I no longer feel welcome to HW, so goodbye my friends and family. Feel free to keep in touch via email....
I'm not a doctor, nor a person with MS but I do get that feelings when I have swollen lymph nodes in my stomach. Perhaps that could be it....
Promise to not laugh, but I'm gonna tell you what happened to me. I was dx'd with a heart murmer years back and was told "if you feel any chest pain get to a hospital or doctor asap". Few weeks...
Perhaps you can do a second medical opinion, with a pulmologist. They are the doctors that specialize in breathing problems, such as asthma and copd. I have asthma myself, and my coughing is very...
I would hug you but it will prob hurt you more if your anything like I am in flares. I'm trying to avoid the flare I feel coming on. It took me all afternoon to clean the kitchen but I kinda listened...
Birt, Welcome To Healing Well! I am not familar with Eosinophillic Fasciitis, so I used google. From the sounds of it, but do please correct me if I am wrong, it is an autoimmune disease that causes...
I could actually see my friend chose the cycle of life over a ton of pills. I have mixed feelings because I believe there is a fine point of life and comfort til the day verses pain within life til...
Gentle hugs sweety. I do hope you feel better. The restroom is where I get hurt the most. Take it easy....
I never thought of that, I do have Grave's Disease. I will check with my endo. Thanks Joy....
Promise to not laugh, but our dogs and cats and ferret knows what time out is, and we do put them in time out. Don't mind the baby gates around the house, we call them the animal gates. Dogs and cats...
Marie, are you on any other medication besides the zoloft? Reason why I am asking you mentioned this started around a month after starting zoloft. I am curious to know if it could be a side effect...
Yes, fibro gives a lot of pain all over, as I have it and sure know what I go through. Per a packet of papers the neuro gave both myself and my other half, whom has relapsing remitting ms it says the...
Do your legs swell up and remind you of a balloon? My legs and ankles do, and I just had my sodium levels checked, ironically it can't be from too much salt because the doctor said I needed salt!...
I get that often, and usually have to grab on things. My insurance just authorized railings in the bathroom for me (tub and toilet) and frankly I'm looking forward to that. The most trouble I have is...
Phillip, Welcome to Healing Well! I am sorry you are going through those alarming symptoms. It terrifies myself, when I have a real bad asthma attack. Have you seen your pulmologist yet? Have you...
No I have not razzle...
Personally I will have a martini once every few months. I am a very interesting drinker - I can't stand the taste of alcohol and have to have it tasting like something else. I am very careful too, as...
Only 4 More days til T-Day (Thanksgiving) here in the states. Do you have any special plans? If you could pick one thing in the past month, what are you most thankful for? ~~~~~~ I am not able to...
Yes, the aspartame one, mom. Had to look. I can try the other flavor. I wasn't aware of other flavors besides diet and reg and zero. I asked my dad (who drinks a case of diet coke a day) what he'd do...
Perhaps see a neuro and rheumy...
I actually don't have any bad side effects. I just notice slowing down and mellowing out basically....
Hi Bella. How are you hon? It very well could be her PD. My pastor's wife's father has PD and the very same thing happened to him. He is now in a wheelchair. I do know very little about PD, but I...
Rob, You are a man with so much wisdom and strength. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this hardship. With my gma, while she was passing, she was down like that, then had an uphill and was...
No problem :)...
I suffer from migraines, and food/drinks can be a trigger. You can do what I did to find an intolerance which is basically if you think of it as a trigger, a trigger for reflux. I picked up a notepad...
I figured I'd be a stranger as I am not next to kin. I know his son and him are not talking, maybe I should clue him in and try to get an ally? I will call the hotline, and thank you for that....
Thanks Hon! Hugs. I am so reading that. As funny as this sounds, I ran a theory one day about the TV show House. I decided to put their medical knowledge to test with one of my doctors. I found out...
Theyuw, Welcome to Healing Well! Have you considered seeing an alergist and a pulmologist? You said that you eliminated acid reflux, but how are you doing that? Are you consulting with a doctor?...
So sorry but I had to laugh at glowing in the dark. I so know how you feel with x rays, ct scans, mri's so on! I took singulair and I still do, but seasonally. I had no problems with it. However,...
Joy you know me too well! I am exactly like you say.. always put myself last. Yep Achy, you know he knows me way to well when he takes my tricks out of my sleeve. C and T are 17 and 33. T is special...
You know he loves you when he grounds you from doing anything but resting and you have to beg him for tv and computer rights when your in a flare. I went in another flare of course. And just because...
Someone mentioned to me that tape worms can be a cure for MS today. Do any of you know about this? It does sound dangerous to me, but definitely I have mixed feelings. I thought there wasn't a cure?...
Teaching hospitals will usually write off all expenses. There are so many preventive medication out there. I take alvesco for my asthma daily. The severe attacks, as you know can be really scary....
I was out of town this week, doing dr appts 350 miles away and visiting family and friends. I went to see a dear friend in a facility that has dementia. He is like a father to me. The state of his...
I am glad it was a nice day! How are you feeling hon? Are you in remission yet? I just went from pills to injections on my chemo. It is best for your mother to attend as many activities she is able -...
For the last few years I have been able to control my migraines by topamax, then finding all my triggers. I was able to get off of topamax and seldomly got a migraine. A month ago, my migraines came...
Thank you Rangie! We decided to transfer his case to my neuro, whom knows a lot on MS. The downfall, his office is 350 miles away. We just got back from a week trip seeing the neuro, both of us. I...
Preventive medication are for daily use and not to replace rescue meds. Ie your inhaler you use in an attack is your rescue meds. Preventive meds are to help you keep asthma in control so you have...
Thank you all for the suggestions. I get paid Monday, and I think I'm gonna warm shop...
Strange question but has anyone checked you out for asthma? I am asthmatic, and when I am sick I feel shortness of breath and like chest aches. I have use DuoNeb on my Nebulizer to help that feeling...
I actually plum forgot about those blankets, I will pick up one next time we go to Walmart....
I hope you get out of your flare too soon hon. Well good night, hon. Sleep well (hopefully). I tend to wake up a lot and can't get comfy in flares....
Thanks Joy. How are you hon?...
My man is a real sweetheart, I think I can't ask for a better one. I am a flare, he is in a ms flare. Obviously, we are a mess. So for dinner? Pizza hut tonight! I hate pizza, he loves pizza. So we...
Any advice for Erwin will be much appreciated. Please welcome Erwin when you see him/her too. Welcome to HealingWell Erwin, we hope to see many more posts from you. Have a great day!...
I think with all those ekgs your heart is probably ok. But i am no doctor so I can't medically speak for you. I did think of a few things though like ribs out of place, but that is because I get pain...
I take gabapentin for nerve pain, so maybe it will help with the legs? I have no side effects from it, and I have been on it since 2008. Mind you, everyone's body is different! I am not sure. But I...
Hi Erwin, I am moving this post to Chron's so you can get better answers than we can give you :)...