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[Guest guest]

Iggy honey, try hard to relax, I know how hard it is, and I remember

feeling just like you are right now, I think I know how it is, your

feeling toxic and then your taking drugs and that makes you feel like

your only adding to your bodies toxicity, so you just think how bad

you want to be clean and pure, and have your body be all natural. I

felt that too, honey I know how much you want that, in time you will

get there. I would not worry too much as far as the medications

making your body toxic or sicker. Your not takin prednisone or

something like that. The narcotics are not going to damage your body

because your not abusing them, your probably not taking that much, I

am not sure what your on actually but either way your going to be ok.

Your emotions are really going to be stirred up right now, anxiety is

high, all those things are normal, though not comfortable at all I

know. The best things you can do for yourself now is to try to stay

occupied and busy. I am not sure how much your able to do, but I

recomend that you try to find something you can do to keep your mind

off the implants, reading, writting(keeping a journal could be really

good for you) they say writting and keeping a journal is very

healing. I used to keep one on my puter and it helped me later to

look back and see how much I was improving. I remember in the

beginning after explant how much that helped because there were days

when I thought I was never going to get better, and hardly could tell

a difference. Dr Feng told me to look at my healing not in days but

in months, and when I would read back a month or two in my journal it

was true I was getting better, but not by the day, by the month!

Slowly at first though. Anyhow, take your medications now, and just

try to do what you can to eat healthy and take good care of yourself.

Once the surgery is over, your probably going to need pain meds for a

short time and then you can start the process of stopping them, and

it will be easy. Esp when the pain gets better. It is known for a

fact that the patients who take medication for chronic pain have a

really easy time quitting them once the pain is truly gone. Because

patients who take medication for pain don't get high off the drugs,

it is people who take them who don't have pain that are getting high

off them. It is a chemical thing in the brain that knows that you

need the meds when your body is in real pain it metabolizes them

different than if you were just taking them to get high. So just ease

up on yourself. Don't you dare tell us not to listen to you either,

ok! we are here for you 24 hours a day, you just write when you need

help or someone to answer something or just to listen or vent or

whatever. That is what this site is here for. I am all alone this

weekend, my hubby is off on a hockey trip with his younger son and I

had to stay home to study for my finals next week, so I will be on

here allot checking in and also, if you want to call me if you need

help you can ok? Don't feel bad about anything you say here, we all

know what it is like to be waiting for that surgery, it can be so

hard. Your being very strong, and hanging in there. It is too bad you

cannot get in before February though! Is Dr Feng that booked up?

Unreal huh? Anyhow girl please rest and take care, dont' worry bout

all this other stuff because things have a way of working themselves

out.

Ok enough of me!

hugs

In , " iggyangel7 " <Iggys_girl@m...>

wrote:

> Thanks for being there to listen. I am beating myself up over this,

> and I dont feel good, so I will wait till explant and then stop all

> of the meds, thats what my doc wants to. I want to go all natural

> after explant, but my doc said she will do this slowly and wean me

> off appropriately. Oh well, Im just emotional and sick right now,

so

> dont listen to me, I just am sick and tired... I dont know what I

> would do w/out all of you women here helping me and cheering me on

to

> take it a day at a time.. thank you and God bless, I pray for my

> explant and healing, Iggy

> THanks , w/out these meds, I would be bed ridden, they are

> keeping me to function... I will try to relax, its just so

hard.....

[Guest guest]

Do not excuse yourself at all. If you need something for the pain, and you have plans to explant, there is no alternative answer to me. You gotta function. I have been there, although not as much pain as to need pain meds, but can fully understand and sympathise with you. I will pray for you Iggy, and know that God has a light at the end of this long tunnel for you. Love always, ----- Original Message -----

From: iggyangel7

Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 3:45 PM

Subject: ;

THank you, for your support, I just feel so sick right now, and keep feeling sicker. thanks for your prayers, and My doc gave me a different pain doc to do trigger point injections and med free stuff, which is good, so I pray that helps, I just want to be natural and drug free again, like I have been in the past, GOd will help me I know. thanks again, everything is his time. BLessings, IggyITs hard to think straight sometimes, cuz of the pain and such, so please excuse me....

[Guest guest]

Iggy: have you tried acupuncture and massage therapy? I find both are very helpful.

