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Skriven 2010-09-09 23:35:52 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 1223 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Re: mint  was: A dinner party.
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 07 Sep 10  18:05:04 <=-

 JK> Just when you think the echo is quieting down a bit  - well, glad to
 JK> see it's still quite active :) 

Just have to try not to get too far behind...  It's nice to have good
participation in the good echos...  :)

 > Not so life-threatening as anaphylactic shock, but a not-so-nice adverse

 JK> As I think I mentioned in the FIDOGAZETTE echo, this very last round
 JK> of Antibiotics almost went there.. geez.. it was nasty..  So now I'm
 JK> trying to stay away from _anything_ I'm allergic to, to give my body a
 JK> shot at recovering from allergic reactions.. I think I had too many
 JK> reactions in way too short a period of time, hence the serious
 JK> allergic reaction to the latest one he tried.. that was almost scarey. 

Yeah, sounded rather scary to me...  And I've heard that before, that
when one is highly allergic to many things, allergic reactions tend to
be more serious regularly, and one can get one's immune system
hyperactive way too easily...  :( 

 > effect all the same.  Multiple bad effects, even if each is relatively
 > minor, counts as "allergic" in my book, too.. or at least as something
 > I'm sufficiently sensitive to to not take...

 JK> Definitely true :)

I'm thankful that in my case, it's more a case of sensitivities rather
than full allergies... this is bad enough... but I do feel for you
others that are more allergic to more things... 

 > It may also depend on where they did their training.  I know that some
 > medical schools are now including more well-patient courses, and more
 > patient interaction...

 JK> That is something that will help I think.

I think so too...  it certainly can't hurt.  :)

 > some may also be teaching more integrated
 > medicine, more wholistic ways of approaching things.  But I also have a
 > couple of older doctors that are more integrated as well... just a
 > different mind-set... but an appreciated one, to be sure... ;)

 JK> Sometimes I prefer the older guys ... they've seen more..

As long as they've assimilated what they've seen, and can use it
productively...  ;)

 >> Hopefully by now, things have settled down for you, though... :)
 
 JK> Ha - well you can see how behind I am in messages (g) but I am now off
 JK> everything that could cause a reaction.. eventually I'll get back to
 JK> normal. That is one of the good things about low-dose-naltrexone.. it
 JK> really does help with things like that, to get your system back in
 JK> sync. 

That's good.  Especially good that you've found something to get things
back in balance when things go all a-kilter...  :)

 > Why did he want you to stop the amantadine?  I've had more bad luck with
 > meds than good luck... I'm pretty resistant to doctors wanting to give
 > me meds I'm not sure I need, therefore... like when they were starting
 > to worry about my blood pressure, and I wasn't sure that it was really a
 > problem, but they wanted me to take a statin "just in case"... I just
 > told them no dice...

 JK> Good for you - my doc wanted me to try one as well, and I got my
 JK> levels down with Niacin and Fish oil.. works for me (g).. but the

Sometimes we just have to know when to advocate for ourselves... and
know enough about alternatives to have them at the ready...  ;)

 JK> reason he wanted me to stop the amantadine (and it turned out he was
 JK> right), was he said he thought that was creating some problems with my
 JK> legs and swelling.. off the amantadine, and yay, it went away.  Of

That's a good enough reason... especially since he was right.  <G>

 JK> course at that time I was so sentised to all the antibiotics the
 JK> provigil caused me other problems.. but I took it today and all seems
 JK> well.. that's the replacement for the amantadine  that fights the
 JK> fatigue of MS.. so far so good. 

That's a relief...  :)

 JK> Boy do I know what you mean there.. who needs it.  Well, that's why I
 JK> backed off everything for a week or more and then tried the provigil
 JK> again.. I'm NOT going to touch any antibiotics though :) :)  Not for a
 JK> couple of years, if that. 

I hear you.  :)   At least you've got some alternatives that probably
will work when needed...  :)

 JK> Lived through it, and even the ups and downs more recently in the
 JK> area.. now it's supposed to hit in the upper 70's this coming week..
 JK> that should be nice :)

Proper fall weather, not too cold, not too hot...  :)

 JK> Trying to dig up a decent summer dinner since it's in the high 80's
 JK> today.. I think hamburgers and french fries sound good (g). 

Picnic time, eh?  :)  I think I just nuked something to keep the kitchen
from getting too hot.   I'll be glad for cooler enough weather that I
won't mind using the oven for stuff...  or letting stuff steam on the
stove for hours...  ;)

ttyl     neb

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