Holy cow I can't believe this hockey game.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
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Laga - Feb 21, 2010 4:54:53 pm PST #10680 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Pix - Feb 21, 2010 4:55:00 pm PST #10681 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Drew, I hope they can find some way to get rid of your gallstones without removing your gallbladder. Perhaps ultrasonic?
The problem is that there is a very high probability of recurrence if he doesn't have the surgery, so the doctor thinks it needs to be done. Luckily they do it laparoscopically in an outpatient procedure now (which blows my mind), so the surgery itself shouldn't be too bad. I'm sure the recovery won't be fun, but much better than the old way.
meara - Feb 21, 2010 5:11:46 pm PST #10682 of 30000
Sounds good Barb! Is your profile address good?
Barb - Feb 21, 2010 5:15:07 pm PST #10683 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Yeppers!
sj - Feb 21, 2010 5:17:54 pm PST #10684 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Drew, mom had her gallbladder out last year and it really was a quick recovery. I hope you don't have any recurrence of the pain before you can get it done.
Aims - Feb 21, 2010 5:24:48 pm PST #10685 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So Em was coughing in her bed for about 10 minutes. Dry cough. Then she threw up. She has no fever and no other symptoms. It was just probably the coughing too hard that triggered the vomiting, right? It's not Legionnaire's Disease or the other scary shit that Dr. Google popped up, right?
Laga - Feb 21, 2010 5:30:21 pm PST #10686 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm not a mom so not qualified to give advice but I'm pretty sure if there's no fever you don't need to panic. {{{Aims & Em}}}
Cass - Feb 21, 2010 5:31:12 pm PST #10687 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Any other symptoms? Because lots of cough can easily equal puke. Especially in kids.
Alternately, if there are several other hard-to-miss symptoms, puking while coughing can also equal whooping cough. Which this is NOT.
Beverly - Feb 21, 2010 5:31:12 pm PST #10688 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Windsparrow, I took no offense at your post; my experience has been similar to yours. I realize that generalizations are unfair, but so is running across a disproportionate percentage of unhelpful doctors. So let's celebrate the good ones, and encourage the others along paths to medical enlightenment. If such encouragement requires assertiveness on one's own behalf in the face of the some medical practicioners' predisposition to omniscience, well. It is what it is.
Beverly - Feb 21, 2010 5:33:16 pm PST #10689 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
It is probably just stomach muscles spasming from all the coughing--I do it myself if I'm not careful. Lowering the temperature in her room overnight might help. I get my worst bouts when I'm in an overheated room.