tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post8978886900124154783..comments2008-06-26T08:46:38.627-07:00Comments on MS Behavering: Lumbar punctures hurtDr. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548443897995777204noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-88481054616853154972007-11-29T19:58:00.000-08:002007-11-29T19:58:00.000-08:00heheh yeah dr bob your LP description made em crin...heheh yeah dr bob your LP description made em cringe too.<BR/>LP... i will choose to think of turntables and happy records. there is a needle involved but it never touches me!<BR/>oh yeah a lyme disease test while you're at it. lots of overlap with lupus. test is cheap.Carla Ulbrich, The Singing Patienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102866927457990437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-76075001785630762152007-11-29T17:52:00.000-08:002007-11-29T17:52:00.000-08:00Ohg, and Shelley, I think that I might be tested f...Ohg, and Shelley, I think that I might be tested for WNV. Will double check. Always good to ask, I think.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548443897995777204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-85710519015000285822007-11-29T17:48:00.000-08:002007-11-29T17:48:00.000-08:00Singing patient -- thanks for your comments. I re...Singing patient -- thanks for your comments. I read your top least favorite medical procedures and it made me cringe.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548443897995777204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-68357716536391321942007-11-29T14:30:00.000-08:002007-11-29T14:30:00.000-08:00Ow, ow, ow, ow owwwwwie!! That is about all I can...Ow, ow, ow, ow owwwwwie!! That is about all I can say about that!<BR/><BR/>I totally gasped when you told me about dropping the freakin' vials! What a moron doctor to hand them to the PATIENT with neuromuscualar problems!!!! ACK!!<BR/><BR/>p.s. spinal fluid should be clear. if it isn't, it's because there is an infection. Just so you can all win at Trival Pursuit some day.A mom in the 'burbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043202500148943636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-75160623367984047252007-11-28T20:55:00.000-08:002007-11-28T20:55:00.000-08:00Hello..As Queen of "I Have No Idea What I'm Talkin...Hello..As Queen of "I Have No Idea What I'm Talking About But I'm Going to Say It Anyway"...I feel compelled to ask...have you been tested for West Nile?<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that's been covered...but my choir director contracted this a few years ago and it wreaked havoc on his muscles and autonomic nervous system...plus...it was very hard to diagnose.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking and praying for you, Bob.shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668226969306516699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-55586961527219598922007-11-21T18:33:00.000-08:002007-11-21T18:33:00.000-08:00oooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwi will add this ...oooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww<BR/>i will add this to the list of horrible medical procedures, only in this case, I hope to avoid ever having one. it reminds em of the bone marrow draw i had. i screamed bloody murder.<BR/>and what about my treatment changed? nothing.<BR/><BR/>doctors don't like this, but i often research something before i go have the procedure done, and then i jsut don't do it. esp after the bone marrow thing and the EMG that i couldn't make it through.<BR/><BR/>my current dr wrote me and RAx for a mammogram. i've heard how awful they are but i've also read that annual mammograms can build up radioation in the boobies and CAUSE breast cancer! no thanks, i'll just squish in the shower, old school.<BR/><BR/>i can't afford, financially or health-wise not to question the doctors sometimes. they killed my grandmother with an iodine test. my granfather then drank himself to death.<BR/><BR/>they took out ym dad's bladder because they said it was cancerous. turns out it waqsn't and now he pees through a tube and has kidney failure (which started soon after the bladder removal).<BR/><BR/>these decisions are part ours to make too. we are the ones who live with the consequences.Carla Ulbrich, The Singing Patienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102866927457990437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-58267270748931815512007-11-21T18:05:00.000-08:002007-11-21T18:05:00.000-08:00Bama, I still think that dropping the vials of CSF...Bama, I still think that dropping the vials of CSF is _extremely_ funny. The look on my husband's face makes me snicker.<BR/><BR/>Rowan, I think I prolly need a third opinion. The earring thing made me laugh out loud.<BR/><BR/>Y'all are the best.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548443897995777204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-74105222494625236862007-11-21T09:11:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:11:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I have googled it,...Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I have googled it, and it is tomorrow. Hope you guys all have a lovely time. Wikipedia says that you have a lovely turkey dinner and (spoken in hushed awed whispers) pecan pie. Yeeeummmee. Some cyber pie please. The calories might fall off during teleportage.