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I just got my first bottle of Gold Bond Body lotion, (bought two, one for home, the other for work)
seems silly, but the relief seems instant, at least for now
and I just wanted to share this with my new family.
I 'smell' like a medicine cabinet!!
seems silly, but the relief seems instant, at least for now
and I just wanted to share this with my new family.
I 'smell' like a medicine cabinet!!
Hey Kiddo. Sorry you're not yourself. When my Doc heard I used to take 2 mg valium for anxiety, he was concerned I would have problems on the meds. Turned out not to be the case for me, but it is not at all an uncommon side.
I'm not saying this is you, but I think we too often try to 'buck-up' and deal with issues that are more mental in nature, whereas for physical problems we're more accepting of medication. No one here would avoid taking a pill to stop the runs, yet many of us would hold off on taking a valium until well, to contnue the metaphor, the sh!t was hitting the fan. Why is that, I wonder?
But wait! Still more selling to come.....
The nice thing about a valium, is they work quickly, and you only take them as needed. It's not like the commitment you make to ADs, where you're on them for the longer haul and they take a while to adjust to. Feeling antsy, pop a valium. Give it a try.
And see if you can comppromise on the procrit too. If you're on 14 days now, see if you can go to 10. It will take 2-3 weeks for you to see the benefit of the change - so get right to it. I'm expecting a report within a week, LOL.
Feel better soon!
I'm not saying this is you, but I think we too often try to 'buck-up' and deal with issues that are more mental in nature, whereas for physical problems we're more accepting of medication. No one here would avoid taking a pill to stop the runs, yet many of us would hold off on taking a valium until well, to contnue the metaphor, the sh!t was hitting the fan. Why is that, I wonder?
But wait! Still more selling to come.....
The nice thing about a valium, is they work quickly, and you only take them as needed. It's not like the commitment you make to ADs, where you're on them for the longer haul and they take a while to adjust to. Feeling antsy, pop a valium. Give it a try.
And see if you can comppromise on the procrit too. If you're on 14 days now, see if you can go to 10. It will take 2-3 weeks for you to see the benefit of the change - so get right to it. I'm expecting a report within a week, LOL.
Feel better soon!
yep, it's from flowers for algernon. i first signed up here when i was on the fast track to liquified brain. it made me think of that book (from so long ago). I'm just hoping that my brain improves as much as Algernon's did--but that I avoid his final fate...
hey thanks for addressing ms. thing's aka 2irish apprehensions about taking tranqs...and also good info about the Procrit, she's not feeling too well lately, though she's had a relatively good time of it the past 6 months...so glad you seem to be doing well all things considered...if we've been dealing with the "impaired Goof" I can't imagine what dealing with the new and improved Goof will be like...
Is Algernon taken from Flowers for Algernon? if my memory serves me right, and it's not been serving me too well lately...
Strator the Scribe, never dissapoints...
How is Jim doing? you should be doing summersaults by now....
Is Algernon taken from Flowers for Algernon? if my memory serves me right, and it's not been serving me too well lately...
Strator the Scribe, never dissapoints...
How is Jim doing? you should be doing summersaults by now....
2irish & Forseegood: I'm doing well. Little tired of course, but it gets better. Had to do some more procrit and neupogen - but the HGB is pretty good now, and the wbcs might hold on their own.
Missed the Ms. Thing reference. But a 2 mg valium can really take the edge off. Also, I don't see why procrit should be a weekly or 2 weekly deal. I went from 40,000 every 10 days, to every 7 days, to every 5 days. It's easy to regulate the dose that way.
I hear Bermuda has land crabs that can put a serious hurting on those of us suffering from Wang Hung Lowe syndrome. Maybe I could rig something out of half a coconut shell?
algernon: <i>I have to think at my job too.</i>
That one's a b!tch, ain't it. Especially when a problem arises that requires quick on the fly deductive reasoning. I think I started getting better around week 14 too, but it was still a joke. My problems were largely tied to low hgb, I think. As that improved, so did my nogginizing.
