Re: Appt with Rheumy......Finally

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My dear friend Debby:

    Yes, we both have a lot to be thankful for.  I am very excited for you

with a new baby coming.  Such wonderful, happy news.

    I too am very excted about Thanksgiving this year.  Being with my son

and his family this year is wonderful.  For the past 5 1/2 years, none of my

family was here in Florida for any holidays.  I can hardly contain myself. 

It will be a wonderful day and we are all so thankful to be together.

    Now, how did your Rheumy appt. go?  How are you feeling?  I was

thinking about you the other day and the last time we talked was Halloween.  I

hope you have been feeling alright since then.  You have had too many serious

things happen to you, and I pray all that is behind you.

    How is your husband doing?  Better I hope.  Tough to be out of work,

and then having your mind work overtime.  Makes for a very depressed person. 

I know this is all so very hard on you.  Who said life would run smooth???

    I am still waiting for some money from my husband.  We settled the

money issue with my attorney and a mediator.  Should have got money last

Friday, and as of yesterday, none arrived.  I have only had $700.00 from him in

11 months.  I am tired of all this, and want to take him back to court because

of all this.  He caused all this mess and me getting a divorce.  He is mad

because I won't come home and continue our marriage as if he did nothing.  He

cheated on me, tossed our 29 years of marriage down the drain.  I don't know if

I can ever forgive him for this, or ever trust him again.  He still refuses

marriage counceling.  I tried to save my marriage, but could not do so alone.

    I hope this is your best Thanksgiving ever.  I am so thankful for my

loving family, and loving friends.  My life would be so empty without them.

    I forgot to ask you to send me your address and phone number to my

address.

Much love and hugs,

 

Barbara 

From: BadKneesDebs@... <BadKneesDebs@...>

Subject: [ ] Appt with Rheumy......Finally

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 9:10 AM

 

Well, today is FINALLY here. I have been waiting since July. I told my family

that even if I get sick, they gotta pull me over to the office somehow! My

daughter wants to know why we even have to go as all he tells me is that we will

" watch things for another few weeks/months and then make a decision ?????? for

what? Since my last appt, I have had my hemaglobin go down to 3 (normal is

11-13) and got no explanation. I had the obligatory " scopes " to see where I was

bleeding from.....no luck.....no explanation. I nearly died as no blood, no

blood pressure, no pulse. I could not even lift my head without those vital

signs going down or going totally away. The results of my endoscope was my

stomach never looked so good and my colon was " pristine " .. ....no blood from

either. So where did it go???????? In July I had another bout of cellulitis this

time in my left breast. This was my third bout with cellulitis. They did al the

necessary infection cultures and

......NOTHING grew. My breast grew about 4 cups sizes plus the pain was

terrible. Now on both of these visits to the hospital, my rheumy was never

consulted, not that he probably would have answered, but at least it would be

better than just my word and then when I would call to get a new appt because I

was in the hospital, maybe I would not have to wait 3 months for a follow-up

appt that was supposed to be 1 month from the last visit. I told my family that

if I had to cancel this appt, I probably would not get the next appt until 2010.

Ugh!!!!!!

Oh well, thank you for listening (or reading).

I wish all of you the happiest, healthiest and pain free Thanksgiving with those

you love. My daughter and her husband and my granddaughter are coming for dinner

along with my 2 daughters at home and my husband (still unemployed). I can't

think of a any other place I would rather be. Unfortunately, I have spent all

too many Thanksgiving in the hospital, some on a respirator, some where I didn't

know who I was or my family was, My God! My husband and daughters ALWAYS tried

to bring Thanksgiving no matter where I was. I am VERY blessed. I am SOOO

blessed this year and my daughter has just announced that she will be adding to

our family some time next summer. God is SO

good.

Gentle, tender, thankful angel hugs........ ......... .

Debs in FL

Hello,

Please let me know what is the name of your probiotics especially if you have

crohn's disease and had an ileostomy reversal.

Have probiotics helped curb the frequent running to the bathroom?

Thanks,

Harold

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Dear Barbara,

I am truly thankful for our friendship this Thanksgiving. I am so happy that

you will be with family this holiday. We moved to FL 32 years ago and have

never had a relative spend ANY holiday with us. Never stopped me from

decorating like crazy. When I worked, I always had the company holiday party at

my house so my decorating never went to waste. Now my holidays are changing

again for the good with new life and there is nothing better than that!

Thanksgiving was always " our " holiday amongst my Dad's family. So our tiny

house used to bulge with people and good food (my Dad was a meat cutter). We

always had room for tons of people and my Mom always was concerned that no one

had to eat dinner in the bathroom. As long as that didn't happen we were in

good shape! (it NEVER did). Now my house will fill up with the same sounds and

smells that all kids should have as memories. I KNOW that your holiday is going

to be just as speical and treasured as mine. ENJOY and hopefully be somewhat

pain free.

I am sorry about your divorce woes. I cannot give advice in that department,

but I went thru almost identical with my sister (there is just the two of us).

The stupid fool that he cheated with thought my sister would share him with her.

My sister never shared her toys, so that stupid idea wouold never fly! Well, to

make a long story short, the ex got their 3 year old daughter involved in

modeling and TV commercials and she made a little bit of money which by law was

supposed to be put into an " untouchable " bank account. He was a cop, got

greedy, became dirty, got fired, refused to look for a job and spent the little

ones entire earnings. The little one is now 22 years old and my sister

remarried and the new husband was very generous to her and she is in college

right now and never wanted for anything. Good thing, my sister got -0- for the

child, went to court and was told the under certain circumstances a child's

account can be used if the parent has no way of supporting himself. What a

mess. Of course, the price to pay for all that foolery is that he has no

relation with his daughter. So I guess that I am thankful for my marriage of 32

years and somehow we will work thru this depression issue.

