No Rest For The Weary…UPDATE

 

Hubby and I are about at our wits’ end.

Thursday, we got the results of the WBC scan. It was negative. Hubby and I were relieved, thankful and hopeful that things would finally settle down for us. Not.

Yesterday afternoon, we got a phone call from the technician in the medical imaging department at the hospital. Without even discussing it with us first, the doctor at the wound care clinic ordered the test to be repeated on Monday, this time doing side views. The technician said due to the seriousness of a bone infection, the doctor wants to be very sure that hubby doesn’t have one.

I can understand the doctor being cautious and wanting to take good care of hubby. However, hubby has no signs of an infection other than the abscess which continues to drain. Hubby’s blood tests all came back normal and he feels fine. I really think it’s all about money.

So, on Monday, we have to be at the hospital at 7am for the first part of the scan. Once that part is done, we have to return to the town where we live because I have to go to the lab at my doctor’s office to have my PT/INR checked. Mine, which was well-regulated has been staying at 1.5 for the past few weeks. I am sort of in between doctors right now because my primary took a job as the medical director at a hospital. The other doctors at the clinic where she worked have been monitoring me but they are reluctant to raise the amount of warfarin that I take by more than 1 milligram. When this problem occurred before, my previous doctor raised my dose from 5mg to 7.5mg and my number rose to a therapeutic 2.0 within a week. I told these doctors about that but both of the doctors that I have seen are worried about my level going too high. When I get through at the lab, we have to go back to the hospital, 17 miles away for the second and third phases of the WBC scan. After the scan is over, hubby has a meeting with a diabetes counselor who is helping him learn how to use mealtime insulin.

All of these appointments are draining us. Physically, emotionally and financially. I am not begging nor I am I trying to pull a fast one on anyone who reads this. All I ask is for readers to consider buying a pen or share the link to our pen site with people who might be interested in buying pens.

We try to keep enough money to cover our transportation costs for the month but when unexpected trips pop up our funds get depleted. We also had extra prescription costs this month because of the change in hubby’s insulin and the additional antibiotics they prescribed for him.

It’s almost two weeks before we get paid again and we have six scheduled appointments. I don’t know how we will get to all of them. I hope that hubby’s abscess heals soon. Things will improve then so please pray that he gets better soon. Positive thoughts, etc… please send them our direction.

Thanks for reading my rants.

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Blade

P.S. I am working on some Palin posts so stay tuned.

 

 

It never ends.

Hubby had an appointment today at the wound care clinic. They usually just change the packing but today there was a doctor waiting to see him. This doctor is an infection specialist and he thinks that the abscess on hubby's chest might be related to the open heart surgery he had back in December. He said that his sternum might be infected because the abscess is very close to the incision. I think that the clinic is just trying to bilk hubby's insurance company.

It has been five months since hubby had the bypass. Wouldn't an infection related to that surgery have shown up before now? The abscess didn't arise until mid-March and hubby has already had oral antibiotics twice since then plus he received a bag of IV antibiotics when he was in the hospital the other week being treated for the high potassium level. He has had no fever, doesn't feel ill and up until today the nurse who changes the packing has said that the abscess is looking better every time he goes to the clinic. They measure the width and depth of the sore each time he goes to the clinic and it is shrinking.

So now hubby has to go to the hospital tomorrow for a WBC scan. This scan is done in three parts. He has to be there at 7am to have blood drawn. The white cells will be separated from the rest of the blood and mixed with a radioactive material. At 11am the blood will be injected into one of hubby's veins and then about 3 to 4 hours later a scan will be done. If there is an infection, the radioactive cells will gather in that area.

This is going to be an ordeal for us. After the blood is drawn, we will be free to leave the hospital until time for the blood to be injected. Then we will be free to leave again until time for the scan. We will need to eat lunch somewhere but we can't afford it and the extra trip is going to cause us to run short on gas money. Hubby has to go to the wound care clinic every other day until the abscess is healed. The nurse says it will probably be about 3 more weeks if there is no bone infection. Hubby may need another surgery if his breast bone is infected and I don't know how we would cope with that emotionally or financially.

Please pray for us, send good wishes, and positive thoughts, etc. as we really need them.

Thanks in advance.

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Blade

Intriguing Comment…

 

I have been very busy accompanying hubby to medical appointments and dealing with my own medical issues so I haven’t been monitoring here as much as usual. Last night, I was looking through the remarks that have been left and found this one on the Shailey Tripp thread.