Strator: <i>I started gettin cracks and chaps at the area around the corner</i>
Sure hope Big Chuck doen't find out about these extra-curricular activities....maybe you should take it out of the neighborhood?
Fishdoc: <i>I keep telling him sperm is a part time job</i>
It is, it is. It's cultivating the opportunities that can become a career.
Hope everyone has a stress and side free day!
Missed the Ms. Thing reference. But a 2 mg valium can really take the edge off. Also, I don't see why procrit should be a weekly or 2 weekly deal. I went from 40,000 every 10 days, to every 7 days, to every 5 days. It's easy to regulate the dose that way.
I hear Bermuda has land crabs that can put a serious hurting on those of us suffering from Wang Hung Lowe syndrome. Maybe I could rig something out of half a coconut shell?
algernon: <i>I have to think at my job too.</i>
That one's a b!tch, ain't it. Especially when a problem arises that requires quick on the fly deductive reasoning. I think I started getting better around week 14 too, but it was still a joke. My problems were largely tied to low hgb, I think. As that improved, so did my nogginizing.
Strator: <i>I started gettin cracks and chaps at the area around the corner</i>
Sure hope Big Chuck doen't find out about these extra-curricular activities....maybe you should take it out of the neighborhood?
Fishdoc: <i>I keep telling him sperm is a part time job</i>
It is, it is. It's cultivating the opportunities that can become a career.
Hope everyone has a stress and side free day!
Hey C., glad the worst did not come to pass, and your still here ;) No, I am just here on business this week, we have a sister facility up here.... they have this stuff we don't have-water. And in their water, they have fish.... so bunch of us fishdocs are up here, doing our fishy thang. The wierdest amongst us... he's the sperminator. HIs whole job is sperm. I keep telling him sperm is a part time job, but he just milks it to full time....
You crack me up. Don't ever lose your sense of humor. Have you thought of writing a book? You should!
Thanks Mr. Beagle :)
I am anxiously awaiting your results. How are you holding up? I hope the time is going fast enough for you and you have your answers soon! I know how agonizing the wait can be. I know you will be UND though!!!!!
I am anxiously awaiting your results. How are you holding up? I hope the time is going fast enough for you and you have your answers soon! I know how agonizing the wait can be. I know you will be UND though!!!!!
A mommy -- you did it , CONGRATULATION!! I knew you would still UNDETECTALE.
NY -- That's what I thought would happen with your thyroid. I e-mailed you, did you get it?
Beagle
NY -- That's what I thought would happen with your thyroid. I e-mailed you, did you get it?
Beagle
paris-I started gettin cracks and chaps at the area around the corners of my mouth. This week I used aquaphor after someone here suggested it, twice a day and they've been clearing up.
The Gold Bond never seemedto help me enough, but recently I've been using aveeno body wash and the aveeno daily moisturizing lotion, itch is really subsiding. Wanna see funny though is trying to get it on my back. Dad and the 14 yro just got no interest in helpin me there, so after a loufa type thing fell apart I was puttin it on a cloth and buffin my back but then I noticed the cloth stickin to the the scratches. So I went out and bought some big cheap long handled plastic spoons. Kid comes into the room and I'm playin symphony conductor to the radio while applyin lotion, smilin away cause the itch stopped.
be well,and itch free,
Don
The Gold Bond never seemedto help me enough, but recently I've been using aveeno body wash and the aveeno daily moisturizing lotion, itch is really subsiding. Wanna see funny though is trying to get it on my back. Dad and the 14 yro just got no interest in helpin me there, so after a loufa type thing fell apart I was puttin it on a cloth and buffin my back but then I noticed the cloth stickin to the the scratches. So I went out and bought some big cheap long handled plastic spoons. Kid comes into the room and I'm playin symphony conductor to the radio while applyin lotion, smilin away cause the itch stopped.
be well,and itch free,
Don
Well, sort of. I mean I was behind the wheel of only one car but I was largely responsible for the direction in which the three collided cars continued to move. Try explaining that to a police officer. Good thing they didn't try to make me walk a straight line or get a test of my Riba level.
