A KINK in my plans?

Plans are to fly out Thursday morning. After spending three hours in the doctor%26#39;s office this afternoon....throat swab, nasal swab, giving blood, chest x-ray, breathing treatment, shot, and then to pharmacy to have three new prescriptions filled, the doc said it was too early to call. Whatever I have might be knocked out in two days or in fourteen days. You might say I%26#39;m a little depressed right now. But I%26#39;m going to be a very good patient and literally hibernate for the next 5 days. Oh yeah, all this on top of having arthroscopic knee surgery just nine days ago! Anyone have some words of encouragement?

A KINK in my plans?

God bless and GOOD LUCK..

A KINK in my plans?

Don%26#39;t risk your health just for a trip to Las Vegas, it%26#39;s not worth it. You should cancel your trip and spend the time necessary to get well.

Hey, we are flying out the 8th. I just had my knee surgery on 2/17 and I%26#39;m going to go and do as much as I can. I%26#39;m figuring I%26#39;ll be able to walk short distance at a time because the pain is reduced but it is still pretty swollen and gets weak quickly. Luckily, no matter where you stay in Vegas, you can generally find a lot to do without moving much, if we wind up being restricted.

Maybe we should meet and compare scars! Ha!

Anna, I hasten to add that if your health is truly impaired more than the knee, get that cleared up first!

Drink lots and lots of liquor to kill all the bacteria.

Get well soon, and if you aren%26#39;t well, please don%26#39;t take the chance. To be in a strange town (so to speak) without your regular physician would be taking a chance if you are too ill. I hope it works out for you.

Good Luck!!

VegasSue

Hibernate, hydrate, and take you medicine and vitamins. If you MD gives you the go ahead (and I would make sure), see if s/he can give you a temporary handicapped sticker if you don%26#39;t have one already to help you get around better. Remember, Vegas isn%26#39;t going anywhere, but you only have one chance to heal your knee. All the best!

It will probably take a couple of days for the prescrips to kick in. Hopefully, you%26#39;ll be over the worst and be feeling pretty close to normal by Thursday if you get as much REST between now and then as possible.

This happened to me a year or so ago. We were supposed to leave home Sunday afternoon to go on a cruise. That morning, I woke up naseous and feverish but I was determined to go. Within a couple of hours, I was throwing up...we had to call the cruiseline and cancel. I was terribly disappointed because my DH and I had been looking foward to this so long.

The next day, I realized that it was a blessing in disguise that my symptoms appeared when they did because my husband had the same illness the next day and we both would have been sick our entire cruise if the symptoms had appeared just 24 hours later. We got a refund and rescheduled.

Hopefully, you will be feeling much better in 2 or 3 days. I had walking pneumonia last month and after 5 days on medicine, I was back to normal.

Wishing you a speedy recovery. Be sure to rest your mind as well..no worries!!!

Oh, I feel so sorry for you! This is why I have been refusing to go out in public for a week since my trip is coming up. Luckily, being retired I can do that. Only you can really make the call. Sometimes the very looked forward to vacation can be good medicine but no doubt you will be exposed to the world of germs on a trip and if your immune system is not up to par it could be a nightmare. And of course if the other thing you have is contagious then all would hope you don%26#39;t expose others. If the doc. okays the trip and you feel up to it, then take your handi-wipes and wipe down everything before you touch it, take your meds., stay hydrated and have fun! Good luck!

Thank you everyone for the words of encouragement. I%26#39;m just going to play the waiting game, then speak (or see) the doctor again before Thursday.