On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:05:43 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


"Gunner" wrote in message
news

Other than that, she is doing well enough. Ive gained a bit of
respect. She keeps a positive attitude most of the time, even though
she is home alone 4-5 nights a week. This week, she will be home alone
10 straight days. Well..the dogs are there.

They finally diagnosed her as having Factor 5/Leiden

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Holy cow. I don't think I've ever heard of that many contrary indications
and interactions. She must be pretty tough to put up with it.

Ive learned to respect her a bit more because of how she is handling
it.
That's an example of where medicine is going. Just trying to balance those
things probably would have been impossible ten or fifteen years ago. So,
it's easy to hate Big Pharma, but they're keeping a lot of people alive.

She has weekly or biweekly blood tests to make sure her blood is not
too thick, not to thin..balancing her is very difficult.
Ive seen her stop, sneeze and blow a blood spray pattern for 4' on the
floor or wall. That means she is a bit thin....more than once.

She has taken a very pro-active interest in her own treatment, and
gotten very knowlegeable on the issues and any new
treatments..sigh..its become her hobby I think

I think she is again due for another angioplasty (6 already) as she is
exhibiting the same symptoms she always does, though they are getting
farther and farther apart. The big problem is...as with any invasive
procedure..they have to thicken up her blood, as a pin hole somewhere
will cause her to bleed out. Not to mention the repeated damage the
arteries have undergone by the RotoRooter treatment. They schedule a
full surgical team to be standing by whenever she is being treated in
the cath lab. They pop an artery..and she will be dead in less than
10 minutes unless they get her into surgery and opened fast. Much
less.

And of course, the brusing she has...she had a 2x4 piece of plywood
fall over and hit her in both shins 2 weeks ago. Her legs, even the
bottom of her feet look like she was badly beaten for hours.

Shrug...sometimes its a bitch for both of us.

gunner


Not a fun way to live.
Rule #35
"That which does not kill you,
has made a huge tactical error"