MIA? Billie - short update

I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
...............

Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's hope
he brings some relief.

MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much diabetes
related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some a
mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it discretely.

Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've thought
of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
behaving yourselves. *vbg*

Cyber hugs to you all,
Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:51:23 GMT, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net>
wrote:

>I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
>..............
>
>Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
>infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
>supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's hope
>he brings some relief.
>
>MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much diabetes
>related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some a
>mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it discretely.
>
>Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've thought
>of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
>behaving yourselves. *vbg*
>
>Cyber hugs to you all,
>Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*
>


Billie,
I'm glad to hear from you. Sorry to hear that you've been through a
LOT. I hope things improve for you very very soon.

x-no-archive: yes

Billie wrote:
> I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
> ..............
>
> Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
> infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
> supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's hope
> he brings some relief.
>
> MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much diabetes
> related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some a
> mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it discretely.
>
> Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've thought
> of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
> behaving yourselves. *vbg*
>
> Cyber hugs to you all,
> Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*
>
>


Take good care of yourself, Billie.

Susan

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:51:23 GMT, "Billie"
<mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote:

>I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
>..............
>
>Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
>infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
>supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's hope
>he brings some relief.
>
>MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much diabetes
>related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some a
>mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it discretely.
>
>Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've thought
>of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
>behaving yourselves. *vbg*
>
>Cyber hugs to you all,
>Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*
>

So good to see you - it's a relief.
Be well.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: Liguria to Pisa

Glad you checked in Billie. We will look forward to your story when
you're able to share it.
Take care.

--
Cheri

Billie wrote in message ...
>I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
>..............
>
>Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
>infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
>supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's
hope
>he brings some relief.
>
>MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much
diabetes
>related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some
a
>mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it
discretely.
>
>Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've
thought
>of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
>behaving yourselves. *vbg*
>
>Cyber hugs to you all,
>Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*
>
>

Hi, Billie --

I am so sorry you are having so much trouble, but it *is* a great
relief to hear from you. We'll be thinking of you!

Brightest Blessings!!!

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:51:23 GMT, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net>
wrote:

>I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
>..............
>
>Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
>infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
>supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's hope
>he brings some relief.
>
>MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much diabetes
>related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some a
>mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it discretely.
>
>Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've thought
>of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
>behaving yourselves. *vbg*
>
>Cyber hugs to you all,
>Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*
>

BlueBrooke
T2/D&E/June 2005

The things that come to those who wait will
be the things left by those who got there first.

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:51:23 GMT, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net>
wrote:

>I know you won't believe a *short* update from me until you see it, but
>..............
>
>Yep, MIA, and but I hope a report very soon. New doctor Tuesday, an
>infectious disease specialist. Know this doesn't say much, but he is
>supposed to be one sharp dude, so hopefully in one area at least let's hope
>he brings some relief.
>
>MUCH has gone on, and I hope I will be able to tell about it; much diabetes
>related as I noted when I gave my history to them the other day. Some a
>mite personal, and I'll try to find a way to tone it to share it discretely.
>
>Losing my ability to type, that is the signal to stop. *s* I've thought
>of you daily, but have not been able to read. I'm sure you've all been
>behaving yourselves. *vbg*
>
>Cyber hugs to you all,
>Billie.......with her feet higher than her heart!! *s*
>

Sorry to hear about all your troubles, Billie. I hope things improve
for you soon.

Will, T2

Best of Luck, Billie

Billie Fan Paul

Paul L <kbtrans@qwest.net> wrote:


: Best of Luck, Billie

: Billie Fan Paul

Add me to the list of well wishers. Yu are incredible!

Wendy

Billie, I await to read the long update.

Sending warm feelings your way

Loretta

--
In tribute to the United States of America and the State
of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
terrorism.

Hiya Billie - I'm happy to *see* you here. HUGS
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} and hopes that you are feeling better
every day.
Barbara

Loretta Eisenberg wrote:
> Billie, I await to read the long update.
>
> Sending warm feelings your way
>
> Loretta
>
> --
> In tribute to the United States of America and the State
> of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
> terrorism.

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:26:39 -0700, "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom>
wrote:

>Glad you checked in Billie. We will look forward to your story when
>you're able to share it.
>Take care.

