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I must have been a bitch in my former life.
I was just in the hospital for severe pain in my abdomen. It was a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst that ruptured and bled into my abdominal cavity.
Today my dog died.
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[10 Apr 2009|06:22am] |
| Which House Md Character are you? Your Result: Allison Cameron Congrats, I guess. You're Dr. Cameron, the overemotional underling. You have strong moral beliefs and often have trouble seeing beyond them. Appearantly though, you still think it's ok to crush on someone twice your age... | | James Wilson | | | Lisa Cuddy | | | Robert Chase | | | Gregory House | | | Eric Foreman | | Which House Md Character are you?
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| You Scored as Doctore Cameron You scored as Doctore Cameron. You are one of Doctore House's doctores. You are in love with Doctore House and you would do anything for him.
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| What House character are you? Allison Cameron (Dr.Cameron) You always care about what people think. IF it' hurts people`s feelings it`s immoral and should not be used for you have had truamatic experiances aswell. You often are easily compelled to do what patients want, even if they hurt themselvs. 
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| HIPPIE CAKE |
[14 Mar 2009|12:11pm] |
Yellow cake batter separated into 6 bowls and colored then poured into 2 cake pans.
w00t.
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[19 Dec 2008|10:40pm] |
AnotherGrendel can suck my fucking cock.
4 1/2 years of no ban record and this was a BULLSHIT BAN.
It was 5 seconds before rollover and I was quoting a song that we were talking about in chat.
It will be considered as spam. You bet your ass I'll be talking to Werebear about it.
A clannie got banned a second before I did, and I didn't see his post before I posted mine. It was too late.
I got banned too.
He's such a shitty mod, I dunno why he's still a mod.
Plus, I heard he has a ban record. Don't you have to have a clean ban record to be modded?
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| I give up. |
[04 Dec 2008|07:49am] |
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So my leg was numb after the surgery (still is)... but now I am in the same amount of pain if not more than when I was before the surgery. I've been told pain is normal for a while until the nerves come back... when does that happen? I had the surgery to get rid of this fucking leg pain not create a scar on my back just to have the pain come back again.
Did I do all of this for nothing?
What the fucking fuck?
I am at my wit's end. I cannot sleep and I cannot stop crying because my fucking calf is on fire.
I'm waiting for the doctor's office to open to call them... even though I have an appointment on Tuesday to get my staples removed... this cannot wait... if something is wrong, something needs to be done... and if it's normal then I need to know how to deal with this fucking pain because the pain pills aren't doing shit and I would be off the pain pills if it weren't for this FUCKING leg pain.
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| So I've been meaning to do this since I got home... Possibly slightly TMI. |
[30 Nov 2008|11:11am] |
The surgery went well on Wednesday. I bled hardly at all. The doc got in there and found out that I was born with a shallower spinal canal than normal! Ha. So I am more inclined to this condition and it was most likely brought on by me gaining weight after I quit smoking. He said that it is absolutely vital that I lose weight or he'll probably be seeing me again in 3-5 years.
So the first thing I remember is waking up with an oxygen mask on my face and wanting to throw up really badly... but they wouldn't let me. I pleaded and pleaded with them to just let me throw up, but they insisted they gave me medicine for the nausea in my IV. They then removed the mask and put an oxygen tube up my nose... next thing I remember is them closing the curtains around me and removing my catheter. OW. What the fuck.
I actually got up out of bed that same night. They really weren't expecting that. With help, I made it to the bathroom and without help, I managed to force out my first painful pee without my catheter. Let me just say that having to push hard to pee is probably the weirdest sensation I have ever felt. It's like... pee should just come out.. you push to poop, not pee. Luckily with each pee it became easier and less painful.
They had me on Dilaudid that first night and let me just say that even if you are in excruciating, mind-numbing pain, say NO. I was in very little pain but I was soooo fucking nauseated I wanted to die. Every time I got out of bed to pee, had to sit on the edge of the bed and puke or almost puke until I finally gave up and laid down. I slept in between fits of nausea, even though they were giving me medicine for the nausea in my IV every 6 hours.
