Re: julie

[Guest guest]

Hi!Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it. I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(. ~~PATo: asthma group <Asthma >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

[Guest guest]

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).MadelineTo: "asthma " <asthma >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(. ~~PATo: asthma group <Asthma >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

[Guest guest]

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

 

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible.  Also, keep an eye on your mood.  If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness).  Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness.  If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately.  Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can.  Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning.  There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc....  Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: " asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all.  I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays.  Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......).  I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc.  I've gotta push through.  My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this.  I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the " scar tissue " could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

 I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain.   There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this.  I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.  

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

 

Hi ,Just thinking of you today.  Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow. Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!~~To: asthma Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

 

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!).  I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.  

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me.  Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

 

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible.  Also, keep an eye on your mood.  If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness).  Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness.  If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately.  Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can.  Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning.  There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc....  Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: " asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all.  I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays.  Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......).  I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc.  I've gotta push through.  My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this.  I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the " scar tissue " could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

 I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain.   There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this.  I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.  

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

 

Hi ,Just thinking of you today.  Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency. I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~To: asthma Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.~~To: asthma Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

I just read an article that if you take Hydrochloric Acid Tablets, that it will, help you to right your stomach, and we won't need all of these pills we are taking like Prilosec, and others we are being given. Anyone know anything about this? It is the first I have heard of it. Is this some of the natural medicine talk? Does it work I wonder?To: "asthma " <asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.~~To: asthma Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

Yeah it's natural medicine talk. I just read something that said sometimes people have to little of this when they are being diagnosed with GERD. I don't know as I've never heard of it. I'll ask my doctor before swallowing a lot of stuff my body may not need or like. It said you could make a home remedy with white vinegar in water and drink it with meals. That makes my stomach burn bad so, no!, Co-ModeratorTo: "asthma " <asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:26 AMSubject: Re: julie

I just read an article that if you take Hydrochloric Acid Tablets, that it will, help you to right your stomach, and we won't need all of these pills we are taking like Prilosec, and others we are being given. Anyone know anything about this? It is the first I have heard of it. Is this some of the natural medicine talk? Does it work I wonder?To: "asthma "

<asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.~~To: asthma Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

Yes, I have read about the mixture with vinegar, only in the mixture I read about it was cider vinegar, but, I wouldn't dare try it, I would suffer greatly with that. Sometimes I wonder about these natural remedies, maybe they work with some, others not. I would think it depends on the varying degree of stomach problems each person has, and how long, each stomach is different, lol. My uncle, may he rest in peace, once told me that he used to get that, honeycomb, a little piece of that with the honey on it and chew on it, an he swears it cured his ulcers, and he said he ate, or chewed that the rest of his life, and never had any problems again with ulcers and his stomach? Anyone ever heard of that one?To: "asthma " <asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:54 AMSubject: Re: julie

Yeah it's natural medicine talk. I just read something that said sometimes people have to little of this when they are being diagnosed with GERD. I don't know as I've never heard of it. I'll ask my doctor before swallowing a lot of stuff my body may not need or like. It said you could make a home remedy with white vinegar in water and drink it with meals. That makes my stomach burn bad so, no!, Co-ModeratorTo: "asthma " <asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:26 AMSubject: Re: julie

I just read an article that if you take Hydrochloric Acid Tablets, that it will, help you to right your stomach, and we won't need all of these pills we are taking like Prilosec, and others we are being given. Anyone know anything about this? It is the first I have heard of it. Is this some of the natural medicine talk? Does it work I wonder?To: "asthma "

<asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.~~To: asthma Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

My father was a huge proponent of apple cider vinegar and water. I always found it so stinky I didn't want to try it but it worked for him. He didn't have Gerd though.

 

Yes, I have read about the mixture with vinegar, only in the mixture I read about it was cider vinegar, but, I wouldn't dare try it, I would suffer greatly with that.  Sometimes I wonder about these natural remedies, maybe they work with some, others not. I would think it depends on the varying degree of stomach problems each person has, and how long, each stomach is different, lol.  My uncle, may he rest in peace, once told me that he used to get that, honeycomb, a little piece of that with the honey on it and chew on it, an he swears it cured his ulcers, and he said he ate, or chewed that the rest of his life, and never had any problems again with ulcers and his stomach?  Anyone ever heard of that one?

To: " asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:54 AMSubject: Re: julie

 

Yeah it's natural medicine talk. I just read something that said sometimes people have to little of this when they are being diagnosed with GERD. I don't know as I've never heard of it. I'll ask my doctor before swallowing a lot of stuff my body may not need or like. It said you could make a home remedy with white vinegar in water and drink it with meals. That makes my stomach burn bad so, no!

, Co-Moderator

To: " asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:26 AMSubject: Re: julie

 

I just read an article that if you take Hydrochloric Acid Tablets, that it will, help you to right your stomach, and we won't need all of these pills we are taking like Prilosec, and others we are being given.  Anyone know anything about this?  It is the first I have heard of it.  Is this some of the natural medicine talk?  Does it work I wonder?

To: " asthma "

<asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

 

I'm not sure, to be honest.  I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it.  I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg.  It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.

~~

To: asthma

Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet. 

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy. 

 

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it.  I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.  

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route.  My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

 ~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

 

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!).  I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.  

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me.  Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

 

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible.  Also, keep an eye on your mood.  If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness).  Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness.  If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately.  Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can.  Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning.  There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc....  Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: " asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all.  I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays.  Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......).  I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc.  I've gotta push through.  My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this.  I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the " scar tissue " could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

 I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain.   There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this.  I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.  

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

 

Hi ,Just thinking of you today.  Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

Your appts. were in my prayers this morning that you would get what you needed.

 

I'm not sure, to be honest.  I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it.  I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg.  It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.

~~

To: asthma

Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet. 

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy. 

 

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it.  I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.  

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route.  My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

 ~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

 

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!).  I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.  

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me.  Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

 

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible.  Also, keep an eye on your mood.  If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness).  Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness.  If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately.  Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can.  Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning.  There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc....  Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: " asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

 

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all.  I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays.  Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......).  I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc.  I've gotta push through.  My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this.  I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the " scar tissue " could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

 I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain.   There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this.  I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.  

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

 

Hi ,Just thinking of you today.  Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

I am thinking that maybe those natural cures work on people that don't really have any serious problems.To: asthma Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 12:28 PMSubject: Re:

julie

My father was a huge proponent of apple cider vinegar and water. I always found it so stinky I didn't want to try it but it worked for him. He didn't have Gerd though.

Yes, I have read about the mixture with vinegar, only in the mixture I read about it was cider vinegar, but, I wouldn't dare try it, I would suffer greatly with that. Sometimes I wonder about these natural remedies, maybe they work with some, others not. I would think it depends on the varying degree of stomach problems each person has, and how long, each stomach is different, lol. My uncle, may he rest in peace, once told me that he used to get that, honeycomb, a little piece of that with the honey on it and chew on it, an he swears it cured his ulcers, and he said he ate, or chewed that the rest of his life, and never had any problems again with ulcers and his stomach? Anyone ever heard of that one?

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:54 AMSubject: Re: julie

Yeah it's natural medicine talk. I just read something that said sometimes people have to little of this when they are being diagnosed with GERD. I don't know as I've never heard of it. I'll ask my doctor before swallowing a lot of stuff my body may not need or like. It said you could make a home remedy with white vinegar in water and drink it with meals. That makes my stomach burn bad so, no!

, Co-Moderator

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:26 AMSubject: Re: julie

I just read an article that if you take Hydrochloric Acid Tablets, that it will, help you to right your stomach, and we won't need all of these pills we are taking like Prilosec, and others we are being given. Anyone know anything about this? It is the first I have heard of it. Is this some of the natural medicine talk? Does it work I wonder?

To: "asthma "

<asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.

~~

To: asthma

Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

,I was on xanax (just as needed) for a while. We have switched to Ativan recently as it seems to works a little better for me. My script is for one tab twice a day. However, I really only take it a few times a week when I am stressed and my breathing gets stressed.MadelineTo: "asthma "

<asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.~~To: asthma Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

~~

To: asthma

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

To: asthma group <Asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

-- Take care,

[Guest guest]

Willow,The danger in that is that if you have the non-acid type of reflux, those pills can make it worse. Much worse. We all have to be careful in knowing exactly what it is we are treating. MadlelineTo: "asthma " <asthma >Sent: Friday,

August 12, 2011 7:26 AMSubject: Re: julie

I just read an article that if you take Hydrochloric Acid Tablets, that it will, help you to right your stomach, and we won't need all of these pills we are taking like Prilosec, and others we are being given. Anyone know anything about this? It is the first I have heard of it. Is this some of the natural medicine talk? Does it work I wonder?To: "asthma "

<asthma >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:57 AMSubject: Re: julie

I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm sensitive to paxil, welbutrin, and seroquel, so those trio are out of the question, but I need to talk to my doctor about it. I may just go for upping the abilify from 2mg to 4mg. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and how my body reacts.~~To: asthma Sent:

Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:31 PMSubject: Re: julie

Nothing to confess. I started Valium for medical reasons, my stomach had stopped processing solid food and the Valium relaxed it so I could eat again and I have kept on it to help with the asthma but with the asthma medication there is no relaxation. The Valium relaxes the inflammation along with the other medication but it doesn't relax me like it used to now that it has to compete with the asthma meds. Stress doesn't help with this and I keep searching for the key to letting go. Haven't found it yet.

What are you thinking of next if I may ask? I never know when I am being too nosy.

I'll be honest that I'm going the medicine route as the next step...am already on abilify (thinking about upping that one) or trying another one....other than that I do things like knit/crochet and make sure that I have a support system and reach out to that support system when I need it. I know that the stress/anxiety is not helping whatever's going on in the lungs, so I'm willing to do anything to help it out and get me to keep my residency.

I'm apparently still a nervous person (and have been), which is why I'm doing the medicine route. My peers brought up the fact that I've been nervous from day 1, despite growing confidence, so it's time to go biochemical....I've had anxiety for a long time, didn't realize how much it was affecting me.

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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:58 PMSubject: Re: julie

I love answered prayer.Sleep well tonight and please let us know how it goes with your doctor.

Would love to know what you are doing to reduce your anxiety. I could use some tips.

Thanks to you both.....I made it through today and even did 5 visits besides the class work (and going up and down the hill 2x.....wow, peaks being as low as they are, I fought hard!). I'm tired now, but looking forward to the pulmo tomorrow.

Hopefully i'll get into the other doc tomorrow to look to lower my natural anxiety rate with either a boost or a different kind of medicine, which should help me. Will definitely keep you all updated...so grateful to this group!

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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:29 PMSubject: Re: julie

- you continue to be in my prayers.It is so frustrating but I hope you and whatever higher team you work with, gives you the strength to keep moving on and the team down here can help you out. Keep searching for the answers. I know sometimes that's the only thing that keep me going is the fact that I am doing something to figure it out.

Hope your day goes much better than you anticipate. And as Madeline said, try to relax as much as possible. It is amazing when you stop fighting it how much better you can feel.

Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Also, keep an eye on your mood. If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Life goes on (sigh).

Madeline

To: "asthma " <asthma >

Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PMSubject: Re: julie

Hi!

Been meaning to update you all. I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. I've gotta push through. My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.

I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated,

don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of this. I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.

~~PA

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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PMSubject: julie

Hi ,Just thinking of you today. Hope you are feeling better!Madeline

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Actually a lot of them do work, have done so for centuries, and without any of

the dangerous side effects many/most of our current Rx drugs cause us.

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> >>>>Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as

possible.  Also, keep an eye on your mood.  If you start to get abnormally

cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness).  Other

things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen,

confusion and severe excessive sleepiness.  If you have any of these symptoms

along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately.  Other than being

aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can.  Lord knows I had to do

that quite often in the beginning.  There comes a point when you have to be

student, employee, mommy, etc....  Life goes on (sigh).

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>Madeline

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> >>>>To: " asthma " <asthma >

> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PM

> >>>>Subject: Re: julie

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>> 

> >>>>Hi!

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>Been meaning to update you all.  I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard

crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays.

 Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since

they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them

anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop

breathing......).  I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I

feel, etc.  I've gotta push through.  My residency is still in jeopardy

because of all of this.  I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I

think it....the " scar tissue " could be aggrevating all this or behind some of

it.  I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated, don't feel well and don't want to give

up on being a chaplain.   There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm

letting my peers down with all of this.  I may cost all of us all of what we

worked for :-(.  

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>~~

> >>>>PA

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> >>>>To: asthma group <Asthma >

> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PM

> >>>>Subject: julie

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> >>>>Hi ,

> >>>>Just thinking of you today.  Hope you are feeling better!

