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[Richard48]

I echo the guys wishes.All the best to you fella.Im sure we will no doubt have added to the stash on your return.
Richard

 

[grumpa]

Best wishes Jim, for a speedy recovery from the discomfort and ailments you are experiencing. We'll still be here when you are able to get back to your models.

ditto Jim from jen an i
chris an jen

+1
Pete

I echo the guys wishes.All the best to you fella.Im sure we will no doubt have added to the stash on your return.
Richa

Thanks all, and thank God for my Colleen even though she is suffering from type 2 diabetes she
keeps me emotionally and physically in check, keeps track of all my meds and scheduling and
all other minutia and instructions, etc...etc... while I suck my thumb and grumble. I tell her I used
to be able to drop a dozen trees an hour and rebuild a differential with a toothbrush and screwdriver!
She is not impressed.
At the moment she is tormented by a nasty sinus and chest infection along with the usual arthritus
hand and back pain, though she almost never complains. I on the other hand am a big baby and
moan and groan to the point of her finally letting loose and putting me in my place on occasion
and deservedly so.

I am the worst patient imaginable, on one of my darkest days in hospital for 26 days due to C-Diff
I must have gotten under a very feisty though lovely nurse's skin who reminded me that a large
dumpster was directly below my window and asked me if I wished her to open it
"WELL! I NEVER!" said I ...."no, but you might!" said she!
That was the only time I had a good laugh in that charnel palace

Had ultra sound for hernia and was told results would be forwarded to my GP in 10 to 15 days!
Why so damn long to read a lousy report and make a simple phone call?!
We use a small town hospital and my doc's office is literally within yelling distance from there!
Then Lord knows how long out would be surgery! Meanwhile I suffer and by proximity Colleen.
When hospitalized for C-Diff though I was in one of the top three hospitals in New York State
dealing with infectious diseases in Cooperstown NY. then to Mount Sinai in NY city.
for VOWST treatment which is an FMT (fecal, microbial transplant) done in pill form to hopefully
keep me from ever having a recurrence.

Treatment was $40,000 and because of my veteran's status was absolutely free of charge.
Hospitalization and other related treatments ran to over half a million dollars...free!
also due to status.
Almost makes all those past horrors a bit easier to emotionally swallow at times....almost.

Well so much for this episode of "The woes of Jim" (and Colleen by proxy)

Will put up some more oldies but goodies soon, work on SCUD will have to be put off
until this carpel tunnel business is done with...hopefully.
Stay tuned for more boring commentary

Jim.

 

[John Race]

That's a great haul, Jim. hope all goes well with your recovery.

 

[grumpa]

That's a great haul, Jim. hope all goes well with your recovery.

Well,well.well! Guess what I just learned!
The good news first, no hernia! great news indeed, doc thought he felt something
and to be cautious he ordered Ultra sound. Now getting CAT scan to see if there
is a strained abdominal muscle.
Now the maybe not so good news...maybe.
It seems there is a syndrome called "double crush" it is when the median nerve
is also pinched at the neck vertebrae, so carpel tunnel surgery does not relieve
numbness. After two weeks post first surgery numbness seems to be worse!
Second surgery on Monday, I am torn as to what to do, praying that is not the case.
From what research I can do on my own, the EMG test either does or doesn't show
if it is "DC"
But nerve doc said it was severe CTS with no other nerve damage.
I also found out after the fact that the median nerve in severe cases can take a very
long time to heal, up to a year in some extreme cases and that symptoms could
even seem worse for a time before improving. This is bitter sweet indeed! It seems
there is never a quick fix for me ever! If this DC is the case then only physical therapy
can begin to address neck issue and can work in degrees over time to near full-ish
recovery with much dedication.

Issue is whom will strangle whom first
Jim.

 

[flyjoe180]

Well,well.well! Guess what I just learned!
The good news first, no hernia! great news indeed, doc thought he felt something
and to be cautious he ordered Ultra sound. Now getting CAT scan to see if there
is a strained abdominal muscle.
Now the maybe not so good news...maybe.
It seems there is a syndrome called "double crush" it is when the median nerve
is also pinched at the neck vertebrae, so carpel tunnel surgery does not relieve
numbness. After two weeks post first surgery numbness seems to be worse!
Second surgery on Monday, I am torn as to what to do, praying that is not the case.
From what research I can do on my own, the EMG test either does or doesn't show
if it is "DC"
But nerve doc said it was severe CTS with no other nerve damage.
I also found out after the fact that the median nerve in severe cases can take a very
long time to heal, up to a year in some extreme cases and that symptoms could
even seem worse for a time before improving. This is bitter sweet indeed! It seems
there is never a quick fix for me ever! If this DC is the case then only physical therapy
can begin to address neck issue and can work in degrees over time to near full-ish
recovery with much dedication.

Issue is whom will strangle whom first
View attachment 1296226 Jim.

Jim, that is all sounding complicated, hopefully you can find relief soon. Sounds like you will, but possibly over time. My best wishes for a quick resolution to your ailments.

 

[Geoffers]

Good news regarding the hernia Jim but the other news must be terribly disappointing for you after going through surgery for the cts.

Easy for me to say but try to stay positive that at the moment it’s not confirmed and the nerve Dr is telling you there is no further nerve damage so hopefully it isn’t the double crush.

Only time will tell I suppose which is frustrating when you just want to be feeling better after going through surgery.

Hope you get more positive news soon Jim and you start feeling better

Geoff.

 

[grumpa]

Good news regarding the hernia Jim but the other news must be terribly disappointing for you after going through surgery for the cts.

Easy for me to say but try to stay positive that at the moment it’s not confirmed and the nerve Dr is telling you there is no further nerve damage so hopefully it isn’t the double crush.

Only time will tell I suppose which is frustrating when you just want to be feeling better after going through surgery.

Hope you get more positive news soon Jim and you start feeling better

Geoff.

Thank you so much my friend, your understanding of my situation is spot on.
It sucks when you believed the awful symptoms of CTS could be relieved with a simple surgery
but most folks are loath to go under the knife, myself included.
After having had surgery for a serious knee injury last year I am no stranger to surgery.
Spent 26 days in hospital for C-diff this last June which was the worst period of my
life and that includes nearly two years in a combat zone getting by by the skin of my teeth
on a daily basis!
Am on the VOWST program and all seems well so far (yet another mind bender) to deal with.
Monday is coming up fast and I can't fathom having both hands debilitated as first surgery
only two weeks ago is still very sore but the date and time are set for the OR, oh! and they
set the time of surgery at 7:30 AM! They knew we were an hour and a half out, plus they
want you there 45 minutes early for prep. That's 6:45 AM! We would have to be on the
road by 4:30AM! For a surgery I dread getting now so soon after the first one.
The kicker is that they call you only on the day before and give you no time to even react
or work something out!
You must have a driver because of anesthesia so my son must miss a day of work
because my Colleen bless her heart could not handle the highway driving required.

The first surgery on the right hand was needed because I was experiencing severe pain
every night to the point of not being able to even lie down and sleep only pass out
from over tiredness only to be bludgeoned awake by the pain again.
This did not make me a very nice person to be around at all.

Thank fully this has stopped so CTS was definitely a major cause of that torture.
Plus research shows that severely compressed Median nerves over a long period of time
can take a very long time to recover, weeks, months and sometimes up to a year in
the worst cases. That's what I'm hoping for, a real solution, something to hold on to.
Right now am still in the dark a bit, not knowing is the worst.

All will come out in the washing as Mamma says so we shall see what we shall see.


Jim.