Category: Sleep Walking

Disturbing the cat when you sleep

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I’ve been having some really wacky dreams in which I am (apparently) talking and acting out in my sleep. It’s about 3:30 a.m. and I woke up because I was dreaming about my little dog, Sampson (he’s been at the RB since late 1999).  In my dream I was trying to keep him from running out an open door.  I woke myself up shouting NO! and reaching out to grab him.  In actually, what I did was sock Persia in the head with my hand. :-(  She squeaked and then came sniffing at me to make sure everything was okay. A similar incident occurred the other night.  I don’t recall that dream but that time I kicked out with my foot from under the covers.  Only this time I didn’t kick Persia, my foot just presented itself as a TOY for her to grab with her paws.  Or maybe it was a defensive move on her part, like "crap, she’s going to kick me if I don’t grab her and wake her up!"  I dunno. I think I’m under a bit of stress.  Hope I don’t start sleep-walking again. I haven’t had to worry about *that* for years.  I’m not sure what Persia would make of that. Jill — <^..^

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve been having some really wacky dreams in which I am (apparently) talking and acting out in my sleep. It’s about 3:30 a.m. and I woke up because I was dreaming about my little dog, Sampson (he’s been at the RB since late 1999).  In my dream I was trying to keep him from running out an open door.  I woke myself up shouting NO! and reaching out to grab him.  In actually, what I did was sock Persia in the head with my hand. :-(  She squeaked and then came sniffing at me to make sure everything was okay. A similar incident occurred the other night.  I don’t recall that dream but that time I kicked out with my foot from under the covers.  Only this time I didn’t kick Persia, my foot just presented itself as a TOY for her to grab with her paws.  Or maybe it was a defensive move on her part, like "crap, she’s going to kick me if I don’t grab her and wake her up!"  I dunno. I think I’m under a bit of stress.  Hope I don’t start sleep-walking again. I haven’t had to worry about *that* for years.  I’m not sure what Persia would make of that. Jill

Wow! It really does sound like you are stressed. I hope you get unstressed real soon. I take Stress Tabs when I get too stressed. It helps. Also chocolate. CATherine

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – woke myself up shouting NO! and reaching out to grab him.  In actually, what I did was sock Persia in the head with my hand. :-( She squeaked and then came sniffing at me to make sure everything was okay. I think I’m under a bit of stress.  Hope I don’t start sleep-walking again. I haven’t had to worry about *that* for years.  I’m not sure what Persia would make of that. Wow! It really does sound like you are stressed. I hope you get unstressed real soon. I take Stress Tabs when I get too stressed. It helps. Also chocolate. CATherine

Thanks for the suggestion.  Stress Tabs have never worked for me.  I’m your Type-A personality.  Also, I don’t like chocolate.  What woman doesn’t like chocolate?  Well, now you know.  I don’t care for sweets much.  What I need is a vacation! Jill

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – woke myself up shouting NO! and reaching out to grab him.  In actually, what I did was sock Persia in the head with my hand. :-( She squeaked and then came sniffing at me to make sure everything was okay. I think I’m under a bit of stress.  Hope I don’t start sleep-walking again. I haven’t had to worry about *that* for years.  I’m not sure what Persia would make of that. Wow! It really does sound like you are stressed. I hope you get unstressed real soon. I take Stress Tabs when I get too stressed. It helps. Also chocolate. CATherine Thanks for the suggestion.  Stress Tabs have never worked for me.  I’m your Type-A personality.  Also, I don’t like chocolate.  What woman doesn’t like chocolate?  Well, now you know.  I don’t care for sweets much.  What I need is a vacation! Jill

Me, too. I would like a month vacation if I could get the office to pay for it! But after that long I might not want to go back to work! How about if you took one day to pamper yourself at a spa? CATherine

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Human speed bump

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kitten on the shoe rack, was chewing on laces and fell asleep with a lace in its mouth! sandra

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, All Last night I was sitting on the couch reading, when I suddenly became a human speed bump in the ever-present search for more exciting obstacles in the kittens’ racetrack. Or maybe they didn’t even realize I was there. Whatever. Anywho, they were racing around the room dodging and jumping from one obstacle to another, either chasing one another or just in high spirits, when first Cowboy then Spirit ran across my lap for the seventeenth time. Suddenly Spirit tripped on my leg and sprawled gracelessly across my lap, front paws and head on the couch, rear end on my right leg. After a bit, I noticed she wasn’t moving. My first thought was that the poor little thing had broken her neck or something. But when I looked closer, I saw that she was breathing slowly and softly, just the faintest little snore coming from her. She had fallen asleep in mid chase. Damn, I wish I could do that. Cheers, Dave — When a woman told her husband she wanted implants because her breasts were too small, he told her to just rub toilet paper between them. "How’s that going to help?" she wanted to know. "I don’t know," he said, "but it sure worked on your butt."

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say about Human speed bump: seventeenth time. Suddenly Spirit tripped on my leg and sprawled gracelessly across my lap, front paws and head on the couch, rear end on my right leg.    After a bit, I noticed she wasn’t moving. My first thought was that the poor little thing had broken her neck or something. But when I looked closer, I saw that she was breathing slowly and softly, just the faintest little snore coming from her. She had fallen asleep in mid chase.

Awwwww! — Seanette Blaylock "You attribute perfect rationality to the whole of humanity, which has to be one of the most misguided assumptions ever." – Alan Krueger in NANAE [make obvious correction to address to send e-mail]

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<snip Suddenly Spirit tripped on my leg and sprawled gracelessly across my lap, front paws and head on the couch, rear end on my right leg.         After a bit, I noticed she wasn’t moving. My first thought was that the poor little thing had broken her neck or something. But when I looked closer, I saw that she was breathing slowly and softly, just the faintest little snore coming from her. She had fallen asleep in mid chase.

Yup, that sounds like a kitten all right. They only have two speeds. full ahead and full stop. Helen Wheels

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try having a 5kg 10 month old kitten using your chest as a spring board.lol. my ferret would do fall asleep things like that but in his case i liken it to sleep walking. he would be asleep on my lap, and take off. if he kept going he was awake but on the times i managed to stop him hed start his little snoring straight up. — krystal_kat http://earthenticity.tripod.com

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, All Last night I was sitting on the couch reading, when I suddenly became a human speed bump in the ever-present search for more exciting obstacles in the kittens’ racetrack. Or maybe they didn’t even realize I was there. Whatever. Anywho, they were racing around the room dodging and jumping from one obstacle to another, either chasing one another or just in high spirits, when first Cowboy then Spirit ran across my lap for the seventeenth time. Suddenly Spirit tripped on my leg and sprawled gracelessly across my lap, front paws and head on the couch, rear end on my right leg. After a bit, I noticed she wasn’t moving. My first thought was that the poor little thing had broken her neck or something. But when I looked closer, I saw that she was breathing slowly and softly, just the faintest little snore coming from her. She had fallen asleep in mid chase. Damn, I wish I could do that. Cheers, Dave — When a woman told her husband she wanted implants because her breasts were too small, he told her to just rub toilet paper between them. "How’s that going to help?" she wanted to know. "I don’t know," he said, "but it sure worked on your butt."

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Hi, All         Last night I was sitting on the couch reading, when I suddenly became a human speed bump in the ever-present search for more exciting obstacles in the kittens’ racetrack. Or maybe they didn’t even realize I was there. Whatever.         Anywho, they were racing around the room dodging and jumping from one obstacle to another, either chasing one another or just in high spirits, when first Cowboy then Spirit ran across my lap for the seventeenth time. Suddenly Spirit tripped on my leg and sprawled gracelessly across my lap, front paws and head on the couch, rear end on my right leg.         After a bit, I noticed she wasn’t moving. My first thought was that the poor little thing had broken her neck or something. But when I looked closer, I saw that she was breathing slowly and softly, just the faintest little snore coming from her. She had fallen asleep in mid chase.         Damn, I wish I could do that. Cheers, Dave — When a woman told her husband she wanted implants because her breasts were too small, he told her to just rub toilet paper between them. "How’s that going to help?" she wanted to know. "I don’t know," he said, "but it sure worked on your butt."

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good ol days

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"what made you say "once"?" Maybe onces should have been said twice "who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years." I often wonder things like this, but not exactally this. "how are the mind and body connected…?" I belive it is by a central never cord, though paths through the heart are also in place. "its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?" I predict about 69, though it depends on the roughness of the lick, and the size. "the world may never know." Well now they do What I don’t understand is why we are pondering these things,   –Me. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —— Original Message —– Newsgroups: alt.support.depression.teens Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 3:10 PM what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~ No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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oooh, but we can doubt your opinions. there is no proof in these answers. besides, the brain and the mind are not the same thing.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "what made you say "once"?" Maybe onces should have been said twice "who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years." I often wonder things like this, but not exactally this. "how are the mind and body connected…?" I belive it is by a central never cord, though paths through the heart are also in place. "its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?" I predict about 69, though it depends on the roughness of the lick, and the size. "the world may never know." Well now they do What I don’t understand is why we are pondering these things,   –Me. —– Original Message —– Newsgroups: alt.support.depression.teens Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 3:10 PM what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~ No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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Your lack of devoted time to your schoolwork would most likely be because of the stress in your life at the moment, Jamie. You can’t be expected to function properly until you sort out all the other problems (which is made more difficult by the pressure by everyone else to finnish the schoolwork before you do anything else), so it ends up as a chicken and egg scenario. People say "finnish work then solve problems", and so do you. When you need to solve the problems in order to have a clear mind to finnish your work.

i think school might be one of my big problems its not like i can’t do the work its just that i have no desire to do the work or show up for class or get an education at all for this matter id quit but i know that i would never go back I presume that the boyfriend you have now is not the one who raped you?

correct technically we’re not exactly going out yet when he gets here then yes  i’m not up for the whole long distance thing

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"I guess if you can’t explain your own actions then something another…" …then you should not have done it in the first place? (parent’s seem to like this one… the self-centered, blinded gasses, living in their own….er, *Ahem*, now where was I?) … No one else can? …Someone else will? …You were under the influece of a particularly potent horse tranquilliser? …You were sleep-walking? …Your arms, legs, eyelids, tongue, and any other appendge by which you could use to communicate has been hoplessly severed? …you are talking a whole load of bull? Gah! I give up. That’s like saying "What’s the difference between a chicken?" Earth! Always, Brother Paul. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well I would figure what made you say the last comment. I guess if you can’t explain your own actions then something another…=p to tired to type, finish my sentence for me. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~ what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~ No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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Greetings, Jamie. Your lack of devoted time to your schoolwork would most likely be because of the stress in your life at the moment, Jamie. You can’t be expected to function properly until you sort out all the other problems (which is made more difficult by the pressure by everyone else to finnish the schoolwork before you do anything else), so it ends up as a chicken and egg scenario. People say "finnish work then solve problems", and so do you. When you need to solve the problems in order to have a clear mind to finnish your work. I presume that the boyfriend you have now is not the one who raped you? Earth! Always, Brother Paul. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Greetings, Jamie. I like to listen to various songs as well, P.O.D. – Youth of a Nation, Linken Park – It Doesn’t Matter, Some other group who’s name I do not know – My Way. Somehow the lyrics just have the words that I don’t, and the fact that the singers can scream them out as loud as I can turn the volume knob, it feels good. Sort of announcing to the world how I feel, without saying a thing. "I tend to want to be alone when I get like this, I dunno why, my parents can’t understand it." Linken Park it doesn’t even matter Oooh… I’ve not much support for parents, though I have met a few nice specimens. Are you an only child, Jamie? If you are an only child, or have a much younger, or much older brother or sister, then this is natural. Some people like to get together with others for support, while only’s prefer to be lonely. This is partially because they have had to learn to play by themselves and cope with problems by themselves for their younger life. They tend to get cranky and hurt those around them when they are unhappy. actually my sis is 17 barely 2 years apart very close family always had a bazillion cousins around to play with now Your boyfriend… Jamie. In an earlier post, I might be wrong, but you implied that your earlier boyfriend raped you. If it has only been a year, Jamie, then of course you will be like this around him. You were betrayed and hurt by somebody you trusted. Wounds like that need more than bandages. Don’t feel that your boyfriend deserves more than you, Jamie. He is with you, and if he has not run away when you pushed him away, then you have someone there who wants to help you. He wants to be with you, Jamie. If you didn’t deserve him, then he wouldn’t be there. Hold on to him. yup rape hit push tied up emotional abuse grr i still feel he deserves better i shouldn’t treat him like i do i don’t know why he sticks around through it "The more my mom tells me… the more i refuse to do it and put it off." Don’t like being told what to do? Don’t like things that don’t matter running your life and monopolising your time? Everything else seem more important? If you answered yes to two or more of the above questions, then you are difinately a human. yup yup nope 2 out of 3 i know what my priorities need to be i’m just not workin it

