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Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide

Posted by exquilter on August 26, 2006, at 14:33:00

In reply to Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide, posted by RN320 on August 26, 2006, at 9:01:31

Thanks for letting us know you are still with us. I'm sorry you are still hurting but this too will pass. I'm really happy to hear your Pdoc and T. are keeping a close eye on you. Head injuries can cause strange thinking for some time after they occur so they want to watch for delayed effects,hence Mussolini's ;-) visit. I know its hard to feel watched all the time, but I am quite frankly relieved to hear she is with you while you recover. It's better than the hospital isn't it? At least you can sleep in your own bed and the food is decent.
Please Keep posting when you can. You are in my thoughts and prayers

Exquilter

 

Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide » RN320

Posted by Phillipa on August 26, 2006, at 19:56:17

In reply to Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide, posted by RN320 on August 26, 2006, at 9:01:31

And I haven't answered your e-mail yet. I will later tonight. Love Phillipa

 

Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide » RN320

Posted by exquilter on August 30, 2006, at 14:30:38

In reply to Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide, posted by RN320 on August 26, 2006, at 9:01:31

How are you doing today? I'm hoping to hear from you soon, and that you are feeling a bit better.

Exquilter

 

Just Checking In

Posted by RN320 on August 31, 2006, at 23:30:28

In reply to Re: I'm the person having thought of suicide » RN320, posted by exquilter on August 30, 2006, at 14:30:38

Dear Exquilter-
I'm still here....head injury still a problem- took me out of cardiac rehab due to memory and balance problems. Kicked Mussolini out of the house on Monday (she was planning to stay yet another week and I just couldn't take it)and I tried to do it nicely but it ended up badly and for that I feel bad. My T says that based on her behavior it was time for her to go. Balance is off and have chronic headache- internist and pdoc say we need to give it a few weeks to try to resolve on its own before we do anything more. It just gets so discouraging- one minute the EMSAM is working, then my mood swings and now a major fall. I guess that the good news seems to be that I'm probably not able to be impulsive enough to harm myself with the addition of Klonopin and Tylenol#3 even though the suicidal ideation continues. All I really want to do is sleep. Thanks for caring. /m

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by exquilter on September 1, 2006, at 13:00:58

In reply to Just Checking In, posted by RN320 on August 31, 2006, at 23:30:28

Glad to hear from you and that you are OK (relatively). Give your body time to heal, feed it well, get the rest you need, but do something every day so you don't get down on yourself. It doesn't Have to be a big thing , even just getting up and dressed can count as can eating a healthy meal. Have you tried a cold pack for your aching head? It couldn't hurt, might help.

The SI can be dealt with even if you just remind yourself you can always do that later and focus on getting through now. It is a product of this illness, not your normal self.

Could you send your mother a thank you note and apologize for hurting her feelings? That doesn't say you were wrong to need your space. Just that you are sorry for the way the end of the visit went.

Nuff bossiness for now, Just one more question. Do you think the dizziness is due to the fall or the fall was due to the dizziness? Could one of your meds be making it worse?

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In » exquilter

Posted by RN320 on September 1, 2006, at 16:35:11

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by exquilter on September 1, 2006, at 13:00:58

My Mother's got about 20 notes from me over the years, so that might not have much meaning. When dealing with her in any situation that might bring tension we always try the "nice" way first but it always comes to the other way until it gets handled. My T says she's 81 and not going to change, but at the same time I have to do things that are more healthy for me. She's just lost her only living sister........got to give her points for that.....and for putting up with me for over a week........maybe a large plant would do for this one! Good idea- thanks!

I'm trying to do things every day, but finding it really hard. My short term memory on some things really stinks, and my balance is off. I know that I probably shouldn't be driving, but I'm staying off of freeways and sticking close to home. Today, bathing is going to be the big activity..... My BP dropped to 82/38 this week and so my antihypertensives got cut in 1/4. The other drug, which has antihypertensive effects is also used to manage/prevent further heart failure so I need to stay on it. I was so afraid that my pdoc was going to back off of the EMSAM (I'm at 9mg) but he said that we should just watch and see what happens over the next couple of weeks- I have to see him weekly anyway until this head injury thing is resolved. In answer to your question about what I think caused the fall- I have absolutely no idea. I always feel a little lightheaded in the morning, but never enough to pass out. Sometimes with the beta blockers my heart rate will go into the 30's, so I guess that's a possibility. The hypotension caused probably from a combination of factors is most likely the cause as far as I'm concerned. And then there's the fact that I'm a new onset diabetic, and at that time I wasn't checking my bloodsugar, so who knows??!!

