Thoughts and prayers needed for DH, serious health issues (long

18 years ago

It has really been a long week. On Tuesday DH was complainging of not feeling well, vomited and was nauteous. I called the Dr. and she said to give him some zantac and pepto bismol and see if it helped in an hour. It only got worse, and he was in a lot of pain, and this is someone who has a very high pain tollerence. So off we went to the er with a 5,3 and 1 year old ( sound like fun) after I knew that we were going to be waiting for cat scans and stuff I took them to a friends house. The scan showed up that he had gall stones, an umbilical hernia with some small intestines sticking out, inflamed bowels and a blood sugar of 320. The sent us home with pain meds and told us to go and see the surgeon next week.

Wednesday I decided that I was't going to make DH wait another week so I called our Dr.'s office and they were able to get us in that day. So I called MIL since Dh was told not to lift anything over 5 pounds and the girls are always hanging on him (our 2 monkeys) So I drove an hour and dropped them off. We went to the surgeon and took Hayden with us and the diagnosis was that he thought with the inflamation of the intestines that it was something like Crone's disease. His approach was to wait a week and repeat tests and cat scans and see what was found. He didn't feel the hernia could cause the problems nor the gall stones. So off we drive home after an hour drive there and back.

Thursday morning I went downstairs and DH was pretty much out of it and in a lot of pain. He was confused, couldn't stay awake and had tingling in his feet. I called our Dr. and she moved my ob appointment up and wanted to see DH. Good news for me I gained 8 pounds and the baby looks great, has long legs and still is shy:) She sent us up to the hospital to have DH admitted to try and control pain and to figure out what was going on.

When we got to the hospital his first blood sugar was 420. They were able to get his blood sugar stablilzed with insulin and found out he is now diabetic. Also able to control the pain. Dr. thinks that the gall stone flair up and intestinal and hernia irritation brought on the diabetes. He is type two and will test 4 times a day and they put him on antibiotics for his intestines in iv and sent us home with a week's supply. He is also under medication for diabetes. The hope is that with diet control and medication we can keep things under control. In the midst of being in the hospital, I ran Hayden to the neighbors at home and my sister came and got him and kept him over night and yesterday.

Ohhhh to add to all this I am hosting our 15th class reunion at my folks house and am scrambling to get all the food ready. So if you could send some good thoughts and prayers our way we would really appreciate it. It is going to be a long few months. They won't even look at the gall stones, intestines or hernia until the diabetes is under control.

Stacie

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Bizzo
18 years ago
Stacie,
I'm definitely adding you, your DH, and all the kids to my prayer list. I hope you can both enjoy the reunion!
User
18 years ago
Oh Stacie your poor husband, hope the meds work and you can get that diabetes under control. I'll be sure to keep you all in my thoughts.
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lindac
18 years ago
Oh my! That sure stinks! Of course you will be in my prayers.
They get that blood sugar knocked down and the infection cured and he will feel a lot better.
Where I live both the hernia and the gall stones can be done laproscopically and it's no big deal. I hope you can find a doctor who will do it that way.
Linda C
arabellamiller
18 years ago
Oh you poor thing! Everything will hopefully be under control shortly and your DH will be feeling better.

This too shall pass....

Wishing you and your DH the best of health,

AM
dedtired
18 years ago
Oh My gosh, you and DH sure have more than your fair share of problems to deal with at the moment.

I would recruit some other of your class members to help out with the reunion. Once they hear your story, how can they say no?

Nice to have family and friends nearby, isn't it. I do hope your DH resolves his health problems quickly. I will be thinking of you.
robinkateb
18 years ago
Sending good thoughts your way. I am a Type 1 diabetic and I can tell you that while it is not the easiest you can live with this disease. Why are they saying Type 2 for sure? 420 seems awfully high.

