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Post by merika on Feb 21, 2006 1:46:45 GMT -5
Hello from Florida! After reading zintar's introduction....I'm feeling less than accomplished. LOL! I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.
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Post by jan on Feb 21, 2006 7:26:39 GMT -5
Welcome merika,hope you find lots of interesting things here. I hope it's a lot warmer where you are than where I am! What part of Florida are you located in?
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Post by merika on Feb 21, 2006 10:17:58 GMT -5
NE Florida on the beaches. Realtors call it Marsh...the rest of us know it's a swamp. Until the winter storm last week or so....we had a very mild winter. I had my AC on more than once in Jan. It was also another 'no coat' year for us.
BTW: I joined here at some wierd hour of the night. I couldn't sleep due to the doctor changing my asthma medication....so I took advantage of the quiet house and surfed around. I just didn't want you guys to think I was some late-night looney! LOL.
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Post by Connie on Feb 21, 2006 11:09:16 GMT -5
LOL... We welcome late night Merika! My daughter has asthma too so I understand! I am so glad you are here and it looks like you have busy!
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Post by merika on Feb 21, 2006 12:20:40 GMT -5
Thanks Connie! I'll tell you how I ended up here. I was reading around on a 'make money from home' forum and you had a link to your website. Out of all the sites I've ever checked out sporadiacally thru the last year or so regarding surveys/working from home/etc. yours was the ONLY one which gave honest information I felt I was getting from a friend....not a spam scammer. I wanted to join on here to thank you....but then ended up posting around because I'm a forum addict when I'm not working. (I work on the shipyards on a Navy base as we get the obligatory lay offs quite often.)
Sorry about your daughter. Asthma SUX. Bad part is....it gets worse as you get older.
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Post by Connie on Feb 21, 2006 12:51:16 GMT -5
Thank you SO much for the great compliments Merika. I also found a bunch of spam sites and that was my motivation. Put up something that is just plain honest.. There are way too many people in the world who just don't get that concept anymore I hope you continue posting and visiting! We like friends and have a pretty special group here. As for my daughter, her dream is to be a police officer so she is really hoping that the asthma is just going to go away. She will be 18 next week so I don't see that happening. One of her teachers told that his doctor put him on a nebulizer once or twice a week awhile back and it made his asthma go away. I don't see how that is possible either but it is her next big hope. what do you do on the shipyards? That sounds like very hard work!
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Post by merika on Feb 21, 2006 13:18:15 GMT -5
The nebulizer does work well.....insurance should cover the majority of the cost of the machine. Using it at home is easy. (Watch those prednisone meds though...they make you gain weight if you don't exercise or watch what you eat!!)
I don't think it makes asthma go away...but it does keep it in check. You can also tell her to avoid greasy foods. The gall bladder, haital hernia, etc...area when feeling 'burpy or gassey' triggers off asthma symptoms. (I didn't know this until 2 weeks ago!) Elevating the head of the bed 6 inches (use boards or blocks) is also recommended. Keeps the drainage down.
Also...a person needs to keep a memo pad of what they come in contact with during the day...in order to see where what triggers off their symptoms. One of mine is scented candles...which I love.
The candle statement will even sound funnier now....I handle the fluids which comes off of a ship on the pier into frac tanks. Alot of it is sewage and nasty stuff. I can't smell the candles without losing my breath....but I can smell caa-caa all day. How funny is that??? It's only a hard job in that no matter the weather (how hot, cold, windy or rainy) you are stuck on the pier without a covering except for your rain gear and the duck hunting suit I wear in the winter. The upside is that I am single and there are thousands of sailors and contractors around....with VERY few women. LOL!
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Post by Connie on Feb 21, 2006 13:50:31 GMT -5
LOL.. It sounds like you have a very tough job!
Kirstin has had asthma since she was about 3 and all kinds of things trigger it. It used to be that we couldn't go into the plant dept of stores because the smell of all the fertilizer, potting soils etc would set her off, exercise, running, pollen, dust and dirt etc. They all get her. She currently takes advair (So far the best for her) and then just her albuterol as needed. She used to go through an albuterol inhaler ever two weeks and they tried everything to get her managed. Once they came out with advair it was a whole different world. Now she will go through an inhaler about once every 6 weeks. i didn't know about the gassy sypmtoms causing problems. Good to know!
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Post by merika on Feb 22, 2006 0:10:28 GMT -5
b) Indigestion and reflux from a hiatus hernia can also make asthma worse. Treatment for these conditions can be important in minimising problems from asthma.
Linky: www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/asthma.htmlI'm not sure that I have a hiatus hernia (however, it's very common and not usually a big deal) which causes acid reflux....but I know when I begin thinking I'm in need some Malox....I can bet right around the corner my asthma will act up. My doctor said he has seen the same thing in many patients. (Ofcourse we are all older than dirt compared to your daughter....LOL)!
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Post by Connie on Feb 22, 2006 11:58:49 GMT -5
Wow.. I am always amazed at things I don't know.
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