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Skriven 2010-05-12 18:19:40 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
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-> > effect
-> > -> than was intended. :(
-> > ->
-> > That's not good.  In my case all I get are the side effects.  Sounds
like
-> > neither of us should be anywhere near them.
-> 
-> Yeah, definitely.  Can you take aspirin?  She can't, it irritates her
stomach
-> too much.. now THAT one would drive me batty.  I just about live on 

I haven't tried it in years.  About the only thing I usually take
painkillers for are the monthly cramps, and aspirin doesn't work on those.

Anacin
-> every day.  Tylenol does absolutely nothing for me unless it's one of
those
-> prescriptions with codeine.. but the codeine affects everything else
related to
-> MS (g).
-> 
I didn't know that, but then I haven't taken coedine since ... 1990? 
Tylenol is pretty useless.
 
Tramadol
-> > in high
-> > -> doses is what they gave her first, and I think that in combination
with
-> 
-> > Been there, taken that - post-op in my case.  They use for really
nasty
-> > back pain too.
-> 
-> I can't believe the docs prescribed it for her since she was on a drug
they
-> tell you to avoid if you're taking tramadol.. but that's doc's for you.

WNLWNL (we never looked; we never listened)  We also never checked for drug
interactions.  Tramadol is one of those drugs you don't want to be on long term
if you can help it.  

-> I can take Baclofen for about a week, then it makes my legs too weak to
walk..

Yuck.  Not the best idea, then.

-> same with topamax and geez, forget the name of the other anti-leg spasm
drug
-> they gave me.. so I dumped them and just take anacin (g).  Works better
than
-> anything for me, but I have to take a lot of it and that's not real good
for
-> people.  This ampyra and the physical therapy are the next attempt to
get
-> around this garbage.. we'll see (g).  So far the therapy is doing well,
and I
-> an feel somewhat of a difference in my right leg that is so bad right
now.

It can't make things any worse ... except when it does.  I have to watch
out for some things, especially things that strain your "core".  I'm always
working around a load of scar tissue, surgical mesh and a permanent hole.
Anything that puts pressure on that mess isn't a good idea. 
 
-> Argh, now that is a drag.  That is why I initially did not want to go on
the
-> CRAB drugs.. knowing how many allergies existed in my family, I figured
I'd
-> give myself a break (g).  Now that I'm supposedly at "this stage", the
crab
-> drugs are not prescribed for this stage of MS.. suits me fine (bg).  LDN
is
-> keeping the MS at bay and that works for me.

LDN?  Let's Do Nothing?  This stuff is Copaxone, not one of the interferon
drugs.  They say that the disease burns itself out eventually. I haven't hit
that stage yet.
 
-> >  It only went full monty and wiped me out once, so
-> > far.  On the upside, I know what an anaphalactic (SP) reaction feels
like
-> > without actually having one.
-> 
-> Eek.. my brother had one of those years and years ago.  It was really
bad.  I
-> can understand how bad that must have felt :(

It started out scary, but I'd read the paperwork and figured out what it
was quickly.  
 
-> > Or TVP!  Actually, for a vegetarian, that recipe might not be half
bad.
-> 
-> My daughter won't touch TVP.. she says it's poison (g).. I did see an
article
-> recently saying there were some problems with it so I guess she was
close :) Ah
-> well.. I've never had it so I can't even say what it tastes like :)

It doesn't taste like much of anything on its own.  It does chew like
ground beef, more or less, once it's reconstituted.  I use it once in a
while; I hang out at an open mike at a messianic synagogue.  You can bring
in food that would be kosher if produced in a kosher kitchen, but it's
easier on everyone concerned if nothing you bring contains meat.  TVP is
the workaround in some cases.  
 
-> This was dinner last night, from some leftovers (g):
-> 
-> ==Jambalaya for two==
-> 2 tablespoons butter
-> 1 tablespoon olive oil
-> 2 legs chicken, cut into thighs and drumsticks 5 large shrimp, cut up
-> 2 large links of hot italian sausage 1 large onion, sliced
-> 1 small stick celery

Otherwise known as Louisiana Leftovers, for sure.  
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