“Think of me as a friendly reporter who has come into some information. I hope that John Tiemessen is reading this. My first question is why does John Tiemessen's personal cell phone number appear in Shailey Tripp's cell phone records 6 times each call lasting more than 30 seconds as long as 7 minutes from 2008-2010? Why does Todd Palin's phone number appear in Shailey Tripp's phone records 12 times each call more than 2 minutes? What is the explanation Palin family or Tiemessen? Will you also make a comment on the book Boys Will Be Boys by Bottoms & Tripp? What do you say on the medical records from the All About You Spa that clearly shows that Shailey Tripp gave both Sarah Palin and Todd Palin massages in Feb and March of 2008? Why does the DMV show Tripp lic plat es origi nally issued to Todd Palin in March of 2008? Please Mr. Tiemessen answer these questions. Perhaps this should be printed and shown to Judge Burgess. If you need proof of any of this all Judge Birgess has to do is order a supenoas and look for himself.Final question why has Tiemessen, the Palins, or Officer Padgett not sued Shailey Tripp for defamation, slander, or lies in her book Boys Will Be Boys?”

To the guest who left the above comment, do you have any more information to share? Would you please contact me? My email address is below.

Readers: What do you make of the statements made by the visitor? Please share your thoughts.

Hubby and I are heading to the wound care clinic. I wish we could get off of this medical merry-go-round for awhile. Even a week would be nice. I will check in when we get home.

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Blade

Overwhelmed… UPDATE…

 

Many thanks to those who have helped me out. I have tried to email everyone and thank them but I wanted to acknowledge their support here as well.

Hubby came home this morning but the ordeal isn’t over.

I really don’t understand what goes on in the minds of some doctors. Hubby was sent to the hospital so his high potassium level could be brought down. That was the only reason. Why do doctors who aren’t really familiar with a patient’s medical history try to change their treatment regiment pertaining to conditions not related to their hospitalization?

Hubby has a primary doctor who treats his diabetes. He just had an appointment with that doctor this past Monday and he increased his Lantus (long acting insulin) from 50 units at bedtime to 55 units. Hubby also injects 45 units of Novolog 70/30 before breakfast and 30 units before supper. His doctor didn’t want to make any changes in his Novolog dosage.

The floor doctor at the hospital lowered the Lantus to 20 units and switched the Novolog 70/30 to Humalog. Humalog is a mealtime insulin and the amount injected is determined by the patient’s blood sugar level which is measured just before eating. The doctor sent hubby home with a chart that tells him how many units to inject.

Hubby checked his blood sugar before lunch and it was 240. His blood sugars had been really good before going to the hospital. I  suspect that the high reading was due to the decrease in the Lantus dose. I told Hubby that if I were him, I would go back to the type of insulin and dosage that his primary doctor recommended until he can get an appointment with his doctor. He definitely doesn’t need his blood sugar going out of control. Hubby decided to just eat a very light lunch with few carbs and inject 30 units of Novolog before supper and 55 units of Lantus at bedtime like he was doing before he went to the hospital.

The doctors at the hospital also opened the skin abscess on his chest and now Hubby is going to have to go to the wound care clinic to have it packed. The nurse at the hospital said he would have to go at least every other day, possibly every day and it could take 4 to 6 weeks for him to heal due to the diabetes. They will be calling us on Monday to set that up. The would care clinic is about 20 miles from where we live so that is going to be expensive. Hopefully, we can schedule some of our other appointments on days when he has to go to wound care to save on gas.

Please continue praying and sending good thoughts our way. I truly believe that it helps.

Graduation time is coming soon. A handcrafted ink pen would be a nice gift for someone graduating from college or high school. Hubby is anxious to get back to making pens. Custom orders could possibly be arranged.

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Thanks again for any help.

Blade

 

First, let me make this clear. I am not asking for donations. I am asking those who read this to please consider buying an ink pen from our website.

I wouldn’t be doing this but I have run out of options and I just don’t know where to turn. I do want to thank the commenter who directed me to the Give Forward site which I may sign up with but they are a for profit business that keeps a portion of your proceeds. It also would take time to receive any money donated as they collect the donations and mail a check out to you. Hubby and I need to raise some money quickly due to more medical problems.

They say when it rains, it pours and that has been our life for quite awhile and it seems like these medical issues always crop up at the worst possible times.

