How are these people doing?

Diane C - JoAnn your sister with the MS
Rhonda
Gwen - Cliff, grandson
Rose B - Harold, Silvia and Iris
Melinda - Megan
Mama Char
Kate - godson non-hodgekins lymphoma, Joanie from the thyroid cancer.
Mary Margaret - Jonathan and you and hubby
Cindy - hubby hernia and asthma
Duckie
Vicky B - Tymon - chronic sinus issues
Dawn O - Neice Marissa and we need update on you too.


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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

SJ, my grandson, Cliff, is doing fine now, thank you for asking.
Gwen

"Squirrely" <sqjo@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:4814d137$0$34539$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
Diane C - JoAnn your sister with the MS
Rhonda
Gwen - Cliff, grandson
Rose B - Harold, Silvia and Iris
Melinda - Megan
Mama Char
Kate - godson non-hodgekins lymphoma, Joanie from the thyroid cancer.
Mary Margaret - Jonathan and you and hubby
Cindy - hubby hernia and asthma
Duckie
Vicky B - Tymon - chronic sinus issues
Dawn O - Neice Marissa and we need update on you too.


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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

I am doing pretty ok.. MInd over matter right now. My Lupus is flaring.. I
get mouth sores and they are so uncomfortable. I have the malar rash on my
face but I use a steriod cream my doc gave me for that. Arthritis is sore in
my feet mostly. My hubby should be getting insurance in 30 days so I am so
very very happy about that. I can get some of the meds I had to stop taking
because of cost.
Also I can get the spinal epi that I really need..it really works on my back
issues. Things are really looking up for me. My son graduates from High
school May 16 and we are so excited for him. I am going to try to take him
this week to enroll in the new college he choose. My other kids are doing
really well. They are all going to church camp the first week of June so
hubby and I will have the whole week to ourselves..wish it were this week
because our anniversary is the 29th..19 years...next year it will be 20.
Anyways, things have really been looking up around here for us. I just keep
remembering mind over matter and my God is bigger than any problem that I
have!
How is everybody else.. I do think of everyone allot and wish you guys the
best!

"Squirrely" <sqjo@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:4814d137$0$34539$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> Diane C - JoAnn your sister with the MS
> Rhonda
> Gwen - Cliff, grandson
> Rose B - Harold, Silvia and Iris
> Melinda - Megan
> Mama Char
> Kate - godson non-hodgekins lymphoma, Joanie from the thyroid cancer.
> Mary Margaret - Jonathan and you and hubby
> Cindy - hubby hernia and asthma
> Duckie
> Vicky B - Tymon - chronic sinus issues
> Dawn O - Neice Marissa and we need update on you too.
>
>
> --
> Love and Hugs to all
> Jo the squirrely one
> I am nuts about you.
>

Just emailed grandma duckie and ask her is she could drop in and give us
all an update on herself as well as that new little grandbaby of hers!

Hopefully we'll here from her soon!

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Donna
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1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......


2.) J.K.M.A.

Ashley is another one we haven't heard from in a long long time!

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Donna
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1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......


2.) J.K.M.A.

I also wonder about Lyn, the truck driver, and how he is doing. Haven't
heard from him in quite some time!

Miss mama Char too!!!

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1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......


2.) J.K.M.A.

DonnaG How are you doing???
Been thinking about you.

"Donna G." <DKGBeeker@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:5541-4814DEE8-694@storefull-3112.bay.webtv.net...
>
>
>
> Ashley is another one we haven't heard from in a long long time!
>
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> Donna
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> 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
> call them FRIENDS......
>
>
> 2.) J.K.M.A.
>

Thanks Donna I appreciate it.

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I am nuts about you.
>
> Just emailed grandma duckie and ask her is she could drop in and give us
> all an update on herself as well as that new little grandbaby of hers!
>
> Hopefully we'll here from her soon!
>
>
> Donna

Gwen great to hear, thanks for letting me know.