Can't remember which one of you usual suspects (you , can-do, beam, etc....) suggested putting the red light and siren on top of my new car but if anyone knows where I can get one of those, I think it's an excellent idea (for everyone's sake).
Can't remember which one of you usual suspects (you , can-do, beam, etc....) suggested putting the red light and siren on top of my new car but if anyone knows where I can get one of those, I think it's an excellent idea (for everyone's sake).
Unfortunately, I have to think at my job too. That's why I avoid direct contact with work as much as possible (sticking to email). During my first few weeks, I had huge FOG problems and then SERIOUS FOG problems for a few weeks until they figured out I was anemic and put me on Procrit. The anemia did more of a number on my brain than the drugs did (something to keep in mind).
I'm now at week 14 and I really think my brain has felt a little more "normal" for the past six weeks (of course, I could be deluding myself--I did run a red light and crash up 3 cars earlier this month). Main point: the level of brain fog can vacillate (or you can delude yourself into thinking it's getting better).
I'm now at week 14 and I really think my brain has felt a little more "normal" for the past six weeks (of course, I could be deluding myself--I did run a red light and crash up 3 cars earlier this month). Main point: the level of brain fog can vacillate (or you can delude yourself into thinking it's getting better).
Beamer 'my agent'-Although I have done some roofwork on my house, that's about it. The work I was talkin about was going up in a crawlspace and takin measurements to drill holes through the side of the house, then runnin pipe and wires through and down the roofline. Always some blind guess work involved as to whether ya come out in the right place. Always makes me nervous. Did a job with my brother 30 years ago. He was drillin up from basement in the wall to first floor. I was listenin for the drill to see if it sounded right. Little very elderly Russian woman sittin in the room where I am. Her son said she spoke absolutely no English, just rockin away in her rocker, daydreaming in front of a throw rug. All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I see the drill come through the floor a few feet off the mark. Up through the throw rug spinnin the rug around. LMAO when it happened cause the little lady jumps outta the rocker and yells 'SH**!' clear as a bell. Hope she didn't pick up her one word of English from me workin there.
Get me work now and ya might have to put a clause in contracts to give moneyback "Ribates".
Jim- HMMM....better thinkin months or moths? Ya get in the gym and see a ugly guy with extra large Lats under his sweats, betterbe sure it aint Mothra.
:)
Get me work now and ya might have to put a clause in contracts to give moneyback "Ribates".
Jim- HMMM....better thinkin months or moths? Ya get in the gym and see a ugly guy with extra large Lats under his sweats, betterbe sure it aint Mothra.
:)
Don,
My doc doesn't even bother to look at the WBC's. They only get concerned if the ANC (absolut neuts) fraction is below 200 or 300, although some docs get concerned around 500 or even a little higher.
I had a feeling you were talking about increasing riba. If you do go that route -- unless you get a real energy surge -- I strongly suggest that you petition your doctor to start Procrit at the same time the dose increases, and not wait.
Definitely feeling better but would be hard not to considering my baseline during treatment. LOL.
But seriously, been to the gym every day this week and feel pretty good much of the time. No blood tests yet, but I'm sure my hemoglobin is either back to normal or close -- and that alone is a big difference. Sometimes I still feel the drugs in pulses, but I'm told it takes time to clear the system. Especially the d*mn riba -- got to think months, not days with this *******drug. LOL.
All the best with your treatment.
-- Jim
My doc doesn't even bother to look at the WBC's. They only get concerned if the ANC (absolut neuts) fraction is below 200 or 300, although some docs get concerned around 500 or even a little higher.
