Help! Sick hubby!

Originally posted by 3kittys
LOL, that's funny Kev. So when do you go for the big "V"? My hubby had his done 3 months after our daughter was born 5 years ago. How are you doing it? In the office or put under?

Cathy

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been there - done it and now got the T shirt - about three weeks ago. Am now vasectomised and had it done under local anesthetic. I know I have had it done as my wife keeps buying me seedless raspberry jam for breakfast. She says if I am gonna be it in the future, I may as well get used to eating it! seedless that is.
Two words- never again!
Kev

Kev,
My dh had his done in office also. They had a hard time with his left side (tube was too small and could not find it). Doc kept pushing prodding and told him he might have to come back another day and go under for the left side if he could not find it soon.....my dh said "oh hell no I'm not" " you better find it now cause I ain't coming back". They did find it, eventually. By the time we got home he was sooooo black and blue from all that. I had cold ice packs coming every hour and pain meds when it was time. DH said he NEVER would have thought a cold ice pack would feel sooo damn good down there!!!!! Poor baby. He is just fine now. Do you have kids? How many?

Cathy

Anne, insurance here in the US can be very expensive. Even when your employer assists it can still be a payment of over $100/month. I'm lucky, I'm on hubby's insurance and he only has $65/month taken out of his paycheck to cover the 3 of us.

With insurance a trip to the ER can be about $50--without it can go into the thousands very quickly. Once, when I had no insurance a trip to the ER resulted in an $800 bill because of the meds and tests.

My last trip to the hospital cost the insurance company over $10,000.

Originally posted by 3kittys
Kev,
DH said he NEVER would have thought a cold ice pack would feel sooo damn good down there!!!!! Poor baby. He is just fine now. Do you have kids? How many?

Cathy

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Cathy- Ice was brilliant although it has a very bad problem for men - it shrinks everything - at times my wife would look at me and say things like "haha - nutmeg" - I was queen victoria - not amused.
I used tylenol - cannot buy it here so get it shipped in now and then from the USA.

I have a stunning red haired son, takes after mum and thats all. Hes 4 on the 5th of Sept. It was decided for me when I was flying one evening that I would have the op as due to complications in late pregnancy - its not safe to have anymore. Three weeks later and I am fine, the meat and two veg are functioning perfectly, all bruising gone and no worries.

we still take precautions or would if Brandy would shift his fat ass from inbetween us in bed on a night. she asked me the other night in bed if I wanted to play tennis sometime and if I wanted to double up? I said yes and she flicked me on the scar - sure enough - I doubled up!

Kev
being a farmer and still nursing a couple of achres

Shame on your wife for kidding you while you were in pain!!! I know what you mean about the not in good health to have more. That's me, Nicole was 2 months early, plus I had lost two before carring her so my DH and noble and kind as he is agreed it was his turn to go under the knife!! Now we can play all we want and not have to worry about anything!!!

You mean your son sleeps in the bed with you two? Shame on you for that also. I know some people do this but that is one thing we do not so, of course unless they are sick or scared or something like that. Get that boy in his own room now while you still can, it will be hard but better now than later!!

Cathy

Originally posted by 3kittys


You mean your son sleeps in the bed with you two? Shame on you for that also. I know some people do this but that is one thing we do not so, of course unless they are sick or scared or something like that. Get that boy in his own room now while you still can, it will be hard but better now than later!!

Cathy

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Cathy - my son is Christopher - Brandy is my tabby cat, Brandy sleeps on the bed - Christopher has had his own room since the day he was born!!!!

K

Oops, my bad.....so sorry!!!! How was I to know? One of my cats likes to sleep with us but she sleeps above my head, now of course she has to first step all over my DH to get to me..hehe

Hope I didn't offend you, sorry again.

Cat

Originally posted by 3kittys
Oops, my bad.....so sorry!!!! How was I to know? One of my cats likes to sleep with us but she sleeps above my head, now of course she has to first step all over my DH to get to me..hehe

Hope I didn't offend you, sorry again.

Cat

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No offence - stop worrying - question - what is DH - damned husband???? Brandy, when he gets off his furry butt sleeps on carols hair. he has slept once on mine and when I woke, I thought my dreams of hair regrowth had come true!!!

Getting bald as a coot!

