SirW in hospital, good vibes, please?

[Red Sonja]

I dunno, hot pokers, branding and demon rape are probably some of the fetishes of innumerable people on this site.

Right... and all that fun goes away if we are forced to drink Zimas of any sort let alone warm. *Worst beverage ever next to dandelion and burdock diet soda* Seriously... I'm safewording on that one.

and LOL at Netzach was it by any chance an American Legion actually in northern Minnesota??? Or is it possible the location for liquor hell varies across space and time?

 

[satindesire]

OMG, I've been to Liquor Hell, it's this VFW somewhere I never knew the name of here....

They don't call me the Queen of Geeks for nothing. Just think of me as a font of information.

 

[satindesire]

Right... and all that fun goes away if we are forced to drink Zimas of any sort let alone warm. *Worst beverage ever next to dandelion and burdock diet soda* Seriously... I'm safewording on that one.

Well that's why it's different from 'plain ole' hell. Regular hell doesn't have warm zimas, just old reruns of Crossroads, cold tuna casserole and lots of the aforementioned demon rape/branding.

 

[Babyslave]

I dunno, hot pokers, branding and demon rape are probably some of the fetishes of innumerable people on this site.

Rubbing my hands together gleefully.

Okay. Maybe you have to spin the wheel - (20 or so types/categories/brands of hell?) when you get there and wherever it lands is that particular hell?

OMG, I've been to Liquor Hell, it's this VFW somewhere I never knew the name of here....

That sounds an awful like the one down the road. Shudder.

When I say a good scotch... single malt is to be implied!!

My apologies. I should have known. I didn't want to assume. You've got damn fine taste. Oh! So do I!

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Well that's why it's different from 'plain ole' hell. Regular hell doesn't have warm zimas, just old reruns of Crossroads, cold tuna casserole and lots of the aforementioned demon rape/branding.

Read el Dente's no sterno?

 

[Red Sonja]

Read el Dente's no sterno?

LOL... love that. It hurts so good.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

LOL... love that. It hurts so good.

Puns: the sadism of humor.

Or maybe, "humor."
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Hope you are coming along okay, SW. One day at a time.

 

[satindesire]

Read el Dente's no sterno?

The pun plus the new avatar made me all red in the face.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Okay, let's see if I can get through this coherently. While I was in the hospital with the stroke, I was continuing to have brief incidences of symptoms like, but less than, the stroke itself. I didn't tell anyone, because I thought that was normal, and no one had told me to tell them if I experienced such things. I kept having those little episodes (which I thought were TIAs {Transient Ischemic Attacks}) when I got out of the hospital. They had given me a stroke patient's info book, which I read through, but apparently, I may have skipped a page or two - the one that said to let my doctor know if I experienced any TIAs.

Thursday, we drove to "town" (180 miles, one way) to do a follow-up consult with the VA neurologist. When I told her about the apparent TIA experiences, she was concerned, and set up an MRI appointment for that afternoon. Got it done.

Friday early afternoon, one of those TIA-like episodes started up again, but this time, "harder" and longer, and, I'll admit, scary. I called VA, told them what was happening, and they said go back to the ER. Now. I did. VA decided they wanted me back in "town" for observation and more tests. Three hours + in an ambulance. Blech. Got there @ midnight, local time, into my hospital room a little after 2:00 a.m., lots of questions and stuff, and finally able to go to sleep @ 4:30. 6:00 a.m., breakfast tray. Had my control over my reactions been just a *teensy* bit less, I might have broken the person bringing it. I really hate hospitals, you know?

To shorten this - I'm tired - they ran another MRI. Next morning (Sunday), one of the doctors came in to tell me that there seems to be an eight-millimeter "mass" on the right side of my brain, in the temporal region, that gave indications that it was a metastasis from somewhere else. "So... a tumor?" "Perhaps." Now comes CT scans (chest, belly, pelvis), EEG, and about two quarts' worth of lab tests. All of this essentially comes out clean.

After a while, a neurosurgeon comes in to talk to me. After all the tests and reviewing the entire sequence of events with me, plus a couple of talks with others involved in the case, his recommendation is: go home for about three weeks and come back for (yet) another MRI. If the 8-mm something has shrunk, it's almost certainly an "artifact" from the original stroke, and has been causing the maybe-TIAs, and all should be well. If the something stays the same or grows, then it likely is a tumor, and we'll need to go for the biopsy to see if it's benign or malign. I'm rooting for the artifact concept, of course.

Oh, btw, this time around, after 52 years of slow suicide, I am no longer a smoker, as of 11/16. Something finally got my attention.

I'll let y'all know what's happening as or shortly after it does. In the meantime, thank you for being here.

 

[satindesire]

I'll let y'all know what's happening as or shortly after it does. In the meantime, thank you for being here.

Jeeesus.

*shakes head*

I'm praying for you, sweetheart.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Jeeesus.

*shakes head*

I'm praying for you, sweetheart.

Thank you. Over the past weeks, I have felt the strength so many of you have sent my way, and I greatly appreciate it; there have been some times when it was *greatly* needed.

 

[seela]

Your experience sounds truly scary! But I'm glad to hear you've quit smoking. Imagine how many new casinos are within your reach now - you can also go to the non-indian ones now.

