I WANNA RIDE :(

[shiznizbiz]

I GOT CABIN FEVER ALREADY!!!  im going to lay down in front of a slow moving train.  End the pain.  j/k btw cept the cabin fever/winter blues.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Ehhh,

I stopped by the surgeon's office today because I've been having a few small issues plus the hospital didn't give me good post op details. I can finally take a shower now I don't stink sooo bad! Apparently I wasn't supposed to take the top dressing off the second day guess the receptionist at the surgeon's office didn't actually ask the nurse but said it was ok because the steri strip was still on there. The nurse said my low grade fever didn't seem to be related to the incision cause there's no redness. I slyly slipped in do you think I can ride my bike yet? She was like "You must really love that bike". Uhhh, yeah I do. "We'll you're gonna have to wait a while longer cause you're in no shape!" "Talk to the doctor on Friday and he'll give you an idea on when you can get back on your love."

As for me I feel lousy. I tried to go out shopping but when I stopped to eat I got severe abdominal pain and nausea. Bad meal I guess. Got to my friend's house and rested tried to eat dinner and half way through pain and nausea! I'm running a low grade fever and having chills as well. I'm just praying that it is not my Chron's disease joining in on the fun. I don't think I could handle this issue on top of everything else!

BTW Frankie on who's bike would I be riding pillion on? And when you gonna make it down?

Mary

could the lg related fever , be in some way shape or form, be related to your body mending? 

[Toogoofy317]

I'm not even sure anymore. I have so much going on that matcing symptoms gets complicated. These symptoms also match that for another emerging kidney stone that my urologist thinks I may have. I have to get a CT scan next week to take a look. But, I also have something in my lower right abdomen that we are trying to pinpoint exactly what it is. It is close to an ovary so it could be a cyst that has similar symptoms. My Crohn's can mimic the same thing. I am just so sick and tired of being sick and tired!

What I'd give to have my health back!

Mary

[yamahonkawazuki]

Hun, i say the same hting lol, im not as ( i say this as  a friend) messed up as you atm, BUT since the car wreck, im gettign small momentary panic attacks and shaZam! like that, along wiht my diabetes and shaZam!. that i am not a happy camper much i may end up seeking help wiht my mental health, not a major issue, but since the 10th ( the date of the accidetn, ive been a but of an OCD type while driving, ive been accused of driving like grandpa before, now its even more so lol. i do the speed limit ( usually more) but take my time pulling out or merging or whatnot. and tomorrow i get to do battle with the adjuster and find out how bad i get lowballed, so my nervesw are not too good atm. i fractured the law slightly, and got a few "aspirin" for my muscles, since the only way i can legally refill is to go to the ER ( which tehy will pay for, but it is a pain in the ass )

[Toogoofy317]

Actually, through the car insurance you can go to your primary physician! They will just bill the insurance instead. Or you can go to a walk-in clinic as well. You need to be properly assessed before they try to settle and you are then stuck with the bills.

I have a friend that got into an accident once and will never drive again. He is thirty now and walks five miles to work everyday. He walks up to ten to go to the store!Florida has non-existant mass transit and not a reliable bus line. He is getting more and more afraid after near accidents while riding that he is beginning to not want to ride now. Because, of this phobia he is stuck at a dead end job he hates but is trapped because there is no other place within walking distance. He as too much pride to ask for a ride he would never ask for a ride even if I was getting off at the same time. I'd have to force him in the car so he would be home in ten minutes versus and hour.

Sooooo please nip this issue in the bud it can ruin your life. Do you have someone that can go with you to do battle with the adjuster. Stress is not good for the body can throw off the diabetes and such! Do you have Aol instant messenger if you do I'm Toogoofy317 there too. Maybe we can chat some.

Take care. I hope the insurance meeting goes well and you won't get ripped too much. Wish me luck with the Gi doc tomorrow. If it is my Crohn's flairing up I could get thrown in the hospital! I wish they could figure out what's going on. Six doctors appointments a week at $20 a pop is getting expensive on disability no less.

[yamahonkawazuki]

well good luck  , if it is your crohns, then well youll have to get it taken care of. im praying for you no matter what. as far as the forthcoming battle lol, iwont settle for anythign less than a running, driving and paid for vehicle. thats what ihad before, thats what i deserve after, so ill ask them " will  your offer pay for a vehicle which will run? drive, and pe paid for and registered?"

[Toogoofy317]

Well,

Saw the Gi doc today. He doesn't think the pain, nausea, and fever are related to my Crohn's. He felt it was probably gyn associated with the inflammation. He was concerned with the symptoms esp. the fever so he prescribed two antibiotics. He also felt bad that I'm just getting bounced around by all my docs and didn't know why my surgeon didn't at least do a laproscopy to check it out. He told me that if the Gyn didn't do anything on Friday to call him back and he'd see what he could do. He's a good guy when I had my last upper GI none of the Nurses could get an IV in so he came in and did it himself ended up in my foot but he did it. If you've been in the hospital doctors don't "DO" menial tasks like that.

I was a BAD GIRL today. Thought I would just sit on the bike to warm it up and "realized" that the last day I rode it I went down to reserve and left it on that setting. For the "fear" of having issues with the carbs when I got to riding again I "found" myself rolling it out of the garage and before I knew it was at the gas station getting gas. And well since I needed my scripts filled took it over to the pharmacy to get it filled. I only rode eight miles round trip but I "felt" it! So, the bike is going to sit in the garage for quite a while longer. I must admit it mentally felt good to get back in the saddle!

I just hate being sick lying around 'cause my muscles are cramping, not wanting to eat because it hurts afterward. And the other myrid of things that suck!

Mary S.

[Porkchop]

You rode your bike before the doc said you could?

