tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76070281618480235552024-03-19T05:49:05.156-05:00Lindsay's FightHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01879753863902363299noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-91968046070384989112009-12-20T22:06:00.005-06:002009-12-20T22:19:26.361-06:00Merry Christmas!!!!To all those still reading.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtqZlb6toj3RGxkObpZQ1oQmzDhBlqWyzPtCcgyj4V5njlwGX9-JoLAl6fo8r0esQQKHprPiI1QrlYqKCEh_dXmHEpBs_XtJ4obYW5TM9kaVi3rabbeJIP6nniWeTLXhZNJTMpChPVaE/s1600-h/Christmas+Card.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417536268553984402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtqZlb6toj3RGxkObpZQ1oQmzDhBlqWyzPtCcgyj4V5njlwGX9-JoLAl6fo8r0esQQKHprPiI1QrlYqKCEh_dXmHEpBs_XtJ4obYW5TM9kaVi3rabbeJIP6nniWeTLXhZNJTMpChPVaE/s400/Christmas+Card.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>The month of November was a busy time for me. I was on ID consult and I had one day off a week and many nights I was rounding till 7, came home, put Landen to bed and went right back to work on charts. The month of December hasn't been that bad. I have been on acute care clinic so I get the weekends off. I have biopsied, stiched, and aspirated joints this month and my left hand hasn't limited me much at all. The thumb is progressing still. I am able to now pinch the thumb between my index finger and middle finger. Something I wasn't able to do in the past.</p><p>Landen went and visited Santa but did not like him at all.</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1D4c6ePe6GqbL3i9v6AeuG0epQfjT5dvR7sGL9GvFh85DhRnftThVMKspJh51SNf2F2z1rovcz83YhWkSmixxD2iwoo5nVO75IhHZk3xNq41FkbYM9-086rsrc5SG9JLIghq_1mPXKeQ/s1600-h/DSC07913.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417538611103732706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1D4c6ePe6GqbL3i9v6AeuG0epQfjT5dvR7sGL9GvFh85DhRnftThVMKspJh51SNf2F2z1rovcz83YhWkSmixxD2iwoo5nVO75IhHZk3xNq41FkbYM9-086rsrc5SG9JLIghq_1mPXKeQ/s400/DSC07913.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I start my Cardiology rotation in January so I will be spending many hrs in the hosptial next month so maybe I will check back in in February.<br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-24856821553489167322009-11-01T19:58:00.003-06:002009-11-01T20:18:15.663-06:00Happy HalloweenHope you all had a safe and happy Halloween. Landen was dressed as a lizard but we didn't take him around trick or treating because he is still too young to eat a lot of candy so we didn't think it would be right to take him around so we could eat the candy. He had fun answering the door and hand out candy. Here is my little lizard.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje2VFJWesqNLrSpyxBWbsc99zuMiSEDiQnrK4qg4oDcc0Ipj1ugQd0h3c8YbmOFRLIvHXPoaTYFE3arMYnYrNNDBk1_Fm5F7qnZyR9fSIhFOMfSDq-QkKkceKNSeeIq-Fp3zcUQyBm_U/s1600-h/12m+15d+q.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399321701724508002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje2VFJWesqNLrSpyxBWbsc99zuMiSEDiQnrK4qg4oDcc0Ipj1ugQd0h3c8YbmOFRLIvHXPoaTYFE3arMYnYrNNDBk1_Fm5F7qnZyR9fSIhFOMfSDq-QkKkceKNSeeIq-Fp3zcUQyBm_U/s400/12m+15d+q.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>As for work, I have finished one month now. Things have continued to go great. I have still not had any back pain. This next month I have infectious disease. Bring on the swine flu. I still have not got vaccinated because the hospital does not have any vaccines. They have a few that they are only giving it to pregnant workers and if they have vaccinated all pregnant workers, and still have some left then they are giving it to pregnant patients. They have plenty of the nasal vaccine but that is a live vaccine and with my recent splenectomy, I do not feel safe with a live vaccine. I called the health clinic and told them my situation and asked if I could be considered for the injectable vaccine since I am high risk but they didn't think so, so I remain unvacinated because I refuse to put myself at risk by getting the nasal one. This rotation will be more busy with me being on call and all and having to work weekends. Hope my back remains to not hurt.</div><div> </div><div> </div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-8064194935997080992009-10-19T20:23:00.005-05:002009-10-19T20:50:06.351-05:00Landen's 1st birthday.We had Landen's party on Saturday and it went great. He got lots of toys and clothes and he absolutely loved his cake. He ate almost the entire thing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPds556e3kNxbpgo_JCmnRRmC30K6bVDR88Tsje0xcl2NSSFvoUQnuktGE4Xbl289oTOW6RH8FckHvVQx0x-_luobXQygTglYFCCHqAMUn0kcvvm9gqkI470KT1yK0hyphenhyphenYG8LT8OzYL3w/s1600-h/P1000511.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394489268993576178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPds556e3kNxbpgo_JCmnRRmC30K6bVDR88Tsje0xcl2NSSFvoUQnuktGE4Xbl289oTOW6RH8FckHvVQx0x-_luobXQygTglYFCCHqAMUn0kcvvm9gqkI470KT1yK0hyphenhyphenYG8LT8OzYL3w/s400/P1000511.