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now over 10 1/2 months into 2005 tell me,
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darkswordsman17
Lifer
For me personally, its been alright. For my family though, thats another story.
First of all, one of my sister's had a big custody fight. She was able to gain majority custody of my nephew, but personally I don't think either her or the kid's father deserved it, they both have been immature very childish throughout the whole ordeal.
My other sister was diagnosed with a bone disease which basically is a form of osteoperosis, except that she just turned 30 this year, so its not normal. After many tests, she is now taking an experimental drug to slow the process of her deteriorating bones. The problem is that her body doesn't build the bone back like it should, so she'll have to take another experimental drug later in order to get it to do that. The first drug is going to be bad on her kidneys (which she's already had some problems with), and the second has a chance to make her infertile (she wants to have kids at some point). The long term or even short term affects of either drug are not totally known, and thus she has to sign waivers that she cannot file for damages from anything that should arise from them. To top it all off, the man she's been dating for the past few years wants to break up, and so she's going to have to move fairly soon. She spends a lot of time taking care of both my nephew (because the other sister isn't around much) and the guy's son, whom both of which get along great like they were natural brothers.
My step-father, who is the only father figure I've ever known (and he's technically not my step-father anymore due to divorce) was diagnosed with cancer. He had a large tumor on one of his kidneys and a small amount/growth on his prostate (his brother had a prostate cancer about 10 years ago). He had been feeling very sick throughout the year and had lost about 30 pounds in a month. For a long time they could not find out what was wrong with him, and so he thought it was just in his head and he was making himself sick (which irritated him even more because he's quite an intelligent man and felt that he should be able to get better. They did find out and rushed him to surgery. They were able to remove the kidney and in a later surgery were able to get the cancer on his prostate. They believe they have gotten it all, and he's been feeling much better (but I haven't seen him since we went to visit him in the hospital during the summer). He's about 60 years old and is a truck driver.
My grandmother, who suffers from diabetes (among other afflictions) and takes a lot of pills everyday had a stroke. She lives in New Mexico (I live in northeastern Kansas), and she lives alone after my great grandfather passed away the day after Christmas two years ago. My brother used to live with her, but he's in the military (had left right about the time we went to Iraq), but since he can't do much else, he's joined back up. He's going to be sent to Iraq, but he doesn't know if it will be sooner or later (he had said possibly this year or next spring).
The sister with the kid is having a rough time of things. I hate to say it but she has become one of those people that you just can't help. Both my mom and sister have given her a lot of money to get a place multiple times, so that she can get settled down and take care of her son, but she always screws things up and just leaves without telling people where she is going or anything. The last thing I heard was that one of her "friends" was gunned down in her home while my sister and her now husband (she feels she has to be with someone, and they're mostly total losers who just leech off of her).
My mom was basically harassed until she quit the place where she had been working for about the last 3 years. She now works two jobs in a neighboring town (about 30 miles away, commuting nearly everyday). However this year is going much better than two years ago. She almost lost one of her eyes (she can't see out of it, but with surgery might be able to regain sight) due to misdiagnosis by one of the local doctors (who actually had his nurse practitioner look at and diagnose her; she had flesh eating virus in her eye, which the nurse claimed was just pink eye, but when my mom went to our optometrist he sent her immediately to a specialist in the capital, who then immediately sent her to another speicalist in Kansas City; the nurse changed the medical records to state that she had told her to immediately go see a specialist which she had not done, and thus my mom was unable to file for malpractice, and thus had to pay for everything herself).
Well, with all that being said, we're still here, and haven't given up.
After letting all that out, I realize how selfish, and detached I've been from them all. I barely have any contact with anyone of them except my mom who comes down and visits me from time to time (she used to come down every couple of weeks, now its about once a month). It makes me see how I've been so wasteful and take so much for granted. I hope one day I can change, and that maybe I can help them all, but I think that will be a long time coming before I can.
