Question

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Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth feeling as

if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

Any answers?

in Fayetteville

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In a message dated 08/06/2000 8:43:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

linfaync@... writes:

<< Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth feeling as

if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

Any answers?

in Fayetteville >>

Hi ,

I always chew sugar free gum. I hate the dry mouth

syndrome. I also think sometimes your breath can be stale when you don't eat

or drink alot? I don't know about you, but, there is nothing worse than Bad

Breath!!!! Working with the public, it makes you Very aware of the problem!

LOL Anyways, It doesn't give me gas or bother me at all? I mean no more gas

than before LOL Luv, margie :0)

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I think the over the counter pain medication can never be taken

again. at least that is what i was told..The question about sugar

free gum , I am not sure i did try it once and it did not hurt me but

everybody is different so maybe you can get some more advice on here

besides mine..come on Post-ops help these pre-ops out.. we all have

different reactions to different things..good luck to you both..

Zoey

MGB 4/20/2000

Cigna approved 1st time

Louisiana (winter)

Indiana (summer)

262/207/135

> Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

> It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth

feeling as

> if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

> Any answers?

> in Fayetteville

[Guest guest]

What do you take for a normal little headache when you are post-op?

Dinah in Ala

mgb 081600

>

>

> I think the over the counter pain medication can never be taken

> again. at least that is what i was told..The question about sugar

> free gum , I am not sure i did try it once and it did not hurt me

but

> everybody is different so maybe you can get some more advice on

here

> besides mine..come on Post-ops help these pre-ops out.. we all have

> different reactions to different things..good luck to you both..

>

> Zoey

> MGB 4/20/2000

> Cigna approved 1st time

> Louisiana (winter)

> Indiana (summer)

> 262/207/135

>

> > Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

> > It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth

> feeling as

> > if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

> > Any answers?

> > in Fayetteville

[Guest guest]

Didn't I read somewhere just recently not to take the children's

motrin? I have been meaning to ask about this, because then I thought

I saw something after that, that said it was okay? Am I dreaming some

of this? lol

Dinah in Alabama

mgb 081600

-- In MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com, " Rosemary Locklear "

<rosemarylocklear@c...> wrote:

> It says in the manual to get children's Motrin, I've bought it and

have it

> on hand because I'm a big headache getter! But as I'm sure you've

guessed,

> I haven't had a head ache in 2 wks since surgery!!!!

>

> What exactly is Dr R doing while we're out of it????????????????

>

> A complete body overhaul???

> LOL

> Rosemary

> Re: Question

>

>

> > What do you take for a normal little headache when you are post-

op?

> > Dinah in Ala

> > mgb 081600

> >

> >

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > I think the over the counter pain medication can never be taken

> > > again. at least that is what i was told..The question about

sugar

> > > free gum , I am not sure i did try it once and it did not hurt

me

> > but

> > > everybody is different so maybe you can get some more advice on

> > here

> > > besides mine..come on Post-ops help these pre-ops out.. we all

have

> > > different reactions to different things..good luck to you both..

> > >

> > > Zoey

> > > MGB 4/20/2000

> > > Cigna approved 1st time

> > > Louisiana (winter)

> > > Indiana (summer)

> > > 262/207/135

> > >

> > > > Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

> > > > It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my

mouth

> > > feeling as

> > > > if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

> > > > Any answers?

> > > > in Fayetteville

> >

> >

> >

> >

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,

Are you Post Op?

Rosemary

Re: Question

> Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

> It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth feeling

as

> if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

> Any answers?

> in Fayetteville

>

>

>

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Zoey,

You lost over a hundred pounds since April???????????????????? What are you

doing???????????????

Rosemary

MGB 7/24/00

Re: Question

>

>

>

> I think the over the counter pain medication can never be taken

> again. at least that is what i was told..The question about sugar

> free gum , I am not sure i did try it once and it did not hurt me but

> everybody is different so maybe you can get some more advice on here

> besides mine..come on Post-ops help these pre-ops out.. we all have

> different reactions to different things..good luck to you both..

