Re: Digest Number 497

June 6, 2002

Boogie on!!! I'm in full form tonight..Foight with the hubby so I'm ready for anything right now!!

June 6, 2002

Hey I can kick with 2 and what the leggs don't take care of my mouth will for sure!!

June 7, 2002

I just love traveling with Jan....... shes got spunk....Fluffy Re: [ ] Digest Number 497 Hey I can kick with 2 and what the leggs don't take care of my mouth will for sure!!

June 7, 2002

Oh dear..... keep that spunk....Fluffy Re: [ ] Digest Number 497 Boogie on!!! I'm in full form tonight..Foight with the hubby so I'm ready for anything right now!!

June 7, 2002

Great to hear from you again! Keep fighting those dr's and bureaucratic nazis. I wouldn't rule out money if I were you. Talk to an attorney, sometimes money is the only language these people understand. Maybe if they're hit in the pocketbook, the next person in your shoes will receive a little better treatment. Hang in there as always. I know you're too darn stubborn to be held down. You must have some Irish in you! -dz-

diane214@... wrote: Hi Gang, I just wanted to say Hi and update you all about my condition.......I have developed lumps which started out as a small one end of lastweek. I showed the Dr. and he said it felt like a cyst. Well whatever itis has grown and there are numerous lumps thru my back, hip, stomach andin the surgery area... I walked into my primary's office just to ask ifhe could feel them and tell me what to do.... He wouldn't even come outand look... I sent the nurse back 3 times and he said to get thebloodwork and I would be OK.... I am not OK.... Even the girl who drewthe blood said I should see a bone Dr.... At this point I don't knowwhat to do..... I can not believe the way Dr's treat the patientsanymore..... I have a serious condition and I am ignored.... Now I amgetting angry and payback time is close.... I did call the CEO of theHospital and an investigation is going on... I told them up front that Ido not want anything Monetary.... I am not suing... I just want awritten appolgy and a verbal one in front of me.... I guess my Primaryis upset that I did this, at his suggestion.... I really laid into theCEO.... I will let you know what happens with these lumps.... BTW..... Ibroke a mirror the other day.... OH NOOO! Jan. Get you long legged butt to the Dr. immediately to be checkedfor the Hep B.. They give a series of shots for it... It is verydangerous for a person with Hep C to get B...... NO EXCUSESGIRL!!!!!!!!!!! Get your Cajun butt in gear NOW!!!!Hi Fluffy, Sharon, -dz-, Dennis, Terry and everyone else that I didn'tmention.... Being sick is my excuse... LOL..... I would like to send aBig Warm Welcome to all of the new Members..... When I am back in theswing of things you will see how Jan corrupts me........ hahahahahahahaShe brings out the devil in me....... I have not been updated on all ofyour conditions. I had to erase the messages..... But I am like a badpenny (Good One Really)... I always turn up........... ;oI may be down but I am not out!!!!!!!! I miss you guys and gals somuch...... We have a circle of friendship and love..... (YES, LOVE YOUGUYS OUT THERE!!!! ) I am sending the BIGGEST HUGS out to all ofyou........ Fluffy..... Has it been lonesome in the back row withoutme..... Sharon.... I am very impressed by your responses toquestions........ Keep it coming girl..... Were you in the MedicalProfession or do you read up on things..... I am so happy you are hereSharon!!!!!!Has -dz-, Terry & Dennis been behaving???? I doubt it.. How didDennis make out with his surgery?? Well this chapter is done..... SorryI was a typing fool but I have missed so much.... ;o Jan you know I amusually a quiet girl.... hahahahahahahahaha Just like you!!!!!!!!!!!!OH!!!!!! My daughter is coming in to N.J. from Florida tomorrow andstaying for 8 days.... She is bringing my sons little 7 year old to seehis Daddy! (My Grandson) I am very excited.... My son is so excited....So am I..... (THE END) LOL!!!!!! Angel Hugs, DianeMay Rainbow Dreams Color Your World With Love, Hope, Peace & Unity

June 7, 2002

Hi Diane

It is good to hear from you. I'm sorry that you are still having so many

problems. I hope and pray that things get better for you.