First of all, one of my sister's had a big custody fight. She was able to gain majority custody of my nephew, but personally I don't think either her or the kid's father deserved it, they both have been immature very childish throughout the whole ordeal.
My other sister was diagnosed with a bone disease which basically is a form of osteoperosis, except that she just turned 30 this year, so its not normal. After many tests, she is now taking an experimental drug to slow the process of her deteriorating bones. The problem is that her body doesn't build the bone back like it should, so she'll have to take another experimental drug later in order to get it to do that. The first drug is going to be bad on her kidneys (which she's already had some problems with), and the second has a chance to make her infertile (she wants to have kids at some point). The long term or even short term affects of either drug are not totally known, and thus she has to sign waivers that she cannot file for damages from anything that should arise from them. To top it all off, the man she's been dating for the past few years wants to break up, and so she's going to have to move fairly soon. She spends a lot of time taking care of both my nephew (because the other sister isn't around much) and the guy's son, whom both of which get along great like they were natural brothers.
My step-father, who is the only father figure I've ever known (and he's technically not my step-father anymore due to divorce) was diagnosed with cancer. He had a large tumor on one of his kidneys and a small amount/growth on his prostate (his brother had a prostate cancer about 10 years ago). He had been feeling very sick throughout the year and had lost about 30 pounds in a month. For a long time they could not find out what was wrong with him, and so he thought it was just in his head and he was making himself sick (which irritated him even more because he's quite an intelligent man and felt that he should be able to get better. They did find out and rushed him to surgery. They were able to remove the kidney and in a later surgery were able to get the cancer on his prostate. They believe they have gotten it all, and he's been feeling much better (but I haven't seen him since we went to visit him in the hospital during the summer). He's about 60 years old and is a truck driver.
My grandmother, who suffers from diabetes (among other afflictions) and takes a lot of pills everyday had a stroke. She lives in New Mexico (I live in northeastern Kansas), and she lives alone after my great grandfather passed away the day after Christmas two years ago. My brother used to live with her, but he's in the military (had left right about the time we went to Iraq), but since he can't do much else, he's joined back up. He's going to be sent to Iraq, but he doesn't know if it will be sooner or later (he had said possibly this year or next spring).
The sister with the kid is having a rough time of things. I hate to say it but she has become one of those people that you just can't help. Both my mom and sister have given her a lot of money to get a place multiple times, so that she can get settled down and take care of her son, but she always screws things up and just leaves without telling people where she is going or anything. The last thing I heard was that one of her "friends" was gunned down in her home while my sister and her now husband (she feels she has to be with someone, and they're mostly total losers who just leech off of her).
My mom was basically harassed until she quit the place where she had been working for about the last 3 years. She now works two jobs in a neighboring town (about 30 miles away, commuting nearly everyday). However this year is going much better than two years ago. She almost lost one of her eyes (she can't see out of it, but with surgery might be able to regain sight) due to misdiagnosis by one of the local doctors (who actually had his nurse practitioner look at and diagnose her; she had flesh eating virus in her eye, which the nurse claimed was just pink eye, but when my mom went to our optometrist he sent her immediately to a specialist in the capital, who then immediately sent her to another speicalist in Kansas City; the nurse changed the medical records to state that she had told her to immediately go see a specialist which she had not done, and thus my mom was unable to file for malpractice, and thus had to pay for everything herself).
Well, with all that being said, we're still here, and haven't given up.
After letting all that out, I realize how selfish, and detached I've been from them all. I barely have any contact with anyone of them except my mom who comes down and visits me from time to time (she used to come down every couple of weeks, now its about once a month). It makes me see how I've been so wasteful and take so much for granted. I hope one day I can change, and that maybe I can help them all, but I think that will be a long time coming before I can.
You got lucky. When I was 12, mine popped, due to the ER doofuses letting me sit for almost 5 hours in a chair with a pukebucket. It was the biggest hospital in the area, and I don't know what they were waiting for, it wasn't busy for a Sat night. No ultrasound or cat back then, they poked you and had you pull up your legs to see if it felt better, and ran your blood to see if you had an infection, that was it.
