Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 Kimber, Thanks for caring. It means alot to me. I am just trying to stay balanced. I know that I may be wearing alot of hats right now. I have a very supportive husband and my sister who lives out of town is now starting to help out on the weekends so that gives me a bit of a break. I am still exhausted but I managed to take a whirlpool bath tonight and get a few things done. That felt good ! My sister is with my brother in law tonight so we hopefully will start a better schedule for all. It is just a pain in the butt when you have to work full time on top of all of this misery. Thanks for being concerned. You are just like said you were,, very caring. Lily Re: To Heidi > Lily, > please take care of yourself too! I know you need the work > and you are helping your brother in law, but you can't > neglect taking care of you or you won't be able to do that > work or help with your brother in law. Is there no one else > who can at least help with your brother in law for a > break? Worried about you. > Kimber > > -- > Kimber > Vallejo, CA > hominid2@... > Southwest Representative > Pancreatitis Association, International > > > > > PANCREATITIS Association, Intl. > Online e-mail group > > To reply to this message hit & quot;reply & quot; or send an e-mail to: Pancreatitis (AT) Yahoo > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 Lily, thanks. You are very caring yourself. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 Lily, thanks. You are very caring yourself. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Kimber, I glad to hear that you eye problem is healing up. Keep up the good work on it. My PCP has increase has increase my Glucophage it one with each meal from breakfast & Dinner only. It seems to be helping a little better. I guess it will take a little longer too see if it will keep it under control. I hope so, as I really don't want to have to take those nasty insulin shots, or any kind of shots for that matter. I know I could give someone else a shot, but when I comes to sticking myself, I a real chicken. Take Care, Louie in WV to Louie Louie, the eye is healing slowly. I'm still taking eye drops for it every 2 hours and only when I'm awake. They have an ointment for me to put on it at night. The vision is still a little fuzzy and foggy in that eye. I'm hoping it will come back when it fully heals. The doctor says I came really close to losing or severly damaging the sight in that eye. If I had waited one more day.... Initially, they had me taking drops every hour, 24 hours a day. Nasty to have to wake up every hour when you are trying to sleep. Now I'm finally catching up on my sleep. Hope all is going well with you. Hope your diabetes issue is clearing up? Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Kimber, I glad to hear that you eye problem is healing up. Keep up the good work on it. My PCP has increase has increase my Glucophage it one with each meal from breakfast & Dinner only. It seems to be helping a little better. I guess it will take a little longer too see if it will keep it under control. I hope so, as I really don't want to have to take those nasty insulin shots, or any kind of shots for that matter. I know I could give someone else a shot, but when I comes to sticking myself, I a real chicken. Take Care, Louie in WV to Louie Louie, the eye is healing slowly. I'm still taking eye drops for it every 2 hours and only when I'm awake. They have an ointment for me to put on it at night. The vision is still a little fuzzy and foggy in that eye. I'm hoping it will come back when it fully heals. The doctor says I came really close to losing or severly damaging the sight in that eye. If I had waited one more day.... Initially, they had me taking drops every hour, 24 hours a day. Nasty to have to wake up every hour when you are trying to sleep. Now I'm finally catching up on my sleep. Hope all is going well with you. Hope your diabetes issue is clearing up? Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Kimber, I glad to hear that you eye problem is healing up. Keep up the good work on it. My PCP has increase has increase my Glucophage it one with each meal from breakfast & Dinner only. It seems to be helping a little better. I guess it will take a little longer too see if it will keep it under control. I hope so, as I really don't want to have to take those nasty insulin shots, or any kind of shots for that matter. I know I could give someone else a shot, but when I comes to sticking myself, I a real chicken. Take Care, Louie in WV to Louie Louie, the eye is healing slowly. I'm still taking eye drops for it every 2 hours and only when I'm awake. They have an ointment for me to put on it at night. The vision is still a little fuzzy and foggy in that eye. I'm hoping it will come back when it fully heals. The doctor says I came really close to losing or severly damaging the sight in that eye. If I had waited one more day.... Initially, they had me taking drops every hour, 24 hours a day. Nasty to have to wake up every hour when you are trying to sleep. Now I'm finally catching up on my sleep. Hope all is going well with you. Hope your diabetes issue is clearing up? Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2002 Report Share Posted October 19, 2002 Thanks Kimber, I will go to the Hopkins site and print that out. I have printed it out before but don't know what I did with it. I will be talking to Dr. Cotton myself cuz I am not sure what this new doc will actually tell him. Thanks for the good advice, I needed to be reminded to talk to Dr. Cotton and about the Hopkins site. talk to ya soon, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 Louie, well, the ulcer scar didn't affect my vision, but something else did. They think an old injury has left something blocking my vision in my left eye, but I don't think I had any other injuries to that eye, so something is blocking the vision. It isn't the ulcer, because it wasn't in my line of vision evidently, but something is. My optometrist is going to consult with my opthamologist to see if they can pin down what is affecting the vision in the left eye. I may end up having to go to the opthamologist again so he can look at it. As it is, the optomestrist can't bring the vision up in that eye. What worries me is that both my great grandmother and my grandmother has tumors in their eyes.My great grandmother died because it had spread, but my grandmother just lost the eye, though they did tell her if they had caught it earlier, they could have saved the eye. So, needless to say, I'm worried that it's the beginning of a tumor. I'm hoping it's not and that it's something that is fixable. They do know it is not the retina, so that is okay, but it may be something in the cornea. The doctor is supposed to call me during the week, so I should have some idea then. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 Louie, well, the ulcer scar didn't affect my vision, but something else did. They think an old injury has left something blocking my vision in my left eye, but I don't think I had any other injuries to that eye, so something is blocking the vision. It isn't the ulcer, because it wasn't in my line of vision evidently, but something is. My optometrist is going to consult with my opthamologist to see if they can pin down what is affecting the vision in the left eye. I may end up having to go to the opthamologist again so he can look at it. As it is, the optomestrist can't bring the vision up in that eye. What worries me is that both my great grandmother and my grandmother has tumors in their eyes.My great grandmother died because it had spread, but my grandmother just lost the eye, though they did tell her if they had caught it earlier, they could have saved the eye. So, needless to say, I'm worried that it's the beginning of a tumor. I'm hoping it's not and that it's something that is fixable. They do know it is not the retina, so that is okay, but it may be something in the cornea. The doctor is supposed to call me during the week, so I should have some idea then. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Hi Kimber, I certainly hope it nothing permanent with your eye and the new doc do something to fix the problem. I will certainly keep you in my prayers that everything turns out ok for you. Are you a diabetic from your CP, yet? I know when you are a diabetic, sometimes it can affect the eye, so once a year I now see a diabetic eye specialist, so if any problems are starting, hopefully we will caught the in the early stages. I hope this isn't your case. I can certainly see why you are worried, since your grandmothers had so much problems with their eyes. Keep me posted. If there is anything I could do let me know. Take Care, Louie in WV Re: To Kimber Louie, well, the ulcer scar didn't affect my vision, but something else did. They think an old injury has left something blocking my vision in my left eye, but I don't think I had any other injuries to that eye, so something is blocking the vision. It isn't the ulcer, because it wasn't in my line of vision evidently, but something is. My optometrist is going to consult with my opthamologist to see if they can pin down what is affecting the vision in the left eye. I may end up having to go to the opthamologist again so he can look at it. As it is, the optomestrist can't bring the vision up in that eye. What worries me is that both my great grandmother and my grandmother has tumors in their eyes.My great grandmother died because it had spread, but my grandmother just lost the eye, though they did tell her if they had caught it earlier, they could have saved the eye. So, needless to say, I'm worried that it's the beginning of a tumor. I'm hoping it's not and that it's something that is fixable. They do know it is not the retina, so that is okay, but it may be something in the cornea. The doctor is supposed to call me during the week, so I should have some idea then. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 Louie, yes I am diabetic and I get my eyes checked once a year. I do have retinopathy, but the problem I'm currently having isn't connected to that, the doctors checked to make sure about that. This is something new that they feel isn't related to my diabetes. Right now it's just wait and see. If the doctor doesn't call me by tomorrow I will call him to find out what he found out from my opthamologist. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Hi Kimber, I sorry to hear that your are not feeling well. I hope this pain , will be short lived. I hope you are feeling better today. I'll keep you in my prayers. Take Care, Louie in WV Grrr day for me Hey all, I'm just writing because I'm having a bad pain day. I was supposed to work at home today and ended up calling it in as a sick day because of the pain. I knew I wouldn't be able to work with the data I dealing with at work without messing it up due to the pain meds. Grrr. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Hi Kimber, I sorry to hear that your are not feeling well. I hope this pain , will be short lived. I hope you are feeling better today. I'll keep you in my prayers. Take Care, Louie in WV Grrr day for me Hey all, I'm just writing because I'm having a bad pain day. I was supposed to work at home today and ended up calling it in as a sick day because of the pain. I knew I wouldn't be able to work with the data I dealing with at work without messing it up due to the pain meds. Grrr. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Kimber, I glad that you eye problem isn't coming from your diabetes. Do you take pills to control it or are your on insulin? I hope you get good news with your eyes. Take Care, Louie in WV Re: To Kimber Louie, yes I am diabetic and I get my eyes checked once a year. I do have retinopathy, but the problem I'm currently having isn't connected to that, the doctors checked to make sure about that. This is something new that they feel isn't related to my diabetes. Right now it's just wait and see. If the doctor doesn't call me by tomorrow I will call him to find out what he found out from my opthamologist. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Kimber, I glad that you eye problem isn't coming from your diabetes. Do you take pills to control it or are your on insulin? I hope you get good news with your eyes. Take Care, Louie in WV Re: To Kimber Louie, yes I am diabetic and I get my eyes checked once a year. I do have retinopathy, but the problem I'm currently having isn't connected to that, the doctors checked to make sure about that. This is something new that they feel isn't related to my diabetes. Right now it's just wait and see. If the doctor doesn't call me by tomorrow I will call him to find out what he found out from my opthamologist. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Louie, I'm doing better today, so thanks. I guess all those prayers are working. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Louie, I'm doing better today, so thanks. I guess all those prayers are working. Kimber -- Kimber Vallejo, CA hominid2@... Southwest and California Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2003 Report Share Posted January 31, 2003 if I take more than 1/4 a pill, it makes me feel like a zombie I have a friend who takes it and she has to take 3 pills to put her to sleep, the exact opposite of me. Kimber Kimber, You have brought up a very important fact in your message that we all need to remember. When we are discussing the dosages of any medicine here on the message board.......what works for one person MAY HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EFFECT on another. It reminds me that each of us has to be aware of this, and no one should assume that just because 10 mg's of XXXX is suitable for one, it may be overwhelming for another. Just remember this folks, and let your doctor's and your awareness of your self be the judge of correct dosaging. Each of us has a different body chemistry, and the meds may effect each of us in different ways. With hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth South Carolina Southeastern Representative PAI, Intl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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