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeOg-UjHWqK8WFMDzxb0X-5_lQIWujXecBHgvCRphevcDbSsbyQHLE6RUNAphf7pz9ACoTv6N_2qBBka1NLoMXDYYdwg-KazHgnQxIL8juPis4OkIszyp_GB4F0viWHjA2zK30D1x1Vg/s1600-h/P1000514.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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I do wake up in the morning stiff and a little sore but I am using muscles a lot more than I use to so it is like the same as if you go to the gym, the next day you are stiff and sore. I am able to type with my left hand and do so fairly well. The only finger that wont type is my pinky. It doesn't have enough strength to push down the key. I don't type as fast as I use to but I do fairly well. My arm is tired and sore at the end of the day from typing but it is good therapy for it. As for other parts of my life, my hawkeyes are doing great. 6-0 start, best start since '85. I dont go to the games but I do go tailgating before the games. Yesterday was a cold game. We tailgated for about 5 hrs and then came back here to watch the game. I froze outside, I had tons of clothes on but the wind was strong and since I still cant drink because of my meds, I didn't have any beer to warm me up. My hand gets really stiff in the cold. Friday Landen turns 1. I cant believe how fast this last year has gone. He is still not walking but I know he will soon enough. He gets into everything now but he is adorable. His new thing is throwing all his food on the ground if he is done or doesn't like it. The 1st time was cute and we laughed and took pictures, now it is getting quite annoying. <br /><br />My updates will be few and far between from now on. I am not a blog person and dont really have the time to start. If I liked having a blog and telling people all about myself everyday, I would have started a blog earlier. I will updated periodically if anything changes but the only big thing left in my healing is my arm and it will be a very slow progress so there won't be much to post about each day. Sorry for all of you that check this site daily looking for an update, but with work now and taking care of an active child, I need to spend my extra time picking up the house or studying. I will post some pics after this weekend of Landen's party. I really hope he smashes the cake into his face.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-14858663405931972572009-09-30T11:54:00.002-05:002009-09-30T12:03:05.007-05:00Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's back to work I go.Well the time has come for me to return to work tomorrow. I am a little nervous but I am ready for my life to try to return to normal. My program has been so understanding through this process which I am so thankful for. I am starting on Rheumatology which will be an easier rotation but it is also what I think I want to do with my life so I need to perform halfway decent so that maybe I have a shot at a fellowship here. There are some days where I wonder if I suffered a little anoxic brain syndrome (brain lacking oxygen) because there are times when I am asked something that I should know and just cant think of it and then after thinking about it for a while, it finally comes to me. Hopefully everything comes back to me when I start back.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-58029605757033580542009-09-21T22:48:00.003-05:002009-09-22T10:28:22.425-05:00The Flu, Swine or not, it still sucks.Just for a quick update. I'm still hanging in there, not much new to report. We are struggling with the flu in our household currently. Landen started with it, I got a very light bout of it, and now Tim has it pretty bad. I guess I get to take care of him now. I am shocked that with my problems that I got off the easiest of the 3 of us with the flu. Mom's don't have time to get sick right?<br /><br />Update: So my light bout of the flu was just a teaser to the hell I would endure last night and am still enduring. I have stopped counting how many times I have thrown up. My body aches all over. It is hard watching landen when we are both sick.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-33875058711593603662009-09-11T11:33:00.002-05:002009-09-11T12:25:43.263-05:00WeightSo my weight is really starting to drive me nuts. Some of you that havent seen me since the accident still remember me at my normal weight of 145 lbs. What do I weigh now, a whopping 125lbs. I am 5'7'' and weigh 125lbs, that is not right. I use to think I would always love it if I weighed 125lbs when I was 145lbs and now that I am at this weight I absolutely hate it and would give anything to get back to my previous weight. Of those of you keeping track of my weight gain since leaving the hospital, that is a total of 0 lbs gained. None of my clothes fit, not even my bras fit. I am sick of wearing a belt with my jeans just to hold them up and then see them bunch up in front and back. I refuse to buy new clothes because I am determined to put weight on. My body use to be happy at 145. I could eat almost anything I wanted and my weight would vary only slightly up and down. Now I was still active and worked out but I never had