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Nice post, Bree. Earth! Always, Brother Paul. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey Jamie, I can’t explain how come there is so many bad days. Perhaps it’s Satin trying to take over your life, perhaps not. I often find putting on a fast beat song or a song I really like loud that I forget about how bad the day is. You might want to try get some-one to be with you, or a mirror, just be with them, pull faces at each other or somthing, When you start laughing you feel good. The are way to many whys, I agree, I often find that my life goes downhill when I’m bored, so maybe you could try and find out about these whys, get the answers to why. Why do you hurt the person you love? Your not alone. I had a bad childhood and because of that, I had it in my mind that I didnt deserve good things or good people so I would try to get rid of them. I didnt realize that was what I was doing, I just thought like you that I was crazy and I was just a horrible person, it just seemed somthing I you do. I learned that I am not evil. You can overcome this but it wont be perfect overnight. I still struggle with this feeling of not deserving things, but I have come a long way…something I learnt was you have to love yourself, and be happy with who you are in order to love anyone else as they should be loved, A good friend gave me that though, and I believe this with all my heart now, she really helped me. Now days when I find myself doing this I just go up to the person I love, even if I have been arguing with them or ignoring them, and give them a big hug, or be an idiot to get them to laugh, seeing them laugh makes me feel alot better. I know what you mean about school, I was told by my teacher a long time ago that she will never reward me in class because I always stop working after I am rewarded. I have no answer to this yet, but you could try and tell some-one to get you to do the work. When you feel like just skipping the work, have this person tell you. If it’s a parent who you listen to, maybe you can ask them to keep insisting you go and work. If it’s study maybe you could look around for a new way to keep it interesting. I don’t suggest trying to study with a Girlfriend or Boyfriend, if you get angry during the time things dont’ always work out so good and the first problem may come back. Problem 3. I have exactally this problem, though not being told I am stupid, other things I get called. Anyway, don’t listen to the lies. Another friend of mine told me it is Satin using others to make my life bad. I know a boy who always broke things, and I mean always, he didn’t use it abnormally, it just seemed everything he touched broke, he would get on a scooter and it would break, he would touch a radio and it would stop working, anything he did he seemed to break it. His parents were very supportive, but he always was fighting with his family. Your right, it IS NOT your fault, you are being told lies, it’s just some strange thing, this boy didnt’ break the radio, he turned the knob just like the instructions say, but it broke, it’s the radios fault. Again, I don’t suggest going and yelling back "It’s not my fault, it broke itself", perhaps jsut take the yelling and go to your room, know that it is not your fault, your parents don’t mean you are stupid, they said it, but it’s like what you said before, you don’t mean to hurt the person you love, but they do. We all need the help, and if we ask God to help us, if it’s his will he helps, if not, there is a reason for it. Thinking of suicide plans I have not done yet, but I’m sure it will come. I dont’ do that because I think I don’t need to think of how my death will come, I know that I will die oneday, I don’t need it to come early, maybe it’s greedy, but if I have 10 more good days in my 72 year life, and I’m only 18 now, I want those 10 good days, it gives the bad days somthing to look forward to. I have however made out entire plans of things that I never actually do, but I still plan them, and even just planning them makes me feel even worse somtimes. I think the easiest way to get rid of these thoughs is to stop the problems you have listed. It is however impossiable to stop Satin by yourself, ask God for his help, and as you say, there are always bad days so that you appreciate the good. When a bad day comes along, keep busy doing somthing you like to distract yourself from how bad your day is, know that tomorrow the day may be different. I hope I helped you with my past Jamie, Ready to help along the way,   –Me. —– Original Message —– Newsgroups: alt.support.depression.teens Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:49 AM how come the good days never last sure you gotta have the bad to appreciate the good but does there have to be so much bad to many whys why do i hurt the person i love most in world i claim to love him and yet i push and i hurt him till he wants to kill himself not only do i push but sometimes i know i’m doing it and yet i keep it up then we have to go thruthe whole you hate me no you hate me thing no i don’t hate you i love you well i love you to lets never fight again it was my fault its not your fault blah blah blah same thing day in and day out stuck in a rut it never changes who cares who deserves who and who loves who more why can’t we just be happy together problem two school no motivation never do the work and then i wonder why i’m failing and i’m weeks behind and i can’t catch up and i just get stressed out which makes me have anxiety attacks and hyper ventilate then if i finally do catch up i just do the same thing all over again problem 3 parents stupid kid yu how many times do i need to hear that before i 100%  believe them when i been hearing it my whole life i’m shocked i don’t why do i have to do stuff to make them say that anyway and look there i go blaming myself again everything IS NOT aways my fault i need to remember that uh huh and all these things resort me to cutting and thinking of death and creating suicide plans yet i never ever chaange a thing i don’t have any good ol days they’re all the same

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Yeah I know. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – huh? im sorry. i cannot finish your sentence, since "then something another" does not make sense to me no matter how i try to finish it…. Well I would figure what made you say the last comment. I guess if you can’t explain your own actions then something another…=p to tired to type, finish my sentence for me. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~ what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~ No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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Well I would figure what made you say the last comment. I guess if you can’t explain your own actions then something another…=p to tired to type, finish my sentence for me. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~ No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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huh? im sorry. i cannot finish your sentence, since "then something another" does not make sense to me no matter how i try to finish it….

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well I would figure what made you say the last comment. I guess if you can’t explain your own actions then something another…=p to tired to type, finish my sentence for me. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~ what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~ No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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what made you say "once"? who the hell knows what it is. philosophers have been wondering this same thing for thousands of years. how are the mind and body connected…? its like, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? the world may never know. ~*miss kenna*~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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Greetings, Jamie. I like to listen to various songs as well, P.O.D. – Youth of a Nation,

Linken Park – It Doesn’t Matter, Some other group who’s name I do not know – My Way. Somehow the lyrics just have the words that I don’t, and the fact that the

singers can scream them out as loud as I can turn the volume knob, it feels good. Sort of announcing to the world how I feel, without saying a thing. "I tend to want to be alone when I get like this, I dunno why, my parents

can’t understand it." Linken Park it doesn’t even matter Oooh… I’ve not much support for parents, though I have met a few nice specimens. Are you an only child, Jamie? If you are an only child, or have a much younger, or much older brother or

sister, then this is natural. Some people like to get together with others for support, while only’s prefer to be lonely. This is partially because they have had to learn to play by themselves and cope with problems by themselves for their younger life. They tend to get cranky and hurt those around them when they are unhappy. actually my sis is 17 barely 2 years apart very close family always had a bazillion cousins around to play with now Your boyfriend… Jamie. In an earlier post, I might be wrong, but you implied that your earlier

boyfriend raped you. If it has only been a year, Jamie, then of course you will be like this around him. You were betrayed and hurt by somebody you trusted. Wounds like that need more than bandages. Don’t feel that your boyfriend deserves more than you, Jamie. He is with

you, and if he has not run away when you pushed him away, then you have someone there who wants to help you. He wants to be with you, Jamie. If you didn’t deserve him, then he wouldn’t be there. Hold on to him. yup rape hit push tied up emotional abuse grr i still feel he deserves better i shouldn’t treat him like i do i don’t know why he sticks around through it "The more my mom tells me… the more i refuse to do it and put it off." Don’t like being told what to do? Don’t like things that don’t matter

running your life and monopolising your time? Everything else seem more important? If you answered yes to two or more of the above questions, then you are

difinately a human. yup yup nope 2 out of 3 i know what my priorities need to be i’m just not workin it

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hmm…you dont like satin? sorry, im a girl…i loooove satin! :)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Miss Kenna is there something wrong? What made you post that…I would like to know is all (not an attack or anything). — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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No what made you say "dumbass"? I am only curious Miss Kenna…we may share more in common then I once believed. — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – hmm…you dont like satin? sorry, im a girl…i loooove satin! :) Miss Kenna is there something wrong? What made you post that…I would like to know is all (not an attack or anything). — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

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Greetings, Jamie. I like to listen to various songs as well, P.O.D. – Youth of a Nation, Linken Park – It Doesn’t Matter, Some other group who’s name I do not know – My Way. Somehow the lyrics just have the words that I don’t, and the fact that the singers can scream them out as loud as I can turn the volume knob, it feels good. Sort of announcing to the world how I feel, without saying a thing. "I tend to want to be alone when I get like this, I dunno why, my parents can’t understand it." Oooh… I’ve not much support for parents, though I have met a few nice specimens. Are you an only child, Jamie? If you are an only child, or have a much younger, or much older brother or sister, then this is natural. Some people like to get together with others for support, while only’s prefer to be lonely. This is partially because they have had to learn to play by themselves and cope with problems by themselves for their younger life. They tend to get cranky and hurt those around them when they are unhappy. Your boyfriend… Jamie. In an earlier post, I might be wrong, but you implied that your earlier boyfriend raped you. If it has only been a year, Jamie, then of course you will be like this around him. You were betrayed and hurt by somebody you trusted. Wounds like that need more than bandages. Don’t feel that your boyfriend deserves more than you, Jamie. He is with you, and if he has not run away when you pushed him away, then you have someone there who wants to help you. He wants to be with you, Jamie. If you didn’t deserve him, then he wouldn’t be there. Hold on to him. "The more my mom tells me… the more i refuse to do it and put it off." Don’t like being told what to do? Don’t like things that don’t matter running your life and monopolising your time? Everything else seem more important? If you answered yes to two or more of the above questions, then you are difinately a human. Hope this helps… in some strange way. Earth! Always, Brother Paul. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – well yeah you did help i usually feel a bit better when someone at elast responds to me even if i don’t agree with everything or anything they say well as for the whole music thing yeah i like loud music i try to drown out the rest of the world i usually end up putting papa roache on though ya know the song cut my life into pieces this is my last resort suffication no breathing don’t give a —- if i cut my arm bleeding would you even care if i died bleeding etc etc etc not a very good happy song if it for some odd reason shoutin the lyrics relieves some of my frustration as for getting a friend i tend to want to be alone when i get like this i dunno why my parents can’t understand it hurting the person i love i guess it might be my low self esteem i pushed him away last night AGAIN figured if i could make him hate me i wouldn’t be able to hurt him plus i figure he deserves so much better than me well i guess i hurt him more by doing that we had a big crying fest last night as for the school thing the more my mom tells me to do my homework and buckle down the more i refuse to do it and put it off one time she sat with me at the kitchen table while i was doing homework i think she finally understands why i get nothing done i got up every 12 seconds to roam around the house i was drawing i was playing with the floating candle center piece made a huge mess btw altho when i was a freshman in highschool i took biology 3rd day of school my teacher told me to drop the class because there was no way i would pass yeah i definetly got straight As I can’t explain how come there is so many bad days. Perhaps it’s Satin trying to take over your life, perhaps not. I often find putting on a fast beat song or a song I really like loud that I forget about how bad the day is. You might want to try get some-one to be with you, or a mirror, just be with them, pull faces at each other or somthing, When you start laughing you feel good. The are way to many whys, I agree, I often find that my life goes downhill when I’m bored, so maybe you could try and find out about these whys, get the answers to why. Why do you hurt the person you love? Your not alone. I had a bad childhood and because of that, I had it in my mind that I didnt deserve good things or good people so I would try to get rid of them. I didnt realize that was what I was doing, I just thought like you that I was crazy and I was just a horrible person, it just seemed somthing I you do. I learned that I am not evil. You can overcome this but it wont be perfect overnight. I still struggle with this feeling of not deserving things, but I have come a long way…something I learnt was you have to love yourself, and be happy with who you are in order to love anyone else as they should be loved, A good friend gave me that though, and I believe this with all my heart now, she really helped me. Now days when I find myself doing this I just go up to the person I love, even if I have been arguing with them or ignoring them, and give them a big hug, or be an idiot to get them to laugh, seeing them laugh makes me feel alot better. I know what you mean about school, I was told by my teacher a long time ago that she will never reward me in class because I always stop working after I am rewarded. I have no answer to this yet, but you could try and tell some-one to get you to do the work. When you feel like just skipping the work, have this person tell you. If it’s a parent who you listen to, maybe you can ask them to keep insisting you go and work. If it’s study maybe you could look around for a new way to keep it interesting. I don’t suggest trying to study with a Girlfriend or Boyfriend, if you get angry during the time things dont’ always work out so good and the first problem may come back. Problem 3. I have exactally this problem, though not being told I am stupid, other things I get called. Anyway, don’t listen to the lies. Another friend of mine told me it is Satin using others to make my life bad. I know a boy who always broke things, and I mean always, he didn’t use it abnormally, it just seemed everything he touched broke, he would get on a scooter and it would break, he would touch a radio and it would stop working, anything he did he seemed to break it. His parents were very supportive, but he always was fighting with his family. Your right, it IS NOT your fault, you are being told lies, it’s just some strange thing, this boy didnt’ break the radio, he turned the knob just like the instructions say, but it broke, it’s the radios fault. Again, I don’t suggest going and yelling back "It’s not my fault, it broke itself", perhaps jsut take the yelling and go to your room, know that it is not your fault, your parents don’t mean you are stupid, they said it, but it’s like what you said before, you don’t mean to hurt the person you love, but they do. We all need the help, and if we ask God to help us, if it’s his will he helps, if not, there is a reason for it. Thinking of suicide plans I have not done yet, but I’m sure it will come. I dont’ do that because I think I don’t need to think of how my death will come, I know that I will die oneday, I don’t need it to come early, maybe it’s greedy, but if I have 10 more good days in my 72 year life, and I’m only 18 now, I want those 10 good days, it gives the bad days somthing to look forward to. I have however made out entire plans of things that I never actually do, but I still plan them, and even just planning them makes me feel even worse somtimes. I think the easiest way to get rid of these thoughs is to stop the problems you have listed. It is however impossiable to stop Satin by yourself, ask God for his help, and as you say, there are always bad days so that you appreciate the good. When a bad day comes along, keep busy doing somthing you like to distract yourself from how bad your day is, know that tomorrow the day may be different.

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Miss Kenna is there something wrong? What made you post that…I would like to know is all (not an attack or anything). — "Do not try to interject logic into my rambling." -Ethan Hammond from the PS NG ~Only the ignorant man becomes angry, the wise man understands.~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – fuck you’re lucky! i want satin to take over my life! satin bed sheets, satin window drapes, satin couch covers, satin clothing, satin….oh…you meant satan…..dumbass…satan interfered with your spelling lesson, didn’t he? that bastard! ~*miss kenna*~ Hey Jamie, I can’t explain how come there is so many bad days. Perhaps it’s Satin trying to take over your life, perhaps not.

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fuck you’re lucky! i want satin to take over my life! satin bed sheets, satin window drapes, satin couch covers, satin clothing, satin….oh…you meant satan…..dumbass…satan interfered with your spelling lesson, didn’t he? that bastard! ~*miss kenna*~

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey Jamie, I can’t explain how come there is so many bad days. Perhaps it’s Satin trying to take over your life, perhaps not.

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well yeah you did help i usually feel a bit better when someone at elast responds to me even if i don’t agree with everything or anything they say well as for the whole music thing yeah i like loud music i try to drown out the rest of the world i usually end up putting papa roache on though ya know the song cut my life into pieces this is my last resort suffication no breathing don’t give a —- if i cut my arm bleeding would you even care if i died bleeding etc etc etc not a very good happy song if it for some odd reason shoutin the lyrics relieves some of my frustration as for getting a friend i tend to want to be alone when i get like this i dunno why my parents can’t understand it hurting the person i love i guess it might be my low self esteem i pushed him away last night AGAIN figured if i could make him hate me i wouldn’t be able to hurt him plus i figure he deserves so much better than me well i guess i hurt him more by doing that we had a big crying fest last night as for the school thing the more my mom tells me to do my homework and buckle down the more i refuse to do it and put it off one time she sat with me at the kitchen table while i was doing homework i think she finally understands why i get nothing done i got up every 12 seconds to roam around the house i was drawing i was playing with the floating candle center piece made a huge mess btw altho when i was a freshman in highschool i took biology 3rd day of school my teacher told me to drop the class because there was no way i would pass yeah i definetly got straight As – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I can’t explain how come there is so many bad days. Perhaps it’s Satin trying to take over your life, perhaps not. I often find putting on a fast beat song or a song I really like loud that I forget about how bad the day is. You might want to try get some-one to be with you, or a mirror, just be with them, pull faces at each other or somthing, When you start laughing you feel good. The are way to many whys, I agree, I often find that my life goes downhill when I’m bored, so maybe you could try and find out about these whys, get the answers to why. Why do you hurt the person you love? Your not alone. I had a bad childhood and because of that, I had it in my mind that I didnt deserve good things or good people so I would try to get rid of them. I didnt realize that was what I was doing, I just thought like you that I was crazy and I was just a horrible person, it just seemed somthing I you do. I learned that I am not evil. You can overcome this but it wont be perfect overnight. I still struggle with this feeling of not deserving things, but I have come a long way…something I learnt was you have to love yourself, and be happy with who you are in order to love anyone else as they should be loved, A good friend gave me that though, and I believe this with all my heart now, she really helped me. Now days when I find myself doing this I just go up to the person I love, even if I have been arguing with them or ignoring them, and give them a big hug, or be an idiot to get them to laugh, seeing them laugh makes me feel alot better. I know what you mean about school, I was told by my teacher a long time ago that she will never reward me in class because I always stop working after I am rewarded. I have no answer to this yet, but you could try and tell some-one to get you to do the work. When you feel like just skipping the work, have this person tell you. If it’s a parent who you listen to, maybe you can ask them to keep insisting you go and work. If it’s study maybe you could look around for a new way to keep it interesting. I don’t suggest trying to study with a Girlfriend or Boyfriend, if you get angry during the time things dont’ always work out so good and the first problem may come back. Problem 3. I have exactally this problem, though not being told I am stupid, other things I get called. Anyway, don’t listen to the lies. Another friend of mine told me it is Satin using others to make my life bad. I know a boy who always broke things, and I mean always, he didn’t use it abnormally, it just seemed everything he touched broke, he would get on a scooter and it would break, he would touch a radio and it would stop working, anything he did he seemed to break it. His parents were very supportive, but he always was fighting with his family. Your right, it IS NOT your fault, you are being told lies, it’s just some strange thing, this boy didnt’ break the radio, he turned the knob just like the instructions say, but it broke, it’s the radios fault. Again, I don’t suggest going and yelling back "It’s not my fault, it broke itself", perhaps jsut take the yelling and go to your room, know that it is not your fault, your parents don’t mean you are stupid, they said it, but it’s like what you said before, you don’t mean to hurt the person you love, but they do. We all need the help, and if we ask God to help us, if it’s his will he helps, if not, there is a reason for it. Thinking of suicide plans I have not done yet, but I’m sure it will come. I dont’ do that because I think I don’t need to think of how my death will come, I know that I will die oneday, I don’t need it to come early, maybe it’s greedy, but if I have 10 more good days in my 72 year life, and I’m only 18 now, I want those 10 good days, it gives the bad days somthing to look forward to. I have however made out entire plans of things that I never actually do, but I still plan them, and even just planning them makes me feel even worse somtimes. I think the easiest way to get rid of these thoughs is to stop the problems you have listed. It is however impossiable to stop Satin by yourself, ask God for his help, and as you say, there are always bad days so that you appreciate the good. When a bad day comes along, keep busy doing somthing you like to distract yourself from how bad your day is, know that tomorrow the day may be different.

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how come the good days never last sure you gotta have the bad to appreciate the good but does there have to be so much bad to many whys why do i hurt the person i love most in world i claim to love him and yet i push and i hurt him till he wants to kill himself not only do i push but sometimes i know i’m doing it and yet i keep it up then we have to go thruthe whole you hate me no you hate me thing no i don’t hate you i love you well i love you to lets never fight again it was my fault its not your fault blah blah blah same thing day in and day out stuck in a rut it never changes who cares who deserves who and who loves who more why can’t we just be happy together problem two school no motivation never do the work and then i wonder why i’m failing and i’m weeks behind and i can’t catch up and i just get stressed out which makes me have anxiety attacks and hyper ventilate then if i finally do catch up i just do the same thing all over again problem 3 parents stupid kid yu how many times do i need to hear that before i 100%  believe them when i been hearing it my whole life i’m shocked i don’t why do i have to do stuff to make them say that anyway and look there i go blaming myself again everything IS NOT aways my fault i need to remember that uh huh and all these things resort me to cutting and thinking of death and creating suicide plans yet i never ever chaange a thing i don’t have any good ol days they’re all the same

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Hey Jamie, I can’t explain how come there is so many bad days. Perhaps it’s Satin trying to take over your life, perhaps not. I often find putting on a fast beat song or a song I really like loud that I forget about how bad the day is. You might want to try get some-one to be with you, or a mirror, just be with them, pull faces at each other or somthing, When you start laughing you feel good. The are way to many whys, I agree, I often find that my life goes downhill when I’m bored, so maybe you could try and find out about these whys, get the answers to why. Why do you hurt the person you love? Your not alone. I had a bad childhood and because of that, I had it in my mind that I didnt deserve good things or good people so I would try to get rid of them. I didnt realize that was what I was doing, I just thought like you that I was crazy and I was just a horrible person, it just seemed somthing I you do. I learned that I am not evil. You can overcome this but it wont be perfect overnight. I still struggle with this feeling of not deserving things, but I have come a long way…something I learnt was you have to love yourself, and be happy with who you are in order to love anyone else as they should be loved, A good friend gave me that though, and I believe this with all my heart now, she really helped me. Now days when I find myself doing this I just go up to the person I love, even if I have been arguing with them or ignoring them, and give them a big hug, or be an idiot to get them to laugh, seeing them laugh makes me feel alot better. I know what you mean about school, I was told by my teacher a long time ago that she will never reward me in class because I always stop working after I am rewarded. I have no answer to this yet, but you could try and tell some-one to get you to do the work. When you feel like just skipping the work, have this person tell you. If it’s a parent who you listen to, maybe you can ask them to keep insisting you go and work. If it’s study maybe you could look around for a new way to keep it interesting. I don’t suggest trying to study with a Girlfriend or Boyfriend, if you get angry during the time things dont’ always work out so good and the first problem may come back. Problem 3. I have exactally this problem, though not being told I am stupid, other things I get called. Anyway, don’t listen to the lies. Another friend of mine told me it is Satin using others to make my life bad. I know a boy who always broke things, and I mean always, he didn’t use it abnormally, it just seemed everything he touched broke, he would get on a scooter and it would break, he would touch a radio and it would stop working, anything he did he seemed to break it. His parents were very supportive, but he always was fighting with his family. Your right, it IS NOT your fault, you are being told lies, it’s just some strange thing, this boy didnt’ break the radio, he turned the knob just like the instructions say, but it broke, it’s the radios fault. Again, I don’t suggest going and yelling back "It’s not my fault, it broke itself", perhaps jsut take the yelling and go to your room, know that it is not your fault, your parents don’t mean you are stupid, they said it, but it’s like what you said before, you don’t mean to hurt the person you love, but they do. We all need the help, and if we ask God to help us, if it’s his will he helps, if not, there is a reason for it. Thinking of suicide plans I have not done yet, but I’m sure it will come. I dont’ do that because I think I don’t need to think of how my death will come, I know that I will die oneday, I don’t need it to come early, maybe it’s greedy, but if I have 10 more good days in my 72 year life, and I’m only 18 now, I want those 10 good days, it gives the bad days somthing to look forward to. I have however made out entire plans of things that I never actually do, but I still plan them, and even just planning them makes me feel even worse somtimes. I think the easiest way to get rid of these thoughs is to stop the problems you have listed. It is however impossiable to stop Satin by yourself, ask God for his help, and as you say, there are always bad days so that you appreciate the good. When a bad day comes along, keep busy doing somthing you like to distract yourself from how bad your day is, know that tomorrow the day may be different. I hope I helped you with my past Jamie, Ready to help along the way,   –Me. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —— Original Message —– Newsgroups: alt.support.depression.teens Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:49 AM how come the good days never last sure you gotta have the bad to appreciate the good but does there have to be so much bad to many whys why do i hurt the person i love most in world i claim to love him and yet i push and i hurt him till he wants to kill himself not only do i push but sometimes i know i’m doing it and yet i keep it up then we have to go thruthe whole you hate me no you hate me thing no i don’t hate you i love you well i love you to lets never fight again it was my fault its not your fault blah blah blah same thing day in and day out stuck in a rut it never changes who cares who deserves who and who loves who more why can’t we just be happy together problem two school no motivation never do the work and then i wonder why i’m failing and i’m weeks behind and i can’t catch up and i just get stressed out which makes me have anxiety attacks and hyper ventilate then if i finally do catch up i just do the same thing all over again problem 3 parents stupid kid yu how many times do i need to hear that before i 100%  believe them when i been hearing it my whole life i’m shocked i don’t why do i have to do stuff to make them say that anyway and look there i go blaming myself again everything IS NOT aways my fault i need to remember that uh huh and all these things resort me to cutting and thinking of death and creating suicide plans yet i never ever chaange a thing i don’t have any good ol days they’re all the same

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Infections after Heart surgery

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He immediately answered with some comments about a hyperbaric oxygen treatment that’s sometimes used for wounds that won’t heal.

Here is a NASA study on the use of LED light and hyperbaric oxygen. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&… uids=11776448&dopt=Abstract He should ask his doctor about all these things.  Obviously what has been done so far hasn’t worked so it is time to look for some alternative answers!! BL

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Thanks to all those who replied – it has been very useful if not worrying ;-( I now have to pluck up courage to tell him the bad news and help him persuade the doctors to try out some of the solutions you have proposed With best wishes Mark

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him? Thanks

I mentioned your problem to a friend who’s better at remembering some things than I am.  He immediately answered with some comments about a hyperbaric oxygen treatment that’s sometimes used for wounds that won’t heal.  He also mentioned that you can probably get some benefit (but not as much) by having him put on pure oxygen for half an hour twice a day.  It’s now too late tonight for me to start a web search to get an idea of how accurate his answer was, but I thought I’d pass along the idea anyway.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him? First. *Yowch*. That sucks in a lot of ways. Second: how is his diabetic control in and out of the hospital, and his help at home taking care of his blood sugar and other treatment issues? Third: high blood sugars can slow healing a great deal, so it’s important to handle carefully. I’ve had very poor diabetic treatment when having surgery: my shrieking could be heard throughout the floor at MGH when I finally got off the Demerol, hopped over to my chart, and read my bG’s. I’d been too out of it to monitor it myself and they wouldn’t let me use my own glucometer. (I finally had someone bring it in.)

My post heart surgery period was a bad scene.  I wanted to get out so I could deal with diabetes.  Their answer was to provide  more meds to put me in a sleep walking mode. I finally became a real pain so they sent me home to get rid of me.  I did not want to stay until the insurance ran out.  It took two months at home to get the neuropathy back to a bearable level.   It upset me th think about another session.   Only part of the story.                                           Guy

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him?

First. *Yowch*. That sucks in a lot of ways. Second: how is his diabetic control in and out of the hospital, and his help at home taking care of his blood sugar and other treatment issues? Third: high blood sugars can slow healing a great deal, so it’s important to handle carefully. I’ve had very poor diabetic treatment when having surgery: my shrieking could be heard throughout the floor at MGH when I finally got off the Demerol, hopped over to my chart, and read my bG’s. I’d been too out of it to monitor it myself and they wouldn’t let me use my own glucometer. (I finally had someone bring it in.)

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A PICC line must be installed usually in the left arm which will last up to 8 months for home I.V. antibiotic administration, and easy access to blood samples.

This is what is scary, he seems to have a serious infection but he gets sent home without IV.

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/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him?

Have the doctors given the reason for it not healing? e.g. is it an antibiotic resistant bug he has picked up in the hospital or is it becasue his bg’s aren’t in control? If it is the first, it can be a long and trying time, if it is the second what steps are they taking to reduce his bg’s? Insulin therapy might be his best bet.  And of course we all know about hospital diabetic diets. My brother had a malignant tumour removed from his groin a while ago and it would’t heal either, took a long time and he is left with a pemanent sinus there. When doctors are treating an infection like that the norm is to test to see what is causing the infection and using appropriate antibiotics.  See if you can find out which bug they are fighting.

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In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart!

I would urge him to find a clinic that uses low level laser therapy for wound healing.  It has been FDA approved for a few different conditions, but is often used for non healing diabetic wounds in Europe, Asia, etc.   BL

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This sounds like he’s heading for a case of infectious endocarditis, which basically happens when infectious bacterium take up residence in the blood stream, and works it’s way into the interior of the heart.  It usually winds up settling on the Mitral Valve, and grows into a large mass of "vegetation".  This vegetation can and usually does break off into small hard chunks, and goes to the spleen and causes high fever, chills, pain all over, sores, and finally delirium. It is 90% fatal if not checked at this point.  The procedure is first a blood culture for strep A positive in the blood, and a Transesophageal Echocardiogram to examine the heart valves.  Then a transfer to a big city heart hospital for infectious disease consult, blood transfusions, and I.V. Rocephin Antibiotic.  The patient must be kept clean while in bed, and I.V. Morphine administered at 4mg/4 hours for coronary artery dilation and pain management. A full cardiac cath must be performed to check for blockages.  At 80% infection control, emergency open heart surgery must performed, the Mitral valve excised, and a mechanical valve of the inert bileaflet type implanted (St. Judes are used).  During this procedure the heart is stopped for 6-8 hours, and the patient is placed on a heart-lung machine and a vent. A PICC line must be installed usually in the left arm which will last up to 8 months for home I.V. antibiotic administration, and easy access to blood samples.  Coumadin therapy must be started while two subcutaneous injections of low molecular weight heparin (Lovenox) are injected daily until an INR of 2.5-3.5 is reached.  The Coumadin is a life long thing, and must be monitored 2x month.  Edema must be controlled with Lasix 40mg and Zaroxolyn 5mg with 20meq Klor-Con BID. I just celebrated my 1 year anniversay of this procedure July 18, and I beat the odds.  I’m disabled and on SSDI, and suffer from angina, pain, and regular bouts of pluresy, but it’s not that bad.  Hardest thing was getting used to the clicking of the valve, which can be blocked with Tylenol #3.  So now I have to manage my Coumadin level, and my Type 1 diabetes.  Accu-Chek and Life Scan are coming out with coagulation meters in the next year to allow people to self test their PT/INR ratio, and adjust their Coumadin dose.  Please have your friend talk to a doctor about Bacterial Endocarditis and get the tests done.  It’s a sneaky disease and is a killer, usually picked up from dental procedures or urinary tract infections with folly cath sepsis. Larry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him? Thanks

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A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him? Thanks

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -A close personal friend with mild diabetes had major heart surgery some 3 months ago, since then he has been in/out hospital with a wound that will not heal. In fact he has a gaping hole leading down to his heart! In hospital, he is put on heave doeses of antibotics and a very uncomfortable ’sucking’ machine. He gets better and is released, but within days, his temperature rises and he is re-admitted as a semi-emergency. There is some talk of the bone having been infected, but no-one seems to be making any moves to resolving it He is getting very frustrated and worried, but knows that his diabetes is an added complication. Does anyone have any ideas or advice for him? Thanks

   One problem with "mild diabetes" is that it usually gets really severe when the patient is subjected to surgery and/or infection and/or the stuff your friend is going through.   If the docs aren’t treating his diabetes with the big guns, insulin if necessary, his sugars could be all over the place.   High blood sugars hinder healing.     There would be nothing odd about him testing his blood 8 -10 times a day, and shooting insulin 8-10 times a day until this is  resolved.  Well. . .I wouldn’t think it was odd because that is what I did after my hip replacement, and it worked well.   A patient in his position can probably do little about his overall care other than measure his blood sugars and make certain that they are being controlled.     If they are not being controlled, consider becoming aggressive, obnoxious, obstinate, persistent, and obstreperous with the medical teams.  Good luck   Old Al

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Hallucination

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I hate it when hallucinations catch me out. It’s rare, I think, but how can I tell? I mean, just because I sometimes know I’ve hallucinated, it doesn’t mean I know all the time, does it? Why are you hallucinating Alan, is it lack of sleep or drug induced or something else?

