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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Bajanne on May 23, 2008, 07:01:54 PM
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First of all, I had a phone call from my sister Arlene who lives in Florida. I know that she had had a biopsy to check out lumps in her breast. Now it is confirmed - she has breast cancer and has to start chemotherapy next week. This is not easy - I lost my dearest sister when I was 22 years old, a sister who was like a mother to me (we are 20 years apart). Arlene is a young 70 yr old. those of you who pray, please remember her.
Then I went to dialysis today. Not too much fluid - just 1.5. However about a hour before i was to come off, I started to feel cold (not normal for me). I had to ask for a sheet. I was shivering. My temperature was 99.7. I continued dialysis, feeling more and more chilly and my throat was feeling a bit uncomfortable. when they were taking me off, my temp was 100.7, so they sent me to emergency. the doctor gave me paracetamol and told me to get aspirin gargle. I am home now and not feeling as badly as I felt earlier.
I had told one of the nurses that I wasn't going to go to emergency, I would just head for home and wrap up. She told me that I had to remember that my immune system has been compromised by the renal failure and I should not play with it. So I didn't.
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Hope you feel better soon!!!
Lori/Indiana
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Thanks for listening to the Nurse. Hope you are feeling better soon. I'll pray for your Sister. :grouphug;
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Take care of yourself. I'll send up some prayers for your sister. But, this is for you... :cuddle;
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bajanne hun my prayers are with your sister and you. Take care dear friend and I hope that you feel much better after a night of rest.
Hugs!!
Earlinda
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I actuallly had that happen once. They gave me a Zpack and it was gone in 24 hrs.
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Now Bajanne, you listen to me.....Get Well Soon!
Will be praying for you sista.
Love, Mimi
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i had this happen to me on 2 seperate ocassions,
on dx i started to shiver , as soon as the needles were out i felt ok, so i put it down to needle placement.
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Thinking of you, bajanne, and sending love and hugs to you and your sister. :cuddle; :grouphug;
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I am sorry to hear this about your sister! I hope she can be treated soon.
:grouphug; Sending you both some LOVE!
Get well soon! :cuddle;
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I am very sorry to hear about your sister. That news must be hard to take. You should know that breast cancer treatment is very successful nowadays so
hopefully things will go well for her. I wish her well. And I'm hoping you will feel better soon too. Those of us with renal failure know we have to be extra
vigilant about taking care of ourselves because of our lowered immune system. Good luck.
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Oh Bajanne what a dreadful day for you. :cuddle; I'm sending love, hugs and prayers for both of you. Please let your sister know that a lot of people are wishing her well :grouphug;
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I actuallly had that happen once. They gave me a Zpack and it was gone in 24 hrs.
What's a Zpack?
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:cuddle; bajanne, Please take care of yourself and I will keep your sister in my thoughts and prayers. Keep us posted. :grouphug;
Zpack
Zithromax is an macrolide antibiotic related to erythromycin.It fights bacteria in the body. Zithromax is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as respiratory infections, skin infections, ear infections, and sexually transmitted diseases. In children, it is used to treat middle ear infection, pneumonia, tonsillitis, and strep throat.
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I hope you are feeling better now and your sister is in my thoughts .. :cuddle;
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What's a Zpack?
Zithromax, an antibiotic - The 250 mg tablets are often dispensed in packages of six and commonly referred to as a "Z-Pak."
I hope you are feeling better.
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Bajanne, so sorry to hear this news about your sister. I hope she will be OK and as for you....please get feeling better soon. Love to you. Gail
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My prayers are with your sister. What hard hard news. :grouphug;
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Dear Bajanne, I am sorry for your sister's diagnosis. I will say lots of healing prayers for her and prayers for the doctors to find the right treatments. And prayers for you and the worry you are going through. I do hope you are feeling better. So glad you got help. Now rest and take care of yourself. We love you :grouphug;
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Bajanne, I hope you are feeling better by now.
