Guest guest Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Sherrie- Try to get yourself in a mindset and physical shape for the replacement. Its a mountain of mental and physical stress pre and post op. Keep your chin up and know I will be thinking of you in the months ahead. Most of all, try to keep in the forefront of your mind that the severe loss of quality of life is what spurs us to have surgery like this. If our days are limitless, but we are unable to move or interact with the world, life really isnt worth living. You are doing the utmost to keep yourself mobile and keep your quality of life. You are a brave and strong woman. Persevere and you will be rewarded in the end. Its hard to think our bodies are crumbling and cannot hold our weight any longer, so we have to re scafold them. We live so carelessly, doing everything and living life to its fullest and then suddenly we are stopped dead in our tracks. Some people never have to deal with this, and others have nothing but. Blessings, Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Well said!dbargad@... wrote: Sherrie- Try to get yourself in a mindset and physical shape for the replacement. Its a mountain of mental and physical stress pre and post op. Keep your chin up and know I will be thinking of you in the months ahead. Most of all, try to keep in the forefront of your mind that the severe loss of quality of life is what spurs us to have surgery like this. If our days are limitless, but we are unable to move or interact with the world, life really isnt worth living. You are doing the utmost to keep yourself mobile and keep your quality of life. You are a brave and strong woman. Persevere and you will be rewarded in the end. Its hard to think our bodies are crumbling and cannot hold our weight any longer, so we have to re scafold them. We live so carelessly, doing everything and living life to its fullest and then suddenly we are stopped dead in our tracks. Some people never have to deal with this, and others have nothing but. Blessings, Deborah for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Deborah Thank you for what you have said it was very well put and very truefull I will prepear myself for it and do just what they tell me what to do as I am a little scared about it all but you have helped Sherrie > > Sherrie- Try to get yourself in a mindset and physical shape for the > replacement. Its a mountain of mental and physical stress pre and post op. Keep your > chin up and know I will be thinking of you in the months ahead. Most of all, > try to keep in the forefront of your mind that the severe loss of quality of > life is what spurs us to have surgery like this. If our days are limitless, > but we are unable to move or interact with the world, life really isnt worth > living. You are doing the utmost to keep yourself mobile and keep your quality > of life. You are a brave and strong woman. Persevere and you will be > rewarded in the end. Its hard to think our bodies are crumbling and cannot hold our > weight any longer, so we have to re scafold them. We live so carelessly, > doing everything and living life to its fullest and then suddenly we are stopped > dead in our tracks. Some people never have to deal with this, and others have > nothing but. Blessings, Deborah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 > > Are you or have you been on pred recently?? I have > massive bp troubles which they attribute to the evil > candy. Can you check your bp not at the doc's? White > coat hypertension is ++ common. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Hi Meg, I'm glad you're checking into your high blood pressure. I hope you don't have thyroid problems, but I think it's usually pretty easily treated with medication. I second what has to say about the prednisone though. If I remember right, you said you tapered off of prednisone in mid-January. Is that right? It's always possible that you are still suffering from withdrawal symptoms and other after effects even now. I posted about this a few weeks ago...I lost TONS and TONS of hair, had high blood pressure, and joint stiffness - all due to prednisone. Here's the link to that post in case you missed it earlier: /message/2487 My husband has high blood pressure which is easily managed by taking an ACE inhibitor called Lisinopril. The only side effects he has had from it is occasional dizziness when getting up too quickly. By the way...where did you get your blood work drawn? I used to go to Lab Corp near Norton Hospital, but they could NEVER get my veins. I started going to Baptist East Diagnostic Imaging Center in Middletown, and they did a better job...until my last blood draw. Once the lady inserted the needle and didn't get the vein immediately, she continued to dig and dig, deeper and deeper into my arm with the needle. This was after I had warned her that I was a hard stick, that I typically needed a butterfly, and that I hated digging! Ugh! I have never had such a painful blood draw! Keep us posted on what you find out. Best wishes, , 32, Louisville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 I think we should just start calling prednisone the " evil candy " all the time. That's a perfect name! > > > > Are you or have you been on pred recently?? I have > > massive bp troubles which they attribute to the evil > > candy. Can you check your bp not at the doc's? White > > coat hypertension is ++ common. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 > > I think we should just start calling prednisone the " evil candy " all > the time. That's a perfect name! > > Agreed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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