Vickie

>From: "iggyangel7"

>Reply- > >Subject: ; >Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:45:37 -0000 > >THank you, for your support, I just feel so sick right now, and keep >feeling sicker. thanks for your prayers, and My doc gave me a >different pain doc to do trigger point injections and med free stuff, >which is good, so I pray that helps, I just want to be natural and >drug free again, like I have been in the past, GOd will help me I >know. thanks again, everything is his time. BLessings, Iggy >ITs hard to think straight sometimes, cuz of the pain and such, so >please excuse me.... > Wonder if the latest virus has gotten to your computer? Find out. Run the FREE McAfee online computer scan now!

[Guest guest]

:

Can I use some of your words in my speech? I liked what you had to say

" At any age, this disease stinks! "

Thanks

and Rob 15 Spondy

On Mon, 10 May 2004 10:38:22 -0500 " Tepper, Michele "

<MTepper@...> writes:

Thanks, Stacia. I have often gained strength from reading about what

those of you with younger ones go through. It seems so hard that they

cannot understand why things hurt or have never known not having

arthritis. At least with a teen, you can try to explain the medical

stuff rationally and they will understand. I guess at any age, this

disease stinks! Michele (17, pauci & spondy)

Re: update

My heart really goes out to all of you with teenagers going through

all these health issues. It must be so much more difficult because

of all the independence issues and peers, hormones, etc, etc, etc.

I have thought more than once how " fortunate " I am to not be in your

shoes --- yet. Hopefully I'll gain strength and knowledge from this

list to get me through it when my time comes.

Stacia and Hunter,8,systemic,iritis

[Guest guest]

Absolutely - if you find any of it useful, go right ahead. Michele

Re: update

My heart really goes out to all of you with teenagers going through

all these health issues. It must be so much more difficult because

of all the independence issues and peers, hormones, etc, etc, etc.

I have thought more than once how " fortunate " I am to not be in your

shoes --- yet. Hopefully I'll gain strength and knowledge from this

list to get me through it when my time comes.

Stacia and Hunter,8,systemic,iritis

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the advice in your other post too. I didn't read it before

responding like I should have. We are trying to talk to about all

this, the upper GI is what the dr is recommending right now. I figure if

I can get him to go for the blood work this week that's a start.

Sometimes I wish he was still little and I could tell him exactly what

to do for everything! I know I could force this issue, but somehow I

want him to see the importance of it on his own. But since I am worried

about it, I may need to get more forceful with him. Just to do it for

his old ma's sake! LOL Thanks again, Michele

Re: update

My heart really goes out to all of you with teenagers going through

all these health issues. It must be so much more difficult because

of all the independence issues and peers, hormones, etc, etc, etc.

I have thought more than once how " fortunate " I am to not be in your

shoes --- yet. Hopefully I'll gain strength and knowledge from this

list to get me through it when my time comes.

Stacia and Hunter,8,systemic,iritis

[Guest guest]

Thanks !!

and Rob 15 Spondy

On Mon, 10 May 2004 13:07:59 -0500 " Tepper, Michele "

<MTepper@...> writes:

Absolutely - if you find any of it useful, go right ahead. Michele

Re: update

My heart really goes out to all of you with teenagers going through

all these health issues. It must be so much more difficult because

of all the independence issues and peers, hormones, etc, etc, etc.

I have thought more than once how " fortunate " I am to not be in your

shoes --- yet. Hopefully I'll gain strength and knowledge from this

list to get me through it when my time comes.

Stacia and Hunter,8,systemic,iritis

[Guest guest]

Hi ;

I have been on Coreg (25mg 2x daily) for five years. It is used to strengthen the heart muscle/function. It is also an adrenalin(sp?) blocker. So if you are finding some of those near misses don't faze you anymore - that is why. I stay pretty calm on the drug and it has improved my heart function from 40 to 60 over the course of a couple of years. My Doc and others have referred to this drug as the miracle drug - I agree but some people cannot tolerate this drug in the larger doses or at all.

Hope this helps, guin

Re: ICD Health Bracelets

Hi was wondering if anyone can tell me about the use of coreg? Am on it and have been for 6 months but have yet been told what it is for even though i have asked i get no answer. Thx to anyone who can help answer this Hope you all have a wonderfull day. God Bless !!! :-)