INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

JunieB

Just want to share what I've been doing this evening.

Been sewing this Bib that I will put in my display at the consignment shop.

feelingfeline

Chevyboy

http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=aloe%20vera

Okay, this is the one we buy.... And it keeps forever... But if like Spookie, it causes problems, then just eat a box of crackers with it! Should fix you right up!

I've been reading how so many packages are stolen off of people's front porch! Guess it's even easier in an apartment building... Those culprits could be watching the mail trucks, and go in and snatch the packages, or else it could be the tenants.... Can you have the package delivered anywhere else, like a friends house? A security camera is good, but it would probably show someone snatching it, and running away, and you wouldn't even know them... to catch them.... Just glad you got the things replaced!

JazzyJ.... cute bib! I used to make my babies kimono's before they were born! And then I would embroider "baby" on them, because we didn't know what they were... Ha!

I just heard about the pills like Nexium, Prilosec, and how they can really hurt you.... I think ANY pill can cause problems in some people. We just take the generic... Ranitidine... It is for heart-burn, etc.... and we've been using it for YEARS! It's sold right by the other expensive ones, and the stores usually have their own brand.... like Equate from Walmart... it's just an acid reducer.

Sweet little Puppy Susan!

Chevyboy

Gingerbrew

How is Ranitidine different than the others that are getting bad press. I have been taking Omzaprole (sp) for many years so this is scary. Thanks I love the bib, so cute!

Chevyboy

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drugs/zantac

Ranitidine is the generic for Zantac.... " Zantac belongs to a class of drugs called H2 receptor antagonists, which decrease the amount of acid secreted into your stomach."

Prilosec is: "Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)".

http://www.justanswer.com/ob-gyn/6zl0g-know-raniti...

I think it is safer, due to it being not as strong as Omeprazole....

susan3

jazxyjune...such talent. I love it

Lover...funny....I had just given her a bath and trim a few days ago. Left her longer cause we are still cold. Trimmed all around nose and eyes....top of hair on head is long and keeps falling down. I conditioned her hair really well so she won't knot up much.....I guess I over conditioned. She's floppy hair now. Need to go shorter on the top. You think us hairdressers would know better!!!

Now dont anyone shake their heads....I just bought my first lap top. Never had my own computer before. A cousin bought me this I pad 3 years ago, otherwise I would never have found you guys. When Claire was here I would use hers if I needed one. I have a great husband, but he came from a very large family and doesn't share well. So I haven't used a computer since my daughter went to college. That was 7 years ago..ha ha. Got a computer now cause my hubby bought me an early birthday gift. A nano, so I can load my audio books on that instead of or and my I pad. But need a computer to do that. That's my story, I am moving along with technology. Maybe a bit late, but getting there.....lol

JAN69

Chevy, Lurking this morning and saw the jug of aloe vera so I scrolled back to get the story. OK, I need to try this stuff. Where in Walmart do I find it? My nearest Walmart is about 50 miles ago, so I'm not familiar with the store's layout and I don't want to search every isle. I have a fuzzy memory that my old doctor told me to try this, but it just seemed too weird and I never did. Thanks, Jan

Nettie1964

Thanks Sas, but no one wants to hear my horrible life story at this point! No one likes to hear pity parties!

Just know that I'm surviving, one day at a time!

Teka

JazzyJuneBug,

Daughter and Boyfriend have all packages come to Our home to avoid theft.

Lovely radish bib!!!

Chevyboy

Jan, at Walmart, it is with the rolaids, pepto-bismol, and things for indigestion....By the pharmacy! Usually on the bottom shelf, or I just saw some on the end of an aisle...

I like mine mixed with orange-juice, flavored creamer, like a smoothie.... about 1/4 C. and try it 3 times a day....

Teka

Hi Nettie,

You're always welcome to share *whatever* on this thread.

