Re: Re: Toni~ Stupid Doctors!! Toni

[Guest guest]

Tony:

Something that really helps me when I am really

congested and my lungs get yucky, is to take Musinex

(sp?). It's OTC, and is really good at clearing up

mucus problems.

Kathe in CA

--- Ms radar <aclavern33@...> wrote:

> Tess,

> This is very difficult. But on a more serious

> side...this cytokine

> storm is real. I am learning is common in those

> with auto-immune

> disease as well as happens to those that have had

> digestive altering

> weight loss surgery. Apparently the shortening of

> the gut has

> something to do with this. I am still researching

> and not finding a

> lot of info.

>

> The good think is that being on TNF-inhibitors

> actually slows or

> stops the " storm " .

>

> I still feel crappy and its taking all my energy to

> just breath!! I

> am so sore and tired from the coughing! I must have

> what feels like

> buckets of crap in my lungs...they are so sore...the

> more I cough to

> get the crap up the sorer I get!

>

> My PCP says I should feel better in two weeks. So

> we shall see.

> Since my rheummy is ignorring me...I guess I shall

> address my issues

> to my PCP and forget the rheummy until the new doc

> arrives and I can

> switch to him in July.

>

> Toni

>

>

>

> >

> > Hi Toni...as a fellow bariatric patient, I have

> experienced the

> ignorance of many medical professionals when it

> comes to bariatric

> surgery. They 'think' there is just one procedure,

> and do not want

> to differentiate between them, even though our needs

> can be quite

> different. The PCP I had at the time I had my

> surgery was insistent

> that I had a gastric bypass...when I brought in a

> description of my

> surgery (BPD/DS) she put it aside and told me she

> did not want it,

> and kept on referring to me as a gastric bypass

> patient. Well, I

> found another PCP This one was eager to learn about

> my surgery and

> all it entails. She wasn't insulted a bit when I

> explained the

> procedure I had...in fact she scanned all the info I

> brought in into

> my chart. She has been an angel.

> >

> > I hope you get well soon, Toni...this must be so

> very difficult.

> >

> > Love & hugs...

> >

> > Tess

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Kathe

" To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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[Guest guest]

Kathe, I heard about Mucinex. I've been afraid to take it because I don't want

to add to my problems. Maybe I'll give it a try after all.

Kathe Sabetzadeh <lv2ryd@...> wrote:

Tony:

Something that really helps me when I am really

congested and my lungs get yucky, is to take Musinex

(sp?). It's OTC, and is really good at clearing up

mucus problems.

Kathe in CA

--- Ms radar <aclavern33@...> wrote:

> Tess,

> This is very difficult. But on a more serious

> side...this cytokine

> storm is real. I am learning is common in those

> with auto-immune

> disease as well as happens to those that have had

> digestive altering

> weight loss surgery. Apparently the shortening of

> the gut has

> something to do with this. I am still researching

> and not finding a

> lot of info.

>

> The good think is that being on TNF-inhibitors

> actually slows or

> stops the " storm " .

>

> I still feel crappy and its taking all my energy to

> just breath!! I

> am so sore and tired from the coughing! I must have

> what feels like

> buckets of crap in my lungs...they are so sore...the

> more I cough to

> get the crap up the sorer I get!

>

> My PCP says I should feel better in two weeks. So

> we shall see.

> Since my rheummy is ignorring me...I guess I shall

> address my issues

> to my PCP and forget the rheummy until the new doc

> arrives and I can

> switch to him in July.

>

> Toni

>

>

>

> >

> > Hi Toni...as a fellow bariatric patient, I have

> experienced the

> ignorance of many medical professionals when it

> comes to bariatric

> surgery. They 'think' there is just one procedure,

> and do not want

> to differentiate between them, even though our needs

> can be quite

> different. The PCP I had at the time I had my

> surgery was insistent

> that I had a gastric bypass...when I brought in a

> description of my

> surgery (BPD/DS) she put it aside and told me she

> did not want it,

> and kept on referring to me as a gastric bypass

> patient. Well, I

> found another PCP This one was eager to learn about

> my surgery and

> all it entails. She wasn't insulted a bit when I

> explained the

> procedure I had...in fact she scanned all the info I

> brought in into

> my chart. She has been an angel.

> >

> > I hope you get well soon, Toni...this must be so

> very difficult.

> >

> > Love & hugs...

> >

> > Tess

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Kathe

" To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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