Yes, what they all say.

Yep, looks like I'm out there hanging out my shingles. That supped up
infectious disease specialist seems to be on the right tract. For real
healing in days when all the others haven't been able to quell the nasty
little buggers all these months. My urologist was the one who recognized
something *different* and sent me to the specialist, and I believe he is on
the right track of this and several other things, but this horrid ole thing
that's been giving me more pain than I think I've ever had appears to be
SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've ever
had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign around
your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I do
not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes anyway.
If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
completely cured yet.

Still, that is not the core to all that's been going on. More to come
later.


Cyber hugs to you all,
Billie.......with her feet STILL higher than her heart with GREAT results!!
*s*

I've never had them Billie, but a couple of friends have. They say the
pain is excruciating. I hope you're rid of them soon. Take care.

--
Cheri

Billie wrote in message ...

>the right track of this and several other things, but this horrid ole
thing
>that's been giving me more pain than I think I've ever had appears to
be
>SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've
ever
>had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign
around
>your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I
do
>not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes
anyway.
>If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
>immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
>completely cured yet.
>
>Still, that is not the core to all that's been going on. More to come
>later.

"Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:Vxs3h.2339$r12.870@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com ...
> Yep, looks like I'm out there hanging out my shingles.

Aargh! Take care, they're nasty - hope they clear up as soon as may be!

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/5.5/<6 T2 DX 05/2004
100ug Thyroxine
95/72/72Kg

Billie wrote:

> SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've ever
> had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign around
> your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I do
> not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes anyway.
> If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
> immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
> completely cured yet.
>
I'm under the impression that shingles and chickenpox are basically the
same bug. Childredn tend to get chickenpox and adults are likely to
get shingles. At least that is the way it was explained to me when we
had a friend in quarantine at the hospital with it. Most people don't
get them after they have had chickpox but that's not foolproof.

-Jewel

Billie <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote:
: SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've ever
: had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign around
: your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I do
: not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes anyway.
: If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
: immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
: completely cured yet.

: Still, that is not the core to all that's been going on. More to come
: later.


: Cyber hugs to you all,
: Billie.......with her feet STILL higher than her heart with GREAT results!!
: *s*

I have known a number of people who got shingles during times of extreme
stress like shortly after the death of a spouse. From what I understood,
it comes from the chicken pox virus that lies dormant at the base of
nerves and gets activated, resulting in the terrible pain. It can be
dreadful!!

Billie, I am so sorry to hear you hae this afflicin along with all the
others. I gues it affected your eyes, as you wee unable to read, lik emy
aunt Adele had many years ago. I wish you a speedy recovery. The newer
meds are supposd to be much better at dealing with this nasty scourge.

Wendy

Billie,

I'm so sorry you have shingles. They can really be miserable!

Oh, and I heard the same explanation about how a person gets shingles as
Wendy did. In other words, you've carried them since you had the chickenpox
and they returned with a nasty surprise.

I hope you feel better soon!
--
Michelle, T2
diet & exercise

"W. Baker" <wbaker@panix.com> wrote in message
news:eilqv5$9l1$1@reader2.panix.com...
> Billie <mynewsaccount@swbell.net> wrote:
> : SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've
> ever
> : had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign
> around
> : your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I
> do
> : not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes
> anyway.
> : If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
> : immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
> : completely cured yet.
>
> : Still, that is not the core to all that's been going on. More to come
> : later.
>
>
> : Cyber hugs to you all,
> : Billie.......with her feet STILL higher than her heart with GREAT
> results!!
> : *s*
>
> I have known a number of people who got shingles during times of extreme
> stress like shortly after the death of a spouse. From what I understood,
> it comes from the chicken pox virus that lies dormant at the base of
> nerves and gets activated, resulting in the terrible pain. It can be
> dreadful!!
>
> Billie, I am so sorry to hear you hae this afflicin along with all the
> others. I gues it affected your eyes, as you wee unable to read, lik emy
> aunt Adele had many years ago. I wish you a speedy recovery. The newer
> meds are supposd to be much better at dealing with this nasty scourge.
>
> Wendy
>

