06-15-2002, 03:37 AM
I will delete this message after a couple people see it that I couldn't send private messages to.
I could not post this as a private message yesterday or this morning. I'm 50. The allergist prescribed Prednisone 10 mg, 3 tablets each morning which totals 30 mg. In grammar school my nose was broken playing ball. In high school in 67 I had surgery to remove cartilage from both sides. I still had problems. In about 72 I went to an ear, nose & throat specialist. He said to take 1 contact each morning & night. I've been doing that for 30 years. I can't go out in winter or when it's cold without a hat or I get bad colds that don't clear up for a month or longer. Even this past week I had to wear a baseball cap at night because it's been getting below 60 degrees. Whenever the decongestant wears off I get post nasal drip. I have to constantly cough and also cough to clear my throt before speaking. And every night or whenever I lay down my sinuses stuff up like I have a cold. If I lay on my side that side stuffs up. Even with a decongestant each night. And the couple pool rooms I started playing at keep the air conditioning high. My sinuses would start dripping and I have to wear a baseball style cap to play. So this allergists is trying the Prednisone to see if it stops the sinus inflamation that the cat scan showed. I know it is a waste of time. But for reasons I'll mention later, I'll try anything.
Then today I went to the gastro specialist for a follow up visit. He had asked me before if I ever tried Prednisone. I said I tried almost every medicine that came out for my stomach. When he heard I started Prednisone Fri, he said good. It should help clear up the inflamation that shows in my stomach & intestines in the colonosocopy, the camera down the throat, stomach, and intesteines, and the upper gi-lower bowel tests he performed. I've also had stomach problems since grammar school. And no one has ever helped. I have been unable to work a regular job since the 80s. Just to try to play pool I might eat at about 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm for the first time. Then nothing else that day or the next. And if I feel ok, I'll try to play some pool from maybe 3:00 pm to about 8:00 pm. If I have a doctor's appt. or a lawyer's appt, or anything else to do I won't eat anything the entire day before. If I have something like a wedding or funeral I won't eat anything for 2 days before.
In April 0f 98 I was arrested for doing figures for a bookmaker. I haven't worked since then. Two separate lawyers told me I could never go to prison if I only did figures and never took a bet or paid or collected from anyone. And I never did take a bet or pay or collect. June 25th is my sentencing date. I was the bottom guy. I made the least money. I paid income tax and social security. There is no violence or anything else involved. Basically I never did anything wrong in my life. No shop lifting, stealing, drunkeness or disorderly. I never got in trouble in school. By the FBI somehow turned this local bookmaking charge into rico. And by the point system I'm looking at 21 to 27 months. If it was just gambling charges as it should be I would be looking at 4 to 10 months. And anything under 1 year in a non violent, first offense crime like this would get probation. My public defender thinks that is what should happen to me. But some other high price lawyers think they will try to add additional stuff because my lawyer told me not to take the deal. And they will try to give me about 3 years which is way more then the boss will get. And he has other convictions and other charges. So I might have to quit pool very soon. Enough of these minor details.
Now to the serious problems. I mostly stay home a lot or walk around the block to visit my 79 year old dad. 1/3 of his heart has been dead for about 5 years from a heart attack. They blew up his artery with a ballon type thing. He has always been thin. And he seems unable to keep his weight up.
Then about 2 months ago my wife went to the doctor for the first time in years. They found a huge cist where her ovalries should be. So she had to have testing done. Then they accidentally found something else. This is withing the past two weeks. She has a large cist in her pancreas. It has 5 or 6 grape sized cists inside it. Fri night the doctor returned her call. It is pre cancerous. So she will need whipple surgery. No rush but it should be done soon. Nothing has really been explained to well to us. Because the gasto specialists that did the scope & camera & untrasound tests, and the one that did the biopsy are done with their part. No she will need another specialist that performs the whipple surgery. My sister in law read on the internet that the longest anyone has lived after this surgery is about 5 years. I've heard from 5% to 20% of the patients never survive the 8 hour major, dangerous, surgery. The gastro doctor will have a surgeon specialits call her within a few weeks. And there isn't anything I can do to help my wife. Sorry.
