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Leonard
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posted July 23, 2017 09:30 AM
The new movie, Dunkirk is about events in the Second World War. I imagine there were a few Negros in Great Britain in the 1940's, but for the sake of Political Correctness, here we have some dink complaining about a lack of females and people of color depicted in the friggin' movie! I guess it doesn't matter that there were not any Negros or women at Dunkirk, we still have to see them on the big screen. Just like every damned commercial we see on TV must have at least one Black person because there is some kind of quota way out of proportion to the number of Blacks in the general population. I have the feeling that if someone made a commercial without a black person, there would be hell to pay.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/melissa-mullins/2017/07/23/reminder-usa-today-critic-laments-dunkirk-lacks-gender-racial
Good hunting. El Bee
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Locohead
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posted July 23, 2017 09:51 AM
Major Derail Alert:
Internal bleeding does not sound like a very good thing. And I haven't read anything other than your sneaky little mention of it last week.
You doing okay Leonard?
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Leonard
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posted July 23, 2017 10:47 AM
Yeah, well. Sorry for the subtle mention.
I went to emergency twice and was subsequently admitted both times for considerable internal bleeding. I've actually had 6 colonoscopies and a Pill Cam and a double balloon endoscopy and they have found nothing. This latest thing involved a Sigmoidoscopy, a colonoscopy and two cat scans. Also had some kind of radioactive dye procedure and a few other minor things. That camera took 7,000 images of my digestive tract and recorded active bleeding but it always heals or clots before they can find the actual source. I have a referral to the surgical department but haven't called them yet, or decided if I'm interested in that direction.
So, I just started a new medication and we will see how that goes? The one I have been taking for the last two years has a retail price of $1320 so I'm relieved that I don't need it anymore. The Medicare pays half but it has still been quite a burden. Yes, that's per month! This new one is a $24 co pay.
There has been quite a lot of low grade pain associated with this condition. And, so far, nothing seems to help with persistent 4-6 hour stomach aches. I take Morphine and Hydrocodone for breakout pain, (for a different condition) but they have no effect on the stomach and the gut.
That's all I know and all they know at this point. And yet, they tell me I'm in good health? Fatigue might be my main complaint.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Paul Melching
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posted July 23, 2017 11:25 AM
Be well my friend Prayers as always !
I heard the movie sucked anyway!
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Locohead
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posted July 23, 2017 11:51 AM
I like you enough to be praying for you too!! ![[Wink]](wink.gif) In the meantime, lay off the habaneros friend!! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Edit: spell check wants me to be 'parking' for you
[ July 23, 2017, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: Locohead ]
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Kokopelli
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posted July 23, 2017 12:40 PM
El Bee.....
Are you taking Aspirin daily by any chance ???
Bad ju-ju for the tum-tum over time.
Rots the gut...........causes bleeding.
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Leonard
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posted July 23, 2017 01:05 PM
I do take the 81 milligram. For stroke. And they, (the crew at the hospital) have been asking if I take any blood thinners, which I don't. Actually, I think the stuff I take is sorta in the same family; anti inflammatory. They never told me to stop the aspirin?
Without getting too deep into personal stuff, this condition is supposedly not curable but treatable.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Kokopelli
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posted July 23, 2017 02:41 PM
You might want to chat with the Drs. about the Aspirin. Maybe spend some Google Time with "aspirin / stomach bleeding".
Good luck & stay strong !!!
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Leonard
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posted July 23, 2017 05:56 PM
I've heard of it, ko ko. But if, (big if) this situation of the last two years could be traced to that 81 mg aspirin, we have a hell of a lot of nincompoops down at Kaiser. Almost all medication involves a plus benefit versus potential harm.
I have been taking that dosage for probably 15 years? And so do millions of people. internal stomach bleeding is one thing, but in my case, I passed three units of blood, both times before it clotted. I've been seen by 8 or 10 specialists, and not one of them voiced a concern about a daily low dose aspirin. And these guys have total access to my complete medical history over the past almost ten years since I went with Kaiser.
I know that it, (aspirin) can cause internal bleeding. If these dunderheads can't put 2 and 2 together and figure out my whole problem is caused by a daily 81mg. aspirin, then perhaps I've been treated by a squad of total quacks? Besides, just between you and me, I was diagnosed two years ago, and I know what it is.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Paul Melching
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posted July 24, 2017 06:10 AM
One of my last procedure's after surgery I got very Ill violently ill my wife figured it out and told they doctors I was going through withdrawals they for got they had me on oxycodone and they were the ones that prescribed it! overly educated morons !
