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DUH!

Thank you Karin for pointing out that it is per nostril

For those who need to see the math:

 

2 sprays per nostril  per day = 2sprays/nostril x 2 nostrils = 4 sprays (per

day).

 

1 spray = 50 mcg

4 x 50 mcg/day = 200 mcg/day

 

One container has 16000 mcg actuations/ container (this information is NOT given

in the problem).

16000 mcg/contianer divided by 200 mcg/day = 80 mcg = dasy supply

Hope this helps those who needed to see this worked out.

 

Where does one get the 16000mcg/container?

You would have to see the containers label for that.

 

Respectfully,

 

 

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

" " 1) flonase 16gm

2 sprays per nostril (1 spray=50ug)

once daily for a total daily dose 200ug " "

Jeanetta's Response: I would say there is something wrong with # 1 question: 50

ug or 50 micrograms x 2 spratys once a day is 100 ug total daily dose, NOT 200

ug total daily dose.

2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm

apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d

(hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

Jeanetta's response: 3.5 gram x 1000mg/gm = 3500 mg

3500mg/100mg/ application = 35 days supply

3)Vanceril inhaler 17gm

2 sprays (42ug/spray) po qid

Jeanetta's response: Well I believe vanceril has 200 actuations or sprays per

container therefore 2 x 4 = 8 sprays per day.

200sprays/ 8 sprays /day = 25 days supply

or Karin or Della???

Let's hear it from you!

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron 

    

[Guest guest]

ok..but i dont get how you got 1000mcg to be divided to 16gm for flonase

also why is 3.5g is multiply to 1000mg for neosproin

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> " " 1) flonase 16gm

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> 2 sprays per nostril (1 spray=50ug)

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> once daily for a total daily dose 200ug " "

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>

> Jeanetta's Response: I would say there is something

> wrong with # 1 question: 50 ug or 50 micrograms x 2 spratys

> once a day is 100 ug total daily dose, NOT 200 ug total

> daily dose.

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> 2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm

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> apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d

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> (hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

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> Jeanetta's response: 3.5 gram x 1000mg/gm = 3500 mg

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> 3500mg/100mg/ application = 35 days supply

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> 3)Vanceril inhaler 17gm

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> 2 sprays (42ug/spray) po qid

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> Jeanetta's response: Well I believe vanceril has 200

> actuations or sprays per container therefore 2 x 4 = 8

> sprays per day.

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> 200sprays/ 8 sprays /day = 25 days supply

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> or Karin or Della???

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> Let's hear it from you!

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> Respectfully,

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> Jeanetta Mastron

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> Jeanetta

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[Guest guest]

Second correction! Typo:

Last line shoud read:

16000 mcg/contianer divided by 200 mcg/day = 80 day supply

Thanks for your patience and understanding!@

Jeanetta Mastron

F/O

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> " " 1) flonase 16gm

> 2 sprays per nostril (1 spray=50ug)

> once daily for a total daily dose 200ug " "

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> Jeanetta's Response: I would say there is something wrong with # 1 question:

50 ug or 50 micrograms x 2 spratys once a day is 100 ug total daily dose, NOT

200 ug total daily dose.

>

> 2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm

> apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d

> (hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

>

> Jeanetta's response: 3.5 gram x 1000mg/gm = 3500 mg

> 3500mg/100mg/ application = 35 days supply

>

> 3)Vanceril inhaler 17gm

> 2 sprays (42ug/spray) po qid

> Jeanetta's response: Well I believe vanceril has 200 actuations or sprays per

container therefore 2 x 4 = 8 sprays per day.

> 200sprays/ 8 sprays /day = 25 days supply

>

> or Karin or Della???

> Let's hear it from you!

>

> Respectfully,

>

> Jeanetta Mastron 

>     

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[Guest guest]

This is a conversion factor:

1 Kg = 1000 gm

1 gram = 1000 mg

1 mg = 1000 mcg

16 gram = 16 gm x 1000mcg/gram

106m = 16000 mcg

3.5 gram = 3.5gm x 1000mg/1 gm

3.5 gm = 3500 mg

Hope this helps!

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

F/O

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> > " " 1) flonase 16gm

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> > 2 sprays per nostril (1 spray=50ug)

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> > once daily for a total daily dose 200ug " "

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> >

> >

> > Jeanetta's Response: I would say there is something

> > wrong with # 1 question: 50 ug or 50 micrograms x 2 spratys

> > once a day is 100 ug total daily dose, NOT 200 ug total

> > daily dose.

> >

> >

> >

> > 2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm

> >

> > apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d

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> > (hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

> >

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> >

> > Jeanetta's response: 3.5 gram x 1000mg/gm = 3500 mg

> >

> > 3500mg/100mg/ application = 35 days supply

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> > 3)Vanceril inhaler 17gm

> >

> > 2 sprays (42ug/spray) po qid

> >

> > Jeanetta's response: Well I believe vanceril has 200

> > actuations or sprays per container therefore 2 x 4 = 8

> > sprays per day.

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> > 200sprays/ 8 sprays /day = 25 days supply

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> > or Karin or Della???

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> > Let's hear it from you!

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> > Respectfully,

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> > Jeanetta Mastron

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> > Jeanetta

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> >

[Guest guest]

actually it was given in the problem and I showed how I got it.  the problem

said  flonase 16gm  i guess i missed a step (I'm good at that)  I did say

1000mcg/1gm  therefore 16gm=16000mcg (16x1000) (there is the skipped step) 

" " 1) flonase 16gm

2 sprays per nostril (1 spray=50ug)

once daily for a total daily dose 200ug " "

Jeanetta's Response: I would say there is something wrong with # 1 question: 50

ug or 50 micrograms x 2 spratys once a day is 100 ug total daily dose, NOT 200

ug total daily dose.

2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm

apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d

(hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

Jeanetta's response: 3.5 gram x 1000mg/gm = 3500 mg

3500mg/100mg/ application = 35 days supply

3)Vanceril inhaler 17gm

2 sprays (42ug/spray) po qid

Jeanetta's response: Well I believe vanceril has 200 actuations or sprays per

container therefore 2 x 4 = 8 sprays per day.

200sprays/ 8 sprays /day = 25 days supply

or Karin or Della???

Let's hear it from you!

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron 

    

[Guest guest]

For FLONASE 16GM

If 1gram = 1000mg so 16grams = 16,000mg

and if 1mg = 1000 mcg therefore 16,000mg = 16,000,000 mcg

for 2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm = 3,500mg

> > apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d) = 6-8times a day for

7-10days

> > (hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

if we use 100mg per eye per application, we use 200mg for both eyes per

application

therefore:

200mg x 8times a day = 1600mg /day

3,500mg /1600mg = 2days

I am planning to take the exam next month. I'm using Delmar Learning's Pharmacy

Technician Certification Review, 2nd Edition by K. .

