Doing a stint in Chester County Hospital...version 2

Here we go again lol

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Well like the title says I'm back in the hospital because my COPD kicked up big time. Shortness of breath, ugly loud coughs and coughing up ugly phlegm. The mass in my lung is still there and I'm to see a cancer doc soon for palliative care options. Could be surgery or chemo or radiation. The surgery part I'm hoping is a last resort. I'll do the other nonsense and be a bald person, no problem. Then I can make other people jealous. I've had three breath therapies since I've been here. Got here around one this afternoon. Got a shot of steroids to open my lungs and some heavy duty antibiotics. And I got some perks to boot. I can use my laptop here, got cable TV and access to halfway decent channels. Stay tuned for further developments.

*i sound like a commercial lol*

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top


*i sound like a commercial lol*

You do a bit...;)

Good luck with your hospital stay....but try not to harass the nurses [too much]...;)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What Jafo said!  The food might also be good!  And you're now on my list. :borg:  

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry to hear Ross, hope you have a speedy recovery. :thumbsup:  

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Get well soon Ross! :thumbsup:  

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So Ross, what are you doing getting so sick?  As far as I know, that wasn't on the agenda.

I've recently had a couple of trips to the hospital myself.  Luckily it was nothing too serious and I was able to come home.  After several long stays in hospital over the years. I hate being at the hospital any longer than I have to be.

Anyhow, me old mate, take care and get well soon. |-)  

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Get well quickly, Ross...a thought: Sometimes Oncologists and Pulmonologists participate in research studies and "head to head" drug studies (that way the drug is free). Maybe yours are into studies? Also, depending on tumor type and markers, maybe ask about immunotherapy with Keytruda.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry to hear you're under the weather Uvah......

hope they've got you sparking on all cylinders soon.... :)  

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thank you Doc. Your advice I consider invaluable :thumbsup: . I'm having it set up so I can consult various specialists and that was a suggestion by the doctor handling my case. So far I have three doctors not counting the cancer specialist. Anyway, the resurgence of the pneumonia is what brought this on. The meds they have me on are azithromycin, ceftriaxone (i think that's how its spelled. The handwriting on the board is not that good) and solumedrol? 

So now I'm up at five thirty am and trying hard not to be bored so I'm waiting on munchies (breakfast, even got a menu). I also made it clear to my doctors that I want to be told every little thing regardless. The more I know the better off I am. I may not be the smartest kid on the block but I ain't no dummy either. No comments from the peanut gallery please. :P  Anyway, its the weekend and I don't expect too much going on. TTYL 

BTW: Kinda hard to harass the nurses considering two of them are male. Lol.   

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Feel better soon.  Try to resist the temptation of pushing all the little buttons, flipping all the little switches, playing with all the gadgets to see what they do, they don't seem to like that ;)  

Reply #10 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

As the CFO of a small hospital I commend you on being an active participant in your care.  Question everything, get answers, and make sure you understand what the plan is!  Best wishes on a full recovery :thumbsup:  

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ross, have fun with the nurses, who knows what kinda things they "get into"...lol. Hey man, get well, prayers going up!

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks guys, you're all awesome! Saw another doc today. They're going to do another biopsy and one doc says its an adeno something, I forgot already, anyway. They want me to consider radiation therapy and immunotherapy. I'll know more next week sometime.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 13

They want me to consider radiation therapy and immunotherapy.

See what the biopsy says, and go from there. Get well soon, Ross. As long as you're in there, their property value is plummeting. 😉

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 14

their property value is plummeting. 😉

That's not good. Lol

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Wishing you the best and hope you recover soon. :thumbsup:  

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 8
BTW: Kinda hard to harass the nurses considering two of them are male. Lol.  

Ahah, just your luck! ;-)

Get well soon!

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 12

Ross, have fun with the nurses, who knows what kinda things they "get into"

Or what they let you get in to, as I discovered back in the 70's when I was hospitalised for nigh on 3 years.  Let's just say [without going into too much graphic detail] that I was invited to the nurses quarters on more than one occasion do a bit of canoodling and get my willy wet.

Yeah, I was such a handsome lad back in the day

 

BTW, male nurses weren't a thing back then, just female ones... just in case 'that' question came up.

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Had a consult with two doctors today. One lung specialist and one heart specialist. Because my portable heart monitor showed a 7 second stoppage between the lower heart valve and the upper (not talking to each other for that period of time) it is recommended that I get a pacemaker, which I probably will. That will happen before I go for the biopsy. Most likely within the next two days.

@DRJBHL...would very much like your opinion on both. You're the man when it comes to this stuff and I trust your opinion. So weigh in when you can.

Again...thanks guys for your support. :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:  

*a lot of the smileys aren't showing up)

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sounds like you're in good hands and they're taking good care of you... amazing what technology does these days...

they're good at keeping us ticking and kicking....  :)

Reply #20 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

God bless you. I've had a pacemaker for a year and a half now. Mine was needed for bradycardia (slow heart beat). The model I have will last 8 to 10 years, and is being monitored every six months. It adds some hassles going through airport security, but is otherwise not too bad. I do have to take medication once a day to suppress the irregular beats and let the pacemaker do its thing.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Mine will operate, according to the doc, approximately 5% of the time to regulate a slow heart rate. It seems to be random and hasn't happened for some time. I'm told the pacemaker is more of a precaution than anything else. At the very least it will be a unique experience.

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Get well soon Uvah.

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I wanted to put up the heart smiley but only a handful show up. Most are just blank. Love you all!!

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 26

I wanted to put up the heart smiley but only a handful show up. Most are just blank. Love you all!!

Love ya too Ross, get well buddy. :grin:  :thumbsup: