Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 Darin, If there is anything, I mean anything we can do.......just ask. Please. Barb in Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 Maureen, Actually no. I completely forgot about it until starting reading about the varicies. I'll have to request it next month to monitor. I do take iron supplements every other day along with a multivitamin every day. I notice a small difference when I wait 2 or 3 days to take the iron supplement. When I take it again, I feel better. Darin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 good to hear you're already on iron supplements, darin. sometimes jim has a tough time with the ferrous sulfate... do you take that, or ferrous gluconate? if gluconate (supposedly better tolerated), how much of that do you take, may i ask? also, how often do you get your labs done? hgb should be a normal part of everyone's labs! jim used to get his blood drawn every 4 months or so, now, it's every 2. for 17 years now, we've had access to jim's hemoglobin testing. at the risk of sounding like a mom, darin, make sure you eat lots and lots of dark green veggies! if the thought of spinach makes you shudder, i'll happily share with you (or anyone else in the group) my recipes for spinach quiche and spinach lasagne... a great way to sneak more iron into the diet :-) maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 I take the sulfate and I'll have to check the bottle tonight - I would be purely guessing. The sulfate doesn't bother me. As I mentioned in another email, I can take just about anything. Just lucky or resilient, one of the two. Ever since I was put on the list in 3/01, I have had labs done once a month. A real pain in the but. Another stroke of luck, I have good veins. Even a blind person with the shakes to stick me!! Spinach, I love spinach. Collard greens, Mustard greens. I'm a southern boy if you couldn't tell. Problem is, my wife hates the stuff. She likes lettuce, zucchini, carrots (I know not a green, but Texas A & M has maroons now - I'll pass) and broccoli. She even dislikes fruit, but I have to have the fruit. Send the recipe for the lasagne and the quiche (can you send it via email) Thanks, Darin good to hear you're already on iron supplements, darin. sometimes jim has a tough time with the ferrous sulfate... do you take that, or ferrous gluconate? if gluconate (supposedly better tolerated), how much of that do you take, may i ask? also, how often do you get your labs done? hgb should be a normal part of everyone's labs! jim used to get his blood drawn every 4 months or so, now, it's every 2. for 17 years now, we've had access to jim's hemoglobin testing. at the risk of sounding like a mom, darin, make sure you eat lots and lots of dark green veggies! if the thought of spinach makes you shudder, i'll happily share with you (or anyone else in the group) my recipes for spinach quiche and spinach lasagne... a great way to sneak more iron into the diet :-) maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 darin, sure thing, i'll e-mail you the recipes for spinach quiche and spinach lasagne just as soon as i can russle them up... and i assure you, your wife WILL love both of them. how do i know? my kids hate the stuff too -- but they'll eat as much of these two recipes as i can make for them! maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 darin, sure thing, i'll e-mail you the recipes for spinach quiche and spinach lasagne just as soon as i can russle them up... and i assure you, your wife WILL love both of them. how do i know? my kids hate the stuff too -- but they'll eat as much of these two recipes as i can make for them! maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 Then you better cook it for me too. I could probably screw up scrambled eggs if I lost my train of thought!! Darin darin, sure thing, i'll e-mail you the recipes for spinach quiche and spinach lasagne just as soon as i can russle them up... and i assure you, your wife WILL love both of them. how do i know? my kids hate the stuff too -- but they'll eat as much of these two recipes as i can make for them! maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 Then you better cook it for me too. I could probably screw up scrambled eggs if I lost my train of thought!! Darin darin, sure thing, i'll e-mail you the recipes for spinach quiche and spinach lasagne just as soon as i can russle them up... and i assure you, your wife WILL love both of them. how do i know? my kids hate the stuff too -- but they'll eat as much of these two recipes as i can make for them! maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Hey Darin.... From what I am seeing and reading college professor really do rule their own world...the way they want to run it....I am hoping that since we could get no help thru the offices of the college that we will find some humans doing the teaching and with some understanding.... Looks like you were not so lucky.... My mom had her visit with the cardiologist yesterday and now she needs to go for a stress test....of course I just got a call saying that it will be on the 30th of Oct...the 29th is when we will be in Philly for the tx evaluation.... At one point they thought my mom was a diabetic...I kept telling them NO....she has lived with me for years and then came the heart attack and then all the circulation trouble....which I feel was made worse by the triple bypass..where they use you own veins for that....taken from her legs and arms....she did well after the heart by pass...June 16 of 2000...Then the leg trouble started....at one point they kept testing her like she was a diabetic....pricking her a couple times a day...she did not have enough in her to fight them....so I finally said....have any of her test said positive....the answer ...for days of testing was NO...So I told them to stop all the garbage..she isn't and never was a diabetic.... Bobs mom...my mother in law was...so being very close to her I knew alot of the symptoms....After a full yr...with my mom she is still NOT a diabetic.... She always has had cholestrol....and the veins are blocked....she had to have the surgery on her neck in the arteries because they caused her to have a stroke...years ago...while she was living with me...In fact the day she had her stroke Ty and I had been in Philly at his hosp for a check up...when we got home her only concern was Ty....then she finally told me about how she was feeling...and I took her to the hosp....to the ER....after hours there they finally said she had a stroke.... Anyways it looks like if the stress test goes ok for her then the surgery will be very soon after that.....Just praying that they will be able to use a artificial vein....she doesn't have any left that I want them to use.....her arm on the stroke side is already always cold....so we will see how this all goes.... Hope this finds you having a really good day....Ty went to college and now is out hanging with his friends in his Jeep....so today is a good day....YEAAAAAA... Luanne Ty's mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Luanne I am glad today was a good day for you and Ty. I wasn't sure if your Mom was diabetic or not, I guess I just assumed. Is the loss of blood flow just from clogged arteries going to the legs or maybe from the bypass? Have they dx anything, besides also assuming she is diabetic? Hope you have a good Fri. and weekend as well. Darin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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