I had a feeling you were talking about increasing riba. If you do go that route -- unless you get a real energy surge -- I strongly suggest that you petition your doctor to start Procrit at the same time the dose increases, and not wait.
Definitely feeling better but would be hard not to considering my baseline during treatment. LOL.
But seriously, been to the gym every day this week and feel pretty good much of the time. No blood tests yet, but I'm sure my hemoglobin is either back to normal or close -- and that alone is a big difference. Sometimes I still feel the drugs in pulses, but I'm told it takes time to clear the system. Especially the d*mn riba -- got to think months, not days with this *******drug. LOL.
All the best with your treatment.
-- Jim
Don-glad you got some #'s and answers..HGB sounds real borderline-procrit time?-don't go falling off no roof......As your agent,my interests must also be protected and i am presently negotiating a nice outa town job for you...This guy is a little 'wacked' on meds,so should be a real good moneymaker!..just make sure to keep your riba pills off site...Nice to know you have a roofers book:covers all trades
First Mr Jim-How you feeling these days? You feelin better off this stuff yet. Thankfully for us, you sure got a quick reply finger.
Hope your takin the time to have some fun if you're up to it.
I just wasn't sure if I was runnin outta room on the wbc's.
Actually I was waiti for most of tx thus far for you all to gang up on me and steal some of my extra hglbn.:)
As far as the more aggressive, I was referring to possibly upping riba as I haven't cleared yet. But I got a feelin he's gonna say lets look at 36 weeks, as long as I've been responding tho slow, and considering that I have been lucky with sx.
Thanks Jim, get some smiles in,
Don
Hope your takin the time to have some fun if you're up to it.
I just wasn't sure if I was runnin outta room on the wbc's.
Actually I was waiti for most of tx thus far for you all to gang up on me and steal some of my extra hglbn.:)
As far as the more aggressive, I was referring to possibly upping riba as I haven't cleared yet. But I got a feelin he's gonna say lets look at 36 weeks, as long as I've been responding tho slow, and considering that I have been lucky with sx.
Thanks Jim, get some smiles in,
Don
You're WBC is fine, but the number most hepatologists look at is the ANC fraction (absolut neuts) which is 1385. This is also very good. As a comparison, my WBC was around 1.2 and ANC hovered under 1000 going as low as 320.
Your fatigue is probably due to the treatment drugs and the lower hemoglobin (hgb)level which is normal. If anemia becomes an issue (we all react individually to different hgb levels) you should talk to your doctor about the rescue drug Procrit (epo).
Procrit is not an immediate fix as it takes 2-4 weeks to kick in, just something to keep in mind.
Not sure what you mean by "more agressive treatment" but nothing in your bloodwork sends up any flags.
Most of us would be very happy with your blood.
Look, when you finish your roof job, I got a reno here I need some help with :)
-- Jim
Your fatigue is probably due to the treatment drugs and the lower hemoglobin (hgb)level which is normal. If anemia becomes an issue (we all react individually to different hgb levels) you should talk to your doctor about the rescue drug Procrit (epo).
Procrit is not an immediate fix as it takes 2-4 weeks to kick in, just something to keep in mind.
Not sure what you mean by "more agressive treatment" but nothing in your bloodwork sends up any flags.
Most of us would be very happy with your blood.
Look, when you finish your roof job, I got a reno here I need some help with :)
-- Jim
Hey All, Still confused w/numbers
Just got my March cbc's back. Noticed my wbc getting lower but not sure what too low is.?? I'm on week 28/48plus. Following are the low range stuff.
WBC...wk #1 4.5...last month 3.4...now 2.7
RBC...wk #1 4.67..last mo 3.62...now 3.56
Hglbn..wk 1 14.4..last mo 11.1...now 10.9
Hemtcrt.wk 1 41.5..last mo 32.3..now 31.9
AbsNuet wk 1 2102..last mo 1931..now 1385
AbsLymp wk 1 1769..last mo 809...now 783
Does this still sound okay? I don't feel too much different, except a drop in energy. I know I've been pretty lucky with the pace of my drops. (Was a little suprised when I called asking the nurse to fax the cbc to me, and she said she had to wait til the doc came in, cause it was in his briefcase. I'm supposed to see him the 17th re my detectable 24wk, wondering if bloodwork may hamper any more aggressive treatment.
