by leenova54 27 Nov 2012

AWWW, you all care and think about me! Hubby and I both appreciate that so much! Sorry this is so long but it includes why I fell and had the black eye a couple of weeks earlier. It's been wild here. On Oct. 26th when I got up I told John I wasn't feeling well so I was going back to bed, he checked on me to make sure I was breathing a couple of times and then a bit before 7 p.m. he checked me again and tried to wake me. I was making guttural sounds and he couldn't wake me. He called 911 and the first thing I remember was bright lights and men in blue shirts yelling at me to open my eyes, I was already in the Emergency room by then, they carried me out in a blanket cause our house is too small and has too many steps to get their cart through. I was in the hospital from Friday evening till Tuesday evening. Seems a side affect from the one pain pill I was on caused it. I think I am fine now though I borrowed my Mom's walker just to be safe walking cause I now fall over a lot. Scared the hell out of my hubby and my family! At one point during the them I told them I wanted my husband and I asked him if this was "it", as in the cancer was taking me. Talk about a scary time! I am spending a lot of time in my recliner but so tired, you'd think I would have had enough sleep by now but I guess not, lol! It seems that was all caused by a reaction to the pain pill I was taking. From what we figured out so far I had taken the steroids they gave me for the hip pain and it caused me to have blurry vision and the fall and weakness in my legs and suddenly I had thirst like crazy so we got me in for my eyes and they were real bad compared to a year ago so they said diabetes looked to be the cause so then I got the doctor to have a paper ready so I could get my A1C level, he called me and said to call him but we weren't home in time so I called the next day, he got me in and said the level was way high so he had me come in and he checked it there and it was over 500 then so he got me on insulin that day. I had to check my sugar every 6 hours and take insulin if it was over 150, it mostly had jumped around in the 200-300 range but a couple were low enough to not need to take insulin. That was what caused me to fall and have the black eye and face I had posted earlier. My vision has gotten better but not good to where I have any glasses that I can see with. I came real close to going into a diabetic coma, thank God we put things together in time but I still have the pain in the left leg and weakness and fall often

So, my dear friends, I only check in here for a few minutes in the morning to see the one freebie and email, then spend most of the day in the recliner, hubby won't let me roam the house! I am not allowed to go to the basement or the attic where all the Christmas stuff is so that is driving me crazy! If I am gone from the living room for too long hubby starts looking for me. Then I check on the computer before I go to bed. As for the cancer, it is still stable but the doctor said that I could end up back on chemo at any time, I am not in remission, there is no remission or cure for the type of cancer I have, only time. My doctors are all amazed that I am doing as well as I am. Thank you all for being such great friends!

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Comments (32)

by shirlener88 02 Dec 2012

I have been pryaing for you my dear. What a time you have had.

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by michemb 29 Nov 2012

Nice to hear from you Deb.
Sorry to hear things have been going so bad but happy that they have sorted it out. Take time to rest and listen to your body, take it one day at a time, hang in there, better days to come.
You are in my thoughts and prayer
Hugs
Michelle