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Teri16

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Posted 8/25/2005 12:24 PM (GMT -7)

Hi Everyone!

This is our home base, the place where we come when we don't know where else to post?! Feel free to let us know how you are doing and what's happening in your life!

Hugs, Teri

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Teri16

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Posted 8/25/2005 12:33 PM (GMT -7)

Hi Everyone!

I had another test today to check my EF (ejection fraction), by using the "First Pass Test". This was a first for me. Very easy and simple. They injected something to light the way. :) and I stood (still) on a treadmill while they took pics of my heart! I'm hoping for some good news with this, but won't know the results til the first week of Sept. I'll keep you posted.

Hugs, Teri :)

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heartangel

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Posted 8/26/2005 4:36 PM (GMT -7)

Best of Luck Teri and I wish yu good results.

OOna will be off line a while Hurricane Katrina knocked out power where she is had 21 inches of rain, knocked down a fence and alot of avacodo trees in the grove then she moved her van in the nick of time for a big Ficus tree fell on her carport nad her study has a l;eak, so no power till FPL does the damage assment next. and that will take 12-24 hours. she has no ac so she is hot. please kep her in yuor prayers.

too all others in this path take caover in Ga etc suppose to hit ner LA,Miss,Ala they are saying now and wee still got allweek but up to a category 3 now. yuo all take care.

Heidi

LilacGal

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Posted 8/26/2005 4:58 PM (GMT -7)

Hey all!!!

What a week. School started Wednesday. I am so tired! ZZZzzzZZZzzz

My leg is starting to ache...where I had the incisions for the ablations and ep study. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that I've been on my feet all day for the past three days. Who knows. It's now been exactly four weeks since my last ablation. Yay! I am happy about that. I hope some of the post procedure symptoms will be going away soon. Just wish my leg didn't hurt so much!

ttfn!

Lil

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Teri16

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Posted 8/26/2005 5:41 PM (GMT -7)

Hi Lil! :)

It's good to see you here! Sorry to hear about your leg still bothering you, if it continues I would say something to your Dr. I hope it was just from starting back up with the pacing the floors! :)

Take care!!
Bunches of Hugs, Teri :)

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Teri16

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Posted 8/26/2005 7:20 PM (GMT -7)

(((Libby))), I hope you are okay? I know this has been a really tough week for you. My best wishes to you always!

Bunches of Hugs, Teri :)

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Teri16

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Posted 8/26/2005 7:24 PM (GMT -7)

Oona and all the rest of our Hurricane laden friends, hoping you all are doing okay?! Thinking of you...

Hugs, Teri :)

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heartangel

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Posted 8/26/2005 7:44 PM (GMT -7)

Teri

I go into EOC & JFRD tomorrow for a 2 hour training seminar and we were told don't be suprised if we are called out to go down south FLA. depending on the path of Katrina last update was Miss.,Ala, LA, coasts and alot of rain for Ga Bob please take care and be carefull ok.

Heidi

MARYME

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Posted 8/26/2005 8:03 PM (GMT -7)

Hi Everyone!!!!!

To all of you southern Florida people. I really hope and pray that all of you do not suffer much damage. My sister lives in Pompano Beach. I will report what is going on over there. Hope there isn't much damage for you all. Love, take care, be well and hopefully you don't suffer much damage everyone.

Love, Peace and Happiness All!!!!!!

xoxoxo MARYME

Teri16

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Posted 8/26/2005 8:06 PM (GMT -7)

Hi MaryMe!!

My sister's in Fla., too - I keep telling her to move to Texas! :)
I hope you are doing alright?! Take care.

Hugs, Teri xoxoxo

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LibbyG

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Posted 8/26/2005 8:47 PM (GMT -7)

hi all,

boy lots of florida folks! i just told my uncle today to sell the B&B and pensacola and come to the shores of texas, where we might have some problems on occasion, but it seems much rarer than florida. poor ole florida, seems to be having increasingly hard times. especially the recovery.

by the way, my little twig is still hanging in there, barely. we don't want to be cruel, but he seems happy when darren is around, and he is not in pain. it's mostly the awkwardness of having to take him out every 2-3 hours to hope for no accidents. poor little guy.

re leg pain - who said that? lil? anyway, i had some with this last heart cath and my whole right leg is sorta numb, particularly the thigh. i called the cardioboy and he said how common that was and expected that would start to clear up soonish but to call him if it didn't. i guess that's common. he said there are lots of nerves there that can get "nicked" during the process, but that they should recover.

libby

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Teri16

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Posted 8/26/2005 9:43 PM (GMT -7)

Just a little note here...in all my caths, each one a bit different, depending on the Dr. I don't recall being in that much pain a month afterwards with any of mine. So Libby, you are probably correct (or your cardio guy is :) ) re nerves and whatnot...sometimes infection can be a problem too. So Lil, don't take any chances. If it's red, swollen, warm to the touch, or any drainage at all at this point in time, please get it looked at! :)

Hugs, Teri :)

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Teri16

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Posted 8/26/2005 9:48 PM (GMT -7)

Libby, I'm happy for all of you that Twig is getting along okay!! It sounds like he's happy just being there with you and as long you are willing to help him about, then I applaud your efforts and his!! :)

Bunches of Hugs, Teri :)
xoxoxo

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heartangel

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Posted 8/27/2005 5:11 AM (GMT -7)

Libby

Glad Twig is still with yuo all yes takeing him out every two to three hours is hard but yu can do it and twig loves yu for it.

so far katrina willmis Fla's West Coastr Yipee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now Watch our La and Ala and if it goes further West teri take cover be safe they say it would go into Texas and this one is bringing flooding rains. so yuo all take cover. Bob be careful too for i have family in Ga geting ready for the storms too. for it will bring them some rain.

