OT: All y'all are pretty awesome.

[TPCShauna]

'Nuff said!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Thanks! we like you too!! so what did your find out about your knee?

 

[ddavis860]

yup, nuff said!

 

[TPCShauna]

I already posted the below synopsis of my afternoon on the "3 things" thread. The short answer is that I know no more about my knee than I did yesterday but several people noticed that it "looks pretty swollen". Nice to know I didn't have to shell out $100,000+ for medical school to tell me that.

Anyway, thanks for asking. More info below if you want to read it all.

Today has been a big, fat failure! I arrived at my CT scan appointment right on time and then waited for 40 minutes before checking in with them to see what the delay was. Turns out they lost my paperwork somewhere between me handing it to the nurse and her setting it down on her desk. Once they finally called me in, I was just laying down on the table and the scan tech says, "OK. We'll just give you your shot in the arm and we'll be all set to go." I FREAKED! I am TERRIFIED of needles. He said shot and I immediately broke out in a sweat, started crying and hyperventilating. I have serious panic attacks around needles and have to take Valium. I asked them if I would need a shot when I made the appointment and they said no so I didn't take Valium before the appointment. I told them I could go ahead and do the shot if my husband could come in and hold my hand, but THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM! They said that only patients were allowed into the Radiology dept. of the hospital. No family members, even for a shot.

So by now, I'm in full panic attack mode. I can't breathe because my asthma is acting up and DH had my purse with my inhaler. I'm crying and sweating and darn near hysterical and then the scan tech finally goes to get the radiologist who comes in and asks if he can give me a hug. He gets me to calm down and tells me that he thinks I should have an MRI instead of the CT scan due to the nature and location of the injury. They call over and are able to make an appt. for me this afternoon at 4:15.

By now, it is 2:15, DH and I have been up since 5:15am and we haven't eaten since then. We decided to get a bite to eat so had a nice, leisurely lunch at Ruby Tuesday's and then went to the MRI office. After waiting 40 minutes because they are behind, I finally get called back only to find out that I have to go ALL THE WAY INTO THE MACHINE UP TO MY NOSE!!!! Trigger panic attack #2 as I am mildly claustrophobic in very small, enclosed spaces. I decide to go for it, the tech gets me strapped down and in I go. He proceeds to spend the next 30 minutes trying to "position me" in the MRI chamber - except that the table mechanics are broken and that is why they've been running behind all day. The table would only move with a combo of physical force and pushing the various buttons and the chamber kept readjusting so he could never get a good position. In the meantime, I'm in the stinking chamber up to my nose and can't move at all. My leg is trapped under this giant cover thing that is keeping it flat except that I can't straighten my leg due to the injury. My whole lower leg kept shaking involuntarily and the tech kept telling me to keep it still and I told him I was keeping it still and that it was shaking by itself. Finally, after an hour of this, the tech said he couldn't do the scan because the machine wouldn't adjust properly.

So, after the **ll day I've had, I have to have ANOTHER appointment scheduled for an MRI and go through all of this again. They are going to do the next one in a different kind of MRI that works for people with claustrophobia and I'm taking my Valium next time. It just sucks that I went through all of this and I still don't know what is wrong with my knee. Plus, since I still can't drive, DH and I BOTH have to take time off to go to these stupid appointments.

Now that I'm home, I'm exhausted and emotionally spent and I'm not sure I'm up to scrapping. I think I'm going to bed early after I watch Idol.

 

[MazdaUK]

Poor you - I'm not good in small spaces either (small flooded spaces even worse

Hope things get better soon!

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Oh, poor Shauna!! That stinks!! I hope your next appointment goes better!!

And to add in here, y'all are very awesome!

 

[lewdyan1]

 

[ddavis860]

I've had the Open MRI on my knee, and the closed one. The open one was no prob. I had to lay upside down with my knee up and bent, resting on a big shelf. They angled the mirror so I could see the tech, and he kept talking to me, so it wasn't bad at all. I hope that is how your next one goes!!!