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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

> SJ, my grandson, Cliff, is doing fine now, thank you for asking.
> Gwen

I just got an email that said they moved, so only know that at this point. I
believe they moved to your neck of the woods from the sounds of it.


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Love and Hugs to all
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I am nuts about you.

> Ashley is another one we haven't heard from in a long long time!
>
>
> Donna

Yeah, SJ, I got that email this afternoon too. You are right, they
moved to somewhere here in michigan! We'll have to try and get
together with them and Nann/Mike before Nann and Mike move!

I'm not familiar with the town she named, so will have to look it up!

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Donna
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1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......


2.) J.K.M.A.

I'm sorry to say that it is not "we" that moved. I moved. Dylan and I
separated in mid-February and filed for divorce on April 18th.

My RD has put me on Lyrica and it's working well. He recently (Friday)
increased my dosage and has given me a prescription to take Flexeril
before bed. The combination of the two seems to be working and keeping
my pain at a 5 (on a scale of 10). We'd ideally like to decrease that
to a 2 or 3, and are hoping Lyrica can do that for me.

I graduate with my associates degree on May 2nd (FRIDAY!). If you are
in the MI area and want to come I'd love to have you since I don't
have any family here anyways. I'm still in a holding pattern with my
acceptance for my bachelor's program since my school in CA held my
transcript. I should be hearing something within the next 2 weeks.

That's basically my life............ if you want to know more, shoot
me an e-mail. I just don't like putting it all out there on the
internet for some random nutjob to come across.

jo, you're so sweet to think of everybody when you've got your own
stuff going on. My sister is doing bad physically and good
emotionally. She's totally given up the idea of ever driving again,
and she's very dependent on her aide for just about everything. That
woman is a real treasure! but she's totally involved with her
community theater and even an occasional date with gentlemen friends.
i'm proud of her.

thanks for asking,

diane

Ashley, so sorry to hear your news. Just hope things will go very well for
you.
Gwen



<ashiegrrrl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8ca5984a-cbae-46b2-ad3a-3a3028add7c1@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
I'm sorry to say that it is not "we" that moved. I moved. Dylan and I
separated in mid-February and filed for divorce on April 18th.

My RD has put me on Lyrica and it's working well. He recently (Friday)
increased my dosage and has given me a prescription to take Flexeril
before bed. The combination of the two seems to be working and keeping
my pain at a 5 (on a scale of 10). We'd ideally like to decrease that
to a 2 or 3, and are hoping Lyrica can do that for me.

I graduate with my associates degree on May 2nd (FRIDAY!). If you are
in the MI area and want to come I'd love to have you since I don't
have any family here anyways. I'm still in a holding pattern with my
acceptance for my bachelor's program since my school in CA held my
transcript. I should be hearing something within the next 2 weeks.

That's basically my life............ if you want to know more, shoot
me an e-mail. I just don't like putting it all out there on the
internet for some random nutjob to come across.

Ashley,
I am truly sorry to hear your news and hope that when this door in your
life closes that another one will open to a better future.
Congratulations on graduation and good luck with getting acceptance to
the next college program.

Ann

I am so sorry to hear about your divorce. I am glad, though, that they
have found a combination of meds that seem to work. Good luck.

--
Navy
Take out the FISH to email me.
<ashiegrrrl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8ca5984a-cbae-46b2-ad3a-3a3028add7c1@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> I'm sorry to say that it is not "we" that moved. I moved. Dylan and I
> separated in mid-February and filed for divorce on April 18th.
>
> My RD has put me on Lyrica and it's working well. He recently (Friday)
> increased my dosage and has given me a prescription to take Flexeril
> before bed. The combination of the two seems to be working and keeping
> my pain at a 5 (on a scale of 10). We'd ideally like to decrease that
> to a 2 or 3, and are hoping Lyrica can do that for me.
>
> I graduate with my associates degree on May 2nd (FRIDAY!). If you are
> in the MI area and want to come I'd love to have you since I don't
> have any family here anyways. I'm still in a holding pattern with my
> acceptance for my bachelor's program since my school in CA held my
> transcript. I should be hearing something within the next 2 weeks.
>
> That's basically my life............ if you want to know more, shoot
> me an e-mail. I just don't like putting it all out there on the
> internet for some random nutjob to come across.

