why?

July 24, 2000

I too have noticed all the rejections from Myers Trucking. Any explanation?

October 23, 2001

I tried to make soap twice. Twice i burned my arms, and face with lye. Guess

i'm sloppy.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:35:19 EDT, wrote:

> Why does everyone have such a lye phobia? they want to put a bio suit on

I've

> been makin soap for 3yrs. and call me stupid but I dont suit up I'm just

very

> careful and take my time. never had any mishaps yet, should I be knocking

on

> wood now?

>

October 23, 2001

I don't either. Don't use gloves too - because I can't always work fast in

them. However, my hands are getting very dry because of it so I gonna have

to wear them. I wear glasses most of the time so I don't wear the

goggles. - I do soap 1-2 times a week.

But I don't want to tell anybody not to use all the protective wear just in

case they do burn themselves. I would feel awfully bad.

Kim S.

why?

> Why does everyone have such a lye phobia? they want to put a bio suit on

I've

> been makin soap for 3yrs. and call me stupid but I dont suit up I'm just

very

> careful and take my time. never had any mishaps yet, should I be knocking

on

> wood now?

>

October 23, 2001

I'm not too keen on working with lye. That junk can eat thru anything,

and I don't know just how to measure it for soapmaking. Plus, I live in

an apartment, and going up and down 3 flights of stairs trying to carry

lye water or whatever, and cool for me.

April 21, 2002

Debby,

the nurse hasn't relayed your complaints to the dr? If not, I'd be

sure to tell him(her) the next time you talk. Keep calling until you

get some answers!!!

Laurie

> I do not like this AIH, not one little bit. It is frustrating, but

it is something which I am going to have to contend.

>

> Anyway, I have been reading these posts recently. It amazes me

that we take these meds to keep our liver enzymes down, BUT the side

effects, for me anyway, seem to be much worse than the disease

itself.

>

> Is there any way to feel good while on these meds? It is totally

frustrating to me. I called my doctor's office and asked how my last

labs were. Again, they are normal, and that IS good. But then I

think, why do I hurt so badly? Why does my stomach swell? Why do I

have horrible bloody noses? And why do I itch so if the enzyme

levels are normal?

>

> The nurse won't answer my questions. I am about ready to call the

doctor this weekend and see if I can get something to take away this

pain in my stomach!

> debby

April 21, 2002

Debby,

As you probably know from my posts, I'm having some of the same

things. Mostly pain and nausea. All the while my blood work is

perfect. I'm hoping the biopsy will give me some answers. I wish

you didn't have to be going through this but it does help me feel not

so crazy.

Take care and keep asking questions.

Debbie/FL

> I do not like this AIH, not one little bit. It is frustrating, but

it is something which I am going to have to contend.

>

> Anyway, I have been reading these posts recently. It amazes me

that we take these meds to keep our liver enzymes down, BUT the side

effects, for me anyway, seem to be much worse than the disease

itself.

>

> Is there any way to feel good while on these meds? It is totally

frustrating to me. I called my doctor's office and asked how my last

labs were. Again, they are normal, and that IS good. But then I

think, why do I hurt so badly? Why does my stomach swell? Why do I

have horrible bloody noses? And why do I itch so if the enzyme

levels are normal?

>

> The nurse won't answer my questions. I am about ready to call the

doctor this weekend and see if I can get something to take away this

pain in my stomach!

> debby

April 22, 2002

Debbie in Florida, I hope you DO find the answer to your pain and nausea! Wishing you the very best!

debby in Calif.

[ ] Re: Why?

