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On Thu Feb 12 16:06:51 2004 () said:
It is kind of misleading, it would be
nice if it where a real chat room. Someone always there, expecially when your in
trouble.
On Thu Feb 12 04:21:50 2004 Vicki (this board is misnamed) said:
This is NOT
a chatroom. It is a message board and the name keeps confusing people. The odds
of finding someone here when you happen to be here aren't really good. You type
whatever you have to say and come back later and look for responses. The only
chat you will get is if someone contacts you at your email and you set up a
messenger chat. I wish they would change this name!People think they are being
snubbed when nobody "answers".
On Wed Feb 11 13:20:28 2004 vickie rasmussen (msnvlr22msn.com) said:
i will
to caht now
On Mon Feb 9 17:02:00 2004 Squats () said:
Sarah, Just a thought here. Do
you take a multivitamin? It could help your body fight infection better.
Minimally, a C capsule w/ bioflavonoids might help. Of course, that must be
taken with a B complex. Just a thought, as I said.
On Mon Feb 9 12:02:45 2004 Sarah () said:
I'm not running a fever. I did
have a ear infection and that's why he gave me all the antibotics, I couldn't
get rid of it. It still fills plugged sometimes but the infection is gone.I just
did another chest x-ray, some blood work and other tests. I hope it has some
answers. I don't cough any more at night when Im sleeping. In the morning it's
terrible and it calms down for awhile and is just here and there. But it starts
up really bad about 4 in the afternoon and is terrible until I go to bed.
Doesn't make any since to me.
On Sun Feb 8 19:46:36 2004 post nasal drip (and acid reflux) said:
absolutely do NOT need a doctor to figure out! If you have post nasal drip
you have this chronic histamine drip down the back of your throat like a faucet
in your head. And you cannot blow your nose to alleviate it. Acid reflux you
will have acid come up into your throat, at night possibly up behind your nose -
it burns like crazy. Oddly, it is the natural histamine reaction to the acid
assault that finally alleviates the burning. Baking soda is a base and helps
some and Aspergum which is no longer available provided some relief. HAVE YOU
HAD A TB TEST??? You didn't need Antibiotics unless your doctor did a white cell
count and found an elevated count indicating an infection. They won't touch
viruses - did he try any antiviral agents. BIG ? - ARE YOU RUNNING A FEVER WITH
THIS COUGH?
On Sun Feb 8 13:22:40 2004 Gráinne (gra_art@hotmail.com) said:
i just want
to talk to other diabetics and find out if others struggle like i do with food,
timing etc..
On Sun Feb 8 09:57:30 2004 sarah () said:
Hi! I'm still coughing. I've had
three rounds of antibotics, ear drops, nasal spray, cough syrup with codine,
storiods, you name it. I don't smoke or like in the city the doctor has ruled
out post nasal drip. acid refulx, and now is checking my heart and did some
other tests. My blood sugars where running high but are finally coming down
some.
On Thu Feb 5 09:05:26 2004 Sam () said:
Speechie; I am on the insulin pump,
but have a book on carb counting for type one's...it'd work for you too. Called
"Carbohydrate Counting" Model # ACC-111..you can get it at: www.minimed.com hope
that helps. Good luck.
On Wed Feb 4 22:48:09 2004 Speechie () said:
Does anyone know of any good
books on carb counting? I'm Type 1 and have just done a half-way job of taking
care of it for years. Time to start getting serious. Any comments would be
appreciated...Thanks
On Mon Feb 2 23:45:22 2004 GASTRIC BYPASS CURES DIABETES (January issue of the
Annals of Surgery ) said:
GASTRIC BYPASS CURES DIABETES 31 DEC 2003 A report
in the January issue of the Annals of Surgery states that gastric bypass surgery
cures Type 2 Diabetes. Doctors have known since 1982 that gastric bypass surgery
has had an anti-diabetic effect on obese patients, but they weren't sure whether
the disease was being controlled by the surgery itself or by the weight loss
that followed the surgery. French researchers performed the surgery in non-obese
rats with naturally occurring diabetes. They found the rats' glucose levels
returned to normal following surgery, compared with rats who did not have bypass
surgery and whose diabetes worsened.
On Mon Feb 2 18:25:59 2004 Sarah... (a persistant cough ....) said:
can be
caused by many things. Do you smoke? Do you live in an area with high air
pollution? Do you have allergies such as to dust or mold? The antihistamines
will dry up the drip that usually causes a cough. You need a good cough medicine
to control the cough BUT this could be many things and your doctor needs to help
you figure out what it is because if you take Robitussin, for example, and mask
the cough you may have something serious going on but miss diagnosing it!
On Mon Feb 2 18:23:48 2004 our society (is NOT empathetic) said:
we crank
doctors out of med schools as we do engineers. There are quality physicians and
there are those for whom it is just a job. Dr James Dobson has pointed out that
in our culture we don't specifically act out against those with problems, we
look through them as though they are not there. One factor for doctors is that
if they get too emotionally involved they cannot do their jobs. But I like our
family doctor because he really cringes when he sees someone in pain. The worst
case scenario may be in our own family with one son-in-law outrageously brittle
with Type I and another says, "Well he doesn't look sick". Ironically this one
is very overweight and just took a more sedentary job - prime candidate for Type
II and I bet he won't look sick either!!!1
On Mon Feb 2 11:24:06 2004 Sarah () said:
I've been having trouble with
uncontrollable cough for a month now. I also had a ear infection and was put on
antibotics. The infection cleared but my ears fill plugged and the cough is
back. I was told to take antisitimes, that opened the ear but the coughing is
back. I'm tired of doctoring they don't seem to know what it going on. Does
anyone have any ideas???????????
On Sun Feb 1 17:37:50 2004 friend () said:
As a friend of a diabetic I was
struck by how unempathetic doctors and really society in general can be towards
what diabetics are experiencing. Can anyone relate?
On Sun Feb 1 00:48:36 2004 Viki Teague (vikiteague@conwaycorp.net) said:
New
to this group. Diagnosed for 2 years with Type 2 Am having hypoglycemia way too
often...... I wonder what will happen if I go off the meds for a week to see if
I can control it without meds. Anyone want to respond? Thx, Viki
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