Straight depression, I think; it is a recognised symptom. I’ve done it since my breakdown, certainly, and I don’t remember doing it before. Maybe it’s more common on these meds, I’m not sure, but I hallucinated when I was med-free while changing to an MAOI, so I’m sure it’s the illness. One of the joys of being up here near the psychotic border. As a certain hero in my book finds, once you know you’ve hallucinated, you can never be quite sure of your senses again. Even when I know it’s happening, it gets a bit scary at times – the half-hour long ones, for instance. Mind you, I have had sexual hallucinations, which make up for it a bit. :) —          The opinions given above may be mine. They might also            just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

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how do you know he didn’t the second time?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Wynne read the new book I’ve started on, all two chapters so far, and said it was good, and would I please write some more. Then later, he came back in and said it was hilarious. Only he didn’t come in the second time. I hate it when hallucinations catch me out. It’s rare, I think, but how can I tell? I mean, just because I sometimes know I’ve hallucinated, it doesn’t mean I know all the time, does it? It’s rather worrying. —          The opinions given above may be mine. They might also            just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

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Wynne read the new book I’ve started on, all two chapters so far, and said it was good, and would I please write some more. Then later, he came back in and said it was hilarious. Only he didn’t come in the second time. I hate it when hallucinations catch me out. It’s rare, I think, but how can I tell? I mean, just because I sometimes know I’ve hallucinated, it doesn’t mean I know all the time, does it? It’s rather worrying. how do you know he didn’t the second time?

His reaction when I asked him about it – total bemusement. ‘But it isn’t hilarious!’ It would have been possible that he was sleep-walking, but he wasn’t asleep. And he doesn’t play tricks. And I hallucinate most days. This was just better than I’ve noticed before. —          The opinions given above may be mine. They might also            just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

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Wynne read the new book I’ve started on, all two chapters so far, and said it was good, and would I please write some more. Then later, he came back in and said it was hilarious. Only he didn’t come in the second time. I hate it when hallucinations catch me out. It’s rare, I think, but how can I tell? I mean, just because I sometimes know I’ve hallucinated, it doesn’t mean I know all the time, does it? It’s rather worrying. —          The opinions given above may be mine. They might also            just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

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I Dunno What My Problem Is

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I read other writers, in fact, and can see all the things that they do that I can’t seem to master, so I’m frustrated and feel like I suck — that I’ve hit my highest level and I’ll never get any better than this.

Great post, Dawn — as a musician, I can think of a thousand other areas I could apply the same logic to.  I think this is going into my "keeper" folder! Marla As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. . . –Arthur Carlson

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49.  <snip Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? It is the ‘fat woman who is losing but not everyday and lets the scale dictate her mood’ freakout. It happens to me all the time. I go through phases where I look at the scale every day. I go merrily along losing half a pound a day – and then I stop losing for a week. I figure – ok – that’s it – I have reached the end of the road and I’ll have to start cutting off appendages if I want to keep losing. I ignore the scale for a week or two. Without fail, the next time I hop on – the numbers are down. I wish I had the guts to toss the thing in the garbage – but those little numbers validate my effort and my existence. I am nothing without my scale. I am, however, thinking less and less about stepping on and off several times a day. Dun worry aboudit – freakout for a day and things will return to what resembles normal. Lynne

Yep, you’ve described this mood to a T.  Feel that way frequently, and then I notice something fits that didn’t, or the scale moves a little, or I can do a few extra push ups and I remind myself that it isn’t about those damn numbers, it’s about how I feel and being healthy and that I do feel good, and finally AM healthy and I should enjoy it instead of worrying it’s going to go away at any given moment. The thing that really hits home when I feel this way is – this is for life, this is forever.  It’s not like I’m going to change the way I’m eating, exercising, living (little tweaks aside) because it’s the best thing for me, I know it and my body tells me so.  It doesn’t matter if I lose another pound if I’m the healthiest me I can be, every day. Hang in there.  The next fifty might take longer, or it might not. But you’ll continue to feel good and that’s the best part. – Violet

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His point was that, if you haven’t gotten to where you are now, you wouldn’t even be noticing where you want to be. You want to be more and better, and it isn’t happening fast enough so you start to doubt yourself. What you need to do is just have faith that this is part of the process; it’s a natural part of growth, learning and self-improvement, this plateau, and if you just keep plugging along, you’ll get past it. Apperciate that it’s not a sign that you’re failing but a sign that you’re *succeeding* — that you want more for yourself and you’re just faltering a bit. That’s the best I have to offer. I hope it made sense.

Oh yeah, and it came at the right (OT) moment.  Thank you, Dawn.  I’ve just spent two weeks at Camera Canada College and field trips, and concluded that as a serious amateur photographer, I do great magazine covers and postcards, but have no artistic inspiration to speak of. What your friend had to say is inspiring, and I’ll think of this moment as only a plateau.  As in weight loss, as in life. And as for losing weight, yes, in my experience, he’s right.  I went through many impatient periods where the weight just wouldn’t come off.  I wanted get thinner the way you get a loan at the bank: get the money now (get thinner instantly) and pay it back later, in installments (eat right for the rest of my life).  Didn’t happen. Cheers, Kay 232/144 (lowcarb since 98/12/26) maintenance since May 2000

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Just mind games, c.  Go try on some new clothes at the mall.  I was really shocked when I looked at myself in someone else’s mirror, you might be, too! 49 lbs. ain’t nothing to sneeze at.  Maybe you need a break from the scale? Do you take measurements, too?  Focus on something else for a couple of days. I’m doing the bounce up and down thing this week. I will NOT change my numbers below, though!  I believe, therefore I am 208 lbs.!  LOL!  It irks me greatly when I’m being so "good" (or am I?  Maybe I’m getting lazy about carb counts!?). I’m exercising, too, so another point of irkiness. (I actually jogged for a few yards yesterday–felt like someone was using a jackhammer on my head, though, with all this extra weight!). We’ll get there.  We need patience (enduring affliction with calmness, says my dictionary), perseverance, steadfastness.  Remember the words of Paul to the Hebrew Christians, "We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised."  It might be a long, long road, but we’ll get there! — Becky 5′2" 240/208/120 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. Between this week and last week I lost about three pounds, but I keep thinking *nothing* is happening and I’m in a stall. I also somehow feel *fatter* than I did thirteen weeks ago. I got on the scale this morning and was depressed to discover that I weigh the same as I did yesterday. I keep telling myself that I already lost 49 pounds and I should rejoice therefore, but I don’t seem to be listening to myself. I went back through my calendar and reassured me that there was *no* stall, that I had been losing steadily every week,  and then gave myself a little talk about how getting totally weird about the scale does not count as exercise. Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? c Headgame Solitaire

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Now, take myself for instance, I am in full blown ‘week before TOM’ and the poundage is falling off.   I would give you credit for the fat fasting ideal but then your head would swell and the number on the scale would climb.  

 :). Hey! Awesome! Another bit of fileable info for the Increased Insulin During TOM Theory. I have seen initials in full blown psychosis before and it aint pretty.

 :). Me too, L, me too… c — Best Of Extremely Short Acronyms, vol.1

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there is little doubt in my mind, that if you _ever_  encounter a true stall, you will have a breakdown. (It’s my psychic intuition) Now, take myself for instance, I am in full blown ‘week before TOM’ and the poundage is falling off.   I would give you credit for the fat fasting ideal but then your head would swell and the number on the scale would climb.  I have seen initials in full blown psychosis before and it aint pretty. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. Between this week and last week I lost about three pounds, but I keep thinking *nothing* is happening and I’m in a stall. I also somehow feel *fatter* than I did thirteen weeks ago. I got on the scale this morning and was depressed to discover that I weigh the same as I did yesterday. I keep telling myself that I already lost 49 pounds and I should rejoice therefore, but I don’t seem to be listening to myself. I went back through my calendar and reassured me that there was *no* stall, that I had been losing steadily every week,  and then gave myself a little talk about how getting totally weird about the scale does not count as exercise. Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? c Headgame Solitaire

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That’s the best I have to offer. I hope it made sense.

 :). That was a really nice letter, Dawn. Thanks for taking the time to shore up the spirit of an anonymous, flipped out initial. c Personal Checks Are *Too* a Genre

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High See: You can’t throw away the scale. How would you know that you had not been sleep-walking to Dunkin’ Donuts? It’s when I don’t have a scale, or when I deliberately avoid it for a few "wicked" days that I get myself into trouble. I’m up 9 lbs. now. No excuse for it. I thought I was tomming around and that it would fall off a couple of days ago, but here I am into a new month and it ain’t shifted yet! And I have no idea how it happened. (Well, none I want to examine too closely at this point…but at least one happy night involved Fresca and Gray Goose.) Okay! It’s a new month, the holiday’s past, time to climb back on the wagon. (Which I don’t think I really fell off of…I’ve eaten little other than Flax-o-Meal for several days. It’s 2 grams carb per svg. for heaven’s sake!) I’m down to measuring the cream with a teaspoon. (Which isn’t such a bad idea. Thanks for the measuring/weighing tips.) Now, really, C…you *are* in an all-fired hurry for this transformation. You’ve done this so efficiently that I know it’s taking heavy-duty concentration. Can you not think about it for a little while without being afraid it will all sneak back on? I don’t know yet myself if it’s possible not to concentrate hard on this all the time, but I’m trying to get to where it will take minimal concentration to maintain the downwardly drifting feather-like numbers on my Health-O-Meter. Okay, carry on. The NYT endorses our practices. Now at least we can sally forth without any of the former distractions of having to defend our big fat decision to l/c. At last! Pax, ME

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Throw the damn scale away.

 :). I’d actually like to torture it first, Micheal , but it’s sort of a Family Scale and others are attached to it. The only thing I could get away with along these lines would be to stage a breakin and pretend we’d been robbed by Thieves on a Diet.  :). But thanks for your answer; if it were all mine it would be living in a closet. c Accomplice to the Great Scale Heist of ‘91

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You are good…I bet you mentor many people, or people look up to you for your advice…thanks for the post…. Richard 330/298/180 June 4, 2002 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. <snip Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? I probably won’t do this justice, but here goes. I recently had a conversation with a friend about my frustration with my work — I’m a writer, and I’ve been feeling like my work isn’t very good, that I’m dull, and that other writers are much, much better than I am. I read other writers, in fact, and can see all the things that they do that I can’t seem to master, so I’m frustrated and feel like I suck — that I’ve hit my highest level and I’ll never get any better than this. My friend (also a writer, a good one, and an editor) told me that this is very, very common. It’s a plateau. I’ve mastered a fair number of skills and I want to continue to grow, but I’ve hit a leveling-off spot. He went on to compare it to his flying lessons that he’s undertaken, that he learned and grew but then hit a point where he just can’t *land* for crap, and it’s making him feel dumb and frustrated, thinking he’ll always be a crummy pilot. But he just has to practice and keep going and he’ll get through it. His point was that, if you haven’t gotten to where you are now, you wouldn’t even be noticing where you want to be. You want to be more and better, and it isn’t happening fast enough so you start to doubt yourself. What you need to do is just have faith that this is part of the process; it’s a natural part of growth, learning and self-improvement, this plateau, and if you just keep plugging along, you’ll get past it. Apperciate that it’s not a sign that you’re failing but a sign that you’re *succeeding* — that you want more for yourself and you’re just faltering a bit. That’s the best I have to offer. I hope it made sense. Dawn

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|Between this week and last week I lost about three pounds, but I keep thinking |*nothing* is happening and I’m in a stall. I also somehow feel *fatter* than I |did thirteen weeks ago. I got on the scale this morning and was depressed to |discover that I weigh the same as I did yesterday. Throw the damn scale away.

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Awesome post, Dawn!  Thanks!  A very neat insight! — Becky – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I probably won’t do this justice, but here goes. I recently had a conversation with a friend about my frustration with my work — I’m a writer, and I’ve been feeling like my work isn’t very good, that I’m dull, and that other writers are much, much better than I am. I read other writers, in fact, and can see all the things that they do that I can’t seem to master, so I’m frustrated and feel like I suck — that I’ve hit my highest level and I’ll never get any better than this. My friend (also a writer, a good one, and an editor) told me that this is very, very common. It’s a plateau. I’ve mastered a fair number of skills and I want to continue to grow, but I’ve hit a leveling-off spot. He went on to compare it to his flying lessons that he’s undertaken, that he learned and grew but then hit a point where he just can’t *land* for crap, and it’s making him feel dumb and frustrated, thinking he’ll always be a crummy pilot. But he just has to practice and keep going and he’ll get through it. His point was that, if you haven’t gotten to where you are now, you wouldn’t even be noticing where you want to be. You want to be more and better, and it isn’t happening fast enough so you start to doubt yourself. What you need to do is just have faith that this is part of the process; it’s a natural part of growth, learning and self-improvement, this plateau, and if you just keep plugging along, you’ll get past it. Apperciate that it’s not a sign that you’re failing but a sign that you’re *succeeding* — that you want more for yourself and you’re just faltering a bit. That’s the best I have to offer. I hope it made sense. Dawn

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At first when I started LC i was not gonna weigh in at all. BUt decided to do it once a week. I dont have a scale here whice makes it easier. SO I have to weigh in at work. I do it every sunday when I go in. And thus far has worked for me realy very good. dan 379/337/205

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I’ve just passed the half-way point myself.  And even though I’ve lost 35 pounds, and can wear clothes I haven’t worn for years, I still feel like a huge tub o’lard.  And every time I step on the scale, I think to myself, "I’ll never lose any more weight.   Here’s where I’ll stay forever." I know it’s just a mental block; this is the lowest weight I’ve been at since before I got married 6 years ago.  I can’t even say when I weight this little.  My wedding ring is spinning around on my finger, and I’m going to have to get it re-sized or just shift it to another finger.  I think I’m just having a hard time believing that I now weigh LESS than my driver’s license reads.