Debby,As you probably know from my posts, I'm having some of the same things. Mostly pain and nausea. All the while my blood work is perfect. I'm hoping the biopsy will give me some answers. I wish you didn't have to be going through this but it does help me feel not so crazy.Take care and keep asking questions.Debbie/FL> I do not like this AIH, not one little bit. It is frustrating, but it is something which I am going to have to contend. > > Anyway, I have been reading these posts recently. It amazes me that we take these meds to keep our liver enzymes down, BUT the side effects, for me anyway, seem to be much worse than the disease itself. > > Is there any way to feel good while on these meds? It is totally frustrating to me. I called my doctor's office and asked how my last labs were. Again, they are normal, and that IS good. But then I think, why do I hurt so badly? Why does my stomach swell? Why do I have horrible bloody noses? And why do I itch so if the enzyme levels are normal? > > The nurse won't answer my questions. I am about ready to call the doctor this weekend and see if I can get something to take away this pain in my stomach!> debby

September 18, 2002

Dear All,

There is a long story as to why I left Quality Control, Quality

Assurance, Research & Development and Waste Management. But why I

wanted to be a pharmacy technician when I left was because I wanted

to be in a career choice where 'quality' mattered. I decided that

the 'only' place where quality mattered was with the human body.

But I knew that I could not see pain, or hear cries or be around

blood and guts. So I opted to be in pharmacy where I see very little

of it. I really felt drawn to this field since I was a kid. I had

dreams of me behind the counter dispensing or mixing a bowl of some

gobbeli-gook . As a young adult I interpreted that as a chemist. I

now know that I should have interpreted this as a pharmacist. No

matter how you slice it I also minored in education, which as a young

girl was my second love (the first doing hair, I am also a licensed

hairdresser). I never played with dolls or doll babies. My dolls were

propt up and seated in front of me. The side walk was my blackboard

and because I did not have chalk (we were poor by today's standards)

I mixed Comet cleanser with perfume and let it dry overnight in a

tube shaped stick. (I was a bit of a chemist even back at age 7). I

would scold the dolls/students for whispering or passing notes while

I was talking. I find now I do not tolerate it when my students talk

when I or others are talking. Funny, what you do as a child may lead

you to what you do as an adult and or can lead you away from doing

something! Example. At 16 I loved math and science. But thought I

wanted to work with numbers like an accountant. I was sent to a

special program in the 12th grade (cuz I had more than enough credits

to graduate, but my parents did not want me to be with older students

{boys} in college - so they would not allow me to graduate early!). I

had an externship off campus in a buisness. I found out that I am

NOT an office person. I love the movement too much. I love labs and

people! What a combination! So this put the breaks on my major of

math. I then switched to Chemistry after my first semester and

minored in Education in my 3rd year of college.

So for me being a pharmacy technician meant helping people, servicing

them, being part of the healthcare team, but not getting nauseated or

being near the patient when they are bleeding, screaming in pain or

watching them vomit in recovery or or touching blood and guts ( long

before the Aides scare). but I was helping the pt feel and get

better, while improving the quality of life, being responsible for

the quality and quantity of the drug the patien is getting.

Well there is so much to say, and thus is only part of it! Hee!

Sorry I did not mean to be a motor mouth!

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT

> Why did you want to be a pharmacy technician?

September 18, 2002

In my case, I was kind of . . . born into it, if you think about it.

My mother was in pharmacy school in 1972 when my brother and I were born,

I'm a twin. When I was 10 (1982), my parents bought a pharmacy in Hempstead

(where we'd moved the summer we turned 6). After school, I'd be at the

store, helping out with various things. I remember typing up Universal

Claim Forms. I remember getting rejects back from Texas Medicaid because

someone had had over 3 prescriptions that month, but another pharmacy hadn't

stuck a sticker on or written on the card. When I was sick, and couldn't go

to school, I'd sleep in the back of the pharmacy. I learned to type early

on, and was helping enter prescriptions by the time I was 12. Our computer

system had 4 screens, so I learned to multi-task early.

But I was interested in Veterinary over Pharmacy. My bachelor's is in

Animal Science, and I'd spent a couple of summers working for vets in the

area. I'd always said that if I didn't get into Veterinary school within 2

years of getting my bachelor's, I'd go to pharmacy school. I'm in my last

year of pharmacy school. (Applied, interviewed, and was denied 5 years

running at TAMU, and couldn't go out of state due to personal reasons.)

