GOOD MOANIN HEALING WELL, VOLUME 2

[Ducky]

Am so glad you finally got the assistance you need!  Is it a huge hassle with your presciptions?  I am surviving so far, don't know what my issue is... maybe just a bad day... Glad you are getting into the Halloween spirit... My kids will be with their dad, so me and the hubby are gonna go out to eat and then go see Saw II... I love love love scary movies and the first Saw scared me so bad, I couldn't sleep for a week!  Dumb I know, but I love it!  Here's to better days! - Duck

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Diagnosed January 2005 - Psoriatic Arthritis/Dactylitis/Spondylitis 

[Flopsie]

Well folks,

Has not been a good day here either.You know I have been complaining with the blurred vision and double vision, even so bad I can not drive. So made an appt, to get my glasses changed. Well will not be getting new glasses for awhile. Have to have 3 different surgeries. I have narrow angle ..something, I can not remember what the other word was the doc said. I also have a cyst on my Right eyeball. Will have to have 3 separate surgeries for this. I am not a happy camper right now. It is very scary, I knew something was not right, when I stand I get really blurrred vision and doc said the pressure in my eyes is rising..the double and blurred vision. Is worried it may be rising while I am sleeping, but did not say why she was worrried. So, OK, I am a mess tonight.

I just wanted to go in, get my eyes checked and get some new glasses, I never asked her to check for all this other stuff.

Will not find out untill tomorrow when the first surgery will be scheduled, sometime in 2502 would be good for me.

Hope everyone had a better day than me today..mine was fine till about 3:00 PM, guess I will go find me a corner to crawl in for a while and debate with myself about this. Don't want to do it

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[user11]

oh Flopsie! narrow angle glaucoma?? that would be quite common with being diabetic. your eyes are very very VERY vulnerable particularly with the BP in the eye vessels and capillaries.
when the doc mentioned "...at night...", i would say try sleeping @ 30 degrees if possible, to prevent pressure in the eyes.
this is scary for you i'm sure. i get freaked out by anything with my eyes! awe, my poor Flop.
you've quite the journey ahead of you.
if you have to think of it positively, think of it this way: You got to the bottom of this BEFORE it was TOO LATE! many people who ignore this stuff go blind because they do not act on it.
SO YOU DID A GREAT THING FLOPSIE!!!! you just saved yourself.
i would talk to as many people i can get my hands on who have had eye surgeries. they're very common, especially for glaucoma and all.
things will go accordingly, try not to worry...i know you will though. but you are doing the right thing.
will say a prayer for you tonite. you must be very stressed out. i hope you get a little rest tonite.
{{{{{{{{{{ hugs }}}}}}}}}}}}}}
erin

[Flopsie]

Hi Erin, I don't think she said Glaucoma, I think it strted with a B...am very stressed, but just in case I am wrong about the Glaucoma, (don't think I am" what kind of surgery, what are they going to do? Does it say in your books? Not familiar with this at all. All I know about glaucoma is when you put the drops in the patients eyes, you must take pulse before you put drops in :(

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[Ducky]

Oh Flopsie, I'm so sorry... wish there was something I could do.... how soon did the doc say that you would have to have the 1st surgery? How far apart are the 3 going to be? Thoughts and prayers are with you!!!{{{{{[[[[[(((((FLOPSIE)))))]]]]]}}}}}

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Diagnosed January 2005 - Psoriatic Arthritis/Dactylitis/Spondylitis 

[Flopsie]

Thanks Ducky,
Won't know until tomorrow when the 1st one will be schedule, too late today to do it. Guess I will find out tomorrow... Doc's office supposed to call first thing in AM

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[Flopsie]

Never mind erin, I talked with the doc tonight and found out they will make a new opening for the fluid to drain out of. They have to do one eye at a time and they can not remove the cyst during either one of those procedures...hey, I am too young for this...@#$#@#$ to the doc that let me go so long before he told me I was a diabetic GRRR, boy what I woud like to do to him. i still don't want to do this, but if I am going to see my puter, guess I will have to. Still will not find out till tomorrow when the OP calls to schedule..well HA! I did not want to sleep anyway. Oh, and yes I can raise the head of my bed up, I just do not like to, makes me feel like I am in a hospital..... lolol

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[CaMama]

Flopsie I'm so sorry to hear about your eyes.....how horrible! My thoughts and prayers are with you to get through these as stress-free as possible.