<BR/><BR/>Wikipedia also says y'all give thanks for nice things. Am giving thanks for my cool Havering sistahs!<BR/><BR/>bama - that's groovy about the laptop!Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880136133015550452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-40762238624031231422007-11-21T06:46:00.000-08:002007-11-21T06:46:00.000-08:00Uhh...that was supposed to say "Bama"...not "Ba"!O...Uhh...that was supposed to say "Bama"...not "Ba"!<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, I ordered a laptop yesterday so pretty soon I'll be back on the 'net at home! Yay! More time to haver with friends!<BR/><BR/>Luv y'all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-91939580566621330772007-11-21T06:44:00.000-08:002007-11-21T06:44:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving Bob. I won't be here the rest o...Happy Thanksgiving Bob. I won't be here the rest of the week and wanted to wish you and your family a happy Turkey Day.<BR/><BR/>Rowan-wish you were here for all the turkey and pies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-6208326961098467462007-11-20T11:00:00.000-08:002007-11-20T11:00:00.000-08:00Bama - yeah, yay to Bob and Mr Bob for getting thr...Bama - yeah, yay to Bob and Mr Bob for getting through all of that, and a great big yay to no vial breakage! Reading that part gave me a flashback to how I felt when I thought the OB who had just completed two and a half hours of surgery my my plumbing was missing an earring...<BR/><BR/>Bob - glad you two enjoyed your fish tacos. You certainly deserved a lovely meal.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880136133015550452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-75241261008666901682007-11-20T07:04:00.000-08:002007-11-20T07:04:00.000-08:00Okay my dear...I have lots of reading to do to cat...Okay my dear...I have lots of reading to do to catch up! Ack! <BR/><BR/>I did read this post, and first: Haha! You dropped the vials. That's precious. I don't know why, but that, combined with my imagined view of your hubby's face...is so funny to me. I know it probably wasn't all that funny for you...or him...but your re-telling is F-U-N-N-Y!<BR/><BR/>Second: Yay to you for getting through all that! And yay to your hubby for being there! <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of you everyday...and praying for you still! I hope you here about the results soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455745648405164429.post-40992575927139781062007-11-20T05:22:00.000-08:002007-11-20T05:22:00.000-08:00Ah! and ooorgh! That is empathy, rather than sympa...Ah! and ooorgh! That is empathy, rather than sympathy, btw. Was going to try to post as Deanna Troi, empathic betazoid and impossible lycra-jumpsuited chocolate mousse aficionado, but blogger is only just willing to recognise me as Rowan. Poo tee weet!<BR/><BR/>I was wincing fur ye when I heard about the LP, but could only make an unhelpful meep noise, and say something disassosciatey.I knew I would be much more help afterwards. I have had three spinal anaesthetics, two with epidurals added, the other a spinal block. It is almost the same procedure, apart from the goal is not to give you a spinal tap, but stop a nanomilimitre away from the cerebrospinal fluid and fill you with, I guess, more lignocaine.(Yeek at the LP brain herniation worry! I did not have that element to consider.>-<)<BR/><BR/>The initial non-numby lignocaine...with you. And the unexpected sensation of thumping aboot...with you. And the time they take... Time for the sympathetic nervous system to kick in like something out of a Bruce Lee movie. I thought..."I will talk to Bob about this afterwards. If she doesn't want to, will wait till we are stravaiging aboot somewhere, grab he by the coat sleeve, shout,'Spinal tap' followed by a loud WAAAA! Then run headlong along for about twenty yards, and hit the nearest Starbuck's." (I will only do the latter if they tell you your artery is okay after-all, and you can raise your heart-rate.) Will this be the case, if your artery is considered fine? Is the neurologist getting a third opinion for you from a colleague? Hope you get an answer on this one soon.<BR/><BR/>I am glad the neurologist did your procedure. That is good. They are highly-skilled. When it came to my third spinal block, the consultant anaesthetist and her intern were round behind me, poking about for some time. the day after the op, the consultant came to check my mobility. Another lady in the next bed, a lecturer I had become friends with, could not move her nether regions to get out of bed. (She kept in touch, and I will tell you her follow-up story, sometime.) The intern had done her procedure. "Oh, I did yours, the consultant said, meaningfully, raising her eyebrows. After-all, it is your third..." :/<BR/><BR/>It does feel sore and bruised and a bit stiff, for a whiley, so I think you did well, with your twelve pack of Dr Pepper! That is heeaveee.<BR/><BR/>Deanna McTroi is off to see what she can replicate for a low-calorie lunch. Trader Joe's chocolate tea will feature.<BR/><BR/>With you in spirit today, Dr Bob, my friend. Wishing you all the best for your scans. keep yer havering sistahs posted.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880136133015550452noreply@blogger.com