As for the closed one, yeah I was ...are you kidding me? I have to go into the tube for my knee? They thought it was OK because they gave me earphones for music, and that 1/2 my head was out...what's the prob? Well, I told him the prob was I didn't like being confined like that, and I coudn't believe that they still had to do things that way! And he had to start the test over a few times because my knee didn't like it and would do a little jump thing all on it's own too. I mean, really, did they think I WANTED to stay in there longer? PL-EESE!!

For the next one...hope it's sooo much better!!!

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

What a rotten day you had. Big hugs that the next appointment goes better and you actually find out what's up with your knee.

 

[rlovew]

So sorry it didn't go well. I hope they can take care of the problems on the next one and tell you what is wrong.

Rebecca

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Awe, Shauna...

It just amazes me on the red-tape and the fact they won't let the love ones be with you during a shot.. I'd freak on them if it were one of my kids...heck, I hated when DH was in the ER and they wouldn't let me back...I finally yelled at the poor receptionist and the head of the dept. They let me back immediately.. DH was incoherent due to dehydration and was agreeing to everything.. Whoa! NOPE, not gonna happen..

Anyway, I sure hope they find out what is going on soon so we can get you on the mend..

As for the other issue! We love ya and will always have your back!!!

 

[MazdaUK]

I only realised what this was about a bit late She should be thankful she's not near enough to me for the smacked bottom her mother should have given her! ;-)

When I was about 5 or 6 I tried to teach my sister to "fly" by getting ehr to jump off the table - see, reading is bad for kids, I'd just read Peter Pan (the real book) where it said babies know how to fly they just forget. So I reasoned she was young enough not to have forgotten. She was a hefty toddler, I was a skinny little thing and her weight smacked me back and I hit my head on the floor. I had to have an x-ray and was told to look into this big light with my eyes open. Well I was crying so hard I had to have several attempts! And no, the smarties they gave me did not make it better!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Shauna,
I am sorry about your bad experience at the hospital. I hope it goes better next time. Take it easy and pixie dust for your knee.

As to the other recent unpleasantness, sorry about that too. I just don't understand some people.

 

[party of 3]

so so sorry to hear about your day shauna. let just hope that they can figure something out real soon.
here's some hugs, love, prayers and pixie dust for ya!
just remember, we love ya! and all together we'll get through it!

 

[New England Eeyore]

Oh, Shauna, I'm so sorry you had such a traumatic experience at the hospital. I really hope the MRI goes smoother and you get some answers!

 

[123SA]

Wishing you a better day today.

And since I am not posting on or actually mentioning that other horrible thread, can I just say how incredibly impressed I am over your response You really nailed it. I wanted to jump through the computer and throttle her, but you really kept your cool.

 

[vanyel]

Shauna,

That sounds like a perfectly dreadful day! Hope things start to look up for you

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Wishing you a better day today.

And since I am not posting on or actually mentioning that other horrible thread, can I just say how incredibly impressed I am over your response You really nailed it. I wanted to jump through the computer and throttle her, but you really kept your cool.

Me too!!! typed many a statement..and hit erase for safety!

 

[TPCShauna]

Thank you, everyone! I am feeling a bit better about the whole experience yesterday. I just so hated how confined I was in that little tube thing. It was definitely not OK.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with the process, ddavis860. The knee shake thing was just part of the whole horrible experience for me. The tech. so didn't help as he kept yelling at me to keep my leg still and I kept telling him I was. Yes, like I really wanted to be in there longer.

As for everything else that happened around here yesterday, all I can say is thank you all for being so supportive. I was really just trying to be nice but sometimes that just doesn't work.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. This group is wonderful. How lucky we all are to have such a supportive network that we all just had the supreme luck to find.

 

[MazdaUK]

We are really blessed with this group - it seems I'm reminded of it nearly every day! I can never take you all for granted because every time I think I've seen the best of you then you go one better. :

I feel privileged to be a part of this group