Update

[Guest guest]

Rob was on Lopid four years, getting his liver checked every three months.

He got an abnormal reading on his liver, and the doctor took him off Lopid

and placed him on large doses of slow-acting Niacin. He was checked again

three months later, then again at six months. At that time, his doctor added

Lipitor. Then the doctor doubled Rob's Niacin, but Rob was flushing so badly

he cut it back to his former dosage. Diet seems to be at least as

influential in determining Rob's cholesterol and lipid readings as meds.

Susie

[Guest guest]

Rob was on Lopid four years, getting his liver checked every three months.

He got an abnormal reading on his liver, and the doctor took him off Lopid

and placed him on large doses of slow-acting Niacin. He was checked again

three months later, then again at six months. At that time, his doctor added

Lipitor. Then the doctor doubled Rob's Niacin, but Rob was flushing so badly

he cut it back to his former dosage. Diet seems to be at least as

influential in determining Rob's cholesterol and lipid readings as meds.

Susie

[Guest guest]

Bill Eastman wrote:

>

>

> www.drkoop.com has some information on tricor.

> I took lipitor before, but it didn't help.

>

> My endo prescribed it and he is aware of all the medications I am taking.

> He is following the prescribing information and checking liver every 2

> months for the first year - actos.

Yes, I found that tricor is a little more " heavy-duty " than the statins,

and requires pretty constant monitoring.

>

> I also learned to have my bp checked standing instead of sitting. It was to

> high siting but was normal standing.

>

I'll have to try that standing. Whenever I take mine sitting, it's low.

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Bill Eastman wrote:

>

>

> www.drkoop.com has some information on tricor.

> I took lipitor before, but it didn't help.

>

> My endo prescribed it and he is aware of all the medications I am taking.

> He is following the prescribing information and checking liver every 2

> months for the first year - actos.

Yes, I found that tricor is a little more " heavy-duty " than the statins,

and requires pretty constant monitoring.

>

> I also learned to have my bp checked standing instead of sitting. It was to

> high siting but was normal standing.

>

I'll have to try that standing. Whenever I take mine sitting, it's low.

--

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t2 8/98 Glucophage & *anything* laced with Aspartame

ICQ 10312009

«»

DavOr's daily aphorism:

Health is the slowest rate at which one can die.

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[Guest guest]

Amy...Congrats on becoming a member of the Century Club. That is wonderful.

Sorry to hear about the hernia though. We'll have to chitchat soon.

DeeDee

Pre-op March 21st

Update

Hi everyone!

I had a checkup with my surgeon today and have now lost 104 lbs so I'm

officially a member of the century club!!!!!!!! I'm 4 1/2 months out and

really starting to feel good now. I have a good size hernia but so far its

not really bothering me (it bothers me being there but that doesn't count).

The doctor and I discussed it very briefly today and figure we'll do the

surgery to repair it sometime the beginning of next year as long as it

doesn't become a problem sooner. So all in all it was a very good

checkup!!!!!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Amy...Congrats on becoming a member of the Century Club. That is wonderful.

Sorry to hear about the hernia though. We'll have to chitchat soon.

DeeDee

Pre-op March 21st

Update

Hi everyone!

I had a checkup with my surgeon today and have now lost 104 lbs so I'm

officially a member of the century club!!!!!!!! I'm 4 1/2 months out and

really starting to feel good now. I have a good size hernia but so far its

not really bothering me (it bothers me being there but that doesn't count).

The doctor and I discussed it very briefly today and figure we'll do the

surgery to repair it sometime the beginning of next year as long as it

doesn't become a problem sooner. So all in all it was a very good

checkup!!!!!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Amy...Congrats on becoming a member of the Century Club. That is wonderful.

Sorry to hear about the hernia though. We'll have to chitchat soon.

DeeDee

Pre-op March 21st

Update

Hi everyone!

I had a checkup with my surgeon today and have now lost 104 lbs so I'm

officially a member of the century club!!!!!!!! I'm 4 1/2 months out and

really starting to feel good now. I have a good size hernia but so far its

not really bothering me (it bothers me being there but that doesn't count).

The doctor and I discussed it very briefly today and figure we'll do the

surgery to repair it sometime the beginning of next year as long as it

doesn't become a problem sooner. So all in all it was a very good

checkup!!!!!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Wow..... Your down 104 lbs, that is so terrific. Way to go.

Hugs,

Update

Hi everyone!

I had a checkup with my surgeon today and have now lost 104 lbs so I'm

officially a member of the century club!!!!!!!! I'm 4 1/2 months out and really

starting to feel good now. I have a good size hernia but so far its not really

bothering me (it bothers me being there but that doesn't count). The doctor and

I discussed it very briefly today and figure we'll do the surgery to repair it

sometime the beginning of next year as long as it doesn't become a problem

sooner. So all in all it was a very good checkup!!!!!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Wow..... Your down 104 lbs, that is so terrific. Way to go.

Hugs,

Update

Hi everyone!

