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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Kar I have to wait til dh gets home. Most days I have trouble getting out of the tub on my own, and I HATE showers, so when I take my bath we each have a cordless phone with us so I can beep him on the intercom to come and rescue me. Yesterday's bath I almost hopped out of the tub it was easy-peasy. The day before that, it took me about ten minutes to get myself out as I wouldn't let him pull me out due to my bad arm and arthritic knees. I just feel safer with him there.

ETA, thx Shar, I appreciate it, hon! xox

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
Karuuna's idea...plus a few drops of essential oil of lavendar....relaxes most people into a beautiful deep sleep!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Today was a full, fantastic, and fun day. It was a rewarding Run Around Sue kinda day lots of errands and appointments. And the prednisone made me feel like Superwoman! Still on these pills til about the end of next week, I think.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Y2K that sounds dreamy... I'll have to get some lavender oil. I do have epsome salts.

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
I went to my second appointment at the Pain Clinic and also saw a pain counselor. It was pretty interesting to find out that type A personalities are more prone to fibro. And for some reason he considers me a type A.... I guess might fit some of the profile... I felt like finally I was being listened to and helped in some way. As the week went on I was noticing that the pain was getting worse and I have a strange rash on my back so I went to the local doc today and was diagnosed with shingles!! Anyone have any experience with this?? I was given an antiviral medication and pain medication for it. I guess it could get quite a bit more painful... fun fun! Anyway, if anyone has any personal experience with this I'd love you to write about it.
Thanks!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Dolphin, thanks for cking in!!! Glad you are feeling a bit better xoxoxooxxooxo

((Mame))

RG, I am glad you have found someone to listen/understand, that is the first step. SO sorry about shingles, I hear that is very painful but thats all I know xoxoxoxoxoxo

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RG, DH had shingles a loooooooooong time ago, but my FIL suffers from it to this day. DH is asleep, and my FIL is in Mexico til next month... but I'll find out what I can for ya, when I can.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
RG, I haven't seen her around here lately, but Grannyg had a mild (I think) case of shingles around a year ago. It can be very, very painful I hear. They now have a vaccine for it. Bigdog and I both got the vaccine within the last six months.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RG, Vinnie says that his doctor said to wash every item of clothing you wear. DO NOT reuse a garment of clothing til you've washed it (each time you wear it.) Also DO NOT scratch, no matter how itchy!!! Also he did say that his doctor told him he's lucky to have gotten it while young... meaning before becoming a senior citizen. Once you are elderly evidently it's much, much worse. And since you aren't a senior yet, I guess you can count your blessings, in that regard too.

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Thanks gals~ I feel really groggy from the medication and definitely couldn't work like this so I hope the worst of it is over before I have to go back on Tuesday.
Mame, the itchiness is tolerable, but I have strange deep pain across my lower back that is bad... and shooting pains in my head. I'm so sick of feeling sick. But I know that there are folks who are much worse of then I, so I will count my blessings. Oh, I saw a sign the other day that said, "Get rich quick?" "Count your blessings"

I thought that was cute.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Yep, cute sign RG! Glad dh was able to help. :-) Sorry about your discomfort and wooziness. Hope you're back up to speed by Tuesday! ((RG))

Teenangel
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02-16-2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teenangel a private message Print Post    
Resortgirl, it's been a few days since your post and I certainly hope you have found some relief from the shingles by now. However, just in case you haven't, I have had them before. They were on my front side, all the way across under my breasts and were spreading up onto my breasts and going around to my sides. The person that really helped me was my Chiropractor!! He put a heat lamp on them for a while and dried them right up. They stopped hurting and itching and was gone in just a few days!! Hope this information is helpful to someone.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Reporting in to say that with only a week into my physio, and less than a week left on the prednisone, my arm feels already 80% better! And I am so grateful and relieved!

I went for the bonescan today (piece of cake!) and am still waiting for the MRI apt.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 5:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Mame, that is great!!!! xooxoxoxoxoo I am so happy for you

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 7:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Pamy!

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
yay!!!!

how are you doing now, mames?


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
THanks for asking Shar!

Other than being massively depressed that I didn't get a job I had my heart set on and was positive I was a shoe-in for, and being close to tears, and wanting to curl up into a little ball of self-pity and die, I'm fine. :-(

Seriously, I'm off the Prednisone pills as of today, and I am very relieved about that. My range of motion in my arm is so much better. And it hurts much less, it really is about 85% improved, so I guess I have a lot to be grateful for.