Spookiesmom

Loverly, at the time I had hiatel hernia and GERD. I heard aloe was good for both. Have no idea how much I drank over a week or so. Was 25+ years ago. Do know I was driving, school busses don't have port a pots and are hard to park. D was the last thing I needed.

sas-schatzi

Thank you Miss jazzy, I keep saying it could be worse. Could have been my right shoulder. TMI, but personal care would be totally disrupted. So there is a cloud with the sun peeking out.

Thanks Susieq, Glad you are through the worst of this chemo. LOverly is teasing as usual. My Birkenstock sandal caught on an 1/8 inch door jamb board. All doors have them. I went down hard. Clear memory of thinking. "This is going to be bad" as my head hit the ceramic. Hate falls. Shoulders unstable, but xray neg day after. But they're is a circumferential pain that's lineal i.e hairline fracture. They can be missed by xray. Doc ordered an MRI , but ordered the wrong series. Trying to tough it out and let it heal. Plus, I think maybe ligament damage. I know "get thee to a doc" as I say to others. Always sumpin. I did have a prayer answered last week, so, that was nice. A problem that was still left over from RAI 131. I said to HIM I can't deal with the two. HE lead me to a solution. Bless HIM.

sas-schatzi

This past Friday, I was walking across a flat surface and my black Birkenstock fore sandal on the right foot turned under. Stumble no fall. They will go in the garbage. It's the pair I was in when I fell the previous Friday.

Di, was just here. I explained about the little tumbler that was EAPG from 1845. She's okay giving it back. The four pieces recently thrifted will eventually go to a glass museum. This was the tumbler without the lid

Giant Sawtooth is said by some to be the earliest pattern made in America. The lid with applied strap handle is not ground but it fits perfectly.. can even twirl it inside the opening without 'breaking the seal'.	Excelsior

susan3

sas..good call to throw them away. I go barefoot, mostly. A few tumbles down the steps cause of slippery socks got me barefoot for life

sas-schatzi

Chevy, on the Bonavita. Today I used the grinder with E'Oclock coffee. WOW. I used to grind all the time and got away from it. First cup tasted like my memory of my first cup from a Chemex. Are you grinding?

feelingfeline

Susan enjoy getting to know your new lap top

susan3

feeling fine, I am sure many questions will come up. Be patient with this young grasshopper

sas-schatzi

Catching up

Susieq, every try ginger? Is this new onset? where? Radiation(does it go anywhere, pain through to the back, shoulder, arm, jaw). Point with one finger and describe where your pointing. Any other s/s's? Clammy< nausea? Associated with eating? Within 2 hours of a meal? Your Furbaby does look like an EWOK. Her name again(memory)?

JUnie, thieves are getting so brazen, lot's are druggies. We had two in florida 1. stole the delivery truck 2. followed a delivery truck and went right up to the doors after the drop off. The driver saw it and called the cops. Both were druggies.

Junie Omeprazole is generic of Prilosec. Nexium is Prilosec with an extra molecule that the company added when the paten on Prilosec ran out. FDA allowed the Nexium paten. Sneaky. I used to have reflux, but then was tested for food intolerances. It was expensive. Believe it or not my offender was chicken most likely b/c of the list of twenty some foods and spices. It was the only thing I ate 4-6 times a week and my reflux was always after the evening meal. Cut all offenders out and then added back slowly. A cheaper way to do it is a food diary and see when you notice problems then cross reference back to diary. PITA, but it can work. .....I did a thing on PPB-proton Pump Blockers awhile back. PPB's include. Omeprasole/ Prilosec, Nexium, Aciphex, Protonix, Prevacid, and all their generics. They aaaaare not good drugs long term. Also, you did they right thing by the long weaning. Takes that long to wean, but even then you got a rebound. I'll C&P and PM. I'll warn you though you may find it hard to read. I reread it sometime after and found I had to work at reading it, and I wrote it.

JAN69

Thanks Chevy. Jan

sas-schatzi

Loverly, Mitsy think of her hearing and nose---------If she keeps it up. Have someone check the outside of the house for any entry into the attic and check the attic. JB the Brit did that outside once and we looked where he kept looking and their was a small piece of siding pulled back it was a squirrel. Ahh-hah, saw your post about earthquake. Yes, have read many stories about animals behavior before quakes. It'll be interesting. Hope it doesn't happen. Where are you? They're is a web site that you can check on seismic activity. If they're was activity during the time she was alerting, she definitely will be an asset for your safety.

