Re: Re: Doctor visit

Well, since you asked, may I have some cheese with my whine?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit


> You are not whining!  We asked you, remember??
>
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kitty
> Sent: 7/21/2004 10:59:28 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > Thank you all for your concern.  I guess I'm just sort of from the same
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> > school John is.  Tough it out. I do not like the idea of forever
medication.
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> > I've been on Naproxen, though, since about October and the Chiropractor
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> > said, not now, but down the line, it would be good to get off of it. I
think
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> > an occasional trip when I can afford it to the chiropractor would be my
best
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> > course of action, as well as working on the stretching every night.
Really,
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> > I am fine all day, just a vague, dull ache in my arm during the day if I
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> > even think about it.  The problem is mainly at night, so if I can work
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> > around that, I shouldn't have much of a problem at all.
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> > You know, I feel pretty guilty whining about this.  I know many of you
live
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> > with many more health difficulties than I do.  We all have aches and
pains
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> > and learn to deal with those that simply cannot be fixed.  We simply
learn
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> > to accept and adjust our lives to continue doing the things we enjoy.
I'm
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> > not missing out on a thing - except a bit of sleep.
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> >
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> > Kitty
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> >
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> > ----- Original Message ----- 
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> > From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
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> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:40 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > > That was my first thought too Pam.... but knowing a gal who did have
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> > > this type of surgery, I doubt Kitty is bad enough to warrent it at
this
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> > > time. It's not a nice - oh, I feel better- surgery for a long time.
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> > >
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> > >
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> > > I am with Kitty, that the surgery is not needed now... maybe in the
future
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> > if she continues to jump/turn after those cats :)
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> > >
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> > > I am just glad she had it checked out.....so she knows where she
stands
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> > > on the issue.... not that we really have anything to say about it....
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> > > but I am not known for keeping my thoughts in my head :)
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> > > Donna
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> > > > That's it??  Don't turn your head too fast??  Hmm, methinks I'd find
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> > another neurologist.  That's not much of an answer.
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> > > >
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> > > > Pam Evans
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> > > > Kemp, TX
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> > > > zone 8A
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> > > > ----- Original Message -----
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> > > > From: Kitty
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> > > > Sent: 7/20/2004 11:29:56 PM
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> > > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
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> > > > Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > > >
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> > > > > Nothing to be done about the discs.  The neurologist said to just
not
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> > turn
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> > > > > my head too fast.
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> > > > > Kitty
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> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
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> > > > > From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
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> > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:00 PM
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> > > > > Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > > > > > I'm glad you finally went.  Been concerned about that!  What
about
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> > that
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> > > > > disc problem?
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> > > > > > Pam Evans
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> > > > > > Kemp, TX
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> > > > > > zone 8A
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> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
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> > > > > > From: Kitty
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> > > >
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> > > > > > Sent: 7/20/2004 9:52:28 PM
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> > > > > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
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> > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > > > > > > I finally went to a chiropractor because I awoke with
horrendous
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> > pain
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> > > > > Sunday
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> > > > > > > night.
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> > > > > > > She did a little adjusting, mentioning that shoulders aren't
her
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> > > > > favorite -
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> > > > > > > take more time and work to untighten - and that my shoulder
and
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> > arm had
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> > > > > some
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> > > > > > > very tight areas.  Said the trouble is and will always be the
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> > protruding
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> > > > > > > discs in my neck that cause the shoulder problem that makes
the
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> > muscles
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> > > > > > > tighten in my upper arm.  She did make it feel better; I
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> > felt/heard a
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> > > > > couple
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> > > > > > > of crunches.  She didn't want to do too much the first time as
I'd
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> > > > > > > been "adjusted" before.   Said to call when I felt I needed
more.
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> > > > > > > Meanwhile, she explained that the pain occurs when I'm asleep
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> > because
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> > > > > > > muscles tighten when you sleep. (I'd've thought they'd relax
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> > then.)  She
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> > > > > > > said, when you want to untighten, you stretch; when you sleep
you
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> > might
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> > > > > toss
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> > > > > > > and turn but mainly you're stationary.  So, I am supposed to
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> > stretch
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> > > > > before
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> > > > > > > I go to sleep and maybe eventually I will finally sleep
through
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> > the
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> > > > > night,
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> > > > > > > first time in 4 months.  This was way better than going to a
MD.
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> > > > > > > Kitty
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> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
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> > > > > > > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
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> > > > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:30 PM
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> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > > > > > > > And what did the doc say about your arm Kitty?
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> > > > > > > > Jim, they put me on Vioxx for my back, because it was the
best
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> > at not
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> > > > > > > > upsetting your stomach, it just made my esophagus
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> > bleed..........so
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> > > > > now I
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> > > > > > > > take it only if I desperately need it. And it doesn't do
much
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> > good. A
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> > > > > > > > massage and stretching and exercise do much better.
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> > > > > > > > Andrea H
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> > > > > > > > Beaufort, SC
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> > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
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> > > > > > > > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
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> > > > > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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> > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:01 PM
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> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Doctor visit
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> > > > > > > > > Yeah, those ads make me think I'd better not get sick.
The
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> > > > > > > > > make me worse off.  Note that liver problems are often a
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> > > > > > > > > Kitty
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> > > > > > > > > BTW - To those who expressed concern....
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> > > > > > > > > I did go to a chiropractor today for my arm.
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> > > > > > > > > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
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> > > > > > > > > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
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> > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:02 PM
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> > > > > > > > > > I watched a lot of those ads on the TV and they told me
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> > > > > > > > > > doctor for  Nexium, or something spelled more or less
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> > > > > So I
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> > > > > > > > > > did. And she said "Why do you want it?" And I said,
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