Not sure if I'm too depressed to go to my physio today or not. I have to be there in 3 hours... so I have time to pull myself together...

I'd forgotten that today I was slated for my pap test but I called and postponed that til next Monday.

Aren't ya glad ya asked? LOL. I feel stupid letting the dissapointment get to me, but that's just me. Can I switch out and be someone else for a day? Being a perpetual loser can be exhausting.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
This is a thread I haven't had time to read yet, so please forgive me if this has been addressed before. A friend of mine has a daughter with fibro-myalgia. She was telling me that they are working on homeopathic remedies, like keeping ph levels balanced - beneficial in lowering the pain level - and also making sure to de-acidify drinking water with a small amount of baking soda.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hiya Gracie! Shar, I'm back from my physio and pleased to report that my shoulder/arm is healing so well that my physiotherapist called me a Physio-Overachiever. LOL. She measured my range of motion/extensions and in one I'm 15% improved and in another 25% and she's blown away and says that she wasn't expecting this type of improvement for months and I've only seen her about 6 times. (Those percentages don't sound like much to me, so maybe I'm relaying it wrong to y'all.) Anyhow she made me laff so hard when she called me a physio-overachiever, and I thanked her for cheering me up. She's so sweet and she works very hard with me, I do excercises with her, like rope & pulley and also towel behind the back, etc etc, and then she manipulates (painfully) my arm and ignores my ow ow ows and only stops at our secret word - cumquat - which I came up with, and makes us both laff. Today really hurt when she did it, so I said I'd toss a basket of cumquats at her if she didn't let up, so she did, and she chuckled. Then she put on a machine called an interferential which is my new best friend. I LOVE IT! It feels so good afterwards so I forget how she tortured me during the apt. LOL So I guess things aren't so awful after all... I just feel very sad about the job, but I'll get over it. I always do. I know better things are in store... yadda yadda yadda.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Gracie, that is interesting, I bet Shar knows of that stuff.

YAH Mame!!!! glad to hear you are doing so good. SOrry about the job but I just know the perfect one will come along real soon!! xoxoxoxo

(((FFF)))

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Monday, May 05, 2008 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
Mames, you are soooo cute, LOL

I smiled all the way thru your posts (well, cept the not-getting-the-job part...sorry to hear how could someone not hire amazing u ???)

glad you are feeling better, you physio-overachiever, you

Hi Gracie! Yes, ph balancing is a common approach and I know many (incl myself) who have found it helpful. It is my understanding tho that baking soda may not actually be the best choice 'long term' ... like antacids, it may alter the ph in the small intestine in a way that makes you prone to candida overgrowth (a cause of fibro). Many health practitioners recommend using coral calcium to raise the alkalinity of your water...plus mineral supps, juicing, apple cider vinegar, aloe, 'green drinks,' low meat/high veggie diet, even macrobiotics to raise the body ph in gen.

FFF


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    


Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 4:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
I haven't been here in a while... I have a question though.. I'm scheduled to have a medial branch block in June. Anyone had this? If so, what was your experience? Besides the fibro (which I'm just not convinced that I have) I have degenerative discs in my neck that are causing neck and upper back pain. I've had this forever, but as time goes by the pain is getting more and more debilitating. The possibility of relief from this pain is very tempting, but I don't want to do anything radical that I will regret. From what I've read, there aren't many complications from this procedure and it's just a test to see where the pain is coming from. Once they pinpoint that, they would burn the nerves with radio frequency and the pain relief could last a year. If anyone has experienced this I'd love to hear from you.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
Sorry RG, I have not. My hubby and brother had a wonderful minimally invasive procedure for herniated discs called nucleoplasty, figured I would post it here in case it helps anyone. I checked and it doesnt help with degenerative discs, though

Good luck ...


Pamznic
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03-01-2006

Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamznic a private message Print Post    
Howdy: It's a challenge to get to my computer so I am so remiss in keep up here. I do sit for a few minutes every once in awhile to see how things are going with you all. Mame sorry you didn't get the job you had your heart set on. But happy your physio found something that helps your shoulder. Resortgirl I have friends/fam that have been helped by the block. In some cases forever and some short term. Its worth a try. My husband (b4 Passing) had it done 3 times. He had relief for about a month. Let us know how you fair.