It was nice spring weather here today. Worked outside on a couple of 2story houses drillin holes up at the roof peak for wires, and felt good.. Low WBC or not I gotta figure I'm really frikkin lucky.
Hope all are well,
Don
Don
Just got my March cbc's back. Noticed my wbc getting lower but not sure what too low is.?? I'm on week 28/48plus. Following are the low range stuff.
WBC...wk #1 4.5...last month 3.4...now 2.7
RBC...wk #1 4.67..last mo 3.62...now 3.56
Hglbn..wk 1 14.4..last mo 11.1...now 10.9
Hemtcrt.wk 1 41.5..last mo 32.3..now 31.9
AbsNuet wk 1 2102..last mo 1931..now 1385
AbsLymp wk 1 1769..last mo 809...now 783
Does this still sound okay? I don't feel too much different, except a drop in energy. I know I've been pretty lucky with the pace of my drops. (Was a little suprised when I called asking the nurse to fax the cbc to me, and she said she had to wait til the doc came in, cause it was in his briefcase. I'm supposed to see him the 17th re my detectable 24wk, wondering if bloodwork may hamper any more aggressive treatment.
It was nice spring weather here today. Worked outside on a couple of 2story houses drillin holes up at the roof peak for wires, and felt good.. Low WBC or not I gotta figure I'm really frikkin lucky.
Hope all are well,
Don
Don
I had the momentery gaps of thought on tx. yup-just fake like you know whats going on. Glad you found the gold bond. Giddy
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FUNNIES!
Subject: Fwd: Young lad and lass
A young Scottish lad and lass were sitting on a
low stone wall, holding hands, gazing out over
the loch. For several minutes they sat silently,
then finally the girl looked at the boy and said,
"A penny for your thoughts, Angus."
"Well, uh, I was thinkin'...perhaps it's aboot
time for a wee kiss."
The girl blushed, then leaned over and kissed him
lightly on the cheek. Then he blushed. The two
turned once again to gaze out over the loch.
Minutes passed, then the girl spoke again.
"Another penny for your thoughts, Angus."
"Well, uh I was thinkin'...perhaps its noo aboot
time for a wee cuddle."
The girl blushed, then leaned over and cuddled
him for a few seconds. Then he blushed. Then
the two turned once again to gaze out over the
loch.
After a while, she again said, "Another penny for
your thoughts, Angus."
"Well, uh I was thinkin'...perhaps its aboot time
you let me pewt ma hand on yer leg."
The girl blushed, then took his hand and put it
on her knee. Then he blushed. Then the two
turned once again to gaze out over the loch
before the girl spoke again.
"Another penny for your thoughts, Angus."
The young man glanced down with a furled brow.
"Well, noo," he said, "my thoughts are a wee bit
more serious this time."
"Really?" said the girl in a whisper, filled with
anticipation.
"Aye," said the lad, nodding.
The girl looked away in shyness, began to blush,
and bit her lip in anticipation of the ultimate
request.
And he said, "Dae ye nae think it's aboot time ye
paid me the first three pennies?"
Subject: Fwd: Young lad and lass
A young Scottish lad and lass were sitting on a
low stone wall, holding hands, gazing out over
the loch. For several minutes they sat silently,
then finally the girl looked at the boy and said,
"A penny for your thoughts, Angus."
"Well, uh, I was thinkin'...perhaps it's aboot
time for a wee kiss."
The girl blushed, then leaned over and kissed him
lightly on the cheek. Then he blushed. The two
turned once again to gaze out over the loch.
Minutes passed, then the girl spoke again.