Thank you for all of your kind words. It means a lot to me.

*hugs*

Ashley

THis is Vickie B. Thanks for your concern and care! Tymon had Sinus
surgery almost a year ago and has NO recurrent problems! Thank God!

This summer he is working for the state of Texas involving the pests,
you know the insect population!

Vickie B.

Rhonda,

oh mouth sores are terrible aren't they. I feel for you.

Good to hear that your hubby is getting insurance that will be a help. Have
you tried getting some of your meds free from some of those lists online. I
get a few of mine free from the companies or at a low cost.

I am glad things are looking up for you. I hope all works out real well for
you. You had such a difficult time there for awhile.

Happy Anniversary and hope you enjoy your week to yourselves.

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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.
"RhondaM" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:d%4Rj.888$DG.532@newsfe10.phx...
>I am doing pretty ok.. MInd over matter right now. My Lupus is flaring.. I
>get mouth sores and they are so uncomfortable. I have the malar rash on my
>face but I use a steriod cream my doc gave me for that. Arthritis is sore
>in my feet mostly. My hubby should be getting insurance in 30 days so I am
>so very very happy about that. I can get some of the meds I had to stop
>taking because of cost.
> Also I can get the spinal epi that I really need..it really works on my
> back issues. Things are really looking up for me. My son graduates from
> High school May 16 and we are so excited for him. I am going to try to
> take him this week to enroll in the new college he choose. My other kids
> are doing really well. They are all going to church camp the first week of
> June so hubby and I will have the whole week to ourselves..wish it were
> this week because our anniversary is the 29th..19 years...next year it
> will be 20. Anyways, things have really been looking up around here for
> us. I just keep remembering mind over matter and my God is bigger than any
> problem that I have!
> How is everybody else.. I do think of everyone allot and wish you guys the
> best!
>
> "Squirrely" <sqjo@sonic.net> wrote in message
> news:4814d137$0$34539$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
>> Diane C - JoAnn your sister with the MS
>> Rhonda
>> Gwen - Cliff, grandson
>> Rose B - Harold, Silvia and Iris
>> Melinda - Megan
>> Mama Char
>> Kate - godson non-hodgekins lymphoma, Joanie from the thyroid cancer.
>> Mary Margaret - Jonathan and you and hubby
>> Cindy - hubby hernia and asthma
>> Duckie
>> Vicky B - Tymon - chronic sinus issues
>> Dawn O - Neice Marissa and we need update on you too.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Love and Hugs to all
>> Jo the squirrely one
>> I am nuts about you.
>>
>
>

Oh Ashley I am sorry to hear this. I feel for you.

Congrats on graduating. Good going girl.

My email is always open to you if you need to talk. Take care and hang in
there.


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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

> I'm sorry to say that it is not "we" that moved. I moved. Dylan and I
> separated in mid-February and filed for divorce on April 18th.
>
> My RD has put me on Lyrica and it's working well. He recently (Friday)
> increased my dosage and has given me a prescription to take Flexeril
> before bed. The combination of the two seems to be working and keeping
> my pain at a 5 (on a scale of 10). We'd ideally like to decrease that
> to a 2 or 3, and are hoping Lyrica can do that for me.
>
> I graduate with my associates degree on May 2nd (FRIDAY!). If you are
> in the MI area and want to come I'd love to have you since I don't
> have any family here anyways. I'm still in a holding pattern with my
> acceptance for my bachelor's program since my school in CA held my
> transcript. I should be hearing something within the next 2 weeks.
>
> That's basically my life............ if you want to know more, shoot
> me an e-mail. I just don't like putting it all out there on the
> internet for some random nutjob to come across.