I know *exactly* what you mean. It’s just a TRIP to weight this. The weirdest part is feeling *fatter* than I did before. Actually it’s not that I feel fatter, it’s that I notice it more because I’m noticing myself more, like what I look in the mirror and what my reference jeans look like on fat me. When I was way up in the stratosphere I barely even looked at myself. I’d make sure my hair was combed and I didn’t have anything on my face and so forth, but for the first time in a year or so I am checking out my own ass and thinkin…ohhhh boy….Halle Berry you are not, chiquita. I think I’m going to try to take Violet’s and Lynne’s advice and keep my restless mind occupied. There have to be other things to obsess about, I just haven’t investigated them thoroughly. c Baseball for example.

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Know that you’re doing the best you can for yourself, keep on doing the best that you can, and revel in the fact that you’re making positive life changes.

 :). What a great message! Good advice, too, I should lay off the Monster in the Bathroom for a few days, think positive,  try to breathe through my eyes and stuff. You know, Ophelia, I’m thinkin Violet should have her own talk show at this point… c Failed the audition for Applause Sign Holder

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I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49.

<snip Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout?

I probably won’t do this justice, but here goes. I recently had a conversation with a friend about my frustration with my work — I’m a writer, and I’ve been feeling like my work isn’t very good, that I’m dull, and that other writers are much, much better than I am. I read other writers, in fact, and can see all the things that they do that I can’t seem to master, so I’m frustrated and feel like I suck — that I’ve hit my highest level and I’ll never get any better than this. My friend (also a writer, a good one, and an editor) told me that this is very, very common. It’s a plateau. I’ve mastered a fair number of skills and I want to continue to grow, but I’ve hit a leveling-off spot. He went on to compare it to his flying lessons that he’s undertaken, that he learned and grew but then hit a point where he just can’t *land* for crap, and it’s making him feel dumb and frustrated, thinking he’ll always be a crummy pilot. But he just has to practice and keep going and he’ll get through it. His point was that, if you haven’t gotten to where you are now, you wouldn’t even be noticing where you want to be. You want to be more and better, and it isn’t happening fast enough so you start to doubt yourself. What you need to do is just have faith that this is part of the process; it’s a natural part of growth, learning and self-improvement, this plateau, and if you just keep plugging along, you’ll get past it. Apperciate that it’s not a sign that you’re failing but a sign that you’re *succeeding* — that you want more for yourself and you’re just faltering a bit. That’s the best I have to offer. I hope it made sense. Dawn

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The good thing about a stall is that it’s not a weight gain phase.

Sigh, sigh sigh.  :). All true. People who are not freaking out are always so reasonable. c Basket!!

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It happens to me all the time. I go through phases where I look at the scale every day. I go merrily along losing half a pound a day – and then I stop losing for a week. I figure – ok – that’s it – I have reached the end of the road and I’ll have to start cutting off appendages if I want to keep losing.

Lol…. I ignore the scale for a week or two. Without fail, the next time I hop on – the numbers are down. I wish I had the guts to toss the thing in the garbage – but those little numbers validate my effort and my existence. I am nothing without my scale.

 :). I b’lieve I can relate. The numbers *do* validate the effort. No matter how well-adjusted and self-nurturing y’are, 120 is very different number than 250.  I am, however, thinking less and less about stepping on and off several times a day. Dun worry aboudit – freakout for a day and things will return to what resembles normal.

 :). You know, I’ve actually gone a couple of  days here where I did not weigh myself. You’re right, it does provide positive reinforcement if you wait a couple days. A week off the scale…I dunno….I might have to lock myself out of the bathroom entirely… c The Appreciative Compulsive

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Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? c Headgame Solitaire

no, your not LOONYTUNE, but thinking that way, you sure are going to miss alot of JOY!

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Sounds like you are obsessing with the scale . Try to lose the scale and just go and use the tape measure to go by for success.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. Between this week and last week I lost about three pounds, but I keep thinking *nothing* is happening and I’m in a stall. I also somehow feel *fatter* than I did thirteen weeks ago. I got on the scale this morning and was depressed to discover that I weigh the same as I did yesterday. I keep telling myself that I already lost 49 pounds and I should rejoice therefore, but I don’t seem to be listening to myself. I went back through my calendar and reassured me that there was *no* stall, that I had been losing steadily every week,  and then gave myself a little talk about how getting totally weird about the scale does not count as exercise. Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? c Headgame Solitaire

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This is something Violet wrote and which I kept:)  I hope it might be as useful to you as it has been to me:- "Don’t think about the numbers, don’t think about the scale.  Keep on plan, eat real foods, drink plenty of water and get at least 20 minutes of exercise a day.  Let some time go by, at least a month, then weigh in and I bet that number that you’re hung up about will have long passed you by.  The numbers don’t matter nearly as much as how you feel, physically AND mentally.  Know that you’re doing the best you can for yourself, keep on doing the best that you can, and revel in the fact that you’re making positive life changes. You can do it! – Violet " regards Ophelia

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. Between this week and last week I lost about three pounds, but I keep thinking *nothing* is happening and I’m in a stall. I also somehow feel *fatter* than I did thirteen weeks ago. I got on the scale this morning and was depressed to discover that I weigh the same as I did yesterday. I keep telling myself that I already lost 49 pounds and I should rejoice therefore, but I don’t seem to be listening to myself. I went back through my calendar and reassured me that there was *no* stall, that I had been losing steadily every week,  and then gave myself a little talk about how getting totally weird about the scale does not count as exercise. Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? c Headgame Solitaire

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(Icrazyhorsei) writes: I went back through my calendar and reassured me that there was *no* stall, that I had been losing steadily every week,  and then gave myself a little talk about how getting totally weird about the scale does not count as exercise.

What if this is the beginning of a stall? What if you stall, and 4 months from now you’re still down 49 pounds. How do you feel physically right now? If you feel that way 4 months from now, is that better than you felt 49 pounds ago? Does a number define you? Do you want a number to define you? How are other people going to know that number, anyway? How is your health now compared to 49 pounds ago? Your blood test results? Can you do anything now you couldn’t do before? I don’t know the answers for you. I just know how I feel. The scale is not going to go down every day. The scale is not going to go down every week. Did you gain steadily, every single day? The good thing about a stall is that it’s not a weight gain phase. .. Bridget M. GOAL!

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I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. <snip Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout?

It is the ‘fat woman who is losing but not everyday and lets the scale dictate her mood’ freakout. It happens to me all the time. I go through phases where I look at the scale every day. I go merrily along losing half a pound a day – and then I stop losing for a week. I figure – ok – that’s it – I have reached the end of the road and I’ll have to start cutting off appendages if I want to keep losing. I ignore the scale for a week or two. Without fail, the next time I hop on – the numbers are down. I wish I had the guts to toss the thing in the garbage – but those little numbers validate my effort and my existence. I am nothing without my scale. I am, however, thinking less and less about stepping on and off several times a day. Dun worry aboudit – freakout for a day and things will return to what resembles normal. Lynne

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I’ve lost 49 pounds and suddenly I’m starting to freak out. I’m at a place on the scale I was when I worked out for a whole year and lost nothing,  and then worked out for another eight months and lost two pounds. I’ve practically slid down effortlessly til now, but now suddenly I’m starting to worry this isn’t going to work. I mean for the *next* 49. Between this week and last week I lost about three pounds, but I keep thinking *nothing* is happening and I’m in a stall. I also somehow feel *fatter* than I did thirteen weeks ago. I got on the scale this morning and was depressed to discover that I weigh the same as I did yesterday. I keep telling myself that I already lost 49 pounds and I should rejoice therefore, but I don’t seem to be listening to myself. I went back through my calendar and reassured me that there was *no* stall, that I had been losing steadily every week,  and then gave myself a little talk about how getting totally weird about the scale does not count as exercise. Am I a loonytune or what?  Is this the half-point freakout? c Headgame Solitaire

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Loisy (Re: a revolution in biblical scholarship?

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: who is Alfred Loisy and what makes him the greatest biblical scholar : that ever lived? Pastor Karl Graff Dear Karl, I’ve been studying the writings of Alfred Loisy for some time now. He was the leading biblical scholar in France in his day (he passed away in 1940). His scholarship is really unlike that of any other scholar. He’s the one who helped me to understand about the 3 Big Myths of NT scholarship (or the "3 Big Lies", whichever way you may term it),    – Three Big Lies of NT Scholars (27 Nov 2000)       http://www.egroups.com/message/loisy/1278 But of course he’s primarily a biblical historian. In other words, he approaches the subject purely from a scientific historical standpoint. And in so doing, he’s been unsurpassed. By the way, http://www.earlychristianwritings.com has been often unavailable in the last few weeks. So if you wish to check out Loisy’s books, you may have to do it through the Google cache. For example, here’s Chapter 1 of "The Origins of the New Testament" by Alfred Loisy, as found in the Google cache, http://google.com/search?q=cache:www.earlychristianwritings.com/loisy… For Chapter 2, simply replace "chapter1" in this address with "chapter2", etc. Best wishes, Yuri. : :: Certainly, these "7 authentic letters of Paul", so-called, contain a : :: lot of stuff that the real Paul would have been truly shocked to read. : :: Some of them contain passages so anti-Judaic, and so disdainful of : :: the Jewish Law, that, in the words of one commentator, they could : :: have never been"imagined and professed by a man who had long lived in : :: obedience to the Law". : ::      Right.  As we all know, people are fundamentally incapable : :: of changing their minds. : : Yuri: : :   : : Sure they are capable of changing their minds. But there are limits to : : this. : :      You’ve given no reason to believe it’s impossible for Paul : : to have changed his thinking in the way described in the : : scriptures.  All you offered was a wholly unsupported assertion : : borrowed from some unidentified commentary. : Dear Moggin, : The commentary was by Alfred Loisy, the greatest biblical scholar who : has ever lived. Here’s that whole chapter, and that whole book for you : to read. Let me know what you think. : He’s certainly the most radical biblical critic of all I know. He speaks : many an uncomfortable truth, although it seems like our sleep-walking : modern biblical profession are just too far gone to pay attention to : historical realities. : Alfred Loisy, : The Origins of the New Testament: Chapter 8 :      http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/loisy2/chapter8.html : Best, : Yuri. The future of early Christianity? — THE MAGDALENE GOSPEL: A JOURNEY BEHIND THE NEW TESTAMENT, by Yuri Kuchinsky — a new book that includes the first ever translation of what seems like the earliest Christian gospel of them all — http://www.styx.org/yuku/pepys/mgj.htm A unique window into primitive Christianity…

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:: Certainly, these "7 authentic letters of Paul", so-called, contain a :: lot of stuff that the real Paul would have been truly shocked to read. :: Some of them contain passages so anti-Judaic, and so disdainful of :: the Jewish Law, that, in the words of one commentator, they could :: have never been"imagined and professed by a man who had long lived in :: obedience to the Law". ::      Right.  As we all know, people are fundamentally incapable :: of changing their minds. : Yuri: :   : Sure they are capable of changing their minds. But there are limits to : this. :      You’ve given no reason to believe it’s impossible for Paul : to have changed his thinking in the way described in the : scriptures.  All you offered was a wholly unsupported assertion : borrowed from some unidentified commentary. Dear Moggin, The commentary was by Alfred Loisy, the greatest biblical scholar who has ever lived. Here’s that whole chapter, and that whole book for you to read. Let me know what you think. He’s certainly the most radical biblical critic of all I know. He speaks many an uncomfortable truth, although it seems like our sleep-walking modern biblical profession are just too far gone to pay attention to historical realities. Alfred Loisy, The Origins of the New Testament: Chapter 8      http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/loisy2/chapter8.html Best, Yuri. Yuri Kuchinsky in Toronto -=O=- http://www.globalserve.net/~yuku Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low -=O=- Wallace Sayre

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who is Alfred Loisy and what makes him the greatest biblical scholar that ever lived? Pastor Karl Graff

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – :: Certainly, these "7 authentic letters of Paul", so-called, contain a :: lot of stuff that the real Paul would have been truly shocked to read. :: Some of them contain passages so anti-Judaic, and so disdainful of :: the Jewish Law, that, in the words of one commentator, they could :: have never been"imagined and professed by a man who had long lived in :: obedience to the Law". ::      Right.  As we all know, people are fundamentally incapable :: of changing their minds. : Yuri: : : Sure they are capable of changing their minds. But there are limits to : this. :      You’ve given no reason to believe it’s impossible for Paul : to have changed his thinking in the way described in the : scriptures.  All you offered was a wholly unsupported assertion : borrowed from some unidentified commentary. Dear Moggin, The commentary was by Alfred Loisy, the greatest biblical scholar who has ever lived. Here’s that whole chapter, and that whole book for you to read. Let me know what you think. He’s certainly the most radical biblical critic of all I know. He speaks many an uncomfortable truth, although it seems like our sleep-walking modern biblical profession are just too far gone to pay attention to historical realities. Alfred Loisy, The Origins of the New Testament: Chapter 8      http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/loisy2/chapter8.html Best, Yuri. Yuri Kuchinsky in Toronto -=O=- http://www.globalserve.net/~yuku Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low -=O=- Wallace Sayre

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Wes…. fridaydoctor appointment

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->In article <FxE08.35126$B61.12156…@news1.rsm1.occa.home.com>, JARogow ><JARo…@home.com> wrote >>KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message >>news:ova44uk42uhr0np6f40vpc1mse1isetqg8@4ax.com… >>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:10 +0000, Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >. the world is full of it. >>> yes it is.  which is why I come here! >>OK – that’s IT – I just snorted herb tea all over my monitor and >>keyboard and a sheaf of notes. >>ArrrrgggggH!

