~Strain~

I was writing an email to a friend today about the 4 main health

issues I have..One being this hernia on my right side..It is about

as big as your fist, and is quite tender with a VERY sore spot

down on the underside of it.. As I was writing this email I started

to think of WHY would I have a hernia..arent they from straining

too hard to do something? Well.. I got to thinking of what it is I
do that would be a lot of strain on me..When I get up, or TRY to

sit up, its a major issue. If my chair isnt close enough I have to

stretch to reach it, then grab hold of the bar down the front side

of it..then.. PULL my self UP to a sitting position.. Now.. If I put

my hand ..well hold on the wrong way, and don't leave myself

enough room to SIT I have to push and pull very hard to get my

self up into a sitting position.. Sometimes I put a pillow under

my stumps, especially if they are really achy, if I forget to pull

this pillow out from under them.. I sometimes get half way up

and lose balance and fall backwards and have to start ALL
over again!....

I got this electric bed from Julia, she ordered it for me.. She got

the very cheapest one they had.. Its electric, yes, but only the raising

of the whole bed..the head and foot don't go up.. I thought the side

rails would come in handy..They don't at all as they arent down far

enough for me to get the leverage I need..I need a trapeze over my

bed.. I thought this bed I would be able to have one that was the

main reason I wanted this bed..Apparently it doesn't take one or

one wont fit on it.. So, I don't know..my only thing I THINK might

work is a day bed..where there is a rail sort of on 3 sides of it and

that would go down far enough that I could grab and pull my self

up...That might work..

Anyway, this is the only possible reason I think that I would have

this hernia.. While I was in the ER the nurse/doctor checked and

felt it and she told me that its a hernia...that's how I know .. Ive

not had it a long time , 6 months or so..but its never bothered me

at all...I never did get it checked, I figure if it started to give me

problems..which it has started to hurt, THEN I would get it checked.

When I go to my doctor on the 5th I will ask him about it.. I KNOW

what he will say "I will send you to a surgeon".. I Have no doubts...

Then from worrying about this..my BP will go sky high, then the

cardiologist will go NUTZ.. and its like a dominoe effect.. and Im

the one steady getting hit by the dominoes.. :-)

I have to say that the nurses at this little hospital were very nice,

They all gave me great care.. The only problem I Had with any of

the nurses was when I put my light on to use the bedpan and 20

minutes later they came to answer my call.. The nurse, Theresa,

put me on the pan, left, and 15 minutes after buzzing twice she

came and got me off of it.. there was a red ring on my bug for

HOURS!..THAT was MOST uncomfortable..and with no legs I

couldn't even get any sort of relief and just had to lay there with

that cold hard plastic pan under me.. That was my only issue

with any of the nurses.. I did find tho that these nurses do NOT

listen to patients.. I told Karen that she HAD to use a butterfly

BABY needle to put in a IV..she stuck me 5 times before she

finally admitted I MIGHT be right and went and got one.. THAT

makes me so mad.. Like we , ourselves don't know what works

for us.. I showed her WHERE I can only be drawn and what size

needle.. she totally ignored me..saying "I KNOW what Im doing"..

which Im sure she did..but she DIDNT on ME...we are ALL different..

I listened to Mary, the sweet lady in the bed next to me as she

cried because of all the times they stuck her to try to draw blood..

THEN after no telling how many sticks..I hear a nurse say , "well

just poke her finger and let the blood go in that way"..they did and

it worked.. Poor thing..she was almost histerical.. I asked them

WHY they cant numb the area so they CAN find the veins rather

than keep stabbing and missing..but they wont..against hospital

rules..yet hospitals are supposed to be where they STOP your

pain... There is a hospital I was in, in Indiana..they never stuck

anything in you until it was numbed..that WAS a pain free hospital.

Well now that I figured out some of my health problems I need

to figure out how to solve my hunger problems.. I don't know really

what I want.. I lost over 10 pounds in hospital and I DONT want to

gain It back.. Id like to lose about 20 more ! then maybe I wouldn't

have to strain so hard to get up :-) Time for this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE to bid you "Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and thanks :-)

ALways, Lois ****

God Bless you, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again.....