-Robin
mitchdesj
18 years ago
oh my, what a turn of events; could you have someone else take charge of that reunion?
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18 years ago
Stacie, sending good healthy thoughts to your husband. Three little ones, one on the way and a sick husband and a reunion on top of all of that, is a sure way for you to get run down too. Make sure you are taking care of you.

Ann
jessyf
18 years ago
What AnnT said, and others are suggesting....hand over responsibility for the reunion, or reschedule. This looks bad, make sure those doctors are on top of it, sounds like no one is taking this seriously, you may need someone else with you yelling!
compumom
18 years ago
Ditto what Jessy said. I think the ER sounds totally irresponsible. I know that you live in a small town, perhaps drive into the big city after you've made an emergency appt with an endocrinologist or at a teaching hospital.
I know you have way too much to handle now, but you have to get him under control. I think 420 sounds high too. No wonder the poor guy was out of it.
You're lucky to have such great family support that can help out at a moment's notice. Blow off the reunion reponsibilities and focus on your DH.

My DH was feeling lousy on Monday too-- we figured it was vertigo. He felt a bit better and no longer nauseous by evening. So he went to work on Tuesday. I got a call to pick him up from work and take him to the ER, they were worried that he might have had a stroke. I went to our ER which was outstanding, he had blood drawn, an MRI and some other tests. Thank G-d he was only having severe vertigo. They sent us home with prescriptions and a plan to see a new internist in the morning. We did, he was incredibly thorough and luckily DH began to feel better. I realize that our situations are not equivalent, but I'm telling you this to illustrate how good ER care can be. On the other hand when DH had kidney stones about 7 years ago the ER at UCLA was unsympathetic and basically left him in pain. Only after a visit to a more local ER did he get more palliative relief. So seek another hospital with a caring & investigative doctor!
I'll be sending your DH loads of good thoughts and healing vibes for a better diagnosis and recovery. Agree, don't forget to take care of yourself!
centralcacyclist
18 years ago
Delegate, delegate, delegate.

Sending positive thoughts your way!
stacy3
18 years ago
oh my Stacie - this seems so sudden!!! You all of course will have my positive vibes coming your way.

It's funny - I could have sworn I saw you in the dressing room at our Old Navy a week or so ago - lol. Someone that looked like your pictures was there. I was tempted to holler Stacie and see if she turned but I know you're nowhere near here!

Hang in there -
Stacy
lpinkmountain
18 years ago
A - everyone is right, delegate. Your husband is very sick, you are allowed to drop the ball on some things!!

B - b!tch like the dickens on this hubby health issue. My dad had some similar issues. These "strong" guys don't go to the doctor, don't tell the whole story when they do, and suffer in silence hoping it will go away. My dad lost a whole chunk of his colon and almost died from peritonitis before he finally decided to go in for a "checkup." Hubby needs to stick with this until he gets it sorted. And I believe it can be sorted. When you have chronic health problems you have to really look high and low to find a good doctor, the health system isn't really set up to deal very well with chronic stuff. Sounds like there may be a lot brewing there.

Keep us posted!!
Hang on!!
Big hug!
Lpink
dafygardennut
18 years ago
420 is really high, normal blood sugar levels should be less than 100. With the gallstones on top of the diabetes and other intestinal problems I would have them really check the pancreas (where the body produces insulin) which is also affected by gallstones and the abdominal pain could be pancreatitis.

Mayoclinic dot com is a good online resource for medical information and will give you some good info on what the normal blood sugar range is, what tests they will do and any other conditions, such as the gallstones, irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease. From the Disease & Conditions tab go to Digestive System for the other topics.

Specialists to talk to would be Metabolic/Endocrinologists or a Gastointestinal specialist.