Thanks to Jeannetta and to those who in one way or another contribute and share

their knowledge, ideas, and opinion here. I definitely learn a lot here.

Respectfully,

Arlene

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From: Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chemistry <rxjm2002@...>

Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:25:57 AM

Subject: Re: help

This is a conversion factor:

1 Kg = 1000 gm

1 gram = 1000 mg

1 mg = 1000 mcg

16 gram = 16 gm x 1000mcg/gram

106m = 16000 mcg

3.5 gram = 3.5gm x 1000mg/1 gm

3.5 gm = 3500 mg

Hope this helps!

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

F/O

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> > Jeanetta's Response: I would say there is something

> > wrong with # 1 question: 50 ug or 50 micrograms x 2 spratys

> > once a day is 100 ug total daily dose, NOT 200 ug total

> > daily dose.

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> >

> > 2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm

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> > apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d

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> > (hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

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> > Jeanetta's response: 3.5 gram x 1000mg/gm = 3500 mg

> >

> > 3500mg/100mg/ application = 35 days supply

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> >

> >

> > 3)Vanceril inhaler 17gm

> >

> > 2 sprays (42ug/spray) po qid

> >

> > Jeanetta's response: Well I believe vanceril has 200

> > actuations or sprays per container therefore 2 x 4 = 8

> > sprays per day.

> >

> > 200sprays/ 8 sprays /day = 25 days supply

> >

> >

> >

> > or Karin or Della???

> >

> > Let's hear it from you!

> >

> >

> >

> > Respectfully,

> >

> >

> >

> > Jeanetta Mastron

> >

> > Jeanetta

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> >

> >

[Guest guest]

yes it did make me understand...i dont like conversions they get me confused

lol....thanks

> From: Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chemistry <rxjm2002@...>

> Subject: Re: help

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[Guest guest]

You are welcome!

Thank you for your appreciation.

Jeanetta

>

> For FLONASE 16GM

> If 1gram = 1000mg so 16grams = 16,000mg

> and if 1mg = 1000 mcg therefore 16,000mg = 16,000,000 mcg

>

>

> for 2) neosporin opth. onitment 3.5gm = 3,500mg

> > > apply a thin strip(approx= 1cm ou q3-4h x 7-10d) = 6-8times a day for

7-10days

> > > (hint: 100mg per eye per application is a useful estimate)

>

> if we use 100mg per eye per application, we use 200mg for both eyes per

application

> therefore:

> 200mg x 8times a day = 1600mg /day

> 3,500mg /1600mg = 2days

>

> I am planning to take the exam next month. I'm using Delmar Learning's

Pharmacy Technician Certification Review, 2nd Edition by K. .

> Thanks to Jeannetta and to those who in one way or another contribute and

share their knowledge, ideas, and opinion here. I definitely learn a lot here.

>

> Respectfully,

> Arlene

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear April Parks, april777parks@...

Please try all of or any of the following tutorials found in Files Folder #5 :

Files > 5- Tutorial-1 & Study Information > S10- IV, Hospital and Home Infusion

Pharmacy

What you will find inside:

Tutorial - Aseptic Technique 1

Various Tutorials on Handwashing/scrubing, Gloves, Hood cleaning and photos and

sites.

Tutorial- Hospital Drug Distribution 1

Various tutorials on Drug Distribution Delivery Systems and the Hospital

Setting. Includes more IV's math.

USP 797 2008 Updates

Hand washing, garbig and Personal Protective Equipment

More on IV's and Compounding

see folder called Compounding for more information on IV compounding

Tutorial - IV Home Infusion.doc

Description of IV Home Infustion by Dora and an educational script

from National

Home Infusion Association, 1-18-04

Tutorial on Outdates or Expired Drugs.doc

Tutorial on Oudates explains how to shelve and remove drugs based upon the

expiration dates on the mfg container

AND this File/Folder:

Files > 5- Tutorial-1 & Study Information > S10- IV, Hospital and Home Infusion

Pharmacy > Tutorial- Hospital Drug Distribution 1

What you will find inside:

Tutorials - Aseptic Technique

Various tutorials on hand wash/scubing, gloves, hood cleaning.

Tutorial - Hospital Drug Distribution I.doc

A word document of Hospital Drug Distribution I Tutorial. Ordering, Work Flow,

Want Book, Filling Cassettes, Picing up orders, Cassette Exchange/Delivery,

ordering new meds and more.

Tutorial - Aseptic Technique.doc

Hand Washing and Needles and Syringes!

Tutorial - Compounding.doc

Includes pictures and videos!!

Tutorial - Drug Distribution

Learn or Review the basics of how drug ordersare wrtten then dispensed in a

hospital setting. Learn the Technician duties associated with this job function.

Tutorial - Federal Law Pertaining to Pharmacy.doc

Summarizes historical dates and enactments that may be on the PTCB exam. Also

gives you some internet sites for further study or reading. Jeanetta

Tutorial - Flow Hoods.doc

Aseptic technique of cleaning a hood as well as the various parts of a hood and

it function.

Tutorial - Folic Acid in TPN.doc

Tutorial on calculating Folic Acid for a 3L TPN complete with photos. Inspired

by a post by dandaily.

Tutorial - Recalls.doc

Classifications and definitions of recalls. Includes further internet site

study.

Tutorial - Repackaging and Pre-packing.doc

Tutorial on Repackaging and Packaging

And this Folder in the File #5

Files > 5- Tutorial-1 & Study Information > S12- Automation Videos

Pharmacy Automation Innovators.doc

Inside:

Videos of Various types of Automation Equipment

AND this one:

Files > 5- Tutorial-1 & Study Information > S11- Compounding Medication

Tutorials

What you will find inside:

More information on IV's

see the IV, Hospital and Home Infusion Folders in addition to this one.

Tutorial - Compounding.doc

Includes photos of Extemporaneous Compounding, IV admixtures, TPN's , IVPB's

LVP's

Tutorial - Compounding.pdf

Tutorial on Compounding complete with pictures and link to video, PDF, same as

the word file.

Video Clips on Sterile Compounding

copy and paste this link: http://pharmlabs.unc.edu/parenterals/media.htm

Hope this helps a bit.

I have pretty much all that you would need to study any specific subject. Going

to tutorials in Folder #5 will help you. Just scroll throught the topics and you

WILL find what you need.

