Just bumping this up for one more day to see if anyone has had experience....
Anyone ever had a rectocele repair? My doc told me the recovery is just a few days but because of my UC it will take me longer. She said I'll also be slow for several weeks and no lifting. Anyone...
Thanks Rooster and Frances - you guys have been very helpful. Now if I can just wait til Monday!!! I know you guys know how difficult each and every day is when your head is pounding 24/7. On the...
Wow - no, I won't risk it. I see her again Monday so we'll discuss it. She's actually never mentioned the blood patch but the doc she's been consulting who did my lumbar puncture last week told me I...
Thanks Frances - that is good information. That is what I am worried about - getting an infection. What I didn't say is that I am on Remicade for Ulcerative Colitis and that medications takes your...
One more question - I know lifting is out. In fact she told me nothing over 2 lbs (my purse alone was more than that!!!) I've behaved and made changes to accomodate not lifting nor bending over. How...
Thanks to you all for your help - I have a call into my neurologist to discuss the patch. It's got to be a leak - I have no pain when I am lying flat. And it's good to know that the other symptoms...
Yeah I believe they did the CT test that you mention above. Yes, it's very frustrating. My doc's MA asked "did you want to make an appointment to come back in?" Uh, what would that accomplish?...
Here is the shortest version I can do - horrible headaches, every day. Doc put me on migraine medication. Didn't help. Had me take migraine + 1 vicodin - didn't help. Then had me take migraine + 2...
Yeah in fact that very hospital is working on a new patient tower with all private rooms. I was in the respiratory wing so most who were in there were elderly and coughing. Had I just taken the...
Thanks Robin & Katie! Robin - I've actually gone through infertility treatment for three years now so unfortunately I have become accustomed to phsychological trauma with this sort of thing. I had an...
I was hospitalized back in August - the trauma of losing our baby halfway through pregnancy caused me to develop a lung infection and a weird vocal chord condition. I was in the middle of a flare...
I'm in remission but have had pretty noticeable swelling in my lower abdomen. I was on a diet and lost 8lbs but then all of a sudden it stopped and I gained. I fluctuate around 3lbs each day. I've...
Thanks guys, I appreciate your feedback. The problem is that I was put on two antibiotics through IV while in the hospital as well as high doses of steroids and 2 breathing treatments four times a...
A few months ago I spent 8 days in the hospital b/c of a case of really bad bronchitis that would not respond to steroids or breathing treatments. They sent me home with it b/c they did not want me...