Thursday's Thread

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

BTW...for those interested in my Scorpion drama. I'm going scorpion hunting tonight with a black light...EWWW! I'm praying we hardly find any...which would mean our problem is not a big as my mind imagines at this point!

they will usually kill each other off, so odds are you won't find many.

reduce places outside close to the house they can hide under. that will be a major help.

Good idea! Thats a good plan for tonight...hunt and clean up anything that would be a "scorpion home".

they love rocks. i could usually find them at my dad's in san antonio by flipping over any rock about 1' or larger.

[polarbear 0]

BTW...for those interested in my Scorpion drama. I'm going scorpion hunting tonight with a black light...EWWW! I'm praying we hardly find any...which would mean our problem is not a big as my mind imagines at this point!

they will usually kill each other off, so odds are you won't find many.

reduce places outside close to the house they can hide under. that will be a major help.

Good idea! Thats a good plan for tonight...hunt and clean up anything that would be a "scorpion home".

Ick! Good Luck with that

[Nothing1234 2]

BTW...for those interested in my Scorpion drama. I'm going scorpion hunting tonight with a black light...EWWW! I'm praying we hardly find any...which would mean our problem is not a big as my mind imagines at this point!

they will usually kill each other off, so odds are you won't find many.

reduce places outside close to the house they can hide under. that will be a major help.

Good idea! Thats a good plan for tonight...hunt and clean up anything that would be a "scorpion home".

Ick! Good Luck with that

Thanks Wanna join me? (JK)

I should video it tonight and post on here...that would ROCK and offer tomorrow Friday thread entertainment!

Edited August 21, 2008 by Nawal

[Muh and me 18]

Hi everyone!! I"m a bit late in posting today cause i've been in bed all morning sick. I got my new bed and put on my new bedding and was up half the night itching from the newness and my excema.Grrrrrrr. And then the weather is kind of bugging my asthma, so i stayed in bed this morning. Husband let me sleep. Took him to work, now am ready to go back to bed.

Nawal, I hope your hunt goes good tonight and all those nasty creatures are gone!!! I can't imagine even finding one of them, i would just freak out.

Well have a good day (whats left of it) everyone, going back on the couch!

[Sandrila 1]

Good afternoon to all

i am a little late for the morning call

got into work late, my son broke his hand the other night and I had to take him to get his cast

not the first or last break for him since he is an avid skateboarder..

anyway have a great day

btw I HATE MOVING

the baby pix are too cute!

Edited August 21, 2008 by sandrila

[caybee 21]

I need to call my sis-in-law who's a doctor and works in a hospital up in Philly. She's the one who told me to not accept the third diagnosis of Mono in three years, and that it was totally ridculous and just a reason to get me out of the office with an enlarged splean, liver damage, critically low platlets, and high ana levels which of course can all be caused by a sever case of mono (and there is a derivative as well), but you just don't get that illness repeatedly like that and it can also cause permanent damage and kill you if you don't rest and take care of yourself (which of course I asked my doc. about and he said it was completely not nessicary)

Hmm... maby I should check out that message board for my ranting

Polar, have you been tested yet for Hepatitis?

I would have to look at my hospital records again.

I have the immunization for Hepatitis B from work and they ran tests for diabetes, HIV, CMV, several immune diseases that have defining tests, thyroid levels, you name it they tested me for it.

The hard part is that alot of the test results came back after I was discharged from the hospital for mono (since I those anit-bodies, and have had since I was 13 ) and the hematologist had to be nagged to even reconsider the possibility of mis-diagnosis after 3 months when I had not improved. That's the most I got out of him.

All I know at this point is my ana levels are high, my splean is now at the borderline of enlarged so they have checked that off the list, and my platlet levels are still below normal but at least they are not critical anymore, and I have a diagnosis of autoimune disease and possible "chronic low platlets" - that was my diagnosis in full and was told there is no treatment nessisary and should live my life like normal (but call them if I randomly start bleading again and won't stop) The least he could have done was tell me to see a nutritionist and make some lifestyle changes to help my splean and digestive system.