I could not post this as a private message yesterday or this morning. I'm 50. The allergist prescribed Prednisone 10 mg, 3 tablets each morning which totals 30 mg. In grammar school my nose was broken playing ball. In high school in 67 I had surgery to remove cartilage from both sides. I still had problems. In about 72 I went to an ear, nose & throat specialist. He said to take 1 contact each morning & night. I've been doing that for 30 years. I can't go out in winter or when it's cold without a hat or I get bad colds that don't clear up for a month or longer. Even this past week I had to wear a baseball cap at night because it's been getting below 60 degrees. Whenever the decongestant wears off I get post nasal drip. I have to constantly cough and also cough to clear my throt before speaking. And every night or whenever I lay down my sinuses stuff up like I have a cold. If I lay on my side that side stuffs up. Even with a decongestant each night. And the couple pool rooms I started playing at keep the air conditioning high. My sinuses would start dripping and I have to wear a baseball style cap to play. So this allergists is trying the Prednisone to see if it stops the sinus inflamation that the cat scan showed. I know it is a waste of time. But for reasons I'll mention later, I'll try anything.
Then today I went to the gastro specialist for a follow up visit. He had asked me before if I ever tried Prednisone. I said I tried almost every medicine that came out for my stomach. When he heard I started Prednisone Fri, he said good. It should help clear up the inflamation that shows in my stomach & intestines in the colonosocopy, the camera down the throat, stomach, and intesteines, and the upper gi-lower bowel tests he performed. I've also had stomach problems since grammar school. And no one has ever helped. I have been unable to work a regular job since the 80s. Just to try to play pool I might eat at about 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm for the first time. Then nothing else that day or the next. And if I feel ok, I'll try to play some pool from maybe 3:00 pm to about 8:00 pm. If I have a doctor's appt. or a lawyer's appt, or anything else to do I won't eat anything the entire day before. If I have something like a wedding or funeral I won't eat anything for 2 days before.
In April 0f 98 I was arrested for doing figures for a bookmaker. I haven't worked since then. Two separate lawyers told me I could never go to prison if I only did figures and never took a bet or paid or collected from anyone. And I never did take a bet or pay or collect. June 25th is my sentencing date. I was the bottom guy. I made the least money. I paid income tax and social security. There is no violence or anything else involved. Basically I never did anything wrong in my life. No shop lifting, stealing, drunkeness or disorderly. I never got in trouble in school. By the FBI somehow turned this local bookmaking charge into rico. And by the point system I'm looking at 21 to 27 months. If it was just gambling charges as it should be I would be looking at 4 to 10 months. And anything under 1 year in a non violent, first offense crime like this would get probation. My public defender thinks that is what should happen to me. But some other high price lawyers think they will try to add additional stuff because my lawyer told me not to take the deal. And they will try to give me about 3 years which is way more then the boss will get. And he has other convictions and other charges. So I might have to quit pool very soon. Enough of these minor details.
Now to the serious problems. I mostly stay home a lot or walk around the block to visit my 79 year old dad. 1/3 of his heart has been dead for about 5 years from a heart attack. They blew up his artery with a ballon type thing. He has always been thin. And he seems unable to keep his weight up.
Then about 2 months ago my wife went to the doctor for the first time in years. They found a huge cist where her ovalries should be. So she had to have testing done. Then they accidentally found something else. This is withing the past two weeks. She has a large cist in her pancreas. It has 5 or 6 grape sized cists inside it. Fri night the doctor returned her call. It is pre cancerous. So she will need whipple surgery. No rush but it should be done soon. Nothing has really been explained to well to us. Because the gasto specialists that did the scope & camera & untrasound tests, and the one that did the biopsy are done with their part. No she will need another specialist that performs the whipple surgery. My sister in law read on the internet that the longest anyone has lived after this surgery is about 5 years. I've heard from 5% to 20% of the patients never survive the 8 hour major, dangerous, surgery. The gastro doctor will have a surgeon specialits call her within a few weeks. And there isn't anything I can do to help my wife. Sorry.