Its just getting worse

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Hello Everyone,

I apoligize for not participating for the last few days. My health is not improving I seem to be getting worse and not improving with the physical therapy the dr had expected me to be ready to return to work late next week (from the second surgery). I the pain is slightly undercontrol finally. But other things are going amuck. First there is swelling in my left leg the second one I had surgery on (Mar 23 06) there is an area of redness just above the ankle that is 9 inches in height and completly around the leg now, it gets brighter as the swelling increases. It is hot to the touch and my skin is peeling this gets agrivated after each round of swelling it never gets completly to its normal size. I havent been able to get any of my shoes on the foot for the last 5 days. My socks even the anklet type leave a big indentation on my leg when swollen. I have spoken with my physican my surgeon and my pt also the pharmisist. FIRST we know that I do not have Hepatitis either chemical or A, B, or C and its not chirrosis of the liver. The swelling effects both legs but only minor on the right leg. There was only a small amount of it after the first surgery. I am experiencing increased muscle spasams in my calfs and quads also lower back. In additon the quads and calf muscles have periods where they become as hard as a rock which is really painful. I have tried to ice and heat the ice helps to take the swelling down but not for long..

I AM REALLY SCARED. I was checked in the right leg for a blood clot weeks ago but nothing and this is not like when they suspected that I am on 2 asprin twice a day to avoid that anyway plus 16 Advil a day for swelling and to accompany the pain patch and Norco.

I am so so tired I am suspose to sleep with my legs above my heart. So I am suspsoe to be flat on my back with my legs up way up almost straight up. It makes me feel like I cant breath. And it is causing me back spazs.

And i have become so emotional. I can walk for a short distance which I am suspose to do to help with the post surgery healing... so how am I suspose to return to work at the end of the week this is a big joke...

So my life gets more complicated... I have no income havent since jan 30 and I was the big bread winner but had no disability income my parent have cut us off but for a scrap or two (10 here and there) my sons biological father has stopped paying his normal child support he is off on workmans comp so I am now only getting 30 pr week (like that even puts a drop in what my son eats)_

Now Now I just dont know how I am suspose to feed my 16 yr old for the next week he went and got himself suspended from school.. I cant beilve him he knows how I feel about smoking pot. And he was told to never do it and especially never to take part in this at school. I am in Costco trying to decide how to spend the 30 child support on ground beef and cheese. I was going to get the kid a few sodas but forget that after the phone call I recieved when I was just about thru.. Here we had been in Costco for 55 mns heading for the check out and my cell phone rings... well guess who it is the kid he calmly asks mom where are you I tell him he says " Mom I am at Broadway school and I got caught with marijana( I CANT SPELL it )" First he doesnt go to Broadway its the middle school and second he was so clam I though he was just messing with me he has a sick sense of humor.. BUt no he wasnt. He had ridden the school bus but did not get off at his normal stop was going to a friends house when one of the boys was joking about passing the vodka which there was none of but the bus driver freaked out calling the principal who had the boys removed from the bus at the middle school where he met up with them and proceded to search them all ... At least he did not call the police. But now my son is supsended for a week and I have to go with him back to school next friday morning I dont handle mornings because of the pain and I dont want to go to the princpals office the school counslor office or the vice principals either. WE were already running short on food now its going to get really ugly. And the kid wont say he did anything wrong.. he keeps saying it was a really freak occurance that he was searched. He refuses to stop. And told me there is nothing wrong with it he has asthma... plus I cant let my parents know my dad is so anti drug and they will tell me what a bad job of raising my son I have done It will be more hell for me.

I thank you all for letting me vent my poor husband wants to be a police officer nice nice step dad has this monster for a step son. Nice way to celebrate our first anniversary 30 Apr. Darn kid.

So when I got to the school all I could do is cry. I feel like such a fool I cry when I get really angry at least i dont have an ulcer but do have so much other gi problems as lots of you do too.

Hope you all have a good Sunday and Take care.. Jackie