Oh Diane, it helps me to be thinking of others instead of wallowing in what
I can't change.

It is good to hear that she is doing better. I know she probably hated to
give up driving but with a good aide to help her out she should be ok.

I am glad that the aide is such a treasure.

I bet you are proud of her and I am proud of her too. She has been thru so
much but still keeps going and doing. It is amazing.

Take care.

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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

> jo, you're so sweet to think of everybody when you've got your own
> stuff going on. My sister is doing bad physically and good
> emotionally. She's totally given up the idea of ever driving again,
> and she's very dependent on her aide for just about everything. That
> woman is a real treasure! but she's totally involved with her
> community theater and even an occasional date with gentlemen friends.
> i'm proud of her.
>
> thanks for asking,
>
> diane

That is great to hear Vickie. I am so glad for him.

Take care.


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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.

> THis is Vickie B. Thanks for your concern and care! Tymon had Sinus
> surgery almost a year ago and has NO recurrent problems! Thank God!
>
> This summer he is working for the state of Texas involving the pests,
> you know the insect population!
>
> Vickie B.
>

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:17:10 -0700, "Squirrely" <sqjo@sonic.net>
wrote:

>Diane C - JoAnn your sister with the MS
>Rhonda
>Gwen - Cliff, grandson
>Rose B - Harold, Silvia and Iris
>Melinda - Megan
>Mama Char
>Kate - godson non-hodgekins lymphoma, Joanie from the thyroid cancer.
>Mary Margaret - Jonathan and you and hubby
>Cindy - hubby hernia and asthma
>Duckie
>Vicky B - Tymon - chronic sinus issues
>Dawn O - Neice Marissa and we need update on you too.

Thanks for asking, SJ. Iris went to her surgeon for her follow-up
appointment on her knee, and he basically said she will always need to
use a cane, and will never be pain-free because of what she went
through. She has had carpal tunnel release on both hands with good
results.

Harold eased his short term disability into retirement. He is fine,
but has pain still as a result of the problems he had..

Sylvia had pneumonia and was in the hospital for two weeks. She was
home for a week, and t hen had to go to hospital last night by
ambulance. They (the paramedics) thought she was going to arrest. She
is very short of breath, and is on oxygen full time pretty much. Last
night her O2 sats must have gone very low, as she had episodes of
confusion, etc. I am not sure what is causing the shortness of breath,
but she did have congestive heart failure as well as the pneumonia.I
have been at the hospital to visit this afternoon, and am going back
soon.

Thanks again.

Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Sylvia was taken to Kamloops on Monday (6o miles away- a larger
hospital) and is in Intensive Care. My nephew called last night, and
she will be going to Vancouver to see a heart surgeon as her heart is
not pumping properly. When i went to see her on Sunday, her foot from
the mid-calf area was totally blue. It was a dark blue black and was
just as though someone had dipped her foot in ink. She has gone into
cardiac arrest a few times. but they were able to bring her out of it.
She is not doing well at all.

I am upset with her doctor because he did nothing to help her. When
she was first admitted another on-call doc ordered the exray of her
lungs, and a different doc ordered something else. The nurses told the
doc she should have an MRI and he said no. This man is into the
age-reversal stuff, and is the doc i went to until the time a few
years ago when i had a broken arm and he was preaching to me about the
properties of DHEA and HGH to increase longevity. After that, I
switched docs. My sister and brother in law really like this fellow
because he goes to their church and they think of him as a friend.
Had he sent her for a consultation earlier, maybe this could have
been avoided.

