Its really troubling that a doctor cant properly organize getting a urine
specimen back in a timely manner. I would feel like they were giving me the run
around or not taking me seriously. Think about it.......if a young mother
brought her little daughter in to get a specimen checked........do you think
they would run her around? I would just go in and ask the doc to give me around
of antibiotics then you could doctor yourself when need me.
Ron
On Friday, May 6, 2016 8:22 PM, "wheelch...@aol.com" <wheelch...@aol.com>
wrote:
'There are a couple of OTC meds for UTI's. Call your doctor's office and
leave a message that if he doesn't get back to you in 12-24 hours, you will
take several OTC meds . This way, the ball is in HIS court. Best Wishes In a
message dated 5/6/2016 4:42:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
quadjkin...@gmail.com writes:
Nothing but competence on their part............................ something
terrible. Hope you all feel better soon. And God bless!!!
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have known Nancy for a couple of decades also and if you get this Nancy...
you are definitely in my thoughts! Because of a sore I spent that many months
in bed and then a total of, statistically speaking, 3 years in bed by only
being able to get up 3 to 5 hours a day because it was a Stage III wound and
any pressure or bumps or any type of "internal shearing" would open it back up.
I thank everyone else who has responded to my inquiry! starting this past
Monday I began to be UTIs symptomatic and the pain has gotten worse. My doctors
office keeps claiming they can't get the results from the laboratory or the
home health agency who took the urine specimen over 3 weeks ago! I have been
calling them every single week but they keep saying they can't find the
results. My home health agency nurse who got the results finally had to call my
doctor's office yesterday but now I need to wait for my doctors office to call
me to get on an antibiotic of some type because my bladder pain and my flank
pain is so very bad. No fever but I do not want it to get to that stage
[systemic] which he could easily do if not treated. And here we are going into
a weekend!
Incompetence is running rampant in this country.
~Lori C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post Tucson Arizona
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:54 AM, <wheelch...@aol.com> wrote:
Thanks for the update on Nancy. I've known her since the early 90's when we
would chat in AOL disAbility Chats. Best Wishes In a message dated
5/5/2016 10:29:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, daano...@gmail.com writes:
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I'm feeling much better, but im going on 7 months in bed because of a sore.
I'm going crazy! Please pass on to the quad list. Thanks for keeping me in your
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On Apr 30, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings my quad list friends and friends [since 1995 for me],
Sometimes after so much time goes by and either we are kept busy doing happy
things or are stuck in bed with a wound... we often lose track of each other
and exactly who is who and what is about that person.
I know we have lost one of the most wonderful contributors here [Dave Kelmer]
and I believe that Bill Jenkins (in Florida) was the one who told us of his
wishes. This was back in 2009.
Having said that, here is what I would like from each one of you to refresh my
old lady mind. I feel like I have aged a lifetime over the last 4 years after
losing my husband and unable to live with family any longer.
* Name
* Age
* Date of injury
* Town and state where you are from (unless you would just like to state the
state you are living in).
* Are you a quad or a para? If you are a quad ... what level of injury are
you?
* Complete or incomplete injury?
And any other information you would like to offer. Thanks a bunch in advance!
Best to you all!
Lori Michaelson - age 51. How did that happen?!?!!! C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2
years post. Unable to drive.
I can feed myself if prepared and placed in front of me. Food needs to be cut
up if necessary.
Grew up in a small town in New York State and lived there for 36 years but
after meeting my husband he got transferred a couple times which first took us
to Virginia and then to Tucson Arizona. I was devastated with his unexpected
passing at only 63 years old on June 11, 2012 and over 90% of me went with him.
Went to live with sister and brother-in-law in northeastern Pennsylvania for 3
years but, despite hiring morning and evening caregivers ... my sister and
brother-in-law wanted me to move on for a myriad of reasons but primarily
because my sister began having venous stasis and my brother-in-law wanted his
house back without people coming and going.
Needless to say I am very disappointed in them because they very well could
have taken me on longer. I had I known it was only going to be for 3 years
(even though was an emergency situation as I had nowhere to go) I wish I had
found a live-in caregiver in Tucson where my husband and I have been living for
11 years.
Landed back in Tucson Arizona with a live-in caregiver in January 2016.
My story is a long one but I will stop there.
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"Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and
heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean
Koontz
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"Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and
heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean
Koontz
