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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2009OTP UPDATE on asthma
Well, I think I'm about back to where I was when we tried going down to 20mg. I have to stay at this level of 30mg for one week and make sure I am stable again. Then I try 25mg. If that gives me a problem, back to 30 and stabilize and then try 27-1/2mg. I don't know why I'm giving y'all the itemized steps. I'm sure you have all been through it. At least I'm breathing again without having to get rid of all that phlegm. When I went to my rheumy this morning, she said I may have to decrease my Evoxac (for dry mouth) because sometimes it will increase the asthma. She asked me to call my pulmonologist and check with him. When she checked my lungs, she said I was wheezing but not badly. We did kind of dash a bit to get to the appointments (Mom's is at the same time) so that probably explains that. Well, he is out of town for two weeks, so the nurse and I decided (since I haven't seen an increased effect) to leave it at the status quo and see what he says when he gets back.  SignatureNavy Take out the FISH to email me. praying that this works out for you and things go better and that you can get this all figured out when your dr comes back. SignatureLove and hugs to all Love Squirrely Jo > Well, I think I'm about back to where I was when we tried going down to > 20mg. I have to stay at this level of 30mg for one week and make sure I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (since I haven't seen an increased effect) to leave it at the status quo > and see what he says when he gets back. How did the wild cherry bark tea do for the asthma, or are you not the one that was going to be trying it? > Well, I think I'm about back to where I was when we tried going down to > 20mg. I have to stay at this level of 30mg for one week and make sure I am > stable again. Then I try 25mg. If that gives me a problem, back to 30 and > stabilize and then try 27-1/2mg. Nope, not me. I'm having all I can do in keeping away from known allergens to me, that I am afraid to try anything new. I just can't seem to stabilize again. I have to be stable at 30 for a week before we can start trying to go down again. SignatureNavy Take out the FISH to email me. How did the wild cherry bark tea do for the asthma, or are you not the one that was going to be trying it? On Jul 10, 4:29 pm, "loujeanb" <medical23SkidooF...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > Well, I think I'm about back to where I was when we tried going down to > 20mg. I have to stay at this level of 30mg for one week and make sure I am > stable again. Then I try 25mg. If that gives me a problem, back to 30 and > stabilize and then try 27-1/2mg. LJ, Saw my lung doctor today and he said it has been a horrible year for people with allergies and breathing issues. I don't know if everyone is having as weird of weather as we are here in michigan, but wow it has been one strange summer. Huge swings in temperatures and humidity and such. The last 3 nights in a row we have actually set records for low temps at this time of year! Temps at night the last 3 nights have been down to 42 or so, that never happens at this time of year! Lung doctor said even his most stable patients are having huge trouble and are on varying doses of steroids! Hope you can get things to calm down soon!!! . . . . Donna . . . . 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) May God's richest blessings be upon you both today and throughout the year. May His blessings flow through you to touch the lives of everyone you meet. How are you doing and holding up Donna? Nosy people and caring people would like to know. LOL I hope you got a good report from your lung doctor. SignatureLove and hugs to all Love Squirrely Jo > > LJ, [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > you to touch the lives of > everyone you meet. A bit of reading for someone trying to use industrial strength antihistamines (corticosteroids) to "control" their immune processes. Mentions asthma, too. http://www.fiikus.net/?ldn > Nope, not me. I'm having all I can do in keeping away from known allergens > to me, that I am afraid to try anything new. I just can't seem to stabilize [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > stable again. Then I try 25mg. If that gives me a problem, back to 30 and > > stabilize and then try 27-1/2mg. Really, Michael, you have really started to turn in to a bit of a fanatic like Rusty! You have pushed the naltrexone enough here. We are all aware of it and don't need to have it constantly pushed at us or pushed down our throats. . . . . Donna . . . . 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) May God's richest blessings be upon you both today and throughout the year. May His blessings flow through you to touch the lives of everyone you meet. Actually, that's rather amusing. Today I got a long distance call telling me thanks, at about the same time you were saying " Lung doctor said even his most stable patients are having huge trouble and are on varying doses of steroids!" So I'll take your webtv observation under advisement. Obviously, nothing has been pushed down your throat, this being the internet. Be sure to attempt research with your webtv on asthma as a misdirected immune process. Interesting thing about Rusty. He copies anything that happens to tell about iron toxicity, even if he doesn't understand what it says. He's not even aware of a lot he has posted. And is unable to answer questions. Big difference. > Really, Michael, you have really started to turn in to a bit of a > fanatic like Rusty! You have pushed the naltrexone enough here. We [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > you to touch the lives of > everyone you meet. Hey SJ, I am haning in, although it definitely has been a bit of a challenging summer with this crazy weather and such. My appointment today was for follow up from when I was in the hospital a few weeks ago. He (lung doctor) was pleased with how much better my lungs sounded and that is when he told me about how literally all his patients are having a hard time this year due to the weather and he was working hard to keep up with all the calls