Last night I was in the ER.

[Midlodemocrat]

Thought I was having an MI, turned out to be some really significant neuralgia which they gave me pain killers for.

Anyway, the point of this post is that in the bed next to me was this little old man who was having a very erractic heartbeat and his wife, who was probably about 90 was hard of hearing.

She was trying to call her family to let them know, but she was holding the cell phoone at her cheek,not her mouth, so no one could hear her. Everyone in the entire hospital could hear her, though. :rofl:

I felt like I was in a Verizon commercial. TM and the cleaning lady and I were in absolute hysterics. Finally, a nurse came in and told her that she couldn't use her cellphone; that it was blocked because of machines, (like the ones her husband was hooked up to, LOL) and they let her use the landline.

That's an entirely different post. :rofl:

[commander bunnypants]

1. glad you fine

Post shingles neuraglia?

CB

[Midlodemocrat]

2. No. Just the run of the mill kind.

My back started hurting about 11:30 yesterday morning and got significantly worse until my neck and left arm were hurting.

Since women present differently, and since Mr. had no symptoms at all when he had his surgery, I decided to be safe than sorry.

Plus, it's possible to talk yourself into any symptom you know of in that kind of situation.

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Midlo....

I'm not exactly sure what neuralgia is, but I do hope you are feeling better. :hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Muscle pain.

And, thanks, philboy. :hug:

I'm much better this morning. IV painkillers are the shizzit.

[LeftyFingerPop]

5. Oh you are not kidding they are....

What kind did you have?

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Toradol and Morphine.

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

[commander bunnypants]

7. can I have some?

CB

[LeftyFingerPop]

9. Ooooooh....

Good stuff. I remember when they gave me Fentanyl (spelling?) for kidney stones...thought I was in heaven.

[commander bunnypants]

10. get your hands on a Fentanal patch

they last 72 hours

edit spelling

CB

[taterguy]

8. Thank God you could afford the tolls this time

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7587667&mesg_id=7587667

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Ha. No toll road you rat bastard.

:rofl:

[taterguy]

32. Thank God you got out of Delaware

That's the only state with toll roads right?

[Midlodemocrat]

33. I believe so. Here in the Old Dominion, we have no such barbaric entity.

:hide:

[taterguy]

36. Are y'all still paying for roads with $10,000 speeding tickets?

[Midlodemocrat]

37. No, thank God. Because just after that law was ruled to be

unconstitutional, I got my first speeding ticket ever. $268 bucks to the county of Henrico because I didn't want to sit through traffic school.

God, that sucked. Been driving for over 30 years and never, ever pulled over by the police. Not once.

It was that damned show choir that did it.

[taterguy]

38. The show choir that does the Ben Folds song?

I thought they were pretty good from the link you once posted

[Midlodemocrat]

39. Thanks, I think they are too.

I was racing to get to a competition because one of the choirs was late and they were going on early.

So, it's all TM's fault. :grr:

[taterguy]

45. I'll bet they could do a great version of his song David's Matador

But maybe not since it's an instrumental

:shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear Midlo!

Your heart is not permitted to be sick!

I am so pleased that you're OK, and pain-free, sweetie!

And I can just see the little old lady trying to use her cellphone!


And seriously, since Khash's death, I am feeling very protective of my dear friends here, and you are one of those...:hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

13. Aw, thanks, Peggy. I'm fine.

I did get a little pissed off when they wouldn't let me have my iced tea until AFTER the CT scan. Fuckers.

[yellowdogintexas]

14. glad you are OK, neuralgia can be such a masquerader. My mom had what

the doc called interchostal neuralgia, basically pain around the rib cage. At least the lady next to you kept you entertained.

[zanne]

22. Trigeminal neuralgia can literally drive you crazy.

It affects the Trigeminal nerve that runs across the face. It's one of the most painful conditions there is and can hang around to drive you insane for a year or so. My BIL had it, had to take medication for it that occasionally made him pass out.

[yellowdogintexas]

40. oh any neuralgia is horrible. It is nerve pain but the trigeminal has to be the

worst. TMJ is an orthopedic condition that compresses that same nerve ..no fun

[madinmaryland]

15. Sheesh Midlo! Making fun of the elderly. How Elitist!

Glad your feeling better!

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

16. and here I was thinking I saw you driving through CT this morning!

but, glad you're okay...

and, if you wonder why I thought that:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6534040&mesg_id=6534040

[Midlodemocrat]

19. A Mercedes? Dude! Never.

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

25. and here I thought

you were DU's resident elitist!

:evilgrin:

[fight4my3sons]

17. glad that you are ok

and it was not your heart :hug:

[Breeze54]

18. Glad to hear you are OK !!

The poor little old lady. :(

[malta blue]

20. Poor woman....

and I'm glad you are okay too :P

:loveya:

Now don't go scaring me with thread titles like that again .....

[Zuiderelle]

21. I'm glad you're ok!

:hug:

[Blue Diadem]

23. Glad you're ok Midlo.

I hope the man in the neighboring bed is ok too.

[MrCoffee]

24. Neuralgia?

Everyone knows that's street code for scamming dope from the hospital.


Nice work, hophead. Glad you're not all infarcted and whatnot.

[Midlodemocrat]

29. So, you think I should have refused the morphine?

Yeah, like that would ever happen. :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

26. So glad you are okay

And that you had things checked out.

I encounter the male counterpart of your little old lady at the grocery store trying to use a debit card for the first time. I am some sort of magnet for that. Very, very similar. :rofl:

[Ptah]

27. Glad you got the help you needed.

[tigereye]

28. hope you are ok!

:hug:


that kind of stuff is scary...

[Tektonik]

30. Thank god you didn't have an MI

I've never had any opiates ever, so I have no idea how heavenly you were feeling after you got your medication. :o

[Midlodemocrat]

31. How's your mom?

I had the Toradol first, but it didn't cut it, so they brought out the big guns.

Hope your mom is okay, sweetie. :hug:

[Tektonik]

41. She's just fine

She said she was really tired the day after, but nothing really out of the ordinary. :hug:

[underpants]

34. You made your cleaning lady go to the hospital with you???

Sheesh

[Midlodemocrat]

35. Hell, I bought her crab cakes last time she was here.

Least she could do. :rofl:

Actually, it was the hospital's cleaning person. The cup of iced tea that TM bought me exploded all over the floor of the room and when she saw TM trying to clean it up with tissues, she came in. Really funny person.

[Maddy McCall]

42. M! What the?!

Are you ok???

:hug: :loveya:

[Midlodemocrat]

43. LOL. I am.

But, you will appreciate this. My left arm, where they had the blood pressure cuff on, (the autmoated one) has a bruise about 1 inch wide that goes all the way around my bicep like a tattoo.

I kept telling the nurse it was too tight, but she said 'it needs to be to get an accurate reading'. :wtf: I asked her if maybe the problem was that the cuff was the size of one you'd use on Michael Clarke Duncan.

[Maddy McCall]

44. LOL!

I'm glad you are ok and that you've a sense of humor about the whole thing.

:hug: :loveya:

[ThomCat]

46. I'm glad you're okay!

:hug:

I hope that pain isn't something recurring that you'll have to keep dealing with. No chronic pain for you! Much as we love you, we don't want to let you into our club. :P

[merh]

47. So glad you are okay

[SOteric]

48. Dudette...

Yer makin' me worry.

Take better care of yourself, damnit. :hug:

[terrya]

49. I hope you're doing ok!

[Highway61]

50. whew...

Glad you are alright and hope your better soon. (although the pain may return when the bills come rolling in from that visit) :hi: