Have a question

[Guest guest]

Hi Betty...

I had a very similar problem about a year ago. It happened twice, and

kept me down a few days each time. I took pain medication and muscle

relaxers. It hasn't happened since. So, there's hope that this might

just be a temporary thing. Whatever it is, I hope you get it resolved soon.

Regards,

[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

Did you ever find out what caused it? I would like to know so I don't do it

again. Once is enough for me. Lol

Betty

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[Guest guest]

Hi Betty...

I don't really have a clue about what caused it. I suspect it was a

combination of things. If what you're going through is the same thing I

had, I can totally understand wanting to avoid it.

Regards,

[Guest guest]

Betty, is it possible it is sciatica ? When I worked as a collector years ago it

was a sit down

job that had NO breaks..I hated that job, lol...anyway I had the most horrible

episode of sciatica

due to not being able to move from a seated position ..had to go to an emergency

room for the

pain.Just a thought. Jessie

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[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

I forgot to ask you in the last post about how long did it last? A few days?

Weeks? God I hope it's not weeks.

Betty

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/27/02 9:41:34 AM Central Daylight Time,

missbetty38@... writes:

> I called my doctor to see if maybe he would give me something which he did.

> He gave me cyclobenzapriene. A muscle relaxer.

I have flare ups of additional pain like this at times. Sometimes it is so

intense that I cannot stand up. It usually only last a couple of days to a

week or so then settels back down. That is the same muscle relaxer that my

doc prescribles.

GIna

[Guest guest]

Hi Betty...

It was about three days each time.

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[Guest guest]

brenda, go to your doctor straight away, it might just be stress but you need to

check it out

love and hugs

anita

>

> From: MITSMEMYERS@...

> Date: Wed 02/Jul/2003 10:23 GMT

> liver problems

> Subject: [ ] Have a Question

>

> I have been having problems catching my breath and sometimes it is so bad I

> turn blue. Do any of you have this problem?

>

> the WV hillbilly

>

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> Could you please tell me a chat room were I could go to and speak to

> people about dwarfism

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, please contact your doctor…bruising all at once could be a

sign the liver is not doing well…at least that is what I have been told.

Debby

[ ] HAVE A

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I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY SKIN

HURTING. IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE A SUNBURN AND AM BRUISED ALL AT ONCE.

ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS?

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Dear Jill,

I'm not sure if you've posted more about your situation previously,

so it's hard for me to comment specifically.

What were your back problems before 2001? Did you have scoliosis or

an injury or what? If a doctor operated on you so quickly, it sounds

as though it was an emergency situation. I've heard of others who

needed emergency surgery to prevent potential paralysis or cauda

equina syndrome.

It might help you to understand what was done and why if you obtain

copies of your written hospital records or at least ask very specific

questions of your doctor.

I'm sorry you are in such pain and urge you to continue to find

answers. A second opinion might be in order, too, if you haven't

already gotten one. Has there been any mention of removing the

protruding hardware? All this stuff is very complicated to sort

through, but please don't give up. Under an emergency situation, one

may not have much control over the doctor used, but for the future

care of complications such as it sounds like you are having, you need

to be seeing a qualified doctor very experienced with the problems

you are having. Someone on this group might be able to refer you to

a doctor if you tell us your location.

Hope you will update us on further and good luck,

loriann

> I was wondering if my doctor did the right thing in performing

> surgery..I've always known that I've had back problems but living

with

> it was somewhat bearable.Then in 2001 the doctor had admitted me

for a

> few tests and to my surprise this neurosurgeon showed up at my

bedside

> to tell me he was going to do surgery on my back,,I was sort of out

of

> it on pain meds at the time but assumed he would see me before the

> surgery the following morning to explain what he would be doing

during

> the surgery..He spent all of 2 minutes with me the night before and

> had explained NOTHING..I was more then surprised to wake up 11

hours

> later to find out that he had put the rods/hardware in my back..I

had

> NO idea this was going to be done..Needless to say I have been in a

> wheelchair off and on since the surgery and when I'm not I can't

walk

> without a walker..I am on ms contin, 90 ml 3 times a day and

morphine

> 10 mg every 2 hrs..The pain has become unbearable and now I'm

> wondering if it was a major mistake for the dr. to even do all this

at

> my age (49)..I also have a protrusion which they think is a rod

trying

> to exit thru my back..I guess I jumped the gun thinking that the

dr.