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Leonard
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posted July 24, 2017 05:56 PM
Yes, I take that one, Paul.
But it's prescribed, "for breakout pain". I take the 10-325 dosage, but most days I only take half a pill, otherwise the whole pill makes me noxious. I know a guy that I run into at the Pharmacy once in a while, actually, went to high school with him. He takes Hydrocodone, same strength 6 per day! I didn't ask him; Why he takes it?
Funny, but he asked me my name? He's almost family, because he's married to my sister-in-law, and they live about 4 blocks up the street. Kathy was married to Nancy's brother for like 25 years. But anyway, he was the one that approached me, he knew my face, but he asked me my name, twice.
It's the 30mgx3 Morphine that I can't miss or weird things happen. I'm pretty good with my pills; except for ordering the refills.
Speaking of fuck ups at the hospital. I had to get a little huffy when I could tell that I needed my meds and they had not given me any of my Rx's and this was over 24 hours after admission.
The same thing happened in May, only it was longer going without. Eventually, they were bringing me what I needed, or correction, what they thought I needed, not everything that I religiously take every day. And, because it didn't occur to them the last time, I brought all my pills with me. When I showed them to the nurse, she freaked out, of course....no no no! I said, hey, simmer down, I know the rules but you better call somebody and start feeding me these medications that I take up to 3 times a day.
One of the routines is that they go down the list of what I get from the Pharmacy, one by one, do you take this, do you take that? Yes yes and yes, and yet i had to get a little huffy when they had not provided any medication for about 36 hours since I walked through the door. So, it has happened twice, and I conclude that it is an institutional fault.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Kokopelli
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posted July 25, 2017 01:10 AM
Not to make any accusations, but it's likely that your chart showed that you received all of your pain meds..........and they went 'somewhere'.
When my wife had foot surgery she was in tears from the pain but according to her records she had enough meds in her to tranq an elephant. The pills were going somewhere but they weren't getting to her.
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posted July 25, 2017 03:30 AM
Sorry to read you've not been well, Leonard. Hoping your condition has improved!!!
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Leonard
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posted July 25, 2017 11:28 AM
Thanks Fred, and everybody else that has a concern. Like I said, they still think I'm healthy, due to vital signs. My blood pressure is about 122/65, no diabetes, slightly overweight, but there is no indication that I'm at death's door. In fact, compared to Al Parker, the guy I saw at the pharmacy, that guy is a space cadet. I should call Kathy and find out why she lets him out of the house without supervision, so he can find his way home.
Like they say, and it is very true: Growing old ain't for sissies!
Good hunting. LB
I wonder if Al has any guns? In this state, considering his mental state, they wouldn't think twice before taking them away.
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posted July 25, 2017 07:00 PM
Leonard's to freaking hard headed and stubborn to let a little belly ache keep him down. I'm thinking internal hemorrhoids as a source of the bleeding. Rick
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Leonard
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posted July 26, 2017 05:21 AM
That's what one of the doctors thought, Rick. So that's why the first procedure was that Sigmoidoscopy specifically to rule out bleeding hemorrhoids. Turns out I don't have any, and boy am I proud!
In fact, they have rules out the entire large bowel and the problem seems to be up past the illium, which is an extremely difficult area to access, hence the cat scans.
You still have two guesses left.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Moe
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posted July 26, 2017 11:33 AM
I haven't been around for a while so I didn't know about the bleeding problem. I hope they get a handle on it soon and you get better.
I probably mentioned this before but I went in for a colonoscopy a while back and a couple of days after I got home I started bleeding. To make a long story shorter I'd pretty much decided to see if it would stop on its own but after a few days I was walking to the back of the house and almost passed out. I figured it was from blood loss so I went to the emergency in Clackamas and was admitted. All night I was passing huge amounts of blood and in the morning the doctor who'd done the colonoscopy took me in to find the problem. When it was over and I woke up she said she couldn't find any reason for the bleeding but, miraculously, the bleeding stopped. This was Kaiser.
Wouldn't it be great if we could just drink something like Fix A Flat and be okay?
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Kokopelli
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posted July 26, 2017 12:20 PM
Drs. tend to pass themselves off as omnipotent beings.
