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Post by desperatefaery on Jan 28, 2003 10:29:29 GMT -5
[I'm not in the mood to retype.. thank god for copy and paste]
Yesturday.. ugh. Today? eh so far. It's only 10am.
Here's a visual interpretation of what I'm talking about:
My right foot is twisted.. see how it doesn't fully touch the floor? Well the Foot part is twisted and it will never be like my left foot - it won't have the same flexability as my left foot. It will forever remain stiff. They may do surgery just to keep it straight but that's it. It'll be straight but I won't be able to do the same 3 mile running I once did.
The scaring you see is from the Meningitis. Those are grafts where they took skin from my back and applied it to my legs. I know you're sorry but you'll be more sorry if you don't get your Meningitis Vaccine. Yeah, it's expensive but do you really wanna look like me? Yeah, I didn't think so either.
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Post by HalyBlak on Jan 28, 2003 11:16:47 GMT -5
ouch, that sucks you twisted your foot so bad  |
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Post by ♥Mary♥ on Jan 28, 2003 11:20:33 GMT -5
Kate, I'm so sorry you had such a bad day & you're dealing with all that you are dealing with right now. Kisses for your foot to make it "much all better-ish"  ~hugs, Mary. |
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Post by Monika on Jan 28, 2003 11:56:45 GMT -5
 Kate, why is your foot twisted? I'm sorry just had to ask. But don't be discouraged a huge hug from me for you, k ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Pinkdesaster on Jan 28, 2003 12:39:18 GMT -5
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Post by Angie812 on Jan 28, 2003 14:32:51 GMT -5
hugz
what exactly is Meningitis?
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Post by Mary on Jan 28, 2003 15:16:21 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your feetsies. That must have sucked so badly. I have done that before working out. Then I sprained em, uhh not good.
Love, Haullie
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Post by desperatefaery on Jan 28, 2003 16:24:59 GMT -5
hugz what exactly is Meningitis? There are two types of Meningitis: Viral and Bacterial. I got the Bacterial. What it does is, there is infected fluid in your spine, which is how they figure out you have it, and often causes brain damage, blindness and or deafness. And or amputation of your legs and or arms. For me I didn't have any brain damage, blindness, [increased] deafness or amputation of some kind. I was already born hearing impaired, no big issue. But I had basically blown up into a burnt stuffed sausage as a result of complications and it went through my blood stream, causing all of the "burns." That's the scaring. My legs had much more scaring than my arms. Make any sense? How can you get it? Anybody can have it. It just depends on when your immune system shuts down or maybe slows down to a perfect spot and the disease is let go. The symptoms? MAJOR headache, vomiting, diareah, RASH, high fever, and weakness. Those were my symptoms and are pretty commom and mistaken for the flu. But believe me, something inside me kept saying "this isn't JUST the flu, it has to be something else." That's where I called 911 and all... Kate, why is your foot twisted? I'm sorry just had to ask. But don't be discouraged a huge hug from me for you, k It's twisted because of all cleaning of my dead skin as well as damage to my muscles and nerves. While it was healing, one muscle or tendon was "dead" and the other was healing, so the healed one did some extra pulling. It probably could have been prevented but they were more concerned about my legs than my foot. *phew* Did I answer everyone's questions yet?? |
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Post by idreaminsilver on Jan 28, 2003 18:46:26 GMT -5
Hugs for desperatefaery! What a rough time... I am not too good with words, but you are in my thoughts. I know a message board where burn victims chat. Though you did not get external burns, from the description it sounds similiar from burn-burns. No sweating or hair growth on the "burnt" skin, damaged nerve endings and muscle tissue, and the damaged skin does not grow/expand with the rest of your body, that is why the graftings are a neccessity? They are so painful too, especially back donor sites. Dammit, I cannot remember the name of the site where that message board is coz I haven't chatted there in a long while! I will try to find it again though. Until then, please take care and know that we are all thinking of you. Best wishes, *charlene |
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Post by DaturaFae on Jan 28, 2003 19:33:28 GMT -5
desperatefaery is right, if you haven't gotten the vaccination for it, it's a really good idea to get it. Especially if you are a college student (all of those people packed into the same place for months causes stuff like that to spread like wildfire). I got mine at my college and it didn't cost very much.
***BIG HUGS for desperatefaery!!***
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Post by P a t r i c k on Jan 28, 2003 19:36:59 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Kate |
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Post by Leonie on Jan 29, 2003 5:48:17 GMT -5
((((((((((hugs kate))))))))) you deserve it girl! |
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Post by Monika on Jan 29, 2003 7:59:00 GMT -5
Oh Kate I'm so sorry to hear that your foot might stay that way. When you damage a tendon it takes a lot of time to heal, but lots of strength we're here for u.  HUGZZZZZZZZZZZ. ;D |
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Post by desperatefaery on Jan 29, 2003 9:48:44 GMT -5
I just realized Haullie modified my very first post. Question: WHY?  |
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Post by Monika on Jan 29, 2003 10:04:24 GMT -5
CAUSE BENEATH HAULLIE'S UNCOMPARABLE SWEETNESS SHE'S A MEANIE  RIGHT HAULLIE?!?! ;D j/k |
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Post by desperatefaery on Jan 29, 2003 11:01:06 GMT -5
for a second there, i thought you were serious. ;D  |
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Post by Monika on Jan 29, 2003 15:11:19 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D
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Kate, why is your foot twisted? I'm sorry just had to ask. But don't be discouraged a huge hug from me for you, k ;D ;D ;D
HUGZZZZZZZZZZZ. ;D
RIGHT HAULLIE?!?! ;D j/k