)

They've fixed that old deviated septum,
While the bleeding and pain you accept 'em,
But some surgeries are worse,
And think of this curse,
Those peas might be chilling your rectum!

Meme9

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 08:39 am Click here to edit this post
LOL Weinermr, that should make her feel better!
TK, wishing you a speedy recovery.
Remember, the rainbow is always at the end of the storm. Heck, maybe even a pot of gold might be there.

Whoami

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 08:53 am Click here to edit this post
TK, I feel for ya man! My own nose is a very sensitive issue. I grew up having severe nosebleeds, to the point of going to the ER 3 times to have my nose cauterized, and another time to have it packed to stop the bleeding. One of those times, I bled for over two hours until I finally passed out! Even now, when I get an occasional nosebleed, and one drop comes out, I can feel my face go white from the "oh no, not again" reaction! To go and have surgery that will purposely makes my nose bleed is a horror I can't imagine!

I've been reading your saga here, and have been thinking about you too. Sorry I didn't post sooner. I guess you already had such a great support group here, I didn't want to intrude. But, the more the merrier, right?

I have no words of wisdom to offer, since I never experienced what you're going through. Just know that I'm thinking of you, and wishing you a speedy recovery.

Lancecrossfire

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 12:33 pm Click here to edit this post
Tk, glad you are up and about. Nothing quite like medication wearing off, is there? Hang in there and keep up with your cleanings and the bags of peas. That was a good idea about seeing if reclined sleep works any better. It can't hurt to try.

Best of luck on that pain subsiding to a dull roar in the near future. Please keep us posted on how you are doing.

Car54

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 02:34 pm Click here to edit this post
Aw, Tk, sounds like you had a tough day & night.

I am amazed at how well you have done. I am such a big baby about stuff like this.

Congrats on making it through the worst!
I'll be thinking of you, champ!

Egbok

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 03:18 pm Click here to edit this post
Tksoard! My turkey/owl friend!! I hope by the time you're reading this that you are feeling so much better. Take care and here's to a fantastic difference in your nasal breathing!!

Tksoard

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 10:12 pm Click here to edit this post
Hi Everyone!!I'm back and feeling alittle better. I don't have a recliner, but my couch is really soft and has big pillows that I proped up on. It's really confortable, but it was just the breathing through my mouth and drying my throat that kept me awake. I was able to sleep on and off for a couple hours today. The peas are great tool!! I have 2 pea gloves, one refreezing and one to use. They are mainly for my eye socket pain and cheek bones. I have no idea why they hurt so much more than my nose. I've been keeping it clean with peroxide, and that really takes care of the crusties. I'm not bleeding at all any more so it's not messy. All in all, I think I'm doing quite well!! I don't believe it bruised much, and just a little swelling, but nothing really noticable.

Weinermr, you are the funniest Weiner I know!! Thank you so much for making me laugh!! It was bad taste AND funny and I'll let you know if I ever have a deviated rectum. You'd have a really good time with that one!!

Whoami, Is there a surgery for your nose bleeds? Are you still having them? It really sounds miserable, not knowing when they will happen. You are right about my support group, but the more the merrier, and the better I feel, knowing that people care. I appreciate each and every one of you friends!! I don't have anyone here for me except my husband, and all of my family is so far away. I don't like to bother my mom with the details, because there is nothing she can do to make her little girl feel better (in her eyes). You people make me feel better!!

I think I'll be able to sleep better tonight. I'm going to go try now, and if it doesn't work, I'll be back in a couple of hours. If it does work, I'll give a report in the morning. I you guys!! HOOO HOOOO

Wargod

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 10:23 pm Click here to edit this post
HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON!!

Tess

Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 10:55 pm Click here to edit this post
Glad to hear you're doing better, TK. Hope you continue to improve every day.

Whoami

Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 12:00 am Click here to edit this post
TK, I have no idea if there is a surgery for nosebleeds. I kinda grew out of them (the bad ones anyway). But I still have to be careful when I blow. One nostril I can blow till my brains come out (nice mental picture, eh?), and no problem. But the one that is sensitive I will always have to be careful when I blow. During dry weather, I use a bit of vaseline to keep it moist when I go to bed, or it dries out at nite and is more prone to bleeding.

My mom had the same problem when she was a kid, and also grew out of them when she grew up. But she wasnt' as bad as me, and now she can blow to her heart's content!

So, now that I have given everyone a gross mental picture.......Glad to know you are doing better. I have to ask though, where are those splints? I gives me the willies just thinking of anything up my nose!!! Ugh!

