Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 ~ When that happened to me...they put me in ER and started rehydrating me. How is the water situation? The postural hypotension is what clued the doc in..and believe it or not..I was drinking a lot of water....I just got dehydrated for whatever reason. Regards~ Jacque > Hi Everyone, > Yesterday , I sure gave Deb , the girlfriend I aam staying with in > Cleveland, a big scare. I got up to go potty, and promptly blacked out and fell onto > the wooden floor, hitting my left wrist and hip. I am ok, a bit bruised and > sore today, but ok. > Deb called from work to check on me a couple times yesterday as she was > worried. I was ok, just feeling pretty dizzy and etc. When she got home, she > checked my bp in all positions.. lying.. 102/68, sitting.. 102/68 and > standing.. 80/60. We now believe that my blacking out was due to the drop in my bp.. > postural hypotension. However, we dont know what is causing my bp to bottom > out. > I have been rendered to sitting, reading, lying in bed, etc.. and of > course, spoiling Ed, her black lab.. and nothing more until I can see the doctor. > I will keep you guys posted... and let you know what is going on. > Take care > > Peachy hugs, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Hi Pamela, Yes, the swelling will go down. Just tough it out for today and tomorrow - last Saturday was the worst day with swelling for me , and Sunday was very little different. Monday things started looking better. You might get lucky - maybe it will go down faster. I'm still pretty swollen around my nose and upper lip (and a little bit under the chin), but other than that, no swelling, and I feel much better. Irene. > > good news: no pain at all, except for pressure from swelling, and it > hurts to wipe my nose because i've wiped one nostril way too much! > > bad news: man, the swelling is crazy. not painful, just > uncomfortable.parents say that overall it's down ,but i have a black > eye now. i thnk the swelling is worse/more compressed because i had > the liposuction done under my chin, so nothing is " allowed " to > accumulate there; it all goes to the cheeks instead. > > someone tell me that the swelling will go down shortly! it's been > exactly 48 hours...also, is there any point in putting ice on my > face anymore after the first two days? let me know... > > pamela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 My doc said heat after the first two days, but ask yours. Docs have different ideas about these things. I believe the swelling usually starts to go around day 4 to 5, but remember -- that's a " usually. " Yours may go sooner or (sorry!) later. Glad you're doing well ... and you are, no matter how it seems! Would it make your poor nose feel any better to have some company in its misery? Long story made short -- we have a problematic back door, and this morning, while going out to do laundry in the utility house, I took a sort of a full-gainer on a concrete floor underlayment. I lost more blood from this fall than I did in the surgery, really creamed my nose and face, but at least this time, unlike the last, I didn't chip a front tooth, thank heavens! I'm ok, but it sure wasn't fun, and I am more sore than I was post op. At least I didn't do that post op, though! Keep on keeping on. Cammie > > good news: no pain at all, except for pressure from swelling, and it > hurts to wipe my nose because i've wiped one nostril way too much! > > bad news: man, the swelling is crazy. not painful, just > uncomfortable.parents say that overall it's down ,but i have a black > eye now. i thnk the swelling is worse/more compressed because i had > the liposuction done under my chin, so nothing is " allowed " to > accumulate there; it all goes to the cheeks instead. > > someone tell me that the swelling will go down shortly! it's been > exactly 48 hours...also, is there any point in putting ice on my > face anymore after the first two days? let me know... > > pamela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Hi Cammie-- sorry to hear about your fall!! i'm thinking that heat would feel REALLY good so i might tryt ouse a warm compress. i have been homebound in my little apartment with my parents--too many people here!! my brother lives in michigan too, and friends have been stopping by. i got super duper stuffed up today and started to get disgruntled--my dad ended up calling the surgeon (i had lower only) and hooking me up with some afrin in the meantime. i haven't watned to take afrin because i know it can be 'habit forming'. my brother pointed out that it's okay, in the unlikely event that i get hooked, i can get un- hooked at some point when my mouth isn't so swollen. so yeah, afrin will be my best friend. doc said afrin as well, and claritin if afrin didn't work. i have some advice for people going into surgery--have fiber the day before you go in, and get on metamucil/prune juice asap. i learned this lesson the hard way. that's all i'll say. so, is heat the next step after 48 hours? that's what i figured.... take care all, pamela > > > > good news: no pain at all, except for pressure from swelling, and > it > > hurts to wipe my nose because i've wiped one nostril way too much! > > > > bad news: man, the swelling is crazy. not painful, just > > uncomfortable.parents say that overall it's down ,but i have a > black > > eye now. i thnk the swelling is worse/more compressed because i > had > > the liposuction done under my chin, so nothing is " allowed " to > > accumulate there; it all goes to the cheeks instead. > > > > someone tell me that the swelling will go down shortly! it's been > > exactly 48 hours...also, is there any point in putting ice on my > > face anymore after the first two days? let me know... > > > > pamela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Don't use the heat for more than 20 minutes or so at a time... And be careful not to get it too hot without a buffer (like a face towel) in between the moisture and your face. (Yep. I should have said both earlier.) Do remember, too, that you're the patient, but that doesn't mean that you have to BE patient with visitors. (I have never understood folks who want to do major visits at the hospital. Anybody in the hospital, I think, needs to be left alone to rest, unless it's a long-term, lonely stay... Hospitals are stressful enough without adding the feeling that the patient needs to try to be entertaining. But then I am a known curmudgeon and mullygrub.) As for the Afrin -- nothing wrong with that, although I think I would try Claritin (or, for me, Zyrtec, which works better) first. If you use too many doses of Afrin within a given 12 or 24 hour period, you can get what's known as a rebound effect, which means that the tissues swell even more than they had to begin with. It's not exactly " getting hooked. " It's just that the tissues bounce back even more swollen than they started out. You've tried a vaporizer and steamy baths, showers, or even breathing over a pot of steaming water, I am assuming. There again, be sure not to scald yourself, though. Menthol in the water (or eucalyptus) can be soothing, too... C. I look only a little bit as though someone had encountered me with malice aforethought in a dark alley, as the result of that fall... Not nearly so bad as post-op. Even my sweet surgeon was embarrassed by those bruises, pleading with me, " Cammie, please don't tell anybody I did that to you! " I do and did tell lots of folks, because I bruise easily, recover easily, and the bruises were of no long- term import.... He fixed what ailed me, though, with good results and no long-term deficits. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 I just got home from Duke, and we left the house this morning at 7. Ugh. Long day. I had my small bowel follow through done today, and everything went fine. I did get very lightheaded with the fasting, but they let me have a few sips of juice after I drank the barium. The radiologist said my intestines are very photogenic and that there's no sign of inflammation or strictures at all =) So I guess this means all my issues are still coming from my colon. I just had a lot of bloodwork done, and all the inflammation markers were up, and I'm anemic again (sigh) and a stool test I also had done showed inflammation. Soooo, today I have to start azathioprine. Or however you spell it. I'm totally in shock. But apparently there's no choice =( And Amelia, I showed my GI doctor your email that you sent me about checking my adrenals, and she said that for adrenal insufficiency, usually there is a sodium/potassium inbalance and some other very specific indicator that I didn't have. So she didn't think it was an issue. She said I could talk to my endocrinologist about it though if I really wanted to. Peace =) Alyssa 15 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008 SCD June 2009 (restarted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Hi Alyssa, I'm glad the upper GI showed no problems. I know it is a shock. You have been an amazing trooper on SCD, especially for someone your age. I hope you feel better soon. You have learned a lot about nutrition and keeping yourself healthy, and it will help. PJ > > I just got home from Duke, and we left the house this morning at 7. > Ugh. Long day. > > I had my small bowel follow through done today, and everything went > fine. I did get very lightheaded with the fasting, but they let me > have a few sips of juice after I drank the barium. The radiologist > said my intestines are very photogenic and that there's no sign of > inflammation or strictures at all =) > > So I guess this means all my issues are still coming from my colon. I > just had a lot of bloodwork done, and all the inflammation markers > were up, and I'm anemic again (sigh) and a stool test I also had done > showed inflammation. > > Soooo, today I have to start azathioprine. Or however you spell it. > I'm totally in shock. But apparently there's no choice =( > > And Amelia, I showed my GI doctor your email that you sent me about > checking my adrenals, and she said that for adrenal insufficiency, > usually there is a sodium/potassium inbalance and some other very > specific indicator that I didn't have. So she didn't think it was an > issue. She said I could talk to my endocrinologist about it though if > I really wanted to. > > Peace =) > Alyssa 15 yo > UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008 > SCD June 2009 (restarted) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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