But IF it is not there do not hesitate to ask.

has a fairly older way to place documents in the files section.So there is

no INDEXING per se. So I have to do it all by hand. I do that by Folder

Topic/Subject names andmyown numbering system, which I explain in one of my

automatic emails that you first got when you became a member.

Here are some LINKS for some hospital stuff! There are more, but this is the

stuff that I was looking for that I do not have enough of in the files section:

Links > L 5 Tutorial L - 1 and Study Information > L - 7 Automation and Robotics

Hope this helps. After the exam perhapsyou can return to THIS site and let

others know which folders/tutorials/links from my site have helped you the MOST

to prepare for the exam.

Thank you so much for your question:

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

PS Please report any links or documents that do not open up or work any more.

>

> havent worked in an hospital pharmacy before heard alot of problems on the

test is on hospital pls help me on what i need to know pls

>

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From: Elaine Smyth <elainesmyth68@...>

Subject: help

candidiasis-owner

Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM

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 Hi there

 

I read through the list,  can you tell me, would i be able to use lactose free

milk, soda bread, potatoes, tomatoes and nairns oat cakes. also i have read

through so many sites for recipes, one site will tell you you can eat certain

foods and others are against it, and i'm so confused.

 

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Sorry, Elaine, you won't be able to use those sweet, starchy, or otherwise

carbohydrate-rich foods while reversing your dysbiosis and candida.

What you need to realize is that many people who write candida guidelines are

unfamiliar with the facts. These include the fact that the pathogens and

candidas do very well on a high-carb diet, better than you do in fact.

Yes you can use lactose-free milk, and after you've been using inulin for awhile

and your gut biology is correct again you'll find lactose intolerance becomes

absent too, as you become able to use more carbs generally.

Duncan

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> From: Elaine Smyth <elainesmyth68@...>

> Subject: help

> candidiasis-owner

> Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM

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> I read through the list,  can you tell me, would i be able to use lactose free

milk, soda bread, potatoes, tomatoes and nairns oat cakes. also i have read

through so many sites for recipes, one site will tell you you can eat certain

foods and others are against it, and i'm so confused.

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Elaine, try some dried coconut that is not shredded and mixed with

confectioner's sugar.

The result you'll get with tomatoes will vary with tomato type, ripeness, and

sugar content.

Duncan

> >

> >

> > From: Elaine Smyth <elainesmyth68@>

> > Subject: help

> > candidiasis-owner

> > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM

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> > I read through the list, can you tell me, would i be able to use lactose

free milk, soda bread, potatoes, tomatoes and nairns oat cakes. also i have read

through so many sites for recipes, one site will tell you you can eat certain

foods and others are against it, and i'm so confused.

> >

> > Thanks Elaine

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thanks duncan

is it normal to get a sore chest and dry cough and sore throat on the diet, i

feel so sick.

i just went off everything on monday and i'm sick since, even pain in my lower

back, is it related do you think.

Elaine

> > >

> > >

> > > From: Elaine Smyth <elainesmyth68@>

> > > Subject: help

> > > candidiasis-owner

> > > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM

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> > > I read through the list, can you tell me, would i be able to use lactose

free milk, soda bread, potatoes, tomatoes and nairns oat cakes. also i have read

through so many sites for recipes, one site will tell you you can eat certain

foods and others are against it, and i'm so confused.

> > >

> > > Thanks Elaine

> > >

> > >

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Elaine; it sounds like the flu that's going around; it hits people whether they

are supplementing or not

Duncan

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > From: Elaine Smyth <elainesmyth68@>

> > > > Subject: help

> > > > candidiasis-owner

> > > > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM

> > > >

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> > > >

> > > > Hi there

> > > >

> > > > I read through the list, can you tell me, would i be able to use

lactose free milk, soda bread, potatoes, tomatoes and nairns oat cakes. also i

have read through so many sites for recipes, one site will tell you you can eat

certain foods and others are against it, and i'm so confused.

> > > >

> > > > Thanks Elaine

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

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It's also called icing sugar.

Duncan

> > >

> > >

> > > From: Elaine Smyth <elainesmyth68@>

> > > Subject: help

> > > candidiasis-owner

> > > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:07 AM

> > >

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> > > I read through the list, can you tell me, would i be able to use lactose

free milk, soda bread, potatoes, tomatoes and nairns oat cakes. also i have read

through so many sites for recipes, one site will tell you you can eat certain

foods and others are against it, and i'm so confused.

> > >

> > > Thanks Elaine

> > >

> > >

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[Guest guest]

Go to lyme.net and find an LLMD and get an appt ASAP

[ ] HELP

my name is TJ my wife has acronic acute lymes we have bin fighting it for

almost 8 months with no help

she has bin on all finds of antibics from dockci to cuprax

cuprax she is on now it seemed to help for about 3 days then right back to

where we were before.

she has bin taking ockycottin just to releave some of the pain but she cant

drive for fear of falling a sleep. the pain is so unbearable the ocycottin did

not take it all away. we are having no luck at all the anibotics do seem to help

what so ever.

her syptoms are fatuge, muscle pain, joint pain,all around

pain,headaches,missed menstation,some brain fog,so depression,trouble

swallowing, body twitch,dizzyness,numbness.my wife is a very tuff women but i

dont know how much more she can take

what can I do is there any treatments that will help or something to try.

we are from new jersey but the tick that bite her was from florida on

vacation. the rash took up her whole right leg. and it is all downhill form

there.

please any help would be great

[Guest guest]

I am relatively 'new' at this but if you are interested there is a website I

have found extremely 'interesting', if not more.

http://www.lymephotos.com/index.shtml

Olive

cheevers73005@...> wrote:

>

>

> please any help would be great

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

TJ, you don't say whether or not your doctor is Lyme literate, but it

sure doesn't sound like it. At this stage, doxy alone is not going to

help her. To cure the disease, she needs to take several specific

antibiotics in a combo, which requires a special kind of doctor.

Between now and the time you find a Lyme-literate doc, though, there

are also a lot of self-help things you can do at home to control the

symptoms -- though they won't deliver a cure. A few starters:

1. You should start by asking your family doctor for a referral for a

sleep study, so she can get her sleep issues addressed. It should help

the pain a lot.

2. She should also be tested for adrenal and thyroid problems, and

reproductive hormone imbalances (her missed periods suggest this is

really messed up). Try to get the doc to use natural treatments: if

she needs thyroid, ask for Armour; if she needs hormone replacement,

as for natural HRT and don't let her on the Premarin they'll try to

give her. They'll just mess her up worse. A lot of Lyme symptoms are

due to severely screwed up hormones. Getting them back in balance

won't make the Lyme go away, but it will make life soooo much more

bearable.

