Yeah, SJ, I got that email this afternoon too.  You are right, they
moved to somewhere here in michigan!   We'll have to try and get
together with them and Nann/Mike before Nann and Mike move!

I'm not familiar with the town she named, so will have to look it up!

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1.)   ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......

2.)    J.K.M.A.

I thought we had gotten past the "I shouldn't mention my problems because
there are others worse off than me." stage around here. You are as important
as anyone else and don't ever tell yourself otherwise!! We love you, Rose,
and you and your sister will be in our prayers.

DeeTee

Rose, prayers for Sylvia and all who love her.
Gwen

Sylvia was taken to Kamloops on Monday (6o miles away- a larger
hospital) and is in Intensive Care. My nephew called last night, and
she will be going to Vancouver to see a heart surgeon as her heart is
not pumping properly. When i went to see her on Sunday, her foot from
the mid-calf area was totally blue. It was a dark blue black and was
just as though someone had dipped her foot in ink. She has gone into
cardiac arrest a few times. but they were able to bring her out of it.
She is not doing well at all.

I am upset with her doctor because he did nothing to help her. When
she was first admitted another on-call doc ordered the exray of her
lungs, and a different doc ordered something else. The nurses told the
doc she should have an MRI and he said no. This man is into the
age-reversal stuff, and is the doc i went to until the time a few
years ago when i had a broken arm and he was preaching to me about the
properties of DHEA and HGH to increase longevity. After that, I
switched docs. My sister and brother in law really like this fellow
because he goes to their church and they think of him as a friend.
Had he sent her for a consultation earlier, maybe this could have
been avoided.

And I had a sinus infection that started April 23rd. I could not get
in to see my doc, so I just increased  my doxycycline. Then on Monday
I was prescribed clavulen/amoxycillin (AKA horse pills). Yesterday at
mid morning i started getting severe chills that did not let up until
after 3. By the time i got home I could not move my arms without a
great deal of pain. This is the same as what happened before. I could
not even take a drink.

This time though I got Iris to take me to ER. The doc told me to take
50 mgs of pred for the next few days, and then taper. Also he said to
take 3 T-3s during the acute phase. I did not think one could take 3
at a time.

This is working. I can type and was able to dress. I am not going into
work though.

My problems are minor though and relatively fixable. My sister's
problems are very complex.I should not even have mentioned my problems
really.
     Rose @}->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown,
one seeks to understand it.

Please remove "Ima" to reply.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Rose}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Duckie

Yes you should have mentioned your problems Rose - definitely.  If this were
someone else you would be telling them the same.  If the
caregiver/cheerleader/family isn't taken care of mentally and physically it
is hard for them to support the other person.  Glad to hear the prednisone
is working and that you are taking care to stay home at the moment.  Take
care of Rose, then your family - darn these infections!  Please make sure
you mention it to your RD next time especially because of the increased
humira and the prednisone.

As for the doctor your sister has you have to wonder don't you.  Just
because a person goes to the same church doesn't mean they are necessarily a
good doctor, plumber, etc.  This one has in the past not served you well and
sounds like Sylvia is now having problems too.  Glad she is being taken to
Vancouver - hopefully to St. Pauls maybe??  I know their heart doctors are
considered very good although I also know VGH has a great reputation in that
department as well.  My prayers will be going out to her and to your family.
How is your mom taking all this?

Will be praying for all of you Rose.  Take care of yourself please!!!

Kelly

Only in comparison to problems as severe as Sylvia's would yours be
considered "minor"!  I know the desire to downplay what you yourself are
dealing with in order to help you get through it, though.

We've dealt with/are dealing with less competent doctor issues in our family
also.  I won't get into the details, but I know how difficult it is when you
can't get a loved one to dump a doctor who lets his or her own priorities get
in the way of optimal patient care.  Love your sister through this and maybe
down the road she and your bIL can be convinced it is possible to really like
a *person* without seeing him professionally.