to work out consistantly and watch what I ate to maintain my weight. Bad thing about this was my body never allowed me to lose much weight when I tried either, which I thought I always had wanted to do until now. I feel right now that I am constantly eating and its not doing anything. I have this weird thing with my body that when it gets hungry, it doesnt just growl, I get this pain in my left side just below my ribs that travels around to my back and just gets worse if I ignore it and dont feed myself. It is something I have had even before the accident but only came on before if I was absolutely starving, now it comes on with the slightest hunger so I am having to constantly eat. I finished off an entire bad of cheesy quick tators from Schwans in less than a week by myself (oh so yummy). I dont eat healthy by any means. I think I have had more donuts since the accident then I have had all last year alone. The only thing I dont eat much off is fast food, 1) because that would get expensive & 2) I dont feel the greatest after eating it. There are days where I think I shouldnt work out because then I will just burn off anything extra I ate that day but I know I need to continue to work out to build my muscles back up and get my cardio back up so I am not worn out just walking up and down stairs. I always wondered when people said they couldnt gain weight, I thought it had to be easy, you just go crazy eating anything you want. Well I feel like I am doing that and my body has other things in mind.<br /><br />On to another topic, I have now finished the 3rd book in the twilight series and am desperately waiting on the 4th and final to arrive in the mail, hopefully today. I also taped the new series on CW called the vampire diaries and will watch it today. It is based on the books and I am hoping it is good.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-51626962530240812302009-09-05T19:02:00.002-05:002009-09-05T19:23:36.954-05:00so Friday I had my appointment with trauma once again. They have a new resident and new attending each time I go in. So the resident comes in and starts by saying, "so, tell me what happened, whats your story" Obviously he had not reviewed my file. I started in on my story and he goes "wait, are you a resident here" I was like yeah, he goes "internal medicine, right, I heard about you" That was the same response I got last time. i think the whole hospital knows my story now. So I waited and waited around then for the attending. By 10:35, 1 hr and 20 mins after my appointment time, and 5 mins late now for my OT appointment, he comes rushing, listening to the residents story of me as they are coming down the hall, puts his hands on my chest and asks me to take a deep breath in, then proceeds to tell me that my left side doesnt rise as well as my right so I need a chest x-ray now to make sure I dont have fluid in my lungs. I proceeded to tell him yeah, there is scare tissue there from broken ribs and surgery and why would I have fluid on my lungs after 2 months and even if I did, I was asymptomatic so they wouldnt do anything about it anyway, we would just watch it to make sure it reabsorbs. I asked if I could just get it done next Wed when I have to get x-rays of my back for my neurosurgery appointment for which he said, no it must be done today (so urgent, I mean I was dying of not breathing right there) but I could refuse them if I want. I told him, no I would do it but after my therapy appoint as I was already late. So I went to my therapy appoint and then went and got the x-ray and went back to trauma for the results and what did they find..........scar tissue, big surprise. what a waste of resourses. Then the resident was pondering when to see me back. I said how bout prn (as needed). I told them there was no point for their followup as I had no tubes anymore and was feeling fine from a surgical stand point. On a non medical point, I finished the 2nd book in the twilight series today. 560+ pages in the book and I started it Wednesday night. It is seriously that good I couldnt put it down. I have now started the 3rd. 600+ pages this time. We will see how fast I read this one.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-59144446526668711122009-09-02T13:48:00.002-05:002009-09-02T14:02:05.287-05:00So some of you want to know about my boring life right now. I went to the gym finally yesterday and plan to make it a routine. I am trying to get myself back into shape. I finally finished the 1st book in the twilight series. It is so good I couldn't put it down these last few days. After I finished it, I went straight to the movie store and rented the movie and watched it right away. Is it bad I was so envolved in the movie I didnt want to stop it to go pick up my kid from daycare. The movie was good but the book is so much better. Today I went and bought the next 2 books in the series and if I finish them soon, I will have to buy the 4th in hard cover as they told my it won't be in soft cover till well after christmas. I highly recommend it to you all to read. My son has a nasty cold and coughed and fussed last night so I held him upright and rocked him for half an hour while he slept in my arms and let the congestion drain down. He is the most adorable thing ever and I wish I could take his cold away from him. Today I mowed the lawn in segments as we have a push mower that is not self propelled so it was tiring but I did it. It was good exercise for the day. This weekend I plan on going tailgating for a while. If you want to join me, just let me know. That is all for my boring life now. I am ready to go back to work, I just wish my back and stamina was.