3. Some supplements to try: Niacin for the brain fog. Magnesium and B6

(together) for the body aches. Vitamin D on general principles (almost

all Lymies are low in this). B12 for the neurological issues. DLPA and/

or lithium orotate if she's showing signs of severe depression. There

are plenty more, but this is a good start. All of these are available

without prescription online or at a good vitamin store.

Also: Try to get your hands on a copy of " Under Our Skin, " if you

haven't seen it already. You'll learn a lot more about what you're up

against.

If you need a referral to a doc in New Jersey, let this list know, and

people in the region will contact you off-list with suggestions.

Sara

On Jun 11, 2009, at 7:05 AM, TJ Cheevers wrote:

> my name is TJ my wife has acronic acute lymes we have bin fighting

> it for almost 8 months with no help

> she has bin on all finds of antibics from dockci to cuprax

> cuprax she is on now it seemed to help for about 3 days then right

> back to where we were before.

> she has bin taking ockycottin just to releave some of the pain but

> she cant drive for fear of falling a sleep. the pain is so

> unbearable the ocycottin did not take it all away. we are having no

> luck at all the anibotics do seem to help what so ever.

> her syptoms are fatuge, muscle pain, joint pain,all around

> pain,headaches,missed menstation,some brain fog,so

> depression,trouble swallowing, body twitch,dizzyness,numbness.my

> wife is a very tuff women but i dont know how much more she can take

> what can I do is there any treatments that will help or something to

> try.

> we are from new jersey but the tick that bite her was from florida

> on vacation. the rash took up her whole right leg. and it is all

> downhill form there.

>

> please any help would be great

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> For free up to date information about Lyme disease and the known

> co-infections delivered to your email address see:

> Robynns_Lyme_List/

>

[Guest guest]

Is your wife also taking detox supplements and things to help with the herx

reactions? My daughter got very sick on antibiotics and the pain was unbearable

because of the die off. It sounds like maybe this is what is happening with

your wife. The antibiotics may indeed be helping but her body can't keep up

with clearing out the toxins...

>

> my name is TJ my wife has acronic acute lymes we have bin fighting it for

almost 8 months with no help

> she has bin on all finds of antibics from dockci to cuprax

> cuprax she is on now it seemed to help for about 3 days then right back to

where we were before.

> she has bin taking ockycottin just to releave some of the pain but she cant

drive for fear of falling a sleep. the pain is so unbearable the ocycottin did

not take it all away. we are having no luck at all the anibotics do seem to help

what so ever.

> her syptoms are fatuge, muscle pain, joint pain,all around

pain,headaches,missed menstation,some brain fog,so depression,trouble

swallowing, body twitch,dizzyness,numbness.my wife is a very tuff women but i

dont know how much more she can take

> what can I do is there any treatments that will help or something to try.

> we are from new jersey but the tick that bite her was from florida on

vacation. the rash took up her whole right leg. and it is all downhill form

there.

>

> please any help would be great

>

[Guest guest]

Check the files section of this group and look for the free lyme resource CD

file.

> [ ] HELP

>

> my name is TJ my wife has acronic acute lymes we have bin

> fighting it for almost 8 months with no help

> she has bin on all finds of antibics from dockci to cuprax

> cuprax she is on now it seemed to help for about 3 days then

> right back to where we were before.

> she has bin taking ockycottin just to releave some of the

> pain but she cant drive for fear of falling a sleep. the pain

> is so unbearable the ocycottin did not take it all away. we

> are having no luck at all the anibotics do seem to help what so ever.

> her syptoms are fatuge, muscle pain, joint pain,all around

> pain,headaches,missed menstation,some brain fog,so

> depression,trouble swallowing, body

> twitch,dizzyness,numbness.my wife is a very tuff women but i

> dont know how much more she can take

> what can I do is there any treatments that will help or

> something to try.

> we are from new jersey but the tick that bite her was from

> florida on vacation. the rash took up her whole right leg.

> and it is all downhill form there.

>

> please any help would be great

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> For free up to date information about Lyme disease and the known

> co-infections delivered to your email address see:

> Robynns_Lyme_List/

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hey flushing Phyllis here!! I am having a massive flush. I'm shaking and

feeling very nervous. Also a little weak. I'm actually calming down as I'm

writing--but I feel like my ears are clogged?? like my head is clogged--I look

like a tomato--this morning I got up, did dry skin brushing and took an epsom

salt bath in an effort to shake off the last night blues. Wow, I didn't increase

my intake-still at 100 mg and some of the flushes have been ok-just one that was

kind of major-but this one is like wow! Is it normal to feel nervous from the

flush? is it just in my head? I used to get nervous attacks(mostly after smoking

weed) is this my body retracing that nervousness? wow what's up with the ear

clogging (one just popped) I can take the red tomato part-I actually am kind of

hoping that this means my body is trying to purge all those toxins like I've

read about. there goes the other ear. wow, what a trip! Luv,Phyllis

Hi Phyllis

And very brave of you. You are on your way to excellent health. I remember the

first time my then 13 year old daughter accepted a niacin from me. She was

scared and she is an old hand at it now.

Neal

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Rosemary,

By now you have recieved two emaisl from me privately about some job openings in

Grand Rapids and other parts of MI.

In addition Rosemary:

I hate to paint a dim picture, but I feel I must be honest.

You live in Michigan, the number 1 state of unemployment as of November 2008.

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/state_unemployment/

California was second at that time.

Michigan remains low as of June 19, 09 but California changed position to 5th!

http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/19/news/economy/State_unemployment_report

http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm (May 2009)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/26946245/?slide=11 (Slide show of cities)

¡§But numbers also show job losses have slowed in recent months (MI).¡¨

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/04/michigan_continues\

_to_have_hig.html

Because there are so many people (auto workers) out of work, and many of them

are opting not to have medical insurance; because they can not afford it, less

people are having elective surgeries. Therefore there are less patients in Dr¡¦s

offices and in hospitals. Less patients means a smaller workforce (RN¡¦s RPh¡¦s,

Rx Techs, PT¡¦s, RT¡¦s etc) is needed. Many hospitals have laid-off, down sized

or cut employee hours or have a hiring freeze right now. This means especially

less pharm tech jobs at hospitals in MI.

As for retail or other types of pharmacy, it means the same since the same

reasons apply. YET more people will pay for a doctor¡¦s visit if it is of great

concern, but not surgery involved. Sp there may be more hiring at retail than

in hospital. It is an employer¡¦s market right now: meaning that employer¡¦s

have their pick of experienced techs who just got laid off, trying to pick up

extra hours etc. A few hospitals that need to hire, will try to cut cost by

hiring experienced retail techs and train them instead of experienced hospital

techs. Likewise a few retail that need to hire may hire newbies instead of

experienced retail techs. Keep your eyes open for these types of openings.

