Guest guest Posted August 23, 2000 Report Share Posted August 23, 2000 Aisha ".....but always good to have another Aussie here amongst the USA people:-)" - Hey what about us Canadian people? <S> Marsha, Buddi (with a heart over the i) & McgiverI/M # toys2pooICQ# 41368971 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 marina, where do you purchase the aqua drops??? i must get some, sugar free of corse... ha ha ha thanks, rae [ ] Rae I do have Sjogren's. It's been pretty bad too. I was taking Salagen for the dry mouth, but it didn't do a lot for me. I still take it when the Sjogren's gets really bad. Problem is, though, I work in surgery. Salagen makes me have to pee so dag-gone much that I stopped taking it when I went back to work. Can't exactly leave the patient asleep having surgery and tell the doctor he is on his own while I go pee!!! :-) Plaquenal hasn't helped. I did find one thing, however, that is helpful for the dry mouth for short periods of time. It's a cany called " Aqua-Drops " . They now make them in sugar-free. They have several different flavors. It's just a hard candy that makes you salavate. They work well. I got a friend of mine on them too because the chemotherapy she is on causes her mouth to go dry. That's good that you are getting the ultrasound. Hopefully everything will normal. Good luck with your appointment. Keep me posted, ok!?!? Take care...Marina > thanks, marina... i sure hope i can get another medication that works.. my doctor has made an appointment for me to get an ultra sound of my liver... maybe things will be good in liover land for me, too... ha ha ha > do you have sjogrens, also??? they say plaquinel if good for that... has anyone lse had good luck with that??? > > later, rae > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 marina, where do you purchase the aqua drops??? i must get some, sugar free of corse... ha ha ha thanks, rae [ ] Rae I do have Sjogren's. It's been pretty bad too. I was taking Salagen for the dry mouth, but it didn't do a lot for me. I still take it when the Sjogren's gets really bad. Problem is, though, I work in surgery. Salagen makes me have to pee so dag-gone much that I stopped taking it when I went back to work. Can't exactly leave the patient asleep having surgery and tell the doctor he is on his own while I go pee!!! :-) Plaquenal hasn't helped. I did find one thing, however, that is helpful for the dry mouth for short periods of time. It's a cany called " Aqua-Drops " . They now make them in sugar-free. They have several different flavors. It's just a hard candy that makes you salavate. They work well. I got a friend of mine on them too because the chemotherapy she is on causes her mouth to go dry. That's good that you are getting the ultrasound. Hopefully everything will normal. Good luck with your appointment. Keep me posted, ok!?!? Take care...Marina > thanks, marina... i sure hope i can get another medication that works.. my doctor has made an appointment for me to get an ultra sound of my liver... maybe things will be good in liover land for me, too... ha ha ha > do you have sjogrens, also??? they say plaquinel if good for that... has anyone lse had good luck with that??? > > later, rae > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 Rae, Make sure you start out slow. Don't over do it!!! No matter how good it feels. As far as diet I follow high protein, plenty veggies and little carbs. Portion control, at least 64 ozs of water a day. No sodas,3 meals a day and at least two snacks. I use www.fitday.com to track my food intake. I make sure I eat at least 60-80 grams of protein a day...any less I start craving junk food and sweets. I started with 5 mins of exercise a day and increased it daily until I got to 30 mins a day. I walk when I can but I mostly use sweatin' to the oldies and my Tony little gazelle. Toni In a message dated 1/16/2005 2:12:14 AM Central Standard Time, writes: Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:49:19 -0800 From: " Rae Sandberg " <Raes_Yorkies@...> Subject: Re: Re: Re: methotrexate users and lung illness oh toni! i need you to live be me so we could work together... i ned to lose wight and eat better, which we are doing now... i know i would feel better if i could do that... we have a gym here in town that is for women only... i think i wills tart going this next week... i remember how good i felt when i exercised, sure dunno what happened to me...;O( gotta get back to that! good for you... keep it up... maybe you can tell me some pointers on how you did all that!!! rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 Rae, Make sure you start out slow. Don't over do it!!! No matter how good it feels. As far as diet I follow high protein, plenty veggies and little carbs. Portion control, at least 64 ozs of water a day. No sodas,3 meals a day and at least two snacks. I use www.fitday.com to track my food intake. I make sure I eat at least 60-80 grams of protein a day...any less I start craving junk food and sweets. I started with 5 mins of exercise a day and increased it daily until I got to 30 mins a day. I walk when I can but I mostly use sweatin' to the oldies and my Tony little gazelle. Toni In a message dated 1/16/2005 2:12:14 AM Central Standard Time, writes: Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:49:19 -0800 From: " Rae Sandberg " <Raes_Yorkies@...> Subject: Re: Re: Re: methotrexate users and lung illness oh toni! i need you to live be me so we could work together... i ned to lose wight and eat better, which we are doing now... i know i would feel better if i could do that... we have a gym here in town that is for women only... i think i wills tart going this next week... i remember how good i felt when i exercised, sure dunno what happened to me...;O( gotta get back to that! good for you... keep it up... maybe you can tell me some pointers on how you did all that!!! rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 thanks, ton... i am getting started on tuesday at the gym... and i have already done work on the protein and good carbs.. i drink lots of water, already... oh and by the way... i got those aqua drops... sugar free, melon flavor.. raelly good and they work! rae Re: Re: Re: methotrexate users and lung illness oh toni! i need you to live be me so we could work together... i ned to lose wight and eat better, which we are doing now... i know i would feel better if i could do that... we have a gym here in town that is for women only... i think i wills tart going this next week... i remember how good i felt when i exercised, sure dunno what happened to me...;O( gotta get back to that! good for you... keep it up... maybe you can tell me some pointers on how you did all that!!! rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 thanks, ton... i am getting started on tuesday at the gym... and i have already done work on the protein and good carbs.. i drink lots of water, already... oh and by the way... i got those aqua drops... sugar free, melon flavor.. raelly good and they work! rae Re: Re: Re: methotrexate users and lung illness oh toni! i need you to live be me so we could work together... i ned to lose wight and eat better, which we are doing now... i know i would feel better if i could do that... we have a gym here in town that is for women only... i think i wills tart going this next week... i remember how good i felt when i exercised, sure dunno what happened to me...;O( gotta get back to that! good for you... keep it up... maybe you can tell me some pointers on how you did all that!!! rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Couple of articles in the THES, but difficult to get a feel for the implications for us. Its already being speculated that with metrics, science based universities will gain and more humanities based, lose. Its said that the R & D budget was combined to prevent it being raided to make good the NHS deficit. Someone I spoke to thought the SDO would stay independent. " " < > From: Cowley <sarah@...> Date sent: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:29:15 +0100 Subject: RAE Send reply to: [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] Have other researchers picked up from the Chancellor's budget that the research assessment exercise is to be scrapped and replaced by a formula based on research (council) funding and publications? And that the NHS research budget is to be combined with the MRC, to form a single health research fund? A working group is being set up to explore the metrics and modelling of how this would work so decisions can be made by October this year; much casting of the runes and discussion to come! I am not sure whether this would be overall postive or negative; guess it depends on where you work and what funding you have at present. I missed it in the first instance, then found a couple of short reports in Guardian and Independent, but little mention elsewhere. Does anyone have views/inside knowledge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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