Looks like I'm going to have to go under the knife(again).

[chumbucket]

Looks like some sort of cellulitis. Hopefully they can get a handle on it Ferm. Get well soon.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by chumbucket

Looks like some sort of cellulitis. Hopefully they can get a handle on it Ferm. Get well soon.

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[THEFERMANATOR]

Well after a wonderful night in the hospital(I use this term most sarcastically). I went to the ER at 4 and the Dr.s there didn't have a clue what it was, and had never seen it before, but my blood pressure was through the roof because it was itching, burning, and in ALOT of pain now(because my pain meds had worn off and this had spread to such a large portion of my leg), so I got admitted to take blood pressure meds or be discharged AMA and my insurance wouldn't cover it. Before I got admitted I was able to get some more pain meds and my blood pressure had come down to high, but tolerable but I still got admitted for a 24 hour observation hold. They got me into the hospital at 8 and by 9 had started to begin the new treatments and such. My blood pressure was still borderline so I told them not to give me the blood pressure meds yet, but they went ahead and started me on steroids for the allergic reaction on my leg, and then gave me Benadryl around 10.

I was POURING sweat for hours after the steroids, but slept from 10:30 to 2:30 at which time I had to get up and pee. When I got back they came in and rechecked by blood pressure and at this time they convinced me to take the blood pressure meds(only 1 of the 2 they wanted to give me). I took that, a pain pill, and shortly there after another dose of steroids. At 6:30 they gave me another blood pressure pill as this med is every 4 hours around the clock.

Around 8 I get up to pee, make it 5 feet and get lightheaded, then dizzy, and by the time I make it into the bathroom I can barely stand as I'm dizzy, blurred double vision, and short of breath to top it off. Finally around 8:30 I make it back to bed and call the nurse, and at this point a 2 hour fiasco ensues of the nurse freaking out when she sees me and the hospital Dr coming on and trying to talk me into taking a different blood pressure med. I finally say no more as I told them that all of this had happened(but nowhere near as badly) from the last med my primary Dr had tried and was why we had decided to hold off for awhile before anymore treatment(this of course wasn't good enough for the hospital as he is just a DO, not a cardiologist). And oh yeah, now my blood pressure is sky rocketing just like it has on every other blood pressure med they have put me on. After the Dr leaves the nurse comes over to me and tells me not to take anything else and to not listen to the Dr, which is what I had already told her I was going to do.

Now for the real kicker, the surgeon that did the surgery sent in his assistant around 10:30 or so, she took one look at it and said it was an allergic reaction to the adhesive compiled by the betadine on my skin and had caused a type of chemical reaction burn. And she began yelling at the nurses saying I should have never been admitted, and simply sent home with Benadryl. And she had no idea why they would have put me on steroids for it, and there was absolutely no reason to have done so. And finally said get me the heck out of there NOW!

So after a wonderful stay in the hospital, I got to come home around 12:45 once my wife was able to come pick me up. So that was my last 24 hours, and long winded post of the day.

[Road King Cole]

wow, what a mess.

Surely makes my sucky commute home last night minor....

Hope things improve, and improve quickly...

rkc

[THEFERMANATOR]

Forgot to mention now I'm dizzy and lightheaded with the shortness of breath still even though I stopped the blood pressure meds. They said it should hopefully go away in a few days. So after all of this all I needed was a shower and some Benadryl, but had an overnight stay and pumped full of crap I didn't need that made me sick.

[RidgeRunner]

Holy crap this was all very fast. I missed the surgery date. Glad your OK and out of there. Jeez, you will do anything for attention won't you? Seriously wish you a most speedy recovery.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Forgot to mention now I'm dizzy and lightheaded with the shortness of breath still even though I stopped the blood pressure meds. They said it should hopefully go away in a few days. So after all of this all I needed was a shower and some Benadryl, but had an overnight stay and pumped full of crap I didn't need that made me sick.

I do not trust hospitals at all any more. The one my mom stayed in this April literally killed her with misdiagnosis and wrong treatments. Glad you're away from there! Now get better quickly.

The lightheadedness and being dizzy are usually the symptoms of low blood pressure. I get it from time to time whenever doc adjusts my BP meds.
You just have keep a close watch on your BP since not doing so can have such dire consequences.
My entire family has chronic high blood pressure... My mom, dad, all of their brothers and sisters, and all my brothers and sisters...but we usually live into our mid 90's so I'm not too worried.

[GREYWOLF]

sorry to here about your hospital screw up ( thats why they call it practicing medicine) I hope things get better for you and your family and you are in our prayers,