Re: [ ] Digest Number 497

> Hi Gang,

> I just wanted to say Hi and update you all about my condition.......

> I have developed lumps which started out as a small one end of last

> week. I showed the Dr. and he said it felt like a cyst. Well whatever it

> is has grown and there are numerous lumps thru my back, hip, stomach and

> in the surgery area... I walked into my primary's office just to ask if

> he could feel them and tell me what to do.... He wouldn't even come out

> and look... I sent the nurse back 3 times and he said to get the

> bloodwork and I would be OK.... I am not OK.... Even the girl who drew

> the blood said I should see a bone Dr.... At this point I don't know

> what to do..... I can not believe the way Dr's treat the patients

> anymore..... I have a serious condition and I am ignored.... Now I am

> getting angry and payback time is close.... I did call the CEO of the

> Hospital and an investigation is going on... I told them up front that I

> do not want anything Monetary.... I am not suing... I just want a

> written appolgy and a verbal one in front of me.... I guess my Primary

> is upset that I did this, at his suggestion.... I really laid into the

> CEO.... I will let you know what happens with these lumps.... BTW..... I

> broke a mirror the other day.... OH NOOO!

> Jan. Get you long legged butt to the Dr. immediately to be checked

> for the Hep B.. They give a series of shots for it... It is very

> dangerous for a person with Hep C to get B...... NO EXCUSES

> GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! Get your Cajun butt in gear NOW!!!!

> Hi Fluffy, Sharon, -dz-, Dennis, Terry and everyone else that I didn't

> mention.... Being sick is my excuse... LOL..... I would like to send a

> Big Warm Welcome to all of the new Members..... When I am back in the

> swing of things you will see how Jan corrupts me........ hahahahahahaha

> She brings out the devil in me....... I have not been updated on all of

> your conditions. I had to erase the messages..... But I am like a bad

> penny (Good One Really)... I always turn up........... ;o

> I may be down but I am not out!!!!!!!! I miss you guys and gals so

> much...... We have a circle of friendship and love..... (YES, LOVE YOU

> GUYS OUT THERE!!!! ) I am sending the BIGGEST HUGS out to all of

> you........ Fluffy..... Has it been lonesome in the back row without

> me..... Sharon.... I am very impressed by your responses to

> questions........ Keep it coming girl..... Were you in the Medical

> Profession or do you read up on things..... I am so happy you are here

> Sharon!!!!!!

> Has -dz-, Terry & Dennis been behaving???? I doubt it.. How did

> Dennis make out with his surgery?? Well this chapter is done..... Sorry

> I was a typing fool but I have missed so much.... ;o Jan you know I am

> usually a quiet girl.... hahahahahahahahaha Just like you!!!!!!!!!!!!

> OH!!!!!! My daughter is coming in to N.J. from Florida tomorrow and

> staying for 8 days.... She is bringing my sons little 7 year old to see

> his Daddy! (My Grandson) I am very excited.... My son is so excited....

> So am I..... (THE END) LOL!!!!!!

>

> Angel Hugs,

> Diane

>

> May Rainbow Dreams Color Your World With Love, Hope, Peace & Unity

>

June 7, 2002

Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse recommending the leave. I ended up going back after 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through, missing a few more days than normal. I went on antidepressants right away because of advice I had gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called "flu-like"symptoms came and went. I always paid the price when for one reason or another I did not drink enough water. I believe I will do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never have to make that decision... -dz-

debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my access# and then its my turn please tell me if you went on antidepressants and were you able to work thxs!

June 8, 2002

Hi, Dave,

I always paid the price when for one reason or another I did not drink enough water.

Could you elaborate a bit on that? I'm still trying to discover what is causing my chronic coughing, and if there's anything I can do to stop it. I get up to pee three times a night as it is, so it's hard to believe I'm not drinking enough water.

But I read in a physical fitness mag one time that when you diligently increase your water intake, you have to urinate frequently in the beginning, but that once your body becomes properly 'hydrated,' you stop having to go as much. I wonder if there's any truth to this. Any comments? From anyone else?

