Hi, can my husband stay with me while I have a colonoscopy? I shall be having an anaesthetic.?
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thats usually up to hospital policy, but if you talk to your doctor before hand, he will make the arrangements for you to have him with you... they want you to feel comfortable.
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i want to stay with my husband because i never see him he work to much and for the last day in the earth for me i want pray God to pardon all i do to my husband in is back. And i will take a good drink of Sheridan plus all my medication for my sickness and i will sleep and never coming back so maybe i don't know just ask my husband if he think i will resurrected.
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Yes its normally easy to change your gp.Everyone has a medical card which you would off been sent from your gp your husband has now,take it along to the surgery you want to change to and they should accept you as there patient,this will all depend if they are accepting new patients thou.If they aint they will give you a number for all gps in your area which maybe accepting new patients.Good Luck
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Have the dentist administer nitrous oxide to you for the procedure.  And if you are extremely nervous, ask the dentist about prescribing you something to take to relax you before the visit... in addition to the nitrous oxide.
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My husband. He's away right now.
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This is a good question for your doctor and anesthesiologist.\nThere are several ways they can try to safeguard you and they will know what your options and risks are.\nI just sat through these appt's today with my father and this was an(heart attack} issue.Different operation, but there is a lot they have to offer. Just talk to them and make your choices from a professional opinion that has your current health history. Check it out, there is no good reason to sit with a hernia if you can be helped.
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better stay away from your daughter.the reason u have to be near her is for someone to look after you after your operation, so what's the sense of moving there if she can't be there for you. bad daughter u have there. i just do hope it won't happen to her when she gets old. as for your operation,well, maybe you could ask help from the hospital or from charitable institutions near your place that could look after you. that would be much better than to be expecting help from your daughter who couldn't even be there for you especially now that you need her most. goodluck and take care.
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If you are terminally ill dying soon, then they will allow him to stay home, give him sufficient time to get the kids to where they need to be while he deploys. If you get seriously ill while he's gone, meaning a serious surgery or life threatening injury or diagnosed that you will be dying soon, then they may send him home. It all depends on his command and how seriously ill the wife is. They check it all out before acting on anything. I know a few wives who wanted their husbands home so bad they acted up all kinds of things, one including putting herself into a nut home etc...it's crazy what people will do...it's sad as well...pathetic. Not saying that's what you are doing at all because there are those who are seriously ill who do need their husbands home but, life must go on regardless...what's any different than a single woman getting ill with no one to take care of her. Whatever you do, don't let your husband leave feeling guilty, let him know it's okay...let him know you'll be okay..you want him to have 100% focus!!!!
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This is controversial, but I think most physicians still recommend a high fiber, low fat diet.  And if first degree relatives have had colon cancer, early screening with colonoscopy is very important.
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The physicians examined her health before making the decision for surgery. She'll be alseep and yes, she'll be just fine. Be there for her in the recovery room so she can see your lovely face when she awakes. Support her and love her. :)
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I could be a number of things--but it sounds like he has an open cyst in his colon.  I would suggest that this is not normal and that he should seek medical attention.   A colonoscopy is very helpful for internal examination of the colon and large intestines.  This will see if it is in the colon or possibly coming from elsewhere, such a bile discharge or a stomach Ulcer.  See a physician sooner rather than latter.
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Registered Nurse here; That would be a great big YES! providing there are no complications.  In fact many go back to regular activities the very next day.  Some the same day, which is discouraged, should not be done, and please don't be one that does. Follow your instructions to the letter after the procedure and you'll be fine.  Thanks for the opportunity to answer your question.
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Hi, I keep a low profile when visiting my Alzheimer's Patients husband. He is in a care facility. It sounds to me that in your caring so much about your sons father, perhaps you have reacted to the lack of proper care he is receiving.\n\nThe law is on your side. He needs an advocate from the system to monitor his care. You pissed somebody off.\n\nYou might suggest that the authorities check on him in the middle of the night. They will look in his mouth with a flashlight, to see if his teeth are being brushed. Also, he should be re-positioned in his bed, and his depends checked, every two hours minimum. \n\nIf you just back off, and it sounds like you have, they will drop their guard, and then someone can nail them. Your son has rights to see his father, and unfortunately you might have to play hardball another way. Someone in this format must have the particulars on what you can do. This can effect your well-being, esp. if you are on SSD. \n\nSounds like he was dehydrated, I assume that is what you meant, when you said his Depends were dry for a long period of time. I think you just need to Zip your Lip, and hunker down, and get the proper Authorities on your side. The system is corrupt. During my training for Alzheimers, I fought for the rights of the Patients, along with another C.N.A, and a Nurse. \n\nMany issues were never resolved. At that time, I was encouraging relatives of the Patients, to visit at unusual times to view the subtle abuses\n\nUnfortunately, the abusers already had an anchor in the Facility, and it was impossible for us to make any changes. It went to the top. I finished my Certifications and left the facility, as did my co-workers who really cared.\n\nSounds like you need to step back, send in a spy with a camera, and a time stamp on it. I used to see people in another section, sitting in their wheel chairs, waiting  three to four hours, to be taken to bed. No hygeine, just flopped in bed. The way they landed, was the way they were all night. I would walk down the hallway, and try to make them comfortable. \n\nAlso I  had three old Vets with Hep. C. I was reported to the upper staff, for wearing Nitrile gloves to hand feed bread, etc.,to keep from transferring from one patient to another.The Facility had no Universal Precautions in place. (how to handle blood etc.) I know exactly what you are talking about with his care.\n\nWe had a little **** of a Gestapo, mean, mean mean. I told her, that for every mean thing she said to a patient, that I would be right behind her, saying something nice. I went nose to nose with her on many occasion.\n\nIt is true that Caregivers are over worked and under paid, but when on burn out, guess who suffers.\n\nWell, I hope you can work your way back to what you had with your son and his father. He still needs you. You will find a way. \n\nDon't talk to his Guardian at this time. It is just ammunition for her.\nCan you send him a bouquet of flowers, say from neighbors gardens for him through a friend? \n\nHe will have a Caregiver that will tell him it is from you. There is always the good and the evil. The good will win over.\n\n\n\n\n.