Well, last bit about me and then I will close. The rheumy refuses to treat my

RA any more aggressively than a bit of prednisone (5 mg) a day.

He says that the swelling in my hand joints is moderate and will have to be

tolerated as I am basically too much trouble if I am on any other medication.

He won't prescribe the Celebrex that I was taking before the ulcer woes. Before

we went, my daughter says why are we seeing him. After a 3 hour wait to finally

be seen, I had to ask myself the same question and I think the answer is......no

more. I asked him about the continuous battle that I have with cellulitis, then

he says that because the infection cultures fail to grow anything, that it was

probably a skin

thing???????and had to do with my immune system and actually said that if I get

cellulitis that it not be treated???????????? I had him repeat that and yep

that is what he said. Because Ron had to " retire " when he was downsized, him

being 55 we will now be using Medicare and we are contemplating going to Humana

Gold Plus or whatever and my primary who is also my infectious disease doc can

manage things until she recommends something else. I have been a patient of

this rheumy for over 10 years and just acts like this, no RA meds, no pain meds,

no nothing but a HUGE headache that I can't get rid of and I have been vomiting

the majority of the evening.

I believe there are better days ahead. Our church just sent over a holiday

basket filled with food. We are really not that in need of the basket, but they

said all the most needy families had already been well provided for and this

basket came in late and they thought of us. Ron has taught Sunday School at

our church for over 25 years. So I know that God has not forgotten me and my

prayers, just testing my faith a bit.

Thank you for being there, my friend. God is answering your prayers also, maybe

just a little slower.

Gentle, tender, angel hugs..............

Debs

[ ] Appt with Rheumy......Finally

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 9:10 AM

Well, today is FINALLY here. I have been waiting since July. I told my family

that even if I get sick, they gotta pull me over to the office somehow! My

daughter wants to know why we even have to go as all he tells me is that we will

" watch things for another few weeks/months and then make a decision ?????? for

what? Since my last appt, I have had my hemaglobin go down to 3 (normal is

11-13) and got no explanation. I had the obligatory " scopes " to see where I was

bleeding from.....no luck.....no explanation. I nearly died as no blood, no

blood pressure, no pulse. I could not even lift my head without those vital

signs going down or going totally away. The results of my endoscope was my

stomach never looked so good and my colon was " pristine " .. ....no blood from

either. So where did it go???????? In July I had another bout of cellulitis this

time in my left breast. This was my third bout with cellulitis. They did al the

necessary infection cultures and

.......NOTHING grew. My breast grew about 4 cups sizes plus the pain was

terrible. Now on both of these visits to the hospital, my rheumy was never

consulted, not that he probably would have answered, but at least it would be

better than just my word and then when I would call to get a new appt because I

was in the hospital, maybe I would not have to wait 3 months for a follow-up

appt that was supposed to be 1 month from the last visit. I told my family that

if I had to cancel this appt, I probably would not get the next appt until 2010.

Ugh!!!!!!

Oh well, thank you for listening (or reading).

I wish all of you the happiest, healthiest and pain free Thanksgiving with those

you love. My daughter and her husband and my granddaughter are coming for dinner

along with my 2 daughters at home and my husband (still unemployed). I can't

think of a any other place I would rather be. Unfortunately, I have spent all

too many Thanksgiving in the hospital, some on a respirator, some where I didn't

know who I was or my family was, My God! My husband and daughters ALWAYS tried

to bring Thanksgiving no matter where I was. I am VERY blessed. I am SOOO

blessed this year and my daughter has just announced that she will be adding to

our family some time next summer. God is SO

good.

Gentle, tender, thankful angel hugs........ ......... .

Debs in FL

Hello,

Please let me know what is the name of your probiotics especially if you have

crohn's disease and had an ileostomy reversal.

Have probiotics helped curb the frequent running to the bathroom?

Thanks,

Harold

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Geee Deb,

If I didn't know you were in Florida, I would have thought you were

talking about my Rheumatologist, the one I just left behind and found a new

one.

I haven't met my new Rheumy yet. On the 3rd of December I see him. It

will be hour more of a drive than the last Rheumy. I just hope he is better.

I checked out his profile and he has 5 stars across the board. So...

here's hoping for the best!

And yes! Better days ahead.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone here and hoping for a pain free day

for you all!

Michigan

2c.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:50 pm (PST)

Well, last bit about me and then I will close. The rheumy refuses to treat

my RA any more aggressively than a bit of prednisone (5 mg) a day.

He says that the swelling in my hand joints is moderate and will have to

be tolerated as I am basically too much trouble if I am on any other

medication. He won't prescribe the Celebrex that I was taking before the ulcer

woes. Before we went, my daughter says why are we seeing him. After a 3 hour

wait to finally be seen, I had to ask myself the same question and I think

the answer is......no more. I asked him about the continuous battle that I

have with cellulitis, then he says that because the infection cultures fail

to grow anything, that it was probably a skin

thing???????thing???????<WBR>and had to do with my immune system and

actually said that if I get cellulitis that it nothing???????<WBR>and had to do

with my immune system and actually said that if I get cellulitis that it not

be treated?????<WBR>??????? I had him repeat that and yep that is what he

said. Because Ron had to " retire " when he was downsized, him being 55 we

will now be using Medicare and we are contemplating going to Humana Gold Plus

or whatever and my primary who is also my infectious disease doc can

manage things until she recommends something else. I have been a patient of

this

rheumy for over 10 years and just acts like this, no RA me