Car54

Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 05:02 am Click here to edit this post
Hoo Hoo yourself TK, you have come through this great! Congratulations!

Tksoard

Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 08:55 am Click here to edit this post
UPDATE!! I'm really glad to report that I'm doing much better today!! I slept most of the night, just waking up about 4 times for water for my dry throat. Pain pills are working wonderfully and the pea bags are great for bone pain.

Whoami, the splints are little plastic pieces that stitched in the middle part of my nose to keep it straight. I guess what he did was grind down the excess cartiledge in the left nostril to open it up and the splints are to straighten it, I guess. Tomorrow I go back to the Dr. to have the splints taken out. The only time they bother me is when I clean it with a Q-Tip, and I can feel the dried stitches. I think it will all be worth it when it's all healed.

Thanks again everyone for the well wishes. I'll report back later.

By the way, this thread can also be used by anyone else with a medical question. I started it for my problem, but I didn't mean to hog it, not that I'm complaining at all!! I love the attention, but I'm well enough now to share, so carry on!! !!

Donut

Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 09:23 am Click here to edit this post
TK, i just found this thread-so glad you are doing much better and you are going from Tksore back to Tksoard! You are a very brave owl! :)

Egbok

Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 03:12 pm Click here to edit this post
Hang in there Tk, it's all downhill from here!!
Take care.

Tksoard

Monday, December 03, 2001 - 04:41 pm Click here to edit this post
Hi everyone!! Well, yesterday after I posted how good I felt, I called my mom in MI. to let her know all is well, then I went to take a nap. Didn't take a pain pill first and woke up 2 hours feeling like I'd been hit by a Mac truck!!! I hurt SO bad, so I took a PP,and one and a half hours later, NO relief!! Took another half PP, and it kinda eased up a bit. Then just really had a bad rest of the day. I'm just really glad I talked to mom first. Today, I was better, and this afternoon, I went to the Dr. to get the DRAINAGE PIPES out. OH Man! No wonder I couldn't breath!! Those suckers were HUGE!! It felt like I got Roto Rooted!! Really feels great now. I have to keep it moist with saline spray in order to blow, but I think the worst is over. Not hardly any pain anymore and I can taste and smell. I feel like a new person!! If I don't have anymore problems, I go back for a check up next Tuesday. I'm just so glad it's over, and thanks to everyone for listening to me whine!! HOOO HOOOO!!! I'm a Happy !!

Wargod

Monday, December 03, 2001 - 04:47 pm Click here to edit this post
You weren't whining TK! We are here to support each other and what better way than going through surgery with someone!!!

I am very glad to hear you are feeling better today, but sorry yesterday was so rough for you. Hope it continues to go great!

Car54

Monday, December 03, 2001 - 04:48 pm Click here to edit this post
YAY TK!

<and always remember.....ALWAYS TAKE THE DRUGS- I think you will find that advice will serve you well in many circumstances~>

Tess

Monday, December 03, 2001 - 09:14 pm Click here to edit this post
Hahahahha, Car!! TK, I'm so glad to hear that you're feeling better so fast!! That is remarkable. Keep it up now.

Urgrace

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 03:34 pm Click here to edit this post
Thank you for clueing me in on your troubles. I wish I had known last week when I saw your comment on the boards about being back on Thursday. Duh! I assumed something was up, but am sorry I didn't know. Great to hear that you are having a better time of breathing now! By the way, I have a deviated septum, too, but one of my sons helped me by breaking my nose (purely accidental and that is the truth considering I just told ya'll he punched some big guy! Ha). My nose was also crooked, and it is now much straighter! My older sis has it too, and hers is real bad. I always wondered why my nose whistled when I sleep!

Also, I never had any trouble with allergies when I lived in MI, and found out I have several since I moved to TX. My sinuses suffered greatly, and the doc gave me a non-habit forming nasal spray to use twice a day. No Way! Twice a day dries me up and makes my nose bleed! I ended up using it once a day or every other day, and it helps tremendously. No more sinus infections that hurt the whole face and throat!

Also, some guys have nose bleeds while they are in their teen years and grow out of them. I don't know if Whoami is male or female, but when guys have nosebleeds, the doc told me that it is equivalent to a female having her monthly! The doc said the tissue in our nose is the most like the tissue there! Ouch!

Back to you Tksoard... Glad you're on the mend! I missed you and didn't know you were posting over here!