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-67388549284997590302009-08-31T22:27:00.001-05:002009-08-31T22:28:42.790-05:00Just letting you know I am still here and kicking. Nothing new to report. Still going to therapy 3 times a week for my arm and it is slowly progressing.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-74909277771812768592009-08-26T21:07:00.002-05:002009-08-26T21:16:18.439-05:00one less medWell I have decided to completely get off the anti depression med completely. I feel like m PTSD was almost entirely composed of the anxiety component and not the depression component and my anxiety has basically resolved. I told my therapist that we will see how things progress once I am off of it and if I feel I am getting worse then we will discuss something different. Other than that, not much new to report. I am slowly seeing progress with my hand each week. This last week I gained function in extending my middle finger. Not quite sure why only just that finger can be extended and not any other ones as anatomically based on how the nerves go it doesn't make sense why just that one has come back and not the others and the orthopedic surgeon didn't have any good answer but hey I will take any progress I can get. I can kind of flip people off now, maybe that was god's purpose in giving me that function back first. Who knows.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-31845139526052912922009-08-24T21:14:00.002-05:002009-08-24T21:28:17.200-05:00I think I solved the headachesSo I think I solved the headache situation as I have now had 2 headache free days. I hope I am not jinxing myself. About a week and a half ago I met with my therapist again and once again she mentioned using an SSRI (a type of depression med) for my PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) She felt it would give me energy and also it had a side effect of weight gain. I finally said well lets just give it a shot and see. These meds you cant just start at a dose, you have to build yourself up. She wanted me at 20mg, that is what she starts people at. I took 5mg for 5 days, then 10mg for 5 days, and the 20 mg. On the 10 mg I was feeling the best I ever had, with lots of energy. After having one of the worst headaches on Sat night I sat down and thought of what had changed. I had slowly weaned myself down from my anxiety meds and my pain meds and I didnt think a rebound headache would last this long. Then I realized that the time the headaches started was the time I went from 10mg to 20mg on my anti-depressant. I looked up the side effects and discovered that headaches were a side effect along with insomnia which I had recently developed and orthostatic hypotension (blood pressure droping when standing up and getting lightheaded), also something I recently developed. So Sunday I went back down to 10mg and I have not had a headache since. and the insomnia and hypotension have improved. Hopefully I remain headache free. We'll see on Wednesday at my next appointment whether she wants me to stay on this or switch.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-23496591407420329842009-08-21T18:17:00.002-05:002009-08-21T18:43:29.141-05:00The drain is out!!!So today I had my appointment with trauma. The attending was in surgery so the intern was just talking to him on the phone. He came back into the room and told me he was going to pull the drain. I questioned him as I had just been to interventional radiology on Wed, the ones that put it in, and they didnt want to pull it because they wanted the drainage to be less than 20ml per day and it had only been like that for 1 day. Trauma however said they pull it if it is less than 50ml. I made the intern call the attending back and tell him that IR didnt want to pull it on Wed so was he sure he wanted to pull it and he said he was. I got no happy juice for him to pull it, he just went ahead and pull. Oh yeah, need I mention it was stuck on something which I think was my pancreas. He kept pulling and I felt like my insides were going to come out of the whole. I could feel it coming from my back and then I felt a rip and it came out. Didnt actually hurt that bad but felt incredibly weird. I did ask him how many of these he had done before. I know how it is like to be the intern and need experience but I wasnt about to be a guinea pig without an attending there watching but he assured me he had done several of these. I am suppose to call if I have any pain, which I do now but it was just pulled so I