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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jan 22, 2011 19:57:15 GMT -5
Well, if I was even considering waffling (re treatment) before yesterday's breathing tests settled that: Had pfts (pulmo function tests) yesterday to get a baseline. Unfortunately the tests showed a rather dramatic additional drop from the previous test, just back in Sept. (4 tests in a row over the past year have shown decline -- sort of the reason we were exploring options to begin with) so we are both really glad we made the trip to Houston and a plan for treatment is being put in place. It makes the decision much more obvious and the question of any side effects less important. Now a lot more is riding on this being effective. At the rate my test values are dropping I"ll be in lung transplant territory in another 2-3 years. What is so weird is that to meet me on the street even people who have known me for 20 years wouldn't even think I was sick. Sorry to be a downer and I still feel like I am a very fortunate person in my life -- but just a bit more nervous than I was. And anxious to start treatment.
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Post by Karen on Jan 22, 2011 19:58:40 GMT -5
Well, if I was even considering waffling (re treatment) before yesterday's breathing tests settled that: Had pfts (pulmo function tests) yesterday to get a baseline. Unfortunately the tests showed a rather dramatic additional drop from the previous test, just back in Sept. (4 tests in a row over the past year have shown decline -- sort of the reason we were exploring options to begin with) so we are both really glad we made the trip to Houston and a plan for treatment is being put in place. It makes the decision much more obvious and the question of any side effects less important. Now a lot more is riding on this being effective. At the rate my test values are dropping I"ll be in lung transplant territory in another 2-3 years. What is so weird is that to meet me on the street even people who have known me for 20 years wouldn't even think I was sick. Sorry to be a downer and I still feel like I am a very fortunate person in my life -- but just a bit more nervous than I was. And anxious to start treatment. I am so glad, too, that you have a treatment plan in place. So much better to be proactive with this kind of thing than live in denial and miss opportunities for improving the situation. Pulling for you mightily, Sue.
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Post by Karen on Jan 22, 2011 20:00:13 GMT -5
Anyone else still watching "Medium"? Diane? I just finished watching Friday night's episode and cried my eyes out.
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Post by Karen on Jan 22, 2011 20:04:29 GMT -5
This sound exactly like what happened to me. I slept most of the day, that first day. This bug is definitely going around, here in SE Ohio - I picked it up in Dayton (SW Ohio), but several of my coworkers and their children seemed to have the same thing. If it is the same bug, your first day is definitely the worst, for nausea and weakness. After that, your energy returns mostly to normal, but the nausea lingers for . . . well, I don't know how long yet, cause I'm in my 5th day, and it is still hanging around . . . I don't think this is anything contageous; it has all the signs of abdominal migraine. I'm hideously dehydrated, though, and my BG is sacry high- for me, I mean, 258mg/dl; I was talking to a friend last night whose sister routinely goes 550mg/dl or higher, I can't imagine. Julia, being diabetic makes this even more fun, as I can't not eat without screwing things up for months. Digestive stuff is the worst. I want my 12 year old stomach. I get so tired of being mindful of what I am eating, how much, what's in it, or even planning for eating. I want my 12 year old stomach so I can just get on with doing stuff, ya know?
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 22, 2011 20:42:29 GMT -5
Had a wake up puking in the middle of the night episode last night, first in years. Feel as if I've been washed in boiling water and left out th freeze dry. Julia, and so I am punished for not running errands yesterday by having to do them today when I feel all weak-like. and that it's a one-of and not the harbinger of flu. I'm still sort of limp, but nowhere near as sick as I was the last time I had the flu. Julia, trying to get stiffened up so I can go make myself some soup.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jan 23, 2011 0:23:44 GMT -5
Anyone else still watching "Medium"? Diane? I just finished watching Friday night's episode and cried my eyes out. This is the second week in a row that my TV hasn't taped it
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Post by Queen E on Jan 23, 2011 1:35:53 GMT -5
Part is getting bulky...new one soon.
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Post by Queen E on Jan 23, 2011 1:45:24 GMT -5
This part has ceased to be! New one here.
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