Much obliged,

Re: [ ] Digest Number 497

Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse recommending the leave. I ended up going back after 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through, missing a few more days than normal. I went on antidepressants right away because of advice I had gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called "flu-like"symptoms came and went. I believe I will do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never have to make that decision... -dz- debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my access# and then its my turn please tell me if you went on antidepressants and were you able to work thxs!

June 8, 2002

I think that IS true. I had ahorrible time at first.

I was going to pee all the time. I do seem to do

better, the more water I drink. I find when I get one

of these headaches I have to sleep through them and

its hard to drink when I'm sleeping. Also sometimes

the headaches make me nauseas, so nothing stays down.

Gets to be a vicious cycle. But I'm undetectable so

it's going to be worth it. Only 17 more shots out of

48.

Good luck .

Sharon

--- Sizer <ssizer@...> wrote:

> Hi, Dave,

>

> I always paid the price when for one reason or

> another I did not drink enough water.

>

> Could you elaborate a bit on that? I'm still trying

> to discover what is causing my chronic coughing, and

> if there's anything I can do to stop it. I get up

> to pee three times a night as it is, so it's hard to

> believe I'm not drinking enough water.

> But I read in a physical fitness mag one time

> that when you diligently increase your water intake,

> you have to urinate frequently in the beginning, but

> that once your body becomes properly 'hydrated,'

> you stop having to go as much. I wonder if there's

> any truth to this. Any comments? From anyone else?

>

> Much obliged,

>

> Re: [ ] Digest Number

> 497

>

> Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble

> in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family

> medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular

> pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse

> recommending the leave. I ended up going back after

> 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through,

> missing a few more days than normal. I went on

> antidepressants right away because of advice I had

> gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really

> felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time

> the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called

> " flu-like " symptoms came and went. I believe I will

> do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never

> have to make that decision...

>

> -dz-

>

> debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

>

> Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment

> for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my

> access# and then its my turn please tell me if you

> went on antidepressants and were you able to work

> thxs!

>

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>

June 8, 2002

I never did get around having to get up at least once during the night to pee. But only once, towards the end. I guess I must've adjusted somewhat. The medication dehydrates you, so a lot of that water will just naturally take the place of that you're losing. That's tough when you are having trouble sleeping already. I usually ended up reading for a little while afterwards in order to fall back asleep. Depending on the time I could take a xanax if it wasn't to close to getting up for work time. I tried to drink 4 liters of water everyday, but would try to drink most of it during the day. I usually drank at least 3, but often didn't finish the 4th. Some days though, I would get busy, and forget and all of a sudden it's evening and I'm trying to catch up. -dz-

Sizer <ssizer@...> wrote:

Hi, Dave,

I always paid the price when for one reason or another I did not drink enough water.

Could you elaborate a bit on that? I'm still trying to discover what is causing my chronic coughing, and if there's anything I can do to stop it. I get up to pee three times a night as it is, so it's hard to believe I'm not drinking enough water.

But I read in a physical fitness mag one time that when you diligently increase your water intake, you have to urinate frequently in the beginning, but that once your body becomes properly 'hydrated,' you stop having to go as much. I wonder if there's any truth to this. Any comments? From anyone else?

Much obliged,

Re: [ ] Digest Number 497

Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse recommending the leave. I ended up going back after 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through, missing a few more days than normal. I went on antidepressants right away because of advice I had gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called "flu-like"symptoms came and went. I believe I will do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never have to make that decision... -dz- debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my access# and then its my turn please tell me if you went on antidepressants and were you able to work thxs!

June 8, 2002

Hi

Your cough is probably being caused by the Ribavirin. That is one of the side effects of the drug. I too had the cough while on the treatment, but it subsided when I finished.

Re: [ ] Digest Number 497

Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse recommending the leave. I ended up going back after 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through, missing a few more days than normal. I went on antidepressants right away because of advice I had gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called "flu-like"symptoms came and went. I believe I will do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never have to make that decision... -dz- debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my access# and then its my turn please tell me if you went on antidepressants and were you able to work thxs!

June 8, 2002

Thanks, again, ,

I know I asked this question before and you told me this; guess I needed a reminder!

