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Terri wrote: "Thanks Lisa, Linda and Margaret. He's doing much better. He got a deep vein thrombosis in his calf muscle. Had to take it easy for a while until the blood thinners kicked in. Poor bugger has to inj..."Had the same thing a couple of years ago and he really needs to keep an eye on that. I was working a game and sort of blew the pain off as being a cramp. Doc said I was lucky it didn't move on me and be a real danger! Won't even tell you the medicine I took to thin the blood but had to give myself injections in the stomach for a while. Good luck Terri.
Allie wrote: "Oh! Poor Mr. Terri :( I couldn't do it. ***shiver***
What an awesome friend Margaret! Very cool."
She is. I'm looking forward to finally meeting her next year.
Dawn wrote: "Simona wrote: "Funny little quiz:what kind of reader are you?https://www.bookbrowse.com/quiz/"I got: The Eclectic Reader
You read for entertainment but also to expand your mind. You're open to n..."
Got the All-Rounder....fairly true.
Simona wrote: "Funny little quiz:what kind of reader are you?https://www.bookbrowse.com/quiz/"The Exacting Eclectic Reader for me.
Terri wrote: "Thanks Lisa, Linda and Margaret. He's doing much better. He got a deep vein thrombosis in his calf muscle. Had to take it easy for a while until the blood thinners kicked in. Poor bugger has to inj..."Glad to hear your husband is on the mend. I hope he's back to 100% very soon.
Terri wrote: "Sorry I have been away for the last four days or so everyone. My hubby was unwell and I had to tend him and to do all the chores around the place for both of us. (farm jobs and around the house job..."Hoping You all the best wishes from Mexico. Both of You!
I agree with Allie: poor Mr Terri. Perhaps you could get him some Xmas stockings!Get well soon!! :)
Thats was strange my updates and decussions tabs have switched sides. No warning at all. Just refreshed the page.
I was a matter of time Mark. That happened to me about 2 weeks ago. heh
Mark wrote: "Thats was strange my updates and decussions tabs have switched sides. No warning at all. Just refreshed the page."Its alright matey, I got hold of the standard still... will keep the flag flying & hold 'em! Hold 'em!
I suspect it will change when you update your browser. At least that's my working theory, so I reserve the right to be completely and utterly wrong on this ;)
I still have *Cough* Vista as my OS & my browser wont go past *Cough Cough* IE9..... it works....! :D
Andy wrote: "I still have *Cough* Vista as my OS & my browser wont go past *Cough Cough* IE9..... it works....! :D"A touch of man cough there Andy?
The Eclectic ReaderYou read for entertainment but also to expand your mind. You're open to new ideas and new writers, and are not wedded to a particular genre or limited range of authors
:)
sounds about right, neat quiz
Mark wrote: "Andy wrote: "I still have *Cough* Vista as my OS & my browser wont go past *Cough Cough* IE9..... it works....! :D"A touch of man cough there Andy?"
Man cough haha!
Andy wrote: ".Damn! Glad they caught it in the leg & it didnt get to the lungs, thats when they get a bit pesky :( & Klexane too until the INR gets to the right level - make sure you hold the needle at right angles & depress slowly - less bruising that way plus it dont sting so much ;) Also did they give him a compression stocking? if not get one prescribed as they're great & take a lot of the pain off the leg, although not the best of looks for fellahs! Take it easy tell him! .."Hi mate,
Yep, Klexane as well as the Warfarin. I'll pass on your advice regarding the Klexane injections. He had a clot in the same calf muscle two years ago. His tummy bruised up real bad from the injections.
He'd never (knowingly) had one until then.
Now, two years later he got another one. Purely by coincidence, he got this second one in the exact same week two years on, also went to the Doctor about it on the exact same day as he did two years ago. Was a bit creepy!
They did the genetic test two years ago to see if he was genetically predisposed. He wasn't. But now that he's got another one, they are going to do a full blood work up. Which apparently will put him out of action for two days.
I can't remember why, but the Doctor told him not to bother with the compression stockings.
Allie wrote: "Oh! Poor Mr. Terri :( I couldn't do it. ***shiver***
What an awesome friend Margaret! Very cool."