Last week, hubby started having bouts with his muscles being very weak to the point where his arms shook when he used them to push himself up and his legs were trembling when he stood. I wanted to call 911 but he said that he thought he would be okay until his regular check up which was this past Monday. These spells would come and go and since he has a lot of problems with his back we thought that was probably causing his symptoms.

He saw his primary doctor Monday. I finally got him to switch to someone closer to where we live so that our transportation costs aren’t as big a burden as they used to be. The doctor said that some of hubby’s medicines could cause muscle problems so he did some blood tests. Wednesday, the doctor called and said that hubby’s kidney function was low and referred him to a kidney specialist. He also wanted hubby to come back to his office and have the blood test repeated to make sure that there wasn’t a lab error. The appointment with the kidney specialist was Thursday afternoon. Hubby and I both had appointments with pain management Thursday, too and hubby also had to go by the lab to have the blood work repeated.

We got through our earlier appointments and made it to the kidney specialist with just a few minutes to spare. As soon as the doctor came in the examination room, she said that hubby had to go to the emergency room. His potassium level was too high and she said that it would have to be treated at the ER. His level was 6.4. She said that normal was 5.5 or less and that while the elevation didn’t sound like a lot, it really was and could cause heart problems. She said that hubby would get an injection and something to take by mouth and then could go home. It didn’t happen that way.

We got to the ER. The kidney doctor had called ahead and sent a letter with us to give to the charge nurse. Hubby was taken straight back to a room and a doctor saw him almost immediately. The doctor looked at the lab work from Monday and from Thursday morning and it was still high so he admitted hubby to the hospital. We found out that the problem was caused by medications. Hubby has a skin abscess that he went to the urgent care clinic about a couple of weeks ago. They put him on Bactrim DS 800 milligrams. The prescription said take two tablets twice daily for ten days but said dispense 20. The pharmacist said that would be 40 not 20 so he gave hubby 40 tablets. High potassium is a side effect of Bactrim DS and another of hubby’s medicines, Diovan can also raise potassium levels.

Hubby is doing good but I am a wreck from worrying about everything. I rarely drive because of my own medical problems. I have only been behind the wheel a few times in the past 5 years because I have a lot of pain in my arms and legs when I drive. I drove the 20 miles home, praying the whole way. I would have just stayed at the hospital with hubby but I didn’t have my medicines with me and I can’t do without them.

I received a donation of 50 dollars earlier this week that was greatly appreciated. That money was used for gas and to pay for our prescriptions. We are totally broke now and the car is nearly out of gas. Hubby told me not to come to visit because there is only enough gas for one trip to the hospital and back so I have to wait until he is discharged. It is a week until we get paid and hubby should be discharged before then so I can’t go visit him. I worry about him being in the hospital alone because so many mistakes are made. Hubby was given an injection meant for another patient once during a prior hospitalization. The patient who was supposed to receive the medicine had been moved to another room and even though we told the nurse that the doctor she said ordered the injection wasn’t hubby’s doctor, she would not listen.

I hate even sharing this here because I know the hateful posts will start. I am just at my wits end and don’t know where to turn. Our son was involved in an automobile accident last week and doesn’t have the money to come to visit our send us any help. He wasn’t seriously injured but his vehicle was totaled. We are still facing all of the problems we had before hubby’s latest illness. Any ink pen purchases made would be a huge help.

Please, also pray for us or send good thoughts our way. We really need them.

To those who will post rude remarks, please put yourselves in our shoes and think about how you would want to be treated if you were in the same situation.

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Blade

I Will Be Back…

 

I apologize for the prolonged absence and the lack of new posts. Hubby and I are still going through a rough patch financially and medically so I haven’t been physically up to the challenge of writing. The stress of trying to find ways to get to medical appointments, the pharmacy, etc. is overwhelming.

Our house, car and lawn mower need repairs. Hubby worked on the mower, thought it was fixed and began mowing the lawn only to have it mess up before he could finish the backyard.

It terrifies me having our grass get too high because rattlesnakes are bad where we live. A neighbor was bitten by one and nearly died a couple of years ago and one struck at hubby just last week. Luckily, hubby has to wear leg braces so he wasn’t bitten.

Until things settle down, this blog is on hiatus but it’s not going away permanently. Hopefully, in a week or two I will be able to do a new post.

