Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 Jane, Glad to have you here and welcome! I agree with Jess that it is probably OK to have it off when you go outside, but whenever he is inside with air conditioning he should probably wear it. With his young age he will be finished and out of the helmet before you know it!! I would be especially cautious about having his helmet off when he is riding in the car in his carseat or sitting in his stroller etc. I guess this is probably not what you wanted to hear. If you feel strongly about this perhaps you could discuss it with your orthotist and see what he/she has to say. Good luck and I hope to see you around here some more! I would love to hear more of your story. Marci (Mom to ) Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 Hi Jane! I would say since he is so young that he would benefit more if he wore it all the time. I know it's hard when it's so hot. Maybe take it off of him when you are outside or go somewhere. That's what we did with Bryce. Whenever we went out we would take it off, but as soon as we got home we put it back on. He wore the STARband. We saw MAJOR improvement. So apparently it didn't hurt to take it off of him when we went out in the heat! Jess (Mom to Bryce, STARband grad) > Hello all- > > I was wondering if there is anyone here who has had success with their > child only wearing his/her helmet at night. My son n has had his > helmet for a month now and is making great progress. He wears it most > of the time, but I was wondering if during these hot, hot days he would > still progress only wearing it while he sleeps. n is 4 months old > and is my fourth child. He is the only one who has had to go through > this. Thanks in advance for your input. > > Jane in Michigan > Mom to n (and Alan, Colleen and Bridget) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 Hi Jane: Do you mind me asking where abouts in Michigan you are?? We live in Grand Rapids, MI. I'm glad you 're seeing good results thus far. I'm not sure about just having him just wear it at night, if Abby was still in her band, I'd probably just have her wear it at night, esp. in this hot & humid Michigan weather right now, it's horrible! I'm glad she graduated just before it got really sticky. Good luck Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad 6/22/01 > Hello all- > > I was wondering if there is anyone here who has had success with their > child only wearing his/her helmet at night. My son n has had his > helmet for a month now and is making great progress. He wears it most > of the time, but I was wondering if during these hot, hot days he would > still progress only wearing it while he sleeps. n is 4 months old > and is my fourth child. He is the only one who has had to go through > this. Thanks in advance for your input. > > Jane in Michigan > Mom to n (and Alan, Colleen and Bridget) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 Wow-you are really close-we live in Grattan Township. We have an Ada mailing address, but we are in the Lowell school district (kinda the middle of nowhere). We did live in the city of Grand Rapids for five years before we moved out this way 3 1/2 years ago. > > Hello all- > > > > I was wondering if there is anyone here who has had success with > their > > child only wearing his/her helmet at night. My son n has had > his > > helmet for a month now and is making great progress. He wears it > most > > of the time, but I was wondering if during these hot, hot days he > would > > still progress only wearing it while he sleeps. n is 4 months > old > > and is my fourth child. He is the only one who has had to go > through > > this. Thanks in advance for your input. > > > > Jane in Michigan > > Mom to n (and Alan, Colleen and Bridget) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 Jane, We take the band off at our discretion also....being in yucky, humid So. Florida, we take it off if we feel it would be too hot, in the car, outside, etc. Granted, we don't do this a lot as it would defeat the purpose, but if I'm sweatin' bullets, I don't want to torture him and he is still making progress wearing it 20 hours a day on some occassions. ' Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 I wish we had air conditioning throughout our house! The only air- conditioned room in the house is our bedroom. n's crib is still in our room because I can't bear to make him sleep in the helmet and a hot room. > Jane, > > Glad to have you here and welcome! I agree with Jess that it is probably OK > to have it off when you go outside, but whenever he is inside with air > conditioning he should probably wear it. With his young age he will be > finished and out of the helmet before you know it!! I would be especially > cautious about having his helmet off when he is riding in the car in his > carseat or sitting in his stroller etc. > > I guess this is probably not what you wanted to hear. If you feel strongly > about this perhaps you could discuss it with your orthotist and see what > he/she has to say. > > Good luck and I hope to see you around here some more! I would love to hear > more of your story. > > Marci (Mom to ) > Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Hi All ... Until about a week ago I had never even heard of LDN. In this past week I have heard many things about this drug and all of them positive. (which to me says this must be a pretty helpful drug since in most forums you will hear plenty of negatives.) One thing I have not been able to find is how it is administered. Shot? Pill? Patch? Are there any side effects of any sort? I was diagnosed with RRMS in 1993, I have taken Betaseron, Avonex and Copaxone and I just cannot deal with the interferon side effects and it seems I am allergic to something in Copaxone. Thanks for any info you can supply. (I'm gonna have a hard enough time convincing my neuro to prescribe this ... might even try my GP - but she always consults him on stuff like this so I am going to need to have all my pigeons in a row) ~Andi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Nikki: welcome to the group. JR has given you good advice. Please read our files carefully especially those directed at newbies. They'll explain how to transition into CRON. We've put a lot of work into these files because the questions you've asked are often asked by newbies. on 3/27/2005 11:02 PM, at crjohnr@... wrote: > 1> There is no such thing as a CRON target weight chart, the goal is to eat > less calories and hopefully > not let your weight fall dangerously low. > > 2> It's a good idea to get blood work, before and during CR to review changes > to certain markers. There > is much we don't understand about nutrition and blood work gives us some > additional feedback to help > manage what we need to eat. > > 3> Hi cal/low nutrient foods are the exact opposite of CRON. That said it is > good to slowly transition > into low calorie eating. While you should immediately focus on getting full > nutrition and avoiding bad stuff > like tans-fats. Getting the calories down is secondary to getting nutrition up > and can be phased in > with moderation. You have the rest of your presumably long(er) life. > > Be well, > > JR > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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