I know, I have a bad habit of dissappearing and reappearing, but ya
are always in my thoughts.
I have moved a couple of times, and keep getting more diagnosis's.
I could not tolerate the Plaquinel, and have health decline since I

Well this is a bummer, I got results of the CT angiogram and indeed there is blockage but they are
not sure blockage or narrowing of the major blood vessel.   The head surgeon now has to do an
arteriogram and the other surgeon wants MY heart doc to do a heart cath to make sure ...

Zinn's letter reminded me,
I have a special appointment to see my ophthalmologist, for "Yellow Things"
on my macula.  He said he had seen them before, and he lightly reprimanded
me for skipping several appointments, and said he wanted to keep a closer

No, I'm not writing this from the great beyond. I didn't do the sleep study
because (1) my portion would have been $800 & (2) the Singulair & Proventil
have greatly lessened the problem. In severity and quantity. Which leads us
to believe it's a strange (of course)  form of ...

~THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS~
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;

Getting ready for  Thanksgiving  and the arrival of many children and
grandchildren to come and stay for  few days.  Started thinking what I
was really grateful for. Very high on my list is this ASL group.  
You have been such  wonderful supportive friends   full of encouragement

Today is really your birthday, so I wanted to wish you "Happy Really
Birthday," and also wishin you great success on your literary endeavors.
We love you, Antibev.  Everywhere we look in our house is somethin to remind
us of you. May "your day" be expleshly happy!

Test is done, now the wait.  I will find out the 26th so a long wait LOL.
The CT angio was a fast test and very clear. I got to see the pictures and could tell a little bit.
They of course do not tell you anything but.............
Very clear of all arteries, I even could see my ...

Subclavian steal syndrome
is the name of the 'rare disorder' that Janers has.... by all the info she gave and by what it read as....
If you google a search with that name you will get all the details you need to figure out what has happened and what can be done;  I read it all and ...

I want to thank all of you for your prayers but keep them a coming.
I saw the surgeon yesterday and he informs me the carotids, that is the arteries on the sides of
one's neck are OK!!!! but the artery that goes up the head also is called Vertebral and that is the
one that has the ...

Well if it isn't one thing it is another.
Seems my bp problems that have been on going these past months are related to circulation in the
neck. Not he carotid but the major artery that branches into the carotid. Alll blood flow to the
left is reversed, so that shows blockage.

Mair, we felt the Bay area earthquake here.  We feel most of them but this
one sure rolled and lasted for a long time compared to most we feel.
How much of it did you get?  They are saying 5.6 and centered about 9 miles
NE of San Jose and nearer to Milpitas.

One effective way to track your weight - whether you want to gain or
lose weight - is through the Food Pyramid. The Food Pyramid is a
classic food and dieting guide, taught to us as early as when we were
kids. Sadly, the Food Pyramid has been set aside in lieu of other

Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease thought to be related to
increased red blood cell production / erythrocytosis /
hemochromatosis / polycythemia.
Mt Sinai J Med. 2006 May;73(3):620-1.Links

. . . before Earthlink so rudely interrupted me with the
effable ineptness of its "service" . . .
I've tried out some LED bulbs over the past few months.  Far and
away the best is a 5 x 1 watt CREE LED.  It's about a bright as