am expecting some pain and it is tolerable. I will call if it gets worse or lasts all weekend. Hopefully everything heals up nicely. On a good note, I have been off my anxiety meds for a week now and also off my strong pain meds for 4 days. I am only on tylenol now. I have had a headache all week since Sunday that has not been touched by tylenol, advil, or even Percocet. I told trauma about it and they want to send me to neurology. I will go but I also decided to try a chiropracter today since I figured something may have been twisted in my neck from the fall to the concrete. I told her she was not to touch my back which she highly agreed, and even took x-rays of my neck first before touching my neck to make sure there were no fractures. My headache starts small in the morning and usually by 6pm it is kinda bad. I am happy to report that it is still minimal at this time and I havent taken tylenol in a while so I am hoping a couploe tylenol will nix it. She also has this new technique that she uses these tools to get under scars and break them up. I said I was all for that, anything to try to get my hand back I will try. She did a little today but was hesitent to do too much without seeing the x-rays and knowing what was under it so I signed a form to reloease my x-rays to her and will return on Tuesday. All in all I had a very busy day. Time to relax now.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-67352664437942253672009-08-19T17:20:00.002-05:002009-08-19T17:26:25.156-05:00CT ScanWell the CT scan went well today. It was non-contrast so I thank goodness I didnt have to drink that nasty contrast. It showed all pockets of fluid are gone but since I am still having outputs more than 20 ml they are going to leave it in and re-check next week and possibly pull it next week. That's all to report today.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-10870034618162421902009-08-18T21:55:00.003-05:002009-08-18T22:04:42.266-05:00We are cursed!!Once again I get a bad phone call today. My cousins little daughter broke her arm really bad today. The ambulance took them to their local hospital and the doctors there told them to get right back into the ambulance and head to St. Louis where she needs to see a specialist because it is bad. I dont know if she had surgery tonight or if she will get it tomorrow. Please pray that everything is okay with her and she recovers well. She is to young to go through this. This is he 2nd broken bone this year.<br /><br />As far as I go, today was unfortunately a bad day. I guess with all the good days I have had lately, I was bound to have a bad day. I didnt sleep well last night and had a mild headache that would just not go away, and then all day I just had absolutely no energy. Luckily I didnt have any appointments at the hospital today to wear me farther down and could relax. Tomorrow I have a CT scan to check the pancreas. <br /><br />Once again, everyone be careful with everything you do this year, it is not a good year.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-78863648560342551672009-08-17T20:38:00.002-05:002009-08-17T21:50:22.665-05:00Well that was not fun!!!So today was my EMG appointment. I really didn't know what the EMG entailed as I really had never seen one done although I had actually ordered one for a patient in the one week I was actually a resident and she was not very happy afterwards and said it hurt so I was expecting some pain. The test has 2 parts, the nerve conduction study and then the actual EMG. So a tech performed the nerve conduction study 1st. She placed some electrodes on my fingers and then she shocked different areas of my arm. First she would start with low voltage and the turn it up with each shock. The low voltages felt like a tiny shock. Like when you stick you tongue on a 9V battery. By the high voltage it was more like sticking your and on an electric fence. Not fun. When it came to the radial nerve, she was shocking me and I was getting no response. It worried me that that nerve was really damagedbut she said it could be just because she was hitting scar tissue since she was right on one of my scars so she turned the voltage up to the highest power and still nothing so she went and got the staff physician. He came and told her to try different area, mind you still at the highest power and wow did that one connect. I about shot off the table. Then the resident physician came in for the EMG. This part involved sticking what looked like to be a 25G needle into my arm and one in my hand which hurt the worst and he didnt just stick them in, no, he wiggled them around. So I dont know exactly all the results and what they mean as I wasnt thinking straight after all that but what I do know is that my ulnar nerve is what is the most affected at this point. I dont know what the surgeon that did the surgery thought about the ulnar nerve as he only made comment on the radil nerve and how it had been pinched but not severed. I felt all zings from the electrode go all the way down all 3 nerves so I am unsure why the muscles in the hand innervated by