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Well I am coming back as a Lion - King of the jungle -makes the Lioness do all the work, hunting, etc. Yep Lions have it made

Don't think so.Male lions have to fight to keep their girls. And she says when he can you know what........could you be bothered ?:eek:
 
In coming back as a skunk. They can be cute and adorable and cuddly, but if they are crossed by the wrong person, animal, oh, what a stink they can raise.
 
Evening everyone. Hope you all are having a fine day. Teresa, hope your scan goes good. I just got home from a Cirque du solei (Immortal MJ) show. Was good but sadly not great. Afterwards a good (again not great) dinner with the best of comapany = my family. I don't have siblings so this is equal to my mom and stepdad and my aunt and 2 cousins all with spouses. Love them. They are like brothers to me. And they both have good gilrs next to them.. and soon a baby in the family too.

I know.. bla bla bla....

But yeah.. Much better nigth tonight then last night. Last night I had some bowel obstructoion. And I can't remember when the last time my stomach hurt that bad was. But lucky it went past in about 2 hours so didn't have to start going to ER or nothing. But was bad enough that I did have to consider at what point i give in and go. Hope it was stoma related and not crohns.. since my crohns has been fine since 2008. I have had smaller obstructions regularly in the past.. but this is the worst one in ages.

And more bla bla.. Sorry.. gues I just need to bable and share a bit.

But now I will grab my WIN now and go to bed.
Good night. And VOTE! Oh.. and our voting day is alwasy sunday (there was talk of this earlier).
 
I'm glad you are feeling some better, Sanni. I hope it stays that way. It seems like with Doug, i don't know how he is going to feel from day-to-day. Is that true with all of you? Or is it the stress of devil child? (And me.)
I'm glad you have family you love too. That really helps a lot, doesn't it? I love (most of) my very dysfunctional family too. It is so big now i have lost count, but we started with nine siblings, all of the living ones having children, and about half of those nieces and nephews having children too. :eek:.
Because of some of the circumstances in my family, most of the siblings are, i believe, closer than most siblings get. It is a trade off, though. Okay, my turn to blah blah blah blah.
Sorry the Utes won the Cougars Saturday, too. At least they finally scored during the last second of play. :biggrin:
:heart:
Sandy
 
I think with crohns every day is indeed different and unpredictable. I used to have such bad crohns. Since my 2008 operation and starting humira then too its been good. Nowdays my problems are more to do with short gut then crohns. But then crohns is the cause of it so yeah. And stress will definately have its effects.

Take care. Really off to bed now.
 
:rosette2: for you. And :rosette2:. And:wub: and :):rosette1::rosette1::rosette1::eek::ghug::Karl::Flower::sun::Flower::us_flag::cool::kiss::Flower::sun::sun:May your test be easy, non-harmful, and find a cure for aids and crohns (and all IBSs and even my IBS), and may the cure cost nothing.
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One good thing the lady told me is that this new machine has cut way back on radiation. Only UPMC has it so far! That made me feel better! The drink was awful, and when I tried to lay down, I got spasms in my lower back. I do get them off and on, but why then? It took her rubbing my back and resituating things and it relaxed. The test was ok except the part when u get real hot from contrast, (NO Robert not that way!), and feel like u have to pee!!!
Dr. should have my results in two days. So I guess I call him, right????
 
Evening everyone. Hope you all are having a fine day. Teresa, hope your scan goes good. I just got home from a Cirque du solei (Immortal MJ) show. Was good but sadly not great. Afterwards a good (again not great) dinner with the best of comapany = my family. I don't have siblings so this is equal to my mom and stepdad and my aunt and 2 cousins all with spouses. Love them. They are like brothers to me. And they both have good gilrs next to them.. and soon a baby in the family too.

I know.. bla bla bla....

But yeah.. Much better nigth tonight then last night. Last night I had some bowel obstructoion. And I can't remember when the last time my stomach hurt that bad was. But lucky it went past in about 2 hours so didn't have to start going to ER or nothing. But was bad enough that I did have to consider at what point i give in and go. Hope it was stoma related and not crohns.. since my crohns has been fine since 2008. I have had smaller obstructions regularly in the past.. but this is the worst one in ages.