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The first thing that you need to do is calm down.  I work in cancer research and at one of the best cancer treatment hospitals in the country.  This is a very standard procedure for someone who is newly diagnosed.  Your FIL and the family are going to need a lot of support and a lot of help throughout this entire time.\n\nThe doctors understand that your family will be over-emotional during this time and a NON family member will be able to take in information as well as convey information better after the consultation is over.  You should be prepared for A LOT of information to be thrown at you very quickly.  The outside person is simply there to help with the stress of the situation as much as possible.\n\nPlease feel free to email me if you need to talk to an outside source I would be really happy to help you and your family riklynn10@hotmail.com
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You can probably get your husband's doctor to back you up in saying that he should not take the trip.  If you are sufficiently definite with her about it, she will have to decide whether she wants to go anyway or stay home to be near her son.  The thing is when you "express concern," you leave the question open.  When you say, "No, we can't go," and the doctor backs you up, then she will have to lay off.
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I would imagine that when you went to the doc, he or his nurse did the common checks (blood pressure, temp, etc).. I would hope at the very least he/she did something of an inspection of your abdomen and maybe some bloodwork to check to see if you had signs of infection, anemia, digestive enzyme levels off, etc. I would also hope that you were asked a slew of questions (diarrhea, quality of stools that you have passed, any change in bowel habits, quality of the pain, etc)....It is good that your doc wants you to have a colonoscopy - not to make you worry, but colon cancer is the only type of cancer that can be CURED if caught early) - also, a direct view of the colon is the single best way to see whats going on in there. Beyond that, I would be concerned if your doc did not do all the things I have mentioned - you may want to consider changing primary physicians (also, you really should have the type of relationship with your doc that you could ask him what you have asked us - just a thought).... Dont sweat the colonoscopy - a little uncomfortable and you have to bare your rear end :O) - nothing terrible though..... Good luck.
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Schedule the surgery!  You can go to the local public assistance office and they will help you find programs including theirs which will help your family with food stamps, money, medical, heat assistance and phone bill assistance if you qualify and it sounds like you would with him out that long.  If he has any sick time, he needs to take it, he can take a leave of absence for illness for 3 months under the family leave act, he wouldn't get paid but he'd keep his job.  \n\nThe surgery might be outpatient so it would be the 1 day.  Some of the public assistance programs when you apply go back to the day you apply or at least 30 days back, so if it wasn't covered now by medicaid it would be retroactively covered.  They might give you a temp card too so they would bill medicaid and it would be paid at a later date.  \n\nYou can talk to the hospital about the bill too, they can set it up so you'd make small payments or even to bill the medicaid at a later date.  \n\nTo survive in the meantime, do you belong to a church?  any organizations?  The red cross and some of the churches sometimes take up fundraisers or give donations to family to help them recover from illness so that can be an option while waiting for the public assistance.\n\nhttp://www.okhca.org/client/eligibility/apply.asp  you can apply here\n\nCall these numbers to ask what you can do:\n\nOklahoma Health Care Authority\n4545 N. Lincoln, Suite 124\nOklahoma City, OK 73105\n405-522-7300\nAdministers Oklahoma's Medicaid Program.\n\nWho to Call with Questions About Medicaid:\n\nMedicaid Eligibility Questions\nCall your DHS county office.\n\nSooner Care Helpline\n800-987-7767\n800-757-5979 TTY\nGeneral questions, enrollment information, benefits information for CHOICE members.\n\nHealth Plan Member Services Numbers:\nSoonerCare Plus members can call their plan numbers for benefits information, billing problems, transportation for medical services and with other questions.\n\nBlueLincs: 800-580-6202 or 800-722-0353 TTY\nCommunity Care: 800-900-2690 or 800-522-8506 TTY\nHeartland: 800-492-7639 or 800-722-0353 TTY\nPrime Advantage: 800-559-5532 or 888-541-3097 TTY\n\n\nTransportation Arrangements:\nCHOICE members call Sooner Ride at 1-877-404-4500 or 918-584-7209 TTY. Plus members go through their health plans (see above).\n\nBill Information:\nCHOICE members call Customer Services at 1-800-522-0310 or 405-522-7179 TTY. Plus members can contact their health plans directly (see numbers above).