Thanks Allie. Mr Terri is coping much better than I am. Erg. I can't even go into the same room when he's injecting himself.
Thanks also to Lisa and Beth for your kind thoughts. I shall pass them on to the hubby.
I work with a woman who is plagued by clots; I hope he gets well soon Terri.
I just saw an ad for some new Scarlet Johannsen movie, had Morgan Freeman in it. Got me to thinking...will there ever be another Morgan Freeman? These types of men are rare as hen's teeth.Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones. These men have incredible screen presence.
Darcy wrote: "I work with a woman who is plagued by clots; I hope he gets well soon Terri."What does she do to try and prevent them? And obviously these methods aren't working??
My grandfather got them ALL THE TIME. He had to take blood thinners every day for the rest of his life. If he accidentally cut his finger... all day trip to the hospital :(
This is what the doc has told my hubby. That this second clot could mean Warfarin for the rest of his life. Which isn't going to be good for him, he is ALWAYS hurting himself! So careless around the farm.
My grandpa was allergic to Warfarin so he had to be on Coumadin but he had all sorts of problems with that too. I sure hope they figure something out for Mr. Terri. But he's a young man and probably in pretty good shape since running a farm. My grandpa was a rather large, giant of a man, not too mention elderly with heart problems. Apparently he just had "bad blood" no one else in his family ever had those health issues and no one since either :/
Terri wrote: "Darcy wrote: "I work with a woman who is plagued by clots; I hope he gets well soon Terri."What does she do to try and prevent them? And obviously these methods aren't working??"
Her clot was so bad and she got on it so late, it's fused to her veins. So she's on meds for the rest of her life. Not sure what kind though. She's off to Mexico tomorrow, but she's back the following week, I could ask her more about it then. I do know that the meds are blood thinners, and that she can only eat so many greens because of it.
Oh my gosh, that sounds horrible! The vein part not the Mexican vacation ;)
Allie wrote: "My grandpa was allergic to Warfarin so he had to be on Coumadin but he had all sorts of problems with that too. I sure hope they figure something out for Mr. Terri. But he's a young man and probabl..."Ah, yeah, so maybe his weight and health contributed to his issue somewhat? Mr T, he is fairly fit and healthy. I think he is going to have to do even more exercise once this clot is dealt with properly.
Limited greens, Darcy? I'll have to look into that. I know he can't have liquorice as it counteracts the Warfarin. This has devastated him. ;)
I have had an idea! It hurt and may lay me up for a few months, but it was worth it I think. ;)No group read polls this month.
Why, you ask? Are you on drugs, you wonder?
We aren't having Group Read Polls this month, because
we aren't having a January Group Read!!!!
What we are going to have in January instead is a special month called "READ A GROUP READ BOOK YOU MISSED MONTH"
I have set up a thread for everybody to check out what the heck I am talking about.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Maybe. He wasn't overweight as much but he was tall/big. But up until getting prostate cancer he was a really fit 70 year old. Was on a baseball team, a football team, always playing street hockey with his grandsons, up on roofs or under cars fixing whatever needed fixing. Not a retiree who sat around that's for sure. I think the radiation really f'ed him up. He needed a walker after that because he couldn't move his legs on his own, he contracted so many clots. Had a lot of problems with them in his hands too. I got it mixed up before... he was allergic to the Coumadin so they gave him Warfarin. Sounds like they put your hubby straight on the Warfarin. You might have dodged a bullet there... reactions to Coumadin... not pretty.
Terri wrote: "Limited greens, Darcy? I'll have to look into that. I know he can't have liquorice as it counteracts the Warfarin. This has devastated him. ;)"Yeah, because of the Vitamin E - a natural blood thinner.
Oh, so not overweight or unhealthy. Poor bugger. My father-in-law had prostate cancer a few years back. He got through it well. Didn't suffer anything like your grandad. Went on to have a normal life.
Until he got the lung cancer...which he is now recovering from.
Couple pounds but not overweight. He definitely wasn't your typical slight, frail, elderly man. Full of life and then that darn cancer. My dad had prostate cancer too --- fortunately they caught it, took the whole thing out and he's fine. For my papa, I believe everything went downhill from there. I just remember that out of all the health problems that came afterwards, those stupid clots were the biggest pains in the a'. Then every time he was in the hospital they'd give him the blood thinner he was allergic too!! Ugh!! Anyways ~ I do hope Mr. T is back on his feet soon!
