Re: Ortho Doctors are A**holes Club-Meeting 2

[Guest guest]

You are not whining. Just frustrated. Sometimes no matter how strong you are

this disease becomes overwhelming. I hope the day gets better for you.

[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

Yeah, sometimes the plate just gets too full. Unfortunately, the medical

field doesn't have all the answers right away either, which doesn't help. My

knee ortho was the one to put my new knees in originally and I have followed

him from practice to practice. Of course, the fractures are nothing that was

his fault, but more the fault of the medications that I take. I see my

rheumy on Monday and we will discuss the possibility of osteoporosis (which I

don't care what the scan says) I think that I have. He did do the bone

density test over a year ago and claims that " it wasn't too bad " , but since

then, obviously, things have changed.

When I was a kid, I just loved 4th of July, couldn't wait for it to get dark

for the fireworks! You can see the fireworks from the house we live in now

and even from the spa in the backyard! As long as the rain stays away, it

should be a nice holiday. I really don't mind having the kids friends over

for the holiday, at least I will know where they all are. The girls are

older and all I really have to do is kind of supervise. The kids that are

coming over are good kids anyway and they have bought some of their own

(legal) fireworks, so the whole day should be nice.

Thanks for your concern and have a nice holiday.

Debs in FL

[Guest guest]

Debs, I apologize for not writing to you about your many problems before

now. I have been reading and trying to catch up, and I don't like what

I'm learning. (I did laugh a lot about your grass removal/minimization

efforts though!! I wish we were neighbors. We would have some wacky

times.)

I know we've gone round and round about giving your current ortho the

old heave ho, but I keep coming back to the same thought. I think he's

beyond three strikes. At least I would go get a second opinion about

your knee from someone else.

Ideally for you, I still favor the notion of going to s Hopkins or

Mayo and spending a week or so there and letting them build a team of

people who will evaluate and treat you - or at least come up with a plan

that can be implemented locally. My offer to go with you still stands. I

need a vacation, LOL! I owe both Joan and June visits, but maybe you and

I can go visit them after you are taken care of. The RA bus is coming,

the RA bus is coming ... (sung to the tune, " The Venga Bus is Coming " )!

I am stunned that your physicians would allow you to live the way you

have month after month. I believe they would not find that sort of

suffering acceptable for themselves or their loved ones.

I'm sorry that you miss your mother so much. It can't be easy.

Thinking of you,

---- Original Message -----

From: <Auntblabbie2000@...>

< >

Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 2:39 AM

Subject: [ ] Ortho Doctors are A**holes Club-Meeting 2

> Hi All,

>

> Well, it is time for our second meeting to come to order!

>

> I just got back from my appt. and here we go. I was right, I have

broken my

> patella in yet another area! So he wants me in the soft cast for

another 3

> weeks and stronger pain pills to see if it will heal itself. I have

already

> been in traction for 3 weeks with no results just another break to

show for

> my time and effort. I am back on total bed rest. Only allowed to go

to the

> bathroom and small walks without the cast being on. The pain is

intolerable.

> When my knee is in the brace, the pieces from the break all mush

together

> and the pain is like shards of glass just pushing together. And the

reason

> for this problem: Yes, you guessed it.......my weight! Now if I lost

another

> 50 lbs, would they guarantee that this problem would resolve itself?

I don't

> think so!!!!

> In the meantime, I must wait at least another 3 weeks to see if there

is any

> sign of healing, but the surgeon says that it is not going to happen.

So he

> is trying to get me used to and accept this idea of more surgery. I

still

> have abdominal surgery, breast surgery and back surgery yet to be

done.

> Maybe in another 3 weeks, I will have forgotten what he did to me 3

weeks ago

> when I first went to see him when he diagnosed the original break. In

a

> nutshell, what I have now is a ton of smaller pieces in my knee. His

plan is

> to reopen the knee and take out whatever is not affixed to the patella

plate

> so hopefully this will not happen again. At least, today I didn't cry

all

> the way home from the doctor, like I did 3 weeks ago. So I guess that

I am

> getting better.

>

> Well, maybe not! I went for the first epidural injection on Thursday

and

> they had me lay down on my tummy on the table. I could not even put

my knee

> down on the table, so that was the first problem. Once on my tummy, I

found

> out that I was short of breath and could not breath. I never

mentioned it to

> the anesthesiologist as I didn't want to bother him and then he came

in and I

> was extremely tachycardiac. On went the oxygen and administration of

versed

> in an attempt to calm me down a bit. It never had a chance to work

until I

> was sitting in the recover room and which time, my heart bottomed out

within

> less than 30 minutes. The anesthesiologist confirmed that I my next

stop is

> the operating room as anymore epidural series would be dangerous and

really

> not effective. So needless to say, it was not your routine procedure,

I then

> proceeded to have a full blown asthma attack. My next appointment is

> scheduled for 7/9/02 and they would like me to have a cardiac work-up

and see

> what he says. This is not the first time that I have had cardiac

problems.

