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Off-Topic => Other Severe Medical Conditions => Topic started by: Bajanne on March 14, 2007, 08:22:31 PM
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Because of all that we have been going through, I haven't really shared what is going on with me right now. For more than 3 weeks, I have had this absolutely horrible cough. I had an X-ray which ruled out pneumonia, but they thought it could be bronchitis. Twice I have had to go to Emergency and be nebulized, each time more than once.
The last time I went to Emergency was Sunday morning at 2.00 a.m. I just had not been able to sleep the entire night, and it wasn't because of the coughing. It was the noise in my chest! I had to be nebulized twice, and was given an injection, and antibiotics. I am doing much better now. The coughing is much less frequent and not quite so horrible in sound (but still a little horrible).
One of the nurses told me that the nephrologist said that it is viral (I HATE THAT WORD!!).
My big problem is that the doctor in the ER told me that I was not to use a fan or A/C!!! My nights are now very restless. I sleep in one room, then wake up, finding it too warm. I then go to another and sleep for a while. and so on and so on....
But I am doing much better.
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I am glad you are feeling better. Take care of youself! :)
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Bajanne I hope you get over this infection soon, i know you have to be miserable, I'll be saying an extra prayer tonight for you.
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:'( So sorry to hear of your illness, Bajanne, certainly hope you are soon well again! ;) That must be very miserable to try to rest without the comfort of air movement and coolness! :thumbdown; Be thinking of you, my friend. :cuddle; Anja
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:grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug;
I hope you feel better soon!
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Hope you feel better soon , i feel for you not being able to use a fan or a/c , our nights are still warm also. :cuddle;
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Sorry to hear it bajanne, will keep you in prayer.
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Heres in hope that you Get Well Soon.
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Thinking of you... take care.
:waving;
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Bajanne, sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Hope today is better for you, Kelli
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I am sorry to hear that you have been so miserable. March hasn't been a very good month. Take care, rest and know that many are praying for you.
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Bajanne, i hope by the time you read this you are feeling better and you have been able to get some sleep in. Please keep us posted and let us know how your doing. You have us all worried and all of our prayers are with you girlfriend... Love ya :cuddle;
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Thanks so much for your caring thoughts and prayers. I am doing much better. I think I am getting a bit accustomed to the lack of a fan. [I do cheat a bit. I can't stop my staffroom from being air-conditioned, can I?] My cough is definitely better, though not all gone.
Thank you so much. There is such a feeling of warmth (the good kind!) that comes from this community.
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Glad to hear you are feeling better bajanne!
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Bajanne:
I am happy to hear that you are doing better, I will send some cool Canadian winds your way to keep you cool. :)
Kim
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good to hear you are feeling better!
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Glad you are getting better please keep us up to date. :2thumbsup;
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Believe in the power of prayer, thats what i always say ;) So glad to hear your doing better Bajanne, hope you are ALL better soon :cuddle;
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Glad you are feelling better.
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I was doing better, and feeling great about it. All of a sudden I turn hoarse and the coughing regains strength. They check my lungs each dialysis session and say that the wheezing is almost gone. But when they hear my cough!!!!
The nephrologist has scheduled me for a battery of tests, which I will probably have on Monday and Tuesday.
Please continue to have me in your thoughts and prayers. I would love to get rid of all of this.
Added to my condition, my jeep has been going through some problems with overheating. Now they say that something is wrong with my engine head and I have to have that fixed.
Some days ago my grandson told me "Grandma, the jeep need fixing, just like you?"
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Bajanne, I am so sorry to hear you are still not feeling well, i thought you'd be better by now, thank you for updating us. You better believe you will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please let us know what the result of the tests are once you get them and what they plan on doing for you to get you better. I am sure there may be "lurkers" here that might be going through the same problem but just havent came forward and posted about them. I wish you Godspeed my friend, I love you bunches and i need you to get better so when i take my cruise to Barbados you can give me a personal tour of that beautiful island. :)
As for your jeep, i hope you get whatever problems wrong with it resolved so you can have dependable transportation to and from dialysis, i dont want ANY excuses for you not to go young lady ;) Get Well Soon my friend :cuddle;
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Jeep engines are known to get carboned up in the intake manifold. Don't worry to much it's normal and it's not too expensive if thats what it is.
I hope your health gets better soon, please take care of yourself.
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:grouphug; Here's hoping that you get better real quick, Bajanne! Take care and don't worry too much about it all and the jeep, somehow things have a way of working out~~~
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Bajanne, update please. How are you feeling?
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I am not doing too badly, but the cough is still there. I didn't get the tests today. I am embarrassed to say why, but here goes - I have misplaced my wallet with my insurance card. No money was in it, but all my important cards! I will have to go to the insurance company and get a letter so those tests wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg.
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Oh, Bajanne, it takes a big person to admit to misplacing anything! ( It seems to be one of my new hobbies, misplacing that is, not admitting to it...) Sure hope your wallet shows up soon ~ hey, have you asked Christopher where it might be? Never know about those little sweetheart thieves ! :-X You've got to get those tests! Do you sound like a seal when you cough? :o That is not a good sound to come from a person ~ someone may throw you a fish! ;D :clap;
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:beer1; here's to quick recovery of that wallet.
