Boo Koo (sp? Fliss) stupid q's

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I came home last night with a terrible cold, thank goodness I'm

off. Stupid nurse from pacu was in the break room the other day,

coughing, sneezing, blowing her nose while I was having lunch.

Yuck! I feel absolutely horrible, the whole head, chest, throat

thing. I know I am immunosuppressed but I am concerned about taking

too many drugs. My panc is still screaming because I made it go to

work and now I cant hold my stuffy head up high. I hate the drugs

anyway but dont know which ailment to treat. Any suggestions of a

good OTC cold medicine that works with us will be appreciated.

Vitamins, has anybody tried human growth hormones, the lastest thing

in the health food fad? I have heard a lot of negative as well as

positive information. I take a slew of vitamins, and I know that

our UK friends take Antox, but what other vitamins do some of ya'll

take. As well as other supplements. I eat and drink a lot of

slimfast, it has a soy protien that I digest well and is healthy.

It can be very pricey, not now though, but was wondering what others

take. I have found that I cant " eat " at work because it increases

those lovely gi sysmptoms that we have all come to enjoy. I dont

like the milk shakey stuff, they are too sweet and increase the gas.

Does any body work out at a gym or on home equipment. When I first

started haveing problems I was deteremined to make myself well and

ate only organics (waste of $$) but did start to work out with

weights and endurance equiment at a local gym. I didn't think I

would like it but found I really did. I went 2-3 times a week for

an hour or 2 for over a year and really got off on it, made a lot of

friends who were thrilled to see the changes in my body. There was

even talk with the management that I do a commerical for them. I

guit after my first ercp when I had a major spell on an inclined

treadmill and thought I was going to pass out. Glad my daughter was

on the next treadmill. That was 10 months ago. I want to go back

and get stronger, but am a little cautious. I am extrememly weaker

now then before and have more problems, more pain, but I want to get

stronger. I have a bad habit of being a bit over zealous and eager

at times (understatement). I know I am not ready now, shoot I cant

even make it through the work week, but am looking forward to

returning.

Also, here's the sticky wicket. I dont talk about my condition. To

any one. Never have, I have had the same group of girlfriends since

I was 12 and I just told them last september. My family knows very

little and the inlaws know even less. I have come accross some well

meaning yet nosey friends at work that keep asking me q's. I have

said repeatedly that I dont like to talk about it much. If I bump

into a doc, or someone from the OR that was in my case that ask me,

I give the typical gratutious, " fine thank you how are you " . Well

rumor mill roll around, its come back to me that I am ungrateful and

bitchy. Geeze loweeze, what do they want me to say; " well it does

appear that the surgery has failed miserablely and I will more then

likely die from cp at some point and time, thank you so much for

asking and have a nice day " .

Ok final stupid q'. Steatorrhea!! There is fat in everything. I

dont care what they say. You cant keep fat out of food except for

plain fruit and veggies and even some of them have the good fat.

Does anybody know anyway to make it stop other then live off water

for the 10 hours that it takes for me to do my job. I quit smoking

when I had the surgery, yeah! 3 months!! But I had always gone

outside for those breaks, I have had to disappear from the floor a

few times because of pain and steatorrhea and they were thinking I

had started smoking again. I was physically " sniffed " yesterday. I

am eating as low fat as possible and still give myself the nutrition

I need for fuel to make it through the day. I need suggestions

about that in a big way!!

I hope ya'll are doing ok and enjoy the weekend.

Warmly,