Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
The problem with this sort of bleed isn't so much the bleeding as the pressure of the blood on the brain, whether it goes on so long that it destroys anything in the brain. Then the question is what did it hurt and will it recover? Sometimes they do burr-holes to let the blood escape so pressure is off the area. Many recover completely. Now it's day by day.
As to the headaches, yes, this is how even stroke is missed. A headache that is unusual for you is really an emergency room visit because doctors will think "Oh, headache? Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" sort of thing. Why would they NOT think that. 99 and 44/100th of the time that's what headache is.
My Mom's best friend in retirement said to her one day "I have the most AWFUL headache; going to the house to lie down" and that was that. Bad stroke and gone. Problem with headaches is we all get them all our lives and we ignore them. We would be in the ER every week if we didn't.
Same thing with abdominal pain. We know our guts. Then comes that day that the pain is "different". We KNOW it is different, but can't explain how and figure it will go away. Then comes the perforated bowel or burst appendix.
We can't run to docs with every stomach ache and headache and we don't run to them. Then comes the one that wasn't simple. We always want medical folk to know everything. But they don't. Sadly they don't.
If you have something telling you, some little voice, that "this headache" "this stomach ache" is different, listen to it and go to the ER. Because the doc on the phone, now given 10 minutes per patient in- house, will think, you know, you have headache or stomach ache.
I likely seem like a huge apologist for the medical folk. But I was one. Just now reading Dr. Henry Marsh's (neurologist) latest book. He is now a stage IV prostate cancer patient. Book is called And Finally. I have read other memoirs by him. And he talks in this one about the difference being a patient from a doctor--being both at once. Tough way for a doc to learn what every patient he had feels. And if he DID feel that during his career? He could never do it.
She told the ER docs she hadn't had a head injury and the pain was worse than childbirth. They thought she was just trying to get some pain meds...
I totally agree with you about if we feel different, we should see a doctor. Better to be safe than sorry.
I also agree with TN, some things do slip through the cracks and doesn’t get diagnosed.
It really was dumb luck that this was even discovered.
Look at my husband’s situation. Fortunately, his doctor caught it with his own eyes and on film. I love that cameras are used in surgery units in the hospital.
My husband went in for a routine colonoscopy. He had four polyps. There is nothing unusual about that in itself. Polyps are common. I had a polyp that was removed during my colonoscopy.
Anyway, three of my husband’s polyps were successfully removed but when the doctor went to remove the fourth polyp it went inside of his appendix!
The doctor said that he had never seen this happen before but he captured the whole incident on film as proof.
My husband hates the prep for colonoscopy. Poor guy is doing the same prep today for his surgery tomorrow to remove his appendix.
The only way now to remove the polyp out of his body is to remove his appendix which has the polyp inside of it.
No big deal about the removal of the appendix because it doesn’t serve any important purpose. It’s more of a minor inconvenience at this point.
My brother woke up during his colonoscopy and freaked out his nurses and doctor by talking to them.
LOL 😆, the doctor wasn’t amused and ordered the anesthesiologist to put him under again.
My friend kept telling her nurse that she could feel the doctor making the incision while she was getting a cesarean section. The nurse said, “That’s impossible!” She said to the nurse, “I don’t care if you think it’s impossible. I am telling you that I can feel it!”
The baby was resting on a nerve that prevented the anesthesia from functioning properly. As soon as the baby moved my friend was no longer in discomfort.
Yeah, weird things happen all the time.
She told me not long ago that she was invited by someone that she knew in the field to witness an autopsy. I had to tell her to shut up because I really didn’t want to know all of those details! LOL 😆
She was absolutely thrilled to see the autopsy. Oh, gosh I couldn’t. I don’t have the stomach for that.
My daughter’s friend who has a degree in forensic anthropology did an internship at a morgue.
She said that the only time it got to her was when she saw the young children and babies. I could never, ever work in that field. I am grateful that some people can do this necessary work.
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i’m sending rays of sunshine to you all, on the forum. keep going!
I really enjoyed visiting the Library of Congress years ago. It’s such a beautiful building.
Should read Joni Mitchell fan like I am, not liking I am. Grrrrrr!
It keeps logging me out. Also says that my password doesn’t match and so on. I’m not interested in changing my passwords over and over.
I miss seeing your posts. I realize that you are busy, but it is annoying that when you have a few spare moments that you can’t chat on this site. I hope that it’s settled soon.
They said this is so common they have a special clinic that works with people on blood thinners. Of course with hindsight BIL wishes he had opted for the other kind of heart valve, but of course that had it's own set of drawbacks.
Diamond is in his 80’s now.
The story on CBS This Morning after Diamond’s story was wonderful. One of our Chefs here, Chef Shaya has been creating Israeli dishes from a recipe book that was salvaged from the holocaust.
I have eaten Chef Shaya’s creations. They are absolutely incredible!
cw -so sorry about your bil and his health troubles, but glad that the draining helped him to feel better. It's hard if not impossible to make someone look after themselves better than they want to. I hear your concern about him developing dementia.
Barb - continuing to pray for you and your dd and her situation
need - Neil Diamond - such a good performer. He had his last show some years ago.
Fantastic!
I was always amazed at my mother’s bone scans. They were great! She lived until 95 years of age, fell many times due to her Parkinson’s disease but never once broke a bone.
I like to think it is that strong, Norwegian breed and bones!
Now stretching to try to get that to loosen up and it does seem to be getting better. Hoping to start some weight work next week. My hips are terribly weak!