"After a nights sleeps and some darvocet" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: health

04/20/08 08:34 - 71ºF - ID#44062

After a nights sleeps and some darvocet

I feel much better and will walk around a bunch today. The doctor said walking is good for healing, so is deep breathing. I feel a lot less bloated. It honestly felt like my veins might have exploded. I think it happed when my IV tube got stuck the night before and they thought I wasn't getting enough fluid because I wasn't peeing a lot so they made me do one bag real quick.

However, that is better now and my veins no longer look like the incredible hulks.

So I really want to know if I am allergic to the hydromorphone or not. Do they have some sort of allergy test for that? Look at this article

I wonder if I just had a side effect or a true allergy or if I was allergic to the antibiotic administered at the same time. Honestly, it would be good to know, because if I ever am in a horrible accident or need surgery again I don't want to forgo the pain meds because of an allergy I am not sure I really have. The nurse wrote my allergy on the bracelet because I was itching after both thing were administered. I didn't have asthma or anything which is a usual allergy symptom for me. I just itched and frankly compared to appendix pain, itching is quite acceptable. I think it was the owrst pain I ever felt. I mean I never had any problem with codeine before aren't they related?

Tests for IgE to specific opioids have been developed but are not readily available. Skin testing has been suggested before a structurally unrelated opioid is used in a patient with a serious opioid reaction.

I want to find out where to get that now. I am going to ask the doctor during the follow up appointment because it would be good to know instead of having to get no pain meds after some health disaster.

imk2 writes at 07:30:03 05/03/08 - Comment #34687: paul, i came across this today and thought you might find it interesting.

"Codeine and morphine allergies are also commonly reported but they are much less significant with respect to actual allergic processes. Meaning that most reported "allergies" to opiates are actually sensitivities or intolerances. Many patients are quite sensitive to these agents and also to the noted side effects. Making them poor choices indeed in many cases. Other patients just don't tolerate them well at all. In terms of both physiological response and subjective response. But true allergies are not that common at all. As in the outcome of frank and severe rash or anaphylaxis. While itchiness is very common, as are nausea and vomiting and general dysphoria these are not immune globulin mediated problems. And while respiratory depression is also common it is a direct pharmacological effect and not an anaphylactoid response."

:::link:::

paul writes at 12:04:10 04/20/08 - Comment #34090: Ya, she said it was nearly perforated. I waited so long in the ER and everytime someone came to visit me in the ER then would push as hard as possible on it and I would whince in pain.

They seriously had to do that like 4 times which seemed like it would only make it explode. Why couldn't they just believe the last person.

I have to say I liked Dr F. a lot. I think I just like female doctor's better - that is accept for Dr. Combo who used to be my primary care. His office is on Lincoln Parkway past the park near Great Arrow and there was a Dr. Matthew Turner? at the hospital who also seemed really nice. There is definitely something to be said for bed side manor. Then again there is something to be said for doctor's like the one on House if you are in that kid of emergency. The guy in the room with me was. I couldn't wait to get out of there because his experience was making me paranoid.

james writes at 11:35:04 04/20/08 - Comment #34089: I don't think this is really an issue Paul, as you are not allowed to have another health disaster.

jenks writes at 10:39:47 04/20/08 - Comment #34084: well darvocet (propoxyphene/tylenol) is narcotic. So if you're ok with that, you do not have a debilitating allergy to all narcotics. And like you said, there s a difference between side effects and allergies. And you don't know if it's the pain meds or the abx.

A little nausea or something is NOT an allergy. Most people don't always understand that, which is too bad. B/c once you get an allergy stamped on your chart, it's hard to get it taken off, and the pharmacy will refuse to give you meds.

What people are afraid with with drug allergies is mostly anaphylaxis- when your throat closes up and you can't breathe. Because obviously that is a dangerous.

And the other thing is that often the first exposure isn't that bad- you might just get some hives/itching/rash etc. But then next time it's really bad. That happens alot with penicillin.

Rather than hard to find and probably expensive testing, I would say the best way to test it, is just to take it again in a controlled environment. So that if you DO have a bad reaction, it can be treated quickly. So if you're ever in a situation that needs pain meds, you can say "i might have had a reaction to dilaudid last time, but i'm not sure I want to try it again".