> >>>>Madeline

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I do believe that they do work, it's just that we each have to find the ones that work for each of us. I didn't mean to say they don't work, I meant they work on some, on some they don't.LOL>To: asthma Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 3:18 PMSubject: Re: julie

Actually a lot of them do work, have done so for centuries, and without any of the dangerous side effects many/most of our current Rx drugs cause us.

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> >>>>Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible. Â Also, keep an eye on your mood. Â If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness). Â Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness. Â If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately. Â Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can. Â Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning. Â There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc.... Â Life goes on (sigh).

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> >>>>

> >>>>Madeline

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> >>>>

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> >>>>To: "asthma " <asthma >

> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PM

> >>>>Subject: Re: julie

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>Â

> >>>>Hi!

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> >>>>

> >>>>Been meaning to update you all. Â I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays. Â Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......). Â I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc. Â I've gotta push through. Â My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this. Â I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the "scar tissue" could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it. Â I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated, don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain. Â There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of

this. Â I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(. Â

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>~~

> >>>>PA

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>To: asthma group <Asthma >

> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PM

> >>>>Subject: julie

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>Â

> >>>>Hi ,

> >>>>Just thinking of you today. Â Hope you are feeling better!

> >>>>Madeline

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totally agree

 

I do believe that they do work, it's just that we each have to find the ones that work for each of us.  I didn't mean to say they don't work, I meant they work on some, on some they don't.LOL>

To: asthma Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 3:18 PM

Subject: Re: julie

 

Actually a lot of them do work, have done so for centuries, and without any of the dangerous side effects many/most of our current Rx drugs cause us.

Slats

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>> 

> >>>>Just keep doing relaxed breathing exercises and try to stay as relaxed as possible.  Also, keep an eye on your mood.  If you start to get abnormally cranky (I know you can't breathe, but I am talking major pissyness).  Other things to watch for are sudden intermittent hand shakiness, low oxygen, confusion and severe excessive sleepiness.  If you have any of these symptoms along with severe shortness of breath, be seen immediately.  Other than being aware of severe warning symptoms, ignore it if you can.  Lord knows I had to do that quite often in the beginning.  There comes a point when you have to be student, employee, mommy, etc....  Life goes on (sigh).

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> >>>>Madeline

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> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:30 PM

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> >>>>

> >>>>

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> >>>>Hi!

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>Been meaning to update you all.  I see the pulmo on Friday.....they heard crackling in my lower lungs today in the ER, but nothing showed on chest x-rays.  Peaks are through the floor, but I'm about at the point of ignoring them since they're not coming up and there's nothing that the docs/ER can do about them anyway w/o the pulmonologists (who apparently don't visit the ER unless you stop breathing......).  I'm going to work no matter what tomorrow, no matter how I feel, etc.  I've gotta push through.  My residency is still in jeopardy because of all of this.  I wish I knew what was going on....or if.....dare I think it....the " scar tissue " could be aggrevating all this or behind some of it.  I dunno....I'm tired, frustrated, don't feel well and don't want to give up on being a chaplain.   There's so much to think about and I feel like I'm letting my peers down with all of

this.  I may cost all of us all of what we worked for :-(.  

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>~~

> >>>>PA

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>To: asthma group <Asthma >

> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:16 PM

> >>>>Subject: julie

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>> 

> >>>>Hi ,

> >>>>Just thinking of you today.  Hope you are feeling better!

> >>>>Madeline

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> >>>>

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Willow you might want to research whether or not the wheat grass will lose its properties before you cook it. Most of us cook our vegetables way too long and most of the vitamins and nutrients they contain are lost in the water we cook them in...especially dark green vegetables.

As far as natural/alternative medicine/homeopathic remedies....

Its dangerous to try a treatment if you dont know what you are dealing with. A naturopath/alternative practitioner can recognize what symptoms mean since they, like doctors, have some form of advanced training. Also on that note, a person considering this route should be sure their practitioner is licensed to practice...be sure you are not getting one of the many quacks that unfortunately are out there.

As Alana always said...before you try any kind of remedy, always check with your caregiver (whomever it is) to be sure it is the right thing. Some home remedies could be outright dangerous if done improperly or used inappropriately.

Ann

[Guest guest]

Hi -

I was put on Biaxin (clarithromycin) for 9 months and it really helped clear up

my asthma. The other drug which really helped (me) in a short-term pinch is (of

course) prednisone.

best of luck,

Eileen