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Better….
The prescription strength Zantac is helping. I’ve been able to sleep all night, and the heart burn episodes are not as severe.
Not as much chest pain either. Still lots of coughing.
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ARGH!
Airline’s medicine ban leaves passenger in coma – 01 Nov 2006 – Health & fitness
My biggest question — did the insulin freeze? And is it still good?
A diabetic man fell into a coma because airport staff refused to let him take his insulin on board a flight from Auckland to Christchurch.
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How to get your doctor to call you back.
Have chest pains and tell them that you are having them.
Okay, I’m 99.99999% sure it is gastric reflux. I break through my medication (as they say) every fall. Every fall my gastric reflux has sent me back to the doctors for more medication.
But I was a bit alarmed myself when I was having chest pains after lunch, and walked across the hall to ask one of my coworkers what I should do. Moving around help, as by the time I got there, solved the problem.
But I called my primary care physician anyway. He called me back on a real phone (in his office) last night when he got my message.
He called the pharmacy and had 300 mg Zantac waiting there for me, and I slept better last night. We’ll see how it goes.
He also wanted me to talk to the cardiologist for it and told me to go to the ER if they lasted more than 10 minutes. So I work almost equidistant to two different hospitals so I wanted to know which one — they never WOULD say, but that’s okay. I think I’ll go to Medical City Dallas, if I have to.
The bad part — well, the two major sympthoms of gastric reflux I am having are sympthoms of congestive heart failure — I know that’s the sympthoms my dad had before he did. Yeah, the chest pain and the coughing thing.
I really do think it is just gastric reflux. It sucks.
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Update – Have finished week 9!
I went and double checked, and I did finish week 9 of exercise.
The inserts are making a huge difference, yesterday I was forced to be on my feet for about an hour, and I didn’t feel nearly as bad as I usually do.
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Finished Week 8 (though it might be 9)
The last few weeks have been hectic,but I’ve gotten my workouts in. I think I got two or three extra cardio workouts in this week — the shoe inserts are helping.
I figured out that they feel better if I put them below the removable inserts that are already in my walking shoe.
I definately want to get at least one more set made soon. I just keep forgetting to put the extra shoes in my car.
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Flu Shot
Finally got my flu shot. I usually do it at my endos but they did not get theirs in time for my visit and their hours are too inconvenient.
I was able to get one at my primary care physician’s at 9:00 this morning. They have walk in appointments on Saturday and I got there a few minutes early.
Amy at Diabetes Mine talked about getting hers at a local pharmacy but that does not work at all for me because the ones here usually have hours frim 10:00 to 2:00. Great if you are retired like my mom but horrible if you are a teacher.
Anyway glad to have it done especially in October.
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Self Inject Depo Prevera
It will be interesting to see what happens — I just injected my first dose of Depo Prevera. I don’t like the needle, it’s thicker than a diabetic needle but not bad.
This is a lower dosage so it will be interested to see what happens with blood sugar, periods (right now, I don’t have any), break through bleeding (don’t have it), and acne — occasional breakouts near time to inject, though didn’t this round.
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48 hours in inserts
The knees are doing very well. It’s cold and rainy — the stuff that makes them ache and they don’t. Are they perfect? No. Am I ready to stop taking Mobic? Maybe on Saturday.
However, one of my goals is being accomplished, I am more active!
I think I’m going to take a second pair of shoes with me and get another pair of inserts tomorrow.
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24 hours in shoe inserts
This is amazing. I did dog agility last night in them, and spent the day in them. I did take a 15 mg Mobic last night BUT we have rain coming in, which usually makes me ache.
I’m not nearly as stiff as usual — I better find my shoes though, as these are the ones my puppy likes to chew the most.
Anyway, I’m MUCH better and it’s only been 24 hours.