OSJ Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 No, that doesn't mean I'm a zombie... (Although back in the day, I used to like to drink zombies). I just had the scariest experience of a life that includes being stabbed a couple of times shot at once and jumped by a couple of thugs that put me in the hospital way back when... Some of you may have noticed my absence from this grand old board the last couple of weeks. What happened was the most bizarre thing I've ever experienced. Apparently the antibiotics I'm taking joined forces with some other meds to tell my kidneys it was time for a long vacation... End result was that all the poison that the kidneys are supposed to dump out backed up and even backed up into my brain. I woke up on a Monday thinking I must have had a stroke, Everything seemed to be in slow motion. I didn't realize how slow, (my wife later explained that it took me two hours to make a cup of coffee and another hour to figure out how to lie down... Suffice it to say that my doc said "Get to the hospital right NOW". I was in ICU getting dialysis for three days and then more or less have bounced back. That's not counting last week, all of which was spent in bed sleeping 20 out of 24 hours. Anyway, I can't think of anything scarier than the body not responding to commands from the brain. Good to be back, good to be alive... Supposedly there will be no lasting effects, and I'm seeing a specialist who is changing all my meds so that nothing like this happens again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Wow, that's scary. Glad to know you're doing better. And maybe your trying times can be used for good for when the Zombie Apocalypse actually hits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tele-Viper Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Glad to have you back. Having your body turn on you (even briefly) is more terrifying than any outside force ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 That is some scary shit. Glad you're still here to make comments about it, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 How do we know that the poisons in your body haven't taken over completely and this is just a clever ruse? But seriously, glad to see you still among us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 How do we know that the poisons in your body haven't taken over completely and this is just a clever ruse? But seriously, glad to see you still among us. There's a great story idea in there somewhere... Ah, shit... Bradbury beat me to it by some fifty years with "Fever Dream"... Oh, well... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Glad to hear it didn't turn out much worse than it sounds like was possible. Good luck with the new medications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Hattrick Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I am happy that you are doing better. I have a question. If your situation wasn't diagnosed early enough, that would have caused septic shock, am I correct? Your symptoms reminded me of when I would have severe hypoglycemia, so even though you had a different reason for your mental lapse and sleeping needs, I am right there with you on your frustration my friend. I hope they can get your situation straight so no further relapses occur in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Happy to see you're healthy and didn't use your new super slow powers for some nefarious evil plot with 9000 moving parts. You plan 40 years in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 I am happy that you are doing better. I have a question. If your situation wasn't diagnosed early enough, that would have caused septic shock, am I correct? Your symptoms reminded me of when I would have severe hypoglycemia, so even though you had a different reason for your mental lapse and sleeping needs, I am right there with you on your frustration my friend. I hope they can get your situation straight so no further relapses occur in the future. I am happy that you are doing better. I have a question. If your situation wasn't diagnosed early enough, that would have caused septic shock, am I correct? Your symptoms reminded me of when I would have severe hypoglycemia, so even though you had a different reason for your mental lapse and sleeping needs, I am right there with you on your frustration my friend. I hope they can get your situation straight so no further relapses occur in the future. Hey Jerry: You are absolutely correct, another day and I'd have gone septic and likely wouldn't be here now. The irritating thing is that I've never had a sick day in my life until last year when I started getting recurring cellulites in my legs. When it flares up, it can usually be handled with antibiotics, but continued use of antibiotics has its own deal with the devil attached... Eventually, you run out of different ones to try. Coming out of the hospital, I had another flare up, but the very same antibiotics that didn't work worth a shit two months ago have cleared things up in three days. Go figure. The whole thing is likely caused by my teeth falling apart (six years without insurance will do that), so the long-term strategy is to get what few I have left pulled and get dentures. Problem is, Medicare doesn't pay for such, so it looks like $6000 out of pocket, which I don't have. Hopefully, I'll find a dentist in Albuquerque that offers financing of some sort... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 So I'm dealing with Cellulitis in my upper thigh as we speak. It was MRSA (staph) and if I didn't go in when I did to get it treated, it could have well ended up as sepsis. Last week was fairly crazy with the holidays. I'm worried the thing won't completely resolve before my antibiotics run out as they haven't been able to lance it completely as it's too deep which means it might reoccur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Welcome back, you crotchety old bastard. You can't be leaving me without my baseball argument tag team partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Good God, John! I hope you are feeling better. I was thinking about you yesterday when I was watching a documentary of pulps. I was hoping you were going to pop up in it. Then it became an L Ron Hubbard infomercial. On a side note, how was Hubbard's pulp stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJay Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Wow,shit..... scary. Glad to have you back and hopefully doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Holy shit, John. I thought you were taking a sabbatical. Glad to hear you are in better health! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Welcome back to the living, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 So I'm dealing with Cellulitis in my upper thigh as we speak. It was MRSA (staph) and if I didn't go in when I did to get it treated, it could have well ended up as sepsis. Last week was fairly crazy with the holidays. I'm worried the thing won't completely resolve before my antibiotics run out as they haven't been able to lance it completely as it's too deep which means it might reoccur. So I'm dealing with Cellulitis in my upper thigh as we speak. It was MRSA (staph) and if I didn't go in when I did to get it treated, it could have well ended up as sepsis. Last week was fairly crazy with the holidays. I'm worried the thing won't completely resolve before my antibiotics run out as they haven't been able to lance it completely as it's too deep which means it might reoccur. Matt: Wish I had better news, but according to my docs, once you get cellulitis, you're likely to get it again unless you make major changes in diet, weight, etc. I'm naturally a big guy, but the last couple of years I was skipping the exercise and my weight shot up to close to 300. I'm down to 270 now and need to lose another twenty pounds to get down to my high school weight of 250. That still qualifies me for team chunky, but it's my natural weight for my build (I'm sort of built along the lines of Kevin Sullivan). My only advice, is call for more antibiotics if you aren't completely sure the infection is gone. The good news is sounds like yours is more of an abcess situation which can be drained. If you are over weight start hitting the gym or going for long walks. Long walks is what I do and in a town like Gallup that's all hills, one can burn a lot of calories just walking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Good God, John! I hope you are feeling better. I was thinking about you yesterday when I was watching a documentary of pulps. I was hoping you were going to pop up in it. Then it became an L Ron Hubbard infomercial. On a side note, how was Hubbard's pulp stuff? Dean, & All: Thanks for the good wishes! I'll pop over to the literary thread and post something on Hubbard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yeah, I'm not super overweight, thankfully, but when I got diagnosed for Celiac Disease last year (I'm doing great post turning 30 in '11) I had to go gluten free and that meant my body started to properly absorb nutrients again but my appetite was the same so that pushed me to a little overweight for my frame. I do an exercise bike every other night generally for 20 miles (which is when I watch the most wrestling actually) but given the abcess, I can't do that until it heals properly, so who knows. I'm assuming the initial infection came from my wife being in the hospital for a week from diverticulitis (which she got about 20 years too early too). I probably picked up the germs from being there with her a lot of that time. It's not been a great fall. Thankfully again, the abscess has really gone down over the last couple of days. We'll see what happens moving forward. After 4 visits to the 24 Hour Clinic in a week I've finally broken down and sought out a primary care doctor but I couldn't get in til Feb. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Welcome back, you crotchety old bastard. You can't be leaving me without my baseball argument tag team partner. Without us to argue about baseball, the internets would be a poorer place indeed.... We do need to get Rippa to join in... I think I shall go to the baseball thread and post something controversial just to fire things up. ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Yeah, I'm not super overweight, thankfully, but when I got diagnosed for Celiac Disease last year (I'm doing great post turning 30 in '11) I had to go gluten free and that meant my body started to properly absorb nutrients again but my appetite was the same so that pushed me to a little overweight for my frame. I do an exercise bike every other night generally for 20 miles (which is when I watch the most wrestling actually) but given the abcess, I can't do that until it heals properly, so who knows. I'm assuming the initial infection came from my wife being in the hospital for a week from diverticulitis (which she got about 20 years too early too). I probably picked up the germs from being there with her a lot of that time. It's not been a great fall. Thankfully again, the abscess has really gone down over the last couple of days. We'll see what happens moving forward. After 4 visits to the 24 Hour Clinic in a week I've finally broken down and sought out a primary care doctor but I couldn't get in til Feb. Thanks. Sounds like the drugs are working. I can't imagine not having a primary care doc. I went through two cases of long-term providers retiring and went to the local clinic and the guy they had me talk to was a complete tool who wouldn't issue a scrip for my pain meds despite my providing extensive documentation that I'd been taking them for years. I started raising holy hell in the lobby and it just so happened the chief admin guy for the hospital was touring a couple of prospective doctors through the facility. He stopped and talked to me and immediately got me scheduled with another doc at the clinic. Perfect timing. She immediately wrote out the necessary scrip, and while I've always said I'd never have a woman doctor, it's worked out very well. I later found out that she wasn't really taking new patients, but the admin guy sort of begged her to see me in order to shut me up. Yelling about malfeasance and malpractice can go a long way to get what you want. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Jesus that's some scary stuff. Glad you're doing OK now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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