Re: needed to get this off my cheast/

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I am glad that despite your eye doctor initially thinking one thing,

he checked and found out you weren't b.s.'ng! That's a good thing.

Make sure when you go for your spinal tap that you let them know you

have fibro. It may make a difference in the meds they use for you.

As far as your sick kiddos go - we had a " sick house " too for the

past 2 winters. Want to know what I did differently? We went around

with the lysol disinfecting wipes and wiped every single door knob in

the house with one. Then, I got both kids skin tested for allergies.

Turned out my daughter has severe allergies (which kept developing

into sinus, then bronchitis, yada yada yada) and my son has mild

allergies (same pattern). Now that we have had them on allergy

medicine (both are generic - he is on zyrtec and generic flonase; she

is on generic rynatan and generic flonase), we haven't seen or had

either one of them " go down " sick except for once this winter! And

that was for a sore throat that turned out to be pharyngitis and it

was my son and it was before he got tested. So there's a thought for

you when you are feeling better. We also changed our furnace filter

thingie and are using a filtrete one that is hepa quality.

I agree that insurance companies shouldn't be telling consumers what

to buy. There are many many medications where the name brand is

superior to the generic. There are many medications where there is no

generic available yet. It's a Catch 22 for those of us on name-brands

(like Lyrica or Cymbalta or Effexor) because we cannot survive

without them........and sometimes the cost is so prohibitive we do

without. My suggestion would be to check with your physician about

another med if that happens. I know my pulmonologist/sleep doctor,

who also handles my allergies because they trigger my asthma, is

always willing to give me samples of stuff if I ask to help save me

money. Just a thought....

Darlene

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> Hi ,

> Isn't it great to be able to vent and not have people roll their

eyes at you???!!! I'm sorry about all the sickness. What we need here

in Michigan is some warm weather. Just think how good it would feel

to sit outside and let the sun warm our sore muscles...heaven...do

take care and hang in there.

> /Mi

> needed to get this off my cheast

>

>

> Ok another month of the crud, I am really getting tired of trying

to

> keep everyone healthy. We can seem to stay well here for more

then

> two weeks, and it always starts with a runny nose my 6 year old

> comes home with from school. Hubby's turned into walking

pneumonia,

> little one has bronchitis again and me a sinus infection and ear

> too. SIGH.. never ending when they start school. I have been

rather

> frazzled too from this suto tumor thing going on. I am happy that

> the eye doctor at least checked into the on and off again tunnel

> vision I was getting at times. He did look real skeptical when I

was

> explaining it to him, you know that look you get, SHE IS MAKING

THIS

> UP FOR ATTENTION, that's what it screams to me when the doctors

give

> me that look. He did check and got the ball rolling, so I can

thank

> him for saving my sight. Today I go in to see the neurologist and

> find out why this all started, and when I get the spinal tap they

> need to do. Sounds like fun huh? I'm tired, hurting, and so sick

and

> tired of everything. I just wish I could throw in the towel. I

just

> read on here about the withdraw effects of the Cymbalta, which

> really helps me. Our drug plan doesn't cover name brands and we

have

> been having to pay for it out of pocket. So I guess now we have

to

> make sure I get it no matter what. Why do they make drugs like

that?

> It wouldn't be so bad if my disability had already went threw but

> its been two years and we are still waiting for a hearing. Well I

> guess I've complained enough for today. Thanks for letting me get

> this off my chest, I hate to always whine to my Husband, cause

then

> he worries about me all day and hovers. In Michigan

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[Guest guest]

Another great tip for not getting sick is to have the kids wash their hands the

MINUTE they get home! Also disinfect the phones and remotes as well as the door

handles. I also keep hand sanitizer in my car. The minute we get back in the

car form being anywhere we all use it. I also use the wipes they provide to

wipe down shopping carts. It has really cut back on all of our illnesses we

catch. ~Jill

needed to get this off my cheast

>

>

> Ok another month of the crud, I am really getting tired of trying

to

> keep everyone healthy. We can seem to stay well here for more

then

> two weeks, and it always starts with a runny nose my 6 year old

> comes home with from school. Hubby's turned into walking

pneumonia,

> little one has bronchitis again and me a sinus infection and ear

> too. SIGH.. never ending when they start school. I have been

rather

> frazzled too from this suto tumor thing going on. I am happy that

> the eye doctor at least checked into the on and off again tunnel

> vision I was getting at times. He did look real skeptical when I

was

> explaining it to him, you know that look you get, SHE IS MAKING

THIS

> UP FOR ATTENTION, that's what it screams to me when the doctors

give

> me that look. He did check and got the ball rolling, so I can

thank

> him for saving my sight. Today I go in to see the neurologist and

> find out why this all started, and when I get the spinal tap they

> need to do. Sounds like fun huh? I'm tired, hurting, and so sick

and

> tired of everything. I just wish I could throw in the towel. I

just

> read on here about the withdraw effects of the Cymbalta, which

> really helps me. Our drug plan doesn't cover name brands and we

have

> been having to pay for it out of pocket. So I guess now we have

to

> make sure I get it no matter what. Why do they make drugs like

that?

> It wouldn't be so bad if my disability had already went threw but

> its been two years and we are still waiting for a hearing. Well I

> guess I've complained enough for today. Thanks for letting me get

> this off my chest, I hate to always whine to my Husband, cause

then

> he worries about me all day and hovers. In Michigan

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