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Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yes again - they had a piece on our local news about them just yesterday. They restrict blood flow and cause pain and aching, but more importantly, as Hukd said, bits can break off and get to the heart or other organs and then that's very bad. Go see a doctor.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
What Hukd said. See doc now please.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yes! I was just at the doctor a week ago to check this somewhat painful thing on the back of my knee. He said it was just a strain or maybe a cyst, and I asked if he was sure it was not a clot. He said blood clots are extremely painful, like a VERY bad charley horse and to get to a doctor immediately if I get a pain like that.

You know Babyruth is a nurse, right? Have that person with pain do what BR says.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Gals, I've been behaving stubbornly. I get contrary and refuse to take my meds/and or go to the doctor, and I'm at that point lately. I have a soreness that is excruciating in my left shin, and I don't have a visible bruise or any sort of injury that you can see. I don't recover from bruises (as evidenced by the fact that one of my knees was badly bruised about four years ago and that bruise is still visible--and still painful, despite repeated bouts of physical therapy with e-stim, ultrasound and manual physical therapy). I don't remember banging or bumping into anything with the shin--and it would have left a mark if it did.

The reason I thought of a blood clot is that I have been skipping my blood pressure meds (for high bp, not low) for the past two or three months, and of course it concerns me. I don't want to be alarmist and I hate like heck to go to the doctor. I think I missed my scheduled appt with him (my GP) in January, but his office never called to reschedule, so I haven't worried about it.

I have moderate to severe osteoarthritis, compounded by injuries to both knees and morbid obesity. I'm just so sick of doctors and medicines (I'm supposed to take about six different things daily, but I'm taking only my acid reflux meds, and then only every 2nd or 3rd day) and I'm trying to wean myself off the meds and just tough it out.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Here's my right knee from four years ago (could have been five, I really don't remember) shortly after I injured it. There is still green/blue bruising and pain in a large area around the kneecap. This doesn't surprise my doctor, doesn't concern him, etc. He has ordered the physical therapy for both my knees in the past--haven't had any for at least a year now--and he has given me corticosteroid shots in both knees. The best thing I've had for the knees is the Sys-Visc injections I did a year ago. I think it was January a year ago for one knee and then several months later for the other.

Anyway, I can't think of a reason that the shin would ache without having hit it, except maybe that it could be a blood clot. I have no idea, as I have no medical training. I just wondered if stopping one's bp meds (Avelide-sp?) could have anything to do with one's circulation. Whenever I've had my bp taken at the doctor's, though, even on occasions when I've fibbed to the nurse and said I'd had the bp meds when I really hadn't, she has reported my blood pressure to be in the normal range. Why would that happen? I haven't lost any appreciable amount of weight; I'm assuming it would take a dramatic weight loss to affect my bp positively.

BTW, the shin that hurts is the left one, not the same leg as I injured (below), although the left knee was injured, too. The first injury, I think, was the left one: my stupid dog, a Brittany spaniel, plowed into my knee and about broke my leg. The following year my other two stupid dogs pulled me face-down on the ground (I had them on leashes, like an idiot), hurting the right leg.bruisedknee

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Toughing it out makes things worse, not better. But you know that. :-)

Sia, think of your kids and take care of yourself for their sake, if not for your own. Let your doc know if you have financial reasons for not taking your meds....he can probably get you samples or numbers for assistance. Walmart has hundreds of common meds at 4 bucks/month!

Maybe it's not the money, just something else. Seriously, if your kid needed meds would you tell him/her to "tough it out"? They will be affected if you get sick or incapacitated. Call the doc.

If accountability helps motivate you, count on us at TVCH to nag you. :-)

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Good grief, Sia!!! You can't go 3 or 4 months without your high blood pressure meds!!! You could DIE doing that!!! Get back on those pills and take them every single day!

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
See what I mean? :-)

Get going.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Now we're going to be all over you! Bad girl Sia, bad...

If you DO happen to have a clot and it dislodges, do you even understand what could happen? It's not for the faint of heart.