Am I crazy for wanting more information and possibly :gasp: a treatment plan?

Polarbear, I have the opposite, chronically high platelets, a myeloproliferative disorder. Had the autoimmune tests a few years back, finally a bone marrow biopsy to confirm, took months before they figured it out, so I can relate to your frustration. Someone has probably suggested this, but could you possibly get a referral to another hematologist for a second opinion? The enlarged spleen can be a concern, especially with certain bone marrow disorders, and I see that it worries you. People sometimes have accidents and have the spleen removed like it's not a critical organ, but for some people it is. Often the best treatment plan is watch and wait, and that may be the case for you, as frustrating as that is, but I also believe in trusting your gut with regard to your medical care. And a doctor in your family is siding with you, which means something. Some -- some -- hematologists/oncologists are focused more on the oncology side of things. Keep educating yourself, and trust your instincts. Hope you feel better soon.

[polarbear 0]

I need to call my sis-in-law who's a doctor and works in a hospital up in Philly. She's the one who told me to not accept the third diagnosis of Mono in three years, and that it was totally ridculous and just a reason to get me out of the office with an enlarged splean, liver damage, critically low platlets, and high ana levels which of course can all be caused by a sever case of mono (and there is a derivative as well), but you just don't get that illness repeatedly like that and it can also cause permanent damage and kill you if you don't rest and take care of yourself (which of course I asked my doc. about and he said it was completely not nessicary)

Hmm... maby I should check out that message board for my ranting

Polar, have you been tested yet for Hepatitis?

I would have to look at my hospital records again.

I have the immunization for Hepatitis B from work and they ran tests for diabetes, HIV, CMV, several immune diseases that have defining tests, thyroid levels, you name it they tested me for it.

The hard part is that alot of the test results came back after I was discharged from the hospital for mono (since I those anit-bodies, and have had since I was 13 ) and the hematologist had to be nagged to even reconsider the possibility of mis-diagnosis after 3 months when I had not improved. That's the most I got out of him.

All I know at this point is my ana levels are high, my splean is now at the borderline of enlarged so they have checked that off the list, and my platlet levels are still below normal but at least they are not critical anymore, and I have a diagnosis of autoimune disease and possible "chronic low platlets" - that was my diagnosis in full and was told there is no treatment nessisary and should live my life like normal (but call them if I randomly start bleading again and won't stop) The least he could have done was tell me to see a nutritionist and make some lifestyle changes to help my splean and digestive system.

Am I crazy for wanting more information and possibly :gasp: a treatment plan?

Polarbear, I have the opposite, chronically high platelets, a myeloproliferative disorder. Had the autoimmune tests a few years back, finally a bone marrow biopsy to confirm, took months before they figured it out, so I can relate to your frustration. Someone has probably suggested this, but could you possibly get a referral to another hematologist for a second opinion? The enlarged spleen can be a concern, especially with certain bone marrow disorders, and I see that it worries you. People sometimes have accidents and have the spleen removed like it's not a critical organ, but for some people it is. Often the best treatment plan is watch and wait, and that may be the case for you, as frustrating as that is, but I also believe in trusting your gut with regard to your medical care. And a doctor in your family is siding with you, which means something. Some -- some -- hematologists/oncologists are focused more on the oncology side of things. Keep educating yourself, and trust your instincts. Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks for the info!

My bone marrow is the one thing I think they didn't check. Normally they do for platelet and blood problems, which I knew, but the hematologist cancelled all further tests to get me discharged from the hospital.

I might try to see another hematologist - I had a doctor acquaintence a few months ago who was concerned about me and gave me the number for a hematologist friend of his. He did also say most were only concerned with the oncology and see alot of platlet problems daily and don't take them very seriously.

I'm on the wait and watch plan right now but I want to at least find a regular doctor and maby see the nutritionist at the hematologist's office.

