Re: Who was taking astragalus? My current dilemma

[Guest guest]

Hi there ,

I just responded to a previous post

and asked how you're doing.... well I catched up with my mails!

First of all I must say that it's great that you are having more

energy to the point where you are moving your furniture around....

That's a good sign!!

I do not now however what astragalus is ......

I'm a little concerned though for your coughing with blood in

the mucus. What did your doctor say? I assume he has checked your

lungs? Also, is he going to diagnose your swollen gland and lymph

node? If the antibiotics aren't working?

It is also very good to keep your TSH suppressed as long as you do

not feel hyper..... & even if you have to change doctor for that.

Regarding the mouse-problem, I don't think your condition is related

to that ..... but I admire your courage to deal with that stuffed

room! Is your husband able to give a helping hand? I guess the mouse

will be gone once the room has changed into a nice craft room! Keep

up the good work!

, I hope you feel better soon!

Margreet.

> HI,

> I can't remember who was taking astragalus! I bought some and I'd

only been

> taking it a few days when I became sick. (Only me! LOL) Actually

I didn't

> think I was sick. Maybe it was working to SOME degree. I wasn't

tired or

> anything, only extremely achy. I thought it was from all the work

I " d been

> doing because I'm not used to it. (This is a big joke around my

house since

> I haven't been able to function for over 20 years due to what I

thought was

> depression, then last year was told it was ADD inattentive type,

which made

> sense from what I've read). However, within 3 days of treatment

with

> Bi-est, testosterone and progesterone creams, I began to get to

work around

> the house. Hallelujah! Well, even my HANDS were aching. (Hey, I

moved 2

> dressers, a chest of drawers and nightstand out of the house by

myself. I'm

> 54 years old and had never moved any furniture out of the house by

myself

> before! Thank you, Hypothyroidism.LOL) Back to the illness, I was

achy

> probably 4 or 5 days before I began to feel tired. Then I noticed

the lymph

> node on the left side of my neck was swollen and tender. So the

day we were

> to take my son back to Fort Bragg (before his tour of duty in

Iraq), I went

> to the doctor. I had to go to Urgent Care because my regular

doctor never

> has an opening until next week. Know what I mean? This doctor did

a swab

> test of some sort, said I was negative, gave me antibiotics

(amoxicillin). I

> asked him if he knew for sure it wasn't viral. I don't like to take

> antibiotics unnecessarily, especially since between last New Years

and now

> I've had 3 rounds! He agreed with me and told me to wait a couple

of days

> and if I'm not any better to get it filled. Well, you better

believe I went

> to Fort Bragg with my son! By Friday I didn't feel any worse. But

by Monday

> I was. It seemed the swollen gland was bigger and I was beginning

to get

> some soreness when swallowing. So I started taking it. After 5

days, I was

> slightly worse. Oh, yes, I had a temperature at night too, 100-

101. So I

> called. They wanted me to come in, since the doctor had not given

me a

> diagnosis. Then what it boiled down to, I couldn't see a regular

doctor

> until next week (surprise), so they wanted me to come to the

Urgent Care.

> And guess who was on duty! So I said since he'd seen me already,

couldn't

> he phone me something else in. So they did. I got Augmentin.

Well, after 5

> days on this, I'm about the same. (Night before last I slept 15

hours! I

> couldn't believe it. My husband woke me when he came home from

work). Now I

> told the doctor the first time I saw him that when I cough,

there's blood in

> the mucus. Yuck. I should have warned you that was coming. Sorry

to be so

> gross. But I don't cough alot, thankfully, but while I was

watching a movie

> and started laughing, I began coughing and I could taste the blood.

> Something else I'm wondering about that I didn't think to mention

to the

> doctor is that the month prior to getting sick, I've been cleaning

a room

> that hadn't been cleaned in 10 years. This was my mother's room

and I'm

> making it into my craft room, FINALLY. It was so full of stuff, it

was piled

> to the ceiling to the door. You couldn't even get in there. We

have had a

> mouse problem. Still trying to get rid of them. But you can

imagine, in that

> room there's mouse droppings everywhere. When I'm sweeping or

vacuuming, I

> wear a mask. But I wasn't wearing gloves. I just kept washing my

hands. (I

> know everything you read says not to sweep or vacuum. For the life

of me, I

> can't imagine how to get rid of mouse droppings, especially on a

rug, if you

> don't sweep or vacuum. Any ideas?) So in the back of my mind, I'm

wondering

> if I have caught something from the mice. Next time I see a doctor

I'm going

> to ask about it. My husband says that problem is mainly in the

western U.S.

> But I can't help but wonder.

>

> Oh, back to the astragalus. I've been taking the recommended dose.

Oh,

> shoot! I can't find the bottle. Hope I can find it when I fix my

pills for

> the week. Anyway, I didn't know if I should have increased it. I

did

> increase the echinacea while I was taking it. I " ve increased

vitamin C,

> zinc, and beta carotene.

>

> Sorry, this is long, but I'd appreciate ANY comments. Sorry if I

grossed you

> out. I'm very embarrassed about the mouse situation. But I realize

due to my

> health problems and thanks to the wonderful doctors out there,

that I've had

> no choice. I'm just thankful that now I'm beginning to be able to

deal with

> it all.

