Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

[Guest guest]

Good news about the swelling decreasing. Let's hope the second antibiotic

will do the trick. Did they do a CAT scan or MRI on your foot?

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lora Leggett

Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:20 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

I finally finished the first course of antibiotics and am starting the other

ones now. I think these are called something like Kestrol. I will get the

correct spelling from someone later and send it. They are smaller pills and

are 4 times a day instead of two like most I have had and the ones for twice

a day are those big horse pills.

My foot is not feeling much better and I am getting very scared. There is a

bulging spot inside my right ankle besides the bottom of my right heel is

where the infection was. The swelling on the tops of my feet has gone down

quite a bit. I just wear my soft slippers to the hospital because I know

shoes would hurt me.

Update On 's And My Medical Situation

>

>

>

> Hello All,

> I am sorry I have not been around much lately. The friend who usually

> keeps everyone updated is not in here but those of you guys who do hear

> from her when I am not around the computer are free to share her updates

> in here about me and .

> We took back to the hospital by ambulance on July 20 and he is in

> his third room. He is severely malnourished because he was refusing to eat

> at home. They also found his blood sugar to be very low and have been

> giving him several units of insulin a day. He is having problems with

> pancreatitis and they had to take him to Ford Hospital in Detroit for an

> endoscopic ultrasound. Ever since then his lungs have been sounding awful

> and they are now giving him breathing treatments again. They were going to

> put a feeding tube in him today but have postponed it because of his

> lungs.

> Meanwhile, I have an infection in my heel and cellulitis and I am on

> antibiotics, pills for pain and inflamation, and one glyburide per day.

> I did get my test strips and lancets taken care of finally and it went

> through CCS Medical. I am still having problems getting enough of a blood

> sample on the strip. At the hospital I have been letting others do my

> testing with my meter and they can always get it with one poke, so I am

> still not sure what I am doing wrong. I sometimes take two or three pokes.

> I mostly am hanging around 180 to 209 or so testing two hours after a

> meal or just before it is time to take the medicine.

> It is kind of ironic that I have been dreading insulin and now they are

> giving it to .

> I really hope they do not have to put him on a ventilator again.

> Of course he would not be able to communicate with me at all if they did

> that.

> The good thing is that when I had that Dopler done they found no blood

> clots. The leg and heel really hurt and it is impossible to stay

> completely off of it with him in the hospital.

> They did say that if I would have gotten admitted they probably could

> have put us in the same room.

> So I stay some nights in a chair or a little bit on the other bed if

> there is no room mate.

> It is a little harder to control my diet when on the run so much. But I

> am trying.

> Lora Leggett

>

>

[Guest guest]

Good news about the swelling decreasing. Let's hope the second antibiotic

will do the trick. Did they do a CAT scan or MRI on your foot?

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lora Leggett

Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:20 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

I finally finished the first course of antibiotics and am starting the other

ones now. I think these are called something like Kestrol. I will get the

correct spelling from someone later and send it. They are smaller pills and

are 4 times a day instead of two like most I have had and the ones for twice

a day are those big horse pills.

My foot is not feeling much better and I am getting very scared. There is a

bulging spot inside my right ankle besides the bottom of my right heel is

where the infection was. The swelling on the tops of my feet has gone down

quite a bit. I just wear my soft slippers to the hospital because I know

shoes would hurt me.

Update On 's And My Medical Situation

>

>

>

> Hello All,

> I am sorry I have not been around much lately. The friend who usually

> keeps everyone updated is not in here but those of you guys who do hear

> from her when I am not around the computer are free to share her updates

> in here about me and .

> We took back to the hospital by ambulance on July 20 and he is in

> his third room. He is severely malnourished because he was refusing to eat

> at home. They also found his blood sugar to be very low and have been

> giving him several units of insulin a day. He is having problems with

> pancreatitis and they had to take him to Ford Hospital in Detroit for an

> endoscopic ultrasound. Ever since then his lungs have been sounding awful

> and they are now giving him breathing treatments again. They were going to

> put a feeding tube in him today but have postponed it because of his

> lungs.

> Meanwhile, I have an infection in my heel and cellulitis and I am on

> antibiotics, pills for pain and inflamation, and one glyburide per day.

> I did get my test strips and lancets taken care of finally and it went

> through CCS Medical. I am still having problems getting enough of a blood

> sample on the strip. At the hospital I have been letting others do my

> testing with my meter and they can always get it with one poke, so I am

> still not sure what I am doing wrong. I sometimes take two or three pokes.

