The Pit And The Peak Of Your Day

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  1. Beth Gallagher

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    Oh my GOODNESS!! That looks awful, Yvonne. When did that happen? Bless your heart, I hope that doesn't feel as awful as it looks. And I'm glad you have an appointment set up to see the cardiologist.
     
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    It happened last fall, and after that is when my heart started to have the a-fib episodes, and then go back in rhythm. Then, when it was so cold, right after Christmas, it just went into a-fib and is staying there.
    My cardiologist said maybe they can make an adjustment with the pacemaker and I might not have to have another procedure. I will report back after Monday when I have talked with the doctors and know what is going on.
    The spider bite is tender and hurts if I bump it (which of course I always do !), but otherwise it is not painful. As it eats away the flesh, the crater inside keeps getting larger.
     
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    Good grief; is there no treatment for the spider bite? That's terrible.

    I hope you'll get good news from the doctors on Monday and I'll be waiting for your update. (Maybe wearing a pirate's eye patch but that's life.)
     
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    Please tell me you've already had that looked at.
     
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    Hope you get the eyes healed. Myself I have been having a problem with my right eye when I am laying on my left side looking out the right eye. I see a pattern very large that looks like a puddle of blood dried. You would think something like that would happen one time and just go away but it did not, several times I have seen it. Most recently with the only light being my TV I look over toward my door and I see something dark that looks like a small dog or cat peaking thru the door. Sounds crazy I know but I had the eye go completely blind for as long as 3 or 4 minutes. I had it checked out because the sight did return, and the doctor told me he saw no sign of a stroke so since that time I briefly had that 2nd time happen but that has been several years ago. I have vertigo in the right ear and possibly it might have something to do with the blindness. Oh yeah one other thing, I am one of those people who can see floaters. It is said that we aren't supposed to see the floaters, so say the doctors and specialist. It looks like a microscopic fluid with little wiggly worm looking traces floating.
     
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    Thanks, Thomas. I've been googling and scaring myself senseless; I should go to bed. How long has it been since you had an eye exam? I think many people have floaters, especially "we of a certain age." The doctor today was surprised that I don't see them.
     
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    My eye doctor talks about floaters all the time...of course we see them. I forget what the cause is...I think it's got to do with that vitreous sac and how it changes with age. I see worms sometimes and little black spots like tiny fleas. That's strange doctors cannot find out what's going on with your eye. kinda frustrating, too, huh?
     
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    I think I mentioned that I once searched "Have internet medical sites increased hypochondria?" and the first result was an article about that subject on WebMD!
     
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    I have a heart specialist and have not had any bad news, I take a handful of preventative meds everyday. I think they help a lot and my spine and knees seem to be my major health issue. I do have shortness of breath if I exert myself like drag a garbage can to the street and use my upper body. The neck is doing very strange things to my upper body and I am just worn out shaking out my bed clothes, then I recover very quickly. You would think they would have a good idea what is causing that but I had hernia surgery last May and at that time after surgery in recovery my blood oxygen level was 98.2, I don't catch colds, flu or cough unless it is dust which is bad here do to the farming all over the place. I hope I can hobble on for a few more years I want to see if the Nation heals or goes under before I check out.
     
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    Interesting. I'm like you in that I don't get colds or the flu. And I agree...I lived long enough to see this nation in the crapper. I want to see if we pull ourselves out or if someone's gonna pull the handle.
     
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    Well nice talking to everyone tonight, I'm going to bed. Remember you heard it from a mechanic, One cross thread is better than two lock washers. g day
     
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    Why?
     
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    'cause that cross-threaded bolt is not gonna come loose...and hopefully it'll be the next guy's problem.
     
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    Peak: Got good news from the retinal specialist; I don't have a tear or a detached retina. I have a sub-something (??) bleed that he said will likely resolve itself and be reabsorbed in time. So for now he's just going to watch it unless I notice more severe symptoms such as more floaters or a reduction in my sight. I go back to be checked in a month. So WOOHOO!! No surgery!
     
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    Great news! That is how my feared detached retina played out. It took about 6 months before the flashes stopped. I am happy you finally got a break.
     
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