And more bla bla.. Sorry.. gues I just need to bable and share a bit.

But now I will grab my WIN now and go to bed.
Good night. And VOTE! Oh.. and our voting day is alwasy sunday (there was talk of this earlier).

Our voting is on Tuesday here, because Sunday was a holy day and then some people way back had to travel a whole day to get to where they could vote, so that's why it is Tuesday. Heard it on K-love radio this morning. Dusty u wanted to know and made me curious too!:thumright:
 
Love you T!!! Been thinkin and prayin for you since we talked this am. I knew you would breeze through it all. Like I told you, I've had tons!!!! From what I have heard, the radiation has pretty much been cut in half. They do the initital scan to determine the amount of radiation they will need to give you to see your insides.

Anyhow, I miss you! I am glad that you are sleeping right now though...you need it. loves ya hun! :hug: Call me tomorrow when you feel up to it!!! But REST UP!!!! :hang:

OH GUESS WHAT EVERYONE???! (or anyone who knows the meth situation i've been in I have been dealing with....Dr D#@%head :voodoo:...did a surgery to put a stent in my kidney for a massive kidney stone preventing the flow of urine through it. Which caused some serious infection in that kidney!!! Normally, they put in a stent and put you on antibiotics and pain meds until the infection is cleared up (they risk the infiection entering my blood stream if they go in there too soon. And they can't blast it because its so big) However, due to my false postitive on the drug test, I was kicked out if the hospital, without meds, including antibiotics and pain meds, (which I dont get how they can do that when my temp if 101, and Im peeing straight blood, But they did. All Because I tested postive on the drug test for meth. :ymad:

I know a few of you have read my posts about this, as I have been complaining and upset. BUUUUT, today I got a letter:

Dear Ms Jennifer (lets say doe! lol)

I was writing this letter to let you know that the confirmatory test for methamphetamine returned negative. The initial drug screen was positive for chemicals that look like methamphetamine, so we sent it for confirmation. This means that you did not test positive for methamphetamine.

Sincerely,

Philip B Imholte, MD (Or as I like to call him, Dr D#@%head! :voodoo: )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had been so worked up over all of this, even knowing I have never touched meth. Now in my files, I have the letter that Dr D#@%head wrote, and apparantly they altered lab results saying it was not meth. Do any of you think I should get all of those records to keep with me? The records office keeps toying me and won't give me my records. My sister and I even held a 2 hr sit in. nothin. IM FRUSTERATED:mad2:!!!! And pumped as hell that I got that letter!!!!:thumleft:


Thanks for listening to me ramble...even though nobody is here tonight LOL! Ant ideas if what to do next so as to not have a postive meth test on my med record???!!!!

I think I'm WINNING right now!
 
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Get a lawyer ASAP, sue the hell out of him (the doc), he will make sure you get your records, and you will not have to pay anything up front, or at all, with a decent attorney. I don't know any attorney that wouldn't take your case with things as stated.
(I used to work for attorneys and there are some good ones out there as well as the bad.)

The sooner you do this the better so they can't alter records.
 
I definitely don't trust doctors or hospitals, and i have worked on both sides of the aisle with medical malpractice insurance defence.
 
I love K-Love, Teresa! How's you hon?

I love it too, mostly all I listen to. I have their bumper sticker on my car!
I have been having issues and had my enterography today. I'll let u all know what they say. In a few days! :thumleft::ghug: Love to you Cheryl!!
 
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Love you T!!! Been thinkin and prayin for you since we talked this am. I knew you would breeze through it all. Like I told you, I've had tons!!!! From what I have heard, the radiation has pretty much been cut in half. They do the initital scan to determine the amount of radiation they will need to give you to see your insides.