> I mostly am hanging around 180 to 209 or so testing two hours after a

> meal or just before it is time to take the medicine.

> It is kind of ironic that I have been dreading insulin and now they are

> giving it to .

> I really hope they do not have to put him on a ventilator again.

> Of course he would not be able to communicate with me at all if they did

> that.

> The good thing is that when I had that Dopler done they found no blood

> clots. The leg and heel really hurt and it is impossible to stay

> completely off of it with him in the hospital.

> They did say that if I would have gotten admitted they probably could

> have put us in the same room.

> So I stay some nights in a chair or a little bit on the other bed if

> there is no room mate.

> It is a little harder to control my diet when on the run so much. But I

> am trying.

> Lora Leggett

>

>

[Guest guest]

Good news about the swelling decreasing. Let's hope the second antibiotic

will do the trick. Did they do a CAT scan or MRI on your foot?

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lora Leggett

Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:20 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

I finally finished the first course of antibiotics and am starting the other

ones now. I think these are called something like Kestrol. I will get the

correct spelling from someone later and send it. They are smaller pills and

are 4 times a day instead of two like most I have had and the ones for twice

a day are those big horse pills.

My foot is not feeling much better and I am getting very scared. There is a

bulging spot inside my right ankle besides the bottom of my right heel is

where the infection was. The swelling on the tops of my feet has gone down

quite a bit. I just wear my soft slippers to the hospital because I know

shoes would hurt me.

Update On 's And My Medical Situation

>

>

>

> Hello All,

> I am sorry I have not been around much lately. The friend who usually

> keeps everyone updated is not in here but those of you guys who do hear

> from her when I am not around the computer are free to share her updates

> in here about me and .

> We took back to the hospital by ambulance on July 20 and he is in

> his third room. He is severely malnourished because he was refusing to eat

> at home. They also found his blood sugar to be very low and have been

> giving him several units of insulin a day. He is having problems with

> pancreatitis and they had to take him to Ford Hospital in Detroit for an

> endoscopic ultrasound. Ever since then his lungs have been sounding awful

> and they are now giving him breathing treatments again. They were going to

> put a feeding tube in him today but have postponed it because of his

> lungs.

> Meanwhile, I have an infection in my heel and cellulitis and I am on

> antibiotics, pills for pain and inflamation, and one glyburide per day.

> I did get my test strips and lancets taken care of finally and it went

> through CCS Medical. I am still having problems getting enough of a blood

> sample on the strip. At the hospital I have been letting others do my

> testing with my meter and they can always get it with one poke, so I am

> still not sure what I am doing wrong. I sometimes take two or three pokes.

> I mostly am hanging around 180 to 209 or so testing two hours after a

> meal or just before it is time to take the medicine.

> It is kind of ironic that I have been dreading insulin and now they are

> giving it to .

> I really hope they do not have to put him on a ventilator again.

> Of course he would not be able to communicate with me at all if they did

> that.

> The good thing is that when I had that Dopler done they found no blood

> clots. The leg and heel really hurt and it is impossible to stay

> completely off of it with him in the hospital.

> They did say that if I would have gotten admitted they probably could

> have put us in the same room.

> So I stay some nights in a chair or a little bit on the other bed if

> there is no room mate.

> It is a little harder to control my diet when on the run so much. But I

> am trying.

> Lora Leggett

>

>

[Guest guest]

TPN was done to me a couple of years ago when I could not eat. I called it

my turkey, peas and noodles. Did they say how his kidneys are doing?

Bless you for all you are going through now.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Lora Leggett

Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:13 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

OK, I did not mean to send that yet because I was still writing but our cat

jumped up onto our bed and startled me. My wireless keyboard fell

to the floor and I was saying a couple of choice words to and the

message sent.

As I was starting to say, they are feeding what is called TPN (Total

Parental Nutrition) through the IV and it is going into his veins and

bypassing his digestive system. These feedings are custom made each day

based on a lab analysis of his blood. So they make up this concoction and

put whatever he is deficient on such as potasium or magnesium or whatever.

Thursday or Friday he will have a feeding tube installed and that will go to

the digestive process and you use a commercially prepared solution to feed

him. Shortly after they nake sure he is OK with that then he will be

released from the hospital and come home.

His sugars are looking like anywhere from 130 to 160 and then they give him

2 or 4 units of insulin and he is always being fed the TPN. They say it can

make him go a little high.

They do not seem overly concerned and probably plan to stop when the TPN

stops. He is also retaining a lot of fluid. They also seem to think this

will also stop when the TPN stops.

