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Date Posted: 05:26:02 08/19/01 Sun
Author: ~Di
Author Host/IP: proxy.sjc.netsetter.com / 216.34.56.12
Subject: Please Help ====>

I am really not one that likes to let anyone know that I am sick or having problems but I am to the point that I really need prayers. In the past month I have been to the cardiologist, had an MRI and an MRA, been to the dentist, which first requires going into the hospital for IV antibiotics, and was sent to a periodontist who diagnosed me with periodontal disease. She informed me that it was a real danger because of my heart problems. I have been twice into the hospital for IV antibiotics and then to see the periodontist, I have been to my primary doctor twice...the first time I went I could not move my head. I had severe spasms and tension in my neck and shoulders...He gave me a shot and prescription for the pain, a prescription for muscle relaxers and one for muscle spasms and then he sent me to a Physical Therapist...I have been having physical therapy on my neck and shoulders almost daily for the past three weeks...around two hours of therapy a day, not counting what I am supposed to do at home. I probably have a few more weeks to go acording to the therapist. The second time I went to the primary doctor it was for a recheck on my neck. He sent me to radiology for X-Rays on my neck to see if part of the pain may be arthritist. Still waiting for the results. I also had to have blood drawn to see if my blood was too thin and it was so they have adjusted my medicine yet again. It got too high a couple of months ago and I ended up in the ER with nose bleeds two times in one day. They ended up packing it and the pain was unbearable. I'm not sure what is going on with that. I'm on less blood thinners than ever and still my tests are coming back high...As far as the shoulder and neck, I am thinking it is just where I keep my tension and worries. I told the therapist Friday that I am working against him. He is trying to work out the stress and I seem to keep piling it up....Since I started Physical Therapy, my father got deathly ill throwing up and dizzy and his equalibrium was off. Mom took him to the nearest ER and they admitted him and did a cat scan. They said he had fluid behind his ears and kept him for a few days....just until he could sit up without throwing up. He went home and didn't get better so mom took him to a different doctor. He did an mri and said he didn't have inner ear trouble, he had had a stroke at the base of his brain....I have been trying to find him help since then and finally got him in to see a doctor that was able to at least tell him what he can and can't do. He has an appt. with a neurologist in a couple of weeks. His equalibrium is still off and he was told that may never get better...In the same week, my father in law had surgery on his shoulder then went in for tests and they found something on his prostate and said it was likely cancer. They did a blood test and said if the number came back a 4 or above it was not good news. It came back at 10.3...He had a biopsy and we found out friday that it is not cancer, thank God but now we still don't know what it is. I guess the major stress started building when my little Katie had bacterial spinal meningitis and I was scared to death she would have permanent damage if she even lived. Thank God she is over that and back to normal with apparently no permanent damage. I know this is a book and I'm sorry but I guess I needed a new place to put a little of the stress because my neck and shoulders are still very sore. Well that has been the story of my life for the last month or so. When I am not at the docor's office or hospital, I have exercises that I am supposed to do at home twice daily for my neck and shoulders. I am supposed to be putting heat on for twenty minutes before the exercises and Ice on it for 20 minutes after the exercises. I also have a routine I am supposed to go through three times a day with my teeth and gums to help keep the periodontal disease in check so that bacteria will not travel to my artificial heart valve. If that happens it will mean open heart surgery again. Needless to say, I'm tired and weary, but mostly I need prayers because I can't handle all this on my own any longer. If you have gotten this far, you are to be commended. Thank you for letting me vent. I needed to try to get some of this off my neck and shoulders and onto somewhere else. LOL

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