The Daneman Family Blog Long time no post...ER's are not my favorite place.

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BY ALLIE DANEMAN
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 12:14:28 PM

Well usually if nothing bad is happening I won't be posting...I guess post up good and bad, I'll work on that. Here's a recap of the last week.

Starting last Friday I had a headache coming on strong. I left work early after yacking in the garbage can in the lunchroom..luckily not many people were there but that was a bit embarrassing to say the least. Right when I got home it was ER time, my head was killing me and the uncontrollable vomiting was right around the corner. We went to Evergreen and was treated like absolute crap. I think it the second time that they thought I was a drug seeker and didn't bother to look at my medical records to see that I'm a cancer patient. I was stupid to tell Jen to go there but I just wanted the pain to stop as soon as possible.
    They finally barely took care of me and we were right back at square one Saturday morning so it was time to go in again. This time we're going to UW and they took me right in, no messing around and started the ball rolling. We spent all of Saturday in the ER and like an idiot I wanted to go home...before I even left the hospital we turned the wheelchair around and went back to get admitted. We finally got a room around 11 I think and the next day they gave me a drug that the pharmacy has stopped for the past 3 ER visits things were 100% better.
    I don't remember exactly what it is but it's a really strong antinflammatory and because I'm allergic to Asprin the pharmacy has put the brakes on it. One of the neurologists called and convinced the pharmcay to try it and it went well...miraculous improvement in pain without narcotics almost immediately. After that we were all good and actually got out of the hospital by noon Sunday...just another waisted weekend in the hospital.
    I also started to get some 2nd opinions from Evergreen on my swallowing issues and their pain center. All I can say is that so far UW is in another league. The pain center @Evergreen doesn't even deal with cancer patients per se, just long term pain sufferers with a very limited toolbox compared to the U. I'm going to check on the swallowing issues I'm having with Evergreen today, based on what I've seen so far I'm not expecting much.
    I've been having serious swallowing issues related to choking, drinking liquids,etc all of a sudden in the last month or so. We have no idea why but at this point I'm really not happy about it and persuing my options.
    We're also in the process of refing our house due to our bills just to get all our ducks in a row for the future. Things are looking good so far..we see a light at the end of the tunnel.
    Beyond all of these little issues things are going well for all of us. We're planning on going down south for Thanksgiving which will be it's normal whirlwind voyage although now that the kids are older hopefully it'll be much easier. The Wii might be interesting in the car but it'll be fun once we're down there for the family to play a bit of Wii resort. It's always funny to see the elders trying to do flips wakeboarding or slams in ping pong.
    The kids are back in school so the shedule is heating up again with cub scouts, after school activities, etc. This year the twins are split up for the first time so they're dealing with that, it's amazing how Jessie has carried her brother so far and that he can be amazingly lazy like his dad, we're kicking him off the couch.
    It's also amazing to see how electronically attached these modern kids are. I thought we were bad...these ones have full game consoles, portable game consoles, online games, and after that your normal games that we've been playing forever. We're pushing them towards the latter...and they're doing them.
    More updates to follow as they come...otherwise enjoy your daily lives and try and avoid your local ER's, they're not as fun as mowing your lawn ;).