grannyhotwheels

[LLWB]

How are you feeling? Is your infection better? Reschuled for your "Hot Wax" on those knees yet? Had a great weekend with David. Made him a deal. I would quit smoking if he would cope with step-mother....I think I'm getting the worst of that deal. He goes to school all day, has the lead in the fall school play, practice started today, and works on Sundays. He only has one day to really cope. I have 24hrs a day!!! It's been since 11:30 am on Saturday, the 22.but who's counting??  LOL....Help! Bad enough to have all my other symptoms, now this.....yeah, I know, it's for my own good.....Just what we tell our kids...Hope you had a good weekend, and are feeling better. Wonder if we could find a production of the Follies Bochere to star in?  Spelled wrong I know, but you get the idea...God Bless, Maggie

[doni54]

It's late afternoon here and I just read your post from yesterday.  I am so worried about you!!  It really concerns me cause you haven't posted today.  I love you and I am praying, praying, praying!!!!

Please take care and let all of us know what is going on.  I really hope you went to the hospital and got yourself taken care of!!

((((hugs))))

Doni

[floridamom2]

Please go to the ER!!  I am sorry I did not see this yesterday!  Your kidney infection could be causing these symptoms and episodes that you have been having along with the low potassium levels and that could in turn affect your heart.  

I hope you are already there and they are in the process of figuring out your puzzle and giving you some IV pain relief.  Kidney infections can be as painful as childbirth from what I have seen.  You have already had enough pain and suffering, heck you have had about 10 peoples fill.

If you want to take care of your family, Take care of you first or you will not be able to take care of them.

I am praying and sending you a special angel to watch over you!!
Kristin  

[Momzilla]

I just saw this post!  Oh my goodness!

I can't stand this!  You just can't catch a break, can you?  Let us know what's going on when you can.  We're pulling for you.  You need to cool down those smokin' Hot Legs, girlfriend!

Love ya,

Chris*

[vizslagal]

I hope you went to the hospital last night.  We are worried for you.  Please give us an update as soon as you are able.  Yvette

[ncowleyc]

It's funny I started smoking in january after my birthday as a gift to myself. I'm 31 and if I want to smoke then darnit I'll smoke! Never smoked before in my life but I knew when this **** started to happen it was either smoke or find a drug dealer, lol (not really, jk). I'm sorry your in so much pain. Just imagine if you had a heart attack right now how would your family manage? I think you should treat this like that kind of emergency. Things will work out by itself. God will provide, I truly believe that. Sometimes you have to think of yourself for the good of your family. Many women, myself included, would get up, make lunch for the kids, drive them to school, then go to the hospital because they had been having a heart attack that whole time but didn't want to inconvenciance their family. Please take care of yourself. Good luck.

[LLWB]

Sweetie, I am so sorry you are hurting. Try putting a towel in the dryer and heating it, then wrapping your back in it. It might help the muscle spasms.If your husband goes to work and your son to school, how are you going to get to dr or hospital? You need to take care of yourself. We all care about you so much. I am praying for you, and some relief. (Have a cigarette, LOL)  Please keep us updated.

[Nanners123]

Do you have any antiinflammatory meds. Not even sure if you can take them with all the other meds you are. Wonder if that will help with the cramping pain. Advil, Motrin, or Naprosyn/Naproxyn something along those lines.

I mentioned drinking warm milk the other day in another post, wonder if that will help relaxe things?

I am truly sorry that you are in such pain.  I hope you feel the loving comfort of God soon, as I have just said a prayer for you. Sometimes in difficult times I pray: God I believe, help my unbelief. I don't remember where I heard that from but it has helped me many times.

Nancy

[grannyhotwheels]

I thought about that but I really need to wait until tomorrow so I can get my son up for school and my husband leaves for work at 3:30am.  I just took another pain pill, only abou 2 hours to early, maybe that will help. But thank you anyway.

Carol

[Nanners123]

Yesterday you mentioned thinking that you may ask to be admitted. Do you think that now is the time for a trip to the ER? Or perhaps if you call your doctor, he can call ahead and get the paperwork started for an admission.

Sounds like you are in a great deal of discomfort and knowing how seriously ill you were not too long ago, my vote would be to arrange to go into hospital.

Prayers and well wishes,
Nancy

[grannyhotwheels]

Hey guys,  I am in so much pain right now and nothing is helping.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  My back (down low) is cramping and aching at the same time.  The backs of my legs feels like a rubber band stretched as tight as you possibly can stretch it.  I'm also broke out in a sweat and it's just dripping off of me.