> could relieve me of any discomfort I was having before the

surgery..We

> learn from our mistakes..Jill

[Guest guest]

Thank you LoriAnn..No it wasn't an emergency situation..I was in the hopsital for testing of an anyersym and they just happened to see my scoliosis when they did the MRI for that..I was having pain and jumped at the chance to have any type of relief but at no time did this dr. explain what he was going to do..What upset me most was that he did not expalin what he was going to do and that I should have donated my own blood ahead of time..Had to have several transfusions and they told my husband at one point it was touch and go because they couldn't wake me up..I would have preferred using my own blood..I don't evven know what type of rods he inserted..Yes, they have talked about taking out the rods so instead of "jumping" into it I have decided to get a second opinion with a Dr. Ford in Toronto, Ontario.A little leary of having surgery again after having so many problems..Thank you so much for your input...Jillloriann262000

<lcmelko@...> wrote:

Dear Jill,I'm not sure if you've posted more about your situation previously, so it's hard for me to comment specifically.What were your back problems before 2001? Did you have scoliosis or an injury or what? If a doctor operated on you so quickly, it sounds as though it was an emergency situation. I've heard of others who needed emergency surgery to prevent potential paralysis or cauda equina syndrome. It might help you to understand what was done and why if you obtain copies of your written hospital records or at least ask very specific questions of your doctor.I'm sorry you are in such pain and urge you to continue to find answers. A second opinion might be in order, too, if you haven't already gotten one. Has there been any mention of removing the protruding

hardware? All this stuff is very complicated to sort through, but please don't give up. Under an emergency situation, one may not have much control over the doctor used, but for the future care of complications such as it sounds like you are having, you need to be seeing a qualified doctor very experienced with the problems you are having. Someone on this group might be able to refer you to a doctor if you tell us your location.Hope you will update us on further and good luck,loriann> I was wondering if my doctor did the right thing in performing > surgery..I've always known that I've had back problems but living with > it was somewhat bearable.Then in 2001 the doctor had admitted me for a > few tests and to my surprise this neurosurgeon showed up at my bedside > to tell me he

was going to do surgery on my back,,I was sort of out of > it on pain meds at the time but assumed he would see me before the > surgery the following morning to explain what he would be doing during > the surgery..He spent all of 2 minutes with me the night before and > had explained NOTHING..I was more then surprised to wake up 11 hours > later to find out that he had put the rods/hardware in my back..I had > NO idea this was going to be done..Needless to say I have been in a > wheelchair off and on since the surgery and when I'm not I can't walk > without a walker..I am on ms contin, 90 ml 3 times a day and morphine > 10 mg every 2 hrs..The pain has become unbearable and now I'm > wondering if it was a major mistake for the dr. to even do all this at > my age (49)..I also have a protrusion which they think is a rod trying > to exit thru my back..I guess I jumped the

gun thinking that the dr. > could relieve me of any discomfort I was having before the surgery..We > learn from our mistakes..Jill

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[Guest guest]

Oh boy, Jill, that does sound weird. I'd definitely try to get

written copies of the your hospital records. I don't know anything

about specific Canadian doctors, but if you do a search

for " Canada " " Canadian " " Toronto " or " rod removal " on this site, you

may find some posts that could prove helpful to you. Also, Dr. Ford

has been mentioned here a couple of times. If you search for " Ford

Toronto " and keep hitting " search more " , you can find all those

posts, too.

Good luck!

loriann

Dear Jill,

>

> I'm not sure if you've posted more about your situation previously,

> so it's hard for me to comment specifically.

>

> What were your back problems before 2001? Did you have scoliosis

or

> an injury or what? If a doctor operated on you so quickly, it

sounds

> as though it was an emergency situation. I've heard of others who

> needed emergency surgery to prevent potential paralysis or cauda

> equina syndrome.