Bite the bullet and call your doctor. And please stop lying to him, it's way too dangerous with what you have going on.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Watching, thanks for the SIM card explanation :-)

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Thanks so much everyone, I am going to call AT&T to see about their Go phone.

If not, I guess I have to go to target and see what they have. Wal-mart isn't really close to me and I really don't like to shop there.

I have a Nokia phone that is not special, no photo stuff but I can go online. I just think there should be a service online where I can put in my phone number and purchase minutes and have my phone get them, LOL. We are in the age of technology.

Oh, and Sia, stop being a butt-head and take your BP medicine!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Sia, take your medicine and go see the doctor!

I have a question:

I volunteer at our local library and today was tidying the children's section. There is a "picture book" (those large books with pictures and a short story) that is too large to shelve, so it's always displayed on top of the shelves. The title is "The Story of Little Black Sambo," and it's about a little black boy who fights tigers. I wondered if anyone knew whether the title could offend some people? I looked it up online and it's an old fairy tale but still, I wasn't sure whether I should bring the displaying of it (because of its size) to someone's attention.

Thanks.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Actually Sambo is a dark skinned Indian boy (India) not a black boy. It's a children's classic. There is sometimes a lot of misunderstanding about the book and some people have said it's racist (those who mistakenly think it's about an African boy). It should be taken in historical and cultural context by concerned adults. Kids just enjoy it for what it is, a great little story.

Depends on your community, I guess.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Kitt, here's more info for you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
My community has a large Indian population and only a small African-American population. Thanks for the info, from what that says I think maybe I should mention it to someone. I don't think many would take offense at it being in the library - people who visit the library are usually smart enough to know that books have merits even if something about them is sensitive - it's just the fact that as it's overtall it's always on display. Most of the shelvers are young, and probably shelve by looking at the author's name, not even noticing titles, so I don't know whether people have realised it's always there and might be an issue to some. Thanks for your help.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
When I was a kid we went to a small restaurant fairly often that had those paper placemats with the story of Little Black Sambo and pictures of same. I was totally fascinated by the whole story. As a child it was one of the reasons I liked that restaurant. LOL

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I remember the restaurant chain Sambos. You would get wooden tokens for coffee. It was kinda like Denny's type food. I also enjoyed going there because they would give you crayons and stuff.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
When I was a child, I spent a lot of time at the next door neighbor's house. She had a book titled "Little Black Sambo" probably the original 1927 book, as she was an older woman. I loved that story and made her read it to me over and over. I can still see those tigers chasing each other around the tree and how clever Sambo was in getting his belongings back. I was very dismayed when I heard in later years that some considered the book to be racist, and it had been pulled out of libraries. I don't necessarily think Kitt should have it pulled from her library.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I agree with Juju. I hate when books get pulled from the library. Especially a book like that is not written with any racist intent whatsoever.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, we had a restaurant here like that to, it was called Sambo's. It had the BEST breakfast.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Yep, Escapee, we used to go there for breakfast alot. I never really paid attention to what it was named so it probably was a Sambo's.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Sambo's had the best pancakes! I had totally forgotten all about that place until Twinkie wrote about it.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
I remember the restaurant well and am pretty sure there was a lawsuit in the 60's or 70's, (I cant remember) and thats when they changed the name....
As a child we had the book as well.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I would never suggest they pull a book, Juju! I just might suggest they don't display it so prominently. Perhaps I'm not explaining what the situation is very well. The books are shelved on a bookcase about 4feet high. For the books on the shelf, you can only see their spines. A few books are selected for display and are put on top of the bookcase, standing slightly open, cover out. Normally the display books are rotated and have a theme or are chosen for prettiness, but because Little Black Sambo is oversized and doesn't fit on a shelf it is ALWAYS on display. If someone is a little bothered with it and see it occasionally that's one thing, but because it can't be shelved it is displayed 24/7. That's what I'm concerned about. I think I'll mention it next time and see what they say. For all I know they've had this discussion themselves and decided it's ok.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I knew what you meant, Kitt. Since it is too big for the shelf, it always has to be put in a position that looks like it is being featured, lol.