[doodlebugg 10]

carrie, my brothers boy had to get redone...My doc told me that every time i changed him to pull the skin down around it (i know this is TMI) and he didnt have probs...my sis in law wasnt doing it, and he had to get redone...sadly, i dont think insurance will cover it, most do one a year i think...that sucks girl, i remember the first days it was healing, yuck, i hope its quick and as pain free as possible for ayman...poor baby

zaid has eczema patches EVERYWHERE..alot on the backs of his legs and arms..they have now started on his chest, back and face too...they dont get too red, but, he has a strawberry birthmark on his cheek, and right around it gets very very irritated...what kind of cream are you using?

Kelly Megan had and still has that real bad too. I forget what the doctor gave me for her when she was a baby but now I use 1% cortizone cream on her when it acts up. Normally it comes back every summer as a result of wearing sunscreen and it's on the inside of her elbows and the backs of her knees. When she was a baby at daycare I had to tell them not to use sunscreen on her and I gave them a big floppy sunhat to use so her face wouldn't get burned. Between the hat and keeping her in the shade I never had a problem but now that she's older it's a constant battle.

[yassmine2878 1]

*peep*

Yayyyyy! I just booked my flight to Seattle. Im taking Butterball to see his Tata Maggie! Now who else is going to get their booties up there?

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

WISHES I WAS GOING TO SEATTLE MEETUP TO SEE BUTTERBALL

[RAKASA 0]

*peep*

Yayyyyy! I just booked my flight to Seattle. Im taking Butterball to see his Tata Maggie! Now who else is going to get their booties up there?

ME! ME! ME! I'll be there and I can't wait to meet my Maggiecakes & Gabicakes and squeeze some Butterball! :dance: I'm excited also to be meeting Olivia & Rajaa along w/ a bunch of other folks from OT (that's other territories)

[Nothing1234 2]

Hi everyone!! I"m a bit late in posting today cause i've been in bed all morning sick. I got my new bed and put on my new bedding and was up half the night itching from the newness and my excema.Grrrrrrr. And then the weather is kind of bugging my asthma, so i stayed in bed this morning. Husband let me sleep. Took him to work, now am ready to go back to bed.

Nawal, I hope your hunt goes good tonight and all those nasty creatures are gone!!! I can't imagine even finding one of them, i would just freak out.

Well have a good day (whats left of it) everyone, going back on the couch!

Terrie! You and me both...I did freak and have not stopped thinking about these stupid things since I found that one last week! I still get the "chills" each time I think about sleeping in the new house. So my hubby and father promised we will do our best to rid the home of any entry way, anything in the house and that way I can rest after a bit! LOL (but you know my first night will be horrible!) I just got your PM...I will message ya back! I'd love to chat!!

I'm home from my half day week and I'm loving it! Wish this was everyday! LOL Oh well, it all ends tomorrow...then back to full time hours!

BTW---SEATTLE CREW...I'm sooo jealous! I wanna come and hang out. I wanna squeeze butterball and hug all my MENA sisters! NOT fair (sulking)

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

nawal, i feel the same way...what id give to squeeze mehdis cheeks!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

*peep*

Yayyyyy! I just booked my flight to Seattle. Im taking Butterball to see his Tata Maggie! Now who else is going to get their booties up there?

ME! ME! ME! I'll be there and I can't wait to meet my Maggiecakes & Gabicakes and squeeze some Butterball! I'm excited also to be meeting Olivia & Rajaa along w/ a bunch of other folks from OT (that's other territories)

I'll be booking my flight tomorrow if all goes well with the deposit which it should! I look forward to meeting you all as well!

[yassmine2878 1]

*peep*

Yayyyyy! I just booked my flight to Seattle. Im taking Butterball to see his Tata Maggie! Now who else is going to get their booties up there?

ME! ME! ME! I'll be there and I can't wait to meet my Maggiecakes & Gabicakes and squeeze some Butterball! :dance: I'm excited also to be meeting Olivia & Rajaa along w/ a bunch of other folks from OT (that's other territories)

Got a fat cheek set aside for ya

nawal, i feel the same way...what id give to squeeze mehdis cheeks!

Well come on! Ill reserve a cheek for you

Got two (butt) cheeks left. Any takers?