My parents pharmacy closed in 1992, after Wal-Mart moved into town. I

started working with Kroger in 1995 (and still do work part-time for

seniority and health benefits reasons) as a pharmacy tech, and it took time

for me to adjust to having _only_ 2 screens. I was always used to working

on 3 or 4 at a time. I was estatic when Kroger upgraded to PC's a few years

back that allows as many windows as you like, and I confuse some of my

co-workers, who don't always like working on multiple screens. It's funny,

sometimes.

But, in May 2003, I graduate, and by the end of the summer, I should have my

license. I have my CPhT (need to take my current certificate to work, just

keep forgetting about it).

So, you can just about say that I've spent at least 15 years of my life in

pharmacy. And I turned 30 last month.... *laughs* That statement always

brings funny looks. Especially when I say I started at 12.

Della

Why?

> Why did you want to be a pharmacy technician?

September 18, 2002

I was a manager of a movie rental store chain while going to school and I

realized that I was at the top of the pay and I couldn't go anywhere from there

so I really needed to figure out what I wanted to do in life. I wanted a career

that if I wanted to stay still I could but also if I wanted to advance I could

as well. I decided to work part-time at a chain pharmacy as a B-tech and from

there I realized I wanted to go to school and become a A-tech. I enjoyed

helping people and feeling at the end of the day that you have made a

difference. I enjoyed seeing the breakthrough in medications and it was always

challenging for me. I always get the question " why don't you go back to school

and be a pharmacist? " I always say I will just as soon as I get this career

totally figured out--haha There is so much to learn in pharmacy as a tech and

this site has opened my eyes to the many more possibilities that are out there

to explore. Char

September 18, 2002

Della: I too am coming up for 30 and I wish I could say I have the last 15

years of experience. How wonderful it must be to have as much knowledge as you

have and to see how far our technology has come. Char

September 19, 2002

Hi, my name is Janet. Even though I have been a member of the group

for awhile now, this the first time I've written. I originally got

into the pharmacy field because I wanted to become a pharmacist. I

started working for a independent retail pharmacist when I got out of

high school. I started going to University of Toledo in hopes of

becoming a pharmacist. I joined the Air National Guard in 1987 and

my choice of job was pharmacy. About three years later, I went

active duty and my job choice was pharmacy again. I didn't mind. I

enjoy it. Over the last few years, I have decided to go into

research, either pharmacy or chemistry or biology. It just will take

a little longer to get my degree. I am willing to help anyone with

what I can towards their certification.

> Why did you want to be a pharmacy technician?

September 20, 2002

Dear Turtledust,

And all this time I thought you were a tech I know who loves turtles

from up north!

Thank you for your offer to help out fielding questions. I have only

one rule:

You must only answer those questions to which you definitely know the

answer to. NO guessing or discussion of may be this or may be that.

So feel free to chime in any time. Questions will be coming soon.

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Founder/Owner

> > Why did you want to be a pharmacy technician?

September 20, 2002

Jeanetta,

YOU could NEVER be a motor mouth.. but I do thank you for the interesting

story..

I do have a question for you though.. have you or anyone else heard of

Raynauds Phenonmenon. Please let me know..

Thanks a bunch and take care

Tracie

September 20, 2002

I have no clue!! Can I get some hints--haha?? Char

December 3, 2002

Hi ,

I don't think it was mean't for you at all. I emailed her directly

and got the impression that she just didn't want all of the emails

sent to her inbox. She's really nice.

I had them all sent to me at first too, and it overwhelmed everything

else so I just read everything here now.

> Hello everyone!