>

> Zoey

> MGB 4/20/2000

> Cigna approved 1st time

> Louisiana (winter)

> Indiana (summer)

> 262/207/135

>

> > Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

> > It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth

> feeling as

> > if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

> > Any answers?

> > in Fayetteville

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

It says in the manual to get children's Motrin, I've bought it and have it

on hand because I'm a big headache getter! But as I'm sure you've guessed,

I haven't had a head ache in 2 wks since surgery!!!!

What exactly is Dr R doing while we're out of it????????????????

A complete body overhaul???

LOL

Rosemary

Re: Question

> What do you take for a normal little headache when you are post-op?

> Dinah in Ala

> mgb 081600

>

>

>

> >

> >

> > I think the over the counter pain medication can never be taken

> > again. at least that is what i was told..The question about sugar

> > free gum , I am not sure i did try it once and it did not hurt me

> but

> > everybody is different so maybe you can get some more advice on

> here

> > besides mine..come on Post-ops help these pre-ops out.. we all have

> > different reactions to different things..good luck to you both..

> >

> > Zoey

> > MGB 4/20/2000

> > Cigna approved 1st time

> > Louisiana (winter)

> > Indiana (summer)

> > 262/207/135

> >

> > > Can anyone tell me if they use or have tried sugar free gum?

> > > It always helped me when I dieted before (you know kept my mouth

> > feeling as

> > > if it were chewing) but I also know it gives you gas.

> > > Any answers?

> > > in Fayetteville

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Rosemary,

Dr. Rutledge is going to change the manual about the children's motrin.

He was at the support meeting on July 29, and he said he doesn't think that

it is a good idea any more. If you have a headache, only prescription

medicines are ok. I can't remember what they all were, but I know Vioxx is

one that he mentioned. I hope this helps.

Deb in IL

7/31/00

[Guest guest]

Thanks Deb,

I fortunately did not even have to open it! I've never felt better in my

life, (that I can remember anyway!)

Hey somebody told me Dr. R use to be a brain surgeon, now I'm wondering if

he really is working on our brains and just tells us it's our tummies! I

swear I have not felt bad not one single day since surgery! Gosh I am so

lucky! I wish all the post ops could feel as good as I have!!!

((((HUGS)))) to all,

Rosemary MGB 7/24/00

Re: Re: Question

> Rosemary,

> Dr. Rutledge is going to change the manual about the children's

motrin.

> He was at the support meeting on July 29, and he said he doesn't think

that

> it is a good idea any more. If you have a headache, only prescription

> medicines are ok. I can't remember what they all were, but I know Vioxx

is

> one that he mentioned. I hope this helps.

>

> Deb in IL

> 7/31/00

>

>

>

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--- Kathleen wrote:

> Well, it's question girl again!!

>

> Anyway, here's the deal. I have this really nasty

> cough and wheeze. I was running a low grade fever

> of 99.3, for me that is a fever, yesterday. No one

> has told me yet if my asthma IS asthma or RP. I had

> a flow loop study done and the pulmonologist said

> " no floppy airways. " So that was good news. This

> is my question: RP can cause inflammation in the

> airways like asthma BEFORE they become floppy,

> right? If that is the case, how do they know if it

> is RP or asthma, or like they are telling me now,

> bronchitis? If it is RP that is causing the wheeze,

> then antibiotics will not help, right? I am already

> on 30 mg of pred and really don't want more, but I

> also don't want to hear in a few years, " Oh, now

> your airways are floppy! " Does this make sense to

> anyone? I'm not even sure it makes sense to me.

> LOL! Any help would be appreciated.

>

> Also does anyone else ever get bruises over their

> joints? A few weeks ago the knuckles of my thumb

> and pinky finger of my left hand were stinging and

> burning and then they bruised. It was almost like

> the blood vessels welled-up and then burst over the

> knuckle. The joints stayed sore for days.

> Weirdness... Has this happened to anyone else. It

> has happened before and it was before the pred, so I

> don't think that's it...

>

> Well, that's all the weirdness I can muster for

> now... Thanks for your patience!