>

> Oh, speaking of doctors, I think I told you my primary care doctor

wants me

> to see an endo because my TSH was too low. Holy Cow! Heaven

forbid! So I

> searched through doctors on my insurance list for DO's. I chose

two internal

> medicine DO's who happen to be women and sent them a letter asking

if they'd

> be willing to treat me with Armour, not worry about a suppressed

TSH, and

> allow my free T3 to go to the top or over. If it works, and I

like the

> doctor, I might switch to her as my primary care doctor.

>

> Thanks,

> in Va.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Margreet,

The doctor didn't respond at all when I told him there was blood in the

mucus!

I thought it odd. I can't remember if he checked me with the stethoscope or

not, now.

The second antibiotics worked. I don't particularly care for going to the

Urgent

Care, but I had no choice. I would have had to wait almost a week to see my

regular

Doctor.

Thanks for the encouragement! Hubby is working over time now even most of

his days' off.

He'll help when I ask him. I try not to ask too much. He needs his rest. He

has

Psoriatic arthritis. He and my son moved the room divider and china cabinet

into

The room for me. Yep, pretty soon, the mice won't have anywhere to hide!

LOL

I need to find out if there's anywhere else they are coming in. I found a

place near the

Hot water heater where they were probably coming in. I put some steel wool

to plug it

Up.

I do feel better now. Although I still take a while to get going every day.

And my sleep

Is sporadic even with melatonin and phosphatidyl serine. My pulse is around

90. But I

Still tire easily. So I wonder if I need more Armour or not. It's so

confusing!

I hope you are doing well!

in VA.

Hi there ,

I just responded to a previous post

and asked how you're doing.... well I catched up with my mails!

First of all I must say that it's great that you are having more

energy to the point where you are moving your furniture around....

That's a good sign!!

I do not now however what astragalus is ......

I'm a little concerned though for your coughing with blood in

the mucus. What did your doctor say? I assume he has checked your

lungs? Also, is he going to diagnose your swollen gland and lymph

node? If the antibiotics aren't working?

It is also very good to keep your TSH suppressed as long as you do

not feel hyper..... & even if you have to change doctor for that.

Regarding the mouse-problem, I don't think your condition is related

to that ..... but I admire your courage to deal with that stuffed

room! Is your husband able to give a helping hand? I guess the mouse

will be gone once the room has changed into a nice craft room! Keep

up the good work!

, I hope you feel better soon!

Margreet.

[Guest guest]

It's good to have a husband and son who help you with moving around

the furniture. & no more place to hide for the mice, hehehe.

And yes, sometimes it's so confusing to find out if you need more or

less Armour. Usually I can't sleep when I'm hyper.

But if you need antibiotics, you might be hypo as well. On the other

hand with your suppressed TSH, I guess not. I'm so glad that the

second cure of antibiotics worked for you though.

Margreet.

>

>

>

>

> Hi, Margreet,

>

> The doctor didn't respond at all when I told him there was blood

in the

> mucus!

>

> I thought it odd. I can't remember if he checked me with the

stethoscope or

> not, now.

>

> The second antibiotics worked. I don't particularly care for going

to the

> Urgent

>

> Care, but I had no choice. I would have had to wait almost a week

to see my

> regular

>

> Doctor.

>

> Thanks for the encouragement! Hubby is working over time now even

most of

> his days' off.

>

> He'll help when I ask him. I try not to ask too much. He needs his

rest. He

> has

>

> Psoriatic arthritis. He and my son moved the room divider and

china cabinet

> into

>

> The room for me. Yep, pretty soon, the mice won't have anywhere

to hide!

> LOL

>

> I need to find out if there's anywhere else they are coming in. I

found a

> place near the

>

> Hot water heater where they were probably coming in. I put some

steel wool

> to plug it

>

> Up.

>

> I do feel better now. Although I still take a while to get going

every day.

> And my sleep

>

> Is sporadic even with melatonin and phosphatidyl serine. My pulse

is around

> 90. But I

>

> Still tire easily. So I wonder if I need more Armour or not. It's

so

> confusing!

>

> I hope you are doing well!

>

> in VA.

> Hi there ,

>

> I just responded to a previous post

> and asked how you're doing.... well I catched up with my mails!

>

> First of all I must say that it's great that you are having more

> energy to the point where you are moving your furniture around....

> That's a good sign!!

>

> I do not now however what astragalus is ......

>

> I'm a little concerned though for your coughing with blood in

> the mucus. What did your doctor say? I assume he has checked your

> lungs? Also, is he going to diagnose your swollen gland and lymph

> node? If the antibiotics aren't working?

>

> It is also very good to keep your TSH suppressed as long as you do

> not feel hyper..... & even if you have to change doctor for that.

>

> Regarding the mouse-problem, I don't think your condition is

related

> to that ..... but I admire your courage to deal with that stuffed

> room! Is your husband able to give a helping hand? I guess the

mouse

> will be gone once the room has changed into a nice craft room!

Keep

> up the good work!

>

> , I hope you feel better soon!

>

> Margreet.

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