It took awhile for me to finally be diagnosed...first, it was copd (I was a smoker, so that was the logical diagnosis), but then I started having multiple exacerbations/pneumonias, or whatever you...
Pam, The pain pump dispenses 9 mg of morphine in a 24-hour period - right INTO the spinal column, bypassing systemics - not to the brain, etc. I take dilaudid for breakthrough - 1-2 tabs/day (4-8 mg)...
Sarrah, Boy, can I emphathize with you and all you on the board with 'cramps' and other gyne pain! In 1994 (I was, um..42 years old then) I finally had a hysterectomy. Previous to this, I'd had...
First of all, I see all the emoticons - and I have a mac - OSX (10.2.8). :turn: You should see a turning , smiling face at the end of the sentence. As for pain meds, I guess I was lucky to get docs...
Torito, I know how you feel about your pump, and how you feel now that it 'betrayed' you. I had the pump put in in February of '08, and love it! No, my pain isn't 100% gone, and it was never promised...
Lara, you go girl! I can empathize with you 100%. In 1988, my hubby finally landed his 'dream job' but we got evicted from our mobile home park (we'd borrowed on rent to put gas in car for job hunt);...
Kitt, Thanks for your reply! and thanks for the welcome! And...I am indeed glad to meet you! I live in the Detroit metro area, so get my care with Beaumont Hospital, and will go to the University of...
Well...a little update is in order. I had yet another hospital stay - end of July to 1st week of August - pneumonia again. Now, there is a controversy over whether my pneumonias ARE aspirant, because...
Hi, all! Well, I'm a newly diagnosed - September '07 - diabetic type II. I never thought I'd be. I'd barely been able to top 110 weight - never been able to give blood due to weight! Suddenly, I've...
Dee, God bless you! I'm a 7 year survivor. I went through chemo, rads and tamoxifen Mine was stage Ib - that is, it was almost stage II - 1.5 cm, infiltrating - but NO NODES! That was the 'saving...
Ryand, I, too, had a hysto for mucho pain issues, but I was already past child bearing age. I now wished I'd had a complete one (about 7 years later, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, which eats...
Thanks, scarred and karma... Scarred, so sorry about your dad...mine died in 1988 from prostate cancer (my hubby also was killed in 1988 - trucking accident - so 1988 was NOT a good year (seem to...
Scarred for life and karamacrunch...boy, and I thought *I* had troubles! My back troubles began in 1970 when I fell off a cliff about 20 miles west of Loveland, CO (scarred, I lived in Ft. Collins...
Elaine, I'm so happy to see that things have resolved with you! You lucky thing, you! - only two pneumonias? You said "swallowing difficulties" - do you still have 'em? If so, you might be able to...
A quickie update... On bipap now - daughter says I 'sleep quicker and less restless' - well, the proof will be in the pudding - if I don't have another pneumonia at least by September, I'll have gone...
Hi, Judy and All. Yep, I, too have type II diabetes compliments of prednisone (for copd). . Mine was discovered this last fall, when I was asked if I was a diabetic. I said "don't think so' and after...
Hi, all, again...sorry about my last post..I was having a wonderful pity party. (I guess I'd gotten a bit cynical about greed in medicine given my experiences - it doesn't help that I"m coming down...
Carla and all...miracles of miracles! I was able to get problems solved - and some of my cynacism about greed of the medical profession has been eased. I was sure that with missing parts of the...
Hi, sophie, and all....back again - after another week in the hospital - we're going to try bipap this time to see if I can keep from aspirating...::sigh:: Sophie, it sounds as if you're really going...
Well, after a couple of um...seemingly sleepless nights at a sleep study (must've gotten SOME sleep! ), it's found out that I have serious sleep apnea. A little research here and there has netted a...
Sunny, any luck? I am checking back and praying that you've found the wolution to your problem! Some jerk stole the battery charger for my Inogen (portable oxygen concentrator) from my car the other...
Sophie, just what the others said - hang in there! As for sore mouth - when I was undergoing Chemo and contracted thrush (painful) I was given something called "cool's solution" - it was very...
FWIW, when we add replies to this forum ande any forum regarding COPD, etc., we need to make sure that those who take prednisone are aware that it can - and does - bring on diabetes. I wasn't...
Bobca, I too have GERD - and COPDk, and find that pneumonias are dx'd aspirant for me a lot. I'm getting checked for sleep apnea, too, incase I aspirate when I wake up multiple times during the...
Sunny, is there any way you could get back to Cooley's and ask them to be your provider again? I'm sure there is...Call up medicare's hotline number and find out. I'm waiting for your reply! Grannymac...
I've now had GERD for many years...now that I know what my symptoms WERE! I'd wake up choking, etc., and only found out when I went on fosomax, and started having trouble swallowing - which led to...
I have had GERD for a number of years, but only realized it WAS GERD a few years ago after having major difficulty swallowing when taking Fosamax. EGD's were done, esophagus was dilated, and fosamax...
Sunny,! I'd start by calling social security's 800# and asking them whom to call for fraud, or go to www.ssa.gov and look on the site - search for fraud - here's the link:...
sunny, you're welcome! I don't know where you are, but my provider is a main hospital here in the detroit metro area. When I went back on oxygen this time, I wanted a different suppliwer, and my doc...
One more thing I forgot to ask re oxygen usage... I find in the morning - somewhat more often lately - that I have removed my cannula in the night - any ideas? My daughter and I brainstormed, and she...
Sunny, mainly what this law is, is that after 36 months, YOU Own the equipment. Refills are still made, etc., it's just that if the equipment breaks, YOU fix it. I"m on a personal oxygen concentrator...
Prednisone - yep. What a trip! During chemo, I had IV dexamathelesone (or something like that) and the first chemo, I was awake for 30 hours! Subsequent (next three) were better, but yep, I ate...
I have been using fentanyl (100 mcg) patches since 2002. I've had chronic back pain for YEARS, starting with scoliosis, then a fall off a cliff while hiking in CO, causing several smashed vertebrae,...