Anyhow, I miss you! I am glad that you are sleeping right now though...you need it. loves ya hun! :hug: Call me tomorrow when you feel up to it!!! But REST UP!!!! :hang:

OH GUESS WHAT EVERYONE???! (or anyone who knows the meth situation i've been in I have been dealing with....Dr D#@%head :voodoo:...for a massive kidney stone preventing the flow of urine through it. Which caused some serious infection in that kidney!!! Normally, they put in a stent and put you on antibiotics and pain meds until the infection is cleared up (they risk the infiection entering my blood stream if they go in there too soon. And they can't blast it because its so big) However, due to my false postitive on the drug test, I was kicked out if the hospital, without meds, including antibiotics and pain meds, (which I dont get how they can do that when my temp if 101, and Im peeing straight blood, But they did. All Because I tested postive on the drug test for meth. :ymad:

I know a few of you have read my posts about this, as I have been complaining and upset. BUUUUT, today I got a letter:

Dear Ms Jennifer (lets say doe! lol)

I was writing this letter to let you know that the confirmatory test for methamphetamine returned negative. The initial drug screen was positive for chemicals that look like methamphetamine, so we sent it for confirmation. This means that you did not test positive for methamphetamine.

Sincerely,

Philip B Imholte, MD (Or as I like to call him, Dr D#@%head! :voodoo: )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had been so worked up over all of this, even knowing I have never touched meth. Now in my files, I have the letter that Dr D#@%head wrote, and apparantly they altered lab results saying it was not meth. Do any of you think I should get all of those records to keep with me? The records office keeps toying me and won't give me my records. My sister and I even held a 2 hr sit in. nothin. IM FRUSTERATED:mad2:!!!! And pumped as hell that I got that letter!!!!:thumleft:


Thanks for listening to me ramble...even though nobody is here tonight LOL! Ant ideas if what to do next so as to not have a postive meth test on my med record???!!!!

I think I'm WINNING right now!

You are winning and I knew in the end u would. I would call a lawyer and make sure these idiots get ur record straight! I am still praying 4 u tho! I hope u r feeling much better. Have they now given u meds? If not, demand some! U r still hurting and need antibiotuics. They really r idiots!!! God help them if it were me!!!:hug:Love u! Have to work tmoro and then going to my sons. I will call tmoro nite.
 
I can't belive Obama just won again.... sad beyond words... I don't understand how people can be so blind.:frown:
 
I guess the depth of blindness is heavily dependent upon which side of the fence you are on.
 
Hi Angel, hi Jamie! Thanks for getting between us. How much longer do you have to be on antibiotics? How's it going with the kids, Angel?
 
Sandy, I don't know. The thing is that I will be on the antibotics for a week, then got a urine test done and it will come back negative for infection. Then I will go off the antibotics for another week, then go for another unirne test and the infection has come right back. So frustrating...
 
Having gone thru a series of those, i understand. I have had so many that almost every antibiotic for that type of infection, i have developed a resistance to.
 
Honestly, i don't know. I just stopped having so many infections, and when i do get one, i let my doctor know up front the problems with the antibiotics. My current doc has a history far enough back he knows some that have worked. (BTW, i sometimes can get rid of minor ones myself now.)
 
Also, GJ, stay away from sugar, drink more water, take acidophilus or eat yogurt with the proper cultures in them, and cranberry juice is claimed to help (i think it does.)
 
I don't know. I had a couple of infections, then one so bad he said he would put me in the hospital if it weren't for the fact that i didn't have insurance at the time. After that, i just knew, after a day or two on the antibiotic, that it wasn't working, and would get a call about that time (after they grew the infection out), saying that the antibiotic had developed a resistance. They can tell that, somehow, when they grow the infection out.
 
I used to have the diagnosis of MS, partly because of these infections, it is common with that. After, it was discovered i had had a stroke(s) they took the MS diagnosis back. I joke and say I'm the only one i know ever cured from MS.
 
:rof::rof:
That was supposed to say "hit and run" up above, Angel. Now i wonder who you have been biting?
 
I have been taking carnberry supplements too. Guess I need to stock up on the cranberry juice for awhile. Seems like all I drink these days is water. I can't seem to get enough and I am always thirsty! My doc says it is becasue my body is trying to fight off the infection and with the antibotics I have been loading up on the yogurt too. I'll try anything to get rid of the infection for good.
 