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Shailey Tripp Addresses The License Plate Issue and Other Questions *UPDATE*

 

I have reported the threats made against Shailey to the FBI. I was uncomfortable ignoring the remarks so I sent an email to them with the comment that was made and the person’s IP address. Whether they will do anything, who knows?

I went through through the comments left in reply to Shailey’s most recent guest post and asked her to address some issues that were brought up.

The questions I asked and her replies follow.

Explain the contradiction about the license plate being given to you by Todd.
 
In reading through the comments,  in my opinion, some things have been taken out of context, over analyzed, and twisted into something else, making it seem like I am not credible. Up until the point of my book actually being published and available to the public, I was strictly counseled to only speak of things that I can concretely prove. I have lots of things to say, and account for, but I can't prove a lot of it with concrete, black and white evidence. Also, due to my problems with the National Enquirer and through gossip, speculation, and egos my credibility was in question for a long time. However, now that a year has passed, and no one mentioned in my book has challenged what I have said,  and due to Sarah Palin & Todd Palin's inactions, my credibility has been vetted. Also, due to the efforts of Malia Litman, my credibility has gain solidity. So when I wrote my post recently and included the thing about the license plates, I felt it was now in the realm of common knowledge that Todd, indeed had tried to give the plate to me as a present, which I had rejected. When I referred to a theory, what I meant is that Todd was the one who suggested to Bristol or to the family to use Tripp as the name for the child who was born. As for the dates, the reason I am reluctant at anytime to give an exact date is because I did not keep a diary and go home and write to myself "oooh Tod gave me lic. plates today", etc. I did however record dates I saw him in person. I now have those calendars and appointment books in my possession in a safe place. I am pretty sure he tried to give them to me in March. I see someone posted a link and Malia had actually got some kind of confirmation from Alaska's DMV about the date the license plates were issued. Even it the dates that she got are correct, they were still issued way before Tripp was born, way before anyone knew 100% that he was a boy, and I know and Todd Palin knows he originally tried to give them to me as a gift. As for any of the other details I can only make guesses and assumptions and have no way to know if they are correct.
 

Do you mention the fact that Todd Plain was your pimp when giving talks and does that shock the audience if you do mention Todd?
 
Yes, I do mention Todd Palin was my pimp when I give talks. The answer is no, no one is shocked when we discuss it. And in fact others share their stories of men in powerful positions who have abused them or taken advantage of them.

Would you be willing to post a complete list of the men Todd Palin asked you to perform services for and their employers if they are state or federal and give it to people researching influence pedaling by the Palins?

Yes, I would be wiling to do that. I have given a list to the FBI, the DA, and other branches of the government. Over 70% of the names on the lists are in fact government and state employees or mining/oil clients.

If you saw pictures of APD and FBI that Todd sent to you would you be able to ID them?

I would be able to ID them, in the sense of yes, I met that person and this was what our interaction was. Whether or not the names are real is questionable as some people did tell me their real names and some did not.

Why are there inconsistencies in your story?
 
In my opinion, I feel there are little to no inconsistencies in my story. There was a lot I could not share because I was under contract with the National Enquirer, I had legal actions pending, and I had a book coming out. Now that so much time has passed and I am suing the Enquirer, suing the Palins, and my book is has been on the market for over a year, I do not feel I have to hold back in the same way. Perhaps part of what is perceived as inconsistencies was my reluctance to share too much as the things mentioned above prevented me from doing so. Also, I remember some things now that I didn't remember back then. It was a confusing, stressful time and my work as a prostitute for Todd Palin was not the focus of my life. It was the background of my life and survival for me. My focus was my kids, and my daily needs, and I was so emotionally overwhelmed and sleep deprived from worrying about those issues that the details and importance of what was going on with Todd Palin didn't occur to me until the media started hounding me. Had the media never approached me, I would have never spoke up, and none of this would be public knowledge to this day.

Shailey Tripp

I want to thank Shailey for taking the time to respond to these questions and I hope that she will continue to contribute to this blog.

If anyone reading this hasn’t read Boys Will Be Boys: Media, Morality, and the Coverup of the Todd Palin Shailey Tripp Sex Scandal yet it is available at:

http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Will-Be-Morality-Coverup/dp/147009102X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363713368&sr=8-1&keywords=shailey+tripp

It is also available at other book retailers. The proceeds from sales benefit both Shailey and myself.

