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22636. Ms. No - 9/18/2007 4:59:27 PM Yes, Mago, very best wishes for a speedy recovery. Can Flexy not have even Decaf? There are some excellent roasts nowadays. 22637. Ms. No - 9/18/2007 5:14:02 PM Got a call from one of my best girlfriends who is currently "on asssignment" in France doing her training as a high-end tour guide. In many ways this is a dream job for her, but the learning curve is steep and she called yesterday in low spirits over something that neither one of us had considered before she left the country.
She speaks enough French to get around, but she is far from fluent which means that until her language skills improve she constantly feels like an idiot. This is a woman like many of us who takes pride in her ability to express herself, so being unable to do so is a major stressor. She knew she would have a lot to learn and that it would take a little time, but the reality of having almost no one with whom she can have a more than superficial conversation is really depressing.
Her international phone bill is going to be huge.
22638. judithathome - 9/18/2007 8:00:18 PM Magos, thinking of you and Flexy...please keep us posted!!! 22639. Magoseph - 9/18/2007 8:00:51 PM Thanks, thoughtful and Ms. No--so far, Flexy had a ECG and an echocardiogram. Now, they are prepping him up for Cardiac Cautheterization, which should take place in a couple of hours. I just came here to take the dog out, feed and water him. Let you know more tonight. 22640. Magoseph - 9/18/2007 8:01:13 PM Thanks, Judith.
22641. judithathome - 9/18/2007 8:04:52 PM Yo Judith! You didn't pick the most tranquil time to do it, I hope it's working for you...
Well, Keoni is on his second bottle of Chantix and this one seems to have worked on him. But giving up ciggies for him seems to rest on me not having them around him...that was not the case a few months ago when I did the pills and "quit". He had continued to smoke and so I backslid.
Now, in the past few weeks when I've been stressed beyond belief, I have tried to stay off them but am averaging about a pack a week. I don't smoke around him...this past weekend was hell for me.
But I think it's just a matter of seeing he's FOR SURE quit and then, I will taper off completely. And definitely not smoke around him at all.
22642. Magoseph - 9/18/2007 8:15:59 PM Cautheterization, no, that is Catheterization, dammit! 22643. alistairConnor - 9/18/2007 9:14:25 PM Cauterization of the heart sounded a bit severe! I hope the procedure goes well.
I'm reading a series of novels about the Cathare period at the moment. "La malédiction des Trencavel", good fun, plenty of sex. 22644. alistairConnor - 9/18/2007 9:16:16 PM No, if your girlfriend is going to be anywhere near Lyon, send her to us, we'll talk to her... my girlfriend can make brilliant conversation in six languages, I'm sure that will cheer her up. 22645. Ms. No - 9/19/2007 3:12:57 AM Cool, AC! I'll ask her next time I talk to her. 22646. arkymalarky - 9/20/2007 3:31:34 AM I hope everything is going okay, Mags. 22647. Magoseph - 9/20/2007 2:13:24 PM Thanks, Arky--We’re back home and Flexy is on a beta-blocker and an enzyme blocker along with a more stringent diet than ever before—-We’ll know more about his situation once we see his regular doctor in a week or so and then when we meet with the heart team in three weeks or so. 22648. thoughtful - 9/20/2007 3:42:03 PM Glad he's home. best wishes to flexy!
I remember a neighbor who had a very long list of very serious health issues and a team of docs caring for him. He was in the hospital and the lung doc came in and said, I don't like the sound of your lungs...I'm putting you on oxygen. Later that same day his heart doctor came in and said, "What the heck are you doing on oxygen! Your heart can't take it!" 22649. Magoseph - 9/20/2007 8:58:49 PM That’s hilarious and scary, thoughtful! After his cardiac procedure Monday, Flexy was resting peacefully, so I left in order to take our dog out and feed him. At my return, he said, “Let’s go home, I’m tired of this place.” Before I could protest, he pulled out all the paraphernalia hooked to arms, groin, and torso--blood was everywhere, on the bed, floor, and some on me. I screamed for the nurses and it took two large ones to get him back in bed. The whole time we were there, Flexy was impossible, especially with the doctors. He questioned them at length about everything and especially seemed to think that their main reason to live was to give him a five-bypass heart surgery. 22650. judithathome - 9/23/2007 6:14:33 PM Your experience with Flexy unplugging everything is so similar to mine with my son...but he also yanked to doors off their tracks in ICU! 22651. thoughtful - 9/24/2007 5:16:49 PM There is actually a disease called ICU psychosis. They're not sure what causes it but suspect it may be the 24/7 nature of icu which never allows patients to get adequate rest and, with no exposure to sunlight, it screws up their circadian rhythm.
See here.
Of course I was only in the hospital overnight with my kidney issue and, by the next morning, I was already raving at the nurse to let me out...pull the IV or I will and so on. I had no sleep at all as the woman in the bed next to me talked literally all night long. It was enough to make me looney! 22652. Magoseph - 9/26/2007 12:30:07 AM This link is quite interesting, Thoughtful, thanks.
I wonder where are Wonkers and Arky these days. 22653. judithathome - 9/27/2007 10:19:04 PM My son came home from the hospital where he had been doing in-patient physical therapy...he was supposed to be released a week ago but picked up a bug at the hospital and had to stay until today...he can't catch a break. 22654. arkymalarky - 9/27/2007 11:25:20 PM His immune system is probably down after all he's been through.
I'm here, Mags. Just very into my school-year (FINALLY BACK TO NORMAL! YEA!) routine. 22655. Magoseph - 9/28/2007 8:26:56 PM Good that you're back to normal--I say this because I'm a 24 hours nurse right now and have little time even to lurk. Thank you for helping this thread during the summer, Arky.
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