Damn, you are way over there aren't you....hehe

DH stands for darling husband
dd - darling daughter
ds - darling son
mil - mother in law
fil - father in law

anything else you don't understand? hehe

Cat

Just wanted to give y'all an update on Earl. (Sorry to interrupt the coversation. )

You guys were right, he has walking pneumonia. Our Dr. is so awesome - when she realized that we are self-pay, she gave us all the meds from her samples. Well, everything except some cough syrup with codein, but that was only $11.59. He is now on antibiotics (Omnicef), two inhalers (Advaire and Proventil), an expectorant (Liquibid-D), the cough syrup and tylenol for the fever. He's sleeping very well right now.

She also gave us a discount on the office visit, which still ended up running $90. (Ouch!) But with all the drugs she gave us, it could have been much, much worse.

She did question a bunch about West Nile Virus, and said he may have it but there's nothing that she can really do about it if he does, save the 'scrips she gave him already. She said to watch him and if he takes a nosedive to take him to the ER. God I hope it doesn't come to that!

I am glad that the doctor was very understanding, thank goodness for samples!

West Nile Virus? Oh crap, thats scary!!!

I am very sure that he would be sleeping VERY well!

healing vibes going Earl's way.

Glad you took him to the doc. I had the Proventil at first (it's just albuteral)....it might make him jittery, it did me. Mine was full blooded pneomonia, not walking.....what is the difference anyway...either you got it or you don't?! (I would think)...I know with mine 1/4 of my right lung was full of fluid. It will take him a while to re-coop from this. Tell him just because he gets to feeling "alittle" better not to push himself or he will relapse and take all of the med's he was given!!!!

Cathy

Get well soon vibes coming your way!

She said that she could hear that the lower left lung was "gooey" (her words, not mine! and since we were self pay she didn't need to see an x-ray. So it looks like we took him in before it got too terribly bad.

I just did a search and here's what I found out about "Walking Pneumonia." (Oh great! It's infectious!!! )

The “walking pneumoniaâ€

Walking or atypical pneumonias are pneumonias that are caused by less common micro-organisms, and most of them are caused by Mycoplasma, an extremely tiny microscopic organism related to bacteria.

The pneumonia is called “walking pneumonia†because in most cases the disease is not severe enough to confine the patient to bed or to warrant hospitalization.

Mycoplasma pneumonia affects primarily adults below 40 years of age and children.

Mycoplasma infections occur year round but are more common in late summer and fall.

Mycoplasma pneumonia is infectious and is spread through contact with droplets expelled from the nose and throat of affected people when they sneeze or cough.

Generally the transmission of the disease requires a relatively prolonged close contact with an infected person, and most transmissions occur within families. However, every four to eight years, Mycoplasma pneumonia epidemics may occur and involve as many as 50% of all pneumonias.

Symptoms begin about 15-25 days after being exposed to an infected person, and develop gradually over the next two to four days.

Typical symptoms may include fever, chills, excessive sweating, sore throat, a cough that may or may not be productive, malaise and occasional chest pain.Symptoms may persist for a few days to more than a month.

Occasionally, the Mycoplasma pneumonia may be associated with a painful ear infection, anemia or skin rashes. The disease is usually relatively mild, but occasionally individual symptoms may be quite distressing with the patients feeling generally much worse than they look.

Hum, interesting. Mine was full pneomonia but I wasn't confined to bed or hospitalized although he did tell me to get plenty of rest but since I had been out of work the week before with the viral infection, I could not miss anymore work so i would take a nap on my lunch hour and when I got home went straight to bed. I have a wonderful hubby that takes great care of me.

Hope he gets better soon.

Cathy

Cathy, it said there are three kinds of pneumonia: viral, bacteria and "walking". Sounds like you had the viral pneumonia. They usually lump the viral and bacterial together, but "walking" is a different thing and usually not as severe. (I won't tell Earl that! He's so miserable!)

maybe he should get a pneomonia shot this fall.That way he should never get it again(pneomonia)I spent 5 days in the hospital with it and when I was better they gave me the shot,said I should never get sick with it again.

Get Well Earl!

I am so glad you took him in Heidi! I will pray it is not WNV as well and that soon he can kick this and start feeling better-

I've had the "walking" kind twice in the past...it is nasty...but not too serious with medication, Thank God. I will send up a prayer that Earl is feeling better very soon!!! *HUGS*