My husband's blog...

AngieDoogles · 07-03-2007, 08:35 PM

My husband wrote a blog for me a few days ago and has been begging me to post it for you ladies to read ever since. He's curious what your responses would be, lol. Anyway, I decided to concede and let you read my "on drugs" story...

My_wife+drugs=unending_hilarity

The title of this post is actually Saturday night summed up in a mathematical equation. As a little bit of back story before I begin, my wife has been having very strange pain for several months now, but has not wanted to go to the doctor because of money. Last week we had a tragic loss in our family, and Angela was put under a great deal of stress because of it. On Saturday, the pain was so bad that Angela's family and I decided to take her to the emergency room. Now I have described some stressful and tragic events up to this point, but this post is not about that, but in fact about the silver lining to every cloud shall we say.... or more directly, my wife on drugs. You see, they didn't really know what was wrong with her, other than the fact that she was hurting. So the first thing they did was try to take blood. Several times in fact before they succeeded. The nurse who came in first decided that the best way to give Angela an IV was to jab her as many times as he could until he found a good vein. After about 15 unsuccessful attempts (leaving a bruise the size of Texas on my wife, and me in the corner shaking like a little baby because of my fear of needles), he decided to get another nurse to try her own. She had the IV in and the blood drawn in less than 10 seconds, and decided to give Angela some medicine for the pain. [I feel compelled to add that even though she was "successful", my blood was bad and she had to try again an hour later...] Now any of you who have met my wife know that she is not a big lady... at all. In fact, my wife weighs less than 100 lbs. So when the nurse brought out the one-gallon syringe full of pain medicine, I knew we were in trouble. So after almost everything was said and done, we were told that Angela was finally allowed to have food (she had been in the emergency room for almost 8 hours at this point, and hadn't eaten in at least 12 hours), so I went to the nearest restaurant (Taco Bell) and bought food. I would have to say that one of the most pathetic things I have ever seen in my whole life is my wonderful wife, exhausted after a long time in the ER and starving after not eating all day, trying her hardest to eat a Taco, but being unable to bend her arms due to the intense bruising caused by the male nurse from hades. So, being the wonderful loving family members that we are, her mother and I held her Tacos for her so she could eat them. A few minutes later, the pain started coming back, so we called the nurse to have her give Angela some more medicine. Out came the one-gallon syringe again, and the nurse preceded to fill it three times with different pain medications, and pump it into my dear sweet wifey. They filled her with so many drugs that she nearly tripled in weight from all of the liquid. After the nurse gave her the last shot, we were left alone for nearly 20 minutes. Angela, her mom and I had a great conversation for about the first minute and 45 seconds of this time, after which Angela began to giggle, and then promptly passed out. Angela's mom and I just cracked up at how quickly she went down, and were still laughing 10 minutes later when Angela sat bolt upright in the bed, and promptly stated that she was ready to leave. Now at this point, Angela still had an IV in her arm, and we were awaiting the ok to leave, as well as the prescriptions that Angela would need to get better. So we told her "Angela sweety, we can't leave while you have that IV in your arm", thinking that this would be enough to get her to lay back down. We were wrong. Instead of laying back down and waiting patiently for the doctor, Angela decided that she could easily remove the IV on her own... after all, she couldn't feel a thing in her whole body. Luckily for us, we only had to attempt to restrain her for about 15 seconds before she passed back out, but unfortunately we repeated the cycle a further 38 times before the doctor came back. When it was finally time to go home, the doctor brought in a wheelchair for Angela (because she was on enough drugs to kill a small horse twice), and we wheeled her to the entrance of the hospital, where I was going to go get the car. Because I love my wife, and felt bad for the ordeal she had been through that day, I leaned in to give her a kiss before I left to get the car. Instead of getting a kiss like I expected, however, I ended up with a swift punch in the stomach and the orders "GO GET THE CAR!!!!!". I ran away to go get the car, and as I looked back I saw an expression on my Mother in Law's face that could only mean one thing..... "Angela-1, Brendon-0". We got Angela home, and she wasn't feeling good, so we went to bed and have been doing our best to pamper her since.

**p.s.-- The contents of this story have been exaggerated greatly for humor value, but everything stated happened to some degree or another. Angela is doing alot better now, but her medicine still makes her feel awful. We are both looking forward to when she can feel better without medicine.

I am horrified that I punched Brendon...but it makes him laugh and the fact that it embarrasses me makes it even funnier to him.

So now you know my "dirty little secret." lol

Janet · 07-04-2007, 04:17 AM

I must say, that was fun reading!!!....LOL Brendon should be a writer for sure.

I hope you're back to 'normal' Angie and poor Brendon, did he need some of your pain medicine?

Forgivenmom5 · 07-04-2007, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Janet

I must say, that was fun reading!!!....LOL Brendon should be a writer for sure.

I hope you're back to 'normal' Angie and poor Brendon, did he need some of your pain medicine?