the ulnar nerve do not work. Could the nerve have possibly been pulled and so diverting branches were broken off but the main branch is still there? Any ideas from any one? I have my appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on Monday to view the results and basically find out answers and whether they think I need a surgery or not again or if we just wait it out. <br /><br />On a side note I have come to the conclusion that if you have known my family for a long time, please be extra, extra careful the rest of the year. Once agin someone we have known for a long time has had an accident and is hospitalized and could use your prayers. A guy my parents do hay business with was unloading a hayrack off a semi when he slipped and the hayrack ran over his neck. He was lifeflighted to Iowa City where he underwent surgery on his broken neck and had another one today. This happened on Friday and he is doing remarkably well. He has all feeling in his body except for mild weakness in his right arm. Once again, god works miracles. Please everyone becareful with everything you do and always tell those you love that you love them because you never know when it will be your last. Have a goodnight.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-55793375921948547182009-08-14T15:40:00.002-05:002009-08-14T15:54:13.658-05:00The days are slowly getting better. I seem to have more energy lately and mornings aren't so rough for me anymore. Some days are more painful lately but I just keep telling myself it is good pain because they are pushing me harder each time in therapy. I do therapy 3 times a week on my arm. It is painful but I push through it as I want my function in my arm to come back so bad. I have full function in my wrist, it is just weak and still slightly restricted in full motion by scar tissue in my arm which therapists are working at breaking through. I don't have full movement in my fingers yet and that is what is frusterating. I have EMG studies on Monday that should maybe give answers on how my function will develop. I heard they hurt though so not looking forward to that part. A lot of you get worried if I don't update daily. I may not update this weekend as I have nothing new going on this weekend so my update would be pretty boring so don't worry, I don't see another hospital stay in my future hopefully anytime soon. I will give another update on monday after my appointments. Hope you all have a great weekend and I am very jealous of all of you going to the fair. I absolutely cannot wait till this time next year so I can take Landen to the fair. It will be so much fun because he will be at such a cute age to show him all the animals. Happy Friday.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-72900582288273264712009-08-13T17:11:00.002-05:002009-08-13T17:24:18.721-05:00Yesterday was a long painful day. I didn't sleep well at all because of the pain and my mind was just racing. You know when you lift weights for the 1st time in a while and the 2nd day after is always the most painful, well that is what Wednesday was for me since I had had occupational therapy on Monday that had kicked my butt. I had it again yesterday and I was so tempted to cancel since I was in so much pain but I pushed through it and went. I had physical therapy today so my back is probably going to hurt tomorrow. Not much else to post about. Mornings are getting much better for me so that is good. Tomorrow I go to my primary care doctor just because I want someone overlooking my well being and overlooking what all the specialists are doing. I am going to ask him to draw blood to check all my kidney and liver functions and then also my vitamin levels just to make sure everything is functioning well. Hope you all had a great day. Enjoy the fair if you are going,Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-48742450355273152572009-08-11T10:42:00.002-05:002009-08-11T10:52:51.084-05:00Today is a painful day but I keep having to tell myself it is a good pain, a healing pain. Yesterday I had my 2nd occupational therapy appointment and not only did he work on my arm, but he noticed that my posture was horrific so he stretched and pulled at the muscles of my back and shoulder. I was so worn out after the appointment that I had to pull over halfway home and just lay back and relax before I drove the rest of the way home and I don't even live that far from the hospital. So of course I woke up this morning with very sore muscles. I also walked 1/2 mile yesterday on the treadmill without stopping at 2.8mph. Most of you are probably thinking, oh wow 1/2 mile, not much there but for me and the condition I am in, this is a huge accomplishment for me and I was very proud of myself. Course I immediately collapsed on the couch for a while immediately afterward but I did it non the less. Today is a day of relaxing since all I have is a visiting nurse appointment this afternoon and I have another round of therpy tomorrow along with my psych appointment so it is going to be a long tiring day tomorrow.