Tksoard

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 04:01 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Urgrace. It feels good to be back full time. I really missed posting for that couple of days, but I just kept my opinions inside and I'm letting go now.

Where in MI are you from? I'm from the Kalamazoo area. Grew up there and I miss it sometimes, so I go home. I mostly miss the very first snow fall when it is so clean and pretty. Then a car drives by and ruins it with the muddy ground. Enough of the dream.

I didn't know that about guys noses being like the female organ!! HHAHAHAHAHAH! I wonder if they get cramps!! HAHHAHAH!!

I'm glad your son took care of your deviated septum for you!! He probably didn't realize how much he was helping you out, even though it probably didn't feel like it at the time. If I knew for sure it would have worked, I may have gone that route. My dr. tried the nose sprays, and they didn't touch it. Now I just use the saline to moisten it to blow. Still alittle tender, but on the mend!!! Thanks for your concern!!

Whoami

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 08:34 pm Click here to edit this post
Urgrace, I'm female! I can't say that having a nosebleed and a monthly are the same experiences! Wierd comparison. You sure that guy was a doc? *LOL* One wierd thing is, when I have a bad cold, and of course the nasal passages are weak and irritated, and I'm more suseptable to a nosebleed. When I get one, the cold breaks up and I get better! Odd, huh?

I wish I'd grow out of that monthly thing sooner!

TK, glad to hear you are getting better and better!

Sawheel17

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 08:52 pm Click here to edit this post
Tksoard, Sorry darling that I didn't find this sooner. You take care and our prayers arewith you for a speedy recovery.We missed ya girl.:)

Urgrace

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 09:30 pm Click here to edit this post
Whoami, the doctor told me that because one of my sons in his teen years had the problem. Not frequently or for long and grew out of it, but I was taken aback when the doc told me that! I have had very slight ones myself, but my sinus and sense of smell has always been extremely sensitive! We went on a cross-country trip when I was three years old and the family said they went nuts listening to a child say "I smell something" every few miles! You know, grass, skunks, rain, dead animals, flowers, whatever!

Tk, my son and I collided completely by accident, and boy did it hurt, but we have laughed about it every since!

Kalamazoo! I was born in Three Rivers and lived in several towns in the St. Joseph County area. When I first moved down south, I had to explain to my classmates that there really is a Kalamazoo! We go 'home' several times a year and a lot of my family is still there. My daughter married a guy from there and now lives in Constantine - straight down good ole M131. By the way, we had an ice storm and snow flurries last Monday that lasted til the sun came up, and it hasn't even snowed in MI yet! My dad is in Borges Hosp as we speak. He just went through a quadruple by-pass. So far he's doing great.

Tksoard

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 10:02 pm Click here to edit this post
Sawheel, that's OK that you didn't find this sooner. I had the most fantastic support group you could ever ask for. Now you are a part of the recovery support group. Thank you for your thoughts.

Just thought I'd let you guys know, I blew my nose tonight, and there is a LONG string hanging out of my nose!!!!!! I was going to try to pull it out, but my husband said to call the Dr. in the morning and find out what to do. Boy, it really tickles!! I don't know what I'm going to do with it tonight. Everytime I breath out of my nose(which was the purpose for the surgery!!) it wiggles!! I was thinking about glueing it to the side of my nose. What do you think????

Urgrace, you were almost my neighbor!! I grew up in Paw Paw!! I said Kalamazoo area because I didn't think you'd know about PP!! (not pain pills) When did you leave MI? Were you there in 1980 for the tornado that wiped out Kazoo? Afterwards, they were selling t-shirts that said "Yes, there STILL IS a Kalamazoo!!" I talked to my mom yesterday, who still lives in PP, and she said that it was in the 60's and drizzle. No snow yet there either. PP usually gets alot of the lake effect snow off Lake Michigan. I've been up there 4 times this year, (not all pleasure trips) so we aren't going for Christmas. I will miss the family, but that's what happens when you move so far away.

I hope your dad is going to be OK!! Borgess Hospital is a better heart hospital than Bronson. I'm sure he's in good hands. I used to work in the Payroll dept. at Bronson Hospital. Not a very nice hospital to their employees. I was in Borgess a few times, and their food is very good for patients. My thoughts are with your father and your family!! So much more to talk to you about, but I've babbled enough for now.

Weinermr

Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 10:06 pm Click here to edit this post
Tksoard - Maybe that's your new starter cable. Every morning when your husband wakes up he can yank on the string and start you up.

Or maybe your doctor is just stringing you along.