But again the fact that you're ok with the darvocet means you're not allergic to ALL narcs. So even if you can't have dilaudid, maybe you can have morphine etc. (and yeah, dilaudid is a lot stronger, but we don't give as much, so it ends up being essentially equal).

btw- where did they send you for follow-up? hopefully not the BGH D-3 surgery clinic. But I don't know where Dr. F does her clinic. Either way, I seriously doubt they will know anything about narcotic allergy testing when you go back- sorry. never hurts to ask though.

and lastly- I'm glad to hear you had a semi-decent doctor experience, after all your bad ones lately.

And I'm glad they took you to surgery instead of waiting til morning- I saw your CT report with said "possibly EARLY appendicitis of the tip"- and then when they got in it was nearly perfed.

Wow, sorry for writing a book here...

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Category: health

04/19/08 06:22 - 82ºF - ID#44056

I'm gonna pop

so the appendix came out , I went home but now I am so bloated that I weigh about 10 pounds more than before they removed a part of my body, hm. The wounds look fine and the appendix feels good compared to before. I have a feeling this would not be a big deal on a fatter person who lost weight and had some give but I look swollen like a boiled hotdog to the point it hurts my skin, argh. I hope it goes away soon. If it does go away soon my veins might really PPP.

It still better to have my own bathroom and no machine in my arm. They said ibwouodnt be able to do officecwork for two work weeks or four for "real" work. I really hope to feel better way before that.

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04/19/08 09:13 - 65ºF - ID#44052

At noon

At noon I am going to rip this fucking IV out of my arm and just walk out. Hopefully, the doctor sees me before then. I want rice and my crohns medicine now.

The food was so bad.

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04/19/08 06:09 - 55ºF - ID#44050

gangrenous appendix

well, they took it out. The doctor said it was good I came to the hospital because it would have ruptured. The end of it gangrenous? Yuck

Remember like two months ago I had this very same pain. I almost had (e:jon) tale me to the hospital. That's also the spot all my crphms pain came from. Now I wonder if it had to cone out for a while.

Wish it had been (e:jenks) to take it out, then maybe I could have seen it. They did it lapriscopically and had to shave my belly. I look so funny with a hairy chest and smooth belly.

So get this while here I developed an allergy to the pain killer delaudid ( hydromirphone), which sucks because its awesome. I wonder if i am allergic to opium, morphone and heroin? According to wikipedia hydromrphone is 8 times stronger than morphine and 3 times stronger than heroin. I broke out in itchieson my face and then during the second injection of full body hives rash, so they gave me benedrill which in turn made me pretty much insane. I couldn't even speak right.

So now post surgery they weren't gonna give me lpritab but at this point I have not eaten since Thursday a 1pm. So there was no way I was taking a pill. They ended up using tyrrol maybewhich I'd shit compared to delaudid.

I want to go home so bad.

metalpeter writes at 01:22:36 04/19/08 - Comment #34063: Hope you can go home soon. I hope you don't get any more reactions to the pain killers that has to really suck, and not in the good way. I have never had to stay in a hospital so I can't imagine it nor can I get what it would be like to feel that I'm fine and not be able to leave. Not a doctor but I'm guessing they want to make sure that since they gave you something that made you worse or have something you didn't have when you came in that all that is clear before you can leave. Hopefully this will be over soon and you will be better.

jenks writes at 12:08:55 04/19/08 - Comment #34062: SOMEone should have seen you by noon absolutely- at least one of the residents!! The SHOULD have been by at 6 or 7, honestly. Lazy fucks. I'll yell at them. ;)

Dilaudid is good stuff (so I'm told)- bummer to be allergic. They will probably want to be careful with all narcotics now, which sucks, b/c the other pain meds just aren't as good.

I would show you your appendix. Or at least take pictures for you. ;)

My rules for going home:
1- you can walk
2- you can eat
3- you can pee
4- you are ok on oral pain meds- no IV stuff.

You may well be ok with tylenol/motrin- but I would take the lortab script if I were you just in case. But if you want to go, make sure you tell them your pain is ok, or they might try to keep you another night.

lilho writes at 09:17:34 04/19/08 - Comment #34059: awww. im glad you are ok. mike said that he was talking to you and telling you something, and your response was that you already knew and you told him, but it was about his friend. an then you said, "it was the computer program", haha! even in your sickbed, you still have computer on the brain. expect a surprise from me soon!

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:04:02 04/19/08 - Comment #34058: Glad to see that you have recovered enough to post. I wish you a speedy recovery.

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04/18/08 09:08 - 53ºF - ID#44043

ive been in the emergency room since 4am

wish me luck. I threw up like 30 times and have this constant stabbing pain where my appendix id. They think my appendix might need to go. I just got another ct scan. This is not i wanted to be doing. :( I wish (e:hodown) was here. I need some soft woman snuggles.

