just remember greg if it doesn't get better within 3-5 days get checked again, when I had my burst appendix I was hours away from death, my family kept telling me it was nothing, we as quads have to be aware when things are not normal
Ron On Friday, August 29, 2014 5:21 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks, I new it was AD just could not figure out the cause. It got bad last night, so I went to the ER. They gave me a CAT Scan. 2 people tried 5 times to give me an IV, even tried using ultrasound and couldn't get the needle in. My veins are hard to find. So my CAT Scan was without contrast injection. They said it still showed very well. problem was it showed nothing. No hernia, no blockage, no appendix issues. Just lots of stool, so it is probably gas and that. since the runs, nothing for 4 days. I just hope they did not miss something. Thanks all... > Greg, those are the classic symptoms of dysreflexia. If just > touching it triggers this you need to have it checked out ASAP. The > dysreflexia could be as dangerous as the original problem. Always > stay sitting up when this happens. Read up on dysreflexia and what > to do. I'm sure others will comment on this. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: greg <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 28, 2014 > Subject: [QUAD-L] Hernuia? > To: [email protected] > > > Anyone here ever get a hernia? > Not sure, but I might have one. The kind on your inner high thigh. > In the crotch area. I have a slight bump there and when touched it > sends my blood pressure way high. No sweating, but a pounding > headache. Like 195/98. Once it's bothering me, if I recline my head > feels like it's going to blow up. 3 out of the last 5 days. Today > is ok. Doc wants me to see a General Surgeon. Have him take a look > at it. > > For along time just touching my crotch area made me spasm bad, my > chest gets real tight, but now I feel like my heart is getting > squeezed by a fist and my head is blowing up. The only time this > has happened before is when bowel or bladder had an issue. I just > had the runs from antibiotics, so it might be that, or constipation > from too much Pepto. But it's been a week now. Touching the area > might be causing my stomach to spasm, I've been having gas, and > that could do it, but man those headaches hurt bad. If it gets that > bad again, I'm going to the ER, I just hate to go and then find out > it's just gas, runs or constipation. > > > Greg