My advice (which you may not want to hear):

While you are trying to get your foot in the door as a pharmacy technician in

Michigan, try volunteering to get some experience. And also take a part-time job

doing any thing you feel comfortable doing ¡Kuntil your get enough experience to

get hired at a pharmacy and continue seeking pharm tech job while working

elsewhere (non-pharmacy) for income and volunteering at a pharmacy (and

learning).

You may have a poorly constructed resume. You must have some PUNCH to that

resume! Try using my tutorials on Building Resumes or send your resume to me for

a critique.

Some employers may have an opening, but think that the applicants who are

displaced auto workers will not make good techs. I am not sure if you are a

displaced auto worker, but in either case you will need to convince them that

you are technical, mathematical, organized, fast learner (will pick up skills

easily and quickly), detail oriented, a good team player and dependable.

You may also try a medical employment agency to secure your first tech job.

Over All HEALTHCARE is the biggest employer all around. Think about this: people

suffer emergencies, auto accidents, and heart attacks whether they re insured or

not. So do not feel as if you have wasted you time studying, think of it as you

are ahead of the game. When openings exist you will already have what you need

in Michigan to get hired.

Your post here ¡¥may¡¦ help someone find you! ƒº Let¡¦s hope!

IF anyone else has any good ¡¥pointers¡¦ please respond as well.

Most respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

I have more on this stuff in subsequent posts.

>

> Dear Jeanettas, I need help finding a pharmacy technician job here in Grand

Rapids. I have tried all the pharmacy chains also family pharmacies as well as

the hospitals.

>

> I applied for a pharmacy tech II job but was not considered because I do not

have any experence in this field. Any suggestions you can give me would be

welcomed. I really need to find something real soon.

>

> Rosemary

>

[Guest guest]

I heard of a book once called the brocellosis triangle. Do they think its

brocellousis. i'm going to go google it. I dont have nayhting to do. Maybe

rochelle will look. cindy

>

> ROCHELLE,

>  

> THEY HAVE FOUND 4 NODES ON MY LUNGS-- THEY SEEM TO  BE NON MALIGNANT---

> I WAS SCRATCHED BY MY DOG IN JUNE, SHE HAD EATEN A dead deer and then

scratched me open-- could my illness be brucellosis--

> ANNIE

>

> A poet is, after all, to see

>

>

>

>

> From: Rochelle <rccoc1977@...>

> Subject: Re: Coleen's SS Diisability hearing 8-7-09

FRIDAY/TOMORROW! Dentist, Neurologist +... please read.

> neck pain

> Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 10:40 AM

>

>

> Dear Coleen,

> Hope all your meetings and procedures go smoothly and successfully. That's a

lot of stuff to be happening in a short time.

>

>        Take care,

>

>                 Rochelle

>

>

>

>

> >

> > hi all,

> >

> > I did go see my attorney Tuesday since she could never make it to my place

and we went

> > over my court stuff.  My guy was there to help her understand my plight.  I

could hardly

> > sit still and was in a lot of pain even on a nice plush couch, she could see

I was in bad pain.

> > I burst out into tears during our conversations.  My guy confirmed I do cry

everyday from

> > the pain and frustration/depression.  Very glad he was there to tell her the

attorney how this

> > is wearing on our relationship. 

> >

> > MY Hearing is Tomorrow FRIDAY at 10am and we will leave with an hour to

spare in case of any road

> > trouble/traffic, etc.  It is over an hour away, they will pay for gas,

reinbursment.

> >

> > I am so excited nervous.  Attorney said Judge is female, very nice.  I am

Judge's Only case that day!

> > I hope that is a good sign.  I have a feeling I will win because of all the

documents, the fact that we drove

> > up to see my attorney at her office when she could not make it to ours and

that my guy was there to

> > really tell her how bad I am now and just getting worse.  I was miserable in

pain and crying in her office and

> > moving around on the couch trying to get comfortable, she could see how

awful I felt.

> >

> > AND............I NOW have an APPT to see a NEUROLOGiST  on the 13th of

August, next Thursday, (that happens

> > to be my late birthfather's birthday SO there will be LOTs of tears shed

that day because he passed just last Nov)

> > This back specialist is in ROseburg, Or. so we have to travel several hours

one way, gosh am I going to be sore!

> > I am SO happy to be finally seeing a specialist so that I can get his

opinion and he can also offer other ideas too.

> > I can't wait! )

> >

> > Tuesday next week I go back to the dentist and hope he takes out that back

molar that is nearly leveled and really

> > abcessed, BUT I have been taking Amoxcillin (sp?)  3 times a day to be ready

for him to pull some more teeth!

> > Then when I go see the specialist I will be sucking on that pad they put in

your mouth to protect the hole while it

> > heals a bit.  Boy, what a week next week will be also!

> >

> > I am  still waiting to hear from a referral to another specialist in Coos

Bay, Oregon.

> >

> > Things are happening fast!  I am on my period too so I am even more

emotional and I am stressed out to the max

> > anyways!  ANd the fact that my late birthfather's birthday is the day of my

neurologist appt is like, ok, I said to myself,

> > thank you dad, he gave me a present on his birthday because he is looking

over me, oh gosh, here come the tears, I miss

> > him so much.  He would be sooooooooooo happy for me, funny how it landed on

HIS Birthday and he was such a giver, he

> > would always give me things, just the way he was, he said I was his favorite

person in the whole world.  Gosh, that was hard

> > to type since he is gone now,  darn that hurts...ouch, my heart...but

there's something to my appt on his birthday I just

> > know it.  kleeeeeenax

> >

> > Oh, I am going to try Celexa after my hearing, because I never had it

before.  does anyone have anything to say about it, likes or

> > dislikes?  I haven't even looked it up yet, but Knew I could ask you guys

for your opinions.  My Nurse Practitioner who

> > I just love, says it also raises your pain tolerance, besides the depression

part.  I want to wait until after my hearing

> > Friday for SS Disability because I don't know how it will affect me, you

see.  I also imagine I will get Supplemental

> > Security Income, correct, I am only 46yo, haven't paid much into the

system.  I definitely have a physical disability as well

> > as a mental disability right now due to the bad Chronic back/hip/leg pain

and depression from it.  I feel so useless and

> > I can not do much to help to chores without getting hurt.

> >

> > I know a neurologist may  not be the exact specialist for me But it will be

a start and he can give me an opinion, hopefully

> > order a new MRI, tell me who he thinks I should see.  My Oregon Health Plan

Plus OPen Card pays for this.  Thank goodness.