What I do know was that my stairwell looked like a major crime had been committed there. Thank God for my wonderful neighbors who got out the Soft Scrub and had all the blood and scuff marks, etc cleaned off by the time my mom saw it. It looks like I really tried to break my fall since I actually pulled up pieces of the wooden molding, trying to hold on. So I can't have been completely unconscious. Getting the blood out of the carpeting at the end of the stairs is another story, however........

My cardiologist looked at the hospital records and was really toasted that there seemed to be no attempt on their part to find out what actually happened. It's like one minute I'm in CT, the next I'm on my way to an observation bed and then all of a sudden they're doing CPR on me and I'm off to ICU. Seen by a neurologist (who discharged me by phone the next day, which is pretty unbelieveable). My cardiologist felt strongly that if I had my own Primary Care Physician that this wouldn't have happened. Well, if that's the reason then it won't be happening again since I just found a PCP this past Monday and like her really well. She knows my pdoc and treated me like a person, not like a crazy person if you know what I mean! Turns out that she knows my immunologist, cardiologist , therapist and pdoc and they all like each other and have actually talked to each other about me this week.

Thank you for your concern about me, Exquilter. It is most appreciated. /m

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by finelinebob on September 1, 2006, at 18:29:26

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by RN320 on September 1, 2006, at 16:35:11

> Turns out that she knows my immunologist, cardiologist , therapist and pdoc and they all like each other and have actually talked to each other about me this week.

That's wonderful! I found my T through my PCP, my PDoc through my T, and my PDoc and PCP know each other fairly well, too. It's a good feeling when you know they all know and respect each other, and it gives you the feeling you'll be taken care of better for it.

Glad to hear you're making progress. =^)

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by exquilter on September 4, 2006, at 19:42:00

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by RN320 on September 1, 2006, at 16:35:11

Dear RN-

Glad to hear you are going to a PCP. Having someone who can co-ordinate all your different specialists is valuable. And if you need to be seen in a hurry a call from her may have better results than you might get yourself. Its even better that you feel comfortable with her.

I just tripped and fell myself, but all I did was land hard on my knees and left side. Glad the basement floor is carpeted, but my fibromyalgia is really going to be kicked up now and I'm going to travel on Wednesday. Sure wish I wasn't so clumsy!!!

It sounds like a really bad fall you took. Sounds like they dropped the ball at the hospital too, both by not checking for possible causes for the fall and perhaps by releasing you too soon. Did they explain to you why CPR was neccessary? Seems strange they let you go home so soon after that much trauma. Well, I guess all I really know I learned from TV, so enough second guessing. I hope you continue to heal and are very careful, not to mention treating yourself as kindly as you would a friend who was hurting.

Empathetically yours,
Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In » exquilter

Posted by RN320 on September 4, 2006, at 20:23:56

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by exquilter on September 4, 2006, at 19:42:00

> Dear RN-
>
> Glad to hear you are going to a PCP. Having someone who can co-ordinate all your different specialists is valuable. And if you need to be seen in a hurry a call from her may have better results than you might get yourself. Its even better that you feel comfortable with her.
>
> I just tripped and fell myself, but all I did was land hard on my knees and left side. Glad the basement floor is carpeted, but my fibromyalgia is really going to be kicked up now and I'm going to travel on Wednesday. Sure wish I wasn't so clumsy!!!
>
> It sounds like a really bad fall you took. Sounds like they dropped the ball at the hospital too, both by not checking for possible causes for the fall and perhaps by releasing you too soon. Did they explain to you why CPR was neccessary? Seems strange they let you go home so soon after that much trauma. Well, I guess all I really know I learned from TV, so enough second guessing. I hope you continue to heal and are very careful, not to mention treating yourself as kindly as you would a friend who was hurting.
>
> Empathetically yours,
> Exquilter

