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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006I'm a bit worried, too (OT)
Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision from above my ribcage down to the pubis due the nature of what was wrong, so that all my other organs could be looked at. Well, I think it has come adrift a bit. I have a swelling in my midriff (at first I thought I might be getting fat!) but I can actually push it back in what seems like a small hole when I am standing up. After some internet research, it sounds like an "incisional hernia" which it seems isn't *that* easy to repair. Oh, joy! The last thing I need is any more time off work sick. I have used all my sick leave almost up to the next millenium, what with 4 years of continual eye surgery and then this ovarian cancer last May. I don't get paid now if I am sick. I know I will have to go to the doctor to confirm my fears, although I don't think there's much doubt, but I haven't done yet. I'm putting it off. I need a little rant: what on earth did I ever do to deserve all these bad things happening to me? My mother being found dead was the worst, I can cope with all the other health stuff with help and encouragement from my friends. I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out the cycle of some sort of illness for long. 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I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Tweed > Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs > Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs [quoted text clipped - 76 lines] > Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs > Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs That's a lovely big hug, thank you so much, Matthew. > Just remember something self diagnoses is not a good idea since it always > leads to bad thoughts Yep, I know, but I am fairly sure I'm right. > You are in my prayers > and I am sending some purrs along with all the hugs Thanks. You are a nice man, Matthew. Tweed ANYTHING FOR A FRIEND >> Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs >> Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs Hugs [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > > That's a lovely big hug, thank you so much, Matthew. I wanted to do more but it would not let me >> Just remember something self diagnoses is not a good idea since it always >> leads to bad thoughts [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks. You are a nice man, Matthew. Who me I am a toys r'us kid > Tweed > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Tweed Oh no! Purrs that it *IS* more easily fixible than you think. >> Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the >> major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Oh no! Purrs that it *IS* more easily fixible than you think. Thanks, Karen. It would be nice to think so, but I'm not holding my breath. It was difficult for me for find help once I was back at home and I probably did too much, too soon, and went back to work too soon too. My neighbours were great while I was in hospital, fed the chickens and cats but as soon as I was home they bowed out. I don't blame them - what a nuisance to have a neighbour put a note through the door "I am being admitted to hospital NOW and here are some phone numbers, sort out my chickens/geese/cats between yourselves." They all came good in the emergency. Tweed > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. 100,000 purrs for you. --Fil Many purrs and prayers from us coming your way. Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Tweed > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember > the major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Tweed I'm so sorry to hear you're having yet more health problems, please don't delay seeing the doctor. Hugs and purrs. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk {{{{{Christina}}} -- I don't know why these things happen the way they do but please know you've got lots of hugs and moral support plus all the purrs we can send your way. Christine, Oreo, Midnight, Robin & Tucker > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed Tweed, I hope it's not as bad as you think! I agree about the dangers of self-diagnosis and the bad thoughts it can engender. But here's hoping they can "zip you back up" quickly and easily. Melissa When you described it, the first thing I thought was hernia, too. Is it always hard to fix, though? I've known many people who have them, and it didn't seem like that difficult a problem. But I can understand you not wanting to have any more time being out of work, getting yet more medical treatment, so I hope it's nothing that requires all that! Many purrs for you from my 3, especially from Licky! Joyce > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember > the major surgery I had to have last year. Heaps of hugs and a plethora of purrs and a wave of woofs that this is speedily dealt with Gordon & the FF > I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out the cycle of > some sort of illness for long. Lots of hugs and purrs coming to you - and as someone else said, it's very easy to scare yourself by self-diagnosing... please don't put off your Dr. visit; not to down-play your worries but this is nothing compared to what you went through last time, eh? (((((((((Tweed)))))))))) Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out the cycle >> of >> some sort of illness for long. > > Lots of