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[Flopsie]

Thanks Camama, Hubby just got home and I told him and he says "Welll at least we know what was causing all the vision problems and the horrendous headaches".I AM JUST A WHINEY BABY....cause it is scary, but All will be fine, well ok, My anxiety level will be through the roof, but it will be fine when they are fixed and I can see good again.

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[user11]

 I'm feeling that a lot of people are going through some rough times right now.

[Flopsie]

Hello everyone,
Erin, I feel so bad for you. wish I could come and do all that for you(((((erin)))))

Well, will be having my first surgery on Monday, then will have to wait 2 weeks for that to heal before next one. Then two weeks before the last one. Oh How I dread it, I hate doctors and hospitals from the patient side. LOL

Ducky, is the pain still with you today?
Camama, hope you are doing well also, and have those darn papers finished.

BTW, erin, did you ever watch the eye surgery? The only thing in my whole career that made me sick at my tummy was watching the doc stick the needle in the eyeball to completely numb it (after the numbing drops) course the patient was asleep and di not feel it, but I sure did...lololol

everyone take care

Another BTW..Erin, I don't see a thing Humor-ous about this

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[user11]

hah ha ha ....i get YOUR JOKE!!!! there will be far more less HUMOR to you come monday!!!
oh boy...this is good coping!! i think that's how i get through most painful procedures, laughter.
Flopsie, i send you all my extra strength & nerves, i mean it.
if i had plenty of money...i'de hop a flight out to visit ya in recovery!!
i never sat in on an eye surgery....but yeah, that makes me freak out too, the eye thing!! eeew.
at least you'll be out cold right??
just keep on thinking that you're saving your vision, and you'll pull through all this!
{{{{{{{{{ hugs for Flopsie }}}}}}}}}}}}}

[Flopsie]

Glad you got the joKe and for all who are wondering..the liquid inside your eye is called Aqueous Humor so..

this is tue erin my humor will be decreased in more ways than one,lolol

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[user11]

oh how i LOVE medical play on words! it gets ya through the day.
Flopsie, you go kick some butt!!! by you doing this....you'll give me courage to get my eyes fixed in the future too! (near blind without glasses/contacts, i would love to have Lasik surgery, but SCARED!)
hey...maybe save your humor in a jar! you know...for days when you need a little extra!! LOL.
eeewww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hee hee hee

[Flopsie]

EEEEEEWWWWWW ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[CaMama]

You gals are sick, just SICK I tell ya!  

However, I needed the laugh....that's my kind of Humor!

The description of the surgery gave me the willies. Good luck and don't think about it.

I've been getting stiffer by the day......I hope it ends soon.   Getting too hard and painful to do much.

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[Flopsie]

Oh Camama,
I hope it ends for you soon also. Pain is just for the birds, It wiuld be so nice to be able to have Pain free days for all.

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[user11]

I agree!  I can live with the effects of the CD and heck, even the sparse occurrences of seizures from the Chiari Malformation....and if jacked up on enough caffeine, I could probably pull through most of the fatigue.  But it is this %#** joint pain that is ruining everything!

[Flopsie]

Good Moanin All,

Had my surgery yesterday and it was #@#@#@. It did not hurt when I first woke up, but did not take long to start. Could not focus, and of course, light REALLY HURT. Had on the dark glasses, but did not help pain much. Came to puter room as soon as I got home and could not even see it. So just took another pain pill and went to bed about 9:00 pm.Woke up at 4:00 and still in pain, can not go back to sleep, but can focus a little better. Am very nauseated and my tummy hurts too, must be all that mediyuck they put in my system.

Everyone have a good day,

flopsie

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[Ducky]

Oh, Flopsie I'm so sorry... are you feeling any better?

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Diagnosed January 2005 - Psoriatic Arthritis/Dactylitis/Spondylitis