> >

> > ALSO,  if and when I get surgery (I got to get fixed somehow somewhat

sometime soon, can't take it much longer)

> > I wonder if I can hire someone to come out to help care for me because I

imagine I will be pretty much bed bound.

> > MY guy even wanted me to show him how to make me coffee for when the time

comes I can't make it myself, isn't that

> > so sweet, he cares so much for me as I do for him and this stupid

back/hip/leg pain on mine is making our relationship

> > hard on us.    He has his own health issues and needs someone to help me

after surgery.  I am sure I will be sore for

> > awhile right?  I am so scared of the idea of being cut on, especially those

sore nerves back there, but very excited as well.

> > My emotions right now are going crazy, my poor guy is about to lose it.  He

told me to try to keep my emotions under control

> > a little bit more for another week until I see my specialist.  I don't blame

him, I feel like I am going crazy with pain, feeling useless, bedbound, can't

hardly walk, so painful to even sit.  I will get better, I know I will! 

Something has to change or I

> > will crack and he will too!  We don't want that do we ....lol   He puts on

his headphones and sits out on the covered porch

> > watching tv listening to music and doing odds and ends.  I have to lay down

most the time.  I hate it!  I want to cook and walk and camp and

fish.............LOL     )

> >

> > Oh yes, if I dO win this case I am going for that darned Toshiba 17 " laptop

at Walmart probably for sure, I am getting soooo

> > bedbound that I think I deserve at least that.   Don't you think so?   

> >

> > I would imagine I will get the minimum on SSI or SSDI or whatever it is I am

going after, you know what I mean.

> > I will probably get what around500$ a month?  If that?  I really don't know.

> >

> > It says they will mail the results of my hearing, I can't wait!  Wish me

luck, I have a good feeling about this but could

> > be wrong. 

> > I also told my attorney that I quit smoking 2 months now as well as not

drinking (which I am not a big drinker at all, just doesn't mix

> > with medications I take because of the severe pain)..........AND I am going

to call that Psychologist who tested me for

> > Oregon HEalth PLan PLus mental part and get a referral from him on who to

see as my Psychologist so I can have some

> > one to talk to instead of wearing out my guys ears with my tears and fears

of pain and surgery and mental confusion.

> >

> > boy, this is a long one, hope you read all of it, I had a lot to tell you

all and some good stuff too! )   

> >

> > MY hearing the 7th, another tooth going to be pulled 11th and then the 13th,

a 3+ hour trip to Roseburg from Port Orford, Or.

> > to Finally see a Specialist for my back pain!  May not be a neurosurgeon but

he can help me and refer me to someone else

> > if need be.

> >

> > Any comments, ideas, and/or suggestions are always appreciated, let me know

what you think ok? 

> >

> > Thanks, sincerely, and gentle hugs, Coleen

> >

> > ps. do I sound crazy or what?  Take away this pain and I would be a normal

crazy lol, get back to my normal silly crazy me )

> > oh yeah, he has to take our car to get the A/C checked out because of the

possible HEat in Roseburgk, Or. next week, I hate

> > HOT, gosh I hope the a/c will get fixed or it won't be in the 90's or 100's

over there inland! Ug.

> >

> >

> >       

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I heard of a book once called the brocellosis triangle. Do they think its

brocellousis. i'm going to go google it. I dont have nayhting to do. Maybe

rochelle will look. cindy

>

> ROCHELLE,

>  

> THEY HAVE FOUND 4 NODES ON MY LUNGS-- THEY SEEM TO  BE NON MALIGNANT---

> I WAS SCRATCHED BY MY DOG IN JUNE, SHE HAD EATEN A dead deer and then

scratched me open-- could my illness be brucellosis--

> ANNIE

>

> A poet is, after all, to see

>

>

>

>

> From: Rochelle <rccoc1977@...>

> Subject: Re: Coleen's SS Diisability hearing 8-7-09

FRIDAY/TOMORROW! Dentist, Neurologist +... please read.

> neck pain

> Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 10:40 AM

>

>

> Dear Coleen,

> Hope all your meetings and procedures go smoothly and successfully. That's a

lot of stuff to be happening in a short time.

>

>        Take care,

>

>                 Rochelle

>

>

>

>

> >

> > hi all,

> >

> > I did go see my attorney Tuesday since she could never make it to my place

and we went

> > over my court stuff.  My guy was there to help her understand my plight.  I

could hardly

> > sit still and was in a lot of pain even on a nice plush couch, she could see

I was in bad pain.

> > I burst out into tears during our conversations.  My guy confirmed I do cry

everyday from

> > the pain and frustration/depression.  Very glad he was there to tell her the

attorney how this

> > is wearing on our relationship. 

> >

> > MY Hearing is Tomorrow FRIDAY at 10am and we will leave with an hour to

spare in case of any road

> > trouble/traffic, etc.  It is over an hour away, they will pay for gas,

reinbursment.

> >

> > I am so excited nervous.  Attorney said Judge is female, very nice.  I am

Judge's Only case that day!

> > I hope that is a good sign.  I have a feeling I will win because of all the

documents, the fact that we drove

> > up to see my attorney at her office when she could not make it to ours and

that my guy was there to

> > really tell her how bad I am now and just getting worse.  I was miserable in

pain and crying in her office and

> > moving around on the couch trying to get comfortable, she could see how

awful I felt.

> >

> > AND............I NOW have an APPT to see a NEUROLOGiST  on the 13th of

August, next Thursday, (that happens

> > to be my late birthfather's birthday SO there will be LOTs of tears shed

that day because he passed just last Nov)

> > This back specialist is in ROseburg, Or. so we have to travel several hours

one way, gosh am I going to be sore!

> > I am SO happy to be finally seeing a specialist so that I can get his

opinion and he can also offer other ideas too.

> > I can't wait! )

> >

> > Tuesday next week I go back to the dentist and hope he takes out that back

molar that is nearly leveled and really

> > abcessed, BUT I have been taking Amoxcillin (sp?)  3 times a day to be ready

for him to pull some more teeth!

> > Then when I go see the specialist I will be sucking on that pad they put in

your mouth to protect the hole while it

> > heals a bit.  Boy, what a week next week will be also!

> >

> > I am  still waiting to hear from a referral to another specialist in Coos

Bay, Oregon.