Oh god... to be afflicted by TWO different cancers... the poor man!! Glad he's doing well now!
Did Mr. Terri get instructed to take a low dose aspirin daily? I have a factor five blood disorder which means I am a high risk for clotting. I had to be monitored closely while I was in labor with my girls. I had to wear compression socks all the time towards the end of my pregnancy with the twinkers. Has anyone ever tried to pull a pair of those bad boys over already swollen ankles?!? I love the no group read idea! I have a few to catch up on.
Oh yes Gretchen. Quite often, a couple of us had to pull those things on and off my grandfather. It was tricky to say the least.
Gretchen wrote: "Did Mr. Terri get instructed to take a low dose aspirin daily? ..."He's allergic to Aspirin unfortunately. A pity that he is. It would be handy for him to take it in future if he thinks he has a clot and needs something quick to thin his blood before getting to the Doc.
Allie wrote: "My dad had prostate cancer too --- fortunately they caught it, took the whole thing out and he's fine...."Sounds like the men in your family carry the gene like the men in my hubby's family do. Mr T and his brother, even though they are still young men, get checkups for prostrate once every couple years. Due to the genetic predisposition it is something they have to monitor.
Sean Abbott takes 6-14 on return after Phillip Hughes deathTop man for coming back to play & not only that, produces the best bowling figs of his career. Made up for him.
Terri wrote: "Andy wrote: ".Damn! Glad they caught it in the leg & it didnt get to the lungs, thats when they get a bit pesky :( & Klexane too until the INR gets to the right level - make sure you hold the needl..."Forgot to add :) If its in exactly the same place, might have a slight narrowing of the artery, normally you hear about these things in the heart & they bang a stent or two in if an angiogram shows up a narrowing but they also do them in other locations (not normally stents but they jus open them up or re-route if an artery has collapsed/pinched) Minor op is all which you can watch as you only get a local.
Mind Bloodwork shows & tells so many things these days its incredible how much medical technology has come on... Nods appreciatively.
Remember "Shark!"
Terri wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Did Mr. Terri get instructed to take a low dose aspirin daily? ..."He's allergic to Aspirin unfortunately. A pity that he is. It would be handy for him to take it in future if he..."
That is kind of a bummer. My doctor has had me taking a low dose aspirin every day for a while now. Hopefully he makes a speedy recovery and doesn't have any more problems in the future. There's so much they can do now to monitor blood clots and try to prevent them from occurring.
Just finished the creative writing course at FutureLearn and found it was not as helpful as I hoped it would be. I really wanted more solid info on how to ser up a piece you are writing, how to use dialog or scene to advance a plot etc, and it really did not add a lot to what I knew already ( having never taken a course). But I did enjoy seeing what others wrote and comparing my work to theirs. Also getting feedback to my scribbles was good and I will continue to look for more courses like this. Next up on my menu is Portus which starts in January. Terri hope your husband is reco earring from his DVT with no sequelae.
More store should play the Trans-Siberian Orchestra around this time of year.
@Carol I am looking forward to the portus course.
Lariela wrote: "More store should play the Trans-Siberian Orchestra around this time of year."Have got to see their Christmas Show, live, a couple of times. Spectacular!!
Bobby wrote: "Lariela wrote: "More store should play the Trans-Siberian Orchestra around this time of year."Have got to see their Christmas Show, live, a couple of times. Spectacular!!"
That is awesome! I just listen online.
Carol wrote: "Just finished the creative writing course at FutureLearn and found it was not as helpful as I hoped it would be. I really wanted more solid info on how to ser up a piece you are writing, how to us..."That's a shame it didn't live up to expectations. I am disappointed for you.
Hi all, yesterday I mentioned the challenge we're having in January. To go back through every group read we have ever had and see if you can find one, or more, to read that you had missed joining in on when the group read was running.
I have now FINALLY (exhausting work) posted the list of every book we've ever had as a group read. (excluding Dec and Nov 2014 as they are still fresh and active).
The List is in the first post on this thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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