> Sorry to interupt the discussions but I have seen a message called

> from ... sdd062077 saying no more e-mail please? As I

> haven't sent you any e-mail I would like to know why?! Do you

intend

> no more messaging in this forum? If so, why? I have written very

> little here and I do not think I have been offensive or offered

silly

> advice or pushed products to anyone...?

> Bemuddled...

>

January 22, 2003

Hi

I was always discounted for reconstruction surgery even before I had CWD surgery - they said it was pointless because my Eustachian Tubes had never opened. They never used to do surgery on an open cavity ear, where the eardrum and bones are absent and you're having regular suction cleaning. That seems to be changing now. Similar to you I have half an ear which I hear with and also have c-toma in both. They're reluctant to operate on only-hearing ears so first they have to try and fix the dead one. I have no features at all in the CWD ear (no middle ear space or even a stapes footplate) but the surgeon is aiming to radically rebuild it and hopefully even provide some hearing. That was a great surprise to me so perhaps you should just ask your own surgeon why your'e not a suitable candidate for reconstruction.

Phil

January 22, 2003

--- Hi , I cannot say why your doctor has never mentioned

reconstruction for you, but I was thinking that maybe you didnt have

enough left in there to work with? I only had the stapes footplate

left which, if I remember right, was what the dr. used to build on.

He placed a fake bone that went from the stapes footplate up to the

ear drum. But I had too many complications with it and it had to be

taken back out. (Praise the Lord!) For me, the reconstruction was

horrible, I would never agree to do it again. I know that everyone is

different, but I just had too many problems with it. I was sick and

dizzy constantly for 8 months until they took it out. That surgery

was in June and now I feel so much better. I still dont feel like I

did before that, but atleast I am not dizzy 24/7. Ask your doctor and

find out why. Remember it is your body and YOU are in charge. Take

care, Charla

In cholesteatoma , LIsley2@a... wrote:

> Hello everyone.

>

> It has been a while since I have posted, but have been reading what

I can. I

> have noticed that a lot of people in here have had reconstructive

surgery,

> whether cadaveric transplant or otherwise. I am wondering why this

option

> was not suggested to me? I'm 32 and had c-toma surgery (radical

> mastoidectomy; the hammer, anvil and part of the stapes were

already gone) on

> my left ear when I was 7. I had another surgery, a canaloplasty,

at age 18.

> Even at this time nothing was mentioned about reconstruction. I

consider my

> otorhinolaryngologist to be one of the best (A.J. Schleuning, OHSU

in

> Portland).

>

> The first time I had ever heard of reconstruction was when I was in

college

> going through the speech and hearing program, and our instructor

had

> mentioned it. For some reason I had gotten very upset thinking WHY

was I not

> told about this? Was the damage in my ear just too much?

>

> I depend solely on my right ear for hearing. It worries me that,

because of

> ETD, that, at some point, I should be concerned about c-toma in

my " good " ear

> (right ear). I am so glad this group is here to open my eyes. On

the other

> hand, I'm afraid to read some of the posts because I never want to

go through

> what I had already gone through -- and I'm thinking I might!!

>

> I get twice yearly checkups at an ENT here where I live (Wenatchee,

WA), but

> am afraid that he won't see what an ENT that has had more

experience with

> c-tomas would see. I tell him every time I see him that I am

always having

> to pop my right ear because of eustachian tube dysfunction and he

doesn't say

> much in response. Should I suggest something to him, like steroids?

>

> Thanks for all of your help,

> I.

April 11, 2003

Hi Pat!

BFL does do different things to different people. But if you're

losing inches and not scale weight, it does mean that you lost fat

while retaining lean, healthy muscle. That's really the best case

scenario. Sure it takes a bit longer, but you'll look GOOD in the end.

HTH,

Maggie

> There is a lady at my work in another building that was doing BFL.

I saw her

> today and she looked REALLY GOOD. She is small and her muscle in

her back and

> arms are great. She is older like me, but she must weigh 100 now.

