Re: Finally!/ELIZABETH ANEMIA

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You sound like me....your testimonial on your health is just me...but what

do your doctors give your for Anemia. I have been also dx'd with pernicious

anemia...I detest red meat and the doctor told me to eat more red meat..but

that is not good..red meat affects my joints and makes them hurt more. Does

that make sense. And I cannot take iron..hurts my stomach...eeek...caught in

a hard place, I think, I am!!

I suffer greatly with DDD............have had so many surgeries, etc...and

am planning a pain implant for pain this summer...

More later.

Hugs from Seattle and soon IDAHO

Faithy

-- Finally!

Well, I had a physical with my GP this morning. I have no insurance, so she

is the only doc I can see right now. She knows about my FM/CFS and other

problems and has also been treating me for severe anemia for the past few

months. The anemia is getting better but only very gradually.

I have a prescription for Ultram and I'm finding that I really need it,

even though I don't like how it makes me feel. I have also been taking

about 2600 mg of Tylenol along with the Ultram for a few months, but I haven

t found that it is helping any at all. I'm just leary of taking that much

stuff that can ruin my liver!

So, I finally asked about a muscle relaxant, and she gave me a

prescription for generic Flexeril. So I sure am hoping that this will help.

My neck has just been getting unbearable. I have DDD, and two of the discs

in my cervical spine are all but gone, so I have bone grinding on bone which

sets of tremendous pain, inflammation, spasms, and radiculopathies. I can

barely read my own hand writing any more, but it still has not affected my

ability to play my harps, aside from the fact that it hurts, but everything

hurts, so what!!

I also found out yesterday that the contract position I've been on for the

past year will be over the end of the month. The fellow who placed me here

thinks he might have another slot for me, doing pretty much the same thing

at another location, so I am really hoping that will come through. Or

something. I really need to find something that will provide insurance

again.

Wish me luck!

Paine

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Hi, Faith!

Right now, I'm just taking 150 mg of slow-release iron tablets, but

I did have about a two month supplies of samples my gyno's office

game me of an iron supplement called Tandem. It is iron and

something else (forget what) that helps with the iron absorption and

makes it easier on the stomach. It is taken once a day and is about

160 mg, if I remember correctly.

My GP says that my pain level might actually improve if we can get

my iron levels back up because one of the symptoms of anemia is

muscle and joint pain because your tissues are getting properly

oxygenated. We shall see!

Surely there is a good food source for iron other than red meat.

Spinach maybe. That would be a good thing to look up.

>

> You sound like me....your testimonial on your health is just

me...but what

> do your doctors give your for Anemia. I have been also dx'd with

pernicious

> anemia...I detest red meat and the doctor told me to eat more red

meat..but

> that is not good..red meat affects my joints and makes them hurt

more. Does

> that make sense. And I cannot take iron..hurts my

stomach...eeek...caught in

> a hard place, I think, I am!!

>

> I suffer greatly with DDD............have had so many surgeries,

etc...and

> am planning a pain implant for pain this summer...

>

> More later.

> Hugs from Seattle and soon IDAHO

> Faithy

>

> -- Finally!

>

> Well, I had a physical with my GP this morning. I have no

insurance, so she

> is the only doc I can see right now. She knows about my FM/CFS

and other

> problems and has also been treating me for severe anemia for the

past few

> months. The anemia is getting better but only very gradually.

>

> I have a prescription for Ultram and I'm finding that I really

need it,

> even though I don't like how it makes me feel. I have also been

taking

> about 2600 mg of Tylenol along with the Ultram for a few months,

but I haven

> t found that it is helping any at all. I'm just leary of taking

that much

> stuff that can ruin my liver!

>

> So, I finally asked about a muscle relaxant, and she gave me a

> prescription for generic Flexeril. So I sure am hoping that this

will help.

> My neck has just been getting unbearable. I have DDD, and two of

the discs

> in my cervical spine are all but gone, so I have bone grinding on

bone which

> sets of tremendous pain, inflammation, spasms, and

radiculopathies. I can

> barely read my own hand writing any more, but it still has not

affected my

> ability to play my harps, aside from the fact that it hurts, but

everything

> hurts, so what!!

>

> I also found out yesterday that the contract position I've been

on for the

> past year will be over the end of the month. The fellow who

placed me here

> thinks he might have another slot for me, doing pretty much the

same thing

> at another location, so I am really hoping that will come

through. Or

> something. I really need to find something that will provide

insurance

> again.

>

> Wish me luck!

>

>

> Paine

> To contribute to my book, please contact me at fibrobook@...

>

> ---------------------------------

> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

>

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