By the morning (Happy Thanksgiving, heh.) I was still nauseated and still hadn't eaten anything other than saltine crackers and ginger ale and nothing that stayed down. But breakfast came and I found out they were switching me to Vicodin. Hoooraaaaahhh!! So I choked down a bite of scrambled eggs, a bite of potato, and a whole piece of fakey french toast. (It was more like slightly soggy toast made with cinnamon bread, but it actually wasn't bad at all.) And with that bit of food, I took a Vicodin and laid back down in bed on my side and slept on and off most of the morning. Waking up roughly every 2 hours to pee or move. I had new nurses who were awesome. (Thank you Casey and Ashley of UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.) Ashley mentioned getting cleaned up this day and I had said maybe later, as I still had a headache and was slightly nauseated. Later in the late morning (about 10-10:30) I decided I was gross enough with myself that I needed to get washed up. So Casey said I needed to sit in the chair for a bit before they could let me get cleaned up. I sat and watched TV for about a half hour(Good thing about it being Thanksgiving is that there were tons of marathons on) before I got antsy and paged the nurse. Ashley said she was gonna set me up in a chair in front of the bathroom sink because it would be good for me. I was excited to at least wash myself a little bit. I got cleaned up a bit, got a new gown to put on, and my lunch had arrived. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, green beans, and sweet potatoes, with a slice of pumpkin pie. The only thing that was actually pretty good was the turkey, everything else was gross. So I ate 90% of the turkey and took more pain meds. I was so happy to have an appetite again. Mom came to visit and she stayed til I ended up passing out on her about 6. She ran to get something to eat around 4 and my dinner came while she was gone. Pasta with meat sauce, steamed veggies, Angelfood cake, and pineapples.
Slept a bit that night but mostly watched TV. Finally passed out around dawn and was awoken by my surgeon's assistant, Megan. She was checking my status, how the pain was, the numbness, etc.
Said I could go home today or tomorrow, I say I'd really like to go home today and she said she'd try to make it happen. Eat breakfast, fall back to sleep, wake up to another woman with my surgeon's office and she removes my dressings which stings alot. Said my staples look good, I'll most likely be able to go home today, follow up with the doctor in a week and a half or so, etc.
Lunch comes, I sit in chair and have my burger and mac and cheese, eat about half and chat with mom, then I take a pain pill and tell the nurse I'm ready to go home. She gets my home orders and discharge papers, removes my IV, which was really fucking sore at this point. I get dressed with a little of mom's help and get in the wheelchair. And we're on our way home.
That day I noticed a feeling in my chest as if a burp was stuck there and it became more and more irritating... so mom being the iced tea addict that she is, stopped off at wendy's to get one and got me a Dr. Pepper, Me thinking it would help wiggle the burp out... turns out it's irritation + heartburn from the breathing tube. I was making it worse. It's been pretty painful.
Anyhoo... I am really rambling and most of you won't read this all anyway.
The Too Long Didn't Read (TL;DR) version:
They removed my lamina (piece of bone in the vertebrae) and trimmed up the damaged disk.
It's all good, I'm in a minimal amount of pain when I keep up with the pain pills and don't fall behind. I'm moving better and better each day. Last night I showered for the first time since Wednesday and I was so happy. I can't stand going more than 2 days without showering... and it was going on 5. My skin was absolutely crawling.
My left side of my left leg from the knee down to my toes are numb. But not completely numb... Like I can feel if you touch it, it's just a dulled down sensation... almost like when you go to the dentist and the novacaine has started to wear off, the feeling right before it gets tingly. My toes are tingly though. And for some reason my left foot feels colder than my right.
I was told that this will wear off in time, it's just the nerves coming back... because they were compressed for so long.
I think I covered most of it...