"Another penny for your thoughts, Angus."
"Well, uh I was thinkin'...perhaps its noo aboot
time for a wee cuddle."
The girl blushed, then leaned over and cuddled
him for a few seconds. Then he blushed. Then
the two turned once again to gaze out over the
loch.
After a while, she again said, "Another penny for
your thoughts, Angus."
"Well, uh I was thinkin'...perhaps its aboot time
you let me pewt ma hand on yer leg."
The girl blushed, then took his hand and put it
on her knee. Then he blushed. Then the two
turned once again to gaze out over the loch
before the girl spoke again.
"Another penny for your thoughts, Angus."
The young man glanced down with a furled brow.
"Well, noo," he said, "my thoughts are a wee bit
more serious this time."
"Really?" said the girl in a whisper, filled with
anticipation.
"Aye," said the lad, nodding.
The girl looked away in shyness, began to blush,
and bit her lip in anticipation of the ultimate
request.
And he said, "Dae ye nae think it's aboot time ye
paid me the first three pennies?"
he he he! we all must be telepathic, I was just talking to Ms. Irish about you too! and hoping all the good people of this forum are enjoying themselves, in whatever way they can! (no comments from the monkey section! hey waitaminute! I'm talking to the monkey section! at least one of em anyway!) Hey Goof, what are your stats now? A tx hangover? take the wife and kid to Bermuda...they make really long shorts over there I heard...
Do me a favor, can you, or anybody here, tell Ms. Thing that she has to ask for tranquilizers if she needs them from her doc? I don't want her to suffer needlessly, and if she needs them suckers, she should take them as needed...I told her she won't be the only one taking them on treatment...not by a long shot...
Also, maybe she feels too ill to ask here, but she says she feels the same way she did when she was anemic before, before they put her on Procrit,
then she felt much better on Procrit and her labs went up at once a week, so they knocked her down to Procrit every 2 weeks instead of every week, and now she feels bad again,
like she did before the Procrit, and her treatment nurse tells her to wait, they don't want to up the Procrit again right now to once a week like before...
but she still feels bad and her labs are just on the cusp, what do you guys think she should do? demand that she get the Procrit once a week again? just asking....I hope she doesn't get psst at me for asking but she's the type that doesn't ask for help very easily, she's too busy giving it...you know the type...A MOTHER!!! ha ha!
Cuteus! I know you are healthyier than any potato chip lady, you secret agent health nut!
Do me a favor, can you, or anybody here, tell Ms. Thing that she has to ask for tranquilizers if she needs them from her doc? I don't want her to suffer needlessly, and if she needs them suckers, she should take them as needed...I told her she won't be the only one taking them on treatment...not by a long shot...
Also, maybe she feels too ill to ask here, but she says she feels the same way she did when she was anemic before, before they put her on Procrit,
then she felt much better on Procrit and her labs went up at once a week, so they knocked her down to Procrit every 2 weeks instead of every week, and now she feels bad again,
like she did before the Procrit, and her treatment nurse tells her to wait, they don't want to up the Procrit again right now to once a week like before...
but she still feels bad and her labs are just on the cusp, what do you guys think she should do? demand that she get the Procrit once a week again? just asking....I hope she doesn't get psst at me for asking but she's the type that doesn't ask for help very easily, she's too busy giving it...you know the type...A MOTHER!!! ha ha!
Cuteus! I know you are healthyier than any potato chip lady, you secret agent health nut!
That is wild, your thyroid swithced. Sounds like they are not going to try medications, are they just going to remove it. Hypo does make you gain weight. When I found out, I had been working out 8 months, every day; in the best shape of my life, then all of a sudden I started gaining weight. I'm like, something is wrong here and found out about the thyroid and goieter. Medications straightened it out for me. Then it took two years of Tae Kwon Do to get the body back in shape. Thyroids can screw you up sometimes. Good Luck Girl, and keep us posted
cajun
cajun
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