Re: Out of touch

May 6, 2000

Wishing you all the best *hugs*

Love A

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Hey everybody,Just wanted to let y'all know that I'll be out of touch until possibly Monday. We just found out late last night that my grandmother is in the hospital.....she has congestive heart failure. It's not supposed to be fatal, so she should be okay (she's 82), but we still feel like we need to go see her. So, we'll be there all day and then tomorrow we have a really full day. Didn't want anyone to worry and think I was sick!Love ya,________________________________________________________________________Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com------------------------------------------------------------------------You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com:1/3555/5/_/817445/_/957619252/------------------------------------------------------------------------The Being Sick Members Lounge.....* FREE counselling via email* Daily Horoscopes* FREE psychic/tarot readings via email* Daily cartoons* Members Profiles, locations and birthdays* DAILY LIVE CHAT!!* Medical Resources, and more.... http://www.elderwyn.com/members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"There will always be people who are better off and worse off then you. This makes no difference to how you are feeling. You are the only one who feels as you do, and you have every right to be negative or upset when you are ill, injured, disabled, or caring for someone who is. Being sick sucks. No one deserves being sick. It is not fair." - Aisha Elderwyn.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Your subscription details/mygroupsProudly sponsored by Elderwyn Managementhttp://www.elderwyn.com

May 7, 2000

Hello

Hope your grandmother is doing OK, and you are ok too. take care and let us

know how you are doing when you get home

Lots of love

Nerys

June 1, 2000

!!! Glad to hear you're doing alright! I know I missed you and

I'm sure everyone else did too!!! Acute Pyelonephritis, huh? Once you

get rid of this, will the discomfort you've been having for so long go away?

I hope so!!!! Get well soon!

June 1, 2000

!!! Glad to hear you're doing alright! I know I missed you and

I'm sure everyone else did too!!! Acute Pyelonephritis, huh? Once you

get rid of this, will the discomfort you've been having for so long go away?

I hope so!!!! Get well soon!

June 1, 2000

Thanks for your concern everyone!

Not quite sure how I got this infection but it has been off and on since

january. Scary thing is that it's a form of the E Coli virus. I was in the

hospital for 4 days on IV antibiotics and they have me on 5 different meds

now including pain killers, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, antibiotics and

corticoid steriod (unfortunately it's the kind of steriod that breaks down

muscle and makes you gain weight). I've decided to take a week to 10days off

to allow my body to fully recoop from this.

The Methylprednisolone they have me on has 40 side effects, most of which

don't make ya look too pretty. Oh well, I will hit the next round! The doc

said that working out right now would do me more harm then good and could

land me right back in the emergency room.

Best of luck to you all but know that I am right here reading every email

and rooting for all of you. I think right now is when I'd like to do my most

effective coaching to anyone that would like it simply email me! ;-)

June 1, 2000

I'm glad your back Sarge. sorry for your misfortune but I'm relieved your

back and rarin' to go. Take it slow so you don't over strain those ittle

muscles....LOL

Jen

June 1, 2000

Great to hear you will be ok and it wasn't from the creatine, 10 days is

nothing and I am sure you will rebound back no problem, you are a tiger when

it comes to this BFL. Unfortunately I can't say the same for myself as you

know I have the sprained shoulder and started a long process of therapy, well

last night I jammed my foot and sprained it, so now I cant do any physical

activity for at least 6 weeks, It has been a very frustrating year for me. I

ask you all to keep me in your thoughts and prayers that I would get through

all of this and back on track. later for now

Ironmanlou

Louis

June 1, 2000

Great to hear you will be ok and it wasn't from the creatine, 10 days is

nothing and I am sure you will rebound back no problem, you are a tiger when

it comes to this BFL. Unfortunately I can't say the same for myself as you

know I have the sprained shoulder and started a long process of therapy, well

last night I jammed my foot and sprained it, so now I cant do any physical

activity for at least 6 weeks, It has been a very frustrating year for me. I

ask you all to keep me in your thoughts and prayers that I would get through

all of this and back on track. later for now

Ironmanlou

Louis

June 1, 2000

thanks Tommy

June 2, 2000

,

Man, sorry to hear about your health situation, but I'm glad you're

out of the hospital and so eager to get back to the gym! Take care

of yourself and know we've been thinking about ya.

Peace,

Jami

-- In bodyforlifeegroups, PMNOrlando@a... wrote:

> Hey Guys,

> Sorry I've been out of touch. I was in the hospital for a few

days with

> what they call Acute Pyelonephritis, which is a severe kidney

infection. Good

> news is that it has nothing to do with creatine. I'm back to work

today for

> the first time in ten days and starting back to the gym tomorrow I

hope.

> Had 484 emails. Glad to see everyone staying motivated. Keep

pushing hard

> and stay focused!

> Best of luck,

> The Sarge

>

June 3, 2000

,

I'm so sorry you were ill. I get kidney infections all the time so I know

how painful they can be. I even have scar tissue on my kidneys from so many

infections. Please follow your doctor's instructions so you don't have

another episode. You could end up with kidney failure if they are not cared

for properly.

~Laury

June 3, 2000

In a message dated 06/03/2000 9:22:45 AM EST, laury5313@... writes:

<< laury5313@... >>

Thank you Laury,

You're a doll and I will try to take care as best I can.

Thanks again,

July 18, 2008

Dear Lottie,

I'm sorry you had such a scary experience and had to spend your

birthday in the hospital. What a miserable place to have to be. I'm

glad you'll get to celebrate for real with your family on Sunday.

Warm birthday wishes to you!

