Re: Can Anyone Top This?....Nightmare on Elm Street!

July 3, 2004

You poor thing! Immediate post-op with a cast on!! I feel so sorry for

you.

As a note, my friend passed out in the shower after she came home from

the hospital after GBS too. No broken bones for her though. Just a big

old bump.

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I just want to thank all for your prayers and support to my

> email...telling you about my surgery on June 28th! I

> survived...praise god! A word of caution, I recently came home on

> the 30th of June and was doing wonderful! Doing everything my doctor

> told me to do...then on the following evening June 29th, I felt

> strong enough to take a shower on my own, slowly but surely, taking

> my pain med as instructed....every six hours...and after I got out of

> the bathroom and into my bedroom...I suddenly felt dizzy and decided

> to sit at the foot of my bed for a minute....luckily my 13 yr old son

> was in the room...and apparently I had fainted, hit my head strongly

> against a wooden TV Stand, and ended on the floor with my body

> looking like I had had an epileptic seizure. My son had to call

> 911...long story short...I was taken to the hospital by ambulance and

> to boot broke my ankle...I guess it could of been worse if I had

> still been standing. Anyway, WORD OF CAUTION...I was told my pain

> med with the shower was not a good combination....told after the

> fact. I was not aware....best to wait 4 hrs. after taking pain med

> before taking a shower!!!! Be careful...I would not want this to

> happen to anyone else. I am still wearing a brace and waiting 5 days

> before I go visit the Orthopaedic Doctor to see if I will be needing

> surgery. Again, please keep me in your prayers, so that no surgery

> will be needed...there is still hope. ita from El Paso, TX I

> will keep you posted....

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