Anyhow I

> asked her if she was doing BFL still and she said " oh no I quit

that because

> I was gaining weight " . She still exercise with weights and eats

more protein

> but she doesn't do like the BFL book. I am on my second cycle and I

lost

> inches but no weight the first time. I thought, it's not fair that

I am doing

> this and she quit and looks better than me. Oh Well!

>

> Pat

>

June 17, 2003

Hi Sherry!

It doesn't make much sense at first. I think fermented foods contain yeast or

mold, and that's why they aren't allowed. The reason you can't eat dietary yeast

is because if your body's been fighting candida for a long time, it develops a

sensitivity to yeast, and so your immune system reacts to ANY yeast that enters

the body, and puts a strain on your already stressed out immune system. It's

necessary to give your body a rest from exposure, to allow your immune system to

a chance to rebuild. Because in a normal individual, the immune system is a big

part of what keeps candida in check. Mold is a co-reactor or something like

that. According to Atkins, it's not very well understood how it works, but the

two can work together and make the situation worse. So, exposure to

environmental mold is much worse if you have an existing candida overgrowth.

Lori

Why?

Hi all,

Could someone out there please tell me exactly WHY fermented foods are

not allowed on the anti-candida diet? I can certainly understand why no

carbos -- especially sugar -- because it feeds the yeast. But how can

fermented foods and foods containing molds be a problem? Certainly the

yeast doesn't feed on this, does it?

Sherry

June 18, 2003

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:55:36 -0600

From: Lori L <pollypocket@...>

The reason you can't eat dietary yeast is because if your body's been

fighting candida for a long time, it develops a sensitivity to yeast, and so

your immune system reacts to ANY yeast that enters the body, and puts a

strain on your already stressed out immune system.

Hi Lori,

Thanks for answering my question. Well, that makes sense. Now I'm

wondering -- some protocols allow foods with yeast or molds if they're

well-heated. I'm wondering if this would be okay as I'm sure the heating

kills the yeasts and molds, or if the aspects of these that cause the

problems in the body are still present, i.e. proteins, toxins, or whatever.

All this is confusing, to say the least. Duncan recently mentioned that

some cheeses were okay because they had beneficial molds. How in the heck

is a person supposed to know which ones are BENEFICIAL??? ) The labels

I've checked don't specify the cultures used. *sigh*

Sherry

June 18, 2003

Some fermented foods are supposed to contain bacteria, but not yeast or

mold. Some contain yeast and mold.

Although lactobacillus for example is a spore-producing bacteria, we know

there are no inherent problems with it because taking it by itself in a

relatively pure culture in probiotic capsules does not produce problems.

This holds true with the rest of the bowel bacteria commonly used in

fermented products. So it's a matter of contamination or lack of it.

A controlled bacterial culture, like a probiotic, is beneficial. A couple

of examples I can think of are yogurt and sour cabbage, which are

strictly controlled and inoculated with only the correct bowel organisms

and with a good degree of quality control. Contamination is not

tolerated.

On the other hand the degree of contamination of home-fermented foods

such as kefir and perhaps home-made sauerkraut is somewhat higher.

That would explain why many people with candida have no problem with

commercial cheese, which is heavily inoculated according to a formula

specific to that cheese. Straying too far from the correct culture will

spoil the cheese, so it is rigidly controlled.

Duncan Crow

>

> Could someone out there please tell me exactly WHY fermented foods

> are

> not allowed on the anti-candida diet? I can certainly understand why no

> carbos -- especially sugar -- because it feeds the yeast. But how can

> fermented foods and foods containing molds be a problem? Certainly the

> yeast doesn't feed on this, does it?

>

June 18, 2003

Hi Sherry!

It's all very confusing, and you have to take every piece of info with a grain

of salt, and decide what's best for you. Some people will react more to foods

with yeast or mold in them than others. I don't think it matters if they're

alive or not, since the immune system would still react to it, but I don't know.

Lori

Re: Why?