Monday, November 23, 2009

The turkey no one wanted

Piss on that turkey. That herb covered turkey. It's in the fridge now, with a tiny, tiny piece of breast missing, which I ate and the rest of it will probably get tossed. I got everything cooked and noticed this familiar ache in my lower back and hip and I ignored it, thinking, no, no way. Finally it got to the point that I couldn't ignore it and had to admit I was having a kidney stone attack. I decided to tough it out at home because I hate morphine, I'd do anything to avoid morphine. Lissa showed up in the midst of it and I was telling her mom I was pretty sick, by this time I couldn't stand..and Lis ran over to my mom's and informed her. Oh, gawd. Mom came over and got in the middle of it and said SHE'D watch Lissa. So, I said, fine, but, it didn't work out. They ran in and out of here all day fighting like they were both five years old. I don't know why I even agreed to this arrangement..I blame it on delirium brought on by pain. Finally Lissa ran in crying and said Tuwella called her an idiot. I told her Tuwella had no right to call her that and she was the smartest girl I know. It was just bizarre. I thought Lis must have made a mistake, but, no. Tuwella came over apologising to Lis for calling her an idiot and admitted she did it. Nice way to talk to a child. I glared at my mother and told Lis to just stay here with me. Which she did. But, she's just too young to understand how sick I was and she drug out all the holiday ornaments in the boxes and I just layed there and watched. I didn't have the heart or energy to stop her. I have garland and fake snow wound around door and dresser knobs and ornaments stuck in the sofas. It was like I gave up and went into a daze. Later she demanded a hot dog and cottage cheese for dinner. Which was good, because I couldn't have lifted the turkey again.
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Later Casey showed up, she was too full of reception food to eat anything, so no one touched the turkey. Which I thought might happen so I wasn't upset.. basically, I cooked a huge meal for myself and was too sick to eat any. At least I got a break from Lis, I could hear them laughing. Lis popped off another classic when she said she was gonna "cry in her pants." I laughed until it hurt too much. I said, I think I just cried in my pants a little. The pain never got to the screaming point like last time, but, the stress of it all brought on complications from other things. I had a really bad night. Yesterday I actually passed a stone, I've never done that before. There was a sharp pain down below, a tiny bit of blood and that was it. It was no big deal. Lissa finally went home, Casey went home because she had to work and I just layed around all day exhausted. I read that anger can cause kidney stones, so I figure I have a whole rock quarry in there someplace. Boulders.
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Today I am feeling weak and shaky, but, I'm alive and ignoring all this food. I probably should throw it out. I had a dream last night that I died and I opened my eyes and I was someplace else and Eric was there and I said "Fuck, that hurt! Did I die of a kidney stone?" And Eric laughed and said no, mom, you died of a heart attack. And he said dying hurts like a bitch. There were some old friends of mine in the back ground..they're all dead too. It was foggy there. Eric looked good, he had new designer jeans on. And I asked them, what do I do now?.. and they all said "anything you want." Then I woke up.
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Hmm. Anyway, my weekend pretty much sucked hairy balls. I think I need Doctor House, but, that fucker is too busy drooling over Cuddy and making his life boring like the rest of the world. Oh, I forgot, in the midst of all this mess, my mother sent over a clipping from a tabloid on how I can cure myself with diet soda. The dysfunction was at a level even hard for me to believe. The best part of the weekend was when Lissa took mom into the kitchen to have a private talk..we could hear them. She told my mother to "go home and give us all a break." Like I said, she's the smartest kid I know.

42 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's awful!!

Have you tried drinking beer? I've been told that it helps get rid of Kindey stones.

Anonymous said...

Interesting dream too.

Dirty Disher said...

Yeah, have to wonder if it was just a dream or what.

Unknown said...

lissa I swear is very smart beyond her years. Sorry to hear about the stones DD. hope you feel better soon.

Anonymous said...

