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Math Is Hard
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ooh, it's going to be a nice summer for you, turbo!
I'm planning on visiting some back-country fishing spots that were accessible by 4WD and canoe that were a bit of a stretch for me to paddle the whole thing. That little motor can run all day on a (small) tank of mixed gas/oil. Have you rented "Dead River Rough Cut" yet?Math Is Hard said:ooh, it's going to be a nice summer for you, turbo!
turbo-1 said:Have you rented "Dead River Rough Cut" yet?
Math Is Hard said:Not yet. Soon I hope.
Man, I wish Evo would post, or get a message to us. What on Earth is going on?
binzing said:CALM DOWN, I repeat CALM DOWN. Note that you post this at midnight in Kansas. Its a simple little thing called "drug induced sleep". LOL
GeorginaS said:We should institute a board rule where everyone has to give at least one other person on the board their phone number or, at the very least, the e-mail address to a friend who can check in on someone in person.
We talked about that idea on another message board so that no one could get run over by a bus and the rest of us would be left wondering what happened to them because they just up and disappeared.
Evo said:Sorry guys, I was too sick to sit up yesterday, but I am feeling much better today. My throat is looking better and doesn't hurt quite as bad to swallow the fever is gone. (I always have had remarkable recuperative powers, necessary when you are as accident prone as I am).
Sorry you guys were worried. Each of you get ten GOOBF cards (Get Out Of Banning Free).
We really do need to maintain an up to date alternate contact list.
Thanks, I'm still going to try to get to the doctor because I think I need an antibiotic.lisab said:Evo...WHEW! So glad you're doing better!
I couldn't find anyone to take me and we don't have cabs out here. So I decided to stay in bed, drink chicken broth and cranberry juice and medicate heavily.Did you ever go back to the hospital?
Evo said:I couldn't find anyone to take me and we don't have cabs out here.
Always good advice!Evo said:So I decided to stay in bed, drink chicken broth and cranberry juice and medicate heavily.
They didn't send you home with an antibiotic?!Evo said:Thanks, I'm still going to try to get to the doctor because I think I need an antibiotic.
Chicken broth and cranberry juice are good. Drink plenty of fluids. And you can alternate between the narcotic (e.g. hyrdocodone) and acetaminophen, unless the two are mixed, like Vicodin. If you get constipated, use a laxative like MiraLax mixed with about 8 oz of juice/water.I couldn't find anyone to take me and we don't have cabs out here. So I decided to stay in bed, drink chicken broth and cranberry juice and medicate heavily.
No, that is actually a precaution, it seems, if you are on antibiotics for no reason, it can actually cause problems. The accepted practice right now is to administer a single dose of antibiotics 1 hour prior to surgery, or even at the time anesthesia is administered. They are pretty much useless administered after the surgery, unless a specific infection is identified.Astronuc said:Yay! You're alive!
They didn't send you home with an antibiotic?!
"Overall, 55.7 percent of patients received prophylactic antimicrobials during the 60 minutes … before incision," the authors write. "Prior studies have demonstrated that timing is critical to the effectiveness of prophylaxis, and current guidelines recommend dosing within one hour before incision….It is of interest that 9.6 percent of the patients in our assessment received their first dose more than four hours after incision when little if any benefit would be expected based on these previously published guidelines."
"Most (92.6 percent) of the patients in this assessment received a prophylactic antimicrobial regimen consistent with current guidelines," according to the study. "However, only 78.7 percent received regimens that were limited to the recommended agents, suggesting that a substantial amount of antimicrobials are used unnecessarily."
"The results of this study raise additional concerns regarding antimicrobial resistance. Our data suggest that vancomycin continues to be used excessively for surgical prophylaxis," the authors write. "In addition, 59.3 percent of patients received prophylaxis for more than 24 hours after the end of surgery." There is evidence that use of new, broad spectrum antimicrobials and prolonged use of antimicrobials can promote antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and increase the incidence of antibiotic-associated complications, according to the article.
I didn't think I would EVER be to sick to get online.hypatia said:WHEWWWWWWWW! Ok Sister, don't ever scare us like that again! Lol, I do completely understand the just too sick to post aspect. Seems we need to invent a remote poster modulator, a button you can press that automatically posts "I'm OK".
Remember, don't rush anything, and know that we wuv's ya:!)
Tsu said:Sis, you are in SUCH deep doodoo. :grumpy: I'd rip you a new one now but I have my Anticoag. appt. and I have to hobble in and wash me face.
We shall talk, dearie. (dumm da dump dum - DUMB!) :rofl:
Yeah, Tsu and I will take care of that. As soon as Tsu gets back from her doctor's appointment, we're going to soup up that walker so she can get over to Evo's place and give her what's for!GeorginaS said:No point in me chewing you out, though, there are people here far better qualified than me to do that.
No, it was laparoscopic, I have 5 incisions on my abdomen, but a tube was down my throat to inflate my esophagus also, now I have a throat infection.binzing said:I assume all the throat pain was because this was done endoscopically, but if not, RESIST THE URGE to scratch your stitches.
Moonbear said:Yeah, Tsu and I will take care of that. As soon as Tsu gets back from her doctor's appointment, we're going to soup up that walker so she can get over to Evo's place and give her what's for!