You think I have a keyboard cover ’cause I like it!   Levenger makes some little waterproof notecards…. (or did). does herb tea burn when you snort it as much as a soda or coffee?

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KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message

news:dtp84uoc0kfub49r6dc3peoqe4ssregu2p@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >In article <FxE08.35126$B61.12156…@news1.rsm1.occa.home.com>, JARogow > ><JARo…@home.com> wrote > >>KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message > >>news:ova44uk42uhr0np6f40vpc1mse1isetqg8@4ax.com… > >>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:10 +0000, Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> > >>> wrote: > >>> >. the world is full of it. > >>> yes it is.  which is why I come here! > >>OK – that’s IT – I just snorted herb tea all over my monitor and > >>keyboard and a sheaf of notes. > >>ArrrrgggggH! > You think I have a keyboard cover ’cause I like it!

Sure wish they made ‘em for the Cirque Ergonomic boards! > Levenger makes some little waterproof notecards…. (or did).

Cards be darned – I need a waterproof notebook. > does herb tea burn when you snort it as much as a soda or coffee?

Yep! Glad to see you back. Hugs Judith, freezing in "sunny" SoCal at 47 dank degrees

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In article <FxE08.35126$B61.12156…@news1.rsm1.occa.home.com>, JARogow <JARo…@home.com> wrote >KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message >news:ova44uk42uhr0np6f40vpc1mse1isetqg8@4ax.com… >> On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:10 +0000, Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >. the world is full of it. >> yes it is.  which is why I come here! >OK – that’s IT – I just snorted herb tea all over my monitor and >keyboard and a sheaf of notes. >ArrrrgggggH!

We aim to please… — Andy [Editor, Austrian Philatelic Society] For Austrian philately <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/austamps> For Lupus <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/lupus> For my other interests <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>

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Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> wrote in message

news:IkohPUAvHzQ8EwaZ@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> In article <FxE08.35126$B61.12156…@news1.rsm1.occa.home.com>, JARogow > <JARo…@home.com> wrote > >KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message > >news:ova44uk42uhr0np6f40vpc1mse1isetqg8@4ax.com… > >> On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:10 +0000, Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> > >> wrote: > >> >. the world is full of it. > >> yes it is.  which is why I come here! > >OK – that’s IT – I just snorted herb tea all over my monitor and > >keyboard and a sheaf of notes. > >ArrrrgggggH! > We aim to please…

As long as you *aim* – please!

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In article <ruthtay-1201022230100…@ha-1o-men-p2-m17.mcn.org>, ruth tay <ruth…@mcn.org> wrote [] >KCat  I thought pvc was plastic sewer pipe      ruth

You’re thinking of Poly Vinyl Chloride, a pretty-much ubiquitous plastic. Yup, you can find it used for sewer pipes, window frames and so on; also plastic sheet, bags.. the world is full of it. — Andy [Editor, Austrian Philatelic Society] For Austrian philately <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/austamps> For Lupus <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/lupus> For my other interests <URL:http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>

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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:30:10 -0800, ruth…@mcn.org (ruth tay)  wrote: >KCat  I thought pvc was plastic sewer pipe      ruth

grrrrr… I was figuring someone would go for that.. polyvinylchloride.  yes. :P ““““` I’d lash you with a wet noodle but I’m too tired to go to the store and buy some pasta… <hug> kcat

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On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:10 +0000, Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> wrote: >. the world is full of it.

yes it is.  which is why I come here! oh… you were talking about pvc – i thought you meant something else…

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KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message

news:ova44uk42uhr0np6f40vpc1mse1isetqg8@4ax.com… > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:05:10 +0000, Andy <a…@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> > wrote: > >. the world is full of it. > yes it is.  which is why I come here!

OK – that’s IT – I just snorted herb tea all over my monitor and keyboard and a sheaf of notes. ArrrrgggggH! Judith, mopping up in SoCal

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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:10:21 GMT, "BJ" <B…@sk.nojunk.ca>  wrote: >Hi J, >Once again, I am amazed at your computer smarts. I have a mitral valve >prolapse with mitral regurgitation. After reading the info at the url you >gave me, I think that may be the cause. My heart pauses, missing several >beats, then does two harder beats that I can feel in my chest. You are soooo >smart. I am diagnosed. No need to tell doc. My basement is all cleaned up. I >cleaned my bathrooms too. I rock. Now I’ll drop. >BJ

BJ, I haven’t been able to keep up with all the threads but the two "harder beats" – do they kind of feel like you heart is dropping into your gut.  a real hard *thud*?  This sounds like PVCs to me – usually a benign condition but frightening.  I had them while on Effexor. very strange feeling and tended to have them after uh – amorous activity ;-) PVC – I *believe* it is "peri-ventricular contraction" but won’t swear by it.  the feeling of missing a beat or two followed by a hard thud is classic PVC according to my former boss. forgive me if J. has already given you this info.  I’m not doing too great so I’m only reading sporadically and not chasing down URLs.

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Hi KCat, I feel the hard beats in through to my back. But now, on to more important things. You are not well. What is happening my friend? BJ "KCat" <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote in message

news:a5n14uce3g5s88nnjg8ghfdoqdtisvf8s0@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:10:21 GMT, "BJ" <B…@sk.nojunk.ca>  wrote: > >Hi J, > >Once again, I am amazed at your computer smarts. I have a mitral valve > >prolapse with mitral regurgitation. After reading the info at the url you > >gave me, I think that may be the cause. My heart pauses, missing several > >beats, then does two harder beats that I can feel in my chest. You are soooo > >smart. I am diagnosed. No need to tell doc. My basement is all cleaned up. I > >cleaned my bathrooms too. I rock. Now I’ll drop. > >BJ > BJ, I haven’t been able to keep up with all the threads but the two > "harder beats" – do they kind of feel like you heart is dropping into > your gut.  a real hard *thud*?  This sounds like PVCs to me – usually > a benign condition but frightening.  I had them while on Effexor. > very strange feeling and tended to have them after uh – amorous > activity ;-) > PVC – I *believe* it is "peri-ventricular contraction" but won’t swear > by it.  the feeling of missing a beat or two followed by a hard thud > is classic PVC according to my former boss. > forgive me if J. has already given you this info.  I’m not doing too > great so I’m only reading sporadically and not chasing down URLs.

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In article <a5n14uce3g5s88nnjg8ghfdoqdtisvf…@4ax.com>, KCat – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:10:21 GMT, "BJ" <B…@sk.nojunk.ca>  wrote: > >Hi J, > >Once again, I am amazed at your computer smarts. I have a mitral valve > >prolapse with mitral regurgitation. After reading the info at the url you > >gave me, I think that may be the cause. My heart pauses, missing several > >beats, then does two harder beats that I can feel in my chest. You are soooo > >smart. I am diagnosed. No need to tell doc. My basement is all cleaned up. I > >cleaned my bathrooms too. I rock. Now I’ll drop. > >BJ > BJ, I haven’t been able to keep up with all the threads but the two > "harder beats" – do they kind of feel like you heart is dropping into > your gut.  a real hard *thud*?  This sounds like PVCs to me – usually > a benign condition but frightening.  I had them while on Effexor. > very strange feeling and tended to have them after uh – amorous > activity ;-) > PVC – I *believe* it is "peri-ventricular contraction" but won’t swear > by it.  the feeling of missing a beat or two followed by a hard thud > is classic PVC according to my former boss. > forgive me if J. has already given you this info.  I’m not doing too > great so I’m only reading sporadically and not chasing down URLs.

KCat  I thought pvc was plastic sewer pipe      ruth

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Your wish is my command :-) (new thread) It so happens that "shortness of breath" goes with arrythmia. http://www.plainsense.com/health/heart/rhythm.htm I do hope that it’s only that you’ve been over-doing and need a rest. J Hi J, Forgetting to breath seems to fit. It has been going on for a long time. I have a heart arrythmia too. It gets much worse when I am sick. That is when my husband sat up a lot of the night to watch me. He was afraid I would stop breathing all together. I think I do notice it happening more when I have been more physically active and get fatigued. I just washed the floor in the dog play room. I am waiting for part of the basement floor to dry so I can finish the rest. I am not depressed. I am lucky that way. It has never been a problem for me. I sing to my dogs all of the time. The neighbours think I am nuts. I didn’t mean to raise alarm. It is just something that happens to me and I wondered if anyone could explain. I am having company tomorrow morning, but I think I am overdoing and will make a point of resting in the afternoon. My joints are painful, but I least there is a reason. I am getting a lot of work done. My old dog smells and looks so nice after being bathed and groomed. I am getting lost in the threads. I think if this conversation is continued; a new one will be in order. BJ

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Hi J, Once again, I am amazed at your computer smarts. I have a mitral valve prolapse with mitral regurgitation. After reading the info at the url you gave me, I think that may be the cause. My heart pauses, missing several beats, then does two harder beats that I can feel in my chest. You are soooo smart. I am diagnosed. No need to tell doc. My basement is all cleaned up. I cleaned my bathrooms too. I rock. Now I’ll drop. BJ "J Wootton" <jwoot…@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:3C40B4D3.C783AB82@rogers.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Your wish is my command :-) (new thread) > It so happens that "shortness of breath" goes with arrythmia. > http://www.plainsense.com/health/heart/rhythm.htm > I do hope that it’s only that you’ve been over-doing and need a rest. > J > Hi J, > Forgetting to breath seems to fit. It has been going on for a long > time. I > have a heart arrythmia too. It gets much worse when I am sick. That is > when > my husband sat up a lot of the night to watch me. He was afraid I > would stop > breathing all together. I think I do notice it happening more when I > have > been more physically active and get fatigued. I just washed the floor > in the > dog play room. I am waiting for part of the basement floor to dry so I > can > finish the rest. I am not depressed. I am lucky that way. It has never > been > a problem for me. I sing to my dogs all of the time. The neighbours > think I > am nuts. I didn’t mean to raise alarm. It is just something that > happens to > me and I wondered if anyone could explain. I am having company > tomorrow > morning, but I think I am overdoing and will make a point of resting > in the > afternoon. My joints are painful, but I least there is a reason. I am > getting a lot of work done. My old dog smells and looks so nice after > being > bathed and groomed. I am getting lost in the threads. I think if this > conversation is continued; a new one will be in order. > BJ

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That doesn’t sound consistent with apnea BJ, unless you’re sleep-walking. I did see a thread on another newsgroup "forgetting to breathe" or something similar. I’m glad your husband is getting into the groove of cleaning but do hope you’re not over-doing. Are you feeling (more) stressed or depressed?  Does it feel like a "panic" attack-like thing? Would it stop if you were to have a snooze part-way through the day. I’m concerned that you’ve not seen your doctor for a while.  At the least, I think he should be aware of this and how long it’s been happening. Take it easy there.  We needs ya here. Hugs J – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -BJ wrote: >  Can you have sleep apnea during the day? I know what you > are thinking. You are going, man is this chick weird. Well, I must tell you > that I have a need to take very deep breaths even during waking hours. I > feel like I am not getting enough oxygen and take rather gasping breath to > satisfy that urge. Strange, but true.

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Hi J, Forgetting to breath seems to fit. It has been going on for a long time. I have a heart arrythmia too. It gets much worse when I am sick. That is when my husband sat up a lot of the night to watch me. He was afraid I would stop breathing all together. I think I do notice it happening more when I have been more physically active and get fatigued. I just washed the floor in the dog play room. I am waiting for part of the basement floor to dry so I can finish the rest. I am not depressed. I am lucky that way. It has never been a problem for me. I sing to my dogs all of the time. The neighbours think I am nuts. I didn’t mean to raise alarm. It is just something that happens to me and I wondered if anyone could explain. I am having company tomorrow morning, but I think I am overdoing and will make a point of resting in the afternoon. My joints are painful, but I least there is a reason. I am getting a lot of work done. My old dog smells and looks so nice after being bathed and groomed. I am getting lost in the threads. I think if this conversation is continued; a new one will be in order. BJ "J Wootton" <jwoot…@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:3C408DBB.FF557D69@rogers.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> That doesn’t sound consistent with apnea BJ, unless you’re sleep-walking. > I did see a thread on another newsgroup "forgetting to breathe" or something > similar. > I’m glad your husband is getting into the groove of cleaning but do hope you’re > not over-doing. > Are you feeling (more) stressed or depressed?  Does it feel like a "panic" > attack-like thing? > Would it stop if you were to have a snooze part-way through the day. > I’m concerned that you’ve not seen your doctor for a while.  At the least, I > think he should be aware of this and how long it’s been happening. > Take it easy there.  We needs ya here. > Hugs > J > BJ wrote: > >  Can you have sleep apnea during the day? I know what you > > are thinking. You are going, man is this chick weird. Well, I must tell you > > that I have a need to take very deep breaths even during waking hours. I > > feel like I am not getting enough oxygen and take rather gasping breath to > > satisfy that urge. Strange, but true.