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| Today's the day. |
[26 Nov 2008|05:59am] |
I just wanted to make a post today before I leave for the hospital.
Today's the day. I am being cut open.
I will be in the hospital a few days and away from internet land. (Though depending on the quality of drugs they give me, I may THINK I'm in the internet.)
I just wanted to say I love you guys... and hopefully I'll come out of this in alot less pain than I have been the past few months (especially the past few weeks).
I won't see any comments until after I get out of the hospital obviously.
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[17 Nov 2008|04:34pm] |
I am scheduled for back surgery on Wednesday, November 26th.
The day before Thanksgiving.
I will be spending the holiday in the hospital.
Joy.
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[17 Nov 2008|04:43am] |
So later today I have an appointment with my neurosurgeon... and I find out the results of my myelogram and how they're gonna fix my back...
I'm 99% sure it'll be surgery... just don't know when. Probably sooner than later.
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[13 Nov 2008|07:13pm] |
myelograms are teh suck.
more when i'm in less pain.
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| Hi.... remember me? |
[11 Nov 2008|10:37pm] |
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Okay, so I know I don't post very often except to update every once in a while, or if something important is going on... this is the latter... and unfortunately it's kinda bittersweet.
I have been battling with back/leg pain for about 4 months now...
I had been to the chiropractor... for about half of that. I thought it was helping but then it became clear that it was making it worse. So my chiropractor basically said "I'm not helping you, I think you may have a bulged disc... but you need an MRI, and we'll go from there."
Well, I waited on the MRI... because I was busy with school and internship and finally the pain got way worse and I needed the MRI. (with a trip to the ER for the pain in between, they gave me steroids and naproxen, which eased off the pain for a while)
Finally got the MRI on October 27th.... I have a herniated disc in about L4... which is like the second vertebrae up from the bottom of my spine.
Now, I am also in the process of getting back on depression meds to make sure I don't have a breakdown... plus I'd like to reign in my ADD, which Wellbutrin is good for treating in adults.
So I saw another doctor to write my meds for my psychiatrist...(11/7/08) and he finds a heart murmur. Awesome. Lots of sitting that aggravates my back. EKG and Echo later... "Everything's fine, you were most likely born with it, one in four women are." Thanks, doc. Gimme my meds. He also gives me a prescription for some muscle relaxers for my back, SWEET. Thanks, doc. You have no idea what a life-saver you will be. So I've been on Soma 250 mg 2-3 times a day since Friday. Today I had my appointment with a neurosurgeon in Pittsburgh at Mercy Hospital which is a fucking labyrinth of retarded hospital layouts. More sitting! Hooray! The doctor was awesome though and said that basically with my condition, the body should have healed itself and it has been 4 months and it has gotten worse which leads him to believe that if we wait any longer that there may be permanent nerve damage. Also the fact that I've had a slight loss of bladder control (zomg) is a red flag for surgery.
I have a Myelogram on Thursday to check out the nerves that are being compressed and such... and then back to the doc on Monday.
Shortly after I will most likely be a 22 year old female... who has had fucking back surgery.
Wish me luck.
Edit: Here's a pic of my back.
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[04 Nov 2008|11:26pm] |
I am crying.
I am so so happy.
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[20 Oct 2008|01:05pm] |
Your Love is Based on Friendship
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For you, chemistry doesn't really happen without compatibility.
Companionship and openness are the most important parts of your relationships.
Whoever you love should be your best friend.
And falling in love with a good friend is never out of the question.
Why your love can last: You only fall for people who you truly understand... and who truly understand you
Why your love can fail: Sometimes you don't admit how important physical chemistry is to you
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| Yes Ma'am. |
[20 Oct 2008|12:45pm] |
You Should Be Allowed to Vote
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You got 12/15 questions correct.
Generally speaking, you're very well informed.
If you vote this election, you'll know exactly who (and what) you'll be voting for.
You're likely to have strong opinions, and you have the facts to back them up.
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