Thanks for taking me (e:terry)

fellyconnelly writes at 08:01:30 04/19/08 - Comment #34055: woah crazy! i'm glad you are alright. how do you get gangrene at the end of your appendix? its a weird thought..

ajay writes at 02:24:17 04/19/08 - Comment #34054: Whoa, just saw this!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, (e:paul) !
You know, there's a doctor I know in Buffalo who'll give you the soft woman snuggles _while_ removing your appendix... ;)

Note to self: double the fiber intake.

jbeatty writes at 11:33:40 04/18/08 - Comment #34052: Im glad to hear everything went well, I hope you feel better soon :)

jenks writes at 10:49:19 04/18/08 - Comment #34050: If only you had come to Gates, I would have been the one taking your appendix out. ;) (I'm actually serious).
But.... I know the guys at BGH too, and you're in pretty good hands. :)

Just teasing. Dr. F is good. You should be fine.

Glad to hear all went well.

Here's to a speedy recovery!!

matthew writes at 10:44:57 04/18/08 - Comment #34049: UPDATE #2. Paul has had the surgery and everything went well. He's at Buffalo General tonight, but will be home tomorrow morning. He thanks everyone for the well wishes.

vincent writes at 10:38:19 04/18/08 - Comment #34048: Yikes! Hope everything goes well & you have a speedy recovery.

imk2 writes at 09:22:43 04/18/08 - Comment #34047: oh wow, i missed all of this. you are like dying and i didnt even know! we need like an amber alert or something for all of the estrippers. everything went ok, right?

jim writes at 07:06:49 04/18/08 - Comment #34045: Hope you feel better, Paul!

jenks writes at 06:38:26 04/18/08 - Comment #34043: crap, paul, where are you? what hospital?
Want me to make any calls?

call me if you need anything- 348-6310 (or matt or terry or anyone, whatever!)

kookcity2000 writes at 06:13:59 04/18/08 - Comment #34041: aw Paul! appendicitis is mucho de pain! tell them to get all the other extra organs (spleen,etc) in there too while they're at it

metalpeter writes at 05:32:07 04/18/08 - Comment #34038: It sounds pretty bad. I wish you luck with the surgery and hope everything goes good with it.

brit writes at 04:38:06 04/18/08 - Comment #34037: good luck paul, we'll be thinking of you..
A and G

james writes at 03:43:56 04/18/08 - Comment #34034: Thanks for the update Matthew.

matthew writes at 03:22:31 04/18/08 - Comment #34033: UPDATE. I just visited (e:paul) in the Hospital. The doctors have scheduled to have his appendix removed later this evening. They seem confident that there won't be any complications. (e:paul) should be home tomorrow. Hang in there Paul! Love you.

leetee writes at 02:41:05 04/18/08 - Comment #34032: I assume you are in Buffalo General, Paul?

lilho writes at 01:52:26 04/18/08 - Comment #34031: i am not soft enough? i am sorry paulie, that sounds so awful. i'll send sending healthy energy your way.

mike writes at 01:31:59 04/18/08 - Comment #34028: you are such an attention whore...just kidding. Dad just told me ...this has to suck royally , i will come see you in a little bit.

dcoffee writes at 01:24:02 04/18/08 - Comment #34027: I'll be thinking about you paul. I hope you feel better soon. I'll be hoping for a speedy recovery.

james writes at 12:42:42 04/18/08 - Comment #34024: Paul, you better stop having problems with your guts or you are going to have a serious talking to mister!

Feel better. If you need anything just give us a call.

mrdeadlier writes at 11:49:11 04/18/08 - Comment #34023: You need anything, just give us a shout..

tinypliny writes at 10:44:42 04/18/08 - Comment #34022: That's terrible. Appendicitis pain is the worst you could have. :( I am so sorry! Which ER are you in? Thankfully, appendectomy is one of the more common surgical procedures and the recovery time is not too bad. Think positive thoughts.

I shall be praying for you. Good luck with everything!!