Power came back on at Ooonas so she has power now I am glad. now to repair the fence, tree on carport and roof leak she will call the handy man to do that. But at least she has power now.

Heidi

Post Edited (heartangel) : 8/27/2005 6:32:28 AM (GMT-6)

LilacGal

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Posted 8/27/2005 11:46 AM (GMT -7)

I hate to say this but I haven't even looked at the incision site on my leg...just knew it was hurting. Boy, you can tell my head is elsewhere! I do hope it's hurting bc of how much standing and walking I'm doing at school. It was sore for a couple days post procedure and then didn't hurt at all until this week. I'll just keep an eye on it.

Lil

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Teri16

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Posted 8/27/2005 3:02 PM (GMT -7)

Lil, hope you are feeling better today!!

Ricky, how have you been getting along since your surgery?

Bob, just wanted to say and hope you'll be okay with these storms!!

Barb, wondering where you are again!? lol

Kathy, Libby, Julia and Sara, hoping you are having a nice weekend!!

Oona, hope you get your electric on soon!!

Wishing everyone only the best! Hugs, Teri :)

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Post Edited (Teri16) : 8/27/2005 4:05:22 PM (GMT-6)

LilacGal

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Posted 8/27/2005 3:27 PM (GMT -7)

hey,

not feeling any better. hubby actually caught me wincing today so i told him about the pain i was having. i've been keeping an ice pack on it all day...numbs it. :) Hurts whenever i stand up and start moving around though. i guess if it keeps up, i'll be going to the doc about it. i'm gonna try to give it another week though.

oh...i did look at it. it's still got the two purple spots but nothing surrounding it. i can still feel the knots there too. it looks like it did a month ago just without the bruises.

Lil

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Teri16

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Posted 8/27/2005 3:37 PM (GMT -7)

Lil, if it continues over the weekend, call Monday for an after school appt. to have him check it out - just to be on the safe side! Though I know you probably will not listen to me, just like my own children. lol Please make sure you don't take chances!! I care!

Love and Hugs, Teri :)

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RickyB

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Posted 8/27/2005 5:00 PM (GMT -7)

Teri I am getting along a lot better than I have in a long time.sure is good to be able to walk again without pain.by the way we are coming home.gonna move back to Temple at the end of September.miss my grandkids.my daughter started nursing school last week and she could use our help with the kids.Chase has been sick since the day he was born,he's 15 months old now and is growing like a weed.he has Tuberous schlerosis, asthma,epilepsy.they are testing him for hepatitis and now he has mono and an ear infection.poor kid.we need to be back up there.grandaughter told me last night to hurry up so she can come spend the night with us.she asked me if we were gonna live in the big red house.we haven't lived there since she was a baby.how did she remember that?besides that my mother is living there.we can't ask her to move so we are looking for another place.another 15 years and it will be paid off.Thanks for asking.
A few words for your daughter Go TIGERS.

seems like everytime I make my mark somebody always paints the wall

Teri16

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Posted 8/27/2005 5:33 PM (GMT -7)

Hi Ricky!! I will tell her! lol It's great to hear from you again and it's great that you'll be back up this way - though, I bet you'll miss the beach?!

I'm sorry to hear about your little guy, Chase!! He sure has had his share in his short life!

Please keep me posted - I miss you!!

Big Hugs, Teri :)

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LilacGal

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Posted 8/27/2005 5:38 PM (GMT -7)

Teri,

Me? not listen to you? when has that ever happened? I'll give it some more time. I go see my ep at the end of Sept so I'll mention it then at the very latest is it's still hurting then. Heck, it took me three months of heart rates over 180 to go see my pcp! No...I'm not stubborn. lol

Lil

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Teri16

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Posted 8/27/2005 5:47 PM (GMT -7)

Lil, why did I know you'd answer me and say that?! ROFL

Please just promise me to take care!

Bunches of hugs, Teri

Teri16

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Posted 8/27/2005 5:49 PM (GMT -7)

Oona, I'm glad to hear you got your electric back on!!
Hugs, Teri :)

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Famulus

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Posted 8/27/2005 7:47 PM (GMT -7)

Well, I've had an eventful few days. While all the news media was positioned in Fort Lauderdale and points north, this hurricane took a U-turn and came down to Miami and sucker-punched us, and we were all caught with our pants down! Now that my power's back on, I'm fine - just a whole lot of property damage, including a gigantic ficus tree sitting atop my carport; I narrowly missed losing my van, and my fences are down, along with 30-40% of the avocado trees, and a flood (now receded) including a flood in my office thanks to a roof leak. In four short hours we received the annual rainfall of the state of Arizona - ours just came horizontally - all 20 inches driven by 75-90 mph winds. It wasn't all bad - I took the most refreshing shower of my life yesterday outside in a rainstorm (my water was off too) - all the downed trees gave my back yard total privacy, and my dogs had the thrill of getting to eat every single thing in the refrigerator before it spoiled. Everyone at the power company has reached God-status for restoring my power in such a short time (36 hours), because there are 500,000 here still without. I'm thinking of the people who are now in the path of Katrina - it will be so much worse for them.
hugs to all,
Oona

LibbyG

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Posted 8/27/2005 8:29 PM (GMT -7)

hey lil,

my leg has been hurting me too, although there is nothing swollen or discolored around there, the area has been very numb and sore. i called my cardio guy and he said that was pretty normal for sometimes even a few months after the procedure. but i agree with teri, if it still hurts monday, it just can't hurt to call and ask and make sure they feel it's OK.

your fellow leg hurter, in texas!

libby

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