> What a day! Now, if I have to have major surgery,

> this should be evaluated. This was a very scary event. At this time,

I have

> not yet had any relief from the epidural yet, however, I usually get

some

> kind of relief after the second injection.

>

> I guess the stress in my life is only making things worse for me right

now.

> Ron's Mom is back in the hospital with fecal impaction and he cares as

much

> about his Mom about as much or maybe even a little less than he cares

for

> her! I didn't think that was possible!!!!!

>

> Thank you all once again for listening to me whine. Sometimes, I just

feel

> like my cup runneth over! I knew this disease would be progressive,

but I

> just didn't think it would progress so quickly in a short period of

time.

> The other thing that doesn't help is that Friday is the anniversary of

my

> Mom's passing and I still miss her so muchl

>

> The kids are having friends over for a cookout/pool party for the

holiday, so

> it is time to put on a happy face!!!!!

>

> Gentle, tender, angel hugs and I love you all!

>

> Debs in FL

[Guest guest]

deb i am so sorry to hear of all the pain and frustration you are facing. You

have been very strong through all of this. i hope you can get this taken care

of very soon. kathy in il

[Guest guest]

Dearest Debs...if there were someway I could take your pain away and

bless you with peace & health, I would do so in a heartbeat. Please

know you're in my heart & in my prayers, always.

(((((((((((((((((My Friend Debs))))))))))))))

With Love & Painless, Peace-filled Hugs...

Tess

[Guest guest]

Deb,

I am reading this what have I missed. Are you all right????? I was having

computer trouble, please let me know.

Lynn (memo)

kringlemom@... wrote:

> deb i am so sorry to hear of all the pain and frustration you are facing. You

> have been very strong through all of this. i hope you can get this taken care

> of very soon. kathy in il

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Debs:

Sorry I haven't written sooner. I have been reading your posts. I am sorry

you are still having trouble with your knee and the other problems you have

too. We are similar in that we both have problems with our weight. I weigh

212 and the Doctors are forever telling me that my back would be better if I

lost weight. We know though it is just not so easy. I joined a group on the

computer called DietPower. The address is www.Dietpower.com The first 2

weeks is free. I did pretty good for 2 weeks. Then I had to buy the disk

which cost about fifty dollars and it took a week to come to me. So, you

guessed it, I went off the diet and it has been hard to get re-started. I

plan to. However, it is taking me a while to gear up again to it.

I must say I agree with you about Ortho Doctors. They must take a special

class called: A**hole101. I mean the lot of them that I have met were money

hungry, pompous A**holes too.

Till later, Take care my friend.

Hugs from your friend in Linden, N.J. Colletti

[Guest guest]

,

You are a true friend. We miss your posts so much and treasure the time you

can devote to us. I have downloaded that site and this evening I am going to

look at it when things aren't as crazy around here.

You know, it is like I had both knees replaced and I thought that would be

the end of my knee troubles for about 10-15 years until they needed to be

tweaked again. Unfortunately, it has just been one thing after another with

complications caused by this lovely disease. If I was a vigorous athlete who

did not take of the new knees that he gave me, I could maybe better

understand what is going on. But normal daily living (using the

commode)should not have caused the type of fracture I have experienced. I

have moved past my feelings from Monday and am looking forward to the holiday

tomorrow. My daughters are having some friends over for a cookout and pool

party. Later in the evening, you can see the fireworks from 3 towns just

from our front yard. I really don't mind all the kids being here, at least I

know where they all are.

Thank you for keeping me in your prayers as I do you. Please have a safe and

wonderful holiday with the ones you love.

Gentle, tender, holiday angel hugs,

Debs in FL

[Guest guest]

Hi Debs,

Sorry to hear that you are having such a rough time. Hope you get some

relief soon.

Love and Hugs,

Stacey in PA

[Guest guest]

,

You are an angel. Offering to accompany Debs to the Mayo is just so sweet.

You¹re a great friend to all of us.

Hugs,

a

> Debs, I apologize for not writing to you about your many problems before

> now. I have been reading and trying to catch up, and I don't like what

> I'm learning. (I did laugh a lot about your grass removal/minimization

> efforts though!! I wish we were neighbors. We would have some wacky

> times.)

>

> I know we've gone round and round about giving your current ortho the

> old heave ho, but I keep coming back to the same thought. I think he's

> beyond three strikes. At least I would go get a second opinion about

> your knee from someone else.

>

> Ideally for you, I still favor the notion of going to s Hopkins or

> Mayo and spending a week or so there and letting them build a team of

> people who will evaluate and treat you - or at least come up with a plan

> that can be implemented locally. My offer to go with you still stands. I

> need a vacation, LOL! I owe both Joan and June visits, but maybe you and

> I can go visit them after you are taken care of. The RA bus is coming,

> the RA bus is coming ... (sung to the tune, " The Venga Bus is Coming " )!

>

> I am stunned that your physicians would allow you to live the way you

> have month after month. I believe they would not find that sort of

> suffering acceptable for themselves or their loved ones.

>

> I'm sorry that you miss your mother so much. It can't be easy.

>

> Thinking of you,

>

>

>