I logged on today and wondered what had happened.
I remember taking Josh to an urgent care once when he was about 9 there was a guy in a room a few doors down screaming in horrid pain, Josh was scared to death I over heard someone saying he was passing a kidney stone...so can only imagine the pain you were in. Maybe the pain caused a dilerium that set off the dream, I do hope you begin feeling better...and give Liss an attagurl for running off the bag!!!!
Connie

Anonymous said...

Out of the mouths of babes. . .
That is absolutely priceless that Lissa told your mom to give you all a break. She is a gem.
What a horrible weekend. I'm sorry you had to pass a stone right now. Just curious why you hate morphine? My husband sure took a lot when he was trying to pass his stone. I almost had to carry him to the car because of the pain, and two guys came out of nowhere (at the hospital) and lifted/carried him into the ER.
Interesting dream you had.
I'm glad to see you posting again. I was very concerned. Too bad there isn't someone close by who could have taken care of you.
I hope you are feeling better soon.

Christina

miss tia said...

hmmm....maybe you should get your heart checked out??

sorry your weekend sucked! :(

Anonymous said...

Oh DD she is a special lil girl !
I'm so sorry u had a painful weekend.
Those are a bitch to pass like peeing out a
shard of glass! Take it easy and lock your door
to the krazey olde ladies and tell them that
Kiki said " No more Tuesdays chauffering
around town taxi service ! " & don't take them
anywhere tomorow DD u tell them to get out !
God damn it's probably all the aggro over
the years from them that built up the stone.
If Tuwella ever calls Lissa Anything like that
again take a switch to her and mark her up till
she is plaid ! Dammm that's where you were
I thot u were having a great visit with your girls
and all this time the agony of a kidney stone.
I'm sorry u had to go thru it but glad u didnot
take the route to the hospital &morphine.
Good for u for toughing it out at home.
Take tomorow off DD and dont drive the olde
bitties anywhere tell em to hitchhike if they need
to get to dollar general that bad ! & if they
complain tell them Kiki said so !!! NO WAY!
I

Dirty Disher said...

Christina, I'm one of those weird people morphiene doesn't work for pain on. I still feel the pain and then I'm on this awful not fun high. I just hate the stuff and the medical people always give it. It just makes things worse for me.

Beth said...

You are one tough lady to pass a kidney stone unmedicated! Why don't you like morphine? There are other options in meds they can give you.

Your girls are awesome. Lissa sounds more like you everyday.

I love seeing my dead relatives and friends in dreams. It is so comforting. Glad you got to see Eric.

Anonymous said...

Who's the tough ol' bird?. Not the one in the oven!. Glad you're feeling better.

Jarhead

Anonymous said...

I'm allergic to morphine and codiene
u may be too that's why they don't work
your body is fighting the narcotic. You were
right to stay away u know yourself best. Kiki

Anonymous said...

Jarhead your comment made me :) Kiki

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry that the morphine doesn't work for you, Pat. Usually I hear that the demerol doesn't work.
Have you ever had dilaudid? Maybe that would be an option for any future instance of pain in the hospital. (Hope you passed your one and only stone, and don't need anything further, though.)
Maybe Miss Tia is right about a heart checkup. Always possible that your son is giving you a warning. You have had a tremendous amount of aggravation with those old ladies and what they did to your yard. I don't know how you manage to put up with it and not throttle one or both of them.

Christina

Dan Zinski said...

Can you FedEx me some turkey and stuffing along with pumpkin pie? Then I don't even have to go anywhere on Thanksgiving. I can have the meal and miss the idiotic and fruitless conversation.

Beth said...

DD,
Sorry you had to go through that, and I hope that you're feeling better soon!....and I agree, get your heart checked out soon. We're selfish, and want you to continue writing, bitching, and basically making us smile and laugh! Your granddaughter sounds like a gem...guess she takes after you!
Feel better soon,
Beth

Julie said...

Hope you are feeling better.

Dirty Disher said...

