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Skriven 2010-09-07 18:05:04 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
    Kommentar till text 752 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: mint  was: A dinner party.
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Hi Nancy,

>> Almost missed this... in an earlier packet I'd grabbed just before going
>> away...

>> Glad to see you're back :)  I'm sure I've missed a few in here as well
>> - have to go back later today and take a look.

Finally, and slowly but surely, I'm making progress haha

> And I'm glad to be back...  :)  With a concerted effort, I could be
> caught up in a day or so... if I'm lucky...  (G)

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

>> type of reaction I've had from antibiotics was to Keflex, and I got a
>> rash from that one.  Dad was allergic to all penicilins though so I
>> guess it's in the family... :)

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

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

> 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...

Definitely true :)

>> alternative medicine only because of the more recent studies that have
>> been done.. while those studies aren't always positive, I think some
>> of them have been.   For example, the few studies done for Naltrexone
>> 4.5MG (low-dose Naltrexone treatments) have proven Dr. Bihari's own
>> observations with celiac disease and also MS..

> 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...

That is something that will help I think.

> 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... ;)

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

>> Hopefully by now, things have settled down for you, though... :)

>> Yep, with the uti at least .. :)  Lots of Vit. C, cranberry juice and
>> Olive Leaf extract seemed to do the trick for that.  Had another

> Well, that's good.  :)

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

> 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...

Good for you - my doc wanted me to try one as well, and I got my levels down
with Niacin and Fish oil.. works for me (g).. but the reason he wanted me to
stop the amantadine (and it turned out he was right), was he said he thought
that was creating some problems with my legs and swelling.. off the amantadine,
and yay, it went away.  Of course at that time I was so sentised to all the
antibiotics the provigil caused me other problems.. but I took it today and all
seems well.. that's the replacement for the amantadine  that fights the fatigue
of MS.. so far so good.

>didn't want to take the chance that it was just yet
> another one that would give me grief.  With a known problem, I'll try
> meds, but they don't have a great track record...  ;(

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

>> Darn weather turned chilly here already (high 60's, low 70's) so now I
>> have to adjust to the temperatures -once again- :)

> Sigh.  Tough when there's a narrow range of temps that one feels easily
> comfortable in...  I mind it the most when things just keep see-sawing
> and one can't get adjusted before it changes again...  We're going to
> have a few hot ones again the beginning of this week... and then it's
> supposed to cool down again for the next weekend...  we'll see...  :)

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

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

Take care,
Janis

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