Bad Girl!   Bad Girl! Bad Girl!   Your grounded for the rest of the day.  There...now you don't have to feel guilty about it.

Seriously, I'm glad you found a good doc.  They are rare.  Please take it easy and get better soon.  I would hate to visit while you still can't ride.

-Porkchop

[yamahonkawazuki]

{virtual spanking}. lol hell i about went back to the ER today. hell every damned muscle i had hurt like all hell, on a 10 scale i was a good 9 to 9.5, so i went home and went to bed. but shaZam! it cost meaabout 2 hours work time, ( catnapped in car) doc had said NO HEAVY LIFTING!, im like okay, did i listen? nope, and that wiht my body withdrawing from the painkillers threw me for a loop, that and teh nausea from the chantix ( stop smoking pill) man that whipped me worse than any fight ive ever had. i forced my self to get up and walk around to keep from hittign the ground and going fetal. and finally i did, and later on, obtained a few more "aspirin" to help if needed. im not going to use them, UNLESS there is no way around it. and here in a few days i may end up looking into some psyuch help to deal wiht the damned apprehension i have while driving. at least talk with them, and find out what can be done differently

[Toogoofy317]

If you work for a larger company many of them have what is called an EAP employee assistance program. They usually have free mental health services like the first 3 or 4 visits.

If not there should also be some free clinics that will help with little or no cost to you. Did you speak to the adjusters yet.

As for me i've been out of it all day! Only thing I got done was the ultrasound came back home crashed. No appetite and pain. I hope the two docs I see tomorrow will do something! I can't keep going like this!

Mary S.

[yamahonkawazuki]

i work for a small mom and pop pizza place right now. the local health dept has a mental health section, im contemplating looking into, ( might be able to bolster the med part of the settlement.  i talked wiht adjuster today they offered 1430.37, which is about 500 more than i had for the truck in CL som im going to take that. HOWEVER they want me to send them the title, which ive no problem with mainly because the truck will never see the highway again, so the title to me is mostly worthless. HOWEVER i wont release the truck without the check being in my hands. ive yet to tell them that, but were gonna be talking tomrorow anyway, cause im going to throw a battery into it, and limp it over to my friends car lot, inside their repo yard. 8ft fence with barbed wire coils on it. and i wont release the truck until i am paid, hell im keeping my rx7 convertible there as well, until i get the v8 swap done

[Toogoofy317]

Well,

at least it sounds you are getting a descent deal. But, yeah I'd definately make sure that is just for the truck and not your medical expenses too! They will try to sneak that in. So, definately watch what you are signing. Also, try to get in and talk to someone about your emotional issues of the wreck so it can be documented and your expenses can be covered. You should also be able to keep the rental until that check is in your hands too.

I spoke with the surgeon today and he said my incision was healing well! He said when I felt like riding that it would be ok because the incision seemed very sound. He also told me if I couldn't get any relief from the gyn that he would do a laparoscopy but if it is the inflammation around the hernia repair area that he might have to take the mesh out. If that happens I would be stuck with a baseball size hernia and a very hard surgery to recover from! SOOOO, I don't know what to do?!?!? They gyn said he did not believe that it was gyn related because he said he did not see any cysts and since the last gyn never biopsied the endometriosis he couldn't rule that out. He referred me to an abdominal pain clinic BUT they can't get me in until Januaray 13th. Almost a month away

So a long day to say the least.

Mary

[yamahonkawazuki]

Hun, you may have to do what doc thinks is best. BUT before asking him or after finding out what needs to be done, ( if that has to be done) ask him what will happen if i dont want to do that?, or if need be maybe get a second opinion. and hell i know about teh long med waits,  to me it seems to be a taste of socialised medicine lol. do you have insurance now?, cause if need be there is the ER. anyhoo im going to contact the local pull-a-part and see if i can locate a top for your car. they price them for less than 100 so if i can locate one, i get it to you somehow

[Toogoofy317]

Yeah, I've got WellCare which is an insurance plan through medicare. I guess this abdominal pain center is supposed to be like a second opinion. So we will see.

But, ohmygoodness I feel like krap tonight. I'm having some nasty palpitations and racing heart. I feel abit anxious and can't sleep for the life of me. Through in the other issues I'm having right now and it just SUCKS. At this point I probably would head off to the ER but I have work on Sunday and I can't miss anymore work. Unfortunately, I think these new symptoms may be side effect of the new antibiotic I just started Levaquin. My bp is going a little wacky too. At my first doc appointment at 0945 my bp 86/50 I run low but my next appointment at 1100 was 120/80. Just a little odd to have a 34 point jump in a little over an hour??!?!?

These health issues are driving me nuts!

Glad you got some wheels! You are a definately a nice guy. I haven't even gotten to the point to look for tops much less affording one! Don't put yourself out though. I will make it through this rough spot. I always have and always will at least with God's help and good friends!

Mary

[yamahonkawazuki]

aye. but i cannot get insurance to save my arse. but i am working on that though. one day i shall 

[yamahonkawazuki]

if top is black, ( im assuming it is) obtain some waterproof canvas, and some contact cemet, makes for a nifty patch and not so ghetto looking the top on my rx7 is weird has a removable hard section, when retracted gotta wait until its near vertical, tehn hit the release forward half folds down, nd continuing retracting, untll all teh way down

[frankieG]

BTW Frankie on who's bike would I be riding pillion on? And when you gonna make it down?

Mary

yours of course

[yamahonkawazuki]

  btw frnako make it down there yet or still in NB?

[frankieG]

weather permitting i'm leaving monday. everything is packed and in storage. i am sleeping on the floor right now 

[yamahonkawazuki]

cool , weather might have passed by then, but dont count on it lol NE is not faring well atm, and tehy Buddha Loves You about global warming