>

> It might help you to understand what was done and why if you obtain

> copies of your written hospital records or at least ask very

specific

> questions of your doctor.

>

> I'm sorry you are in such pain and urge you to continue to find

> answers. A second opinion might be in order, too, if you haven't

> already gotten one. Has there been any mention of removing the

> protruding hardware? All this stuff is very complicated to sort

> through, but please don't give up. Under an emergency situation,

one

> may not have much control over the doctor used, but for the future

> care of complications such as it sounds like you are having, you

need

> to be seeing a qualified doctor very experienced with the problems

> you are having. Someone on this group might be able to refer you

to

> a doctor if you tell us your location.

>

> Hope you will update us on further and good luck,

>

> loriann

>

[Guest guest]

Jill, if you would like to e-mail me privately, mad.monk@... , I can send you the contact for the Scoliosis Association of Ontario. I work with that contact quite a bit, as I am the president of the Scoliosis Association of British Columbia.

Llweyn

-----Original Message-----From: [mailto: ]On Behalf Of GARY HORNSent: August 21, 2005 7:04 AM Subject: Re: Re: HAVE A QUESTION

Thank you LoriAnn..No it wasn't an emergency situation..I was in the hopsital for testing of an anyersym and they just happened to see my scoliosis when they did the MRI for that..I was having pain and jumped at the chance to have any type of relief but at no time did this dr. explain what he was going to do..What upset me most was that he did not expalin what he was going to do and that I should have donated my own blood ahead of time..Had to have several transfusions and they told my husband at one point it was touch and go because they couldn't wake me up..I would have preferred using my own blood..I don't evven know what type of rods he inserted..Yes, they have talked about taking out the rods so instead of "jumping" into it I have decided to get a second opinion with a Dr. Ford in Toronto, Ontario.A little leary of having surgery again after having so many problems..Thank you so much for your input...Jillloriann262000 <lcmelko@...> wrote: Dear Jill,I'm not sure if you've posted more about your situation previously, so it's hard for me to comment specifically.What were your back problems before 2001? Did you have scoliosis or an injury or what? If a doctor operated on you so quickly, it sounds as though it was an emergency situation. I've heard of others who needed emergency surgery to prevent potential paralysis or cauda equina syndrome. It might help you to understand what was done and why if you obtain copies of your written hospital records or at least ask very specific questions of your doctor.I'm sorry you are in such pain and urge you to continue to find answers. A second opinion might be in order, too, if you haven't already gotten one. Has there been any mention of removing the protruding hardware? All this stuff is very complicated to sort through, but please don't give up. Under an emergency situation, one may not have much control over the doctor used, but for the future care of complications such as it sounds like you are having, you need to be seeing a qualified doctor very experienced with the problems you are having. Someone on this group might be able to refer you to a doctor if you tell us your location.Hope you will update us on further and good luck,loriann> I was wondering if my doctor did the right thing in performing > surgery..I've always known that I've had back problems but living with > it was somewhat bearable.Then in 2001 the doctor had admitted me for a > few tests and to my surprise this neurosurgeon showed up at my bedside > to tell me he was going to do surgery on my back,,I was sort of out of > it on pain meds at the time but assumed he would see me before the > surgery the following morning to explain what he would be doing during > the surgery..He spent all of 2 minutes with me the night before and > had explained NOTHING..I was more then surprised to wake up 11 hours > later to find out that he had put the rods/hardware in my back..I had > NO idea this was going to be done..Needless to say I have been in a > wheelchair off and on since the surgery and when I'm not I can't walk > without a walker..I am on ms contin, 90 ml 3 times a day and morphine > 10 mg every 2 hrs..The pain has become unbearable and now I'm > wondering if it was a major mistake for the dr. to even do all this at > my age (49)..I also have a protrusion which they think is a rod trying > to exit thru my back..I guess I jumped the gun thinking that the dr. > could relieve me of any discomfort I was having before the surgery..We > learn from our mistakes..Jill

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sandy,

I'm sorry the Lex did not work out for you. I hope you are feeling

better today.