And I had a sinus infection that started April 23rd. I could not get
in to see my doc, so I just increased my doxycycline. Then on Monday
I was prescribed clavulen/amoxycillin (AKA horse pills). Yesterday at
mid morning i started getting severe chills that did not let up until
after 3. By the time i got home I could not move my arms without a
great deal of pain. This is the same as what happened before. I could
not even take a drink.

This time though I got Iris to take me to ER. The doc told me to take
50 mgs of pred for the next few days, and then taper. Also he said to
take 3 T-3s during the acute phase. I did not think one could take 3
at a time.

This is working. I can type and was able to dress. I am not going into
work though.

My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
really.
Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

I thought we had gotten past the "I shouldn't mention my problems because
there are others worse off than me." stage around here. You are as important
as anyone else and don't ever tell yourself otherwise!! We love you, Rose,
and you and your sister will be in our prayers.

DeeTee

"RoseB" <imarosa.1@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:sib324lemd2uoq3ln3rfo85cv6qa87bj9u@4ax.com...
> Sylvia was taken to Kamloops on Monday (6o miles away- a larger
> hospital) and is in Intensive Care. My nephew called last night, and
> she will be going to Vancouver to see a heart surgeon as her heart is
> not pumping properly. When i went to see her on Sunday, her foot from
> the mid-calf area was totally blue. It was a dark blue black and was
> just as though someone had dipped her foot in ink. She has gone into
> cardiac arrest a few times. but they were able to bring her out of it.
> She is not doing well at all.
>
> I am upset with her doctor because he did nothing to help her. When
> she was first admitted another on-call doc ordered the exray of her
> lungs, and a different doc ordered something else. The nurses told the
> doc she should have an MRI and he said no. This man is into the
> age-reversal stuff, and is the doc i went to until the time a few
> years ago when i had a broken arm and he was preaching to me about the
> properties of DHEA and HGH to increase longevity. After that, I
> switched docs. My sister and brother in law really like this fellow
> because he goes to their church and they think of him as a friend.
> Had he sent her for a consultation earlier, maybe this could have
> been avoided.
>
> And I had a sinus infection that started April 23rd. I could not get
> in to see my doc, so I just increased my doxycycline. Then on Monday
> I was prescribed clavulen/amoxycillin (AKA horse pills). Yesterday at
> mid morning i started getting severe chills that did not let up until
> after 3. By the time i got home I could not move my arms without a
> great deal of pain. This is the same as what happened before. I could
> not even take a drink.
>
> This time though I got Iris to take me to ER. The doc told me to take
> 50 mgs of pred for the next few days, and then taper. Also he said to
> take 3 T-3s during the acute phase. I did not think one could take 3
> at a time.
>
> This is working. I can type and was able to dress. I am not going into
> work though.
>
> My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
> problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
> really.
> Rose @}->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
> one seeks to understand it.
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.

On Wed, 7 May 2008 09:44:55 -0400, "DeeTee and Bob Taggart"
<ke3iu_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I thought we had gotten past the "I shouldn't mention my problems because
>there are others worse off than me." stage around here. You are as important
>as anyone else and don't ever tell yourself otherwise!! We love you, Rose,
>and you and your sister will be in our prayers.
>
>DeeTee

It is hard for me to get past that stage. LOL
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Rose, prayers for Sylvia and all who love her.
Gwen


"RoseB" <imarosa.1@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:sib324lemd2uoq3ln3rfo85cv6qa87bj9u@4ax.com...
Sylvia was taken to Kamloops on Monday (6o miles away- a larger
hospital) and is in Intensive Care. My nephew called last night, and
she will be going to Vancouver to see a heart surgeon as her heart is
not pumping properly. When i went to see her on Sunday, her foot from
the mid-calf area was totally blue. It was a dark blue black and was
just as though someone had dipped her foot in ink. She has gone into
cardiac arrest a few times. but they were able to bring her out of it.
She is not doing well at all.

