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 Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:50 am
Ho ho ho, so I'm getting the runaround by Kaiser.
Apparantly my tryglyceride count is way too high for someone my age (pointing towards a genetic problem), and so they put me on this medication.
At first it was really great! I could breathe a lot easier while running up and down the hills on campus (we're located in the middle of a forest on a big hill), and things were good.
Last night, however, I was powerwalking to meet my fiancee, and when I was almost to his class, I suddenly felt nauseus, my kidney area started hurting like hell, and my legs buckled underneath me. Luckily I didn't throw up.
I had to go to the bathroom and sat on the toilet for about a half hour shaking uncontrollably and crying a little.
My fiance grabbed me when I got out of the bathroom and a friend of mine drove me back to his house where he promptly put me in bed and made me stay there while he doted on me all night.
This morning, however, I was still very depressed and got really upset really easily. When I was talking to my professor about my paper, and he didn't seem sympathetic, I almost started crying, and started feeling like I should just die (which is quite uncharacteristc of me).
The depressing feelings kept with me all day long, even though I stopped taking the medication immediately, and called Kaiser (but my doctor didn't call me back). It was only when I was talking to my grandmother on the phone that she made me call them back and make an 'urgent' request to talk with a doctor. So I did, but I was only told what I already knew: "keep hydrated, don't take the pills anymore, go to the emergency room if your symptoms worsen, etc."
I started feeling a little better after work, but I'm still a little down and out.
Could it be possible that this depression could have been triggered by this medication? The doctor I talked to said it was "unlikely" but I don't think it's too terribly unlikely.
Anyway, I'm in some more pain right now, so I have to lay down. My abdominal area and my neck and my kidney area are still bothering me a little from time to time, but it's not as severe.
I just don't really know what to do....the closest Kaiser around here is about an hour North of Santa Cruz, over a mountain and is not a fun drive to make.
So, what do you think of HMOs, healthcare, etc?
So far, all I've been told is "eat healthily" and "exercise" and "preventative medicine"! But what about me, who is actually having problems? I can't just eat a carrot and run a mile and make everything be A OK.
*sigh* Your experiences with hospitals (especially if they're perverted or funny) would be welcome.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:01 am
First off: *Hug* you're gonna need it. Please stop feeling icky.
My hospital story is kind of sad....but it's the only one i have.
When I was 7, I noticed that I have two twin birthmarks, both right above my a**. Well, they were EXACTLY the same, until one got darker on a daily basis and it started to ache. My Mama took my to the doctor, who told us he had to operate within the week. So he did. I had three birthmarks removed in all, but the big one above my a** was the worst. Turns out it had cancer, and I was preeety darn close to losing my spine.
Get better Oni-chan...
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:26 am
Cripes. My hospital story is nothing like that.
I was coming out of the wards, after my grandpa got admitted with brain tumours, so I was feeling pretty s**t. In hindsight, that was the last time I saw my grandpa whilst he was alive, so nyeh. As I was traversing the corridors, looking for a vending machine to get a drink, some nurse was running towards me with her eyes too preoccupied on her clipboard assignment to see where she was going.
Needless to say, we collided and both fell onto our asses. That wasn't great, but the subsequent panty shot I received when she landed legs apart was rather uplifting for the day.
I'm so glad she never saw the sneaky peek. << Apologised and ran off.
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Get well soon, Oni - the depression is most likely a side-effect, as most drugs nowadays come prepackaged with a depressant in their formula. If you don't mind me asking, what was the name of the medication you were given?
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:33 pm
Tailos is right, Oni. (well, hopefully) If it is a side effect, it will wear of in time, and if not, well, America's slimyest lawyers are always on tap, ready to tear the drug makers a new one.
My hospital stories are like maturation milestones to me. Why?
Infant age: break arm, go to doctor, get cast.
School Age: Play horsey near stairs, fall down stairs, go to hospital and get cast.
High School Age: Leap through hole in inflatale obstacle course, dislocate arm, go to hospital and get cast
I personally hope I don't do it again in my adult and senior yearsm cause this body ain't gettin' any tougher...
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:52 pm
I hope the depression has disappeared miss Oni, and that it was a side-affect. smile
My trips to hospital include very little:
1) Sinus wash out
2) Removal of wisdom teeth
That's it. I remember being taken to the hospital for some weirdass medication because I had some terrible flu or something when I was about 5/6? I never actually stayed in a hospital for more than 3hrs...My mom used a B.Curr II nurse and therefore, she can take care of me at home sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:46 pm
I also hope that the depression fades, Oni.
I feel lucky. The only hospital stays I've done are two times of splitting my head open, both requiring stitches.
One right over the eye.
No broken bones. no torn muscles. None of that.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:02 pm
Y'alls are lucky. I had to stay overnight when I got my appendix out. That was because I had gotten the surgery late at night, though. My white blood cell count wasn't that low, but the damned thing nearly blew on me. I couldn't sleep because they kept on waking me up, however I got an absolutely delicious croissant the next morning.
Yeah, I took ADD meds for a while and they made me feel sick and sleepy but I stopped because they made me feel sick and sleepy.
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