((HUGS)) K

>

> I only took three days of the Lex...does anyone know how long it

will

> stay in my system...I still feel like crap today, and am hoping I

feel

> better tomorrow. My last pill was Sunday at 10 in the morning.

> I wish you all the very best in your health....this is not easy for

> any of us or our families!

> Thank you for having the place here to ask questions and realize

that

> we are not alone.

> Sandy

>

[Guest guest]

Lex has a 36 hour half-life, which makes it one of the easier ssri's to come

off.

Sandy Wiley <swiley@...> wrote: I only took three days of

the Lex...does anyone know how long it will

stay in my system...I still feel like crap today, and am hoping I feel

better tomorrow. My last pill was Sunday at 10 in the morning.

I wish you all the very best in your health....this is not easy for

any of us or our families!

Thank you for having the place here to ask questions and realize that

we are not alone.

Sandy

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[Guest guest]

Hey there Dennis, does half-life mean that it only

works half as well if another dose is not taken w/in a

24hr.period?

--- Dennis <bluesman615@...> wrote:

> Lex has a 36 hour half-life, which makes it one of

> the easier ssri's to come off.

>

> Sandy Wiley <swiley@...> wrote:

> I only took three days of the Lex...does anyone

> know how long it will

> stay in my system...I still feel like crap today,

> and am hoping I feel

> better tomorrow. My last pill was Sunday at 10 in

> the morning.

> I wish you all the very best in your health....this

> is not easy for

> any of us or our families!

> Thank you for having the place here to ask questions

> and realize that

> we are not alone.

> Sandy

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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> PC-to-Phone call rates.

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

[Guest guest]

It means that the drug decays to half its potency in this period of time. Most

anti-depressents have a half-life of 5 to 52 hours except for prozak, which has

a half-life of 7 to 9 days. (some of the substances in Prozak)

In order to keep a constant level you would not want the drug to totally

decay. That is why some drugs are taken once a day, others twice or 3x a day.

AUDREY KOEPKE <audkoe@...> wrote:

Hey there Dennis, does half-life mean that it only

works half as well if another dose is not taken w/in a

24hr.period?

--- Dennis <bluesman615@...> wrote:

> Lex has a 36 hour half-life, which makes it one of

> the easier ssri's to come off.

>

> Sandy Wiley <swiley@...> wrote:

> I only took three days of the Lex...does anyone

> know how long it will

> stay in my system...I still feel like crap today,

> and am hoping I feel

> better tomorrow. My last pill was Sunday at 10 in

> the morning.

> I wish you all the very best in your health....this

> is not easy for

> any of us or our families!

> Thank you for having the place here to ask questions

> and realize that

> we are not alone.

> Sandy

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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> PC-to-Phone call rates.

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

that was a typo.....for Prozac?

Dennis <bluesman615@...> wrote:

It means that the drug decays to half its potency in this period of

time. Most anti-depressents have a half-life of 5 to 52 hours except for prozak,

which has a half-life of 7 to 9 days. (some of the substances in Prozak)

In order to keep a constant level you would not want the drug to totally decay.

That is why some drugs are taken once a day, others twice or 3x a day.

AUDREY KOEPKE <audkoe@...> wrote:

Hey there Dennis, does half-life mean that it only

works half as well if another dose is not taken w/in a

24hr.period?

--- Dennis <bluesman615@...> wrote:

> Lex has a 36 hour half-life, which makes it one of

> the easier ssri's to come off.

>

> Sandy Wiley <swiley@...> wrote:

> I only took three days of the Lex...does anyone

> know how long it will

> stay in my system...I still feel like crap today,

> and am hoping I feel

> better tomorrow. My last pill was Sunday at 10 in

> the morning.

> I wish you all the very best in your health....this

> is not easy for

> any of us or our families!

> Thank you for having the place here to ask questions

> and realize that

> we are not alone.