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I don’t have time to check out the url just now, but I am always intrigued by what you find J. Can you have sleep apnea during the day? I know what you are thinking. You are going, man is this chick weird. Well, I must tell you that I have a need to take very deep breaths even during waking hours. I feel like I am not getting enough oxygen and take rather gasping breath to satisfy that urge. Strange, but true. BJ "J Wootton" <jwoot…@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:3C400215.AAD0688@rogers.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Wes, >  I had this reply all ready last night and then my isp started doing weird > things. > So I saved it in my drafts folder. Please forgive if this copies messily. > According to www.rxlist.com Percocet is in Class Opoid. > Not sure but I think in that class there’s always some degree of > respiratory depression. (ditto for duragesic IIRC) > http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/fentanyl.htm (but actually it might be > better, spreading the pain relief and the side effects over a longer > period?) > I noticed the same thing too when I took Percocet too close to sleep. > http://www.rxlist.com/opiate.htm > Nasal congestion is mentioned too…any of that happening that might > contribute to the snoring? > JMO probably most of the world has some degree of sleep apnea, so maybe > the med just takes you over the edge on any of the above.  There are nasal > strips that are supposed to open one’s nostrils to help snoring > (drugstore..pinches nose open).  Or sleep on your side, not your back. > Tennis ball sewed into a pouch in the back of your nightshirt.  That makes > you stay on your side. (yeah right..he says) > Is the snoring waking you up?   Earplugs might help, I guess. > Seemed better if i took the Percocet 3 or 4 hours before sleep .  But then > it wears off > partway through the night.  If you’re one of those who can wake up, take a > med, then go right back to sleep, might work better in that at least the > first part of the sleep you’d not be snoring as much?? > What strength are they by the way? Mine’s 5/325 but I stopped them a few > days ago (and I was only taking 1/4 pill at a time for some of the reaons > you mention above. > This is for BJ (since I know she enjoys the urls I find ;-) > http://www.kfck.org/KFCK_PeritonealDialysis.htm > Hope they’re agreeable to CAPD. Sounds much better than tied to a machine. > Best, > J > Wes Johnston wrote: > > Hi Barbtoo! > > Well, nothing earth-shaking happened.  He told me to increase the > > percocet to one every 6 hours.  Two at one time make me goofy; I have > > weird nightmares and snore alot.  A patch is next in line, but he > > wants to move slowly on the pain management.  We need something to > > build to if the pancreatitis becomes chronic. > > He prescribed niacin to help lower triglycerides, in the hope of > > taking strain off the pancreas. > > He ordered an ANCA blood test to rule out Wegener’s, but it had not > > come back in time for my appointment.  They do all bloodwork stat at > > around 8:00 AM, then I come back for my appointment at about 10:30. > > Sometimes, as in this case, the results don’t make it back in time.  I > > will call for results on Monday, and all results will be faxed to the > > rheumatologist for my Tuesday appointment.  Blue Cross waved the 30 > > day waiting period, at my request.  Therefore, the rheumy is now also > > my PCP. > > The nephrologist started talking about a possible diagnosis of either > > mixed tissue disease, or overlapping vasculitis.  We’ll see what the > > rheumy says. > > We also talked about which type of dialysis  I would prefer, so I must > > be getting close.  I chose CAPD. > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:46:20 GMT, "Barbara Petty" > > <bwpe…@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > >Be sure to let us know what the doctor was able to do for you… > > >We are all hoping that you can get some relief from the pain. > > > barbtoo

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Be sure to let us know what the doctor was able to do for you… We are all hoping that you can get some relief from the pain.  barbtoo

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Hi Barbtoo! Well, nothing earth-shaking happened.  He told me to increase the percocet to one every 6 hours.  Two at one time make me goofy; I have weird nightmares and snore alot.  A patch is next in line, but he wants to move slowly on the pain management.  We need something to build to if the pancreatitis becomes chronic. He prescribed niacin to help lower triglycerides, in the hope of taking strain off the pancreas. He ordered an ANCA blood test to rule out Wegener’s, but it had not come back in time for my appointment.  They do all bloodwork stat at around 8:00 AM, then I come back for my appointment at about 10:30. Sometimes, as in this case, the results don’t make it back in time.  I will call for results on Monday, and all results will be faxed to the rheumatologist for my Tuesday appointment.  Blue Cross waved the 30 day waiting period, at my request.  Therefore, the rheumy is now also my PCP. The nephrologist started talking about a possible diagnosis of either mixed tissue disease, or overlapping vasculitis.  We’ll see what the rheumy says. We also talked about which type of dialysis  I would prefer, so I must be getting close.  I chose CAPD. On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:46:20 GMT, "Barbara Petty" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<bwpe…@worldnet.att.net> wrote: >Be sure to let us know what the doctor was able to do for you… >We are all hoping that you can get some relief from the pain. > barbtoo

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Hi Wes,  I had this reply all ready last night and then my isp started doing weird things. So I saved it in my drafts folder. Please forgive if this copies messily. According to www.rxlist.com Percocet is in Class Opoid. Not sure but I think in that class there’s always some degree of respiratory depression. (ditto for duragesic IIRC) http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/fentanyl.htm (but actually it might be better, spreading the pain relief and the side effects over a longer period?) I noticed the same thing too when I took Percocet too close to sleep. http://www.rxlist.com/opiate.htm Nasal congestion is mentioned too…any of that happening that might contribute to the snoring? JMO probably most of the world has some degree of sleep apnea, so maybe the med just takes you over the edge on any of the above.  There are nasal strips that are supposed to open one’s nostrils to help snoring (drugstore..pinches nose open).  Or sleep on your side, not your back. Tennis ball sewed into a pouch in the back of your nightshirt.  That makes you stay on your side. (yeah right..he says) Is the snoring waking you up?   Earplugs might help, I guess. Seemed better if i took the Percocet 3 or 4 hours before sleep .  But then it wears off partway through the night.  If you’re one of those who can wake up, take a med, then go right back to sleep, might work better in that at least the first part of the sleep you’d not be snoring as much?? What strength are they by the way? Mine’s 5/325 but I stopped them a few days ago (and I was only taking 1/4 pill at a time for some of the reaons you mention above. This is for BJ (since I know she enjoys the urls I find ;-) http://www.kfck.org/KFCK_PeritonealDialysis.htm Hope they’re agreeable to CAPD. Sounds much better than tied to a machine. Best, J – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Wes Johnston wrote: > Hi Barbtoo! > Well, nothing earth-shaking happened.  He told me to increase the > percocet to one every 6 hours.  Two at one time make me goofy; I have > weird nightmares and snore alot.  A patch is next in line, but he > wants to move slowly on the pain management.  We need something to > build to if the pancreatitis becomes chronic. > He prescribed niacin to help lower triglycerides, in the hope of > taking strain off the pancreas. > He ordered an ANCA blood test to rule out Wegener’s, but it had not > come back in time for my appointment.  They do all bloodwork stat at > around 8:00 AM, then I come back for my appointment at about 10:30. > Sometimes, as in this case, the results don’t make it back in time.  I > will call for results on Monday, and all results will be faxed to the > rheumatologist for my Tuesday appointment.  Blue Cross waved the 30 > day waiting period, at my request.  Therefore, the rheumy is now also > my PCP. > The nephrologist started talking about a possible diagnosis of either > mixed tissue disease, or overlapping vasculitis.  We’ll see what the > rheumy says. > We also talked about which type of dialysis  I would prefer, so I must > be getting close.  I chose CAPD. > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:46:20 GMT, "Barbara Petty" > <bwpe…@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >Be sure to let us know what the doctor was able to do for you… > >We are all hoping that you can get some relief from the pain. > > barbtoo

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Hi Wes, That doesn’t sound all that good. I am referring to the mention of dialysis. Do you like and trust the rheumy you have? Do you feel that he/she is someone who can put this all together for you.By the way, I am goofy, have weird nightmares and snore a lot. I am not even on Percocet. Alluring, right? Keep Smiling, BJ "Wes Johnston" <wesle…@msn.com> wrote in message

news:p7pu3uggv3c780ijcrlrc4tcunlj3ocvkb@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Barbtoo! > Well, nothing earth-shaking happened.  He told me to increase the > percocet to one every 6 hours.  Two at one time make me goofy; I have > weird nightmares and snore alot.  A patch is next in line, but he > wants to move slowly on the pain management.  We need something to > build to if the pancreatitis becomes chronic. > He prescribed niacin to help lower triglycerides, in the hope of > taking strain off the pancreas. > He ordered an ANCA blood test to rule out Wegener’s, but it had not > come back in time for my appointment.  They do all bloodwork stat at > around 8:00 AM, then I come back for my appointment at about 10:30. > Sometimes, as in this case, the results don’t make it back in time.  I > will call for results on Monday, and all results will be faxed to the > rheumatologist for my Tuesday appointment.  Blue Cross waved the 30 > day waiting period, at my request.  Therefore, the rheumy is now also > my PCP. > The nephrologist started talking about a possible diagnosis of either > mixed tissue disease, or overlapping vasculitis.  We’ll see what the > rheumy says. > We also talked about which type of dialysis  I would prefer, so I must > be getting close.  I chose CAPD. > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:46:20 GMT, "Barbara Petty" > <bwpe…@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >Be sure to let us know what the doctor was able to do for you… > >We are all hoping that you can get some relief from the pain. > > barbtoo

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Witlessness & Arrogance Run Amok–the United States 'War Against Terrorism' (SIC) After Afghanistan

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See: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25561 Look. It is really VERY simple now. ANYTHING the United States does will be WRONG: The media in the United States has censored and suppressed the Truth for more than 20 years and this is NOT expected to stop now. The religious officials in the United States have been allowed to make MILLIONS of dollars over the past 25 years by telling LIES about the Torah, the Prophets, and the Teaching of Jesus… Meanwhile suppressing specific Prophecies in which at least tens of thousands of American lives will be lost (what is treason, any- way?)… While specifically repudiating the Revelations in the Koran, under the delusion that there will NEVER be any consequences for this. These things cannot now be undone. The United States will suffer the consequences no matter WHAT actions it takes in the Middle East. See my web page for a detailed description of the Knowledge that has been rejected and the Teaching that has been forgotten by the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious officials in fulfillment of Hosea 4: 4-6 and Daniel 12:9-10: http://www.deadseanaghammadiresearch.com Michael Cecil (Daniel 12:1, Sura 2:98 of the Koran, Column XVII of the "Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light") Sarai/Sarah–Mohammed–Elizabeth Cecil (Daniel 12: 9 & 13)

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Recent studies here in the UK have indicated that TENS therapy can be beneficial. The site I posted before has more information. After all a small electrical charge is going to be more acceptable to your system than strong opioid drugs. I’ve read about those, but they are very expensive. We got our TENS machine for around thirty pounds.

Really?  I thought they were thousands of dollars.  I had checked on them about 4 years ago when I was pregnant. — Type 2 http://www.redshift.com/~juliebove/

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For me living like a zombie is a very compromised  life quality.

Me too. There is a time for pain meds but so many make things worse by running from some discomfort.

I have tried a few different pain killers over the years.  Not for the Neuropathy, but other things.  The only ones that worked for the pain left me sleepy and non-functioning. Some people love drugs and the escapes provided. For me being stupid is a big issue.

I know.  I can’t stand that drugged feeling.  If I am really sick…as in sick enough not to be functioning well anyway, then I don’t mind. Otherwise, forget it! . I have had those that tried to shove a "professional" counselor on me.  They took some money and were useless to me.

I tried one too.  She took my money and wasted my time. I am a victim of neuropathy that was very severe. My solution was self control in eating day after day. Not a quickie but a better solution. I have never seen a person that was better off by inappropriate use of pain killers.  Of course the hooked person would disagree with me.

Yep. — Type 2 http://www.redshift.com/~juliebove/

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Julie this person needs coping counselling as well as pain management. Doctors are usually very conservative, and properly so, unless they believe that the pain has driven out hope,… and there are no quality of life issues to be damaged by the pain medications. In terms of the names,… because you asked,…in Canada at least, there are cocktails made of every conceivable thing, especially for end of life pain and nothing is off the table.  Again these drugs are debilitating in them selves …. Yes.  I know some people who take very strong drugs.  But I don’t think they are necessarily effective on neuropathy. I’m no expert.  Back to a Pain Doctor and get the feelings of hope restored was the advice. I don’t know what a Pain Dr. is.  Have never heard of that.

For me living like a zombie is a very compromised  life quality. There is a time for pain meds but so many make things worse by running from some discomfort. Some people love drugs and the escapes provided. For me being stupid is a big issue. . I have had those that tried to shove a "professional" counselor on me.  They took some money and were useless to me.   I am a victim of neuropathy that was very severe. My solution was self control in eating day after day. Not a quickie but a better solution. I have never seen a person that was better off by inappropriate use of pain killers.  Of course the hooked person would disagree with me.                             Guy Williams p

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Recent studies here in the UK have indicated that TENS therapy can be beneficial. The site I posted before has more information. After all a small electrical charge is going to be more acceptable to your system than strong opioid drugs. I’ve read about those, but they are very expensive.

We got our TENS machine for around thirty pounds. — Mark

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Recent studies here in the UK have indicated that TENS therapy can be beneficial. The site I posted before has more information. After all a small electrical charge is going to be more acceptable to your system than strong opioid drugs.

I’ve read about those, but they are very expensive. — Type 2 http://www.redshift.com/~juliebove/

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Julie this person needs coping counselling as well as pain management. I believe the feelings expressed of hopelessness in the initial email can be as big a problem as there is in the pain itself.

Yes, I agree with you there.  I remember being told by one Dr. that there was nothing wrong with me and by another that there was nothing they could do for me. Doctors are usually very conservative, and properly so, unless they believe that the pain has driven out hope,… and there are no quality of life issues to be damaged by the pain medications. In terms of the names,… because you asked,…in Canada at least, there are cocktails made of every conceivable thing, especially for end of life pain and nothing is off the table.  Again these drugs are debilitating in them selves ….

Yes.  I know some people who take very strong drugs.  But I don’t think they are necessarily effective on neuropathy. I’m no expert.  Back to a Pain Doctor and get the feelings of hope restored was the advice.

I don’t know what a Pain Dr. is.  Have never heard of that. — Type 2 http://www.redshift.com/~juliebove/

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: If your bg is not in tight control, get it under tight control. That is : a good start, as Guy says. I do not have neuropathy at this stage, but : a number of people on this newsgroup over the years have said that : controlling their blood glucose levels had improved their symptoms : of neuropathy.        There seems to be no doubt that avoiding fasting BG over 200 might help prevent polyneuropathy, and tight control is important especially for younger people, but it seems to me a lot of the existing complications did develop before the home test meters were in wide use.        Does anybody know if theory or speculation has focused on the body setting priority on insulin distribution when insufficient natural insulin is available?        And does anybody know if any studies or treatment trials has ever involved massaging 2 or 3 units into the muscle where the pain is?        Am I wrong to think that the pain associated with diabetic polyneuropathy is early stage nerve disease, with later stages being a loss in sensitivity and sensation of feeling?        And is there a any data that suggests better control with the meters available now is reducing the number of serious infections of the feet that might require amputation? Joe Fischer — 3

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Find another doctor. I have hear that many times, but hoe, where????? When you for to a new doc around here they charge a new patient fee of over $200, WHICH    INS will only pay a small part of.  So, please if you suggest a new doc, give me some names.  I could go to twenty before I find one who can help. If you know of one please tell me,

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am new here. I have been diabetic for 24 years. I have been classifies as brittle. Iwould like to hear from those of use in the advanced complications stages. My eyes are find, they tell me my kidneys area fine. However I have suffered continuous chronic pain from preripheral neuropathy.  I can not do much but care for myself and attenpt to care for my home. Along with the chronic pain I am now experiencing numbness in both feet and legs. And the beginnings of numbness in my hands. How long do I have, until I am a complete invalid? The pain is not under good control, and depression and anxiety conditions complicate my situation. I need some hope. I don’t have a life anymore. I have come to understand why there are assisted  sucidies. My pain management doc says there is no more he can do. How long does this go on? I you have had similar experiences and have found help, please advise me. Hi. I also am diabetic. I am fixing to go on my 7th year. I am 18 years old, and I also have severe neuropothy. I found out a little over 7 months. The pain, like you said, is unbearable! I can barely stand to walk sometimes, and it hurts to lay down. I am currently taking 1800 mg of neurontin daily, along with 8 advil, trazodone to sleep, ultram for pain, B12 for circulation, along with other medicenes for other problems. My eyes and kidneys are fine, but I am worried. I have felt some relief over the past few months, but I still have my bad days. I think your doctor could help you a lot more. Maybe you should go find another doctor. I wish the best of luck to you and everyone else who is having these horrible pains!

