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Skriven 2011-04-02 09:23:32 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 8337 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: rosemary 944                                             [1]
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Hi Ruth,

>> I understand :(   IIRC Theophylline was about it when she was getting
>> it the worst as very young child..

> That was the basic treatment, with albuterol for whenever there was an
> attack.

Sounds right.. at some point, the doc gave her some inhaler which had cortisone
in it.. that worked well for her.

> Mine was diagnosed on the tail end of the theophylline and
> albuterol only era but it was a while before Advair (my miracle drug)
> came out.

I remember reading about that one, before it came out.. I noticed it because at
the time, it would have done wonders for my MIL who was living with us at the
time.  Back then, they were talking about it being available perhaps in two or
three years and I knew my MIL needed it "now" :(  She didn't die from Asthma,
but it would have made her life a lot easier with that drug. :(

>> > For the most part I handle the asthma OK
>> > but when the bronchitis kicks in, then the asthma goes somewhat out
>> of > control. It usually settles down in a few weeks tho.

That's always rough though.. I knew as soon as she'd get any kind of cold it
would go right to her chest, so I didn't wait to put her on the theophyline.  I
gave it to her right away as our pediatrician suggested.  That seemed to help a
lot.

>> Thankfully her asthma went away when she was about 12 or 13.  My mom's
>> also went away for a good many years, only to come back when she was
>> about 65 or 70.. Considering she's over 85 now, I guess that's not so
>> bad :)  But as I understand it, allergies continue to change all
>> throughout one's life so it kind of makes sense.

> I suspect I had both all my life but not diagnosed until I was grown &
> gone.

Could be.. or it could be you didn't develop them until you had children.. also
a typical time to develop such things..unfortunately.. :(

>> large number of flash flood, and flood warnings from melted snow.. :(

> No surprise there. At least the reservoirs will be fuller

Yes, they will... right now when you look at the Susquehanna river on the way
to Binghamton you can see the water lapping the edges of the shores..it is a
beautiful picture :)

>and NYC won't
> be able to complain about no water. My dad gets annoyed when he sees on
> tv the shots of kids playing in water from an open fire hydrant. It's
> Catskills water they're wasting.

I know what he means there.. It has always seemed crummy that NYC gets "our
water", but I guess their water has to come from someplace..

>> > I usaually make them work hard for my "ouch". (G)

>> hahaha :)  Well, with this one, they didn't have to do much :)

> Even if I'm in a lot of pain they have to work for it. I've had enough
> problems over the years that my level of pain tolerance is higher than
> the average person's.

Ron has always been that way, his dad even more so.. It used to amaze me to see
his dad bring his fist down on his right hand to loosen the arthritis in that
hand.. It worked for him, but it must have hurt something wicked :) Me, I'm a
pain sissy Lol  I can't even stand injections.

>> Have you ever tried electric scissors?  I have two pair here, and I've
>> never even tried them.. they came with an older sewing machine I'd
>> bought several years ago... I was just curious if they would be easier
>> for you to use than regular scissors.

> I've not really given them a try. I had some battery operated ones once
> but gave them away as the stroke was so short. I'd need a long extention
> cord for electric scissors to work in the area where my cutting table
> is. It's near an outlet but the one side of the table is aganst that

I have those two pair here.. not sure how they're powered since I haven't
looked at them in so long.. I think I'll pull them out to day and see how they
work.

> wall with no really good room to pull it out from the wall. I've got
> some Fiskars spring loaded ergonomic scissors that work well; just have
> to make sure I don't over do it on the cutting out.

Yes, same here.. I think they are my favorite pair.

>> And evertime Indy jumps on it, I about scream (g)  He's getting to be
>> a BIG boy Lol

> You may need to get really firm with him. If he does it when Ron is
> around, maybe he could help get Indy off of you. Indy's too big to be a
> lap dog now.

haha.. I laugh at the thought.. he acts like HowdyDoody some days.. such a
clown.  Thankfully he seems to be more yellow lab than whatever else he's mixed
with though, so you can actually get through to him - somedays :) :)

>> That's really nice.  Sometimes if I'm really not up to dealing with
>> the weather outdoors, I start things inside like lettuce and
>> spinach... I make a little greenhouse in the bay window, and they seem
>> to love it (g)

> I'd love to have a bay window but it would look odd on this house. (G)

Yep, sometimes that just doesn't work in a house.  When I'm not doing a lot of
indoor starting, I cover the seed pots with one of those 1 quart plastic
containers I get from the chinese restaurant (the ones for egg drop soup,
etc.).  That works really well, but my favorite method is just some saran wrap,
because you can remove it a bit slower.. (.i.e., you don't have to remove all
of it at once).

>> Yes, that's true.  I'm about ready to put a new version of my pages
>> up, perhaps by Sunday night..

And found I'm still working on it Lol.. eventually.. learning more in the
meantime though, so that's good.

> About the time I start reading for the week end class I have at the end
> of the month.

Everytime I start reading these days (not online, I mean regular books), it's
seems I just relax too much and fall asleep haha

> Very nice; I really appreciate his efforts. But, he says I do a lot more
> with computers than a lot of folks our age (except for serious
> progamming type people like you).

Understand what you mean.. For instance, my mom has refused to touch one all
these years.. and now, she really couldn't if she wanted to, with the Macular
degeneration she has :(

Take care,
Janis

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