Exquilter-
So sorry to hear about your fall.....glad your injuries don't sound major, but it sounds like you're going to be paying for them in the days to come. I don't know alot about fibromyalgia other than it can be very painful, so I'm sure that these injuries are going to make things more difficult for you.
I'm so glad to be out of that hospital, but I agree that I was probably released too soon. No one ever adequately gave me an explanation as to why they did CPR on me, but at the time I know they thought it was the real thing because the chaplain was called to speak with my family, etc. I have my own theory of why a ten ton gorilla pounded on my chest.........first- I take beta blockers and sometimes my heart rate can run in the 30's.....also a problem with severe head injuries. Second- I'm on antihypertensives as well as EMSAM 9mg and just that week had a pressure of 86/40 so I figured maybe that got a little lower, and the third thing is that I was probably shallow breathing- another thing that happens with severe head injuries. I think that they panicked and really thought that I was crashing at the time. I'll do just about anything to believe that I did NOT have a cardiac arrest at my age!!!! It's just not my style. At least the bruises are starting to heal. My cardiologist remains frosted that they never even looked for a reason that this happened....the whole focus was on getting me out. Her theory is that because at the time I had no PCP, no one wanted to deal with me because they might end up having to actually DO something that's out of their specialty because there's no one to turf it to. That's why she thinks that the neurologist discharged me home over the phone having only seen me once, and that the house officer also discharged me without seeing me even though I had been in an ICU bed 12 hours earlier. It makes sense, but it still stinks if that's the case.
Health care (it seems) has gotten so "managed care oriented" which has birthed the concept of the PCP. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing....it's just that I think they are taking it a bit far. I've still got a massive headache and balance problems but my face and leg are starting to look better. I guess I'm losing that quasimoto look. I'm looking better.....I'm more active, doing more, interacting more with people...yet why do I continue to feel so bad and have the SI? I started getting out documents that I had prepared about a year ago and revised them.....all having to do with my death. And I felt perfectly comfortable doing it. I've done a couple of impulsive things lately- nothing big, but I'm just not an impulsive person- at least I never used to be......and it makes me wonder if this is how it's going to happen? Just an impulsive act after all the planning that went into it. Just makes no sense to me.

Took your advice and got my mom a card and also took a big bouquet of flowers, which went over very well. But I think that the best thing for her was that I came over and visited and listened, and listened, and listened.........I heard the story for the first time about how they thought I was going to die in the hospital and how scared they were. Anyway, I think we're all happy now........which is really how I want it.

SAfe travels to you on Wednesday, Exquilter. Rest when you can. /m

 

Re: Just Checking In » RN320

Posted by exquilter on September 5, 2006, at 14:52:16

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by RN320 on September 4, 2006, at 20:23:56

I'm not as sore today as I feared, thank goodness. I've got a colorful leg but that seems to be about it. My balance seems to be off too. I'm not sure why...

I won't be posting for the next week or so but will probably read every once in a while, so keep in touch. I'll be thinking about you.

Please keep reminding yourself that just due to the head injury, you should not make any life altering decisions right now. I know what its like to have chronic headache (I get migraines)and its really miserable but hang in there. Complain to your Dr. if they don't show signs of improving soon. I'm glad to hear your bruises etc. are healing, and that you are doing a litte something each day. Also glad you made up with your Mom. It must have made you both feel better.

Have you seriously discussed the SI with your pdoc? I have found that adding just 5mg of Abilify has completely gotten rid of that symptom for me. There are things that can help if you can just have the courage to keep trying.

Thanks for answering all my nosey questions.

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In » exquilter

Posted by RN320 on September 5, 2006, at 15:16:39

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » RN320, posted by exquilter on September 5, 2006, at 14:52:16

My pdoc and therapist are very aware of the SI, and I think that they're both concerned in their own ways. No one wants to put me in the hospital because if anything I regress when I'm in there. So, they see me weekly if not more often when I'm going through one of these periods. I try to be as honest as I can with them both but not as to seem like a drama queen.I did try Abilify a couple of years ago when it first came out and it did nothing for me. The combination of Geodon and Seroquel seem to work the best for me- until something better comes along. I think what I could benefit for the most right now is some sleep....the headache has been so bad that I haven't even slept with the seroquel and klonopin the last few nights. Today my internist noticed a difference from lack of sleep and gave me Tylenol #4- 2 every 4 hours, so that along with the klonopin is really sedating me. Haven't actually slept yet but feel like I'm headed there. Will be seeing a neurologist this Thursday for further evaluation of my head, balance, etc. This is where the value of my PCP really shone through today.....I called to make an appt with the neurologist and the first available appt is October 4th. No negotiations with the little snot on the other end of the phone. I called my internist to ask if she wanted me to wait that long and she said "I'll take care of it" and within 15 minutes I had an appt for this Thursday! Go figure!