> >

> > Things are happening fast!  I am on my period too so I am even more

emotional and I am stressed out to the max

> > anyways!  ANd the fact that my late birthfather's birthday is the day of my

neurologist appt is like, ok, I said to myself,

> > thank you dad, he gave me a present on his birthday because he is looking

over me, oh gosh, here come the tears, I miss

> > him so much.  He would be sooooooooooo happy for me, funny how it landed on

HIS Birthday and he was such a giver, he

> > would always give me things, just the way he was, he said I was his favorite

person in the whole world.  Gosh, that was hard

> > to type since he is gone now,  darn that hurts...ouch, my heart...but

there's something to my appt on his birthday I just

> > know it.  kleeeeeenax

> >

> > Oh, I am going to try Celexa after my hearing, because I never had it

before.  does anyone have anything to say about it, likes or

> > dislikes?  I haven't even looked it up yet, but Knew I could ask you guys

for your opinions.  My Nurse Practitioner who

> > I just love, says it also raises your pain tolerance, besides the depression

part.  I want to wait until after my hearing

> > Friday for SS Disability because I don't know how it will affect me, you

see.  I also imagine I will get Supplemental

> > Security Income, correct, I am only 46yo, haven't paid much into the

system.  I definitely have a physical disability as well

> > as a mental disability right now due to the bad Chronic back/hip/leg pain

and depression from it.  I feel so useless and

> > I can not do much to help to chores without getting hurt.

> >

> > I know a neurologist may  not be the exact specialist for me But it will be

a start and he can give me an opinion, hopefully

> > order a new MRI, tell me who he thinks I should see.  My Oregon Health Plan

Plus OPen Card pays for this.  Thank goodness.

> >

> > ALSO,  if and when I get surgery (I got to get fixed somehow somewhat

sometime soon, can't take it much longer)

> > I wonder if I can hire someone to come out to help care for me because I

imagine I will be pretty much bed bound.

> > MY guy even wanted me to show him how to make me coffee for when the time

comes I can't make it myself, isn't that

> > so sweet, he cares so much for me as I do for him and this stupid

back/hip/leg pain on mine is making our relationship

> > hard on us.    He has his own health issues and needs someone to help me

after surgery.  I am sure I will be sore for

> > awhile right?  I am so scared of the idea of being cut on, especially those

sore nerves back there, but very excited as well.

> > My emotions right now are going crazy, my poor guy is about to lose it.  He

told me to try to keep my emotions under control

> > a little bit more for another week until I see my specialist.  I don't blame

him, I feel like I am going crazy with pain, feeling useless, bedbound, can't

hardly walk, so painful to even sit.  I will get better, I know I will! 

Something has to change or I

> > will crack and he will too!  We don't want that do we ....lol   He puts on

his headphones and sits out on the covered porch

> > watching tv listening to music and doing odds and ends.  I have to lay down

most the time.  I hate it!  I want to cook and walk and camp and

fish.............LOL     )

> >

> > Oh yes, if I dO win this case I am going for that darned Toshiba 17 " laptop

at Walmart probably for sure, I am getting soooo

> > bedbound that I think I deserve at least that.   Don't you think so?   

> >

> > I would imagine I will get the minimum on SSI or SSDI or whatever it is I am

going after, you know what I mean.

> > I will probably get what around500$ a month?  If that?  I really don't know.

> >

> > It says they will mail the results of my hearing, I can't wait!  Wish me

luck, I have a good feeling about this but could

> > be wrong. 

> > I also told my attorney that I quit smoking 2 months now as well as not

drinking (which I am not a big drinker at all, just doesn't mix

> > with medications I take because of the severe pain)..........AND I am going

to call that Psychologist who tested me for

> > Oregon HEalth PLan PLus mental part and get a referral from him on who to

see as my Psychologist so I can have some

> > one to talk to instead of wearing out my guys ears with my tears and fears

of pain and surgery and mental confusion.

> >

> > boy, this is a long one, hope you read all of it, I had a lot to tell you

all and some good stuff too! )   

> >

> > MY hearing the 7th, another tooth going to be pulled 11th and then the 13th,

a 3+ hour trip to Roseburg from Port Orford, Or.

> > to Finally see a Specialist for my back pain!  May not be a neurosurgeon but

he can help me and refer me to someone else

> > if need be.

> >

> > Any comments, ideas, and/or suggestions are always appreciated, let me know

what you think ok? 

> >

> > Thanks, sincerely, and gentle hugs, Coleen

> >

> > ps. do I sound crazy or what?  Take away this pain and I would be a normal

crazy lol, get back to my normal silly crazy me )

> > oh yeah, he has to take our car to get the A/C checked out because of the

possible HEat in Roseburgk, Or. next week, I hate

> > HOT, gosh I hope the a/c will get fixed or it won't be in the 90's or 100's

over there inland! Ug.

> >

> >

> >       

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Dear Annie,

Brucellosis can cause all the symptoms you are having including the fever

(an alternate name is undulant fever), enlarged lymph nodes, joint pain, night

sweats etc. etc. Also deer can carry it. Also dogs can get their own specific

kind that occasionally can transmit to humans but not usually. Another way to

get it is through unpasturized milk because cattle easily carry it and it causes

loss of pregnancies in cattle and deer etc.

Well Brucellosis is definitely a possibility. There are blood tests and

antibiotics are the treatment.

Let's hope this is it because it is treatable. When I took Medical

Bacteriology, I remember studying this infection in the context of people

working in the animal (esp cattle) industry - ranchers, dairy farmers, butchers

and hunters - that sort of profession or past-time. It's not the sort of

infection a doctor would suspect in a poet, but since you live in a rural area,

it's possible.

Take care,

Rochelle

-- In neck pain , Ann Wood Fuller <gatorma1@...> wrote:

>

> ROCHELLE,

>  

> THEY HAVE FOUND 4 NODES ON MY LUNGS-- THEY SEEM TO  BE NON MALIGNANT---

> I WAS SCRATCHED BY MY DOG IN JUNE, SHE HAD EATEN A dead deer and then

scratched me open-- could my illness be brucellosis--

> ANNIE

>

> A poet is, after all, to see

>

>

>

>

> From: Rochelle <rccoc1977@...>

> Subject: Re: Coleen's SS Diisability hearing 8-7-09

FRIDAY/TOMORROW! Dentist, Neurologist +... please read.

> neck pain

> Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 10:40 AM

>

>

> Dear Coleen,

> Hope all your meetings and procedures go smoothly and successfully. That's a

lot of stuff to be happening in a short time.

>

>        Take care,

>

>                 Rochelle

>

>

>

>

> >

> > hi all,

> >

> > I did go see my attorney Tuesday since she could never make it to my place

and we went

> > over my court stuff.  My guy was there to help her understand my plight.  I

could hardly

> > sit still and was in a lot of pain even on a nice plush couch, she could see

I was in bad pain.