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-45529370731221297712009-08-10T11:28:00.009-05:002009-08-10T11:57:48.272-05:00Here are a few pics of the storm that came through last night. It looked scary but didn't really do a whole lot.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNdtAD6e2F57mJ61Ag-veRyLdPGq4A4uRiWKBjEVUB0r8UVTnISAEsBeTnsz3Y5g_lFc7qrZpdxhZcIS1BD7VSQ-UN9X_hSCRsIrztowA9vTQVn-aS8-IbF0giixUCeMbYwmNxfWLC1w/s1600-h/P1000435.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368376265506631026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNdtAD6e2F57mJ61Ag-veRyLdPGq4A4uRiWKBjEVUB0r8UVTnISAEsBeTnsz3Y5g_lFc7qrZpdxhZcIS1BD7VSQ-UN9X_hSCRsIrztowA9vTQVn-aS8-IbF0giixUCeMbYwmNxfWLC1w/s400/P1000435.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3ZPx7MbtW1iMVSPmbzHeVEmpdTG3VeuC_I4dfHXt2Oj4zwM6aLfImpn9Vus-PG7AteytoTOq8RJALW3I0IspjkBCAUhvgyToBOFcuP-sax9VfpWGorv4sP4NW2cZpmKm3m4SmffW7WI/s1600-h/P1000438.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368373910151295890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3ZPx7MbtW1iMVSPmbzHeVEmpdTG3VeuC_I4dfHXt2Oj4zwM6aLfImpn9Vus-PG7AteytoTOq8RJALW3I0IspjkBCAUhvgyToBOFcuP-sax9VfpWGorv4sP4NW2cZpmKm3m4SmffW7WI/s400/P1000438.JPG" /></a><br />While I am adding pics, I will make this a happy post and post some pics of the most adorable baby in the world and I am not biased at all.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPXihDdpoNehAy2Mh4MXEq6Fc0hRHGPQDiozzHjujJI5XH9EO8liFhBEb2JcOQBkOmKHUcIrFJmR6RBKYcV8mu_eD5fsDVO9Aqo1qjhcnTuLFvdM-ysutZPa4_PE8QJouFgLtiAT4uKk/s1600-h/P1000429.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368377343860674146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPXihDdpoNehAy2Mh4MXEq6Fc0hRHGPQDiozzHjujJI5XH9EO8liFhBEb2JcOQBkOmKHUcIrFJmR6RBKYcV8mu_eD5fsDVO9Aqo1qjhcnTuLFvdM-ysutZPa4_PE8QJouFgLtiAT4uKk/s400/P1000429.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8HVyZ7F5vyB1Vrb8a45QLuFoQUGWU8btWwaRsvFnijcu_6-crWTSM8pWhWlhkS_As2LObkkvWRDyNyaVZJfKpuEbUn7t1IiXb5xrYX-STCiSKRm43iayYQMhL8vCxzvX42nKQQYdQN4/s1600-h/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368378103275318690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8HVyZ7F5vyB1Vrb8a45QLuFoQUGWU8btWwaRsvFnijcu_6-crWTSM8pWhWlhkS_As2LObkkvWRDyNyaVZJfKpuEbUn7t1IiXb5xrYX-STCiSKRm43iayYQMhL8vCxzvX42nKQQYdQN4/s400/035.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAnBG4QR1F22k9-UU7smKYEuzKe9y0Zb3lQdC6mtgqtmqFoOguyQ8N7RLeieikSNhGYoHZ81QkwG1fHtO6lNTAa6597yKQY_W4t9N8jGJCCHyqWz51z2xrWgkhHzgHYI8SFrnuuDO9_I/s1600-h/053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368378844423383970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAnBG4QR1F22k9-UU7smKYEuzKe9y0Zb3lQdC6mtgqtmqFoOguyQ8N7RLeieikSNhGYoHZ81QkwG1fHtO6lNTAa6597yKQY_W4t9N8jGJCCHyqWz51z2xrWgkhHzgHYI8SFrnuuDO9_I/s400/053.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEQ_88P-hbCarcpUrVxsmHqVFktsJdszCf160xTWNGGLpFztArmkO84Vn8VZnVCM8XElSa7TpnmVpxcKUaDQhqZWxWnslBkNRU2zMhtJplEGbez2iZ15KQTvqDVxV8BsdRq_kxcNgQ84/s1600-h/077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368379854713238386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEQ_88P-hbCarcpUrVxsmHqVFktsJdszCf160xTWNGGLpFztArmkO84Vn8VZnVCM8XElSa7TpnmVpxcKUaDQhqZWxWnslBkNRU2zMhtJplEGbez2iZ15KQTvqDVxV8BsdRq_kxcNgQ84/s400/077.JPG" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-38527099303499349412009-08-09T20:49:00.002-05:002009-08-09T21:02:10.375-05:00Good DayToday was a pretty good day. I slept pretty good last night. I did wake up pretty sore because I did some physical therapy exercises yesterday. My mom and dad showed up today and we went to the mall. Of course they found me a wheelchair because I knew I wouldn't be able to walk that far without tiring easily. We got a protein shake mix at GNC to help with me gaining weight. All my doctor friends reading this, how much is too much protein in one day/ in one sitting, for only one kidney to handle? Each scoop of powder is 21 grams of protein, the GNC guy said I could always put 2 scoops per drink. I just don't want to overload my own kidney. After we returned from the mall, we all took a nap and then grilled hamburgers on the grill. Then the storm hit so my parents waited it out a little before heading home. We got some really cool pictures of the front moving in. If I figure out how to post a picture on here, I will share them soon.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-84661985638005734952009-08-08T20:32:00.002-05:002009-08-08T20:41:11.018-05:008/8/09 8:30pmWell today started off kind of rough. I actually got a lot of sleep in last night. I went to bed around 8pm. I woke up around 2:30 realizing I hadnt taken my pm meds so I got up to take them but actally didnt feel hungry for once so went right back to bed. Then I woke up around 5:30, this time thinking I was hungry so got up and started eating some applesauce but 2 bites into it, I started feeling sick so I put it back in the fridge and went back to bed till 8. Then all morning and into the afternoon, I felt like I had no energy but when I would try to take a nap, I couldnt fall asleep but I kept yawning. Finally I just decided to take a shower and things seemed to turn around from there. I was able to eat a lot this afternoon along with eating a lot for dinner and I felt like I had energy now. Hopefully I ate enough today to sleep through the night without waking. Hopefully tomorrow starts off better than today did.