-j

jason writes at 10:31:00 04/18/08 - Comment #34021: Paul, hang in there, my friend. If you need something from me, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail or call and I'll do my best.

paul writes at 10:24:39 04/18/08 - Comment #34020: this not having drugs anymore so they can test the pain location sucks. It hurts so fucking bad, they said it looks like its gotta come out,

hodown writes at 09:32:44 04/18/08 - Comment #34019: Oh my god Paul. I tried to call you a million times. I was wondering how you were!! Call me at work as soon as you can or I'll call you later tonight. Feel better Paulie :X

mrmike writes at 09:30:27 04/18/08 - Comment #34018: Thinking a good thought for you

leetee writes at 09:22:42 04/18/08 - Comment #34017: (((((((((( (e:Paul) ))))))))))

I know i'm not (e:Hodown), nor am i even there, but that is the closest i can get to soft woman snuggles!

Good luck, (e:Paul)!!!

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Category: food

04/15/08 11:55 - 38ºF - ID#44026

Shopping At Wegman's

They only have one little truffle left. At $999/lb I can understand why. I don't get why they have them at Wegman's. Like I could see why they would have it at premier or somewhere like that, but in the regular produce section at Wegman's is kind of redic. Its looks like a little poop in the rice.

What is it with the New Crop thats so good? Was the old crop bad? Isn't it often a new crop? Maybe it just didn't translate very well.

Check out this huge antennae on this car. What kind of signal are they trying to pull in?

lizabeth writes at 12:42:40 04/16/08 - Comment #33969: Ham radio, or CB? (e:bugmuncher) used to have a CB radio in his car, and the antenna looked like that. What is the difference, in terms of the antenna one would need, between Ham and CB?

joshua writes at 10:56:05 04/16/08 - Comment #33963: That is how nerds "got their portable on" prior to the advent of the laptop computer, IMO.

mrdeadlier writes at 09:58:42 04/16/08 - Comment #33961: That's a Ham radio antenna. The typical length for a car-based one is 2m.

fing writes at 09:43:47 04/16/08 - Comment #33959: I love shopping at Wegman's. I went to Tops last week and I don't think I will ever go back.

hodown writes at 09:26:40 04/16/08 - Comment #33954: The reason that there is only one left is that truffle season is long over. That one prob has been sitting there forever. At the very least they should sell it for 1/2 off..

fellyconnelly writes at 08:27:49 04/16/08 - Comment #33947: The other day in Springville I saw a white SUV that had LITERALLY 15 antennaes on it. Now I didn't actually count them but it was definetely a few more than ten.

jason writes at 08:05:12 04/16/08 - Comment #33946: One day when we went shopping at Wegman's, the box to those truffles were actually unlocked! Err, I should say, the lock was broken, but I was a good boy.

zobar writes at 12:30:39 04/16/08 - Comment #33938: Somebody actually wrote in to Menu Magazine once to say that they wouldn't pay $1000/lb for something if they couldn't taste a sample. And somebody actually answered in print: nice try, check out the truffle oil. If you were the kind of person who bought truffles, would you even consider buying something that's been sitting around in the Wegmans produce section for a couple weeks?

The old crop tasted faintly like weevils.

That's the world's largest radio-controlled car. It uses a standard Radio Shack controller with a nominal range of about 30 feet, which is why the receiver requires such substantial signal amplification.

- Z

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Category: linwood

04/15/08 07:34 - 42ºF - ID#44020

The new oak dinning room table

The new dining 8 foot by 4ft solid oak room table came today. It looks nice although I think the chairs are a little to "cottage, crafty, country" for my taste. It matches the shiny, stupid oak floors. Now if only I was allowed to walk on the floor and if I had friends to eat at it with - it would be awesome. Right now it is just another fucking annoying, functionless object on display. I am tired of those kind things.

We bought it at Consignment Furniture on Sheridan. They are over at 2217 Sheridan Drive. Buffalo, NY 14223. (716) 874-1979.

Considering the cost of a solid oak dining room table that size we got a super duper bargain at $299.00. Thats right not $2000.00 but $299.00. Some lady was getting divorced and just wanted to get rid of it. The delivery guy said the price was a mistake and we were really lucky. I think it is the first piece of non broken furniture we have besides the new couch I got for (e:matthew) for his birthday - that he hates.

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04/13/08 10:05 - 40ºF - ID#44003

Working on the yard

Now that we did so much inside the house, it is time to start working more outside of the house. Today we decided to remove a major yard debris pile, clean out the garage and remove some broken concrete.

But first what the hell does this sign mean at the church next door? Drew, any ideas?

The old turtle skeleton is getting cooler and cooler over time. It was the previous owners pet we found dead in the basement when we bought the house.

