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Skriven 2015-08-20 15:37:37 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 29886 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: health things 62
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Albuterol is a beta-agonist, not a steroid.

 ML> I should have remembered that, but it's inextricably entwined in
 ML> my head with the steroids, as it does many of the same things as
 ML> steroids and is often prescribed together with them as they
 ML> reinforce each other's effects. Both are currently contraindicated
 ML> in my own situation (as I take beta-antagonists instead).

My Advair (wonder drug for me) is a steroid, available as 3 different
levels, and a long acting (12 hour) beta agonist. I've been using the
mid level steroid dose but may go to the lower one to keep the potassium
at a better level.


 ML>   Turns out, the cause of my
 RH> troubles then was an atalectasis, caused by a broken rib but the blood
 RH> pressure issue was there, and is still present.

 ML> Yowch.

Yes, but the bp seems to be doing better now. I think having the asthma
under really good control the past few years has helped, as will the
lower steroid level if I go that route.


 RH> We were watching a tv show with Steve's sister and b-i-l; at the end,
 RH> one female character offered another one Pappy's (?) whiskey--some
 RH> really big name. She told the male characters that Maker's was
 RH> available for them.

 ML> Pappy Van Winkle. Very expensive, and I've not had the opportunity.

That's it, not one I'd try but I did recognise the Maker's (Mark)
reference when it came up.


 ML> get worse, and my blood tastes rather like a milkshake then.
 RH> I think I'd be in major trouble if mine went anywhere near 150, let
 RH> alone 200.

 ML> The numbers are averages. The docs operate on averages, as when
 ML> they do they kill fewer patients than when they don't. I have to
 ML> be extra careful, because in many ways I am not average (or at least
 ML> not average based on their databases). It has been hypothesized
 ML> that most of the available research has been done on white folks,
 ML> especially white males, and that with a bigger database the average
 ML> numbers might change quite a bit. Just as a for example, the incidence
 ML> of myopia (shortsightedness) in Singapore is 80%, whereas in Europe
 ML> it is 25-30% - and in India, 7%. I have no reason to think that the
 ML> numbers for blood pressure, blood sugar, etc. vary any less.

I think they're trying to develop a broader base for their data now.
Women react differently than men to a lot of things, also show different
symptoms for things like heart attacks. The data bases are skewed to
show that a typical heart attack has these symptoms--yes, it does if
you're a white male but not a white female. It's the same as Steve's
stroke--he didn't show the classic symptoms yet sudden loss of vision is
an indicator of one. He could have gotten treatment easlier had he shown
the classic indicators but it was delayed because he didn't.

 ML> =
 ML> I'd still be a little leery if your system so easily
 ML> goes from below normal to the upper range of normal.
 RH> It was on the low end of normal initially but they gave me a good bit
 RH> of it in the hospital to bring the level up.

 ML> If it was on the low side of normal, I'd not have been
 ML> inclined to do anything at all.

Considering I was having the problems I was, they wanted to make sure it
was on the upper levels. We're trying to figure out why it tends to run
low, meanwhile pushing apricots, bananas, leafy greens, etc.


 ML> Just a reminder that sweets have a better glycemic index
 ML> than whites. That may seem counterintuitive given the
 ML> taste, but it's been well documented.
 RH> I know sweets are better for me but they're one of the foods I don't
 RH> like. Had to have the super sweet casserole with marshmallows every
 RH> year at my grandmother's for Thanksgiving dinner turned me off from
 RH> them for a lifetime.

 ML> Maybe I'll make my sister's pan-grilled sweets for you and
 ML> make you try them 9 times.

Gag! It's one of several tastes I just can't handle, sorry.

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Ruth
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