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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:02 am
RN I'm about to use 3 inhalers at once. I had to call the pharmacy to find out which to take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. This is a whole lot of inhaling.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:16 am
RN I guess so. Why 3?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:23 am
RN For the COPD. The albuterol is a fast-acting inhaler that opens stuff up. The asmanex is a steroid that I'm only taking 14 doses of, and the Spiriva I'm not exactly sure what it does but I'll be on it for life.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:34 am
RN Holy Crap! That's a lot. My son has a scrip for albuterol but he doesn't use it any more.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:36 am
RN Yeah, don't forget all the other scripts I take for high blood pressure and diabetes and hyperthyroidism. I feel like I'm leaving something out. Crap, I'm falling apart! LOL
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:38 am
RN I could use a little hyperthyroidism or a good swift kick. I'm not sure which will get me moving fastest. LOL
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:39 am
RN Oh, yeah. The Enablex for the "over active bladder" problem. Worth every penny.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:41 am
RN I hope you get to feeling better soon. I know being sick is no damn fun at all. RN Did your DH give any indication that he got the vibes I sent regarding the party time you deserve next weekend? I concentrated really really hard.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:45 am
RN LOL I have no idea! Since I slept most of the night away we didn't talk much. When I woke up he was sound asleep. If we go out it will probably just be for the routine stuff we usually do. Shopping and dinner. That's all we ever do. I want to do so much more but I can't talk him into it!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:48 am
RN Tell him it's his night to Don Juan you and you want dancing. All he can do is say no and then you can put exlax in his coffee when he's not looking. LOL RN It's time for my bedtime story. Good night.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:49 am
RN LOL Nite nite, sweetie!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 3:00 am
RN, it was the fever that had me thinking flu. With a cold you usually don't have one. We gave Dakota her last breathing treatment and some robitussin and let her go lay in our bed for a while. Darren went to bed about half an hour ago, we woke her up, she looked at us and went straight back to sleep, lol. Darren just groaned and carried her to bed (she ain't as little as she used to be!) Not sure why he bothered since she'll be back in there as soon as she wakes up. But, for now her breathing sounds much better than it did! Twinks, Spiriva is a once a day inhaler, does kind of the same thing the albueterol does except it works to keep the airways open for 24 hours and is used for COPD as opposed to asthma. Dakota takes Singulair which is pretty similar except that it's a pill. She was prescribed that about 18 months after she was diagnosed with asthma and within about a week of starting it we noticed quite an improvement in her breathing problems. She'd been having 2-3 asthma attacks a week, most of them minor, and after starting Singulair the minor ones almost stopped completely and the worse ones, which are much more infrequently are usually not as bad as they had been. These days her biggest problem times are like now when she's sick and when the air quality is lousy. After reading a little about COPD, it looks like it is managed much the same as asthma, you don't take one med, you take several that work in different ways.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 4:16 am
RN War, right. The doc said I should see an improvement in the coughing within a week. What a relief that will be! I think I'm going to try to get back to sleep. Nite nite, honey! I hope you all feel better soon!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 7:44 am
Rn I think I caught a cold and I have a ton of laundry to do, oy.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 8:01 am
RN start pounding down the Airborne, Mocha. It really helps.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 8:04 am
Rn aack I didn't have any so took some Tylenol cold and drinking tea with lemon/honey. If I still have it tomorrow then I'll pick up some.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:31 am
RN Warning: It tastes terrible!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:03 pm
RN, I got that palm tree at Bed, Bath & Beyond, I think, and I had a coupon so got a good deal on it too. Of course then I went to Home Depot for an outdoor extension cord and a timer and some tape to attach plastic to keep the plugs dry and the Palm Tree lights up at dusk and goes off at dawn so it is the light for my patio in case I come home after dark. Bonza has one in a much more elegant setting (I was the copycat but hers was so cute): And I cannot find my pics of that tree.. but trust me, iot is in a much more elegant setting than mine, but also on a timer.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:08 pm
<RN> Airborne and Cold Eeze will fix you right up Mocha.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:19 pm
RN I would like for everybody to pretend they see an RN in front of my last post. Thank you.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:43 pm
RN, I am frustrated. Checked the guide for the Superbowl and it indicated 11:00 a.m. Got my shower, dressed comfortably and had my hot dogs ready to go. I have been watching a build-up to the Superbowl for the past 40 minutes. Double checked the guide and see that the ACTUAL game begins at 3:30 p.m. Sheesh!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:01 pm
RN, I see it Dogdoc! Hallelujah! I see it! 
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Dlmmo
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:38 pm
RN, I am watching the Kitty half time of the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. Sooooooooooo cuuuuuttte!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RN Seamonkey, I see the <RN> too. Wow.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Rn that tylenol put me out on my azz, sheesh I've been in bed since noon. I'm glad I started a load of clothes before that...
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