I had a checkup with my surgeon today and have now lost 104 lbs so I'm

officially a member of the century club!!!!!!!! I'm 4 1/2 months out and really

starting to feel good now. I have a good size hernia but so far its not really

bothering me (it bothers me being there but that doesn't count). The doctor and

I discussed it very briefly today and figure we'll do the surgery to repair it

sometime the beginning of next year as long as it doesn't become a problem

sooner. So all in all it was a very good checkup!!!!!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Wow..... Your down 104 lbs, that is so terrific. Way to go.

Hugs,

Update

Hi everyone!

I had a checkup with my surgeon today and have now lost 104 lbs so I'm

officially a member of the century club!!!!!!!! I'm 4 1/2 months out and really

starting to feel good now. I have a good size hernia but so far its not really

bothering me (it bothers me being there but that doesn't count). The doctor and

I discussed it very briefly today and figure we'll do the surgery to repair it

sometime the beginning of next year as long as it doesn't become a problem

sooner. So all in all it was a very good checkup!!!!!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Hi ...Thanks for the update on . I am glad to hear that her

surgery went well. Give her my best.

DeeDee (bsktbum)

Pre-Op March 21st

Update

Hi all,

on did well in surgery. They did a lap RNY, but ended up

opening her up a bit to be sure he had the intestine sewed well to the new

pouch. Chip says she is doing okay, in pain and groggy, but okay. She

is in Intensive Care, which was expected. Evidently at Images that is part

of their protocol. Her surgery was 5.5 hours from the time they took her to

the time they finished surgery. She has the leak test tomorrow, and then

if that is good, she should go to a regular room.

Hugs,

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[Guest guest]

Hi ...Thanks for the update on . I am glad to hear that her

surgery went well. Give her my best.

DeeDee (bsktbum)

Pre-Op March 21st

Update

Hi all,

on did well in surgery. They did a lap RNY, but ended up

opening her up a bit to be sure he had the intestine sewed well to the new

pouch. Chip says she is doing okay, in pain and groggy, but okay. She

is in Intensive Care, which was expected. Evidently at Images that is part

of their protocol. Her surgery was 5.5 hours from the time they took her to

the time they finished surgery. She has the leak test tomorrow, and then

if that is good, she should go to a regular room.

Hugs,

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[Guest guest]

Rosemary, as you can plainly see, I am woefully behind on emails. My daughter is doing better. You would never know it was the same child that a week ago looked so downright terrible.

I had to laugh at your fans and summer nighties comment. One day this summer, the temp was consistently about 90 degrees F and the humidity made it feel like a tropical rainforest. I took all 4 of our window box fans and set them so that on 3 sides of me I had a constant stream of moving air. Finally hubby took pity on me and bought two new air conditioners. Now I'm in heaven.

Rosemary Hoy wrote:

It maybe a case of me using fans and wearing Summer nighties all day. I am savouring what is left of the cooler weather..... but I'd like more.

Well.... all I need do is figure out how to save this and then see if I can upload it to the other computer. My prayers are there for all of you.... and , I hope your little one is getting better....... hugs Rosemary

Allow yourself to ask for what you need. Allow yourself to need help, to need love, to need other people. Give yourself permission to say "This is what I need," to say it without shame, without guilt. Now allow yourself to receive what is offered.......This is a quote from - Snyder, writer.

Life is the journey..... not the destination...... unknown

Knowledge is Power!

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[Guest guest]

Rosemary, as you can plainly see, I am woefully behind on emails. My daughter is doing better. You would never know it was the same child that a week ago looked so downright terrible.

I had to laugh at your fans and summer nighties comment. One day this summer, the temp was consistently about 90 degrees F and the humidity made it feel like a tropical rainforest. I took all 4 of our window box fans and set them so that on 3 sides of me I had a constant stream of moving air. Finally hubby took pity on me and bought two new air conditioners. Now I'm in heaven.

Rosemary Hoy wrote:

It maybe a case of me using fans and wearing Summer nighties all day. I am savouring what is left of the cooler weather..... but I'd like more.

Well.... all I need do is figure out how to save this and then see if I can upload it to the other computer. My prayers are there for all of you.... and , I hope your little one is getting better....... hugs Rosemary

Allow yourself to ask for what you need. Allow yourself to need help, to need love, to need other people. Give yourself permission to say "This is what I need," to say it without shame, without guilt. Now allow yourself to receive what is offered.......This is a quote from - Snyder, writer.

Life is the journey..... not the destination...... unknown

Knowledge is Power!

Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

[Guest guest]

Rosemary, as you can plainly see, I am woefully behind on emails. My daughter is doing better. You would never know it was the same child that a week ago looked so downright terrible.

I had to laugh at your fans and summer nighties comment. One day this summer, the temp was consistently about 90 degrees F and the humidity made it feel like a tropical rainforest. I took all 4 of our window box fans and set them so that on 3 sides of me I had a constant stream of moving air. Finally hubby took pity on me and bought two new air conditioners. Now I'm in heaven.

Rosemary Hoy wrote:

It maybe a case of me using fans and wearing Summer nighties all day. I am savouring what is left of the cooler weather..... but I'd like more.

