Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 Blood Tests Index: check out this site http://www.ariess.com/s-crina/tests-bloodindex.htm#Contents Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 LFT's explained http://www.ariess.com/s-crina/tests-lft.htm Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 > Blood Tests Index: check out this site > > http://www.ariess.com/s-crina/tests-bloodindex.htm#Contents > > Kay Thanks Kay.... I have these sites in my files... I sent them out to the group some time ago and was about to send them again but you beat me to it... We should remember that in evaluating the amount of damage done to our liver the doctors look at bilirubin, albumin and prothrombin time plus the severity of encephalopathy and ascites in making a decision to transplant... BTW... any one interested.... I have loads of info in my files on various blood tests, thier values and meanings Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 Pete, I get my Enbrel for free because it is an injectable drug and is covered under medical care. I do pay a fortune for my other meds though. The worst was when I was going through all the NSAIDs trying to find one that actually worked. Unfortunately they all irritated my stomach and ultimately left me with an ulcer (and the need for even more prescriptions). I have full bottles of vioxx, celebrex, relafen, bextra, ect. under my bathroom sink. Also have almost full bottles of Zoloft and Effexor (for fibromyalgia) that never worked or caused severe reactions and Elavil and Trazadone (given for sleep) never worked either. I think the most I spent on meds one month was almost $200. Half the time they either didn't work or I couldn't take them cause of side effects. I was without insurance for 2 years so I can relate with spending a fortune on prescriptions. What makes me so mad is that Americans pay more than anyone. That's why so many people are trying to get their prescriptions from other countries. The drug companies figure since most Americans have insurance they can jack the prices up. It's so unfair! Message: 15 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:52:45 -0800 (PST) From: pete colombo <peterunspa@...> Subject: Re: Cost of Enbrel Hello : I too have Aetna insurance, but no such thing as " free " for me. Every prescription has a co-pay, with branded prescriptions having a minimum co-pay of $20. If I were to walk into my local pharmacy, I would imagine the co-pay for Enbrel to be in the hundreds of dollars. I smartly choose the mail-order option that caps prescription co-pay at $45 for a 3-month supply. In this day and age it is very rare not to have a co-pay with a prescription. Consider yourself most fortunate. All the Best... Pete. <leslieiansa@...> wrote:I have Aetna insurance and they cover my Enbrel under medical care. I get it refilled monthly...for free! I also get my insulin syringes (for injection of enbrel) for free too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 About the high cost of meds...keep track of all your out of pocket costs. Any amount you exceed over 7.5% of your income can be deducted on your taxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 I am organizationally impaired... so I get all of my prescriptions filled at one pharmacy. At the end of the year, I ask for a print- out of my prescription history for just that year. It has every prescription- the cost- the amount insurance paid- the amount I paid- and the annual total. While great for tax purposes- it's a little disheartening to see three pages of meds with such a large final total! It does make you appreciate the your insurance tho! Kirsten > About the high cost of meds...keep track of all your out of pocket costs. > Any amount you exceed over 7.5% of your income can be deducted on your taxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Have you thought of couching your education in a similar manner - with a little training (and maybe reading " Change your Brain Change Your Life " by Amen, execs could become better managers by learning the techniques to identify staff with brain problems, and the techniques to deal with them. Dave, thanks very much for this suggestion - I've ordered the book and think it could be very useful. Thanks, too, Mandi for suggesting Carole Gray - I will look for these too. I was very interested. Dave, in your ability to identify execs with brain problems -- any tips you could pass on to me? Myers Briggs testing does provide useful insights - someone in a client IT company recently told me that almost all managers were ENTJ - so very low in empathy. There are useful stats around to show that managers/execs with Emotional Intelligence skills are more successful and make the company more money. In the UK the more enlightened organisations do pay work-life balance consultants and our government believes in it as a business benefit and has been paying for free consultancies for organisations -- luckily for me, as this is how I earn my living! It's quite big business in the USA as well, but the two countries have surprisingly different workplace cultures. Thanks again, Lucy UK More marketing than real content change, but it might be useful... Thanks, Dave Dave Asprey dave@... www.asprey.net ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ >>>Message: 2 Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 10:06:52 -0000 From: " Lucy McCarraher " <lucy@...