Bells Palsy

[j4unbx 1]

I just had it a month ago right before surgery. Don't worry it will get better. Take the antivirals and steroids the doctor gives also on you tube there are a couple of videos to exercise the face that helped me... Good luck

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[Aggiemae 739]

Lyme titre came back positive. I'm being admitted to the hospital later today. Crap.

[theantichick 2,204]

Lyme titre came back positive. I'm being admitted to the hospital later today. Crap.

Nammit. Hope they get you squared away very quickly!!

Are you a nurse who makes a good patient, or one who makes a PITA patient?? LOL. When I was in for my surgery I couldn't tell if I was annoying them or if they appreciated it, but I'd pause my pump and disconnect my own tubes, go to the bathroom, log my output, and hook myself back up. I hate hitting the call bell when I'm a patient. LOL

[Aggiemae 739]

Lyme titre came back positive. I'm being admitted to the hospital later today. Crap.

Nammit. Hope they get you squared away very quickly!!

Are you a nurse who makes a good patient, or one who makes a PITA patient?? LOL. When I was in for my surgery I couldn't tell if I was annoying them or if they appreciated it, but I'd pause my pump and disconnect my own tubes, go to the bathroom, log my output, and hook myself back up. I hate hitting the call bell when I'm a patient. LOL

I am an administrator at the hospital (patient advocate) iso probably leaning towards PITA.

I never volunteer that I am a nurse or an employee. Most (good) nurses figure out I'm an end pretty quick.

When I had my WLS the nurse chargers with my post op "care" managed in three days to tell me that I should not be complaining of pain after elective surgery (day one) , that some who was admitted to the floor the same time I was went home 12 hours post op (day 2) and everyone who had surgery the day I did was already discharged AND I would probably regain all my weight (day three). My temp was 102 and my BP was 210/100...

She should probably have read my chart.

[theantichick 2,204]

Lyme titre came back positive. I'm being admitted to the hospital later today. Crap.

Nammit. Hope they get you squared away very quickly!!

Are you a nurse who makes a good patient, or one who makes a PITA patient?? LOL. When I was in for my surgery I couldn't tell if I was annoying them or if they appreciated it, but I'd pause my pump and disconnect my own tubes, go to the bathroom, log my output, and hook myself back up. I hate hitting the call bell when I'm a patient. LOL

I am an administrator at the hospital (patient advocate) iso probably leaning towards PITA.

I never volunteer that I am a nurse or an employee. Most (good) nurses figure out I'm an end pretty quick.

When I had my WLS the nurse chargers with my post op "care" managed in three days to tell me that I should not be complaining of pain after elective surgery (day one) , that some who was admitted to the floor the same time I was went home 12 hours post op (day 2) and everyone who had surgery the day I did was already discharged AND I would probably regain all my weight (day three). My temp was 102 and my BP was 210/100...

She should probably have read my chart.

I don't usually volunteer it, but they figure it out. My hubby put it up on my communication board before I was completely awake, and I didn't see it until late in the evening. I'm not sure why he thought it was something they needed to know.

Wow, I had amazing nurses post-op. I'd have gone ballistic on any who said to me what yours said to you.

[Aggiemae 739]

I don't usually volunteer it, but they figure it out. My hubby put it up on my communication board before I was completely awake, and I didn't see it until late in the evening. I'm not sure why he thought it was something they needed to know.

Wow, I had amazing nurses post-op. I'd have gone ballistic on any who said to me what yours said to you.

I don't think I was an isolated case, I think she shamed bariatric patients to the point they where to ashamed to report her. I did go ballistic. I just waited until my rage would do some good. She initially denied saying any of it (said I was a borderline) but was immediately moved off the unit.

She was (very) surprised to see me at her disciplinary meeting.

[Aggiemae 739]

Not bell's palsy. Bacterial infection. On Tuesday morning it was just cranial nerve 7, leaving the left side of my face droopy and paralyzed. By yesterday the tigeminal nerves also became inflamed which is extremely painful and I was told that my Lymes titre was positive. I'm in the hospital on antibiotics and 100 mg of prednisone a day. I am having a hard time swallowing but hanging in there. Hopefully the prednisone will start working and I'll fell well enough to get dis charged in a few days.

his has absolutely nothing to to with the sleeve surgery I had on 10/25 just a bummer.

[doxaholic 252]

Wow aggiemae you have been through quite a bit lately sorry to hear about your chicken too. Sending you some virtual hugs and wishing you a fast recovery.????????????????????????????????????

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[bitingcat 87]

You asked me to come visit your thread, so here I am :-D

First off, I *love* the surprise sneak attack on Nurse Nasty at the disciplinary meeting! Way to advocate for fellow WLS patients! Bonus points getting it done while still recovering.

And do you nurses really ever stop? My great aunt is 94 this year and was reading the doctors and nurses the riot act in my dad's cancer ward this spring. She was a nurse for decades and still doesn't let anyone give her guff. (She also doesn't let them stop her from dancing on the bar counter or walking through the living room naked when company's over, but those are entirely different issues.)

Glad to hear they're making progress figuring out what's going on - what a blessing that you know what to ask for and how to get it! And the bacterial infection dx is interesting since your post-op timing is similar to my ear/face/lymph/neck infection that's proving so hard to kick. (But then I also have a history of auto-immune problems and random body parts swelling up and threatening to fall off.)

I'll end by telling you what my honey always says when I tell him about my cursed friends' latest medical escapades: "Put the creepy glowing idol down and back slowly away..."

[vegbeth 79]

I'm so sorry for what you are going through. Hope you heal quickly.

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[Aggiemae 739]

Bitingcat, I have an "undefined" autoimmune disorder as well. I tested positive for RA in 1994 but as it hasn't progressed as expected it's not RA but I have had five joint replacements so it's not nothing either.

As for nurse ratchet. I really thought long and hard about what to do because I didn't want to be the cause of someone losing their job. But in the end I realized that there was no way this was an isolated incident since she started in on me the minute she walked into my hospital room. And I only gave the highlights here, it was much worse. Bottom line she was unprofessional at best and sometimes outright reckless. She did not get fired but she is on probation and can't work in bariatrics or post op/recovery even when her probation is over.

Thanks for visiting!

[Aggiemae 739]

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and sinus infection on the palsy side of my face. In a way it's good because it might be the reason for the swallowing problems and the cheek and jaw pain. I am doing my face exercises, taking my Vitamins plus extra C, E and B and added garlic capsules last night. I can blink my eye now and it stayed shut all night without an eye patch. My husband is coming later and we are going to theFT room to walk on the treadmill.