AH>Hi, Daryl! Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:
Hi, Ardith...
AH> I suspected Janis might be your hub... and now that I've just got a
AH>recent message from you on our system I can see it from the PATH line.
Yep, Janis is my main FIDONet hub now. Her system was down for a time,
due to a power supply failure, but I think everything is working now.
AH> Go for it! That will make it easier for me to reply as well. :-))
Thank goodness I can type this, instead of writing it out...writers
cramp is a bear. And, my apologies in advance for the length of the
message.
First, in January, I had to go to the Emergency Room for a bout of
severe bronchitis. I took a nebulizer treatment, similar to what
asthmatics do on a daily basis, and they gave me strong antibiotics,
which took care of it, and I was better a week or so later. That bill
was under $100. With that nebulizer, I felt like I was "smoking an
Indian Peace Pipe".
Well, I guess my body felt that since my bills were all caught up, it
needed to visit the ER again . I had come down with severe
gastrointeritis (violent nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea)...and it was
going around. I don't get this very often, but it's like a bolt of
lightning when it hits...with very little warning.
I had 3 attacks at home, 1 in the ambulance, and 6 in the ER in under
3 hours. They ended up admitting me to the hospital for 5 days. I was in
such pain from convulsing from repeated vomiting, that they gave me a
strong pain medicine, which made me very groggy. I told them just to
undress me in the ER...especially since I had soiled the clothes and the
Depends. I have separate trash cans next to the toilet, as when I start
vomiting, I get diarrhea as well. Those cans are for vomitus only...and
thankfully, I don't have to use htem that often.
The ambulance bill is covered by this plan called MEMS-Alert. I pay
$75 a year, and it covers all emergency ambulance runs, which can easily
be close to $800!!
After I got to the room, the diet was NPO (nothing by mouth), except
for some ice chips (crushed ice...which is rare to find nowadays). It
took several massive doses of Zofarin to stop the vomiting.
Unfortunately, the intravenous feed (IV) they hooked up in the
ambulance decided to "infiltrate" itself 24 hours later, swelling my
left arm, and I lost all movement and feeling in the hand and the
fingers.
The thing was, I awoke at 12:50am in pain, and called the nurses
station, which was right next to my room.
Unfortunately, my nurse was tied up with another patient, and it was
2:05am before she showed up. They got the IV removed, and worked to get
the fluid out of my arm. But, because my veins like to collapse, hide,
roll over, etc. whenever they see needles or IV's, it took over 6 tries
to finally get a vein near the crook of my right elbow. Combine that
with them trying to draw blood out of the left arm, and it was like
being crucified!!
Then, I was so sore from the convulsions...not to mention having the
IV in my arm, that I had to call the nurse to clean me up, front and
back, after using the toilet. Now, having medical personnel
(especially females) see me nude, or cleaning up my genitals or buttocks
area doesn't bother me at all...it's the same as an adult changing their
child's diaper...and just another day at work for them. But, being
encumbered by the IV, and in such pain, I couldn't do it myself.
To make matters worse, with the crazy weather and temperature changes
around here, I've developed a persistent yeast infection/chafing/rash on
either side of the genitals, and in the buttocks crack area...which can
really sting at times, especially when I perspire heavily (I hate to
see what the summer heat will bring).
So, the nurses were putting cream and powder in both areas as well.
The weather can't seem to make up its mind around here, but we're into
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