Tia, I have gone to the doctor 6 times in the past 6 months with my bizzare symptoms. I have electrical shocks on my left side. He says it's diabetes and my heart is fine. I don't think it is, but, there's no specialist here. No one's ever heard of this crap I'm having and I think they just think it's in my head. Maybe it is, but, I still feel electric shocks all the time.

Dirty Disher said...

I should write my own eulogy just in case. No god stuff and something funny. Heh. I'll spend eternity in the computer bugging you guys.

miss tia said...

hmmm...have they done a EKG? most regular dr's have those in their offices now...that would show if there's an abnormal rhythm in your heart or if there has been....

you might have to venture to a specialist somewhere...which knowing iowa is probably iowa city....

i've read that dr's consistently over look heart problems in women....for lissa's sake be persistent with your dr.!

Anonymous said...

OMG! thats awful. I can't imagine the pain! I don't even know if a Dr can do anything for that. Sounds like you need to rest. Sorry for the untouched dinner. It was fabulous. You should have packed it up for Casey to take home! Send it over to "the boys". Just don't waste that beautiful meal!!! Take care girl. I am so sorry that you have taken ill. Eric doesn't want you there right now. Stay with Lis, he needs you to be there for her. xo
roxanne

Anonymous said...

Miss tia! I'm with you! Get the ol' ticker checked out. Eric may have been sending you a warning. & he wants you to take care of his beautiful daughter for him. Heed his warning!!
rox

Anonymous said...

Pat, my husband is having numbness & tingling in his arms & he found out it is a degenerated disk in his neck! Sounds like you!!! Its a bitch alright. He takes lots of pain meds & is having corrective surgery to relieve the pressure on the nerves. Just a thot. Take care.
rox

miss tia said...

yeah rox...i read that and that just sounded like a warning to me too...

Dirty Disher said...

Rox, thanks, good to know it could be something like that. It's very strange, but, then so am I.

miss tia said...

my bff had that neck thing too...he couldn't really feel his hand...he kept thinking it was his heart (he had had quadruple by pass in 2002) but it was the neck disc thing....they did surgery on his neck and he's fine now....

Dirty Disher said...

Awesome. Since I'm getting no answers here. We all have to die, I'm not upset that I could die, but, I want to wait until Lis is older. The kid needs me.

Anonymous said...

yep, it feels like a heart attack or something. It mimics it. It sends the pain from the nerves all the way down the arm from ur spine. Thats what my husband thot too. Get the neck checked out girl. It will be fine. Take care.

Anonymous said...

Put the turkey in the freezer and don't eat much protein till this problem passes. Drink lots of water and keep peeing. I have kidney problems and the annoyance of drinking water and peeing pales compared to the pain and symptoms of NOT drinking it.

Coyote said...

I'm sorry that you're sick, Pat, but damn if you don't write a book of stuff like this, you are crazier than you always claim to be. I'm still laughing about Lissa crying in her pants and having a talk with your Mother.

The dream sounds like it was worth it all. Isn't it odd how when the ones we love and lose seem so normal in dreams.

I realized that your writing style reminds me of Fannie Flag. (uh, she was a little "cleaner" if you know what I mean), but you have the ability to create such real visuals with words. I feel like I have visited your house many times. I have a firm picture of your Mother, Tuella, and the good aunt, your brother and all the people I haven't seen in pictures. They may not be right, but my mind has assigned them to your "characters". I even feel like I know what Eric looks like.

I'm going back to read the piece, again. I hope you're feeling better by now, and that kidney stones are a thing in your past.

I love that it didn't upset you that no one ate your turkey. You don't sweat the small stuff--I like that about you. That's a gift you give the people you love.

Dirty Disher said...

I just cut off the turkey breasts, cooked up some frozen noodles and I'm having turkey noodles over mashed taters. It's freekin' yummy and I threw the rest in the trash..pan and all. LMAO!

Dirty Disher said...

