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Post by nightnurse on Apr 5, 2005 17:38:54 GMT
Hey BG , sounds more like a bone spur to me too ...I had the same thing in my wrist, mine came from lifting a patient ...I said on 3 and my colleague was still on 1 as I lifted It didn't seem too bad at the time, but apparently some fragments of bone were pulled away, and a spur grew pressing on the nerves in my wrist. Cortisone injections worked for a time, but in the end I had to have the bone shaved under anaesthetic. Its been just fine ever since , and that was 18 years ago ;D The orthopaedic bod will be able to tell from an x-ray , so don't worry
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Post by Pixie on Apr 5, 2005 19:04:01 GMT
Sounds ouchy. NN (or anyone else who might know), how long before a general anaesthetic do you have to start fasting? I've got an appointment in May (finally, after much re-arrangement so it didn't clash with the live in 5 tour ), and it's in the afternoon - they haven't said anything about not eating, but I know they're going to have me anaesthetised (they're whipping out my wisdom teeth, which are impacted). The appt. is 2.45... I'm guessing no lunch? If not, how do I keep from passing out? If I don't eat at regular intervals I pass out - no idea why, but it's left over from when I was about 18 and had some weird eating disorder that the docs didn't understand - I couldn't keep food down. Ever since, I've had problems if I don't eat regularly. Been checked for diabetes, and it isn't that. Anyway, I'll be at work, and I'm worried I might faint (and if I do, I'm likely to throw up as well, because my body likes to embarrass me like that).
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Post by BuffyGroupie on Apr 6, 2005 20:33:20 GMT
Poor Pix!! My mom is like that as well. I'm just too greedy to not eat, but it doubtless wouldn't hurt me a bit. I'm gonna continue the tale of my woes. I should be ashamed, though, cause I'm mostly embarrassingly healthy. I went to my primary doc who said "good call on tendonitis, cause it is presenting that way, but it's too hard, I believe that's a calcium deposit, go get it x-rayed." So today I did and the radiologist said "that's not bone or calcium, its a cyst." So now back to what very closely resembles square 1 (only with less cash after all the doc visits), I have an appointment in May with an orthopedic surgeon. At Mom's doc visit yesterday, he was afraid she might have a blood clot in her lung, so he sent her for a CT scan, but we haven't had the results yet. When it rains, it pours.
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Post by Pixie on Apr 11, 2005 21:34:53 GMT
Hope you get everything sorted, BG
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Post by nightnurse on Apr 11, 2005 21:41:17 GMT
Didn't see your post about having the anaesthetic Pix Usually , you'll be asked to fast from 6am for an afternoon procedure, but if you have to eat regularly, it might be worth asking if you can have a little clear soup , which will clear from your system in 3-4 hours. But do ask them first, and tell them about the passing out/vomiting...the anaesthetist will be able to give you an anti-emetic .
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Post by Pixie on Apr 11, 2005 21:45:57 GMT
Okay... I'll have to do that. I'll phone nearer the time. 6am? Nooo... I'd pass out! prolly by 10...
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Post by BuffyGroupie on Apr 13, 2005 11:00:32 GMT
Poor Pix. Don't do that, unless James is there to catch you!
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Post by Pixie on Apr 13, 2005 14:59:32 GMT
*grin* if only, eh?! ;D
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Post by BuffyGroupie on Apr 18, 2005 20:17:26 GMT
So finally, after harrassing (and nearly daily) phone calls to the doc, I've managed to move up the ortho appt to this Wed. I'm hoping he will just wave his magic wand and make it all better, but that's probably too optimistic. I'm just so tired of the constant pain and the inconvenience of not being able to use my wrist the way I want to. What can I say? I've gotten spoiled from always having the use of two hands all the time. I just hope he can do something. I think, so far, that no one has really given me a correct diagnosis. The more I live with it, the more I think there might be a cyst or something between the bones in my wrist that swells and pushes them apart, thereby scraping the tendon. Possibly. I'm no doctor, but somehow that's what it seems like from where I sit.
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Post by Pixie on Apr 18, 2005 20:28:57 GMT
Hope they sort it out for you!
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Post by Ditto on Apr 19, 2005 7:44:18 GMT
Hope you get yours sorted Px. When I went for my xray I felt I was in Rack's waiting room it was that seedy.
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Post by Pixie on Apr 19, 2005 8:01:09 GMT
lol, just outpatients, so I'll be out again on the Friday evening. My dad's taking me, waiting around, and taking me home again when they've finished. It's a routine procedure, anyway, just whipping out the impacted wisdom teeth (although I read somewhere that if they're impacted they sometimes have to break the jaw to get them out! hope they don't have to do that!)
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Post by Ditto on Apr 19, 2005 11:39:42 GMT
That's a relief then. Px, do not get dry-socket. Horrendous.
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Post by Pixie on Apr 19, 2005 11:43:25 GMT
Um, okay. How do I avoid getting it?
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Post by Pluto7077 on Apr 19, 2005 18:49:10 GMT
Good luck with your tooth Pix. I had the dentist today and now have a really awful tempory crown right at the front I now have to practise talking and smiling discreetly for the next fortnight. Talk about bad timing! I was feeling really sorry for myself then my teenager put it in perspective when she reminded me she had to wear a brace for 18 months, and when your 15 that,s really tough.
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Post by nightnurse on Apr 19, 2005 21:13:47 GMT
I remember having my temp crown at the front when I was 16...it was sooo white , and I didn't smile for a fortnight and such a shame it had to be this week for you Pluto Snap!...my 15 yr old daughter had her brace out a couple of months ago...she was fine with it though, its apparently quite trendy these days !
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Post by djf617 on Apr 19, 2005 22:46:56 GMT
I remember having my temp crown at the front when I was 16...it was sooo white , and I didn't smile for a fortnight and such a shame it had to be this week for you Pluto Snap!...my 15 yr old daughter had her brace out a couple of months ago...she was fine with it though, its apparently quite trendy these days ! I assume you lot mean braces on your teeth??
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Post by nightnurse on Apr 19, 2005 22:59:36 GMT
Yes hon... ;D I would have died if I'd had to wear braces as a teen, but kids these days see it as being cool...some of the coloured elastics the orthodontist put in Vs were chosen to colour co-ordinate with her clothes LOL
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Post by BuffyGroupie on Apr 20, 2005 18:45:38 GMT
Pix, to avoid dry socket, do not, I repeat, do not drink through a straw. Its probably best to avoid sports bottle type thingys, too. Nothing that pulls air through your mouth over the socket. I've never had it, but my sister did and I heard about it. That was enough.
I finally went to the doc today!! He said . . .are you ready for this . . . deQuervain's tendonitis. Seems like I heard that somewhere before. Oh, wait, I said that, weeks ago, and both the chiro and my primary said I was wrong!! In any case, he gave me a cortisone shot and it already feels slightly better. He said it might hurt even more for a day or two, but then should probably get better. He also said it might not ever come back. We'll see. If I can just get one peaceful night's sleep with out pain and without taking drugs that make me seasick, he will be my hero!!
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Post by Ditto on Apr 21, 2005 12:13:58 GMT
Glad you might now be on the mend BG.
£4 a tube though, but worth it.
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