If you haven’t done so yet, please visit Blade’s Life, my personal blog by clicking the tab at the top of this page. Hubby’s ink pens can be accessed from a tab at the top, too. All proceeds from pen sales help hubby and I with medical and other expenses.

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Until next time,

Blade

Short, Important Note

 

First, I am asking everyone to please visit http://www.bladepersonal.blogspot.com/ or click the Blade’s Life tab at the top of the page. It’s important.

I apologize for not replying to comments or posting sooner but a lot has been going on. Read more at http://www.bladepersonal.blogspot.com/.

I also wanted to let everyone know that Shailey will be addressing the questions brought up in comments made after her last guest post. She has been very busy but she is working on them and I will post her reply as soon as I receive it.

bladecatz@mail.com

Blade

Another Guest Post By Shailey Tripp

 

In honor of the anniversary of the publication of Boys Will Be Boys, Shailey consented to do another post.

Enjoy!

Blade

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March 4, 2013 marked the one year anniversary of the publication of Boys Will Be Boys: Media, Morality, and the Cover-up of the Todd Palin Shailey Tripp Sex Scandal.

Considering the following events that also occurred on or around March 4, could that date have some significance to the Palin clan?

The week of March 4, 2008:  Sarah Palin had to tell her secret of “being pregnant”. Also, during that week Shailey Tripp gave Governor Palin a massage and Todd Palin gave Shailey the license plate personalized with her last name, "Tripp".

March 4, 2010  was the date that Shailey Tripp was arrested for allegedly running a house of prostitution.

March 4, 2012 the date Boys Will Be Boys was finally published and became available for sale to the public.

This past year has been very busy for me. In addition to trying to join the military and giving talks about the negative consequences of prostitution, I gave statements to the Secret Service about my encounter with David Chaney. Mr. Chaney was the agent assigned to protect Sarah Palin while she was running for Vice-President during the fall of 2008. While in Alaska that fall, Todd sent Agent Chaney to me for sexual services. P.I. Ed Opperman verified those facts and passed the information along to the correct authorities. 

http://edopperman.blogspot.com/2012/11/emailrevealercom-digital-forensic.html

In the year that my book has been on the market, I have heard nothing from any person, business or organization to refute, dispute or denounce my book and the information contained within.  Even stranger is the total silence from the Palins.

Professor Brad Scharlott, who wrote an academic paper about the possibility that Sarah Palin faked her pregnancy with Trig has been bullied and received letters from the Palin family attorney. The Christy family is currently dealing with court proceedings with the Palins related to stalking charges, yet I have heard nothing from them.

A copy of my book was mailed to all Alaska members of Congress, all the city officials of Wasilla, Alaska and Palmer,Alaska, the Anchorage, Alaska Police Department, the Alaska State Police, the White House and to each person mentioned by name in my book. Yet still utter silence.

I realize that many people probably think that I am being vengeful and wonder why I have not just moved on with my life. In answer to that I have moved on with my life. I now let this part of my life occupy only a very small part of my mind but I will not let it go completely. My story is important. Hopefully, knowing what happened to me will encourage others to change their lives or prevent them from entering a life of prostitution. What happened to me is important because it may help change laws and protect men, women and children from the awful realities of life in the sex industry. My story is also important because of the person responsible for introducing me to life in the sex trade.

Todd Palin, a man with power, seduced me. He made false promises to me, groomed me and put me into a life of prostitution. The man who showed me how to prostitute myself out was the husband of the Governor of Alaska and he, himself was a major player in Alaska politics. It has been shown through emails and other evidence that he was advising his wife about political matters and acting as a shadow governor. If the 2008 Presidential election had turned out differently, Sarah Palin would have been Vice-President and her husband would likely have been advising her on matters of national importance; issues important to all of us. The truth about Todd Palin's character is important because there is always the possibility that Sarah Palin might seek national political office again with Todd at her side, influencing her.

Powerful people such as the Palins coerce police and other officials to look away from their wrongdoings. That isn't right. The police and other agencies need to do their jobs; not succumb to bribery or coercion. it is important that people are protected; especially people who are victims in sexual crimes. Corrupt people such as the Palins need to be exposed which is another reason that my experiences are important. Now that I give talks, I see how crucial it is that the information in my book becomes public knowledge and resounds all over the world.

I know a lot of you are wondering what is going on now. Stay tuned and I will share a little bit more soon. Together we can begin to examine information never before shared and maybe we can solve these crimes, bring attention to these actions and in doing so finally find justice.

Shailey