Before the night was over I think he might have Janet--It was just so different from normal for her.--guess drugs will do that

Taurus Babe · 07-06-2007, 06:50 PM

Oh man that was hilarious!!!! How are you feeling now? Poor you, what an ordeal you had to endure!

AngieDoogles · 07-07-2007, 05:39 AM

Hannah, thank you for your concern. I am feeling much better now. The pain is a lot less frequent than before and I have a follow-up appointment on Thursday.

Janet, I'll tell him you said that he should be a writer.

Poor Brendon is right. I felt so awful when I found out that I hit him.

He just laughs about it, but still...

Tink · 07-07-2007, 07:58 AM

Angie, what stood out most in that story for me is how much he loves you. Even if you did sucker punch him! LOL

I hope your recheck goes well and that this is all behind you soon.

judy · 07-07-2007, 08:14 AM

I'm still laughing!!! You poor thing. Tell Brendon I think he's a truly great husband and a fabulous writer.

What do you think is wrong? Eat easily digested foods, I would think.

I hope you feel better, and try not to beat anyone up.

Judy

DianaB · 07-07-2007, 10:16 AM

I'm glad that you're feeling better, but still concerned that you're still having pain. I hope that the doctor can find out what's causing your problem.

You can tell in your husband's post how much he loves and cares for you. Sounds like you got a keeper!!!!

AngieDoogles · 07-07-2007, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tink

Angie, what stood out most in that story for me is how much he loves you. Even if you did sucker punch him! LOL

Now that's love, lol! Wow, I still feel awful about that.

Funny thing is, I don't even remember it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by judy

I'm still laughing!!! You poor thing. Tell Brendon I think he's a truly great husband and a fabulous writer.

What do you think is wrong? Eat easily digested foods, I would think.

Actually, the pain is not in my abdominal area so I don't think it's related to food. The doctor's call it lower pelvic pain. In other words, it's below my bellybutton and between my hips. I researched it when I got home, since they didn't give me any kind of diagnosis, and found this site that pretty well explains what I'm feeling. It says that many women with this problem never get a specific diagnosis, so I may never know what's really going on. Maybe I'll know more after my check-up on Thursday.

Quote:

Originally Posted by judy

I hope you feel better, and try not to beat anyone up.

LOL! I'll try, but no promises, especially if they bring out that massive syringe again!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DianaB

I'm glad that you're feeling better, but still concerned that you're still having pain. I hope that the doctor can find out what's causing your problem.

Thanks Diana. Unfortunately, after doing the above research, I think pain management might be the only option if they can't determine the cause of the problem. I'm just glad the CT scan didn't show anything bad. That was definitely a relief!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DianaB

You can tell in your husband's post how much he loves and cares for you. Sounds like you got a keeper!!!!

I think he's a keeper as well.

I'm so lucky to have him by my side during both the good times and the not-so-good times. He's an amazing support and encouragement to me. And so you are ladies! Thanks for all of your well wishes and helpful advice!

DianaB · 07-09-2007, 08:52 AM

Angie, my mom's has been going through some problems that they were having a hard time diagnosing. She would get up a lot and use the bathroom in the night and hurt really bad, especially when she stood up. She was recently diagnosed with Interstitial cystitis. I don't know what your symptoms are but I hope that they are able to find out soon. It's no fun to hurt.

Gina · 07-09-2007, 05:30 PM

Angie Brendon is a keeper, I hope that your feeling better soon.

