Hey Ron - they refuse to give me a round of antibiotics until another urine specimen is done. People are just not doing their job and/or getting the runaround. When you become a seasoned quad for 36 1/2 years... you get to know things as you yourself know.
I would go to my "new" primary care physician or call her but she does not know me very well at all since I just saw her once, she is 45 minutes away and I told her what I did see her that the only problems I have are secondary SCI issues and that is what I contact my urologist so I can see her/hear her doing just that. Now, of course, it is a weekend. And I never foresaw any of this coming. On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 7:43 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > 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, > [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> > 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, <[email protected]> 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, > [email protected] writes: > > > [image: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.davisgillen] > <https://www.facebook.com/nancy.davisgillen> > Nancy Davis Gillen <https://www.facebook.com/nancy.davisgillen> 8:06am > May 5 > 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 thoughts. > > View Conversation on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/n/?messages%2F&action=read&tid=100000356803640&medium=email&mid=53218248e42d4G3127d423G0G0G7c090b17&bcode=1.1462455392.AbmMgfHXUzxks3eU&n_m=daanoo2003%40yahoo.com> > This message was sent to [email protected]. If you don't want to > receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe > <https://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=AS3JH33Dz_PpGGkF&u=824693795&mid=53218248e42d4G3127d423G0G0G7c090b17> > . > Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, Menlo Park, CA 94025Sent > from my iPhone > > On Apr 30, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> > 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. > > -- > "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 > > = > > > > > -- > "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 > > > > > -- "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