Chevy, Zantac/rantidine,Tagamet/ cimetidine, Pepcid/ famotidine are all H2 blockers. They block histamine release in the stomach. They are safer than the PPB's. Way safer. Plus, H2 blockers act with in a very short time after taking, where as, PPB's take about 3 days once started. Always thought it a joke when the hospital started a PPB on admission b/c it didn't do anything for 3 days. The point of giving it was to prevent acid increase when the patient was under surgical or medical stress. H2 blockers work faster with less side effects.

sas-schatzi

Ginger see my post to Chevy. I'll just post that PPB thingy here. Remember it's long and technical. I might even have to do a translation of my own writing.

sas-schatzi

YAY SUsieq, FREEDOM to surf.

Nettie, we all have pitty parties at times. Come'on drop back in. We'll listen.

Talked with Mags last night. She's reading, just taking a break from talking Waving Mags Love you

Hi Jan haven't seen you in years, Join us...............

sas-schatzi

Well, this won't be as bad as I thought. The work on 5 HT3 is the abysmal reading. This should be pretty easy. Repost from April 2015. Please, review the link to Medscape that's listed in the bottom of the post.

Apr 13, 2015 11:06AM sas-schatzi wrote:

Hi all, I'm reposting this email I sent to my brother. It's in regard to Proton Pump Inhibitors PPI's. Also, known as Proton Pump blockers. This class of drugs is way overused incorrectly. DB is going to have open heart sx in the near future. We have been in a "discussion" re: the misuse of this drug for some time.

PPI's can contribute either directly or indirectly to Osteoporosis, Acute interstitial nephritis, hypomagnesia,, Thrombocytopenia, Pre disposition to Clostridium Difficle (C-diff).

"In preparation for your upcoming surgery, a relook at your medications is an important step to take now. This link is to Medscape. All articles on Medscape are Evidence Based. The article is mostly layperson readable if you consciously ignore the statistics. Trying to absorb the message of the article can be lost when the numbers get in the way.

With the major surgery that you will be having, consideration of the PPI as a potential contributor to surgical complications is a concern. This article nicely addresses the major problems associated with PPI's. There is much in the literature addressing the same problems identified in this one article. These problems are also identified in the drugs monograph.

If you decide to pursue a change in Prevacid use after studying, discontinuation of a PPI should be done by weaning over 3 weeks. PPI's were never meant for long term use. Consideration of switching to an H2 blocker in the near future is important. This would allow for the bodies adjustment without undue direct and indirect side effects. If this were attempted during the surgical phase it will just be a problem as the gastric cells are regenerating and the gastric environment is coming back into equilibrium.

I will review Medscape for a similar study on H2 blockers and hopefully identify the least problematic drug of the class. At this time Pepcid is in the forefront, but I will be looking at the class with particular interest related to your scenario.

Use of a PPI or H2 blocker in the operative period and postop has been the standard of care since the 80's. This occurred because of the recognition of the Surgical Stress Response. This response involves many body systems. Without getting into a dissertation, gastric ulcers are a problem during this time. Hence, the use of PPI's and H2 blockers. My goal is that you become knowledgeable enough to say to your docs that you want an H2 blocker because of the reduced risk of complications over a PPI.

I will forward information on H2 blockers when I find them.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/809193

susan3

Shelby is her name

JAN69

Hi back, Sas, Yes, I'm still around. I've just become a professional lurker, usually hiding under some rock. Sometimes I suffer insomnia, other times I suffer laziness. You gals do a good job entertaining me some nights/early mornings. Thanks, Jan

susan3

Picture of my daughter demonstrating some sort of logging technique to her kids...third trimester...looking good

feelingfeline

Looking good indeed. Hopefully she doesn't have to cart any real logs about.

feelingfeline

Is she showing them how traditional log cabins were built?