See y'all tomorrow. I've got to go get some zzzzz, after i watch the rest of "The Unforgiven."
 
Not all yogurts have the right cultures in them. I would have to look at a label to remind me what it is. I do better with the cranberry juice than the supplements. The juice seems to take care of the thirst better than the water, but you don't want too much of the juice either. Have you tried the acidophilus supplement? It really does help. Sometimes i use it when sick of yogurt. (It is basically the natural cultures your body is needing.) I'll bet you get these infections because your body is absorbing nurients and supplements properly. Crohns does that.
 
no. i haven't tried that yet. Is it one of those supplements that needs to be in the fridge?

No, you just find it in vitamin and mineral section of any store that carries vitamins and minerals. Maybe not the very smallest ones, but almost all.
 
When you take a urine sample it is sent for an MC&S (microscopy, culture and sensitivities). So they culture it and the result will be returned to the doctor with antibiotics listed and whether they are sensitive or resistant to them. It takes about 48 hours to get a result but often once the specimen is received the doctor will commence on a broad spectrum antibiotic as a cover until the result is received. They will do this if the infection is producing troublesome symptoms.

I don't know your circumstances GJ but this is a general outline of possible causes and tips to possibly avoid UTI's...

Ural, or something similar, can be very helpful at reducing the pain and burning associated with UTI's

Unfortunately some women are prone to recurrent/chronic UTI's for no obvious reason and they can run in families. It is also unfortunate that the urethra in a woman is only about 4cm long, so very easy for bacteria to travel up to the bladder.

Cranberry capsules are quite effective for many women as a long term way of reducing the amount of UTI's you get.

Also Ural sachets, when you first get that feeling that a UTI is starting, can stop one in it's tracks.

Nylon underpants or pantyhose without a gusset can cause issues for some women, probably more so with thrush but also UTI's. Stick to cotton underwear and gusseted stockings. I know it sounds like an old wives tale but tight clothing can cause UTI's for the same reasons as nylon stockings can...it creates a warm, moist, non breathable environment.

If you wear pads then that also creates a warm moist environment that is ideal for fungal infections.

Perfumed soaps and powders can cause irritation and external infection which track up into the bladder and cause infection.

I know when you have a UTI and are going to the toilet frequently, and it feeling like you are passing razor blades, the temptation is to drink less but the more concentrated your urine becomes the more irritant it is to the bladder.

The contraceptive pill can cause UTI's in some women due to the hormonal changes it causes.

Urinating shortly after sex helps to flush away any bacteria that may have entered the urethra during sex.

Dusty. :)
 
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That says it all!
 
Sorry guys. This thread is to be closed. I guess that means I Wiiiiin! Wooo hooooO! Free toilet paper to all my friends! :dance:
 
I have been taking carnberry supplements too. Guess I need to stock up on the cranberry juice for awhile. Seems like all I drink these days is water. I can't seem to get enough and I am always thirsty! My doc says it is becasue my body is trying to fight off the infection and with the antibotics I have been loading up on the yogurt too. I'll try anything to get rid of the infection for good.

I saw on Tv that u can drink any dark juice for that. Grape, blueberry, pomegranite. cranberry. Just make sure u drink 4 full oz a day or it doesn't work they said. I take an acidophilous pill everyday. It has 8 million bac. per capsule. I keep mine in the fridge, but u don't have to. I just think it would keep better that way.Feel better!!!:rosette2:
 
When you take a urine sample it is sent for an MC&S (microscopy, culture and sensitivities). So they culture it and the result will be returned to the doctor with antibiotics listed and whether they are sensitive or resistant to them. It takes about 48 hours to get a result but often once the specimen is received the doctor will commence on a broad spectrum antibiotic as a cover until the result is received. They will do this if the infection is producing troublesome symptoms.

I don't know your circumstances GJ but this is a general outline of possible causes and tips to possibly avoid UTI's...