Well.... all I need do is figure out how to save this and then see if I can upload it to the other computer. My prayers are there for all of you.... and , I hope your little one is getting better....... hugs Rosemary

Allow yourself to ask for what you need. Allow yourself to need help, to need love, to need other people. Give yourself permission to say "This is what I need," to say it without shame, without guilt. Now allow yourself to receive what is offered.......This is a quote from - Snyder, writer.

Life is the journey..... not the destination...... unknown

Knowledge is Power!

Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

[Guest guest]

Hi all....

I have been extremely busy (as usual). Have about hopped through all the hoops

to get ready for the fall semester at school (minus paying the tuition and book

bills). VR (Voc Rehab) will help me out, but they are going through a change in

their system that might not get the funds to me in time. Thus, I signed a

master promissory note as my plan B for the upcoming semester. So, VR said to

me that it is switching from paying the school to paying the client to pay the

school. I don't understand why state governments do what they do sometimes but

that is beyond me.

Anyway, I have written about 10 pages or so in the book. But that was before I

went to the printer and picked up over 500 pages in posts from this group and a

few others I have been on from 2007-present to gather a lot of sources for the

book. I've had over 20 individuals (closer to 25 people) from the various

online groups I have visited who have given their permission for me to use their

first names or a pseudonym or other name to be used in the book.

One of my references wants me to go by her radio name when she worked in the

radio business for a very long period of time. I am thankful and grateful to

each of these individuals. This group holds a special place in my life. As

such, I can't wait to see what I write about you guys in the thank

you/acknowlegement section. I have some other ideas, but will reserve for later

when I cross that bridge.

I have been coding all these pages and will be done coding in about another two

weeks or so. Just hard for me to believe I could have that many pages in posts

and in my own handwriting to look from to write a book. I have over 100 pages

in handwritten materials, so that is over 600 pages total. Things are easier to

write when I have the material in front of me.

I am giving a co-presentation at a local university on " Navigating the

Employment Minefield " in a week. , I listed your book, " Asperger Syndrome

Employment Workbook, " as a source of information that these folks can go to get

more information on a few of the PowerPoint slides. I figure a little extra

free publicity could benefit you.

I will talk with my co-presenter, Sue, to see if she will allow me to post the

presentation on aspires under Files when we're done doing so. I don't think

she'll have a problem with it.

Autism advocacy being what it is, I am wonderfully excited about what is going

on with my local autism center. We passed the upcoming fiscal year budget last

night, and signed the lease for our new location this morning. Just waiting to

hear from the landlords to see if they approve the clauses we inserted into the

contract. The realtor said that they are wonderful people who like to treat

their tenants like kings and queens.

Rarely, do they lose tenants and tend to keep them for a very long period of

time. Besides, we got an excellent price on the lease, after the landlords

became excited about what we wanted to do and lowered their monthly price on the

lease by a few hundred dollars.

Earlier this week, we received word that an anonymous donor from a community

foundation in the southern Georgia chose to make an anonymous gift of $5,000.00

to us. This took place after a bunch of nonprofits met at a " meet and greet "

with local foundations in the area. Apparently, someone was up here from the

southern Georgia area at the time and heard the wonderful things we're doing

with opening up the clinical services part that closed down last year.

After hearing our acting director mention how the local autism center will only

mushroom due to the immense demand for clinical services, this has me excited.

I have decided to step down from the board after the 2012-2013 fiscal year, and

take on solely a bookkeeping role. I talked with the director about what I am

wanting to do, and he has agreed that I should step down from the board.

I am entering my second year as treasurer on the autism center's board.

However, I have been the volunteer bookkeeper from the very start of the CAC

back in October 2011. While I do not have the cart before the horse regarding

employment as the center's future accountant, I can only imagine that my

experience both on the center's board as well as its volunteer bookkeeper

(probably until I graduate from the local university in May 2014) will put me in

great shape either at the autism center or another place.

I could not have been any better in the right time and at the right place, when

the autism center came calling for me to be its bookkeeper and treasurer last

year. This may be totally volunteer work, but the experience of all this could

be a factor that lands my foot inside the door at a company or organization as I

look for accounting jobs as I am closer to graduation in 2014.

Relationship with April goes well, although we are both busy and have limited

time to see each other for now.

Other things coming up this summer:

Next week: " Navigating the Employment Minefield " presentation

Next week/week after: Interview #2 for chapter on book that someone is writing

on Tennesseeans with epilepsy. I have had grand mal/tonic clonic epilepsy since

the age of nine. Just another opportunity to get the word out about me.

Although I do talk about epilepsy, I also have made references to autism,

Greater Chattanooga Aspies, and the connection between epilepsy and autism.

August: My friend, who was in the radio business a long time, and her

documentary friend are coming to my area. I will be filmed and taped as part of

a documentary on autism. I won't be done writing the book by then, but I will

be much further along than I am now. This is another opportunity to talk about

my upcoming book and this group. People need to know about my story, and how

aspires became part of that story in 2007 (when I was going through the " dark

time " in my life). People need to know who aspires is and what makes aspires

the special group it is.

Stopping for now,