Good luck
Dafy

Here is a link that might be useful: Mayo Clinic - diabetes
eileenlaunonen
18 years ago
Geez thats alot at once....I have had a umbilical hernia surgery and really it was easy....sounds like Diverticulitis in the intesttinal area that will cause excruciating pain....my brother actually has a extreme case and was hospitaized last month he is having a bowel resection in Sept due to the infection damage to the tissue...Id suggest getting a real good Gastro specialist! Is your hubby overweight and a poor choice eater? My brother sure is....this last month he lost 26 pounds changing his eating habits especially all that stupid take out food that he just loves especially Chinese food. Im thinking about you!!!!
Bizzo
18 years ago
Another to echo the "ask for help with the reunion" call. still thinking of you!
triciae
18 years ago
Stacie,

I'm so sorry to hear of your DH's illness &, of couse, you'll be in my thoughts & prayers.

I'd like to add my agreement that your DH needs an appointment with an endocrinologist this week. They will do further testing, get him scheduled for routine hemoglobin A1c tests, as well as schedule an appointment for your DH to meet with a nutritionist.

As Robin, I'm also wondering why they are so sure it's Type II? My son was originally diagnosed as Type II at the age of twenty-two but turned out to be Type I with further testing. That 420 reading is high.

Getting that blood sugar down & keeping it down is really important. Much more so than the reunion. Stress will affect your DH's blood sugar levels so he needs you to be as calm as possible right now.

/tricia
girlsingardens
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18 years ago
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. Well it is Sunday and we got through the reunion all right. Actually it went great. We had 12 classmates out of 42 show up and 25 little kids. My folks rushed home and were there late Friday night and the girls stayed at my sisters that night. My folks put up 2 pools and also got one of those giant little tykes water slides that inflate. People showed up around 1:30 and stayed until after 8. We all had so much fun, 2 of my sisters came over and helped out with the kids, they had fun on the water slide and pools, my dad got one of the horses out and they had pony rides, he also had his full sized popcorn maker going and they ate tons of popcorn and we also had popsicles and watermelon to cool off. I made too much food as usual and my mil made several salads, we just grilled out hotdogs and had a lot of fun. Those that wanted to had brought beer so we just sat around talking about the high school days and comaparing current notes. I can tell you it was a blast and took my mind off dh. He did come down and had fun too.

We go see the surgeon on Tuesday and see what he has to say. I think he is planning on doing more tests and another CT scan. They got his pain under control. They think that it was a combo of the gall stones and they discovered an infection in his intestinal area so put him on iv antibiotics. His blood sugar has really dropped since Friday and we are working on getting it under control. The Dr. thinks that the gall stones and infection brought out the diabetes. She is positive about it and that with diet, exercise, cutting out sugar and oral meds that we can get things under control. They won't do anything about the gallsones and hernia until the diabetes is under control. All in all it really has been a long week but in a way I am glad that it happened. DH hasn't had a physical in 11 years and is overweight. While there I asked Dr. to do a full work up on him and am curious to see what his cholestoral is. The hardest thing is that he really isn't a fruit or veggie person. I am sure you know that between the kids and I most of our diet is veggies and fruits and meat is a side dish. Right now his blood sugar has been staying around 180 which is in the high range of what the diabetes consultant wants but is way better than what it was before.

Now to try and catch up on my sleep, we are also in the processes of moving the girls and Hayden down stairs and had carpet put down on Friday so the house has stuff every where. My mom is going to come up on Tuesday and stay a couple of days to help me catch up. With me being pregnant and Dan's hernia the furniture moving will have to wait until we get some family to come up and help move things around our 2 story house.

Again thanks for the support and love,

Stacie
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wizardnm
18 years ago
Stacie, my best to your DH. It's a lot to face all at once. I'm sure you will keep his diet under control.
Hope all goes well at the Doc's on Tuesday.

Nancy
doucanoe
18 years ago
Stacie, WOW, what a week you all have had! Glad to hear that you seem to have it under control.

I am sending lots of good wishes your way!

Linda
sally2_gw
18 years ago
I've been out of town, so I'm just catching up with this. Boy, what a week you've had. I'm glad things are starting to get at least a little better with your DH, and I hope he keeps improving. My thoughts and prayers go out to your DH and you and the kids.

Sally

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