Re: Update to All

[Guest guest]

My goodness Gail, what happened? You poor thing!

I wish I lived a little bit closer so I could help out with

things. I've been wondering what happened to you since

you haven't posted in while. I was hoping it was because

things were going so well!

Take care! You need a lap top right now! You've been

missed.

mary from La.

GPesses@... wrote:

> From: GPesses@...

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> Just a short note to tell you that my lack of participation in the

> list as of late has been due to my clutsy accident where I broke my foot!

> I've been bedridden for over a week now, with another week of bed followed by

> 5 weks in a cast. I hope to be back with the list soon.

>

> Gail in N'Awlins

>

> ---------------------------

[Guest guest]

Hi Gail,

I had wondered where you were. Hope you are feeling better. My wife

broke her leg in October of 98 and it took about three months for her to

walk without support again; hope healing is faster for you.

Take care and keep in touch.

Louis

louisharkins_4@...

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Subject: Update to all

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:04:26 EDT

From: GPesses@...

Dear Friends,

Just a short note to tell you that my lack of participation in the

list as of late has been due to my clutsy accident where I broke my foot!

I've been bedridden for over a week now, with another week of bed followed

by

5 weks in a cast. I hope to be back with the list soon.

Gail in N'Awlins

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

Not sure how fast this will all go but will keep in touch as best I

can.

Who knows....after the ECT I may not remember how to type....I guess

I could

dictate to my teenage daughters.

;

I am VERY concerned

for you with the "ECT = Shock Therapy". Have you talked to an ICD

rep about this? It is my concern that the electricity through your

body will damage your ICD. I know having electrolysis is a "no, no"

unless your ICD is turned OFF. But this is more serious and could

damage you unit, I am afraid.

I'd like to know

more before you have this done.

thinking of you,

guin

Re: Anybody Home;

> no offence taken lisa......you just go get done whatever has to be

done to

> make you get better..

>

> bob in pa

>

>

>

> Please visit the Zapper homepage at

> http://www.ZapLife.org

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Deb,

I'm so sorry you are having to go through more pain. I will be praying for you

that this plan will solve the problem. You have been through so much. Keep us

posted.

in MN

[Guest guest]

<PRE>deb, i will keep you in my prayers as always and especially on monday. i

wish

you much luck hang in there (((((deb))))) kathy in il

[Guest guest]

Debs,

Of course we want to hear from you!!! What you have been going through is

unimaginable and everyone's worse nightmare! I don't know of anyone who

doesn't feel helpless and angry at your plight, many of us want to drop

everything and run to your side and try to help. I don't know enough about

your doctors or medical center to judge what kind of care you are getting; I

do know even great doctors can be faced with great challenges like yours. I

do know that it's important that you be comfortable with your medical team

and your care. I know how hard it is to face making changes when you are

sick and in pain. Do you have a trusted family member, friend, neighbor that

advocates for you or are you trying to manage your care on your own?

My thoughts are with you, I think about you daily, and keep hoping for a

positive resolution soon.

You are never boring, so please don't think that way.

Suzanne

[ ] Update to All

> Well, here we go again,

>

> I am scheduled for Monday morning @ 9:30 am to hafve my original

replacement

> knee to be removed and to have the space filled with antibiotic treated

> cement for approximately 6-8 weeks and then they do more testing on the

knee

> and if and only if, the entire infection is healed, will they then

schedule

> my surgery to put a brand new replacement knee is that has been updated.

>

> Currently, my knee is " weeping " , red, swollen and I can put absolutely no

> weight on that leg at all hip to ankle. I thought this would be done on

next

> Thursday and he said absolutely not, can't wait that long. Shouldn''t

even

> wait until Monday, but doctors need to be contacted, tests need to be done

> and I need to have time with my family. I will be back at North Broward

> Medical Center (one of our local trauma centers). Ron asked the doctor

how

> these things got started and without even taking a breath, my ortho said

" It

> is my fault, I am the surgeon on record and I take full responsibility for

> this whole problem " Deb did everything she was supposed to, I tried in

vain

> to save that knee and it just wasn't meant to be " . This was not the

answer I

> was looking for. I had no idea to sue the doctor, but he fully admitted

his

> involvement in this whole saga. He says that he has never had a patient

who

> has been so sick. I told him that I was about done wasting time with this

> knee and he agreed with me and I told him that it had been a very long

road.

> He said " just don't forget that every step that I took, he walked with

me?.

> He was right again. He came in our the weekends he wasn't on call, opened

up

> the OR on a Sunday morning, came in on Labor Day and never dumped me on

one

> of his collegues because it was " too " hard of a case. So I did some very

> deep looking into his eyes (the Bible says that this is the window into a

> mans soul) and all I could see was a caring, compassionate and a man who

took

> him medical oath very seriously. He has given me 75 mg of Duragesic for

pain

> and percocet for breakthru pain which I have been taking like I have

nothing

> else in my system. He tells me that that is also another symptom that the

> infection is not gone due to the severity of my pain. He did take fluid

out

> on Monday (60 cc) and the counts have not changed at all, however, there

is a

> culture that is pending which he tells me is that something is growing and

> they just don't have the sensitivities finished yet. So when he put all

this

> stuff together, this led him to this latest and final decision.

>

> I will have someone from the family keep y'all up to date, if you would

like

> about the status of my latest adventure. I know I get kinda boring after

a

> while and if it is just too much, just let me know, no hard feelings and

one

> less thing for my to have to do.

>

> Thank you all for hanging in there with me in my quest to better walking!

>

> Gentle, tender, these knees are made for walking, angel hugs,

>

> Debs in FL

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Debs,

Glad to see you¹re feeling well enough to post. I¹m sorry you¹re facing

another surgery and hope this will resolve the problem once and for all.

