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Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 5:25 pm
  • Journal · 107 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Tweaked my back...

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply September 28, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well, if it's not one thing it's another, isn't it? LOL I bought a new crock pot the other day; got it home and went to pick it up to show my daughter and.... OUCH!!! It hurts!!! Not like I haven't tweaked ...

Excited & Sad

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply September 27, 2008
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • Well, I did it!!! I got the tattoo that I had been wanting for the past ten years. It is sooooooo cool. I just updated my photo to show my new tat; although with my fibromyalgia and etc.... it hurts quite ...

New Symptom

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply September 16, 2008
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • Well, I am not sure where this one is coming from, but.... I have recently come down with a new symptom.. of what, I am not so sure. My ankles hurt soooo bad.... It feels like I have two sprained ankles ...

Okay, now I'm sick

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply September 16, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Woke up this afternoon (wow, I finally got some sleep!!!), and now I'm sick... cough again, sore throat, stuffy nose, fatigue... some normal stuff, but more dramatic... Lying down today, but for different ...

Update on William with the pancreas problem

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 13, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Today we went to see his specialist. We found out today that he IS NOT going to send him to Duke University afterall. He is going to talk to a CF Pulmonary Doctor and try to get the DNA screening for ...

UPDATE.....URGENT...NEED INFO ON 6YR OLD WITH PANCREAS PROBLEM

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 4, 2008
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Today I had to take my 6 yr old grandson to the emergency dept. He has been sick for 2 days. In my earlier post I explained that he has a pancreas problem and is taking enzymes. About 5 weeks ago the ...

6yr old with pancreas problem our doctor puzzled

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply August 28, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • My 6yr. old grandson has been sick since he was 6 months old with respitory problems. He also developed a food allergy very young. Dr's said that he had Asthma. It kept getting worse over time and he ...

Went to Doc today

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply August 21, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Well, I went to the Doc today, first time in a long time... I know, I know, I should have gone a long time ago... bad me. The doc refilled my presecriptions (Thank the Goddess that he refilled my vicodin ...

Went to State for assistance

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply August 19, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well, I finished my appl for State Assistance and sat/stood/walked, etc... there for 3 hours. Now it hurts like *#&@*# !!! The 'good news' is that I got a 'Pending Medical' slip so I could go see a doctor ...

Back to Day-to-Day Stuff

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply August 19, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Well I thought that I was on the mend from the other day, but alas, I was wrong... or it's just the day to day stuff getting to me again. My hips are bad today. My left side is the weakest, thanks to ...

My First Journal

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · New reply August 18, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Well, I'm an idiot!!! First of all, I wanted to spend time with my husband... how silly of me :). My husband is a drummer, and a courier. We spent the day together, and then decided that I would go with ...

Patience

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted August 17, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Well, really haven't been out of bed much since we got home this morning. The pain has mostly subsided, but I haven't really done anything either. I am still having muscle spasms, although they are not ...

Fresh fish in the grocery store

seaokie
  • By seaokie · Posted August 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Food allergies · 0 replies
  • My friend is severely allergic to shellfish. One day we went shopping together at a store that has its fresh fish near the front of the store. Its all you can smell as you walk it. Yuck. Anyway, a little ...

Peanuts and Legumes

seaokie
  • By seaokie · Posted August 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Food allergies · 0 replies
  • Have any of you with peanut allergies had problems with other legumes? I sure have. I've had bad reactions to hummus, lentil soup, navy bean soup and some refried beans, but not all. Some restaurants ...

Milk/Casein Allergy

3boys
  • By 3boys · New reply August 10, 2008
  • Discussion in Children and allergies · 1 reply
  • My infant son Matthew has been having a lot of issues over the past few months with vomitting severly after ingesting anything with a milk. We had switched him to a Soy based formula at 3 months of age ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

Muliptle allergies and xoliar

itzykitty
  • By itzykitty · New reply June 8, 2008
  • Discussion in Outdoor allergies · 1 reply
  • Did anyone have problems with multiple allergies and then take xolair injections I have taken xolair injections for the past 5 months it has improved my condition. However, I have reactions from the injections ...

**Updated** System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • ** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

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