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Please don't let me forget July 15th
- By larchmountain · Posted 3:38 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- July 15 is Flowerchild's 60th birthday and so far this month alone I have missed 2 birthdays and 1 last month. So if anyone out there is more organized than I am lately please keep reminding me. (Was ...
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder..it has a name??
- By eviefor3 · New reply 1:39 pm
- Journal · 11 replies
- finally........a name for what so many of us go through every day. now i have a LEGITIMATE excuse for what i do lol A. A. A. D. D.: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests ...
Baker's Cyst
- By delmado · New reply 9:51 am
- Discussion in Just diagnosed · 18 replies
- Anyone out there that has a baker's cyst and would like to comment about it? I just found out that I have one behind both knees-starting to really hurt more-hard to straighten out my legs sometimes. I'm54 ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · New reply 9:29 am
- Journal · 15 replies
- I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...
Not complaining to family about pain
- By wjoerob · New reply 7:33 am
- Discussion in Living with osteoarthritis · 9 replies
- Does anyone else do this? I'm supposed to be the head of the family, not worrying everyone else with my pain management. So I stuff it, grimace, take some more medicine, and try not to let it show. I ...
PAIN: Can you describe it?
- By carosu · New reply yesterday at 10:52 pm
- Journal · 10 replies
- Yesterday my doctors decided to lower my pred to 20 mg. Last evening I was sitting in my chair and a headache hit... suddenly... along with a stomach ache that bent me over. I took an Ambien and went ...
Crazy week
- By larchmountain · New reply yesterday at 10:11 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- Is it only Tuesday? OMG I can't wait until the 2nd of July. That's when my newest client goes home, maybe. This is one of the hardest clients I've dealt with in a long time. But all is not bad. Today ...
Chronic Illness Pain Daily Devotionals
- By GringoGrandma · Posted yesterday at 6:30 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- Subject: Chronic Illness Pain Daily Devotionals From: rest@restministries.org Dreams, Dreams Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:22 AM PDT “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward ...
Anyone tried acupuncture??
- By 2Anne · New reply yesterday at 4:28 pm
- Discussion in Medications and therapies · 10 replies
- My sis is totally crippled with arthritic pain. I am so worried about her. She cannot walk more than about 30 yards without collapsing and the docs have said they can do nothing for her. Most of the pain ...
Fibro pain and doctors
- By Millersbaby · New reply yesterday at 3:37 pm
- Journal · 13 replies
- I'm not one for taking medications, but when I spoke with my doctors they said "get exercise everyday- you are going to hurt but you have to push through it- then you will start feeling better. But if ...
constant weakness
- By sahoots · New reply yesterday at 1:38 pm
- Discussion in Just diagnosed · 17 replies
- I have been through test after test and now they say that there is nothing wrong with me. That I am just getting old. This weakness and poor balance came over me so suddenly. Has this happened to anyone ...
Surgerey delayed
- By looselinks · New reply yesterday at 9:06 am
- Journal · 10 replies
- Thursday, I was scheduled for complete spine fusion from S 1 to T=7. My pre=op hemoglobin level was only 7, and my surgeon won't operate until it is at least 12. I've never had anemia, but with Ehlers-Danlos ...
Obesity in the news
- By fish_server · New reply July 2, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- There was discouraging news today about the obesity rate in the us. 22 more states are added and they say that the recession is not helping any. It really is the modern lifestyle that is at fault. No ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 65-70
- By theGardener · New reply July 2, 2009
- Journal · 11 replies
- LINER NOTES: After an all-to-brief interlude of symptoms, Sally is thrust back into the blender of Sarcoidosis cure-alls. READ NEXT CARTOON >>> To read Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes from the start, Click ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 71-75
- By theGardener · New reply July 2, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- LINER NOTES: Sally continues to play verbal whack-a-mole with the truth and deceptions behind colloidal silver. (please scroll down) (keep scrolling down...sorry) To read Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes from ...
today, my last Epidural I swear it
- By peytonswater · Posted June 30, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I had 3 epidurals with each pregnancy/labor. I had my first Thoracic Epi 2 weeks ago and again today. It is the last one. I just can't do it anymore. Does it work? Yes it does, and I know that in many ...
Electri-fried behind thick adobe walls!!
- By GringoGrandma · New reply June 30, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- Worst storm I've been in with thunder and lightening. Pea size hail, really cold. Calico and I watched the storm through our courtyard glassed doors. Even behind 2-1/2 foot adobe walls, I could feel the ...
Pain
- By Hindustani41 · New reply June 29, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- I suffer from arthritus for the last 2 years. The pain is unbearable and cnnot walk properly. Medicines and physical therapy have not been helpful. Even He seems to be of no help. Probably I have to repay ...
Total Knee Replacement Surgery Tomorrow
- By sandra0326 · New reply June 29, 2009
- Discussion in Living with osteoarthritis · 2 replies
- I'm new here and this is the first post. I have to admit that I haven't really kept up with the posts, time limits you understand. I'm doing research on the internet about knee replacement surgery. The ...
O2 Annie - Just checking in!
- By frogcollector · New reply June 27, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Thought I would check in after such a long silence. I no longer need the 'Metro' RX...Metoprolal. The O2 has stopped the SVT events entirely. Staying on the O2 for now...it works so why change anything ...
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