Did they do any scans to check where the infection is?

Boring you are not. You¹ve been through much more than any persons should

have to endure.

I hope this chapter comes to an end very soon with a happy ending.

a

> Well, here we go again,

>

> I am scheduled for Monday morning @ 9:30 am to hafve my original replacement

> knee to be removed and to have the space filled with antibiotic treated

> cement for approximately 6-8 weeks and then they do more testing on the knee

> and if and only if, the entire infection is healed, will they then schedule

> my surgery to put a brand new replacement knee is that has been updated.

>

> Currently, my knee is " weeping " , red, swollen and I can put absolutely no

> weight on that leg at all hip to ankle. I thought this would be done on next

> Thursday and he said absolutely not, can't wait that long. Shouldn''t even

> wait until Monday, but doctors need to be contacted, tests need to be done

> and I need to have time with my family. I will be back at North Broward

> Medical Center (one of our local trauma centers). Ron asked the doctor how

> these things got started and without even taking a breath, my ortho said " It

> is my fault, I am the surgeon on record and I take full responsibility for

> this whole problem " Deb did everything she was supposed to, I tried in vain

> to save that knee and it just wasn't meant to be " . This was not the answer I

> was looking for. I had no idea to sue the doctor, but he fully admitted his

> involvement in this whole saga. He says that he has never had a patient who

> has been so sick. I told him that I was about done wasting time with this

> knee and he agreed with me and I told him that it had been a very long road.

> He said " just don't forget that every step that I took, he walked with me?.

> He was right again. He came in our the weekends he wasn't on call, opened up

> the OR on a Sunday morning, came in on Labor Day and never dumped me on one

> of his collegues because it was " too " hard of a case. So I did some very

> deep looking into his eyes (the Bible says that this is the window into a

> mans soul) and all I could see was a caring, compassionate and a man who took

> him medical oath very seriously. He has given me 75 mg of Duragesic for pain

> and percocet for breakthru pain which I have been taking like I have nothing

> else in my system. He tells me that that is also another symptom that the

> infection is not gone due to the severity of my pain. He did take fluid out

> on Monday (60 cc) and the counts have not changed at all, however, there is a

> culture that is pending which he tells me is that something is growing and

> they just don't have the sensitivities finished yet. So when he put all this

> stuff together, this led him to this latest and final decision.

>

> I will have someone from the family keep y'all up to date, if you would like

> about the status of my latest adventure. I know I get kinda boring after a

> while and if it is just too much, just let me know, no hard feelings and one

> less thing for my to have to do.

>

> Thank you all for hanging in there with me in my quest to better walking!

>

> Gentle, tender, these knees are made for walking, angel hugs,

>

> Debs in FL

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The very best of luck to you tomorrow with your surgery, Debs! I've been

very worried about you.

I know you didn't want this surgery, but I believe it's the best way to

rid your body of this infection. I hope that somewhere along the way

your other knee has been checked out.

I'll continue praying for a good outcome for you,

[ ] Update to All

> Well, here we go again,

>

> I am scheduled for Monday morning @ 9:30 am to hafve my original

replacement

> knee to be removed and to have the space filled with antibiotic

treated

> cement for approximately 6-8 weeks and then they do more testing on

the knee

> and if and only if, the entire infection is healed, will they then

schedule

> my surgery to put a brand new replacement knee is that has been

updated.

>

> Currently, my knee is " weeping " , red, swollen and I can put absolutely

no

> weight on that leg at all hip to ankle. I thought this would be done

on next

> Thursday and he said absolutely not, can't wait that long. Shouldn''t

even

> wait until Monday, but doctors need to be contacted, tests need to be

done

> and I need to have time with my family. I will be back at North

Broward

> Medical Center (one of our local trauma centers). Ron asked the

doctor how

> these things got started and without even taking a breath, my ortho

said " It

> is my fault, I am the surgeon on record and I take full responsibility

for

> this whole problem " Deb did everything she was supposed to, I tried

in vain

> to save that knee and it just wasn't meant to be " . This was not the

answer I

> was looking for. I had no idea to sue the doctor, but he fully

admitted his

> involvement in this whole saga. He says that he has never had a

patient who

> has been so sick. I told him that I was about done wasting time with

this

> knee and he agreed with me and I told him that it had been a very long

road.

> He said " just don't forget that every step that I took, he walked with

me?.

> He was right again. He came in our the weekends he wasn't on call,

opened up

> the OR on a Sunday morning, came in on Labor Day and never dumped me

on one

> of his collegues because it was " too " hard of a case. So I did some

very

> deep looking into his eyes (the Bible says that this is the window

into a

> mans soul) and all I could see was a caring, compassionate and a man

who took

> him medical oath very seriously. He has given me 75 mg of Duragesic

for pain

> and percocet for breakthru pain which I have been taking like I have

nothing

> else in my system. He tells me that that is also another symptom that

the

> infection is not gone due to the severity of my pain. He did take

fluid out

> on Monday (60 cc) and the counts have not changed at all, however,

there is a

> culture that is pending which he tells me is that something is growing

and

> they just don't have the sensitivities finished yet. So when he put

all this

> stuff together, this led him to this latest and final decision.

>

> I will have someone from the family keep y'all up to date, if you

would like

> about the status of my latest adventure. I know I get kinda boring

after a

> while and if it is just too much, just let me know, no hard feelings

and one

> less thing for my to have to do.

>

> Thank you all for hanging in there with me in my quest to better

walking!

>

> Gentle, tender, these knees are made for walking, angel hugs,

>

> Debs in FL