Anne N. Mouse: Blog

I suspect I may have suffered a minor stroke while in the hospital. Why? Because I seem a good deal more muddled than usual. I have other worries as well. What if I'm experiencing the onset of Alzheimer's? I've lost my wallet twice in as many days. Both times because I had it out and set it down then forgot to pick it up. Such a happenings surely makes me concerned about short term memory loss, which could be from Alzheimer's or due to a minor stroke muddling my brain.....

The doctor says I should be able to get out of the hospital by Monday. I'm hoping early, 'cause I expect I've got a lot to do to coordinate my continued care with the VA.
Any way that means I'm mostly out of the woods. Of course there will be the whole getting from the civilian hospital to the vamc.
Then there will be the whole finding a new job thing, 'cause on my feet for eight hours will not do!

I've been moved from ICU to a surgical ward. I assume this means I'm on my way out of the hospital. I've been saying that walking even a few tens of feet is exciting. I don't think anyone is catching the irony, even when I clarify by saying it is like preparing for a marathon, except if I don't prepare, and run said marathon I possibly die.
Here's a question for the medically minded out there, have any of you heard of using leaches for clot (bruise) reduction? It seems to me in my past reading that they (leaches) were being used in amputation, and certain reconstructive surgery. It seems to me that if such uses are in fact in operation I might find someone who would know if the remaining clot in my leg can be reduced by that method.

Went to the VA yesterday, as my leg had not eased. Almost as soon as I got there they called an ambulance and sent me to a local hospital.
Diagnosis, DVT, and a very bad one.
So in ICU now until later this afternoon. Then a procedure to remove the DVT.
After that at least 24 hours observation.
Folks,I had no clue how close to the edge I'd walked. Life is precious. Enjoy it, but more than that, make sure you tell the people in your life how much they mean to you.

So today my left leg decided to turn onto a mass of pain. I've cramped basically from my Achilles tendon to the inside of my groin. Even the gentlest stretching I can think of sends it into spasms that I wonder why they don't break something!