Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Good morning my percocet drifted off to sleep friend. You've done well. Called, found out. Now don't overdo today. You actually not to speak to someone who could advise and tell you what to look for. What does become funny is how much we know. Like you and it turning black. It's like me with my primary yesterday. I'm just spouting off all this info on how I'm doing, what I'm being careful of and my plans and then with my CPAP provider I'm talking about the specific units, my most recent sleep study versus normal, mask, all aspects and with both its like " sounds like you've got things under control. You sure have done your homework. " But its like I said earlier when I was in ER I was wishing I had my computer to come here and find out about Levaquin (of course I did as soon as I got home) because I knew I could get more information about actual experiences here than I could from the ER nurse or doctor. I'm sitting with the " so called experts " and I want the board for the " real experts. " lol > > Good Afternoon to All....I woke up this morning with a lot of pain again....took the antibiotics, not the pain meds yet...I haven't eaten breakfast or lunch yet....This how my day started...... > > I sat on the couch and poked the blister with a small needle and squeezed as much as I could green pus started coming out...As soon as the pus stopped, I took a cotton ball and put some Peroxide to clean out the wound....some pain settled down! > > I called the 24/7 hours hotline to speak to a nurse....I thought he would tell me go back to the hospital, he didn't though. I told him exactly what I had done and how I cleaned it......He asked a few questions, if it's black told him if it was black I wouldn't be talking to you on the phone right now, I would be in ER? because that's gangrene lol, thank god he had a sense of humour. If I get a fever 37.5 degrees celcius, I should go to ER......for now it's safe for me to stay at home. > > He emphasized pretty clearly not to poke it, not to walk on it?and for someone to do my errands! > > Antibiotics to start working it would take approximately 3-4 days. I should continue to take pain meds as prescribed. The wound care that I did, kind of saved me to taking another trip to ER. He suggested I soak my toe in Epson Salt and hot water (not to the point of getting burned, as much as I can tolerate. > > I did 6 loads of laundry, it has been almost 2 months...that I haven't done it! I putted away and I'm about to start on lunch! > > Irene Raynaud's Disease 09/07 PF 03/07 Canada > ______________________________________________________________________ __ > Meet the new AOL.ca. Free radio, music, videos, news & entertainment ? with a Canadian perspective. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 i'll try not to overdo it today. I just put some ribs in the oven to cook! A few years ago I studied for 1 year to be be a Nursing Assistant, during my second year, i realized it wasn't for me...I decided to apply to College and got my degree in Social Sciences, which can lead for a job in Politics. Now I like Quality Assurance positions. ---- Original Message ---- To: Breathe-Support Sent: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 1:57 pm Subject: Re: Good Afternoon....and I know the reaction I will get from some lol! Good morning my percocet drifted off to sleep friend. You've done well. Called, found out. Now don't overdo today. You actually not to speak to someone who could advise and tell you what to look for. What does become funny is how much we know. Like you and it turning black. It's like me with my primary yesterday. I'm just spouting off all this info on how I'm doing, what I'm being careful of and my plans and then with my CPAP provider I'm talking about the specific units, my most recent sleep study versus normal, mask, all aspects and with both its like "sounds like you've got things under control. You sure have done your homework." But its like I said earlier when I was in ER I was wishing I had my computer to come here and find out about Levaquin (of course I did as soon as I got home) because I knew I could get more information about actual experiences here than I could from the ER nurse or doctor. I'm sitting with the "so called experts" and I want the board for the "real experts." lol > > Good Afternoon to All....I woke up this morning with a lot of pain again....took the antibiotics, not the pain meds yet...I haven't eaten breakfast or lunch yet....This how my day started...... > > I sat on the couch and poked the blister with a small needle and squeezed as much as I could green pus started coming out...As soon as the pus stopped, I took a cotton ball and put some Peroxide to clean out the wound....some pain settled down! > > I called the 24/7 hours hotline to speak to a nurse....I thought he would tell me go back to the hospital, he didn't though. I told him exactly what I had done and how I cleaned it......He asked a few questions, if it's black told him if it was black I wouldn't be talking to you on the phone right now, I would be in ER? because that's gangrene lol, thank god he had a sense of humour. If I get a