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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 341859" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Could be nerves, but it is always smart to get breathing issues checked out to be certain.</p><p></p><p>Way back in my early 20's I spent almost 2 yrs in hospital due to kidney issues. 98 percent of that time I was an inpatient. I'd get discharged only to find myself right back there, longest stretch at home was about 2-3 wks. During that period I'd had surgery after surgery, the total got lost somewhere in all that time......just too darn many to count. Knocked on death's door a few times while I was at it.....guess I was just bored and needed something to do. lol</p><p></p><p>Also during that period...... I'd been taking demerol for pain much of that time frame. Never any issue with it. Until the evening the nurse gave me my pain shot so I could sleep and 10 mins later my heart was attempting to gallop out of my chest, I couldn't breathe......and I had that horrid "impending doom" feeling. Called the nurse in, she did my vital signs, pushed the crash cart into the room and called the doctor. He gave her orders for a medication to counter the reaction. Took it a long time to work. I got an armband saying I was allergic to demerol. Got a huge red sticker on the front of my chart that said I was allergic to demerol. And morning nurse gave me my morning medication without checking for changes....(demerol) and we went through it all over agian.</p><p></p><p>Stayed in 3 more weeks using morphine and did fine. Went home in fairly good shape. After a few days, I started waking up in my sleep with the same symptoms as the anaphylactic shock. Called doctor and he sent me to the ER. Back into the hospital while he checked me out. Didn't find anything wrong with heart ect. But I did notice doctor didn't comment other than that. Went back home......4 times more in one week it happened. Since I knew heart checked out, this time I went to doctor office. This was scaring the beegeebies out of me. doctor was a sweet guy. He told me it was probably an after effect of the demerol reaction and all the trauma and stays in the hospital combined. That when it happened the symptoms were <strong>real</strong>. The only good thing was they weren't going to kill me. And told me to keep telling myself that calmly until the episodes would pass.</p><p></p><p>It worked. A few weeks later they stopped. I haven't had it happen since, thank goodness.</p><p></p><p>((hugs))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 341859, member: 84"] Could be nerves, but it is always smart to get breathing issues checked out to be certain. Way back in my early 20's I spent almost 2 yrs in hospital due to kidney issues. 98 percent of that time I was an inpatient. I'd get discharged only to find myself right back there, longest stretch at home was about 2-3 wks. During that period I'd had surgery after surgery, the total got lost somewhere in all that time......just too darn many to count. Knocked on death's door a few times while I was at it.....guess I was just bored and needed something to do. lol Also during that period...... I'd been taking demerol for pain much of that time frame. Never any issue with it. Until the evening the nurse gave me my pain shot so I could sleep and 10 mins later my heart was attempting to gallop out of my chest, I couldn't breathe......and I had that horrid "impending doom" feeling. Called the nurse in, she did my vital signs, pushed the crash cart into the room and called the doctor. He gave her orders for a medication to counter the reaction. Took it a long time to work. I got an armband saying I was allergic to demerol. Got a huge red sticker on the front of my chart that said I was allergic to demerol. And morning nurse gave me my morning medication without checking for changes....(demerol) and we went through it all over agian. Stayed in 3 more weeks using morphine and did fine. Went home in fairly good shape. After a few days, I started waking up in my sleep with the same symptoms as the anaphylactic shock. Called doctor and he sent me to the ER. Back into the hospital while he checked me out. Didn't find anything wrong with heart ect. But I did notice doctor didn't comment other than that. Went back home......4 times more in one week it happened. Since I knew heart checked out, this time I went to doctor office. This was scaring the beegeebies out of me. doctor was a sweet guy. He told me it was probably an after effect of the demerol reaction and all the trauma and stays in the hospital combined. That when it happened the symptoms were [B]real[/B]. The only good thing was they weren't going to kill me. And told me to keep telling myself that calmly until the episodes would pass. It worked. A few weeks later they stopped. I haven't had it happen since, thank goodness. ((hugs)) [/QUOTE]
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