I will be praying for your sister Arlene. I am sorry she has to go through chemo treatments.
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Bajanne- I am sorry that you had such a bad day- and to top it off your sister is sick now! I am here if you need to talk or just vent! My mom has about 4 more chemo-treatments to finish so I know how you feel. We all love you and wish you the best! :grouphug; :)
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Bajanne take care. My prayers are with you and Arlene. :cuddle;
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Bajanne--I'll keep both you and your sister in my prayers. I hope you're feeling better at this point!
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I feel for you most of all. I hate getting something, going to ER with it, getting patted on the head and told to go home and sweat it out. *Sigh* Hugs to you! :grouphug;
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My Dearest Bajanne,
in full force of prayers for your sister Arlene, and for you to feel better.
love,
cris
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Bajanne,
Sending prayers for yiour sister! Please
take care of yourself, best wishes from
NJ :cuddle;
Anne
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Thanks for all your caring expressions of love and concern. My sister had the shunt put in and will start chemo next Thursday. My situation got a bit worse. the fever worsened, so did the sore throat and I developed a cough that would make you run and hide. I could not sleep properly on Wednesday night or Thursday night. I saw every hour on my watch. I started taking the prescribed antibiotic Friday morning. The doctor checked me out during dialysis yesterday and admitted me to the hospital after dialysis. I also got a shunt (a family icon?) for iv antibiotics. Anyway, I got my first fairly good night's sleep on Friday night and I think the rest is doing me quite well. X-rays show that I have a chest infection (don't like that word at all in IHD). The doctor thinks I might be able to go home on Monday after this course of antibiotics. I certainly hope so.
The worse part is that they have as my meal info - DLS Renal. Can you imagine! Diabetic, Low Salt, Renal My diabetes has been under control for a long time now, and my blood pressure is not problematic. I hate food with no salt!! But I have a way around that, trust me!!
My daughter just brought the laptop for me so that is going to help me along (until she returns for it; she needs it to study).
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:grouphug; I am glad you are being cared for - please rest and get well soon!
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Please get well soon!!! :cuddle; :cuddle;
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Get well soon Bajanne,,we need you here. Good luck with that DLS renal. :puke;
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I hope you are feeling better very soon Bajanne
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Take care my friend xoxoxo :grouphug;
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Sending love, bajanne. Hope you feel better soon. :cuddle;
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:grouphug; Get well soon!
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get well soon bajanne :grouphug;
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get well, kiddo
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Get well Bajanne!
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Sending love and get well wishes :grouphug;
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i guess being in oregon means i have my head in the sand. i hope today finds you better. :shy;
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Hope you are soon well Bajanne. :grouphug;
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:bestwishes; Hope you're better bajanne - sending you LOVE and HUGS! :grouphug;
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Hope today goes better and you are out of there soon. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your sister.
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Sending out prayers for you and your sister.
DOnna
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Thank you so much for your caring thoughts and prayers. I was discharged from hospital this afternoon. I had been feeling so much better for the last few days. It seems I needed the rest as well. My diagnosis was bronchial pneumonia. I will be continuing the antibiotics at home.
I heard my sister. she had her first chemo - it went fairly well, but she felt the effects a day or two later, but she is doing well.
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Sure glad you are feeling better. Really missed you and you had us worried. :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug; Love ya Aurora
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:clap; I am happy to hear from you Aurora, thanks for the update. Take good care! :cuddle;
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glad to hear you're doing better
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Glad to hear you and your sister are doing well. Take care of yourself now.
Love, Mimi
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Good to hear from you, hope you both continue to improve. :cuddle; You will both remain in my thoughts. xx
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Glad you are out of the ehosspital and feeling better.
Will continue to pray for your sister.
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bajanne :cuddle; My continued thoughts and prayers are with you and your sister.
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Bajanne,
sending you good and stong energies. Do you have your pneumo vaccine and flu vaccine? Mother's Neph says this is a must for kidney patients since the immune system is weak.
love,
cris