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something that included: I thought I was posting to a person named Radisson ? Perhaps you could try reading the documentation for TIN. It’s actually fairly good. It would explain the commands you use to post to an individual, as opposed to posting to all of USENET.

So I was posting to Radisson. Therefore .. I was right in posting to the list .. I don’t mail to people personally .. If someone asks a question and I don’t recall the name .. I will again post my same old ‘drivel’ .. Personally .. delete is my method of not reading a post .. Try it .. Who loves ya. Tom —   Flour keeps things from sticking.   There appears to be anthrax in post offices   so flour your outgoing mail to keep it safe!

– Jesus was a Vegetarian! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman Moses was a Mystic! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman/light.html

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something that included: I thought I was posting to a person named Radisson ?

Perhaps you could try reading the documentation for TIN. It’s actually fairly good. It would explain the commands you use to post to an individual, as opposed to posting to all of USENET. deke —   Flour keeps things from sticking.   There appears to be anthrax in post offices   so flour your outgoing mail to keep it safe!

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am new here. I have been diabetic for 24 years. I have been classifies as brittle. Iwould like to hear from those of use in the advanced complications stages. My eyes are find, they tell me my kidneys area fine. However I have suffered continuous chronic pain from preripheral neuropathy.  I can not do much but care for myself and attenpt to care for my home. Along with the chronic pain I am now experiencing numbness in both feet and legs. And the beginnings of numbness in my hands. How long do I have, until I am a complete invalid? The pain is not under good control, and depression and anxiety conditions complicate my situation. I need some hope. I don’t have a life anymore. I have come to understand why there are assisted  sucidies. My pain management doc says there is no more he can do. How long does this go on? I you have had similar experiences and have found help, please advise me.

Hi. I also am diabetic. I am fixing to go on my 7th year. I am 18 years old, and I also have severe neuropothy. I found out a little over 7 months. The pain, like you said, is unbearable! I can barely stand to walk sometimes, and it hurts to lay down. I am currently taking 1800 mg of neurontin daily, along with 8 advil, trazodone to sleep, ultram for pain, B12 for circulation, along with other medicenes for other problems. My eyes and kidneys are fine, but I am worried. I have felt some relief over the past few months, but I still have my bad days. I think your doctor could help you a lot more. Maybe you should go find another doctor. I wish the best of luck to you and everyone else who is having these horrible pains!

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You have done a disservice to iron if it is the great cure you seem to think.  If it proved to be of great benefit I would ignore it now. Because of your excess posting on the issue. I am a stupid  old bum but there are a lot of outstanding people here that seem to doubt your theories

I thought I was posting to a person named Radisson ? If I answered a question YOU asked Guy .. then let me apologize because I do know YOU have heard it before .. Who loves ya. Tom — Jesus was a Vegetarian! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman Moses was a Mystic! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman/light.html

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Have you read any of the work by Dr. Shute? He was hounded almost into the dust over forty years ago for his work with vitamin E. He was in University by fourteen and voted best in medicine by the doctors themselves.. in Canada and the US. He refused to quit his work and claimed vitamin E to be all but a CURE for diabetes. Since iron is KNOWN to destroy vitamin E .. evidenced by researchers who in order to induce a vitamin E deficiency in a lab animal simply overload it with iron. This article speaks to the finding of insulin resistance reduction by the simple removal of iron from a meat eater down to the levels found in a vegetarian. Vitamin E is so efficacious .. you seem to have to be quite careful in its use .. due to the fact they have shown decreased need for insulin and therefore simultaneous use of vitamin E and insulin leads to lower levels of insulin needed and therefore if taking insulin .. one needs less .. <pre  

Tom I, for one do not understand why you post your "IRON" story over and over?. Do you have an answer to a big problem or are you just hung up on this one issue? I do know you are capable of good posts. You have done a disservice to iron if it is the great cure you seem to think.  If it proved to be of great benefit I would ignore it now. Because of your excess posting on the issue. I am a stupid  old bum but there are a lot of outstanding people here that seem to doubt your theories                              Guy  Williams

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am new here. I have been diabetic for 24 years. I have been classifies as brittle. Iwould like to hear from those of use in the advanced complications stages. My eyes are find, they tell me my kidneys area fine. However I have suffered continuous chronic pain from preripheral neuropathy.  I can not do much but care for myself and attenpt to care for my home. Along with the chronic pain I am now experiencing numbness in both feet and legs. And the beginnings of numbness in my hands. How long do I have, until I am a complete invalid? The pain is not under good control, and depression and anxiety conditions complicate my situation. I need some hope. I don’t have a life anymore. I have come to understand why there are assisted  sucidies. My pain management doc says there is no more he can do. How long does this go on? I you have had similar experiences and have found help, please advise me.

Have you read any of the work by Dr. Shute? He was hounded almost into the dust over forty years ago for his work with vitamin E. He was in University by fourteen and voted best in medicine by the doctors themselves.. in Canada and the US. He refused to quit his work and claimed vitamin E to be all but a CURE for diabetes. Since iron is KNOWN to destroy vitamin E .. evidenced by researchers who in order to induce a vitamin E deficiency in a lab animal simply overload it with iron. This article speaks to the finding of insulin resistance reduction by the simple removal of iron from a meat eater down to the levels found in a vegetarian. Vitamin E is so efficacious .. you seem to have to be quite careful in its use .. due to the fact they have shown decreased need for insulin and therefore simultaneous use of vitamin E and insulin leads to lower levels of insulin needed and therefore if taking insulin .. one needs less .. <pre      Br J Nutr 2001 Oct;86(4):515-9 Low iron status and enhanced insulin sensitivity in lacto-ovo vegetarians.     Hua NW, Stoohs RA, Facchini FS    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, San Francisco General    Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.    [Medline record in process]    The efficacy of insulin in stimulating whole-body glucose disposal    (insulin sensitivity) was quantified using direct methodology in    thirty lacto-ovo vegetarians and in thirty meat-eaters. All subjects    were adult, lean (BMI <23 kg/m2), healthy and glucose tolerant.    Lacto-ovo vegetarians were more insulin sensitive than meat-eaters,    with a steady-state plasma glucose (mmol/l) of 4.1 (95 % CI 3.5, 5.0)    v. 6.9 (95 % CI 5.2, 7.5; respectively. In addition, lacto-ovo    vegetarians had lower body Fe stores, as indicated by a serum ferritin    concentration (mg/l) of 35 (95 % CI 21, 49) compared with 72 (95 % CI    45, 100) for meat-eaters To test whether or not Fe status might    modulate insulin sensitivity, body Fe was lowered by phlebotomy in six    male meat-eaters to levels similar to that seen in vegetarians, with a    resultant approximately 40 % enhancement of insulin-mediated glucose    disposal Our results demonstrate that lacto-ovo vegetarians are more    insulin sensitive and have lower Fe stores than meat-eaters. In    addition, it seems that reduced insulin sensitivity in meat-eaters is    amenable to improvement by reducing body Fe. The latter finding is in    agreement with results from animal studies where, no matter how    induced, Fe depletion consistently enhanced glucose disposal.    PMID: 11591239, UI: 21475355    Save the above report in [Macintosh] [Text] format    Order documents on this page through Loansome Doc Who loves ya. Tom — Jesus was a Vegetarian! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman Moses was a Mystic! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman/light.html

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Julie this person needs coping counselling as well as pain management.   I believe the feelings expressed of hopelessness in the initial email can be as big a problem as there is in the pain itself.   Doctors are usually very conservative, and properly so, unless they believe that the pain has driven out hope,… and there are no quality of life issues to be damaged by the pain medications.   In terms of the names,… because you asked,…in Canada at least, there are cocktails made of every conceivable thing, especially for end of life pain and nothing is off the table.  Again these drugs are debilitating in them selves …. I’m no expert.  Back to a Pain Doctor and get the feelings of hope restored was the advice.  

I value my intellect above all else.  I will tolerate considerable pain so I won’r go around in a fog. My main problem during heart surgery was the patient control meds they use.  They did not listen when I objected.  I was essentially sleep walking for too long. In earlier years I had a painful surgery.  The people complied with my request to eliminate pain meds. On the second day I was running my job via telephone. My mother had a low tolerance for pain and took excess meds for minor arthritis.  In an auto accident her bones had many breaks. The other passengers had only bruises  She lived in  real misery for two days. Pain control is indicated for many problems like terminal cancer.  but for many it is an escape from a problem that should be dealt with in other ways. With severe neuropathy I managed to work by cooling my feet.  We had liquid nitrogen in the lab.  I would secure shop towels cooled by the nitrogen and wrap my feet under the desk. That way I made it through the day. A doc put me on Elavil.  The result was I had the only major auto accident in my life.  No more of that crap. The better solution for me was to go to controlled blood glucose level at all times. But I am not everyone so you must find what works for you.                          Guy Williams

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Delbert, I take 40mg of oxycontin twice a day. And I have percocet for break through pain. That has helped for years. However recently it has not been enough. I pack both my legs  in ice from the knee down, every nite and sometimes during the day. I can eat nothing and still have sugars of over 400. I am on meds for several other medical concitions. I think that may complicate things. thanks for responding

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Go find a new pain management doctor.  Now.  Go back to your family doctor and ask for a new referral.  Your current pain management doctor is not doing it for you.  It happens. There is NO reason in this, the twenty-first century,  to endure what you are feeling.  Your first step is to find a doctor who is empathetically inclined to YOU.  All Doctors are NOT perfect regardless of their professed speciality.  There is proper counselling and you need it.  Don’t cheat yourself and your family or friends.  There are medications which are available that will restore your hope.  I promise.  Go Now. It may help to print this email on paper and take it to your family doctor and your NEW PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR as part of your introduction. If you don’t mind,… I will ad you to my regularly scheduled prayer tonight…. and tomorrow…. d. I am new here. I have been diabetic for 24 years. I have been classifies as brittle. Iwould like to hear from those of use in the advanced complications stages. My eyes are find, they tell me my kidneys area fine. However I have suffered continuous chronic pain from preripheral neuropathy.  I can not do much but care for myself and attenpt to care for my home. Along with the chronic pain I am now experiencing numbness in both feet and legs. And the beginnings of numbness in my hands. How long do I have, until I am a complete invalid? The pain is not under good control, and depression and anxiety conditions complicate my situation. I need some hope. I don’t have a life anymore. I have come to understand why there are assisted  sucidies. My pain management doc says there is no more he can do. How long does this go on? I you have had similar experiences and have found help, please advise me. — Renee Addison Addison Entertainment

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I have had some relief with  the use of oxycontin and percocet.  I have gone throught the neurontin. I also had severe side effects. I have multiple other health problems. One of which is near deadly allergies. It took us three weeks of anapholactic shock to determine that I am allergic to Humilin INsulin. I have to use  novolin.  There is phenol in Humilin and it nearly killed me. This was some years back. As for getting my blood sugars under close control—- my doc says I am dong everything right, but brittle is brittle. I got Lantus some months ago. And at first it was great. I was waking with 117, 109 stc, great.  Byt now after several months of use, I find it failing me. My AM sugars are closer to 350-480. Thanks for your imput. Sharing experiences is helpful to me.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am new here. I have been diabetic for 24 years. I have been classifies as brittle. Iwould like to hear from those of use in the advanced complications stages. My eyes are find, they tell me my kidneys area fine. However I have suffered continuous chronic pain from preripheral neuropathy.  I can not do much but care for myself and attenpt to care for my home. Along with the chronic pain I am now experiencing numbness in both feet and legs. And the beginnings of numbness in my hands. How long do I have, until I am a complete invalid? The pain is not under good control, and depression and anxiety conditions complicate my situation. I need some hope. I don’t have a life anymore. I have come to understand why there are assisted  sucidies. My pain management doc says there is no more he can do. How long does this go on? I you have had similar experiences and have found help, please advise me. I certainly do feel for you!  I was diagnosed just over 2 years ago and I too have Neuropathy.  For me, the pain never goes away but it does lessen if I keep my BG under control.  I currently take Flaxseed Oil and Evening Primrose Oil at the suggestion of my Endocrinologist.  They don’t seem to help with the pain but my mobility has certainly increased.  I no longer have to use the walker and I can walk outside for short distances without assistance.  I had trouble keeping my balance before, especially on uneven surfaces.  I would have to say though that I am still far from being normal in the mobility department and that does get very frustrating.  I need to get a job but with this and some other health problems, it seems unlikely. I don’t know what you have tried for the pain.  I’ve been told that there is no pain reliever that will help it.  Some people find relief with antidepressants or Neurontin.  Those things did not work for me.  In fact the side effects they caused made me sick beyond belief! — Type 2 http://www.redshift.com/~juliebove/

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Julie Bove said… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Go find a new pain management doctor.  Now.  Go back to your family doctor and ask for a new referral.  Your current pain management doctor is not doing it for you.  It happens. There is NO reason in this, the twenty-first century,  to endure what you are feeling.  Your first step is to find a doctor who is empathetically inclined to YOU.  All Doctors are NOT perfect regardless of their professed speciality.  There is proper counselling and you need it.  Don’t cheat yourself and your family or friends.  There are medications which are available that will restore your hope.  I promise.  Go Now. It may help to print this email on paper and take it to your family doctor and your NEW PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR as part of your introduction. If you don’t mind,… I will ad you to my regularly scheduled prayer tonight…. and tomorrow…. Do you have the names of some of these drugs?  Every Dr. I’ve seen has said there is nothing you can take for the pain.  And my research has said  the same. — Type 2 http://www.redshift.com/~juliebove/

Hi again Julie. Recent studies here in the UK have indicated that TENS therapy can be beneficial. The site I posted before has more information. After all a small electrical charge is going to be more acceptable to your system than strong opioid drugs. — <O~~FR Rewritten by machine On new technology

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As far as I know there are four approaches to reversing neuropathy; Dr. Bernstein