I am upset with her doctor because he did nothing to help her. When
she was first admitted another on-call doc ordered the exray of her
lungs, and a different doc ordered something else. The nurses told the
doc she should have an MRI and he said no. This man is into the
age-reversal stuff, and is the doc i went to until the time a few
years ago when i had a broken arm and he was preaching to me about the
properties of DHEA and HGH to increase longevity. After that, I
switched docs. My sister and brother in law really like this fellow
because he goes to their church and they think of him as a friend.
Had he sent her for a consultation earlier, maybe this could have
been avoided.

And I had a sinus infection that started April 23rd. I could not get
in to see my doc, so I just increased my doxycycline. Then on Monday
I was prescribed clavulen/amoxycillin (AKA horse pills). Yesterday at
mid morning i started getting severe chills that did not let up until
after 3. By the time i got home I could not move my arms without a
great deal of pain. This is the same as what happened before. I could
not even take a drink.

This time though I got Iris to take me to ER. The doc told me to take
50 mgs of pred for the next few days, and then taper. Also he said to
take 3 T-3s during the acute phase. I did not think one could take 3
at a time.

This is working. I can type and was able to dress. I am not going into
work though.

My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
really.
Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Rose}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} }
Duckie

RoseB wrote:

> Sylvia was taken to Kamloops on Monday (6o miles away- a larger
> hospital) and is in Intensive Care. My nephew called last night, and
> she will be going to Vancouver to see a heart surgeon as her heart is
> not pumping properly. When i went to see her on Sunday, her foot from
> the mid-calf area was totally blue. It was a dark blue black and was
> just as though someone had dipped her foot in ink. She has gone into
> cardiac arrest a few times. but they were able to bring her out of it.
> She is not doing well at all.
>
> I am upset with her doctor because he did nothing to help her. When
> she was first admitted another on-call doc ordered the exray of her
> lungs, and a different doc ordered something else. The nurses told the
> doc she should have an MRI and he said no. This man is into the
> age-reversal stuff, and is the doc i went to until the time a few
> years ago when i had a broken arm and he was preaching to me about the
> properties of DHEA and HGH to increase longevity. After that, I
> switched docs. My sister and brother in law really like this fellow
> because he goes to their church and they think of him as a friend.
> Had he sent her for a consultation earlier, maybe this could have
> been avoided.
>
> And I had a sinus infection that started April 23rd. I could not get
> in to see my doc, so I just increased my doxycycline. Then on Monday
> I was prescribed clavulen/amoxycillin (AKA horse pills). Yesterday at
> mid morning i started getting severe chills that did not let up until
> after 3. By the time i got home I could not move my arms without a
> great deal of pain. This is the same as what happened before. I could
> not even take a drink.
>
> This time though I got Iris to take me to ER. The doc told me to take
> 50 mgs of pred for the next few days, and then taper. Also he said to
> take 3 T-3s during the acute phase. I did not think one could take 3
> at a time.
>
> This is working. I can type and was able to dress. I am not going into
> work though.
>
> My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
> problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
> really.
> Rose @}->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
> one seeks to understand it.
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Yes you should have mentioned your problems Rose - definitely. If this were
someone else you would be telling them the same. If the
caregiver/cheerleader/family isn't taken care of mentally and physically it
is hard for them to support the other person. Glad to hear the prednisone
is working and that you are taking care to stay home at the moment. Take
care of Rose, then your family - darn these infections! Please make sure
you mention it to your RD next time especially because of the increased
humira and the prednisone.

As for the doctor your sister has you have to wonder don't you. Just
because a person goes to the same church doesn't mean they are necessarily a
good doctor, plumber, etc. This one has in the past not served you well and
sounds like Sylvia is now having problems too. Glad she is being taken to
Vancouver - hopefully to St. Pauls maybe?? I know their heart doctors are
considered very good although I also know VGH has a great reputation in that
department as well. My prayers will be going out to her and to your family.
How is your mom taking all this?

Will be praying for all of you Rose. Take care of yourself please!!!

