[Magdalen] Prayers for my sister Beth

[Marion Thompson]

Great relief that this isn't more dire.  Isn't life the darndest thing?  
Still serious enough, but good to hear it sounds fixable.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 10/20/2014 12:50 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> Sorry about the earlier mis-send.  So, the hand surgeon's PA says Beth has
> ulnar impaction and the result is that 'bone dust' (the mass) is lying on
> top of the ulnar nerve in the wrist.  Beth is quite tender in several areas
> of the nerve - elbow and forearm.   Non-narcotic pain meds were adjusted
> upward and she can take two of them together.  Beth has had a CT scan and
> should hear those results late  this afternoon.  She will get an appt. with
> the hand surgeon asap and probably have surgery to move the nerve and clean
> up the mess as soon as it can be scheduled.  The spontaneous occurrence and
> rapid development is not consequential with regard to this being a more
> serious situation, thank God!  It is simply the way Beth's condition is
> manifesting.
>
> Thanks to all for your prayers.  I'll let you know what transpires.
> Ginga
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Ginga Wilder <vcwilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Oct 20, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Praying for Beth.
>>> Judy
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I do hope and pray tomorrow brings answers and relief from pain!
>>>>
>>>> Marilyn
>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, October 19, 2014, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks to everyone for your prayers.  This seems like something out of
>> a
>>>>> horror movie...and I hate horror movies.  Let's hope we have better
>>>>> understanding this time tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ginga
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
>>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How utterly bizarre...and no, I haven't a clue what it could be. I add
>>>> my
>>>>>> prayers to those already being lifted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, October 19, 2014, James Oppenheimer <
>>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
>>>>> <javascript:;>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is so frightening when you know something is really terribly
>>>> wrong,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> they just give you some minor meds just to get rid of you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Prayers that you run into (not literally, of course) someone with
>>>>> enough
>>>>>>> special knowledge to deal with this miserable situation!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James W. Oppenheimer
>>>>>>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
>>>>>> better
>>>>>>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting
>>>> your
>>>>>> time
>>>>>>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com
>>>>> <javascript:;>
>>>>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is truly weird, I think, and frightening.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My sister began having pain in her wrist 10 days ago.  She tried to
>>>>>>> ignore
>>>>>>>> it for a few days, and she wore a brace.  The pain increased, and
>>>> she
>>>>>> saw
>>>>>>>> her primary care physician five days ago, was given a shot of
>>>> toradol
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> another of prednisone. She was told to take Aleve.  Within 10-12
>>>>> hours
>>>>>>>> these pain meds lost their effect.  Beth could not turn her hand at
>>>>> all
>>>>>>>> without excruciating pain.  She went to the ER where an x-ray was
>>>>> done.
>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>> fracture and she was told to call an orthopaedist the next day.
>>>> This
>>>>>>> past
>>>>>>>> Thursday, she saw the orthopaedist's PA who told Beth there is a
>>>> mass
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> her wrist (not a ganglion cyst) - that runs up the from the inside
>>>> of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> small finger side into the tissue on the bottom of her hand.  She
>>>> was
>>>>>>>> prescribed Mobic but it did not help much.  So, yesterday my other
>>>>>> sister
>>>>>>>> and I took her 800 mg Motrin and demerol left over from my foot
>>>>>>>> surgery...arriest us.  She has a bit of relief with the Motrin and
>>>>> was
>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>> to sleep 3 hours with a bedtime demorol.  BUT, overnight a bump the
>>>>>> size
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> a small peanut iin the shell popped out at the bottom of her hand
>>>>> where
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> connects to the wrist.  The excruciating pain continues.  I will
>>>> take
>>>>>> her
>>>>>>>> tomorrow morning to see a PA in a hand surgeon's office.  She will
>>>>> have
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>> MRI at some point.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you've read all this and have a clue, I would appreciate it.
>>>>>> Neuroma,
>>>>>>>> sarcoma, ???.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please pray that her pain can be alleviated and a clear diagnosis
>>>>> will
>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> made.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Ginga, worried big sister
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marilyn Cepeda
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>>> Western Michigan