fever 37.5 degrees celcius, I should go to ER......for now it's safe for me to stay at home. > > He emphasized pretty clearly not to poke it, not to walk on it?and for someone to do my errands! > > Antibiotics to start working it would take approximately 3-4 days. I should continue to take pain meds as prescribed. The wound care that I did, kind of saved me to taking another trip to ER. He suggested I soak my toe in Epson Salt and hot water (not to the point of getting burned, as much as I can tolerate. > > I did 6 loads of laundry, it has been almost 2 months...that I haven't done it! I putted away and I'm about to start on lunch! > > Irene Raynaud's Disease 09/07 PF 03/07 Canada > __________________________________________________________ __ > Meet the new AOL.ca. Free radio, music, videos, news & entertainment ? with a Canadian perspective. > Meet the new AOL.ca. Free radio, music, videos, news & entertainment – with a Canadian perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I think its cool that you've headed in different directions. Today we start asking kids what do they want to do when they grow up around 10- 12. Heck, I figured out at 56 or so what it was but long too late. I guess I started realizing a few years earlier. I so focused in on one career and never thought about it. Certainly, Irene puts the Nursing Assistant knowledge to lots of use. Then Social Sciences. Now she likes Quality Assurance. And, if later its something else that strikes her fancy thats great. How many of you if you had it to do over would choose a different career? Do we really have any idea what any profession is like until we get into it? Then we feel like we're invested and its too late to change. I admire those who change and who are always open to future changes if it makes them happy. I spent my career in Accounting and Finance and some in Operations at Executive levels. I started accounting at 12 in my father's office. It was set. Yes, I had aptitude for it. I thought of getting my degree then going to law school but I was so tired of school by then. The only time I ever really considered a change was when I worked one summer in high school or college for the newspaper and they tried to get me to switch to journalism, specifically sports reporting, and even offered me an internship. If I was going back, I'd be a psychologist. I know the pain when you can't help, but just being able to work with people one on one and help some and contribute in that way to their lives. Oh, thats what I always missed. In my profession, I know I helped people, made some lives better, but I never got to feel it first hand. And, I needed that as I'm a caretaker by heart and soul. My second choice probably would have been teaching. Living with a teacher for eight years, I saw the administrative and political bad aspects, but I saw that feeling when she talked about her kids and I knew she made their lives better and I think thats when I realized that even though I made much more that her, I was jealous of her job in many ways. It did provide a fulfillment that I was missing. So others? Did you change? Looking back would you have chosen different? > > > > Good Afternoon to All....I woke up this morning with a lot of pain > again....took the antibiotics, not the pain meds yet...I haven't > eaten breakfast or lunch yet....This how my day started...... > > > > I sat on the couch and poked the blister with a small needle and > squeezed as much as I could green pus started coming out...As soon as > the pus stopped, I took a cotton ball and put some Peroxide to clean > out the wound....some pain settled down! > > > > I called the 24/7 hours hotline to speak to a nurse....I thought he > would tell me go back to the hospital, he didn't though. I told him > exactly what I had done and how I cleaned it......He asked a few > questions, if it's black told him if it was black I wouldn't be > talking to you on the phone right now, I would be in ER? because > that's gangrene lol, thank god he had a sense of humour. If I get a > fever 37.5 degrees celcius, I should go to ER......for now it's safe > for me to stay at home. > > > > He emphasized pretty clearly not to poke it, not to walk on it? and > for someone to do my errands! > > > > Antibiotics to start working it would take approximately 3-4 days. > I should continue to take pain meds as prescribed. The wound care > that I did, kind of saved me to taking another trip to ER. He > suggested I soak my toe in Epson Salt and hot water (not to the point > of getting burned, as much as I can tolerate. > > > > I did 6 loads of laundry, it has been almost 2 months...that I > haven't done it! I putted away and I'm about to start on lunch! > > > > Irene Raynaud's Disease 09/07 PF 03/07 Canada > > > __________________________________________________________ > __ > > Meet the new AOL.ca. Free radio, music, videos, news & > entertainment ? with a Canadian perspective. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ __ > Meet the new AOL.ca. Free radio, music, videos, news & entertainment ? with a Canadian perspective. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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