>

> Kathleen (Tx)

>

Yes, Kathleen, my wheeziness was dx as asthma for

about 10 years. Occasionally ER docs would shake

their heads and mutter " it's not typical " . However

the general consensus now is that MOST of the

wheeziness is caused by rp. However, prednisone is

given whatever the wheezing is caused by, and if you

have bronchitis (as well) which is generally an

infection on top of the inflammatory problem, and can

also cause wheeziness, you should take an antibiotic.

(Sorry to be gross, but if you are coughing green

stuff you probably need an antibiotic). Does that

help at all?

Also, yes my knuckles get red and sore, and sometimes

bruise, quite quickly. It seems to go away quite

quickly, too.

The good thing about being diagnosed is that for the

last three years, since I have been taking

methotrexate, my breathing has improved a lot, I

wheeze a little, but I can breathe OK. I have not had

to go to the ER ONCE during that time, and have only

been on antibiotics a couple of times, instead of

every couple of months. I didn't have to take pred

for a year, but now I am a low dose 5mg, also 200 mg

plaquenil as well as 15mg Mtx weekly. I still carry

an inhaler, (I had to use it in Rome over Christmas -

I got the giggles, and suddenly couldn't breathe

properly. A couple of puffs of albuterol sorted that

out, so maybe thatone was asthma!!!)

Hope some of this helps, I do tend to rattle one once

I get going! Love Liz

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[Guest guest]

Sandy,

I did try Naprosyn initially, before the pred. and it didn't help. The steriods are messing with my stomach and so I am afraid to add anything that might make it worse... Do you find that Ibuprophen helps?

Kathleen (Tx)

Re: Question

Hi Kathleen,

Did your Doc prescribe an Nsaid? I take 600mg. of Ibuprophen at lunch and again at dinner to help with the flares.

Sandy

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has had the same experience/trouble that I am going through right now... I take my pred and dapsone in the morning and my headache, nose pain, and throat pain get so much better! But by about 3 or 4 in the afternoon, it all starts in again to last until the next dose of pred/dapsone. Does this mean that I am not taking enough or should be splitting it up? I have read that pred should be taken in the morning as that is when cortisone levels are normally highest and that taking it in the evening could keep me from sleeping. However, feeling like I am going to choke and that my nose might explode are keeping me awake anyway!!!! Anybody have the same problems?

Kathleen (Tx)DISCLAIMER!!WE ARE NOT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THEREFORE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS RECEIVED HERE IS FROM EXPERIENCE ONLY. PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TRYING ANYTHING THAT IS SUGGESTED. WE ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR PHYSICIAN AND ARE NOT TRYING TO BE. REMEMBER EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND TREATMENT MAYBE DIFFERENT FOR MANY OF US. THANK YOU

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/5/02 7:08:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,

katdavis@... writes:

<<

The Pulmonologist has the jazzy computer program that can evaluate your lung

volumes, capacities, flow volume loops, etc. and uses nose clips/ air

chambers, etc. to determine any obstruction in your airways. >>

I've had this one done twice. They also run blood gases when they test me.

I now go every 6 months.

hugs

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

The kind of test your PCP did was pretty basic because most PCPs don't/can/t

invest in the more sophisticated equipment. But the little portable machine can

tell whether your inhalation and exhalation are at an acceptable level. I think

this is used to determine whether a patient should be referred to an

asthma/allergy specialist or if there are pulmonary obstructions.

The Pulmonologist has the jazzy computer program that can evaluate your lung

volumes, capacities, flow volume loops, etc. and uses nose clips/ air chambers,

etc. to determine any obstruction in your airways.

I would hope you could get a baseline PFT done by a Pulmonologist if you are

having shortness of breath and a dx of RP.

Are you coughing with a dry, hacky unproductive couch? Is it a weird coughing

sound sort of like a seal? Do you feel like you have a weight on your chest

when you lay on your back? These are some of the first symptoms I had before my

dx. After a couple of PFTs and lots of asthma medications which did nothing, I

had a most revealing bronchscopy.