I've spent my share of time in hospitals as well. The worst thing for me, though, always was that the nurses would waltz in in the morning and open the window. In summer it's ok, but in winter it's fuh-reeeeezing. I don't want to be woken up by a cold wind caressing my behind that's peeking through the hospital gown, if I haven't managed to wrap myself in a blanket completely.

Ok, I haven't actually worn that bottom baring hospital gown for a night ever. I always make them give me PJ's first thing after the surgery. Still, that winter breeze is freezing.

 

[Ropebunny]

Oh, btw, this time around, after 52 years of slow suicide, I am no longer a smoker, as of 11/16. Something finally got my attention.

I'll let y'all know what's happening as or shortly after it does. In the meantime, thank you for being here.

I'm keeping you in my thoughts and sending all the really good ones your way

And mega kudos on quitting smoking! I'm still a work in progress; it sure ain't easy is it?

 

[kiwi_submissive]

Thank you for keeping us updated, we really appreciate the updates. I cannot even begin to imagine how stressed and worried you are feeling at the moment.

I would offer to pray for you but some some reason I always get the opposite of what I pray for so to be on the safe side I am thinking of you and I will keep my eyes, legs, fingers and toes crossed for you.

And a word of advice.....don't text anyone if they give you morphine for anything. It's really not a great idea

 

[seela]

I would offer to pray for you but some some reason I always get the opposite of what I pray for so to be on the safe side I am thinking of you and I will keep my eyes, legs, fingers and toes crossed for you.

I'm no SirW, but I'm pretty sure he's not a fan of crossed legs.

 

[BeachMomma]

I'll let y'all know what's happening as or shortly after it does. In the meantime, thank you for being here.

Sir W, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

I do have a hint. Be kind to your nurses. They can out-dom you 10:1 without even trying. Don't forget; they get to choose the size of your IV needle.

Get well soon!

 

[Babyslave]

Thank you for the update, Sir W. Know that many here are sending their thoughts and prayers and really awesome positive vibes your way. I may have been away for a while, but I know for a fact that you, yes YOU are liked, loved, respected and adored by many here and we're all behind you.

Try to rest as best you can and keep in touch when you can.

kisses and hugs.

 

[eastern sun]

 

[Sir_Winston54]

seela's right about the crossed legs, k_s. You ought to have already known that, lol! BeachMomma, I always try to be nice to nurses and aides and the food service people. Docs are pretty much on their own, though.

Everyone else, thank you - again. I'm on an iPad, which is not my preferred mode of communication. I'll do better at responses and updates when I get back home, sometime this afternoon. (We stayed at a motel after escap... I mean, getting released, because I was tired enough that I probably wouldn't have wanted to drive, and she was tired enough that she wouldn't have wanted to drive all the way by herself.)

So... that's probably it from me until we've gotten home, unloaded the car, greeted the cats and kittens, etc., etc. Depending on how tiring the drive is, maybe this evening, maybe tomorrow morning. In the meantime, thanks to everyone again, and I you.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Big hugs and lots of healing heading your way. Please take good care of you!

 

[DVS]

seela's right about the crossed legs, k_s. You ought to have already known that, lol! BeachMomma, I always try to be nice to nurses and aides and the food service people. Docs are pretty much on their own, though.

Everyone else, thank you - again. I'm on an iPad, which is not my preferred mode of communication. I'll do better at responses and updates when I get back home, sometime this afternoon. (We stayed at a motel after escap... I mean, getting released, because I was tired enough that I probably wouldn't have wanted to drive, and she was tired enough that she wouldn't have wanted to drive all the way by herself.)

So... that's probably it from me until we've gotten home, unloaded the car, greeted the cats and kittens, etc., etc. Depending on how tiring the drive is, maybe this evening, maybe tomorrow morning. In the meantime, thanks to everyone again, and I you.

Getting home and playing with the cats and kittens will make you feel better. It would me. Still, I know the whole deal sucks.

 

[BeachMomma]

seela's right about the crossed legs, k_s. You ought to have already known that, lol! BeachMomma, I always try to be nice to nurses and aides and the food service people. Docs are pretty much on their own, though.

Everyone else, thank you - again. I'm on an iPad, which is not my preferred mode of communication. I'll do better at responses and updates when I get back home, sometime this afternoon. (We stayed at a motel after escap... I mean, getting released, because I was tired enough that I probably wouldn't have wanted to drive, and she was tired enough that she wouldn't have wanted to drive all the way by herself.

Funny, nurses say the same thing about doctors!

Whenever I go to discharge a patient, I ask them if they're ready for me to break them out of jail. Oddly enough, few people argue the point. I don't understand why. We're so friendly and so much fun; I don't know why people don't want to hang out with us!

I'm glad you're out and will be home soon. Kitty snuggles are among the best medicine. They'll have you feeling better in no time.

 

[Velvet Bubbles]

Hug the kitties some more just for me? I miss having kitties. And we love you too! I'm over the moon that you've given up on those coffin nails. Now if we can just help you stick to it ...

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

SW, this is where you usually beam good wishes.

So my power ring of good vibes is turned to double strength.



"A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles."

- Tim Cahill

 

[gypsy*seer]

WOW, Deeege...awsome!

From me,
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr260/Angelina1963/forSW.jpg

A kitty to keep you smiling!