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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2015

    BTW the neck between the spine issue is the Trapezius. Interesting muscle. 12th cranial nerve. Attaches at the occiput, spine and shoulder blades. Only muscle that changes it's insertion and origin points based on movement. Movement, lack of movement, or over use can lead to lots of discomfort and pain. It's why I spent 1975 till 1978 in traction in traction.

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited August 2015

    Sassy I think Spookie's talking about the dead thing on the floor

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

    Ms. Sas, you....opinionated? NE'VVER....

    Still love you anyway. I have two other people in my life. I think I told you about my Sis. The other one is my DH. Poor me because I HAVE to listenuh huh uh huh ok...

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2015

    Hi Blondie- good to see you here. What is shaking today? I am doing house stuff.

    Hope you are doing well today!

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  • Tresjoli2
    Tresjoli2 Member Posts: 868
    edited August 2015

    actually I am not getting a brain mri. MO is just watching. I have migranies, have had them since I was 13. Never had they presented this way, but what I had seems similar to what you describe. Certainly something to discuss with my optometroist.

    Chilling with friends up in Maine tonight. My husband turned a bed sheet into an outdoor projection screen by the bonfire.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2015

    Trej. Mantra "give it to the person of a higher authority(knowledge)". You have a new onset many symptom scenario. All symptoms not shared on the board. MO either orders a MRI which is the definitive test or refers you to a neurologist. Stand your ground. They're is a slew of things that this could be. Some troublesome, some not. MO is an oncologist---not a neuro doc. Neuro doc doesn't say MRI, I back off. But the reasonable BEST approach is rule out the worst case scenarios right up front. Then deal with the lesser case scenarios. All lesser case scenarios ruled out--enjoy the flashing lights. Remember second mantra "can this kill the patient (me)". Yes, a brain tumor can kill even benign ones. Say it ends up being optic migraines, we share stories about how they sparkle. Anyone that whitewashes new onset symptom or changes to a pre-existing scenario does it at the patients risk.

    Ah----migraines since you were 13......." I have migranies, have had them since I was 13. Never had they presented this way, but what I had seems similar to what you describe". No, they aren't... Until you rule out an organic change by definitive testing. I'm a bitch aren't I. If AFTER testing and everything is ruled out, then we can enjoy the lights together.

    Would Sherlock Holmes accept this difference? This change without further investigation? I think not Watson!

    Opthamoligist is not an optometrist. MD versus technician(kinda better than a tech). Optometrist are highly trained, but they are not an opthamologist.  My Opthomologist has a optometrist in his office. One of the things I highly respect about my ologist is he pops in to take a look.

    Trej, hugs......... Chevy is the matriarch, I'm the play ground monitor. sassy

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  • Eeyore07
    Eeyore07 Member Posts: 113
    edited August 2015
    Sassy: good for you to drive the necessary points into our mind. I had double visions and dizziness for one week each in June and July without any headaches. When I mentioned to my pcp, she immediately contacted her consulting neurologist and my Onc to demand a brain MRI. It turned out nothing in brain, so I can wait to ask my ophthalmologist to check my eyes on annual exam next month. I appreciated my PCP's care for her patients so much.
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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2015

    Tresj, hmm I get soooooo intense. Sorry if I make you crazy.

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  • Tresjoli2
    Tresjoli2 Member Posts: 868
    edited August 2015

    Nope sas...you don't make me cray cray :-) I was just out at the bonfire last night with my kiddies...

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited August 2015

    Tresjoli: sounds like a wonderful evening!

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited August 2015

    Nothing thanks 4 the advice

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

    Hi there Ms. Blondie. You are chilling today?

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited August 2015

    Thanks yes i am

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

    Hey Queenie, Julie posted this on W&F:

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    I immediately thought about you.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

    It's so hot here. I'm ready for fall.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2015

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  • Smaarty
    Smaarty Member Posts: 2,951
    edited August 2015

    well, we didn't accomplish much today. Got the car and made it back to the hotel without hitting anything or anyone. It's been 10 years since the last time I drove on the left side. Wasn't too bad. We were planning to go to Newgange but it took too long to get the car. Tomorrow we head to the Nat'l Stud and meet up with FeelingFeline, then on to Kinsale. That will take up the rest of the day.

    Here's a pic of our dining room where we've had breakfast everyday.

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    Hope everyone had a nice weekend.


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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2015

    Blondie- we are still listen and want to hear how you are doing. Keep checking in with us!

    I was already ready for fall, but those photos make me feel like I am even more ready!

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited August 2015

    mmmmmm birch and maple. Pretty. Just got done dragging in 3 bags of groceries, dripping wet. Come on fall!!!!

    Smaarty, looking good!!

    Hi BLONDIE

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited August 2015

    Yeah! Of all the complaining I did about the snow/cold weather...I am ready for fall & winter again! It is 110 out on the back patio now..... I try and work outdoors even in the shade, and you can't do it for more than 15 minutes.......

    Eeyore...! Sorry, I was thinking about Spookie's Eeyore! I thought how did HE get here? And he lost someone? I'm so sorry I was totally confused.

    It was you! I have to pay more attention.......

    .Hey Blondie! Good to hear from you!

    You know, I was having so much trouble with Aol 9.7, and Windows 10.... So I posted that question to a forum, and someone answered back telling me to down-load AOL desktop 9.8! IT WORKED! And hasn't shut down once!

    I had tried it before, but of course AOL shut down right in the middle of it.... but I got it right this time! I didn't have any trouble with Chrome, nor Firefox. But I really like the format of the AOL mail, the Favorites, etc.

    Smarty! So cooooooool! And Loverly.... beautiful pictures! Okay.... have a good day girls! xoxoxo


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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited August 2015

    Loverly: perfect! but they say nothing about cat SPIT. (yesterday, I brought in some basil for dinner, only to discover New Boy Cat, aka Pete the Paw, contemplatively sampling several of the leaves up on the counter.)

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited August 2015

    Queen, I had a cat who loved green plants. She even ate some that are listed as poisonous. Perhaps she just didn't get enough. Try growing some cat grass for him and google the list of bad plants so you can keep them out of his reach. My cat not only ate 1/2 of an African violet on the table, but did it from the back so we didn't notice for a long time.

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited August 2015

    Wren: I'm not sure there is anyplace out of Pete's reach! but I got out of the habit of indoor plants with his predecessor, a sizeable and athletic boy in his youth. Cat grass in the offing, though.

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited August 2015

    Hi spookie n chevy

    Will do jazzy

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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 3,728
    edited August 2015

    going crazy with poopy stuff here....so I put God on a time out from bad stuff :)

    Night night all

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  • magdalene51
    magdalene51 Member Posts: 2,214
    edited August 2015

    Sassy, sorry I've been AWOL for a couple of days, which of my many dozen stories do you want me to share?

    Oh maybe it was the one about how about a month after I started anastrozole, I started seeing this big gray dust bunny in my right eye? I soon realized it was a floater, though unlike any other I have had. MO said to see my optometrist, so I did. I have a detached vitreous. They don't treat it unless it tears the retina. Got home and started researching. Dr. Google found a study by NIH linking anastrozole to detached vitreous.

    That story?

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2015

    yep, did you get the brain checked.

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  • magdalene51
    magdalene51 Member Posts: 2,214
    edited August 2015
    Waiting for the referral. We have a shortage of neurologists in the city. I saw the referral note on my chart.

    Had an out-of-the-blue nosebleed today. No idea what that's from, I never get them. Since taxotere, the nose drips constantly, and that's what I thought it was until it was actually flowing, dripping on my good blouse. Yuck.
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