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-5893042606582395252009-08-07T18:13:00.002-05:002009-08-07T18:42:57.543-05:00Update on meI decided to try to post my update earlier tonight since lately, 8pm hits and I am comp;etely zoonked.<br /><br />As I posted before, Wednesday morning, I had my orthopedics appointment then I went to my psychtherapy appointment. We basically talked about what has been giving me anxiety. I told her I have a lot of anxiety about eating still so we are going to try some Ativan 30 minutes before I eat to see if that helps. I am finding it difficult because when I wake up in the morning, I am starving and dont feel like I can wait 30 minutes to eat and then throughout the day I just munch here and there. The only time I feel it really could work is at dinner. I was given homework to jot down when I have my anxiety so maybe we can pin point it to a certain event/s<br />After those 2 appointments, I went home and crashed.<br /><br />Thursday was my physical therapy and occupational therapy appointment. I was so worried what they were going to do during the appointment that I sent myself into a panic attack which then made me late to my appointment as I tried to calm myself down. Physical therapy wasn't bad, he just gave me some stretches to do for my back and told me to start getting exercise. Occupational therapy was a lot harder. He would stretch my fingers and hand and wrist to their maximum and thn massage over the scar where they were pulling from. It actually didn't hurt as bad during the whole thing but today my arm is throbbing. Once again, after my appointments, I was exhausted.<br /><br />Today I only had one appointment. It was my trauma appointment. It was basically a waste of time. He listened to my heart and lungs. Looked at the drainage and said we will just continue to watch it. Good news hopefully is that the drainage is decreasing lately, I just hope it means it is actually decreasing and not just moved and is not collecting the area anymore. I have another CT scan coming up that I guess will determine that.<br /><br />Well that is all my updates for the week. I am going to try to spend some time on the treadmill this weekend as I will not be walking outside since it is suppose to be 90+ degrees out. Hope you all stay cool this weekend.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-63236193064267078862009-08-06T22:17:00.003-05:002009-08-06T23:02:14.331-05:00Yes I'm still herey said teyThese last 2 days have been hard on me with appointments. Yesterday I had my orthopedics appointment at 8am followed by my psych appointment. I of course decided that right before we had to leave, I would have anxiety about the applesauce I was eating and worried that I would throw it up, which is exactly what I ended up making myself do. So after that it was very hard to get myself going because I did not feel good but finally got out the door. I arrived at the orthopedic clinic only for them to tell me that their computer shows my appointment had been cancelled but it didn't say why. They could tell it took me a lot if effort to get there so they squeezed me in. They wantemg studies on my arm in a couple of weeks to see how it is progressing and if needed to get full function back in my hand then they will do surgery as a last resort.<br /><br />I will post more tomorrow as I am incredily tired now and need to sleep. Just letting you all know I was still hereLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607028161848023555.post-38958651474260881502009-08-04T20:43:00.002-05:002009-08-04T20:54:55.783-05:00Better day todayToday was a much better day today and glad it was since today was Tim and I's 2 year anniversary which we both completely forgot about. I think we have had a lot of other things on our plate lately. We actually didn't realize it was our anniversary until my sister-in-law texted us wishing us a happy anniversary. Oh well, we will just have to celebrate x 2 on our 3rd anniversary. Today is also my parents anniversary so happy anniversary to them also. <br /><br />I woke up at 3am hungry and stuck to my plan of dragging my ass out of bed and eating a little something. I then went back to bed and woke at 6 hungry again. All day, I basically just snacked all day long and I think it helped. Not sure if I got in 2500 calories but I stayed satisfied all day and didn't over fill my self and make myself feel sick again. Tomorrow morning is a day full of appointments. I have an orthopedic appointment at 8 followed by my psych appointment at 9:30. I hope that she has a couch in her room because I will want to lay down after my ortho appointment. Hopefully tomorrow is another good day.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02004955369781241006noreply@blogger.com4