Finally, at 1240 or so AM, they have me go back to the exam room. draw blood, and poke me. At about 1AM, the doctor comes in and asks me how I'm doing, and I tell him, "It doesn't really hurt anymore!" He looks like he's gonna puke, and says "Oh Shxx!" They cart me right down to the OR, and take it out. I was loaded with pus, and was pretty bad off for two weeks. They put hot packs on my stomach, and took all my stitches out to get things "flowing". I had a 103 fever, and felt really bad, and waited and waited for it to "crack".
Almost exactly 14 days from the time I started feeling sick, the flood began. I woke up with it everywhere. In my hair, my PJ's were soaked, the mattress was loaded, it was like having a couple of gallons of vanilla pudding dumped on me while I was asleep. The nurse comes in and I wake up and pick up my arm and it's sliding off! I say to her, "Look at this!" and she smiles and says, "Oh, you're draining!" An hour later, I was calling my parents, telling them I could go home. I wanted to get out of there so badly I couldn't wait. They showed up at noon, and I was climbing the walls by then.
The "draining" continued for over a month. I had to wear this weird pad to soak it up. I was so damn happy when it finally closed up after about 6 weeks. I have a nasty scar there, it never really faded much.
loup garou
Lifer
Katrina
Dulanic
Diamond Member
Spent a week in the hospital. One day at work I just felt like crap, and I felt like I was going to throw up, so I went home. On the way home while driving I suddenly have to throw up and Im going 50.... throwing up going 50MPH isnt fun, didnt have time to stop, stuck my head out the window. I finally make it home and just lay down, a few hours later it gets to the point Im throwing up hourly, if I stand I lose balance and would fall on my face. By the next day I cant take a sip of water without instantly vomiting. I go to the doctor and he wasnt too sure what was wrong, he gave me a few medications, I continue vomiting and falling all the time. After 3 days I have not ate or drank anything, I can barely move, so I go the ER. Spent a few hours in there on a IV to get fluids back into my body, they have no idea whats wrong. Since I got the IV I felt slightly better and they sent me home after I was able to eat a few crackers.
Same day later on, it continues, I find I cant walk again or drink a sip of water, half my body just locks basically, cant move my arms or hands at all, my hands/fingers are locked like a claw position. So back to the hospital I go. I spent one week undergoing a huge amount of tests, some including various things being shoved in holes that should be one way. They never found out what happened to me, I spent a week on IV fluids to keep me from dehydrating, finally the doctor put me on steroids for a few days and I seemed to improve.
It was rather odd, they never figured it out, I had no stomach issues at all, they did tons of tests for that, they had no idea why I couldnt stand, why Id just fall over if I tried. They even grasped for straws, inner ear infection etc.... nothing. Their best guess finally was my MS acting up, but they didn't think that could be the case, as MS typically doesnt cause anything like that.
It was very strange not to eat for over a week straight, or drink for that matter. Once I could finally eat, ohhh man food never tasted so good, even if it was hospital garbage.
Same day later on, it continues, I find I cant walk again or drink a sip of water, half my body just locks basically, cant move my arms or hands at all, my hands/fingers are locked like a claw position. So back to the hospital I go. I spent one week undergoing a huge amount of tests, some including various things being shoved in holes that should be one way. They never found out what happened to me, I spent a week on IV fluids to keep me from dehydrating, finally the doctor put me on steroids for a few days and I seemed to improve.
It was rather odd, they never figured it out, I had no stomach issues at all, they did tons of tests for that, they had no idea why I couldnt stand, why Id just fall over if I tried. They even grasped for straws, inner ear infection etc.... nothing. Their best guess finally was my MS acting up, but they didn't think that could be the case, as MS typically doesnt cause anything like that.
It was very strange not to eat for over a week straight, or drink for that matter. Once I could finally eat, ohhh man food never tasted so good, even if it was hospital garbage.
The Green Bean
Diamond Member
coming to think of it, this year has been pretty good.
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