Kind regards,

Re: [ ] Digest Number 497

Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse recommending the leave. I ended up going back after 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through, missing a few more days than normal. I went on antidepressants right away because of advice I had gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called "flu-like"symptoms came and went. I believe I will do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never have to make that decision... -dz- debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my access# and then its my turn please tell me if you went on antidepressants and were you able to work thxs!

June 8, 2002

Thanks for your response, Dave.

Re: [ ] Digest Number 497

Hi Debbie. I handled it ok. I had a lot of trouble in the beginning. I took 2 mos. off on the family medical leave act. Being salaried, I got my regular pay, so why not. All I needed was a dr's excuse recommending the leave. I ended up going back after 4 weeks and I worked the rest of the way through, missing a few more days than normal. I went on antidepressants right away because of advice I had gotten from others. I'd have to say I never really felt 100% during the treatment, but most of the time the most I suffered was the fatigue. The so called "flu-like"symptoms came and went. I believe I will do it again if it comes back, but I'm hoping I never have to make that decision... -dz- debbie henning <giglebutt2002@...> wrote:

Hey Dave I'm giglebutt.So how was the treatment for you did you handle it okay?I'm waiting for my access# and then its my turn please tell me if you went on antidepressants and were you able to work thxs!

June 8, 2002

Gets to be a vicious cycle. But I'm undetectable so

it's going to be worth it. Only 17 more shots out of

48.

That's good news, Sharon! If you can do it, I can do it! Thanks for

telling me your experience with drinking all that water.

Regards,

June 8, 2002

Hey he treatment causes CRS too!! Hahahaha..Although I have it even without treatment!!

July 2, 2003

Hi, ,

Wishing you good luck with your new 3G!!!

I have a star tac - motorola cell phone which I use infrequently. I use

just my hearing aid with it, without the t-coil. It works for me for short

conversations if I'm in a quiet environment. It is getting more difficult for

me and I'm hoping distinction kicks in with my CI so I can use it for the

phone. Then I hope I won't need extra wires or plug-ins. But we'll see.

Distinction first! ARGGG LOL

I believe Kathy installed a commercial loop kit in her home for

, which is always an option. I'm looking for the cheap way in! LOL

I'm not

sure what kind of loop I'd need either. I'm sure these answers will come as

everyone returns from the SHHH convention! Thanks for your input and

support!!!

) Jackie

October 24, 2003

Hi Michele,

My husband is in the same boat. 3 herniated disks that are causing severe

pain - and he's only 45 and unable to work.

Of course, they could all be fused, but that doesnt leave much quality of

life. And 3 level disk replacements are about 2 years + away from being approved

in the US, unless you want to try Germany. Dr. Bertagnoli has been doing them.

In the meantime, find a GOOD pain management doc..

Message: 2 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:12:24 -0000

From: " princessmichele92 "

<angels91@...> Subject: Hi Hope I'm

in the right place... My mom is in pain from 3 herniated

discs that are leaning on her spine. They cause her

much pain in her lower back which goes down her right

leg & sometimes left leg. She describes it as

having to drag her leg around with tightness, pulling

& tingling. At 69 she is normally a very active

woman. She was x-rayed in June & was told she

had arthritis on her left hip & was given Celebrex

200 mg 3x daily for 10 days & found relief from it.

Also was given Skelaxin 800 mg 3x daily with the

Celebrex. In July she had an MRI & found that she

had the 3 herniated discs leaning on her spine. Was

given Neurontin 600 mg 3x daily which didn't help her

at all so she stopped it completely. Now she is taking

nothing. She has tried regular physical therapy for

about 2 months with no help. Now as of the last 2

weeks has been trying Mc Kenzie therapy & it's

too soon to tell if it is helping. She has only gone 4x as

of now. She has been offered to go back on Celebrex

& Skelaxin but doesn't care to take medications

longterm. Also was offered cortizone shots. Does

anyone have any similar sitations or suggestions to

help? I would like to know what has helped or not

helped. Would be much appreciated. Thank you,

Michele

" I came to a place where a Path split up till two. I choose the One I didn't

know and enriched my Life " ~The Tao of Pooh~

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