Kelly

"RoseB" <imarosa.1@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:sib324lemd2uoq3ln3rfo85cv6qa87bj9u@4ax.com...
> Sylvia was taken to Kamloops on Monday (6o miles away- a larger
> hospital) and is in Intensive Care. My nephew called last night, and
> she will be going to Vancouver to see a heart surgeon as her heart is
> not pumping properly. When i went to see her on Sunday, her foot from
> the mid-calf area was totally blue. It was a dark blue black and was
> just as though someone had dipped her foot in ink. She has gone into
> cardiac arrest a few times. but they were able to bring her out of it.
> She is not doing well at all.
>
> I am upset with her doctor because he did nothing to help her. When
> she was first admitted another on-call doc ordered the exray of her
> lungs, and a different doc ordered something else. The nurses told the
> doc she should have an MRI and he said no. This man is into the
> age-reversal stuff, and is the doc i went to until the time a few
> years ago when i had a broken arm and he was preaching to me about the
> properties of DHEA and HGH to increase longevity. After that, I
> switched docs. My sister and brother in law really like this fellow
> because he goes to their church and they think of him as a friend.
> Had he sent her for a consultation earlier, maybe this could have
> been avoided.
>
> And I had a sinus infection that started April 23rd. I could not get
> in to see my doc, so I just increased my doxycycline. Then on Monday
> I was prescribed clavulen/amoxycillin (AKA horse pills). Yesterday at
> mid morning i started getting severe chills that did not let up until
> after 3. By the time i got home I could not move my arms without a
> great deal of pain. This is the same as what happened before. I could
> not even take a drink.
>
> This time though I got Iris to take me to ER. The doc told me to take
> 50 mgs of pred for the next few days, and then taper. Also he said to
> take 3 T-3s during the acute phase. I did not think one could take 3
> at a time.
>
> This is working. I can type and was able to dress. I am not going into
> work though.
>
> My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
> problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
> really.
> Rose @}->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
> one seeks to understand it.
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Boy are we ever getting after Rose today - it is unanimous Rose - don't
apologize!

Hugs,

Kelly

Yes, Kelly she went to St Pauls via air ambulance. She is on a
respirator. I actually was going in to Vancouver on Friday anyway to
see Dr Younger and he is also on Burrard. I shall be able to go right
from my appointment to the hospital to see her.

My mom is having a very difficult time with this.

Thanks for your care and concern.
Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Darren has started a blog to inform everyone about her progress.
According to his latest report, it is sepsis. Whatever was in her lung
has spread. She has a 75% chance of making it, according to the doc,
but in the next few days she may become much worse. Her case is
complicated by type 2 diabetes that has recently been
insulin-resistant.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers.
Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

I am off to vancouver on the redeye tonight at 3:50. I should be
asleep as I will need to get up at 2:00 or 2:30 at the latest. I am
too wired from prednisone, and my cousin called with very discouraging
news about Sylvia. I am afraid.

Maybe this is all part of the "it will get worse before it gets better
t hing". I don't know. I hope that I can talk to the docs tomorrow.

Sometimes it is just too much. In March our secretary's son committed
suicide, and we were sort of rebounding from all that that entailed
when we had the father murdering his children and threatening the
school. The stress level was almost at a breaking point.

Now, just when things are falling into place, something has gone wrong
again.

I will try to remain optimistic, but I think it is ok to be afraid as
well. Maybe once I see her it will be better.
Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Glad to hear Iris is doing as good as she is. Sorry though to hear she will
always have to use the cane and that she will never be pain free. But I
guess that is still better than what could have happened when she was going
thru all this.

Harold hopefully will do better on retirement. I hope all goes well for him.