Parts of the garage got moldy again. We really need to make some sort of ventilation for it. It is a solid brick/concrete box with a water problem. This wooden kids slide got so moldy it was furry.

Removing the concrete was a pain in the ass because underneath it was million brick parts that had to be pulled out in order to plant grass.

I am not sure what we are going to do with all the concrete and bricks we have pulled out of the dirt in the yard. Most of them are from a house that stood here before ours, thinks (e:matthew).

Then there was this pile of yard debris from last year.

And (e:terry) spent the whole day breaking it down. It looks so much better now. He also used some of the broken concrete to build up our compost bin which produced a lot of compost from last year that he sprinkled around the garden today.

Unfortunately, we missed big garbage day, which was this morning. I have so much debris again form the deconstruction of the bathroom. Also, I have a lot of solid copper pipes. Anyone know where i can sell the copper at. I always hear about people stealing copper but k=now that i have my own - I have no idea where you would "unload" it.

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Category: music

04/13/08 10:03 - 40ºF - ID#44002

Kimya Dawson In Buffalo Again

It was fun to see Kimya Dawson

on Thursday night at the Tralf. It wasn't quite the same as the other two times we saw her at Mohawk Place. My favorite time was when we got to talk to her (e:paul,30882) and we got tee-shirts that she drew for us. Mine had a tortoise on it.

This time the line was long.

She played a great set. It was kind of annoying that you could hear and feel the Marcellas "Boom, boom, boom" the whole time.

She was the same goodness as always but played a little faster than I remembered.
[flv]0408/KimyaInBuffalo0413.flv[/flv]

It was weird that most of the people in the audience were there because if the Juno movie. It reminded me of the difference between seeing Tugboat Annie play in our friends church basement and then seeing them at a big concert later.

One guy yelled out something like, I liked you before Juno and she kind of ripped him apart till the point he left. I thought that was kind of awkward but he was really being a jerk. He also kept making fun of Buffalo as he was from Seattle or something.

I still love her and her music. She has a baby now.

They have food and tables at the Tralf which is pretty cool.

I made (e:terry) wear his little birdy.

the best part was not being IDed and not because the guy thought I was too old to get a drinking bracelet, but because he thought I was TOO YOUNG to get one. He wouldn't even believe my ID at first. (e:mike), my seven year younger brother did get proofed. That was terrific.

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04/11/08 10:39 - 51ºF - ID#43986

A morning on the west side

The other day we were over at our rental property fixing a interior light that had a broken switch.

When I noticed the Fargo mansion around the corner. Its really quite pretty.

They were working on the roof that morning.

Afterwords, we went on down to the neighborhood that is going to be destroyed for the stupid peace bridge. I can't even imagine if that was my house. Many of them are the same calibur or even nicer. I wish they could just move them into the empty plots on Linwood.

I just feel so bad for them. On the one street they had a million "Don't truck up my neighborhood signs."

metalpeter writes at 11:17:58 04/13/08 - Comment #33852: Very Easy to do really from what I understand it is called Emenet (however you spell it) Domain. It has all ready been an Issue in Niagara Falls. Part of the Deal was the the Senecas get so much land and over time the government takes homes and gives the Sencas the land. To be honest I haven't heard anything about that Happening in about a year so not sure how much land has been taken and how much they still get it has been kinda quiet lately.

jacob writes at 04:27:33 04/13/08 - Comment #33848: Wow! I'm horrified. I would never expect something like that to happen in Buffalo. How can you remunerate someone for their home?

libertad writes at 08:54:24 04/12/08 - Comment #33844: Great news post. That is an amazing building.

metalpeter writes at 10:55:16 04/12/08 - Comment #33837: I have no idea who designed the plaza but it sounds like bad planning. That being said I'm not a planner and so I don't get they need a plaza for the new bridge. why can't they just make it so you get on the bridge one way and then when you get off you go directly to Niagara or even make it so you go right onto that highway along the water then make a another exit down the way somewhere. What I'm wondering is does anyone remember some people from another city bought land on the waterfront and wanted to make a bridge to Canada and where told they couldn't. Why where they told that? And Why was it not allowed? I get that the water way gets wider so the bridge would have to be longer but so what they where they ones who would spend the money

james writes at 10:06:29 04/12/08 - Comment #33833: Couldn't they plow over the ugly ass shit near the current peace bridge landing?

Love the city, hate the government.

fellyconnelly writes at 09:14:40 04/12/08 - Comment #33831: I can't beleive that they are doing that... And there isn't a damn thing you can do about it, is there?

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