hugs and purrs coming to you - and as someone else said, it's > very easy to scare yourself by self-diagnosing... Yes. I know but I am pretty certain I am right. please don't put off > your Dr. visit; not to down-play your worries but this is nothing > compared to what you went through last time, eh? I know it won't be as bad as that but I'm really sick of it all. I can't see an end to it. No sooner do I recover from one thing than another comes along. I can't take much more of it. Tweed > I know it won't be as bad as that but I'm really sick of it all. I can't see > an end to it. No sooner do I recover from one thing than another comes > along. I can't take much more of it. > > Tweed {{{BIG HUGS}}} and many purrs that this is easily resolved. Helen M >Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the >major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Tweed Oh no!! Many purrs and prayers are heading east for you, Tweed... --Kim and the Chigger Ranch Crew > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed Going back to the "old days" again ---when babies had umbilical hernias, they used to tape a button over it. I've never had personal experience, but it might be worth trying until you see your physician. Best of luck. > I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out > the cycle of some sort of illness for long. Hugs and purrs for you to be healthy again soon. So not fair. SignatureCheryl > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Tweed I have a similar incision and a similar hernia from surgery five years ago. I look a little strange in a knit top because the lump/bulge it forms is off center. But my doctor is unconcerned and uninterested in me having it repaired. So I just try to ignore it. Jo >> Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the >> major surgery I had to have last year. > I have a similar incision and a similar hernia from surgery five years > ago. I look a little strange in a knit top because the lump/bulge it forms > is off center. But my doctor is unconcerned and uninterested in me having > it repaired. So I just try to ignore it. Doesn't it cause you some discomfort, though? Mine does, although yours sounds to be larger. Were you offered the option of a repair? It's all very well for your doctor to be unconcerned, it's not him/her that's got it, is it? Tweed >>> Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the >>> major surgery I had to have last year. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed I have some discomfort, but most of that I think is from adhesions from the surgery. Considering the surgery itself nearly killed me, and the very long time it took for the incision to heal, I'm in no mood to fix anything that doesn't absolutely have to be fixed. I have four or five other very small incision hernia's as well but they cause no trouble at all. Given that I now look like I have four navels, I don't much worry about how the rest looks. I'm just glad none of the scars are red anymore. Just pale lines and dots. My sister-in-law did just have surgery to repair an incision hernia from abdominal surgery she had about five years ago. No problems at all. Jo Jo > I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out the cycle of > some sort of illness for long. I know exactly what you mean, Tweed. You're just thinking, 'yeah, I beat that one' when something new crops up. This is my life. {{{{{Tweed}}}}} Hang in there! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out the cycle >> of some sort of illness for long. > > I know exactly what you mean, Tweed. You're just thinking, 'yeah, I beat > that one' when something new crops up. This is my life. {{{{{Tweed}}}}} > Hang in there! Yep, just thinking that *just maybe* it's all over and I can start getting on the up again, when something else happens. Although I do think that you are worse off healthwise than me, Marina, and I admire the fact that you keep as cheerful as you do. You are an inspiration really. Although sometimes it feels as if I will never be well, I know I probably will ;-) sometime in the future. I would not swap all my operations for your diabetes. hugs and purrs Tweed Purrs to Tweed for it to all work out okay from the Fabulous Furballs Lesley > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed Big hugs, Tweed. Get yourself to the doctor, please! I hope it is easier repaired than you think. Sherry > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed Christina, you need to get to the doctors, the longer you leave it the worse it will get. I understand full well how depressing it is when one thing follows another, but this can be fixed. A friend of mine had a similar problem, and they put some sort of mesh over the rip to allow it to heal. Good luck, and remember that I'm thinking of you (everytime I look at my identical scar!) Love Jeanette Purrs that it gets resolved quickly without any additional surgery! SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Tweed If you did too much too soon after the previous surgery, one would think that any possible damage would have shown up sooner. I had a friend here who simply could not follow her doc's orders and kept having to go back again and again for herniated incisions. As I recall it was never a very big deal to get fixed. I hope your job is a sedentary one. Try to see the bright side, you are still alive.... (((tweed))) >Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the >major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Tweed Oh,{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Tweed}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} I am so sorry. You have been through enough. I really hope this is just the last thing you have to go through, and it can be easily repaired. I can understand your worry, but call your doc and see what's what so at least you will know for sure. I know it's hard to do that sometimes, but the worry and waiting is the worst. Purrs going out to you. Hang in there. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > I know I will have to go to the doctor to confirm my fears, although I don't > think there's much doubt, but I haven't done yet. I'm putting it off. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I need big hugs, I am so fed up with not being able to get out the cycle of > some sort of illness for long. You have every right to rant. I'm so sorry all of this has happened to you. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> I know I will have to go to the doctor to confirm my fears, although I >> don't think there's much doubt, but I haven't done yet. I'm putting it [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > You have every right to rant. I'm so sorry all of this has happened > to you. Big purrs from here too. It just sucks sometimes :( >Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the >major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Tweed Big hugs! Elisabet (((((((((((CHRISTINA))))))))))))) That's really no good girl!! Lets hope it's nothing too serious....purring for you now. > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Tweed > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed {{{{{{{{{{{{ Tweed }}}}}}}}}}}}} SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed My grandmother had a hernia and the doctor did not want to operate on her because of her age, so he gave her a sort of a corset to wear. Maybe you can get something like this too. We are sending lots and lots of purrs and best wishes your way, Christina, Polonca and Soncek Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I phoned yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour to get through, their phone was continually engaged. "Could I make an appointment to see one of the doctors, please?" "If you want an appointment this week, you have to phone at 8 a.m each day." "Okay, thanks.." Now why did I say that, and then put the phone down?? It's not convenient for me to phone at 8 a.m. I am in the shower then, to leave for work at 8.15 to get there for 9. At one minute past 8 (I've done this before) the phone is continually engaged until about 9, and by that time all the appointments are gone. It might be possible to get in sometime next week if I book it tomorrow when I am at home. I don't suppose it matters if I wait until next week, it's not exactly life-threatening, is it? Just a bit uncomfortable is all plus I would like to know what is wrong (even though I think I know.) Thank you all for your loving support. You are a great bunch of people, the best. I'll reply as much as I can but if I don't get around to your particular post don't think I don't appreciate every single one because I do. Tweed Tweed > Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I > phoned yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour to [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Tweed Ooo. How INFURIATING! I had a snotty nurse yesterday. I am going to specifically request she never speak to me again. I really hope you can get in soon. (((HUGS))) > Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I > phoned yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > "Okay, thanks.." Eesh. You have to be kidding. And the part about all their appointments being booked by 9 is just insane, too. They are just way overbooked. I have been able to call at 10am about some symptom and get into my doctor's by noon. They leave slots open. Your doctor's office sounds like it has way more patients than it can deal with. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >"If you want an appointment this week, you have to phone at 8 a.m each day." Wow, that's a screwed up system they have. I think it's worrisome that you have a hernia so long after the surgery - you'd think the incision has had plenty of time to heal. I hope that you'll watch it carefully, and not lift anything heavy until you can have it looked at. >>"If you want an appointment this week, you have to phone at 8 a.m each >>day." > > Wow, that's a screwed up system they have. I think it's worrisome > that you have a hernia so long after the surgery - you'd think the > incision has had plenty of time to heal. It probably would have been okay if I hadn't had a chest infection after my Xmas flu which left me with an uncontrollable cough until a couple of weeks ago. I had coughing fits that could last up to 15 minutes many times a day, so bad that it was hard to breathe and would make me vomit. I'm not surprised that the incision in the diaphragm area couldn't stand up to it. I hope that you'll watch it > carefully, and not lift anything heavy until you can have it looked > at. I always have to lift heavy things. I buy 60 kgs of food weekly for my poultry and there is no-one except me to lift each 20kg sack out of the car on to a trolley and lift them again to empty them into the food bins. Tweed > I always have to lift heavy things. I buy 60 kgs of food weekly for > my poultry and there is no-one except me to lift each 20kg sack out > of the car on to a trolley and lift them again to empty them into > the food bins. As my aunt's large dog got older, he had trouble getting into the back of her car. She bought a ramp that he can use. I wonder if you couldn't get something similar and roll a dolly (is that the US version of a trolley?) up the ramp. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I phoned > yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour to get [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Tweed Can you set your phone to automatically redial if it gets a busy signal? I used to do that when I had to call the Internal Revenue Service. Set the phone to keep dialing and then play video games till it connected. We still do it if we need to make an appointment at the vet, but now it is just Charlie hitting the redial key till he gets through. Jo > Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I phoned > yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour to get through, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > "Okay, thanks.." In your situation and with that kind of a wait time, I would make a direct approach to the secretary of the consultant who treated you and explain in detail your history and your concerns. May be able to get some feedback that way and either bypass the GP practice or find out it will be OK to wait for an appt. It should be possible to speak directly to the consultant's secretary either via the switchboard or maybe looking on the hosp website for a number. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I >> phoned [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > to the consultant's secretary either via the switchboard or maybe > looking on the hosp website for a number. I did consider that but I don't really want to bother my consultant. I made a personal visit to my GP's surgery today to make an appointment. The earliest I could get one was Monday 3 March so I booked it. If I'd wanted to see a particular GP, it would have been longer, I said I wasn't bothered who I saw, so I got my appointment with the least popular doctor in the practice, Dr N. The reason he is unpopular is because his English is very poor, it's very difficult to understand what he says. I've heard lots of patients say that they don't want to see him as they come out of the consultation no wiser than when they went in. I have a soft spot for him. It was he who admitted me immediately to hospital with bad abdominal pain and therefore effectively saved my life last year. A few years ago, a dog fight erupted here, so severe that I had to prise open some jaws to make them let go. I got bitten on the hands in the fracas. I popped down the the surgery and saw Dr N. I explained what had happened very carefully as I didn't want him to think my dogs had actually *bitten* me. He listened, then leaned forward in a very confidential manner and whispered "Why were you fighting with a dog?" !! Tweed > I did consider that but I don't really want to bother my consultant. I made > a personal visit to my GP's surgery today to make an appointment. The > earliest I could get one was Monday 3 March so I booked it. If I'd wanted > to see a particular GP, it would have been longer, I said I wasn't bothered > who I saw, so I got my appointment with the least popular doctor in the > practice, Dr N. He sounds like a good guy to me :-) You should not be worried about 'bothering' your consultant - don't be old-fashioned ;-) That's what his secretary is there for, to field such calls and he is there to look after his patients, of whom you are one. You are entitled to ask for help and with the NHS sometimes you need to shout to get it ;-) Anyway, hopefully Dr N will make sure you receive the appropriate care ASAP, and if anything worsens in the meantime don't hesitate to demand a more urgent appointment. Speaking as a medical artist, who gets to see things from the medics' side from time to time! Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield > I did consider that but I don't really want to bother my consultant. I made > a personal visit to my GP's surgery today to make an appointment. The [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed Dr N sounds like a great doctor and I am glad you are going to see him. If he helped you to be admitted to the hospital, I'm sure he is going to help you now. Lots and lots of purrs and gentle calming hugs, Polonca and Soncek > Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I phoned > yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour to get through, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > At one minute past 8 (I've done this before) the phone is continually > engaged until about 9, and by that time all the appointments are gone. <snip> Unfortunately getting an appointment to see my GP is about as hard for me as it is for you, Christina :( Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for you to get lucky and get an appointment to see your GP really soon, Polonca and Soncek I'm so sorry to hear that, Tweed. What a bummer these things keep happening to you. But you really do need to go and have it looked at and fixed. Hugs and purrs for everything to go well. -- Britta > Those of you who have been posting here for some time will remember the > major surgery I had to have last year. I had to have a very long incision [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tweed
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