Re: Please keep Doug in your prayers and thoughts

[Guest guest]

You are in my prayers Doug. I thought you and others might enjoy this

reading. I am keeping it close to my heart right now.

In Hope,

(Geesis Kwe)

HOKA HEY!

" Hold Fast! There is always more! "

Traditional Lakota warriors would shout " Hoka Hey! " to one another as

they charged into battle. In the context of battle hoka hey meant, " it is a

good day to die. " In his When The Tree Flowered, however, based on his

conversations with Lakota Holy Man, Eagle Voice, Nebraska poet,

Neihardt, explained the origin of the phrase. Literally translated, hoka hey

means " hold fast. There is more! "

[Guest guest]

Thank you to everyone for your concern and especially your prayers.

Three weeks post op and I am recovering pretty well. Doctor said I

could drive and go back to work today. I still have pain now and then

but he refilled my Rx of codiene tablets. I only had to take one

dosepack of evil candy. I put a picture of my neck helmit (brace) in the picture

section. I have to wear it for one more month.

My asthma has been very good this year. Exaactly one year ago, I was

in the hospital with a Solua (sp) medrol IV in my arm and an oxygen

tube in my nose.

Thanks to Xolair, I only have to use my rescue inhailre once a day.

Thanks again everyone. I am on the road to recovery.

Doug

Group founder

co/owner/moderator

[Guest guest]

Great news Doug. Get well soon.

uca79iii <uca79iii@...> wrote: Thank you to everyone for your

concern and especially your prayers.

Three weeks post op and I am recovering pretty well. Doctor said I

could drive and go back to work today. I still have pain now and then

but he refilled my Rx of codiene tablets. I only had to take one

dosepack of evil candy. I put a picture of my neck helmit (brace) in the picture

section. I have to wear it for one more month.

My asthma has been very good this year. Exaactly one year ago, I was

in the hospital with a Solua (sp) medrol IV in my arm and an oxygen

tube in my nose.

Thanks to Xolair, I only have to use my rescue inhailre once a day.

Thanks again everyone. I am on the road to recovery.

Doug

Group founder

co/owner/moderator

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[Guest guest]

Hi Doug:

Glad you are feeling better.

I wanted to let you know of my success in being treated for post-op pain by

acupuncture. I had a badly fractured wrist and was in so much pain that I

couldn't do PT and I was told I would lose the function in my hand if I didn't

work harder. But I couldn't, it was too painful. After 1 acupuncture treatment

I was able to do PT and recovered so that there is no visible handicap at all.

In all, I had 3 acupuncture treatments and have not had any pain or problem

since then.

Might be worth looking into.

Best of luck,

Carol

[Guest guest]

-Thanks Carol I am slowly but surely improving. Today, I didn't

have to take any pain medication We have a good Chiropractor who

does acupuncture here in our town if I need him.

Doug

[Guest guest]

Doug, that's terrific - sounds like you've come a long way. Before

you know it, this will all be in the past as are the bad asthma years

before Xolair. Best wishes for an accelerated recovery!

Fran

>

> Thank you to everyone for your concern and especially your prayers.

> Three weeks post op and I am recovering pretty well. Doctor said I

> could drive and go back to work today. I still have pain now and

then

> but he refilled my Rx of codiene tablets. I only had to take one

> dosepack of evil candy. I put a picture of my neck helmit (brace)

in the picture section. I have to wear it for one more month.

>

> My asthma has been very good this year. Exaactly one year ago, I

was

> in the hospital with a Solua (sp) medrol IV in my arm and an oxygen

> tube in my nose.

>

> Thanks to Xolair, I only have to use my rescue inhailre once a day.

>

> Thanks again everyone. I am on the road to recovery.

>

>

> Doug

> Group founder

> co/owner/moderator

>

[Guest guest]

--- In , " tiredofsteroids " <sitesee@...>

wrote:

>

> Doug, that's terrific - sounds like you've come a long way. Before

> you know it, this will all be in the past as are the bad asthma years

> before Xolair. Best wishes for an accelerated recovery!

> Fran

>

Thanks Fran

Exactly last year at this time, I was in the hospital with a medrol

drip in my arm due to asthma. This year, I only neb once a day in the

morning. I use a neb because hand held inhalers do not work for me.

Doctor says it has something to do with the propellents in them. Xolar

has been a God send for me.

I now have disks 4-7 fused. The last MRI showed that disks Thiss means

the rest of my disks in my neck are starting to get bad also. I am

going to work hard with the physical therapist to keep these disks

from going bad with neck exercises after this last surgry completely

heals.

Doug