Ural, or something similar, can be very helpful at reducing the pain and burning associated with UTI's

Unfortunately some women are prone to recurrent/chronic UTI's for no obvious reason and they can run in families. It is also unfortunate that the urethra in a woman is only about 4cm long, so very easy for bacteria to travel up to the bladder.

Cranberry capsules are quite effective for many women as a long term way of reducing the amount of UTI's you get.

Also Ural sachets, when you first get that feeling that a UTI is starting, can stop one in it's tracks.

Nylon underpants or pantyhose without a gusset can cause issues for some women, probably more so with thrush but also UTI's. Stick to cotton underwear and gusseted stockings. I know it sounds like an old wives tale but tight clothing can cause UTI's for the same reasons as nylon stockings can...it creates a warm, moist, non breathable environment.

If you wear pads then that also creates a warm moist environment that is ideal for fungal infections.

Perfumed soaps and powders can cause irritation and external infection which track up into the bladder and cause infection.

I know when you have a UTI and are going to the toilet frequently, and it feeling like you are passing razor blades, the temptation is to drink less but the more concentrated your urine becomes the more irritant it is to the bladder.

The contraceptive pill can cause UTI's in some women due to the hormonal changes it causes.

Urinating shortly after sex helps to flush away any bacteria that may have entered the urethra during sex.

Dusty. :)

Dusty, what is a Ural sachets here in America, never heard of that. Is it a cream?
 
Home from work. The sun is shining (even it sets in about 30 min).. and I have a short vacation till next wednesday to just laze around and do nothing and be annoying. :rosette2: Actually there is tons to do. I get my B12 tomorrow and possibly the fly shot too (if they have the right one) and I have to get my ostomy suplies. Then there is a big wedding of my cousin on saturday and I need to fix a strap on my dress and figure out my accesories. So ton s to do. Fun times. But I HAVE HOLIDAY! :lol2::lol2: WIN!

Dusty.. I been wanting to ask what age where your kids when diagnosed?
 
Home from work. The sun is shining (even it sets in about 30 min).. and I have a short vacation till next wednesday to just laze around and do nothing and be annoying. :rosette2: Actually there is tons to do. I get my B12 tomorrow and possibly the fly shot too (if they have the right one) and I have to get my ostomy suplies. Then there is a big wedding of my cousin on saturday and I need to fix a strap on my dress and figure out my accesories. So ton s to do. Fun times. But I HAVE HOLIDAY! :lol2::lol2: WIN!

Dusty.. I been wanting to ask what age where your kids when diagnosed?

:rosette2:Have a great week off sannie and enjoy!!!!:thumleft: You deserve it!!
 
He's a Border Terrier,the border being the one between England and Scotland.They were used as ratters and they ran with the fox hounds to flush the fox out.Alfie is OK with wildlife etc as we are out doorsy people and he takes an interest but usually wags his tail. He also likes to watch animals programes on tv.
 
Do have a great week Sanni. I'm just sorry you have to use any of your time for medical things. Actually, that goes all the way around. I'm sorry you, or anybody, has to use any time for medical things. But it is nice to have a break now and then from work, isn't it? I remember those days.
My hubby Doughie goes to work and comes home in the dark pretty much these days also. It is just starting to get light at 6:45 when he has to leave, then he works a ten hour day, add another hour for lunch, and after he gets home, about 6:00 pm, it is already dark. The trade off for the long days is a three day weekend. We use Fridays for doctor appointments, etc. ourselves.
Have a sunny week!
 
It took so long to post i missed another conversation! I better get out of this recliner before i fall asleep. Too much to do, even got up early (for me). Have a great day everyone!
 
Carol, Yes thankyou. I find it hard to remember everyones names. Sorry for that. Its easier to remember dogs names. Thats how it is in my agility group too.. first learn all the dogs by names then the people.. prioritys indeed. :D I see a couple of Border terriers around here on our walks too. And Sandy.. my friends just got a Boston terrier pup a couple months back. Its a funny little thing. Then people say that of my dog too.

And I do think always if I have a day off it is used to sort out meds or doctors or something. But then thats how it is. I just hope the nurse will be on schedule for my B12 so that wont take all day.