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Well, I did get my battery of tests. And Anja, you hit the nail on the head! I do have a sound like a seal! (And I don't like raw fish!) Nothing has changed really. I don't feel at all bad. Right now it is just the cough. Two of the tests I have had are for sarcoidosis (first time I ever heard of that), and tuberculosis (scary!)
I have the gross task of collecting sputum, as they call it. Three containers, once every three days. So I will take in the three containers on Thursday to the lab, and then I will go over to the public clinic to find out if I have TB (they did was was called a Mantoux test).
Still haven't found my wallet. However, coincidentally, the last time I used my driver's licence (a convenient ID card) I forgot to put it back in my wallet and so it was in my hand bag. At least one card I will not have to replace.
The jeep is still down. A friend wants to do it without going to a garage where they will charge an arm and a leg, and is waiting until a friend comes with tools for them to take out the head and take it to the machinery place to get fixed.
Thank goodness, I am on holiday. I would have had a difficult time with all the tests and the jeep being down.
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So glad you got the tests run! Bet you are on pins and needles! I know I am keeping my fingers crossed for you that you do not have T.B. or anything that drastic! It is truly great to have such good friends willing to help out with your jeep! Yes, good you are on holiday! Don't sweat the small stuff, those cards from your wallet can be replaced, even though it may be an inconvenience. Take care of you! :grouphug;
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I hope your tests come back and it's nothing more than an infection. Hopefully it will go away soon. The jeep well i hope your friends know what they are doing because it's awesome that they are willing to help. Here's praying that everything will soon pass and become normal again, whatever normal is.
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Dear Bajanne,
Thinking about you all the time!
Hope you're better soon girlfriend! :cuddle;
Take care!
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I hope you test comes back ok.
I hope your better soon.
Amanda xxoo
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Glad to hear you had those test Bajanne, and that you are feeling better as well. :2thumbsup;
Were there any credit cards? Did you call them to cancel them? I hope they do turn up though, just recently my mom lost her little credit card holder and low and behold it was in my purse :P She must've slipped it in there without me noticing (eh, cards were all maxed out anyways) :P j/k.
I hope your friends are able to fix your car, i am sure that will save you some $$$ by letting them do it. Take care Bajanne and please keep us informed, you'll be in my thoughts and prayers my friend :cuddle;
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Bajanne you should have a great deal of time to help with the story on here. Hehehehe! I hope you are feeling better.
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HALLELUJAH!!!!! The tuberculosis test came back. It was negative!! Which is POSITIVE!! However, I had a call on my answering machine from another of the laboratories, telling me I have to come back on Saturday and get another set of containers as the specimens I gave were not adequate. If they only knew how I felt spitting up in those containers! I didn't even want to look at them! Now I have to do it all over again. Three days!!
Praise the Lord! Found my wallet!! It had fallen down between a couch at a home where I fellowship on the Lord's Day!!!
I still feel very well. It is just the awful cough. I also had the best dialysis session ever yesterday. The room was freezing cold!! I slept for the entire time - just opening my eyes once or twice to see how much more time I had, and then back to sleep. It was so cold, I asked for a sheet, but they had no fresh ones. I didn't mind too much - just my hands were cold, so I held my lines and went back to sleep!
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That is great new Bajanne, :clap; Thank you Jesus. and thank you Jesus for leading her to her wallet. :cuddle;
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Glad you found your wallet! :thumbup;
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Hi Bajanne, Just checking in to see how you are feeling these days? Do you still have that persistent cough? I hope it is easing its way out and you are getting some peaceful sleep again. Hope to hear from you soon.
XOXOXOX
Susie
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I still have the cough. It is not often, but it is there.
I found myself with another situation (does it ever stop?). I had an underarm absess. Had to have minor surgery in the ER. Although I was given 2 shots of lidocaine, I still felt ever bit of the cut, and the squeezing out!! But it is all much better now.
I am doing quite well now. I am having good dialysis sessions, thank the Lord.
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bajanne2000
You must be one tough cookie, bronchitis and now a nasty ole absess. Gosh I know that hada hurt. you get to feeling better. :cuddle;
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Aurora I'm glad you are starting to feel normal again.
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Bajanne, I hope you get a break from troubles now! :cuddle;
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Well, all of the tests (some had to be sent to Puerto Rico) are in, and they are all NEGATIVE!!!! i was tested for some conditions I can't even spell!! But i still have the cough (though very slight). My doctor is saying that it must be an asthma-related condition or a bronchial condition. well, both of those are in my family.
I am relieved that it is not tuberculosis or anything like that.
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Fantastic but I wonder if there is some kind of nebulizer treatment you can do at home.
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It must be that terrible Bahama weather :P, you should come to California where its nice and smoggy ::) ::) So glad to hear it is all negative girlfriend :clap; :yahoo;