he has been getting from patients. He said I should move to arizona or I think it was ethier san diego or one of those western areas where it is in the 60's most all year round and fairly dry most of the year. He said he would come with me so he could continue to be my dcotr! lololol..........I think that was just his excuse! Other wise I am doing ok. Still lots going on on the health front and many decisions to think about and have to make. Some times you just want to bury your head in the sand. I did manage to cancel all doctors appointments in june (except when I got sick) so had a nice break from the whole medical scene for a while. It was pure heaven and very much needed for sanity sake. I'll have to do that more often when I start to feel over whelmed by all the medical stuff going on. I am very blessed by an incredible group of doctors who are all so compassionate and caring and really do go above and beyond to help keep things stable for me, and I so appreciate each and every one of them, but still need to get away from them and the whole thing once in a while. June was an incredible month of relaxation, focussing on nieces and nephews and the joy they bring, etc. We have a family reunion coming up in august, so need to try to stay well and rested so I can truly enjoy our time together with family and cousins, etc. Also so I can enjoy some time on the beach!!! . . . . Donna . . . . 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) May God's richest blessings be upon you both today and throughout the year. May His blessings flow through you to touch the lives of everyone you meet. >We have a family reunion coming up in august, so need to try to stay >well and rested so I can truly enjoy our time together with family and >cousins, etc. Also so I can enjoy some time on the beach!!! You do indeed need to stay well for that, Donna. Time on the beach sounds like heaven to me, alas I am far from the Atlantic Ocean now and no beach for me. I like the fact that your doctor is willing to move to Arizona with you, think he was just looking for an excuse? I have also been told by some that those 'dry' states only help for a while and that people who live there all the time have as much asthma as others. Since it was the famous 'they' who told me that, you can take it with as much or as little salt as you wish. Joan >> We have a family reunion coming up in august, so need to try to stay >> well and rested so I can truly enjoy our time together with family and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Joan I grew up in Southern California and had severe asthma as a child and problems even after I was grown. My mother, born and raised in Missouri, also had severe asthma. We moved to California when I was 2 and a half and she was 25. Her asthma calmed down for a while but her lungs were still so bad she was able to get SSI just for them and did have problems such as lung hemmorages in her 30s. BTW I was born in Colorado where my parents initially moved for my mom's asthma but the cold winter air hurt her lungs and she was really tired of snow. I now live in New Jersey. My asthma is under control (for now) and my pulse ox recently was 97. :) Didn't move here for my health but for my daughter and we're thinking of moving to Iowa to be near my other daughter. Nell Donna, I think that is all we can do is hang in there. Yeah it has been crazy weather, but ours has been nicer than most. I sure did enjoy the cooler temps we had in early June and July but I guess now we are going to pay for it. it looks like we are going to have a week to ten days of 100's and I do not do good in that kind of weather even with a/c on. I am already throwing up. I am glad your lungs sounded better and the lung dr was pleased with how well you were doing that way. Glad you got a break from all those drs appts. I bet that was such a relief to you. Glad you got that resting time in. I hope all goes well for you and the reunion. That sounds like so much fun. I miss having family reunions. SignatureLove and hugs to all Love Squirrely Jo > > Hey SJ, [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > you to touch the lives of > everyone you meet. > Donna, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > to ten days of 100's and I do not do good in that kind of weather > even with a/c on. I am already throwing up. The weather is really vicious today and looks to stay that way for another week. I'm not sleeping very well at night, so I'm up and outside as soon as it light, trying to get enough water on everything and trying to tire out the dog before it hits 90. Headed for 108f today and a north (fire) wind. 16% humidity right now and dropping. The Buttes were burning yesterday and they are trying very hard to keep it from kicking back up again today. We will cook, but this is normal for now, and will stabilize the weather to the east. Its when our weather gets wonky that the rest of you are in big trouble. Jo yeah but at least before we got a break before having such a long stretch of 100's. I have a feeling we are paying for the 7-10 days in June and 7 days in July of cooler weather. I would rather have a couple of 100's and then down in the lower 90's then a couple 100's not this long stretch of 100's. It is looking like this here, this is what accuweather.com says for our area. starting tomorrow and ending 7/29. 104,103,101,100,101,101,95,97,98,101,103,104,104,103,102. that is not counting the last few days of 100's. They say we usually have 22 days in summer of 100 weather. We had 4 in May, 7 in June, 3 already in July up to tomorrow. It looks like we are going to go over the 22 days this year. And then there is Aug. Last year we had 10-100 days. But at least this year the fires have been better till lately. So I guess that is a plus. Well at least we are helping those in the East this year too. I read where we are going to have El Nino and that will stop the Altantic Coast from having so many hurricanes. So maybe we will do them some good yet. SignatureLove and hugs to all Love Squirrely Jo > > The weather is really vicious today and looks to stay that way for another [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jo |
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