Anyways.. mom moms about to pick me up for our tai chi group so got to go. I will be back sometime later.
 
Get a lawyer ASAP, sue the hell out of him (the doc), he will make sure you get your records, and you will not have to pay anything up front, or at all, with a decent attorney. I don't know any attorney that wouldn't take your case with things as stated.
(I used to work for attorneys and there are some good ones out there as well as the bad.)

The sooner you do this the better so they can't alter records.

I am NOT a paranoid person, k...BUT, when my mom showed up to help me, and we were takjing with all of the 'big wigs', dr included, I said, 'I feel like I'm being framed or something, this is such a joke. Mom, I think I need a lawyer.'

I said it right there. I NEED A LAWYER!!! And they wont release me my records. My mom and I tried getting them the day that this happened so that they could not alter any records. Now I think they are. They assured me that all entries into your records are automatically timestamped and yuo have to have proper authority to get into them anyhow, so if anybody did, it was say, at 12:00pm Dr D@#%!head made this change to .... blah blah blah. I am sorry, but I could find the back door into the files within minutes, its highly unlikely that they, and their 'Liability' whatever he was, dont know how to get around this time stamp.

I said the words I need a lawyer, and now I can get NOTHING from them.
 
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You are winning and I knew in the end u would. I would call a lawyer and make sure these idiots get ur record straight! I am still praying 4 u tho! I hope u r feeling much better. Have they now given u meds? If not, demand some! U r still hurting and need antibiotuics. They really r idiots!!! God help them if it were me!!!:hug:Love u! Have to work tmoro and then going to my sons. I will call tmoro nite.

They gave me a strong run of cipro, no pain meds. I have sugery tomorrow...yikes. It is not the same dr, nor facility that I have had issues with. Call anytime you feel like it. I have a shrink appointment at 2p my time, so between then and 4p my time, I wont be able to talk. Phone is charging as I type tho!!! lol.

I have been listening to K Love (am currently) and I do like it a lot. I need to find the I dunno...popish (hate actual pop music) maybe adult contemporary section to it. It helps me to feel it better! However, Jason Castro, whom I have enjoyed since his idol days, has a song that I cannot get enough of. So inspiring. By the end of the day I will be singing it at the top of my lungs!!!!

How is everyone else? Everytime I am on it seemd strangely quiet...are yall hiding from me?!!!!
 
Oh But T!!!!! Or anyone else that listens to K Love...is there a way to just search and listen to one song, the full song, not just the sample????
 
I'm here JBug. I just woke up. I have a busy day planned, then made the mistake of sitting in my recliner and fell asleep again. Three hours ago.
 
J.bug, I love Lifehouse, which you can hear on K-Love or the pop stations. My new favorite of theirs is "Between the Raindrops"....
 
You need rest then!!!! It shows you offline again...did you leave me??? :(

Still here. Get that lawyer ASAP. I'm glad you're having your next surgery done in another facility. They might give you pain meds this time. Bring your letter, just in case.
 
Sanni, have you ever thought about doing your B12 shot yourself?

I am thinking we use some different B12 since mine is givine every 2-3 months and it seems the ones you get there are given much more often. Here its put into the muscle so difficult to inject your self. And considering I need someone else to do my Humira for me I dont think I would ever be able to do the B12 where needles and all are visible (I use a Humira pen). :shifty-t: Ofc I could ask if my man or someone would learn to do it for me.

Its funny.. blood tests I can handle fine.. all other needles I hate. :sign0085:
 
I am thinking we use some different B12 since mine is givine every 2-3 months and it seems the ones you get there are given much more often. Here its put into the muscle so difficult to inject your self. And considering I need someone else to do my Humira for me I dont think I would ever be able to do the B12 where needles and all are visible (I use a Humira pen). :shifty-t: Ofc I could ask if my man or someone would learn to do it for me.

Its funny.. blood tests I can handle fine.. all other needles I hate. :sign0085:

I do B12 injections weekly. I get a vial of it, put it into the syringe, and give the shot. I use a thigh muscle. I alternate thighs weekly, but both are bruised to hell!!! lol.
 
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