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sad again day...

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 18, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I had a treat last evening. Friends I was once in Ministry with came over to visit all together for a mini-reunion. It's been 30 years since we saw our Brother Stephan. We laughed and were silly all evening ...

The Way I Cope

lilgrannylaura
  • By lilgrannylaura · Posted November 16, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I am a lady that always looks to find the good in everyone & every situation. I am very soft spoken, loving, caring, funny, witty & happy. I love to make others laugh. I laugh and giggle a lot. Always ...

Finally home

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted November 15, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • I am finally home after being in the hospital for a week. Last Friday I was sick all day and kept having black-outs. Around midnight I asked my mom to take me to the er because something felt very wrong ...

Day 5 tapering off Cymbalta

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 15, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • It's been a blur...that Cymbalta made me frantic at the end...not good for me at all. I knew it was the drug so I didn't have to panic...the side effects of being on that drug were getting worse by the ...

I am too sad today

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 13, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • My dear friends' mom committed suicide day before yesterday. She was 71 and was Bipolar II. I struggle with that concept and thank God for my family and birds cuz....they keep me from following through ...

Withdrawal

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 10, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Today is day 2 of the beginning..of getting off Cymbalta...for me...a very bad experience. I am doing this under my doctors supervision because I tried to do it by myself about a month ago and it was ...

It's a New Day

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 5, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Yup! Woke up this morning and said...*I'm still here!* :) I haven't seen my daughter or grandson in almost a month. They only live 35 minutes away. Hubby said...last night...why don't you try to get up ...

To: Pain From: Me

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • To: Pain From: Me Well hello pain, you might not want to hear this but you have out-stayed your welcome here in my body. You are the most annoying, agitating, distracting, way to needy, company that I ...

pots/dysautonomia

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Does anyone here have experience or knowledge about getting a pace maker for their postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots ...

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Tank
  • By Tank · Posted October 21, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • I really wish there was a NF doctor closer then Ann Arbor, Its a ways for us to travel. Our Income is 269.00 a month, 130.00 for rent, 80 for car insurance. My husband has applied for jobs from South ...

19 years old. alone??

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted October 9, 2009
  • 23 replies
  • I am 19 years old and sometimes feel as though there is nobody else my age who knows what I go through. I know many other people who understand what I have to face every day and the difficulties involved ...

I'm an RN that got hurt and my health went to pot!

RobynRae
  • By RobynRae · Posted October 7, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • This is my first time on this site to recored any info and I hope I do it right! I'm still in the learning stages of the computers and what I can and can't do which is keep my fingers on the right keys ...

I feel so Blahhhhh................

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted October 2, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Lets see where to begin well got my biopsy results back about 2 wks ago i still have fsgs and know i also have iga, so the docs r taking me off my cyclosporine and utting me on cytoxin for 3 months since ...

An Uplifter

mrsbias
  • By mrsbias · Posted September 25, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • A PENNY You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think ...

School = feeling horrible. need advice

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted September 19, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • I go to the University of New Mexico it’s been about a month since I have started my classes and it is HARD I am taking 14 credit hours. I am always worried I will pass out on campus as I almost did ...

Contemplating Life Today

frogcollector
  • By frogcollector · Posted September 18, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • I have had a whirlwind of a summer. Subjects like cancer, concussion, suicide intervention, and now a child with shingles. What more could one ask for? Well I have a friend from twenty years ago. She ...

new to the group

miller123
  • By miller123 · Posted September 5, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • i am 33yrs old with 2 children recently been diagnosed with livedo and lupas anticoagulant syndrome for the past 2yr ive suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and depression after the death of my grandad ...

biopsy

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted September 2, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • well tomorrow 9/3/09 im getting my second biopsy done my doc kinda sounds worried now, he says we need to do this to see what we are working with, now thats kinda scary... but oh well gotta keep going ...

Help!

steve9340
  • By steve9340 · Posted August 29, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Anyone have any ideas that could help me? I usually have no trouble falling to sleep. My problem is that I wake after about 4 hours (3 am typically), and from there on get anywhere from 0 - 3 hours sleep ...

Does Brainwave Entrainment/ Balancing Help with Insomnia?

maureenkilloran
  • By maureenkilloran · Posted August 25, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Yes, Brainwave Entrainment is the latest technology that has been scientifically proven to cure Insomnia ...

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