This RP is so strange, isn't it? Most in the group say it's important to have a

good rheumatologist. I just check in with mine every 3 or 4 months, but I see

my Pulmonologist every 3 weeks and kinda consider him a close friend!

Hope you have a great weekend.

Take care,

(KC)

Question

Re: Hi,

Re:

Re: I have a question for everyone who has had pulmonary

Re: function testing. What kind? What did they do? I

Re: asked my PCP for a test yesterday and what I got

Re: certainly wasn't what I had read about, but maybe it

Re: was adequate.....you tell me.

Re:

Re: There was no big machine, no nose clip, no varied

Re: breathing exercises....all the stuff I had read about

Re: in an online pulmonary center. The technician held a

Re: little box in her hand, about the size of a gameboy.

Re: She attached a wire from the box to a little breathing

Re: tube. I had to inhale, then blow as forcefully as I

Re: could into the tube three times. That was it. I'm

Re: happy to say this test was normal....but, was it the

Re: correct test? The doctor said it " showed no

Re: restrictions typical of connective tissue disease. "

Re: So, I am just wondering, and hoping for the collective

Re: wisdom and experience of the group.

Re:

Re: Thanks, squeek

Re:

Re: =====

Re:

Re:

Re: __________________________________________________

Re:

[Guest guest]

Hi we do have the COmmision here in Kentucky. I am not sure of the

ages to qualify. The doctors are wonderful!

Hope I have been a little help

Sandy

Mother of three daughters 4 yo w/CF - Kenedy, 5 yo no CF - and 6 yo

w/CF - Kaylee

[Guest guest]

Does any body have problems with thier skin? Unexplained rashes;

allergic reaction maybe to something commonly used; oportunistic

fungal infections? This seems to be a recurrence with me

particularily on my neck and around my eyes, itching, redness, my

eyes swell shut. I have been blowing it off as stress; but I am

curious.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy,

This is T. from Ohio. I had a CT scan a couple of months ago and the same

thing happened to me, they couldn't visualize the pancreatic duct. My doctor

told me it was because my pancreas was so inflamed! Do you have CP?

T.

question

Does anyone know why the pancreatic duct would be " not visible? " This

is what my MRI report says. I guess that's why the GI doc said the

test results were useless. Tammy

[Guest guest]

,

I'm very happy to hear you are seeing progress! That is wonderful!

On the supplements... There is a list on the website,

www.pecanbread.com under the link " Supplements " , which will tell you all the

supplement additives that are not legal. You will have to read the labels and

compare.

Scroll further down that list and you will see which Kirkman's products are

legal. If you are using a Kirkman's product that is NOT legal, they will likely

be able to substitute one that is, for your next order. They are knowledgeable

about SCD.

I hope that helps. Wishing you continued success!

Patti

Question

Hi Patti

I'm so happy, because my son has 3 days making poop without diahrrea.

I have a question about the multivitaminic, enzymes, CoQ10, from Kirkman Labs.

My son consumes this products long time ago, but I dont know if some of them are

illegal.

Thanks so much.

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Dear ,

I know I keep on being a pest, and you address your questions to Patti, who I

would like to add has helped me and my family greatly and I thank her much!

Yet, I wanted to add that Mimi the moderator/pecan bread owner, has suggested to

many. That maybe do " just " SCD for three months...and then see if you need any

other interventions other than the ones mentioned in BTVC book.

If you are already having such success with 100% adherence to SCD without

interventions...stick with it for a while before you do what we did and buy a

bunch of stuff that is not only expensive...but could be sent back to the store,

because it caused us complications at worse...and wasn't needed at best.

Thankfully I kept my receipts and got most of my money back, hundreds of

dollars!

Just my opinion. Antoinette mom to Kiki-2 (celiac/autistic) SCD 2/06

Question

Hi Patti

I'm so happy, because my son has 3 days making poop without diahrrea.

I have a question about the multivitaminic, enzymes, CoQ10, from Kirkman

Labs. My son consumes this products long time ago, but I dont know if some of

them are illegal.

Thanks so much.

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