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 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:25 am Post subject: Boohiss part 2. |
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A while back my brother had to go into hospital, and had some of his foot chopped off. I think i told you all about it.
NOW my mother went into hospital this afternoon, apparently from a possible burst ulcer.. Man this year is the pits!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:25 am Post subject: Re: Boohiss part 2. |
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| garhkal wrote: | A while back my brother had to go into hospital, and had some of his foot chopped off. I think i told you all about it.
NOW my mother went into hospital this afternoon, apparently from a possible burst ulcer.. Man this year is the pits! |
Oh gosh, that's horrible. I pray for healing and comfort.
I never had one burst, but I did harbor the H. pylori bacteria that causes ulcers in my stomach for several years before they found the problem. My stomach was one big ulcer but I had a quack doctor who just ordered a blood test which came back negative, so all I did was throw meds at it to address the symptoms and suffer. It was physically painful just to be hungry. Then I switched doctors and the first thing the new doctor said was that the blood tests were largely inconclusive, so the only way to know for sure if I had the bacteria was to get the upper endoscopy where they knocked me out and sent a tool down my throat to take pictures of my stomach and snip out some of the lining to bring it up and test it. And wouldn't you know, I tested positive. So I had to take I regimen of antibiotics. The first choice (most effective) included penicillin which I am allergic too, so they altered it and after 2 weeks the bacteria was gone from my stomach and it began to heal. I've been ulcer free for 15 years now (knock on wood).
I hope they can cure her of ulcers. No fun.
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That is so horrible, I am so sorry.
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Well, from the last call i had last night, her blood pressure was coming back up after hydrating her, but they'd not yet gotten to the doc to investigate if it WAS a burst ulcer or not.. Hell, the only 2 calls i've gotten today from them, was one as a reminder "my mother is in the hospital' (DUH I WAS the one who called them!), and someone from billing.. Though they're looking at putting her under medicade... Since she's a UK citizen (and thus in the UK NHS), she's not gotten any stateside health insurance..
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Last i heard (yesterday), she was doing better. Still had a tube down her throat, and wasn't able to eat (cause of the scarring), but they hope she'll be able to come home either saturday, or first thing next week...
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Not heard anything recently, though the last call i got, said the 28th, they'll be doing their next scan, to see if the tear healed up, and if so, that's when she can come home... However, every day i've tried calling the hospital to get to her room phone, and it just keeps ringing.. so i've not been able to talk to her...
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| garhkal wrote: | | Not heard anything recently, though the last call i got, said the 28th, they'll be doing their next scan, to see if the tear healed up, and if so, that's when she can come home... However, every day i've tried calling the hospital to get to her room phone, and it just keeps ringing.. so i've not been able to talk to her... |
Is she home yet? Any better?
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Yup. Came home the 29th.. Lost around 20lb while in though. BUT feeling much better.
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Got more bad news today. I already mentioned about her swolen feet, that the docs THOUGHT was just water retention. Turns out she's got at LEAST 2 clots in her anckle, and poss a clogged artery in her thigh.
Got that word from a cardio scan they did on her leg, monday. Checked her in (as per the doc) today, and they're putting her on blood thinners, to see if that can work, nbut they will be doing more scans (inc a CT scan), to see if its bad enough she may loose her leg, OR if they can save it.. They say, right now it seems 50/50.. BUT will know more tomorrow....
BOOOOOO! ANd this after my BROTHER had his foot amputated the other year.
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Jesus, sorry to hear about this, garhkal. 
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| garhkal wrote: | Got more bad news today. I already mentioned about her swolen feet, that the docs THOUGHT was just water retention. Turns out she's got at LEAST 2 clots in her anckle, and poss a clogged artery in her thigh.
Got that word from a cardio scan they did on her leg, monday. Checked her in (as per the doc) today, and they're putting her on blood thinners, to see if that can work, nbut they will be doing more scans (inc a CT scan), to see if its bad enough she may loose her leg, OR if they can save it.. They say, right now it seems 50/50.. BUT will know more tomorrow....
BOOOOOO! ANd this after my BROTHER had his foot amputated the other year. |
The CT scan will find anything wrong. I got one for a gallbladder attack and they found kidney stones and an aneurysm in two different parts of my torso they weren't even looking in. This year I'm due to get my bi-annual CT scan for my cardiologist to look at my (hopefully still shelled) aneurysm.
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Let's hope so. I am not sure if the doc, was just being overbearing on it, so we know the worst.. OR if he was being serious...
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I feel there are no words that I could offer that could possibly give any comfort.
It is so very difficult to watch a loved one go through serious medical issues such as this and it leaves us feeling so very powerless.
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Supposedly he was to do some scan of her legs last night (around midnight), but all through the night, and today while at the hospital, we spoke to NO ONE about her legs.. Though the swelling has gone down on her left foot, due to the blood thinners..
So here's hoping we hear something, anything, tomorrow..
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