Please Pray for RedneckDude
Saturday, July 9, 2022 by LightStar | Discussion: Life, the Universe and Everything
My good friend Jim (RedneckDude) found out today that he has been diagnosed with an Aortic Aneurysm. Please send him love and prayers in this post, he definitely has mine!
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Reply #42 Thursday, July 14, 2022 3:38 AM
Ok, they don't think it's an aneurysm, but there is a definite bulge. CT scan on Tuesday to look closer.
There ya go. Ectasia (a widening, but less than an aneurysm), or maybe just a simple bulge (like your tummy 
). Tests can yield true, or false information. All tests have their limitations, as do their interpretations. CT should yield definitive information in this setting.
By the way, have they discovered why your neck's red?
Reply #43 Thursday, July 14, 2022 5:56 AM
By the way, have they discovered why your neck's red?
Reply #44 Thursday, July 14, 2022 10:25 AM
By the way, have they discovered why your neck's red?
This common condition has the rather intimidating name of Poikiloderma of Civatte. It is named for Achille Civatte, the French dermatologist who first described it in 1923. However, it is usually simply called “redness of the neck”
Reply #46 Thursday, July 14, 2022 11:35 AM
By the way, have they discovered why your neck's red?
It's cause its embarrassed by what's growing on it.
Reply #48 Thursday, July 14, 2022 11:55 AM
Reply #50 Friday, July 15, 2022 4:59 PM
My sputum culture is growing e-coli. WTF?
Doc?
Bacteremic Escherichia coli pneumonia?
Reply #51 Friday, July 15, 2022 9:38 PM
"Bacteremic" would mean that E. coli, a germ which populates, (along with many, many others) our large intestine, is growing from a blood culture. Were that true, you'd be sicker than sh*t (good pun, eh?). You meant "bacterial".
I also kind of doubt your pneumonia was caused by E. coli. Most likely it's living in your mouth and throat along with many other germs and when you gave the sputum specimen, it was a casual contaminent. Just because it was in your sputum/saliva doesn't mean it caused your pneumonia, necessarily. Use a pleasant tasting, non-alcohol based mouth wash, and don't worry...be happy. Even if it was an E. coli pnumonia, you're over it.
Btw, your bill will arrive at the end of the month.
Reply #54 Saturday, July 16, 2022 11:32 AM
Damn Jim, Sorry to hear this, You have been my mentor for a very long time, Your friendship has been invaluable. Keep the fight inside!
Reply #55 Saturday, July 16, 2022 3:58 PM
sicker than sh*t (good pun, eh?).
Reply #56 Saturday, July 16, 2022 4:01 PM
Damn. Bessie never told me about no mouth washin stuff.
Reply #57 Saturday, July 16, 2022 9:30 PM
Good one!Reply #58 Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:51 PM
Guys, I'm about 98% back to good. (I almost said normal)
Still no results from the CT scan.
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Reply #41 Wednesday, July 13, 2022 7:08 PM
Ok, they don't think it's an aneurysm, but there is a definite bulge. CT scan on Tuesday to look closer.