Rest well this week. Glad to hear that things aren't quite as bad as you thought that they might be. Try to have a good week. Thanks for your concern about me.......try not to worry about me though, as I feel that I probably fall into one of those "chronic nut case" categories.
/m

 

Re: Just Checking In » RN320

Posted by exquilter on September 13, 2006, at 19:56:06

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by RN320 on September 5, 2006, at 15:16:39

I'm back, had a nice time w/ family. Pain was not bad except for my feet. I was quite pleased with myself because I walked in all the airports instead of taking the electric carts. My Mom died in December and I missed her more this trip than the last couple times I was home. But I didn't feel devastated by grief or even tearful, just a little lonely for her.

What did the Dr. say about your headaches? Can they help you with them? I hope you are feeling better.

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by RN320 on September 13, 2006, at 20:31:39

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » RN320, posted by exquilter on September 13, 2006, at 19:56:06

I'm so glad that you had a nice trip this week and that walking was easier than you thought it would be. It's always a nice surprise when things like that happen, isn't it? Sorry about your Mom.....it's been 14 1/2 years since my dad died and I've never gotten over the grief....they say it comes in waves. My Dad was my best buddy. Sounds like you've dealt with the death in your immediate family much better than me, I don't think that grief-work is ever entirely done, but it improves or moves to different levels like for you (or becomes something that I totally avoid like me because it's just too painful.)
Thanks for asking about my head. I got started on Topomax 25mg and until that works I am supplementing with Tylenol #4s, 2 in the am when I don't have to drive anywhere, and 2 at bedtime. The neurologist (who I wasn't crazy about anyway) got into a conflict with my pdoc and therapist- both who feel that neuro-psych testing would be useless right now with the major depressive disorder with some psychotic features diagnosis along with the closed head injury.....that there would be too much (I can't remember the word they used, but it was something like interference or false positives). So, now the neurologist got his shorts in a knot and said that he doesn't need to see me back and he's the one who put me on the Topomax. So I ask my therapist the other day how long it should be before the topomax kicks in since I'm getting absolutely no effect, and he asks about the dose and laughs and says "you'll probably feel something around 175-200 if not more". So I guess this one goes to the internist since she sent me to the neurologist in the first place. I can't see taking something in such small amounts (especially something that your insurance isn't paying for)if you need to go up 10x to get me some relief......and everyone's worried about getting dependent on Tylenol#4's!!!!! I guess this is why they call it the "practice " of medicine, huh??!!
Glad you got home safely. Thank you for thinking of me. I'm so discouraged with the CHI signs that remain and finding out that they may be here for quite awhile (balance, speech, headache, etc) They're talking about doing some EP studies to see if it was a cardiac event that made me fall at home and then caused the "code" event in the hospital. I think that it would be nice to know what happened. Take care. /m

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by exquilter on September 13, 2006, at 22:59:09

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by RN320 on September 13, 2006, at 20:31:39

EP studies? Not sure what that means, but I agree wholeheartedly that it would be very useful to know what went on that day to cause you so much trouble.

I've seen several neurologists over the years and only one was much help at all. I hope the Topomax will work for you. The narcotics have their problems and are not a good long term solution for your poor aching head. My sister has been taking it for migraines but is having better luck with acupuncture.

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by exquilter on September 20, 2006, at 19:44:04

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by RN320 on September 13, 2006, at 20:31:39

Dear /m

Are you still with us? How are you doing?

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In » exquilter

Posted by Phillipa on September 20, 2006, at 20:58:13

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by exquilter on September 20, 2006, at 19:44:04

Is she doesn't see it I'm e-mailing with her. I'm sure if you babblemail your address she'll send hers. Love Phillipa

 

Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa

Posted by exquilter on September 20, 2006, at 23:19:18

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by Phillipa on September 20, 2006, at 20:58:13

I'm glad to hear you are in touch with her. I don't understand how babblemail works, so I would be grateful if you could encourage her to post when she feels up to it.

