To

[Guest guest]

,

I am sorry you have been through that! I hope that

with some more rest you feel better and your legs stop

hurting you.

Where in Indiana do you live? Most of my family lives

in Indianapolis. I miss them...

Take care!

Love,

Nikki

--- King LiKing03@...> wrote:

> It's been awhile since I posted. I just wanted to

> share the fun I've

> had the last couple of weeks. I hadn't been feeling

> well. I was

> running a low grade temp and having terrible chills.

> I went to the

> doc on Friday. He told me I had a kidney infection.

> He gave me some

> antibiotics and sent me home. When Monday arrived I

> still wasn't

> feeling well. I called the doc again and he wanted

> me in his office

> ASAP. He then admitted me to the local " Hilton "

> where I could

> receive antibiotics via IV. Of course the nurses

> couldn't get my

> veins. On the sixth try they finally got it. To

> add insult to

> injury the lab came up to draw blood. I told her I

> take Coumadin and

> get my blood checked once a month. I showed her

> where they draw and

> told her she would have to go deep. Well, wouldn't

> you know, she

> didn't. She moved it around until she found my

> vein. I had been

> there an hour and heard " I'm sorry " way too many

> times. I figured

> that was an omen. Despite the bad luck, I remained

> positive and the

> nurses complimented me on my sense of humor. I

> asked for a gold star

> but they were all out. I told them I have to have a

> sense of humor

> in order to get through all that I do. The next

> morning my doc comes

> in and tells me my urine specimen had white blood

> cells in it. He

> wanted me to have a CT to check for kidney stones.

> I'd tell you what

> I said then but it wasn't very nice! Turns out I

> didn't have kidney

> stones but I did have a ruptured ovarian cyst -- on

> top of the kidney

> infection. I got to come home yesterday morning.

> I'm black and

> blue, exhausted and incredibly sore. My legs have

> really been

> bothering me today. I'm hoping that's because of

> the inactivity the

> last few days.

>

> On another note, a couple of months ago, my rheumy

> ordered more blood

> tests. My RNP was elevated indicating Mixed

> Connective Tissue

> Disease. I won't tell you what I said then either!

> LOL

>

> I saw a recent post about seizures. I have complex

> partial

> seizures. I take 3,000 mg of Keppra a day to

> control them. They

> tried several other medicines but I couldn't

> tolerate them. Because

> of the Coumadin, the neurologist's choice of seizure

> meds for me is

> limited.

>

> Sorry I rattled on longer than I intended. I guess

> that made up for

> the long lapse in posts. Ya' think?

>

> in Indiana

>

>

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