I don't know if the pain is from the kidney infection, the low potassium, or what.  All I know is it's got me in tears and I don't know how much more I can take.  I'll try anything just give me some tips.

Thank you
Carol

[frann]

Hi sweetie,

Sorry you don't feel well... it is making us all worry about you.
I can offer too much of a suggestion to stop smoking since i never did, but my husband did and he atopped cold turkey.... oh what a joy he was for a few weeks... thank God i was working then... i used to try to work late so i didn;t have to be around him too much.... he was soooo cranky... now he is smoke free over 10 yeqars and his sweet self again... sort of, no really, he takes good care of me... he calls me his "Miss Daisy"

You are very cared for and i am praying for you to have a better day... please take care of yourself.

GOD bless,
Frann

[frann]

Hi sweetie,

Sorry you don't feel well... it is making us all worry about you.
I can offer too much of a suggestion to stop smoking since i never did, but my husband did and he atopped cold turkey.... oh what a joy he was for a few weeks... thank God i was working then... i used to try to work late so i didn;t have to be around him too much.... he was soooo cranky... now he is smoke free over 10 yeqars and his sweet self again... sort of, no really, he takes good care of me... he calls me his "Miss Daisy"

You are very cared for and i am praying for you to have a better day... please take care of yourself.

GOD bless,
Frann

[doni54]

I am really worried about you!  You were so excited about getting those "hot legs" working and now this potassium problem is just causing too many problems!

If it were me, I do believe I would talk to the dr and if it took being in the hospital to find out the reason for the potassium problem, that is what I would do.

Quitting smoking should be the last thing you're thinking about right now!!!!   You need to concentrate and feeling better and getting your dr to find out the cause of this potassium problem! Heck, everyone but me that's taken the Chantix has managed to quit!!!  Boy, what a loser I am!!! ha ha

You are such a strong person and you have been thru so much, I think you are entitled to get tired of the pain and be frustrated.  You know how bad my depression was last week, you jumped right in to support me.  Well, I'm here for you and praying like crazy!  I haven't been thru nearly as much as you have, but I know how depressing all of this can be.  You hang in there and know you are gonna get thru all this and be trying out for broadway in no time!!!!

I love ya, girlfriend, and wish I could do more for you!  Here's some (((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))!!!!

Doni

[LLWB]

Don't even think about trying to quit now! You have enough going on without adding any more stress. I really mean that. Last summer, when I lost my husband, even my PCP told me to not think about quitting, as he put me on anti-depressants and sleeping pills. Sometimes it just isn't the time. I sure hope they can get you better soon. Sometimes it just isn't fair, is it? About 8-9 years ago, I used Wellbutrin for smoking cessation, and quit for 3 years. I willing made the stupid choice to go back to smoking. Dumb me. Made it thru today, tho, 4 days now.  Bless all of you for your thoughts and prayers. It's sad that society can make us feel guilty, just for enjoying something that God made.I really believe that there is a place for all things, and if this is the way we relieve stress, we shuoldn't be made to feel inferior.yes, I'll get down of my soapbox now.

[grannyhotwheels]

Okay, now it's starting to get to me.  I went in this morning to have labs done and I still have a kidney infection and I'm still waiting on them to call with my potassium level.  I know it's still down because I feel so bad, but that could be the infection too.

My legs and back are cramping like crazy and nothing is helping.  I'm almost to the point that when my doctor does call me back, if my potassium is still low, just asking to be admitted into the hospital and let's find out what's going on.  What do you all think?  This is really getting me down, and I don't like feeling this way.  I'm just really tired of being tired and in so much pain.

On days like this the last thing I want to do is think about quitting smoking.  A friend of mine tried the chantix and it worked for her and her husband.  I guess I just don't want to be bothered with something else right now.  You know what I mean?

Sorry that I'm complaining so much, I don't normally do this and I will try to change my attitude.

Thank you all for your wonderful messages and words of encouragement.  I will be praying for you in your journeys to quit smoking.
Carol

[doni54]

I truly wish I could have managed to tolerate the Chantix.  Like you, I have heard the many success stories, I thought YEA, I've finally found something that will work for me.  I just hate that queasy feeling and wimped out after about 3 1/2 weeks.  I plan on trying again when I get to feeling a little better, maybe it will work next time.

Tell your husband good luck and I'll keep him in my prayers that he will be successful.

Hope you are having a good day, I really appreciate how you always think of me.  You are are great friend.

