Recent content by NoelA

The anti-rejection med's that he is on for his body to not build a defense against his new lungs (they will be seen as "foreign" from his body's point of view) decrease his immune function. I work in oncology and our patients are not allowed to have live plants, fresh fruit, and of course, no...

Doesn't really sound like a diabetic thing. That is usually manifested by pain, tingling, or no feeling. Itching soulds like weather changes (new skin coming in) or a fungus (athlete's foot). The cream for athlete's foot (Lamisil or whatever you find that is OTC) takes forever to fully work...

My daughter cultured it when she was 4. She is 8, now and hasn't cultured it in 3 years. She did vanco via IV and once nebulized. She also did linezolid via IV. It took a little while, but so far so good!

My little girl just started sinus rinses. She uses hers in the AM and complained of ear pain after the first couple of uses. She held her mouth open a little while she was rinsing in order to breathe (and tell me how absolutely "AWFUL" it was). The next time we tried it, she held her mouth...

Potassium deficiency can be caused by lots of things. There are a lot of foods that can increase it, too! White potatoes w/ skin on, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, and oranges are all high in potassium. A baked potato w/ skin contains about 845 mg of potassium and a banana contains about...

She is BEAUTIFUL!! Congratulations!

CBT is great. A benzo, like Xanax, only works for a short period of time. I agree with DragonReborn. A psych would be a good thing. They'll find a benzo that's strong enough to get you through, then you may start therapy. CBT really changed my life. I was at a point to where I would lay in the...

I agree with all of the previous statements. The main pieces of advice that I can give are: #1 PAY ATTENTION. You'll start learning how to tell when things are "off" with your daughter. Be quick when they are. #2 Write down questions that come to you during each day and take them to appts. Her...

My youngest is the same age and has done that several times. She starts wetting the bed, her PFT's drop. They have had her on multiple antibiotics, and none help. They tried prednisone and it worked. She had polyps!! Every time she gets them, the same thing happens. She starts bed wetting (not...

Your stools are yellow? Clay-like? Have they checked you bilirubin levels? Sounds like a gallbladder obstruction. Have you experienced any changes in the color of your urine?

lol! That's happened to us quite a few times! My little girl is a beautiful, shy, blue-eyed 7 yr old who has stools the size of a tree limb. We've actually had to get a STICK to break it up so that it would flush. She clogs up my in-laws toilets, our toilets at home, and my grandparents toilets...

My daughter was sedated for ALL of hers. I thought it was a little weird because in one of my classes we talked about PICC insertion at the bedside (using sterile technique. of course!) and I was shocked! I had no idea that it could be done while the pt was awake. My daughter was 5 when she had...

My daughter has never been on it, but I work in oncology and have had many patients take it. Like most have said, short term intervals seems to be best. Most of the patients that I had did well with it and complained about being hungry ALL of the time. For some, it was not effective, but I think...

That happens in my family, too. The best thing to do is to kill 'em with kindness and make them think. When your mom calls and want to dump, how about "Hey mom? I'm really tired. I'm sorry. I don't expect anyone's life to be put on hold just because mine is, and I don't like doing this because I...

Just a thought...do you take Prevacid? I understand that when prescribed to CFer's, it contributes to the enzymes efficacy. My daughter has been on both forever and I was miffed that she was taking more medications (Prevacid) when she didn't have symptoms of an ulcer or GERD. I was writing a...