They're not.
Every year there are Drs. that finish at the bottom of their class. They just barely make the grade........and they're practicing.
They may be competent enough to diagnose the difference between the common cold and the flu but more complex conditions.................
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posted July 26, 2017 01:03 PM
I don't have a lot of experience with doctors. But some. My daughter was born with a heart condition that had us visiting the pediatric cardiology unit very regularly for several years. I did a lot of the communication with the doctors when my dad was dying too.
My take on doctors... They seem an awful lot like auto mechanics to me. Some mechanics have a lot of mechanical sympathy, take a lot of pride in their work and just generally have good situational awareness and they care about the outcome and it shows. Other mechanics are just there because they have to be to collect a paycheck. They do the minimum required to bill the maximum possible and might actually hope what they are doing isn't really the answer so they can get you back again and charge you more to continue with the bullshit.
Doctors seem just exactly like that to me. A continuum between the two extremes of talented, observant, inquisitive and interested on one end and the lackadaisical, uninterested, un-talented, don't really give a fuck anyway on the other end.
The way the health care system works these days, a lot of the good kind are just quitting. But it's almost luck of the draw who you end up with, since you don't really get a whole helluva lot of choice anymore anyway.
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Leonard
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posted July 26, 2017 06:01 PM
You know what? I am perfectly capable of assuming the most cynical attitude about my personal care.
First of all, Kaiser is a first class organization even though the professional staff is a little United Nations.
I always felt confident that these doctors and nurses were doing their best for me. In fact, the suggestion that somebody might have been skimming my medications is just not believable.
When you consider the procedures I had and which really do cost big bucks and this is a new hospital, 2 or 3 years old, the fact that my charges amounted to $75. I don't know?
But then we have something similar described by Moe, passing more blood than I would have thought not possible? And, same result, they couldn't find the problem? I guess we expect too much, when watching TV?
Bottom line, I think they are motivated. I never had the impression that they were going through the motions. And I even had several consultations with the head of the department. He never introduced himself as such, but I had read about all of them, their bio's, and recognized the name immediately.
I entertain no thoughts of going elsewhere.
Good hunting. El Bee
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posted July 26, 2017 09:28 PM
You WERE diagnosed 2 years ago?!?!
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posted July 26, 2017 09:41 PM
You WERE diagnosed 2 years ago?!?! You know what it is??
I wonder if the webmaster might/could change the thread title to "El Bee right back" or some such title that lets your friends know it's not just a political thread. Perhaps it's only gettig old. Perhaps you have something that can and ought be fixed right away.
I believe it honors God when we pray for our friends!!
Why not let us know what's up? You are pretty well liked here Leonard!! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Paul Melching
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posted July 27, 2017 04:51 AM
Amen Danny !
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Leonard
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posted July 27, 2017 06:18 AM
Yes, I have known, (been aware) that I have a specific disease for the past two years, and they tell me it's treatable, but don't expect a cure. I suppose I could have announced it at some time but my attitude is that it's kind of a privacy issue....you know?
What the "sneaky little mention" was about, a development, a symptom, something requiring a fix, a repair, if not a solution.
In any event, I don't think it's terminal just because there is no known cure. I'd define it as a chronic condition. Unofficially. As I said, there have been lots of procedures in the past two years and quite a few adjustments in medication sort of to stabilize the situation. That "Pill Cam" was quite a trip. Imagine, 7,000 images as it travels the entire length of my digestive tract.
Now, as far as the title of this thread. I think that was intentional? I didn't want to start with:
FLASH BOSINSKI's sick! Film at eleven.
If my "mention" escaped your notice, that's fine with me. Let me be a little coy about it, I'm not in "ICQ", yet; and If it was cancer, I'd say so.
Good hunting. El Bee
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posted July 27, 2017 08:34 PM
I've been around the block a few times and Kaiser is the best place I've found. When my wife was diagnosed with cancer the surgeon really didn't want to spend any more money than he had to so he nixed doing a simple test when they were looking at one side. All it would've entailed was putting the lotion on the skin and moving the ultra sound wand around. He said it could trigger a false positive. I said so what? We got into a knock down drag out fight over it and I won. We went to another clinic and had the test done and it came back positive for cancer. Kaiser wound up paying for that exam. They didn't have a choice. After the surgeries and chemo she's cancer free.
Some times you have to be your own advocate.
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