Love,

>

> Hi everyone, I've been out of touch for a few days, just wanted

you to know why I haven't been responding to your calls and emails.

I am back and will hopefully stay out of the hospital for the near

and distant future. I went to my ENT for bronchitis, sore throat,

infected sinuses and a cough. He ordered me to use a nebulizer,

which caused some severe side effects. I began to tremble (

understand this is normal to have some), but the longer I waited for

it to go away, the longer it lasted and then my heart started to race

and beat irregularly. The ENT also said he heard a crackling in my

lung, which could mean pneumonia. The pains in my chest and arms

caused me to call the doctor after I had left his office, and after

phone calls back and forth was told to go to the hospital. I was in

the emergency room for hours and it was decided to keep me there

because of overcrowding in the hospital. About 3:00 a.m., they took

me and my bed and brought me to the heart ward because ER was overrun

with patients. I thought I would be going home, but it wasn't to

be. I actually spent my birthday in the hospital. They wanted to

rule out my having another heart attack, so I was held over for

pictures of my heart before and after the perfusion test. I told

them I almost gave up my cookies on that one.

> Everything was negative for a heart attack, but I will have to

follow up with the heart clinic next week. I don't know if anyone of

you ever had an experience like that from a nebulizer. Jimmy uses

one 3 times a day, but there is no way I could even consider doing

that again. My pulse jumped up 20 points and I was so shaky I could

barely hold a pen in my hand to sign myself in. Everywhere I went,

they could see the date and realized it was my birthday, so I was

deluged with greetings. Even one of the doctors upon entering the

door flashed a big smile and wished me a happy birthday. I wasn't

exactly smiling, but was relived that they could find no evidence of

a heart attack. The only thing left to do is an angiogram and the

cardiologist will decide if evidence warrants it next week. All of

the doctors advised me to continue digging and doing research on CML,

because as they said, " You know more than we do and we rely on you,

the patient, to educate us. "

> I didn't even tell my children I was in the hospital. They

were frantic looking for me, but I didn't think I would be in for 3

days, I thought I would be released after a few hours. You don't

want to spend a lot of time in ER. You don't know when and what you

will get to eat. They don't keep food there and the cafeteria had

long closed. It had been 11 hours since I had eaten when I began to

complain about being hungry. I had a choice of a pizza or a

sandwich. One of our sons is throwing an " 80 " party for me Sunday.

Wish you could all come and enjoy a real Cajun party.

> Blessings,

> Lottie

>

July 18, 2008

Happy Birthday Lottie!!!!

You never cease to amaze me with your spunk. I'm so sorry to hear of

your latest issues but very glad to see that you're back with us. I

hope you have an extra special, wonderful celebration with your

family!

Tracey

> >

> > Hi everyone, I've been out of touch for a few days, just

wanted

> you to know why I haven't been responding to your calls and

emails.

> I am back and will hopefully stay out of the hospital for the near

> and distant future. I went to my ENT for bronchitis, sore throat,

> infected sinuses and a cough. He ordered me to use a nebulizer,

> which caused some severe side effects. I began to tremble (

> understand this is normal to have some), but the longer I waited

for

> it to go away, the longer it lasted and then my heart started to

race

> and beat irregularly. The ENT also said he heard a crackling in my

> lung, which could mean pneumonia. The pains in my chest and arms

> caused me to call the doctor after I had left his office, and

after

> phone calls back and forth was told to go to the hospital. I was

in

> the emergency room for hours and it was decided to keep me there

> because of overcrowding in the hospital. About 3:00 a.m., they

took

> me and my bed and brought me to the heart ward because ER was

overrun

> with patients. I thought I would be going home, but it wasn't to

> be. I actually spent my birthday in the hospital. They wanted to

> rule out my having another heart attack, so I was held over for

> pictures of my heart before and after the perfusion test. I told

> them I almost gave up my cookies on that one.

> > Everything was negative for a heart attack, but I will have

to

> follow up with the heart clinic next week. I don't know if anyone

of

> you ever had an experience like that from a nebulizer. Jimmy uses

> one 3 times a day, but there is no way I could even consider doing

> that again. My pulse jumped up 20 points and I was so shaky I

could

> barely hold a pen in my hand to sign myself in. Everywhere I went,

> they could see the date and realized it was my birthday, so I was

> deluged with greetings. Even one of the doctors upon entering the

> door flashed a big smile and wished me a happy birthday. I wasn't

> exactly smiling, but was relived that they could find no evidence

of

> a heart attack. The only thing left to do is an angiogram and the

> cardiologist will decide if evidence warrants it next week. All of

> the doctors advised me to continue digging and doing research on

CML,

> because as they said, " You know more than we do and we rely on you,

> the patient, to educate us. "

> > I didn't even tell my children I was in the hospital. They

> were frantic looking for me, but I didn't think I would be in for 3

> days, I thought I would be released after a few hours. You don't

> want to spend a lot of time in ER. You don't know when and what

you

> will get to eat. They don't keep food there and the cafeteria had

> long closed. It had been 11 hours since I had eaten when I began

to

> complain about being hungry. I had a choice of a pizza or a

> sandwich. One of our sons is throwing an " 80 " party for me

Sunday.

> Wish you could all come and enjoy a real Cajun party.

> > Blessings,

> > Lottie

> >

July 18, 2008

Lottie,

I am so sorry to hear of all the troubles you are dealing

with..And on your Birthday even..Hope you are doing better and

continue to get better each day..Enjoy your Birthday

celebration..Happy B-Day.

SharonS

In , " Lottie Duthu " <lotajam@...> wrote: