August 3, 2009

  • Emergency Room Visit

    I spent last night in the emergency room.

    Started with a urinary track infection Friday night (of course, everything always starts Friday after 5pm when the doctor's office is closed) and it didn't get better after taking an antibiotic for 24 hours.  Ended up with chills, sweating, bone pain (well, that's a pretty much round-the-clock given) and dry heaves.  The on-call nurse said I should go to the ER because I could get REALLY sick REALLY fast with my immune system compromised.

    Had to wait only an hour to get into a room, and they gave me 2 bags of saline (IV) and a bunch of stuff to calm my stomach.  I don't usual throw up but the sound of the dry heaves emabarrassed me.  I felt like people in the waiting room were staring at me and they probably were.  I didn't look so great.

    One lady (in radiology, where I had a chest xray) grabbed my hand and said, "I know what you are going through.  I KNOW."  I looked at her pathetically and she proceeded to squat down in front of my wheel chair and got right at eye level and held onto my hand while she told me she had undergone breast cancer and she said, "No one knows what the bone pain is like unless they've experienced it.  And . . . I *KNOW* how you feel."  She brought tears to my eyes because it's true, no one can really *know* or identify unless they've experienced this.

    We drove home as a huge and unexpected set of thunderstorms were approaching.  I think I got to bed at 4am and the thunder and lightning lulled me to sleep.  I slept until after noon.

    I'll have to go the oncologist's tomorrow for more fluid (to prevent dehydration again) and a check up.  Then, I feel certain they will want me to come back one more time at the end of this week for the same drill.  Hopefully, the dehydration part of it will start to ease up the further I get away from that last chemo treatment date.

    I've been in bed today with liquids only.  Tomorrow I can start a cautious bland diet.

    Just checking in and now going back to bed.

    Be Bessed   ~

Comments (9)

  • What a good God to send someone who truly can understand.  I hope you'll soon be feeling a lot different.

  • I'm sorry but wasn't that wonderful of that nurse or tech to say and do.

    Yes, urinary tract infections can turn into sepsis and that is infection in the blood;so it can really be bad. So glad you're better now.

  • So sorry you had to go through that. Thanks God for medicine to take it away.
    Praying for you!
    Tina

  • Praying for you, hon.
    {{{gentle hugs}}}

  • Bed sounds like a good place for you to be. The update is appreciated as you are often on my mind, now I know what needs to pray for. Big warm hugs~Dawne

  • Oh Cher, I don't know how you feel. I can't imagine a UTI on top of everything else you have been going thru, one of those to a healthy woman is more then punishment its self. I am Glad to know that  God can send you somebody when you most need it.I'll be praying for you.

  • You were on my mind when I went to bed this evening. I will continue to pray for you and your family. Please have someone call me if you need anything. Lisa~~

  • HOW WONDERFUL to have someone "know" your pain!  an angel, perhaps.  sent for you!

    i HATE UTI's!  i've been plagued with them a good part of my life!  they. are. horrible!  (without all the other stuff you are dealing with yet.)  oh my!

    i made a trip into the ER on sunday morning at 5 a.m.  to find out i have GOUT!  VERY painful....may i say?

  • Oh Cherylyn, I hope you're doing better and feeling a little more like yourself.  That's NOT what you needed!!!  I'm thinking about you ~

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