> Subject: Re: Engineering crazy tumbling colours shriek to hell when thier disorder is pointed out to them , this is beautiful poetry and attests to your creative, fictional abilities! Like Marti, I used to write fiction -- television scripts in my case, many for children. Now I work in the business world as a consultant, specialising in work-life balance, and had a factual (self-help) book called The Book of Balanced Living on personal work-life balance published last year. Although I'm not involved in fiction writing/production any more, I do think that fiction can be a very useful learning tool, as for me with Speed of Dark and understanding (if it's accurate) an ASD mindset. The link that was posted last week to the article " The Geek Syndrome " also ties in with this for me: as a consultant I go into organisations and try to implement better work-life balance for employees through more flexible working arrangements. But for it to really work, senior managers and line managers need to be able to empathise with, for instance, the needs of working parents, staff with disabilities, in order to see the business benefits (a major theme in Speed of Dark) of employing them to work non-standard hours or from home etc. The preponderance of non-empathetic managers I come up against, especially in IT, engineering, legal etc companies (see Geek Syndrome article) is a real problem to me, professionally speaking, and I need to find ways to address this in management training programmes. Dave's comments about learning empathetic strategies as a teenager through magazines was really interesting - I'll bet those articles had " case studies " to show how it worked (which were probably fictional!). And, of course, copying the behaviour of others. Does anyone else have any experience of learning or training in social skills/empathy that they could share? Are there any training programmes for ASD people in this area at all? I could, of course, suggest that my client organisations offer free enzymes to all their non-empathetic managers and see if it helps! Thanks for any ideas. Lucy UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Lucy, I applaud you for your efforts to teach companies to be human. I've found that when times get tight, companies lose most of the flexibility. They also don't pay consultants for stuff like work/life balance, which is a shame. I can point out to you every one of the executives in my last company who had brain problems, and categorize them pretty accurately. They have the Myers/Briggs, which execs actually adhere to. Have you thought of couching your education in a similar manner - with a little training (and maybe reading " Change your Brain Change Your Life " by Amen, execs could become better managers by learning the techniques to identify staff with brain problems, and the techniques to deal with them. More marketing than real content change, but it might be useful... Thanks, Dave Dave Asprey dave@... www.asprey.net ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ >>>Message: 2 Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 10:06:52 -0000 From: " Lucy McCarraher " <lucy@...> Subject: Re: Engineering crazy tumbling colours shriek to hell when thier disorder is pointed out to them , this is beautiful poetry and attests to your creative, fictional abilities! Like Marti, I used to write fiction -- television scripts in my case, many for children. Now I work in the business world as a consultant, specialising in work-life balance, and had a factual (self-help) book called The Book of Balanced Living on personal work-life balance published last year. Although I'm not involved in fiction writing/production any more, I do think that fiction can be a very useful learning tool, as for me with Speed of Dark and understanding (if it's accurate) an ASD mindset. The link that was posted last week to the article " The Geek Syndrome " also ties in with this for me: as a consultant I go into organisations and try to implement better work-life balance for employees through more flexible working arrangements. But for it to really work, senior managers and line managers need to be able to empathise with, for instance, the needs of working parents, staff with disabilities, in order to see the business benefits (a major theme in Speed of Dark) of employing them to work non-standard hours or from home etc. The preponderance of non-empathetic managers I come up against, especially in IT, engineering, legal etc companies (see Geek Syndrome article) is a real problem to me, professionally speaking, and I need to find ways to address this in management training programmes. Dave's comments about learning empathetic strategies as a teenager through magazines was really interesting - I'll bet those articles had " case studies " to show how it worked (which were probably fictional!). And, of course, copying the behaviour of others. Does anyone else have any experience of learning or training in social skills/empathy that they could share? Are there any training programmes for ASD people in this area at all? I could, of course, suggest that my client organisations offer free enzymes to all their non-empathetic managers and see if it helps! Thanks for any ideas. Lucy UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 In a message dated 4/19/2004 8:55:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: From: " fannajatja " <fannajatja@...