Text 37689, 105 rader
Skriven 2010-05-12 19:21:10 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 37688 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

> -> 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.

Eh no, you don't want aspirin for those cramps (g).. Motrin maybe (ibuprofen).

> I didn't know that, but then I haven't taken coedine since ... 1990?
> Tylenol is pretty useless.

Agreed there for sure. (g).


> 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 ter
> if you can help it.

It sure was nasty...

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

> Yuck.  Not the best idea, then.

Dontcha know, it's gets rid of the leg spasms by making the legs useless (vbg)

>>So far 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.

No kidding.. like right after the session.  Talk about mush legs when I get out
of there :)  But I eventually recover, and the therapist says it's going well.

> 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.

That's sounds particulary bad :(

> -> Argh, now that is a drag.  That is why I initially did not want to go on
> -> CRAB drugs.. knowing how many allergies existed in my family, I figured
> -> 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?

Lol - some may say that about LDN but it works for me so that's something.  It
stands for Low Dose Naltrexone.  Long story, you can check it online if you
care to (g).  It's not "mainstream" though my neurologist at NYHospital/Cornell
Center gives some of his patients prescriptions for it.

> 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.

Right, the C in CRAB (g).. Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex and Betaseron.  I almost
started that one...

> It started out scary, but I'd read the paperwork and figured out what it
> was quickly.

That helps, definitely.

> -> 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

One of those things that picks up the flavor of other things?

> 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.

That's a good idea, and I can understand that one.  No one need be concerned.

> -> 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.

Leftovers, indeed (g).  And that was about my thought process when I was
throwing it all in the pot (g).

Take care,
Janis

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