> > I burst out into tears during our conversations.  My guy confirmed I do cry

everyday from

> > the pain and frustration/depression.  Very glad he was there to tell her the

attorney how this

> > is wearing on our relationship. 

> >

> > MY Hearing is Tomorrow FRIDAY at 10am and we will leave with an hour to

spare in case of any road

> > trouble/traffic, etc.  It is over an hour away, they will pay for gas,

reinbursment.

> >

> > I am so excited nervous.  Attorney said Judge is female, very nice.  I am

Judge's Only case that day!

> > I hope that is a good sign.  I have a feeling I will win because of all the

documents, the fact that we drove

> > up to see my attorney at her office when she could not make it to ours and

that my guy was there to

> > really tell her how bad I am now and just getting worse.  I was miserable in

pain and crying in her office and

> > moving around on the couch trying to get comfortable, she could see how

awful I felt.

> >

> > AND............I NOW have an APPT to see a NEUROLOGiST  on the 13th of

August, next Thursday, (that happens

> > to be my late birthfather's birthday SO there will be LOTs of tears shed

that day because he passed just last Nov)

> > This back specialist is in ROseburg, Or. so we have to travel several hours

one way, gosh am I going to be sore!

> > I am SO happy to be finally seeing a specialist so that I can get his

opinion and he can also offer other ideas too.

> > I can't wait! )

> >

> > Tuesday next week I go back to the dentist and hope he takes out that back

molar that is nearly leveled and really

> > abcessed, BUT I have been taking Amoxcillin (sp?)  3 times a day to be ready

for him to pull some more teeth!

> > Then when I go see the specialist I will be sucking on that pad they put in

your mouth to protect the hole while it

> > heals a bit.  Boy, what a week next week will be also!

> >

> > I am  still waiting to hear from a referral to another specialist in Coos

Bay, Oregon.

> >

> > Things are happening fast!  I am on my period too so I am even more

emotional and I am stressed out to the max

> > anyways!  ANd the fact that my late birthfather's birthday is the day of my

neurologist appt is like, ok, I said to myself,

> > thank you dad, he gave me a present on his birthday because he is looking

over me, oh gosh, here come the tears, I miss

> > him so much.  He would be sooooooooooo happy for me, funny how it landed on

HIS Birthday and he was such a giver, he

> > would always give me things, just the way he was, he said I was his favorite

person in the whole world.  Gosh, that was hard

> > to type since he is gone now,  darn that hurts...ouch, my heart...but

there's something to my appt on his birthday I just

> > know it.  kleeeeeenax

> >

> > Oh, I am going to try Celexa after my hearing, because I never had it

before.  does anyone have anything to say about it, likes or

> > dislikes?  I haven't even looked it up yet, but Knew I could ask you guys

for your opinions.  My Nurse Practitioner who

> > I just love, says it also raises your pain tolerance, besides the depression

part.  I want to wait until after my hearing

> > Friday for SS Disability because I don't know how it will affect me, you

see.  I also imagine I will get Supplemental

> > Security Income, correct, I am only 46yo, haven't paid much into the

system.  I definitely have a physical disability as well

> > as a mental disability right now due to the bad Chronic back/hip/leg pain

and depression from it.  I feel so useless and

> > I can not do much to help to chores without getting hurt.

> >

> > I know a neurologist may  not be the exact specialist for me But it will be

a start and he can give me an opinion, hopefully

> > order a new MRI, tell me who he thinks I should see.  My Oregon Health Plan

Plus OPen Card pays for this.  Thank goodness.

> >

> > ALSO,  if and when I get surgery (I got to get fixed somehow somewhat

sometime soon, can't take it much longer)

> > I wonder if I can hire someone to come out to help care for me because I

imagine I will be pretty much bed bound.

> > MY guy even wanted me to show him how to make me coffee for when the time

comes I can't make it myself, isn't that

> > so sweet, he cares so much for me as I do for him and this stupid

back/hip/leg pain on mine is making our relationship

> > hard on us.    He has his own health issues and needs someone to help me

after surgery.  I am sure I will be sore for

> > awhile right?  I am so scared of the idea of being cut on, especially those

sore nerves back there, but very excited as well.

> > My emotions right now are going crazy, my poor guy is about to lose it.  He

told me to try to keep my emotions under control

> > a little bit more for another week until I see my specialist.  I don't blame

him, I feel like I am going crazy with pain, feeling useless, bedbound, can't

hardly walk, so painful to even sit.  I will get better, I know I will! 

Something has to change or I

> > will crack and he will too!  We don't want that do we ....lol   He puts on

his headphones and sits out on the covered porch

> > watching tv listening to music and doing odds and ends.  I have to lay down

most the time.  I hate it!  I want to cook and walk and camp and

fish.............LOL     )

> >

> > Oh yes, if I dO win this case I am going for that darned Toshiba 17 " laptop

at Walmart probably for sure, I am getting soooo

> > bedbound that I think I deserve at least that.   Don't you think so?   

> >

> > I would imagine I will get the minimum on SSI or SSDI or whatever it is I am

going after, you know what I mean.

> > I will probably get what around500$ a month?  If that?  I really don't know.

> >

> > It says they will mail the results of my hearing, I can't wait!  Wish me

luck, I have a good feeling about this but could

> > be wrong. 

> > I also told my attorney that I quit smoking 2 months now as well as not

drinking (which I am not a big drinker at all, just doesn't mix

> > with medications I take because of the severe pain)..........AND I am going

to call that Psychologist who tested me for

> > Oregon HEalth PLan PLus mental part and get a referral from him on who to

see as my Psychologist so I can have some

> > one to talk to instead of wearing out my guys ears with my tears and fears

of pain and surgery and mental confusion.

> >

> > boy, this is a long one, hope you read all of it, I had a lot to tell you

all and some good stuff too! )   

> >

> > MY hearing the 7th, another tooth going to be pulled 11th and then the 13th,

a 3+ hour trip to Roseburg from Port Orford, Or.

> > to Finally see a Specialist for my back pain!  May not be a neurosurgeon but

he can help me and refer me to someone else

> > if need be.

> >

> > Any comments, ideas, and/or suggestions are always appreciated, let me know

what you think ok? 

> >

> > Thanks, sincerely, and gentle hugs, Coleen

> >

> > ps. do I sound crazy or what?  Take away this pain and I would be a normal

crazy lol, get back to my normal silly crazy me )

> > oh yeah, he has to take our car to get the A/C checked out because of the

possible HEat in Roseburgk, Or. next week, I hate

> > HOT, gosh I hope the a/c will get fixed or it won't be in the 90's or 100's

over there inland! Ug.

> >

> >

> >       

> >

> >