Tipper - adrenal tumor/breathing issues

Hi Patti, Thinking of you and Tipper and praying results of all of Tipper's tests will be good ones.
Hugs

Hi Everyone:
I had an exhausting day yesterday with the long trip in the car, it is not good on my joints. I could hardly get up and get out of the car when I got home. I also had to have a mammogram. I got a new nurse, nit my usual one. She really hurt me. I can take an enormous amount of pain and it made me call out to her to stop. My breast, back, and arm hurt me all the way home. When I looked in the mirror my breast was purple and I had a blood blister, the purple was as big as a hand print. I am having pains in my shoulder blade in my back, and cannot lift my left arm too high. I am calling my Dr. this morning and asking his advise. I do not want problems from this later in life. She just did not stop pressing the button and it just compressed my breast to nothing. This has never happened in 20 years. I am so sore I wish I did not have to take Tipper to laser today, but the show goes on as always. Tipper was so happy to see me. I stopped at the store and got the dogs a new toy, and the cats and Elvis. Tipper loves hers, it reminded me of the good old days when I would always bring her something home from the store and she would get excited. Tipper has been moving around the bed a lot at nite which means uncontrolled to me, so we shall see the numbers next week. There is a small blanket of frost on the ground this morning. Can't tell you how glad I am to see it for Tipper's sake. Hope the cool is here to stay. Yesterday morning I left here a 3:30 am. It was so foggy you could not see anything, I have to drive slow until I get out of the country roads because of deer. It was dark the whole time I was driving. Tipper seems to really be going into a deep sleep anymore where I cannot easily get her up. She continues to do the swallowing thing and stick her tongue out. The mystery of this really gets to me. I do not like things happening to her that I cannot correct since I don't know what the cause is. The hospital I went to is run by Catholic nuns so the chapel is beautiful there. It was far away from where I had my mammogram, and did not feel like walking the length of the hospital to get to it, but is was necessary for me to do. I went and prayed for everyone and their babies. They have a beautiful brass 30 ft. high chime that hangs from the ceiling and when you pray for someone or something, you ring the chime. I rang it so many times and so loud that you can hear it throughout the hospital. The people probably thought that girl needs some serious help as many times as I rang it. So just know all the babies are covered, I went right down the line like I do at home. I said a separate and special prayer for Woody and Tipper. I pray that God is listening and will have mercy on our babies. I can see Tipper declining every day and I am so scared. I am now going to rub some Ben Gay on my shoulder etc. as it is hurting me terribly. Blessings
Patti

Ugh....I had a similar experience once but I was teamed up on. I had never had one done at this hospital and was surprised when two girls came in but thought one must be training. When the first gal started smashing, she didn't stop and when I objected, the second girl actually got behind me and shoved her shoulder into my back, keeping me pressed against the machine. If I hadn't known I would rip my boob off, I would have jumped the one pushing me right then and there. As it was, all I could do was scream bloody murder and that's exactly what I did. People came running and that girl jumped to raise the machine and the one pushing me tried to leave the room but got caught by folks coming in. She had left a nice big red mark in the center of my shoulders as proof of what she did. THEN the hospital had the audacity to charge me for being abused by their staff and no test performed - NOT! A letter from an attorney friend at the time put a stop to that nonsense. I was black and blue for weeks after, sore as all get out. I hope you are soon better, honey. I feel for ya!

You can bet a man designed the mammogram, however if their cullions had the same treatment we go through, you can guarantee a mammogram machine would be re-designed within days. Sometimes I think they are going to mash us across the room. I feel for you Patti and Leslie, however Leslie I think I would have brought my knee up pretty quick behind me and shown that back presser just how high I can back kick. That is outrageous.

Thank you for the prayers Patti, that was really thoughtful of you.

I know what happened Patti. Your nurse was thinking about squeezing some fresh grapefruit juice while doing your mammo. An honest mistake! After all, doesn't everyone mistake breasts for grapefruits?:D I had a similar experience once. After I screamed, my nurse realized that I was indeed connected to those things. :D I'm glad you are back home safe and sound. xxxxx

Omg you guys! I have HUGE hooties and while mamagrams hurt like mad, you should not walk away bruised. Patti, a blood blister? Please call them and tell the person in charge what happened to you. Obviously, they did this wrong.

I hope that you feel better soon!

Hi Everyone:
Thanks for listening to my mammo nightmare. Kathy you are too funny, but I think what the tech was thinking as she was smashing my boob as Gallagher smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer! Good grief I still can't lift my arm up all the way. The Dr. that oversees that dept. called me yesterday and we went over what happened. I told her my objective is not to get the tech in any trouble, but to find out if this will cause me problems later, and what to do about this pain everywhere. It feel like someone is putting a hot poker into my breast. She told me what to do and said if I come in she would examine me. Told her I am 2 1/2 hours away and that is not possible. She is going to call in a few days to see if it has subsided, if not I have to go back and see her. Tipper had a pretty good nite last nite. She is still moving around the bed so I am suspect of her not being . She is also more tired than she used to be. She is huge around the middle, and I am cutting her food as much as possible with out her starting to beg. I need to get this weight off. She is a small dog and cannot carry this. Her girth is unreal, she does not look like the same dog when you look down at her back her sides are way out and her belly is so low hanging. Yesterday I got the laser Dr. to do her back real good where it is swayed. I know it has to be bothering her especially carrying more weight. It is cool here this morning and she has already walked and wants to go again. I pray she is here for her 13th birthday. Blessings
Patti

I hope you boob feels better soon, that's a nightmare. I,ve never had one and if its like you described I don,t want one either.

I,m glad Tipper had a good night, it is hard when there sick but you really do, do the best for Tipper. I know what you mean about needing to lose the weight I need to try and get it off Woody but its hard as I,m a sucker for his "I,m starving face" god these pups know how to play us x

Gads Patti, I can't even imagine an ordeal like that. Screaming was the only way to go in that scenario. What the heck where they thinking??!!!! Did the supervisor have ANY explanation for how this could have happened and for them to be so inept?! shocking.

Hope you get to feeling better and don't have to go back.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Everyone:
I am a little bit better today but my chest wall muscle is still really giving me trouble. Tipper had a good nite last nite but has a lot of the muscle tremors etc. It is cool and she has already walked. I am dreading Tuesday for her Ultra Scan. I will be a basket case if this tumor has grown larger. I am trying to be positive, but am seriously worried. We have to be there at 8:30 so we will be up early and gone. Tipper will have to eat her breakfast and take her meds in the car, as I do not want to be late. I hope God hears me praying for my girl. Blessings
Patti