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:17:41 GMT, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Yep, looks like I'm out there hanging out my shingles. That supped up
>infectious disease specialist seems to be on the right tract. For real
>healing in days when all the others haven't been able to quell the nasty
>little buggers all these months. My urologist was the one who recognized
>something *different* and sent me to the specialist, and I believe he is on
>the right track of this and several other things, but this horrid ole thing
>that's been giving me more pain than I think I've ever had appears to be
>SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've ever
>had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign around
>your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I do
>not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes anyway.
>If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
>immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
>completely cured yet.
>
>Still, that is not the core to all that's been going on. More to come
>later.
>
>
>Cyber hugs to you all,
>Billie.......with her feet STILL higher than her heart with GREAT results!!
>*s*

Hi, Billie --

I'm so sorry to hear that you're having such terrible problems. But
thanks for "checking in" and letting us know how you are doing.
There's a lot of worrying when you don't. :-)


BlueBrooke
T2/D&E/June 2005

The things that come to those who wait will
be the things left by those who got there first.

As others said, shingles is the return of the chicken pox virus that
you thought you had beaten off when you were a kid. Lying dormant for
years and then suddenly striking at a time when for whatever reason
your immunity is down.

Shingles is not contagious in the normal sense of the word. You cannot
give someone else shingles. But if they have contact with the weepy
liquid that comes from the sores in the first few days, they may get
chicken pox from your shingles--if they have never had chicken pox
before. And then presumably they could get shingles 20 or 40 years
later after getting the chicken pox from you. But once the shingle
sores dry up, the moment when you can give someone elxe chicken pox has
passed. And someone who has had chicken pox wiould not be affected even
by contact with your sores.

It is rather amazing just how painful shingles can be, and it is
amazing how long the effects can linger. Some people get it more than
once, and some people are plagued by a lingering post-herpetic
neuralgia athat is left over when the shingles is cured. I've managed
to do both in the last 3 years. I got shingles, then I got it again
maybe 2 more times, and I am still scratching, nearly 3 years later.
The only good part of it was that the pain never again approached the
intensity of the first few weeks--subsequent recurrences were much
milder, and the post herpetic neuralgia is more annoying and irritating
than actually painful. But YMMV with shingles--for most people who get
it, it comes once and then it goes away, never to return.

There is a new shingles vaccine on the market now. If I had known what
I now knowand it had been on the market before, I would have asked for
it. There are risks with all new medicines of course, but shingles is a
brute.

Morris

Billie wrote:
> Yep, looks like I'm out there hanging out my shingles. That supped up
> infectious disease specialist seems to be on the right tract. For real
> healing in days when all the others haven't been able to quell the nasty
> little buggers all these months. My urologist was the one who recognized
> something *different* and sent me to the specialist, and I believe he is on
> the right track of this and several other things, but this horrid ole thing
> that's been giving me more pain than I think I've ever had appears to be
> SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've ever
> had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign around
> your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I do
> not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes anyway.
> If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
> immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
> completely cured yet.
>
> Still, that is not the core to all that's been going on. More to come
> later.
>
>
> Cyber hugs to you all,
> Billie.......with her feet STILL higher than her heart with GREAT results!!
> *s*

On 5 Nov 2006 14:36:55 -0800, "Jewel" <cluster@seanet.com> wrote:

>
>Billie wrote:
>
>> SHINGLES!!! Oh, ladies, and gents, I am here to tell you, if you've ever
>> had chicken pox, stay away from anyone who has shingles! Wear a sign around
>> your neck....."Do you have shingles? You could give them to me, and I do
>> not want to catch them from you!" I think that's the way it goes anyway.
>> If not, you can straighten us all out. I've already got them, and am
>> immunized. The medicine has really been helping, though it is not
>> completely cured yet.
>>
>I'm under the impression that shingles and chickenpox are basically the
>same bug. Childredn tend to get chickenpox and adults are likely to
>get shingles. At least that is the way it was explained to me when we
>had a friend in quarantine at the hospital with it. Most people don't
>get them after they have had chickpox but that's not foolproof.

That's the theory but in practice the shingles can return many years
after you got over the chickenpox.

My sympathies, never suffered but I know plenty who have and theyre
definitely no fun.