God Bless

Doni

[Momzilla]

Hey, girls~

I'm sorry you had such a bad reaction to the Chantix, Doni.  At my office, we require that for some surgeries the patients must stop smoking.  A lot of them lately have said that Chantix is a great help for them.  It is the first drug approved by the FDA specifically for smoking cessation.  It's at least worth asking your PCP about, in my opinion.

Obviously, some people have problems tolerating it, like Doni had, and that's a shame.  Please do not feel like you have failed in any way.  Everyone reacts to medications differently.  It's obvious you could not have stayed on this drug and felt sick for months.  But I have heard SO many success stories.  The surgeon I work for does not prescribe it.  We have just heard from patients that that's how they stopped smoking so that they could schedule their surgery.  (Smoking can hinder healing in surgeries that require lots of sutures and cause complications.)

I thought I'd mention it.  My husband has been a heavy smoker for decades and has just made an appointment with our internist to see if he thinks Chantix would be suitable for him.

Take care!

Zilla*

[EL18]

Really hope they get this sorted soon for you...you have been through enough! Enough, enough, enough!!!!

I too holds my hands up about the smoking thing..to be honest it's quite a relief to know others on here do smoke, never admitted it as I always thought I would be the only one.  Ironically I did quit for 18 months using patches and will power, then started again when all this kicked off.  My husband hates it, even though I don't smoke in the house but like others have said it's one of the few pleasures I have left right now.

Really hope things turn a corner for you soon.

Thinking of you

Em  

[doni54]

Wish you were feeling better, can't catch a break can you?  I know about the smoking, I can't manage to quit either.  One friend started taking this new quit smoking stuff and managed to quit so I decided to try it.  The name of it was Chantix, made me sick, sick, sick!!!!!  I figured I felt bad enough without wanting to be sick to my stomach all the time.  Tried for about 3 weeks and gave up.
I'm like you, I don't really want to quit, just know I need to.  

I'll be waiting to hear of your Broadway tryouts.  With you, nothing is impossible!!!

I will be praying that they find a way to bring that pos up so that you can get those hot legs fixed.  Take care of yourself, I'll be thinking of you!

Love and hugs

Doni

[sllowe]

Thinking of you Granny. . .hope you feel better soon - despite your pain, your still histerical ............."tryouts" on broadway.  Professionals don't need to tryout!

Sending many healing thoughts your way. . . . .  

SL

[Nanners123]

I am very sorry to hear that you are having a tough time. What a mystery about the potassium! I am sure very scary as well. Can they give that stuff through an IV? Are your docs working or consulting with specialist to determine the cause?

Please know that I will be praying for you and your health. I know you spend a great deal of time praying for all of us. Don't forget about yourself as well.

Hang-in-there,

Nancy

[LLWB]

Obviously your husband doesn't smoke!  I know exactly how you feel. It's one think we can do sitting down! So sorry they can't get your potassium up..That seems strange to me, good luck on that one. I don't want to quit, my son wants me to quit. Two entirely different things! But I love him enough to try to bribe him to get thru Senior year. I told him he better not screw up...What we know is good for us, or bad, doesn't always co-incide with what we like. Hope you are better soon,and can get those knees goin'. I know what fatigue is big time. I took a 3 1/2hr "nap" on Sunday! Tazz licks...Maggie

[grannyhotwheels]

I'm not feeling very well but thank you for asking.  My doctor still cannot get my potassium level corrected.  I went and had blood drawn on Thursday and it was a lot better but still just barely low 3.3.  He upped my pills to 5 a day and told me to have it rechecked on Saturday.  His nurse called this morning and said it had dropped to 3.0 and I will need to come back in the morning to have it checked again.  This is really starting to suck because I can't have my knee surgery until it gets straightened out.

Anyway these hot-legs are not skipping along very well.  Very fatigued.  I'm going to have to postpone my try outs for the chorus line on Broadway.  I know everyone was really looking forward to seeing me up there kicking these hot legs up high.lol

I know what you mean about the smoking thing.  As bad as I hate to admit it I have smoked for 28 years and I know I need to quit, now more than ever, but I have so much **** I'm dealing with right now that I think it would push me over the edge to quit at this time.  My husband gets so angry with me.  He says with everything else that's wrong with me why would I want to keep on smoking and chance getting cancer along with my other stuff.  I know he's right but smoking is the one thing in my life that I can do to relax and calm down.  I've tried meditation and just about everything else but I don't think a person can quit smoking until they really want to and the problem is I really don't want to.  I still enjoy it.  Stupid, I know.

I wish you the best of luck because I know it will be hard but if you want to do it then that's the first step.  I'll be praying for you.

Well these hot-legs have rambled long enough.  I'll let someone else talk now.

Carol