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I slept well last nite. It was on the couch because I had restless legs and that nagging energy flux in my right hip.
I didn't even get up to pee. I turned off the kitchen light and left the stove one on for a little darker night.
I woke this morning with dyspnea, that feeling that I cannot breath. I checked my pulseoximeter it read 96.
I type this struggling to breath, I am sucking on oxygen from a concentrator set on 3 litres.
I have taken 20mg of prednisilone hoping that will open my lungs and maybe I won't need to go to the ER.
My new (va) doc says she will not give me a new rx for prednisilone. She will not give me ativan for anxiety.
Instead I have to take a new rx for a month for anxiety before it takes effect.
I don't like this new doc. Most think they know it all but I am the one in here and what I need to feel well.
 

deaver said:
I slept well last nite. It was on the couch because I had restless legs and that nagging energy flux in my right hip.
I didn't even get up to pee. I turned off the kitchen light and left the stove one on for a little darker night.
I woke this morning with dyspnea, that feeling that I cannot breath. I checked my pulseoximeter it read 96.
I type this struggling to breath, I am sucking on oxygen from a concentrator set on 3 litres.
I have taken 20mg of prednisilone hoping that will open my lungs and maybe I won't need to go to the ER.
My new (va) doc says she will not give me a new rx for prednisilone. She will not give me ativan for anxiety.
Instead I have to take a new rx for a month for anxiety before it takes effect.
I don't like this new doc. Most think they know it all but I am the one in here and what I need to feel well.
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Maybe you need a new doctor .. take care 🤗
 
Lee said:
Deaver, I could be wrong but I did not think prednisolone was for treating breathing problems. Are you using puffers or nitrate spray for emergency.
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I was on prednisone ( it's a steroid).. for a while some years ago..OMG it made me gain weight.. and made me angry all the time..:oops::oops: ..One of it's uses is for treating asthma and breathing problems.. but that's not what I had it for...

deaver, can you change your doctor ?
 
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Deaver, I can identify with the breathing probs....am awaiting
a call from doc to see a pulmon doctor to see if I can get
some help....life's a beeethc sometimes aint it.....
 
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woke this am feeling great. had to get up to pee three times but still feel like I slept well enough.
the meds from the previous day have carried over to today so I may feel quite well off.
age old bone degeneration in hips and back some days make it hard to walk if I step wrong
I get shooting pain in my hip. legs and hip have just suddenly given out a couple of times
making me fall. I picture myself sitting in a chair comtemplating the moving flower pattern on
the wall.
 
had to get up a couple of times but still managed to get some sleep. remote camera showed me a skiff of snow had fallen. caught one cat in a have a heart trap and turned it over to the pawhs for care. it will be fixed and given to a ranch for barn cat. right hip is playing out and hard to walk this morning.....
 
up and down most of the night again still feel rested this morning. snowed about 3 inch last night so not gonna get my delivery nor will the cleaning lady come...unless I can get the youngster to come and shovel the snow paths. right hip is still giving me fits. had spasms of cramps so drank some pickle juice,,, seemed to help. I drink tonic water for the quinine which seems to help also...I used to type 80wpm, now I have to hunt and peck and backspace a lot...75? never planned on much dont think I even considered that age.....I dont feel that old mentally cept sometimes trying to remember who that was I saw yesterday... it will come to me after a bit tho.....
 
deaver said:
I dont feel that old mentally cept sometimes trying to remember who that was I saw yesterday... it will come to me after a bit tho.....
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I write on a calendar that is right next to my computer (on the wall) things I need to remember. I write down each day I see my son, take a shower, do laundry, vacuum, groceries, etc. On the refrigerator I keep a list of things I need to do or what foods are on hand to fix for meals. It helps me a lot since I started doing this.
 
I keep a feel good chart on the cupboard. 0-10.. on that list I write the meds date time and whether or not I have gone outside someplace
 
I have a medium sized bladder stone. had cat scan and talks with urologist about what to do.Transurethral cystolitholapaxy: and LMA (Laryngeal mask airways): I am on oxygen 24/7 and the thought of this lma procedure scares the hell out of me for breathing. but that surgery thing really puts me off. insert a catheter in the ***** and then a laser thru that to break up the stone and extract the pieces. because the stone pieces are not smooth they may cause injury to the urethra. after the operation there will be pain and possibly bleeding for a couple of days and maybe a stent left in which will have to be removed later.

I live alone, not even a pet here. So trying to recover with noone to aid in movement around the home or standing to cook or assistance of any kind...I have no wish to tolerate that kind of pain in that particular place. The stone is of no immediate threat but somewhere in the future it may be which then will cause pain, infection and worse.
I dont see a need to live to ripe old age of 80-85 or beyond. why? I have noone to leave anything to, there is no family and I loathe the idea of leaving anything to some local organization..
 
last nite was fair as far sleeping goes. right hip is killing me and my back is so still I can hardly bend. breathing is on the same level as usual, no better no worse. I do have this nagging feeling of impending doom, usually late in the evening, it comes and goes. As the days fly by I wonder what the end will be like. I once talked to a nurse about IV's the give. She said they practice until they get it right and feel comfortable with it by using an orange then they do it to each other so they know what it feels like.
 
I have means of electronic viewing outside, and last nite saw the ambulance go down my street so I got up to see which way it turned on the next street. It turned south and I moved to side window to see how far it went. It stopped on the next street near neighbors so I turned on the scanner to listen to reports. Elderly 70yr old female neighbor was taken to local med ctr with temp of 101 bp 168/86 and o2 of 96, complaining of not feeling well.. saw her grandson return to his car and drive away possibly to the med ctr..
 

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