slipnslide
01-16-2009, 11:27 AM
Hi All,
It's been one of those weeks:(. Last Thurs. morning I got a call from my dad asking me what he should do because when he went in to wake my mom, her eyes rolled back, she went pale, then stopped breathing. He tried shaking her, shouting, a few light slaps to the cheek but she was unresponsive. He gave her a few breaths and she started to breath, then belched and vomited a little bit. She didn't remember the event and was refusing to go to the hospital so he wanted me to talk to her. I told him to get her to the hospital immediately. Instead of calling 911, he got her up to get dressed and took her into the kitchen. While standing at the kitchen counter, the entire event repeated itself so he called 911, then called me to tell me he was riding in the ambulance and to meet him at the hospital. After head and lung CT's, a chest Xray, blood and urine tests, the only thing they found was her sugar was a little elevated (no previous history of sugar problems) and her Blood Pressure was a little high (takes meds for BP). They kept her in the hospital into the weekend so that they could monitor her. When they released her, she was put on Keppra for what they believe was a seizure. I spoke with the Hospitalist and she assured me that my mother's Neuro (who has been treating her for Alzheimer's) would speak with us regarding her CT's and that he may want to do an EEG. To make a long story short, I had to track him down to get any answers and even then, the message he left for us was: "I didn't see anything on her CT"...needless to say, I'm finding her a new Neuro.:rolleyes:
I had my PM appt. on Wed. and he asked how the adhesion lysis surgery went. I explained how the quality of the hip/groin/thigh pains had changed, but the abdominal tugging pain was gone, and told him what problems I was having with the neck, shoulder and arm. He decided to put me on a long-acting Rx. I was put on Fentanyl 25 MCG/HR Patch in addition to my current Rx's: Percocet 10's, Lidoderm Patches, and Keppra 750. I told him that the Keppra helped me to sleep but that it didn't touch the nerve pain and that I was waking from a sound sleep with searing pains. I was given the option to stay on the Keppra or to go off of it, so I chose to go off it. I started the Fentanyl patch on Wed. and have noticed my pain levels going up and down like a yo-yo throughout the day and night. It's only been 48 hours so my body may be adjusting to it still, but I'd like to know is that common when first starting the Fentanyl? My sleepiness/dizziness is also doing the same thing, fluctuating like a yo-yo. Anyone have the same experience or know if it's common?
One last thing:rolleyes:....Since my abdominal Adhesion Lysis surgery, I've been getting hot flashes, and lower right abdominal stabbing which I attributed to the surgery and just assumed they would subside during the one month recovery period, well, they have not subsided. I also have burning during urination since the surgery which I attributed to the catheter and thought that it too would go away. Now I'm wondering if my right ovary may have stopped working(which my GYN said was twisted and looped around the tube but he didn't want to remove it back during the surgery in Aug. because of my age & the need for hormone production, and because it was still functioning)???:eek: Maybe I have a UTI or bladder infection? I'm afraid to call my GYN and sound silly, so does anyone recognize any of these symptoms?
Thanks so much,
Kim
It's been one of those weeks:(. Last Thurs. morning I got a call from my dad asking me what he should do because when he went in to wake my mom, her eyes rolled back, she went pale, then stopped breathing. He tried shaking her, shouting, a few light slaps to the cheek but she was unresponsive. He gave her a few breaths and she started to breath, then belched and vomited a little bit. She didn't remember the event and was refusing to go to the hospital so he wanted me to talk to her. I told him to get her to the hospital immediately. Instead of calling 911, he got her up to get dressed and took her into the kitchen. While standing at the kitchen counter, the entire event repeated itself so he called 911, then called me to tell me he was riding in the ambulance and to meet him at the hospital. After head and lung CT's, a chest Xray, blood and urine tests, the only thing they found was her sugar was a little elevated (no previous history of sugar problems) and her Blood Pressure was a little high (takes meds for BP). They kept her in the hospital into the weekend so that they could monitor her. When they released her, she was put on Keppra for what they believe was a seizure. I spoke with the Hospitalist and she assured me that my mother's Neuro (who has been treating her for Alzheimer's) would speak with us regarding her CT's and that he may want to do an EEG. To make a long story short, I had to track him down to get any answers and even then, the message he left for us was: "I didn't see anything on her CT"...needless to say, I'm finding her a new Neuro.:rolleyes:
I had my PM appt. on Wed. and he asked how the adhesion lysis surgery went. I explained how the quality of the hip/groin/thigh pains had changed, but the abdominal tugging pain was gone, and told him what problems I was having with the neck, shoulder and arm. He decided to put me on a long-acting Rx. I was put on Fentanyl 25 MCG/HR Patch in addition to my current Rx's: Percocet 10's, Lidoderm Patches, and Keppra 750. I told him that the Keppra helped me to sleep but that it didn't touch the nerve pain and that I was waking from a sound sleep with searing pains. I was given the option to stay on the Keppra or to go off of it, so I chose to go off it. I started the Fentanyl patch on Wed. and have noticed my pain levels going up and down like a yo-yo throughout the day and night. It's only been 48 hours so my body may be adjusting to it still, but I'd like to know is that common when first starting the Fentanyl? My sleepiness/dizziness is also doing the same thing, fluctuating like a yo-yo. Anyone have the same experience or know if it's common?
One last thing:rolleyes:....Since my abdominal Adhesion Lysis surgery, I've been getting hot flashes, and lower right abdominal stabbing which I attributed to the surgery and just assumed they would subside during the one month recovery period, well, they have not subsided. I also have burning during urination since the surgery which I attributed to the catheter and thought that it too would go away. Now I'm wondering if my right ovary may have stopped working(which my GYN said was twisted and looped around the tube but he didn't want to remove it back during the surgery in Aug. because of my age & the need for hormone production, and because it was still functioning)???:eek: Maybe I have a UTI or bladder infection? I'm afraid to call my GYN and sound silly, so does anyone recognize any of these symptoms?
Thanks so much,
Kim