07-03-2007, 08:35 PM	#1
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	My husband's blog... My husband wrote a blog for me a few days ago and has been begging me to post it for you ladies to read ever since. He's curious what your responses would be, lol. Anyway, I decided to concede and let you read my "on drugs" story... My_wife+drugs=unending_hilarity The title of this post is actually Saturday night summed up in a mathematical equation. As a little bit of back story before I begin, my wife has been having very strange pain for several months now, but has not wanted to go to the doctor because of money. Last week we had a tragic loss in our family, and Angela was put under a great deal of stress because of it. On Saturday, the pain was so bad that Angela's family and I decided to take her to the emergency room. Now I have described some stressful and tragic events up to this point, but this post is not about that, but in fact about the silver lining to every cloud shall we say.... or more directly, my wife on drugs. You see, they didn't really know what was wrong with her, other than the fact that she was hurting. So the first thing they did was try to take blood. Several times in fact before they succeeded. The nurse who came in first decided that the best way to give Angela an IV was to jab her as many times as he could until he found a good vein. After about 15 unsuccessful attempts (leaving a bruise the size of Texas on my wife, and me in the corner shaking like a little baby because of my fear of needles), he decided to get another nurse to try her own. She had the IV in and the blood drawn in less than 10 seconds, and decided to give Angela some medicine for the pain. [I feel compelled to add that even though she was "successful", my blood was bad and she had to try again an hour later...] Now any of you who have met my wife know that she is not a big lady... at all. In fact, my wife weighs less than 100 lbs. So when the nurse brought out the one-gallon syringe full of pain medicine, I knew we were in trouble. So after almost everything was said and done, we were told that Angela was finally allowed to have food (she had been in the emergency room for almost 8 hours at this point, and hadn't eaten in at least 12 hours), so I went to the nearest restaurant (Taco Bell) and bought food. I would have to say that one of the most pathetic things I have ever seen in my whole life is my wonderful wife, exhausted after a long time in the ER and starving after not eating all day, trying her hardest to eat a Taco, but being unable to bend her arms due to the intense bruising caused by the male nurse from hades. So, being the wonderful loving family members that we are, her mother and I held her Tacos for her so she could eat them. A few minutes later, the pain started coming back, so we called the nurse to have her give Angela some more medicine. Out came the one-gallon syringe again, and the nurse preceded to fill it three times with different pain medications, and pump it into my dear sweet wifey. They filled her with so many drugs that she nearly tripled in weight from all of the liquid. After the nurse gave her the last shot, we were left alone for nearly 20 minutes. Angela, her mom and I had a great conversation for about the first minute and 45 seconds of this time, after which Angela began to giggle, and then promptly passed out. Angela's mom and I just cracked up at how quickly she went down, and were still laughing 10 minutes later when Angela sat bolt upright in the bed, and promptly stated that she was ready to leave. Now at this point, Angela still had an IV in her arm, and we were awaiting the ok to leave, as well as the prescriptions that Angela would need to get better. So we told her "Angela sweety, we can't leave while you have that IV in your arm", thinking that this would be enough to get her to lay back down. We were wrong. Instead of laying back down and waiting patiently for the doctor, Angela decided that she could easily remove the IV on her own... after all, she couldn't feel a thing in her whole body. Luckily for us, we only had to attempt to restrain her for about 15 seconds before she passed back out, but unfortunately we repeated the cycle a further 38 times before the doctor came back. When it was finally time to go home, the doctor brought in a wheelchair for Angela (because she was on enough drugs to kill a small horse twice), and we wheeled her to the entrance of the hospital, where I was going to go get the car. Because I love my wife, and felt bad for the ordeal she had been through that day, I leaned in to give her a kiss before I left to get the car. Instead of getting a kiss like I expected, however, I ended up with a swift punch in the stomach and the orders "GO GET THE CAR!!!!!". I ran away to go get the car, and as I looked back I saw an expression on my Mother in Law's face that could only mean one thing..... "Angela-1, Brendon-0". We got Angela home, and she wasn't feeling good, so we went to bed and have been doing our best to pamper her since. **p.s.-- The contents of this story have been exaggerated greatly for humor value, but everything stated happened to some degree or another. Angela is doing alot better now, but her medicine still makes her feel awful. We are both looking forward to when she can feel better without medicine. I am horrified that I punched Brendon...but it makes him laugh and the fact that it embarrasses me makes it even funnier to him. So now you know my "dirty little secret." lol __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

07-04-2007, 04:17 AM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	I must say, that was fun reading!!!....LOL Brendon should be a writer for sure. I hope you're back to 'normal' Angie and poor Brendon, did he need some of your pain medicine? __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

07-06-2007, 06:50 PM	#4
Taurus Babe Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 668	Oh man that was hilarious!!!! How are you feeling now? Poor you, what an ordeal you had to endure! __________________ Taurus Babe aka Thorsmomma

07-07-2007, 05:39 AM	#5
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Hannah, thank you for your concern. I am feeling much better now. The pain is a lot less frequent than before and I have a follow-up appointment on Thursday. Janet, I'll tell him you said that he should be a writer. Poor Brendon is right. I felt so awful when I found out that I hit him. He just laughs about it, but still... __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

07-07-2007, 07:58 AM	#6
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Angie, what stood out most in that story for me is how much he loves you. Even if you did sucker punch him! LOL I hope your recheck goes well and that this is all behind you soon. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

07-07-2007, 08:14 AM	#7
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	I'm still laughing!!! You poor thing. Tell Brendon I think he's a truly great husband and a fabulous writer. What do you think is wrong? Eat easily digested foods, I would think. I hope you feel better, and try not to beat anyone up. Judy __________________ *Judy*

07-07-2007, 10:16 AM	#8
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I'm glad that you're feeling better, but still concerned that you're still having pain. I hope that the doctor can find out what's causing your problem. You can tell in your husband's post how much he loves and cares for you. Sounds like you got a keeper!!!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

07-09-2007, 08:52 AM	#10
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Angie, my mom's has been going through some problems that they were having a hard time diagnosing. She would get up a lot and use the bathroom in the night and hurt really bad, especially when she stood up. She was recently diagnosed with Interstitial cystitis. I don't know what your symptoms are but I hope that they are able to find out soon. It's no fun to hurt. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

07-09-2007, 05:30 PM	#11
Gina Donating 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,025	Angie Brendon is a keeper, I hope that your feeling better soon.

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