surgery

  1. J

    No Dx yet - list of symptoms.

    This is my first post. Woohoo! ;) I have Crohns disease & since my last surgery 2 yrs ago I've been going downhill. It was a long recovery of 6 wks and then I got bronchitis. Since then I have daily aches, exhaustion, recently started migraines with aura, stiff neck, sore neck, and hip pain. My...
  2. T

    surgery is over

    i am now 9 days post op and things are going well other than the fact that i have only showered once in 9 days. Starting Friday I can remove the bandage and then I will be free to shower as much as I want. Can't wait. The doctor said everything looks good, my eating habits are normal, my...
  3. cstine

    New member in Tampa

    Hi all! I have felt so ALONE in the world lately so thought I would check into a forum... have been reading posts for the last 2 or 3 days and think i finally found people who "get me"! :) I have always had a bad immune system and have always been sick with this or that.... I was always...
  4. K

    Osetopenia/Hyperparathyroidism

    After another bout with kidney stones and some elevated parathyroid levels my doctor ordered a bone density scan (Dexa scan). I had my bone density scan Wednesday and they were already contacting me Thursday morning to tell me the results were abnormal - it indicated osteopenia, not quite...
  5. T

    Scared out of my mind

    Well I can't avoid it any longer. The time has finally arrived. Forty eight hours from now I will be under the knife having a total shoulder replacement. It scares me to think they are cutting something out of me that I was born with. I am petrified beyond the capacity for rational thought...
  6. T

    One week until surgery

    Ok, so I have one more week until my surgery and I am shitting bricks, sorry shitting rocks.
  7. Getemgirl

    Hyperbaric Chamber

    I just read that some research has been done at Tel Aviv University and Rice University and some other universities I can't remember. The CURE for fibromyalgia is hyperbaric chambers. The patients were treated for 90 minutes, 5 days per week for 2 months. Not symptom relief, but a cure...
  8. T

    Surgery

    I hate to keep harping on the same subject but as I sit here I sit here in raw terror. I have only 10 more days until my surgery (total shoulder replacement) and I know I'm not going to be able to make it through all the things I will need to make it through. I just took a shower, washed...
  9. Getemgirl

    Adrenaline Is a Relief?

    I've been off the forum for the past 4 days because my brother was in a terrible motorcycle accident. Several times this past 4 days I have asked myself how I am still going so strong and why is my pain limited. I stood next to his bed in the emergency room for maybe 2 hours while the plastic...
  10. C

    new to the forum

    hello, my name is Cary, 46 y/o been suffering with pain etc since 77 when hit by a car. rear ended 6 or 7 times since then. fused lumbar and c spine. a few years ago ruptured & severed tendons in r arm surgery failed. now both arms & hands feel like lead weights and hurt so bad i want to...
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