---- Original Message -----

From: " dave Bond " <dab007@... <mailto:dab007%40comcast.net> >

To: <blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> >

Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:54 AM

Subject: Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

> ,

>

> Found his blood sugar to be " very low? " And they're giving him insulin,

> when he is not eating? Yu must have meant found his bg high, but if he's

> not eating, I'm not sure.

>

> Insulin should be given based on his blood sugars, and I would think, if

> they were significantly high. What are they looking like?

>

> Dave

>

>

> " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome

> the world. " [ 16:33]

>

> Update On 's And My Medical Situation

>

>

>

> Hello All,

> I am sorry I have not been around much lately. The friend who usually

> keeps everyone updated is not in here but those of you guys who do hear

> from her when I am not around the computer are free to share her updates

> in here about me and .

> We took back to the hospital by ambulance on July 20 and he is in

> his third room. He is severely malnourished because he was refusing to eat

> at home. They also found his blood sugar to be very low and have been

> giving him several units of insulin a day. He is having problems with

> pancreatitis and they had to take him to Ford Hospital in Detroit for an

> endoscopic ultrasound. Ever since then his lungs have been sounding awful

> and they are now giving him breathing treatments again. They were going to

> put a feeding tube in him today but have postponed it because of his

> lungs.

> Meanwhile, I have an infection in my heel and cellulitis and I am on

> antibiotics, pills for pain and inflamation, and one glyburide per day.

> I did get my test strips and lancets taken care of finally and it went

> through CCS Medical. I am still having problems getting enough of a blood

> sample on the strip. At the hospital I have been letting others do my

> testing with my meter and they can always get it with one poke, so I am

> still not sure what I am doing wrong. I sometimes take two or three pokes.

> I mostly am hanging around 180 to 209 or so testing two hours after a

> meal or just before it is time to take the medicine.

> It is kind of ironic that I have been dreading insulin and now they are

> giving it to .

> I really hope they do not have to put him on a ventilator again.

> Of course he would not be able to communicate with me at all if they did

> that.

> The good thing is that when I had that Dopler done they found no blood

> clots. The leg and heel really hurt and it is impossible to stay

> completely off of it with him in the hospital.

> They did say that if I would have gotten admitted they probably could

> have put us in the same room.

> So I stay some nights in a chair or a little bit on the other bed if

> there is no room mate.

> It is a little harder to control my diet when on the run so much. But I

> am trying.

> Lora Leggett

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have something similar below my ankle bone. It's kind of a hard mass, but not

very pronounced. I've got a few places on my leg that my wife say are pinkish,

but the coloration has decreased in the last day or so since I stopped using the

steroid cream. Let me know about that antibiotic.

Dave

" ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the

world. " [ 16:33]

Update On 's And My Medical Situation

>

>

>

> Hello All,

> I am sorry I have not been around much lately. The friend who usually

> keeps everyone updated is not in here but those of you guys who do hear

> from her when I am not around the computer are free to share her updates

> in here about me and .

> We took back to the hospital by ambulance on July 20 and he is in

> his third room. He is severely malnourished because he was refusing to eat

> at home. They also found his blood sugar to be very low and have been

> giving him several units of insulin a day. He is having problems with

> pancreatitis and they had to take him to Ford Hospital in Detroit for an

> endoscopic ultrasound. Ever since then his lungs have been sounding awful

> and they are now giving him breathing treatments again. They were going to

> put a feeding tube in him today but have postponed it because of his

> lungs.

> Meanwhile, I have an infection in my heel and cellulitis and I am on

> antibiotics, pills for pain and inflamation, and one glyburide per day.

> I did get my test strips and lancets taken care of finally and it went

> through CCS Medical. I am still having problems getting enough of a blood

> sample on the strip. At the hospital I have been letting others do my

> testing with my meter and they can always get it with one poke, so I am

> still not sure what I am doing wrong. I sometimes take two or three pokes.

> I mostly am hanging around 180 to 209 or so testing two hours after a

> meal or just before it is time to take the medicine.

> It is kind of ironic that I have been dreading insulin and now they are

> giving it to .

> I really hope they do not have to put him on a ventilator again.

> Of course he would not be able to communicate with me at all if they did

> that.

> The good thing is that when I had that Dopler done they found no blood

> clots. The leg and heel really hurt and it is impossible to stay

> completely off of it with him in the hospital.

> They did say that if I would have gotten admitted they probably could

> have put us in the same room.

> So I stay some nights in a chair or a little bit on the other bed if

> there is no room mate.

> It is a little harder to control my diet when on the run so much. But I

> am trying.

> Lora Leggett

>

>