I'm also sorry to hear you are feeling so down right now. ((Phillipa))

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In » exquilter

Posted by Phillipa on September 20, 2006, at 23:27:07

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa, posted by exquilter on September 20, 2006, at 23:19:18

Thanks how did you know I'm down really down? Love Phillipa ps I have an e-mail from her to answer tomorrow. Bed now and she's getting lots of tests. That's all I can say but not you know what.

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by RN320 on September 21, 2006, at 8:28:40

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by exquilter on September 20, 2006, at 19:44:04

Hi Exquilter-
Yes, I'm still here.....thanks so much for caring. It's been a rough week- as Phillipa alluded to, I'm going through a lot of testing right now- ever since the fall no one's smiling amoungst my physicians, and my new PCP must think that she's inherited the patient from, well, you know! I'm getting turned upside down to see if they can find the reason for the big fall and now there's a second one (not near any stairs, with no injuries.....I jut went out on my family room floor- literally). So now the workup is going on between neuro and cardiology.
I still have a horrible headache, and my pdoc took me off of the Topomax that the neurologist prescribed because it was doing nothing for 2 weeks and my insurance doesn't cover this drug for some reason and there's no generic, so of course it's expensive. My pdoc said that it would have worked if it was going to work by now, and said he didn't like me on it anyway because it can cause cognitive s/e (he referred to it as "getting the stupids") and he didn't like the mix with my other meds. The neurologist wanted me to have NeuroPsych testing to see if I have any permanent damage from the fall. Both my Pdoc and Therapist are against that because they say it will be useless with the major depressive disorder and the psychotic features and the meds that I'm on. The PCP really likes the neurologist (I didn't care for him, as he did as so many do- he judged me based on my meds as a nut case to begin with, almost like from the moment he walked through his door he treated me like a "typical nutcase".......you know how you can just tell when someone's doing that to you?) My PCP says I was just being overly sensitive, but this has happened to me so many times I know the feeling. The PCP supports the neurologist on getting the neuro-psych testing done (which so far the places they referred me to don't participate in Medicare and it's outrageously expensive because it takes several hours of a neuropsych's time). My Pdoc and Therapist have said "no" emphatically. My PCP wants my Pdoc to put me back on the Topomax, doesn't understand "why he can't accomodate this drug by maybe moving some of your other meds around" (this poor woman has no idea that it's taken 5 years to get where I am, so it's not an easy thing to do)- my Pdoc has dug his heels in and said "no" again. So it looks like she's going to need to mediate between the neurologist and my Pdoc, who aren't playing nicely together in the sandbox..........I'm removing myself from it. I am now seeing the benefits of having gotten a PCP. Who in the world would want to be one.
As Phillipa mentioned, she and I have been communicating via our own personal e-mails. I don't know how to do this......she's the expert. If you're interested in doing that, I'm sure that she'd help. She's so sweet.......you are to, to be concerned and supportive yet anonymous. Until I started reading Dr. Bob's message board a couple of months ago, I had never had an experience like this, and it's been good.

Maybe you can help me with this one- pain threshold. I know that pain tolerance is an individual thing. I used to believe that I had really high pain tolerance- almost abnormally high- eg.- walked around (working, airline travel a few days a week, in heels, dragging a briefcase with laptop)with a ruptured and completely dessicated L4/L5 disk. I had complete compression of the sciatic nerve and had sciatic pain for 6 months and never took more than Motrin. No one knew that I never had a period of time where I could sit or lay for more than 2 hours for 6 long months. I finally went and got the myelogram when my leg started giving out in jetways, and when I couldn't sit in airline seats (when the FAA said sit I couldn't always and it was getting me into trouble). They never finished the myelogram because the sciatic nerve was so badly compressed that the dye wouldn't even track. The radiologist wanted to know how long I'd been disabled and was stunned when I told him I'd never missed a day of work. I felt pretty good in the recovery room. Required very few pain meds. Same with my hysterectomy from a pain perspective- required few drugs. So when I say I'm in pain, people who know me tend to cringe. My head feels like someone hit me over the right side with a baseball bat and gave the left a little whack just for the sake of posterity. I am in pain. My pdoc, who I really like, is very "old school" relative to prescribing pain meds, thus is pretty insensitive to me saying "I'm in pain". He didn't know me before when I leaped tall buildings! My PCP has given me Tylenol #4 and I take 2 at a time, but they don't want me taking any more than twice a day because they're allegedly so strong. I've got news....they don't work. I know that they're very limited with pain meds that can be used with the EMSAM (no darvon, ultram, toradol, demerol- those I konw for sure, and they're all weaker than Tylenol #4's anyway so who cares?). My PCP says she doesn't want to go to Vicodin (I've never had it before, so I don't know if it would work.) To me, that's also an insensitive response to management of a patient's pain. These days, all hospitals are required to document how they assess and treat patients for pain and it seems that in my case no one has stepped into the 21st century. Either they're insensitive or for some reason I've turned into a big baby since the depression. If they want to say that this is "all in my head", they're right.....MY HEAD IS KILLING ME. It's hard to fight impulses to take 4 of them at a time to see if they work at THAT level. I'm really at my wits end on this. My Therapist says they're all behaving like a bunch of knuckleheads. Do you have a perspective to share? Gotta go- more testing.
/m

