Re: transplant doc

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joyce

hi, agree with linda; i have been taking for over a year now as i

can't take sulfa drugs. And it needs the fatty food to absorb into

your body.. Have fun. patti

> >

> > saw transplant doc yesterday

> > informed him that i am ready to list

> >

> > informed him about change in O2 levels since going on Cellcept

and

> > Dapsone last week

> > he said that Dapsone can cause decrease in O2 levels and told me

to

> > stop taking it

> > then he prescribed Mepron

> >

> > when the nurse checked my vitals prior to seeing doc, the O2

level

> > stayed at 93% while sitting with oxygen on

> >

> > last monday when we went to the holiday party at lung transplant

> > center, i walked quickly from garage to party location with no

problems

> > yesterday, when i did the same walk, i was huffing and puffing

and

> > slowing down

> >

> > i have also been in contact with pulmonary doc nurse about

change in

> > o2 levels

> > nurse called me back as we were driving home from transplant doc

appt.

> > pulmonary doc said to continue with meds

> > i informed nurse about appt with transplant doc

> >

> > yesterday i found out that the two docs have offices next to

each

> > other, even though the clinics are in different sections of the

hospital

> >

> > Bruce--

> > re: hospital comforts?

> > some of the hospitals in this area are completely computerized

> > the docs do not carry a paper chart with them, they use the

computer

> > for everything

> >

> > so when I see the transplant doc, he has access to whatever the

> > pulmonary doc wrote in my chart on the computer, etc

> >

> >

> > *Pink Joyce IPF 3/06 Pennsylvania*

> > *Donate* *Life*

> >

> >

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