> Sandy

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> How low will we go? Check out Messenger’s low

> PC-to-Phone call rates.

>

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> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Some of the substances in prozak have a very long half-life. It's probably not a

great choice for someone with dimished liver or kidney function, but that's just

my opinion. On another note, I have read a few studies that have shown where the

thereputic advantage of 10mg vs. 20 mg. of Lex was not particularly encouraging.

The side effects of 20 vs. 10 Mg were however quite different. Outside of some

sexual side effects, the side effects of 10 mg of Lex were quite similar to a

placebo. Upping the dose to 20 Mg however, increased some side effects by 86%.

So if it were me and 10 mg of Lex were not working, I would change my med as

opposed to upping it.

Let me stress that this is my opionion only, and I am not a medical person.

Vickie McColley <uhavejustbeenblessed@...> wrote:

that was a typo.....for Prozac?

Dennis <bluesman615@...> wrote:

It means that the drug decays to half its potency in this period of time. Most

anti-depressents have a half-life of 5 to 52 hours except for prozak, which has

a half-life of 7 to 9 days. (some of the substances in Prozak)

In order to keep a constant level you would not want the drug to totally decay.

That is why some drugs are taken once a day, others twice or 3x a day.

AUDREY KOEPKE <audkoe@...> wrote:

Hey there Dennis, does half-life mean that it only

works half as well if another dose is not taken w/in a

24hr.period?

--- Dennis <bluesman615@...> wrote:

> Lex has a 36 hour half-life, which makes it one of

> the easier ssri's to come off.

>

> Sandy Wiley <swiley@...> wrote:

> I only took three days of the Lex...does anyone

> know how long it will

> stay in my system...I still feel like crap today,

> and am hoping I feel

> better tomorrow. My last pill was Sunday at 10 in

> the morning.

> I wish you all the very best in your health....this

> is not easy for

> any of us or our families!

> Thank you for having the place here to ask questions

> and realize that

> we are not alone.

> Sandy

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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> PC-to-Phone call rates.

>

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> removed]

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[Guest guest]

"Relax" is my suggestion. That way neither of you get performance anxiety. It'll happen if it is meant to be.

Good luck.

[Guest guest]

I don't know of a group but I do know of a great website. it is www.fertilityfriend.com . I would suggest you get a basal thermometer and start taking your temp and tracking it daily. Fertility friend is for tracking your temps and they have great chat and forums too. I used them for 9 cycles while trying to conceive my 4th(and last ( ). There are people on there who know a lot and are great for support and questions.

Good Luck! Blessed be,

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: ~!*Tina Barker*!~

> So please wish us luck. We have been talking about this for awhile now.

> And we just now decided that it was time to start a family before we are

> too old to enjoy them,....LOL.

Gotta ask how old you are.

Ann

[Guest guest]

Im 29 years old

Re: Have a question

----- Original Message ----- From: ~!*Tina Barker*!~> So please wish us luck. We have been talking about this for awhile now. > And we just now decided that it was time to start a family before we are > too old to enjoy them,....LOL.Gotta ask how old you are. Ann

[Guest guest]

,

I have UHC of NY. I have sequentially implanted CIs and they paid for both of

them. Ask your CI Center to write a letter for predetermination of benefits so

you can be sure you will be covered.

Good luck and Happy Hearing!

Carol

Boca Raton, FL

N24C 3G left ear -12/11/01

N Freedom- right ear- implanted 3/01/06 activated 4/6/06

Have a Question

Hello everyone!

I have a question. I have recently returned to a former employer to

work since I'm no longer at Walmart where I had BCBS of Illonois

insurance. At where I'm at now, they have United Healthcare for their

health insurance provider. I went to their website and I didn't find

no information on whether if they cover CIs or not. Has anyone gotten

a CI while having United Healthcare for insurace? If so, has anyone

been denied and went through the appeals fight? Let me know because I

wouldn't want to wait to much longer to get my CI since I was declared

a candidate back in April.

Have a great evening!

A. Tucker

CI Candidate

University of NC at Chapel Hill

Med-El Pulsar/Opus 2