No, I really don't sweat the small stuff. It's not worth it. Life should be peaceful.

Coyote said...

I just read the comments, Pat. I had surgery on my neck 20 years ago.

The pain leading up to it was unbearable. but they couldn't diagnose it--had some sort of "gram" that was torture. My doctor decided to do surgery then, but changed his mind after two neurosurgeons said, "No, it's two risky". I know about the electrical shocks. The pain would leave several of my fingers in my left hand numb and COLD--even to the touch. It traveled down my arm and down my chest and at times it was like a hot poker. They rebuilt disks from bone in my hip. Now, I understand that they use titanium and it's much easier and safer--they go through the front of your neck (I told my doctor he got to do what a lot of people had always wished they could do). My surgery was 7-1/2 hours, but when I woke up I thought I had died and gone to heaven--the pain was gone. The pain from surgery on my neck an hip was minimal compared to the pain the surgery fixed. I knew it was finally over.

Before surgery, I tried acupuncture, a chiropracter who almost killed me, a tens unit, 4 or 5 week stays in the hospital with traction, shots in the neck, then lo and behold, along came the MRI. Turns out I'm wired wrong--the nerves in my neck run differently than they should so the disks they could see on the xrays weren't causing the symptoms they were supposed to (I was supposed to have headaches). At any rate, the nerves that run through your neck can cause such a variety of symptoms that mimic other things that it's well-worth getting someone to do an MRI of the cervical area. It's like being re-born again when you have the surgery, if that's what your problem is. Don't wait. I thought I had a stroke at one point--couldn't move anything on my left side--even my left eye wouldn't blink.

Hope this helps. I'm thinking of you and hope you'll go. The recovery from the surgery is a breeze. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it's out-patient, now. Thinking back, the hip hurt much worse than the neck surgery.

Coyote said...

Oh, Mylogram--don't think they even do them any more. And it was 22 years ago and I'm still fine--a little limitation of motion in my neck when turning to look behind me and some achiness before storms/rain. That's because I waited too long to get fixed, they tell me.

Alison said...

I'm sorry you had such a terrible weekend. But I love what Lissa said to your mom, that is awesome.

Dirty Disher said...

Coyote..thank you! I think you guys just did what my doctor couldn't..diagnosed me. The shocks only happen when I lay down, so it makes sense! My left side is always tingly. The noise in my ears is crazy..I'm real tired of that, but, I can deal. Thanks again. Now I have something to go on.

Nissa said...

Pat,
I am so sorry that you had to go through that. I wondered why you hadn't posted and I was hoping you were having a grand old time. I am sorry that was not the case:(

valle said...

sorry everything turned out so shitty when you were on such a high preparing for your wonderful meal.feel better.

Dirty Disher said...

Oh, thanks, guys, but, I'm over it now. Casey's coming back next week and Lissy and I are going to bake a cake. I just need some rest first. :)

Melissa said...

Late in reading this - gather you have rested a bit by now? At least you ended up having a little of the turkey after all. Not too add to anything but I agree with Ms. Tia and others that it may be worth the drive to a more "specialized" doctor and have her check everything out.

Anonymous said...

I've had issues with my neck for probably the last twenty years or so. I get the tingling and numbness, especially down my left side, but it really scared me when it started on my right, as well.
One day at work, I suddenly realized I could not lift my arm up above waist level, and I visited my doctor, got a whole panel of x-rays, and they diagnosed cervical narrowing, and a large chunk of calcium in my shoulder. Physical therapy fixed me up pretty well, but honestly, I am sure I will be having neck surgery, too, at some point. Your doctor needs to refer you to an orthopedic specialist. It would be very dumb of him not to.

Christina

Unknown said...

I'm sorry about your weekend, Pat!!! But I'm glad you are feeling better and rested. I had to laugh at the 'cry in the pants' figure in my mind. It's great that Lissa knows right from wrong, she's going to grow into a balanced and fair young lady!!