 

Re: Just Checking In » exquilter

Posted by Phillipa on September 21, 2006, at 20:17:45

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa, posted by exquilter on September 20, 2006, at 23:19:18

If you want help in babblemail I guess it's okay to give you the address but your's is not on. So click my name in blue and that will bring you to babblemail and you can send me a e-mail of sorts. If you want you'rs on go to the registration page and click yes I want babblemail and then your name will be in blue. Love Phillipa

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by exquilter on September 22, 2006, at 22:14:23

In reply to Re: Just Checking In, posted by RN320 on September 21, 2006, at 8:28:40

Dear /m,

I'm so sorry you are hurting. Pain and I are constant companions, at least for the last decade or so. I, too, had a pretty high pain threshold (unmedicated childbirth for example) but have discovered that pain and depression have a symbiotic relationship. One feeds off the other. I take Vicodin sparingly when I can't just sit and baby my back or neck or head or...

I take Neurontin for the nerve pain in my arms and shoulders, and Depakote and Maxalt for migraines. I use heat and cold for muscle pain, as well as massage for my fibromyalgia. Physical therapy has been effective for the various kinds of tendinitis I'm prone to. I can't afford accupuncture or I would try that too. My sister is having good results with it for her intractable headaches.

I think that you need to be careful about rebound headache with the pain medications you take. They not only lose effectiveness when taken regularly, withdrawal as they leave your system may actually cause headache. That said, you need to make it very clear that constant pain makes your mood worse. Ask about other adjunctive meds or maybe P.T. rather than requesting ones they may be worried about giving you based on your state of mind.

I'm trying to get babblemail turned on but have no clue what my password was. I am easily confused by this stuff and it keeps telling me my new confirmation # for changing my password is in error. I may have to morph into someone new and reregister to make it work. Phillipa is indeed a sweetie but I'm still befuddled by the process in spite of her kind efforts to help.

I hope your PCP is able to help your other docs to play nicely together. If not, you might need to think about getting a second neuro opinion. You seem to feel comfortable with the others so that is what I would give serious thought to doing. His care seems to have been less than optimal from the beginning if he is the same one who released you without seeing again you when you were in the hospital.

Finally, DO NOT exceed the Tylenol 4 dosage. The Tylenol is hard on your liver, and you need to be able to take your regular meds which require normal liver function to work properly.

Lecture over, class dismissed, and keep me posted.

Exquilter

 

Re: see my note above, please (nm) » Phillipa

Posted by exquilter on September 22, 2006, at 22:16:56

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by Phillipa on September 21, 2006, at 20:17:45

 

Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa

Posted by Phillipa on September 22, 2006, at 22:21:45

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » exquilter, posted by Phillipa on September 21, 2006, at 20:17:45

Click my name in blue and babblemail me please. See it where you go to post to me? Love Phillipa

 

Re: Just Checking In

Posted by exquilter on September 23, 2006, at 13:44:46

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa, posted by Phillipa on September 22, 2006, at 22:21:45

I tried that, It just tells me my babblemail is not turned on.

Exquilter

 

Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa

Posted by exquilter on September 23, 2006, at 13:54:52

In reply to Re: Just Checking In » Phillipa, posted by Phillipa on September 22, 2006, at 22:21:45

Think I've got it working now. Thanks Phillipa!


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