Oh man, I am sorry to hear what has and is going on with Sylvia. I am sorry
to hear that she is not doing good at all and is back in the hospital. I am
praying for her and all of you.
I am wondering though where you said in one post about her heart not pumping
right as to whether she has fluid in the heart sac and that is what is going
on. I saw where you said it might be sepsis and I know there is serious too.
I hope all goes well with her and that they get it controlled whatever it
is.

You take care and rest as much as you can. I know that is hard right now but
try please. You don't need to go down too from getting worse.

You will all be in my prayers until you tell us good news if you can. Know
we are with you in your heart and that our hearts are with you.


--
Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one
I am nuts about you.
>
> Thanks for asking, SJ. Iris went to her surgeon for her follow-up
> appointment on her knee, and he basically said she will always need to
> use a cane, and will never be pain-free because of what she went
> through. She has had carpal tunnel release on both hands with good
> results.
>
> Harold eased his short term disability into retirement. He is fine,
> but has pain still as a result of the problems he had..
>
> Sylvia had pneumonia and was in the hospital for two weeks. She was
> home for a week, and t hen had to go to hospital last night by
> ambulance. They (the paramedics) thought she was going to arrest. She
> is very short of breath, and is on oxygen full time pretty much. Last
> night her O2 sats must have gone very low, as she had episodes of
> confusion, etc. I am not sure what is causing the shortness of breath,
> but she did have congestive heart failure as well as the pneumonia.I
> have been at the hospital to visit this afternoon, and am going back
> soon.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Rose @}->--

On Wed, 7 May 2008 9:38:03 -0400, RoseB wrote
(in message <sib324lemd2uoq3ln3rfo85cv6qa87bj9u@4ax.com>):

> My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
> problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
> really.

Only in comparison to problems as severe as Sylvia's would yours be
considered "minor"! I know the desire to downplay what you yourself are
dealing with in order to help you get through it, though.

We've dealt with/are dealing with less competent doctor issues in our family
also. I won't get into the details, but I know how difficult it is when you
can't get a loved one to dump a doctor who lets his or her own priorities get
in the way of optimal patient care. Love your sister through this and maybe
down the road she and your bIL can be convinced it is possible to really like
a *person* without seeing him professionally.


--
Nann
remove the Gator cheer to email me
Change everything. Love & forgive.

My prayers are with Sylvia and all of your family, Rose. you all have had so
much to deal with in recent years, it is time for some peace for all. May
the medications kick in for Sylvia quickly and may her improvement be rapid
after this.

i eard an interesting take on stress relief last week when you feel stressed
to the breaking poiont, find sometiing to thank God for, however small it
might be. Of course, it doesn't take care of the source of the stress, but
it does help you relax at least a bit so you are better able to cope with all
that is going on. YMMV from this person's of course, but it is something I
intend to try. Anything that helps us deal with major stress is a step in
the right direction.

Keep us posted on Sylvia, please. I'm lighting candles for her today.

--
Nann
remove the Gator cheer to email me
Change everything. Love & forgive.



On Fri, 9 May 2008 1:31:30 -0400, RoseB wrote
(in message <v7o724lio3tuufdgtjdte0pqbt221rsocj@4ax.com>):

> I am off to vancouver on the redeye tonight at 3:50. I should be
> asleep as I will need to get up at 2:00 or 2:30 at the latest. I am
> too wired from prednisone, and my cousin called with very discouraging
> news about Sylvia. I am afraid.
>
> Maybe this is all part of the "it will get worse before it gets better
> t hing". I don't know. I hope that I can talk to the docs tomorrow.
>
> Sometimes it is just too much. In March our secretary's son committed
> suicide, and we were sort of rebounding from all that that entailed
> when we had the father murdering his children and threatening the
> school. The stress level was almost at a breaking point.
>
> Now, just when things are falling into place, something has gone wrong
> again.
>
> I will try to remain optimistic, but I think it is ok to be afraid as
> well. Maybe once I see her it will be better.
> Rose @}->--
> Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
> one seeks to understand it.
>
> Please remove "Ima" to reply.