> Subject: Re: to Flo Webber -No I don´t know about your question about coffie. I am not on Budvigs diet I don´t have cancer. I had skin cancer. But I just wanted to have flaxceed grinded as part of my breakfast. .. .. I do not have cancer nor does my son BUT we both have other significantly debilitating health issues. We have been on Johanna Budwig's protocol for over two years and find it very helpful. mjh http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 In a message dated 4/19/2004 8:55:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: From: " Ramona " <ramona@...> Subject: Re: Shark Cartilage/Prednisone Hi Mona, My cancer presented itself in the brain, horrible headaches. They prescribed Pred. to reduce swelling, 4mg 2x a day. Because it makes me climb the walls, (I take 2 aspirin and get a hangover!) they also gave me Lorazpam, 1 mg up to 4 x a day. What a cycle. I have been on them now for only 2 weeks and KNOW I have to get off. I am seeing an enzyme therapist who is very willing to work with me and hope we can eliminate these this next few days. Any info you might have to share would be a blessing - God's grace is sufficient - we will overcome! God Bless, Ramona ----- Original .. .. Ramona Please check into Johanna Budwig's protocol as it is very helpful in shrinking tumors and that would relieve the headaches. My son is hydrocephalic and also gets swollen brain. Same pain. We use a number of herbs and supplements to keep inflammation under control. Hope this helps mjh http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hey ...I didn't realize you were using both your CI and your hearing aid since your implant. My audiologist doesn't want me to use my HA for about 4 weeks after the implant. I have also been told that when someone does that, it makes hearing with the CI take longer for the brain to adapt to. My ENT said that the brain is going to key in on the side that has the most familiarity to it. Does anyone have any thoughts to share about this? RE: ci reflections How special, Larry. It never ceases to amaze me when I read some of the beautiful messages that are written by the wonderful members of this list. Thanks for being one of them. Alice -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hi Deborah, This is something that varies from audiologist to audiologist. When I was activated in 1999, it was an absolute no,no to do this but my surgeon wanted me to use my HA with the CI to help with the adjustment to the new sound. I had not heard for many years on the implanted side and his point of view was to take advantage of what hearing was available to me. I found that for about the first 4 weeks, the two together were helpful and indeed it was very easy for me to adapt to the CI. After 4 weeks, the CI was much stronger than the HA so I my hearing aid in the case and gave it to a friend who needed one but was unable to afford one because she her husband had just passed away. I never used it again. For some people.. the hearing aid actually makes it more difficult to adapt to the CI since the two sounds can be much different. I would tend to follow the instructions of your medical team but if you feel that you'd like to try them together, you might mention it to the audiologist. I know how hard it is to give up the security that the hearing aid is giving you but I am very sure that the CI will overpower the hearing aid eventually. I'm going to step in and answer for ( - I hope you don't mind). She is low vision in addition to being deaf. The addition of sound to both sides should assist in recognizing direction of sound although I'm not sure it's helping from some of her messages. Her needs do differ from those of us who have just lost one sense so I'm sure that is considered. Alice > > Hey ...I didn't realize you were using both your CI and your hearing aid since your implant. My audiologist doesn't want me to use my HA for about 4 weeks after the implant. I have also been told that when someone does that, it makes hearing with the CI take longer for the brain to adapt to. Deborah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hi Deborah, My audi recommended that I use my CI and hearing aid together right from the start for two reasons: 1.) to prevent atrophy in my right (nonimplanted ear) and 2.) to allow my brain time to merge the two different sound signals together. I've tried listening to speech with my CI alone, but it sounds just as garbled as it does when I use my hearing aid. Since I've been wearing my CI and HA since my activation, this week I plan to work more on listening exercises with my CI alone to see if that helps improve my speech understanding. Something interesting that I noticed during my mapping today was that I had an easier time setting my C levels when I wore my CI and hearing aid together. Because I had some auditory input to compare with my CI, I found it easier to determine what was comfortable for me. Sounds are now more balanced and I'm having an easier time distinguishing between the letters I mentioned in previous posts. I'll most likely continue to use my CI and hearing aid together. One thing I like about this combination is how the CI picks up high frequencies while the hearing aid picks up low frequencies. At least for me, I find that this gives me the best of both worlds. Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05 Deafblind/Postlingual BTE hearing aid user 20 years Severe-profound hearing loss 10 years " Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night, that helps us survive. " -- Chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Alice, Not a problem in answering the question for me. However, I just wanted to make a slight correction. I'm totally blind and do not have any residual vision. While I normally don't nitpick about the differences in visual acuity, I do think that a CI user who has low vision has an advantage over those of us who are totally blind because they have some visual input that they can use in conjunction with the auditory input of their CI. Sound localization: Until today's mapping, the sound of my hearing aid overpowered my CI making it difficult to concentrate on both sound signals. Now that I'm getting (what seems to me) more balanced sound from my CI and hearing aid, it should be easier for me to determine where a sound or voice is coming from. I plan to work on that tomorrow to find out what kind of a difference it makes. My audi and I also plan to address these issues during my weekly A/V sessions which will be scheduled after my 2 week follow-up appointment. Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05 Deafblind/Postlingual BTE hearing aid user 20 years Severe-profound hearing loss 10 years " Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night, that helps us survive. " -- Chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Wearing a CI and HA together for me is also a matter of safety. Being able to hear unilaterally (whether it be from a CI or hearing aid) can pose serious safety issues for me not only while traveling outdoors , but also while conducting daily living tasks here at home. Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05 Deafblind/Postlingual BTE hearing aid user 20 years Severe-profound hearing loss 10 years " Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night, that helps us survive. " -- Chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 , I guess I was just trying to be careful with my wording. I know you are totally blind. I’m sorry if I worded it wrong. I hope I didn’t offend. I’m just glad you are now hearing because of the CI. Alice _____ Alice, Not a problem in answering the question for me. However, I just wanted to make a slight correction. I'm totally blind and do not have any residual vision. While I normally don't nitpick about the differences in visual acuity, I do think that a CI user who has low vision has an advantage over those of us who are totally blind because they have some visual input that they can use in conjunction with the auditory input of their CI. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Alice, Thank you for being considerate -- no offense taken! <smile> I'm also glad I can hear again with a CI. Although my primary goal is to understand speech, being able to hear environmental sounds is just phenomenal!! Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05 Deafblind/Postlingual BTE hearing aid user 20 years Severe-profound hearing loss 10 years " Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night, that helps us survive. " -- Chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 My 2 cents' worth: For what it is worth, I used my HA on the first day when I was using my CI. I had never heard high frequencies before, so I needed the " bridge " of the HA to orient myself to the sounds that I was hearing with the CI. I think it made for a quicker transition, and on the second day, I found that my HA was interfering with the CI in that I was getting two wholly different stimuli at both ears (the HA is a frequency transposing one) and it was making my head spin, so I took off the HA and went solo with the CI since then. I've put on the HA since then, a few days, in the seven weeks since activation 12/8, and found the sounds far too distorting, and I haven't worn it since. Geez. I don't think I could ever go back to wearing an HA, and if someone tells me to " keep using the hearing aid to keep the auditory nerve stimulated till I get a second CI in the future " -- no thank you. Like what someone (Jackie, you have a wonderful way with words, you should write jokes and take ny Carson's place on late night television!) said earlier, why flog a dead horse? activated 12/8, 4th MAPping tomorrow anticipated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 As a totally blind person, I need all the hearing I can get (distorted or not) since I can't rely on visual clues. I think that part of the basis behind my audi's suggestion that I continue wearing my HA. Of course, the final decision is up to me but so far my experience has been positive. Implanted: 12/22/04 Activated: 1/18/05 Deafblind/Postlingual BTE hearing aid user 20 years Severe-profound hearing loss 10 years " Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night, that helps us survive. " -- Chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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