On Tue, 4 May 2004 17:55:03 -0400, starlia wrote (in message ):
If it turns out that you do have to go to Houston, let me know off list. I have contacts at Baylor who might be able to help you cut through the red tape and so on.
I'll keep my fingers crossed so it doesn't come to that.
Kathy N-V
On Tue, 4 May 2004 17:56:22 -0400, vj wrote (in message ):
VJ, have you ever tried a Neti pot? They're totally disgusting, but they help immensely. I was having almost continuous sinus infections (with the resulting pain) when my pulmonologist recommened it. I bought the cheap plastic version at a health store and gave it a try. My infection cleared up within a day or two, and I've had very few recurrences since then.
For those that don't know, a Neti pot is a device from India that pours a saline solution up your nose and cleans out your sinuses. It's seriously gross, but it works when nothing else does. The plastic ones are under $5, the ceramic ones are about $10. If my plastic one ever breaks, I might buy the more expensive kind.
HTH,
Kathy N-V
Eek! What about the rest of head, missy?
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :
]If it turns out that you do have to go to Houston, let me know off list. I ]have contacts at Baylor who might be able to help you cut through the red ]tape and so on.
YOU are one incredible lady. you ALWAYS manage to completely awe me!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Yes, caffeine often works and chocolate is good for the taste buds and the soul too.
In my silence I build and send powerful vibes.
YEAH. ~~ Sooz
------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
Starlia,
Please delve deeply into this medical problem. We lost our bead friend Carol, when she discovered her headaches were from a tumor. Maybe if she had gone to doctors earlier and been more insistent......
Tina
Me neither (I get them about once every couple of months). I once had one for
8 straight days, and I thought I was going to die, die, die. And the fact that your meds make you Someone Else is a rotten trick.I have such a love/hate thing with drugs! I mean, so many people would be dead without them, or suffering terribly. But........ ~~ Sooz
------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
On Tue, 4 May 2004 22:06:03 -0400, Dr. Sooz wrote (in message ):
The side effects suck, but they're keeping me alive and typing. I'm still here, and I'll put up with the side effects because my only other alternative is death.
But man, I hope they find a cure for those horrible headaches. Bob and DD both have them, and I had them as a kid, and your suffering must be unbearable.
Kathy N-V
Wow VJ! Thanks!
I am seeing a neurologist right now who is doing all he can. We are waiting on the tests to come back. Thank you.
spectacular,
I so agree with you about the meds. I really, really try not to take them. When I think I'm about to die and want to crawl into a corner with a blanket over my head is about the time I'll give in. Otherwise I prefer to be me.
There is one thing that can stop them outright but the other effects have me worried. They can severe the occipital nerve at the base of my brain. It's something I haven't wanted to do but I might get there eventually.
Poor Bob and DD. I can't imagine having headaches that bad as a kid. That really sucks they both have them.
Have they tried a block first - before they even THINK of cutting!?!?!?! Or is that why they were using the botox??? some of these occipital headaches can also be treated with electrial nerve stimulators (kind of like TENS)... Also - don't call me crazy - but - have you tried a chiropractor??? I've actually had chiropractors stop cluster/nerve headaches cold ... walk in in pain - walk out -pain free. it's weird.... really..... I didn't believe it until 25 years ago a friend dragged me to a chiropractor .... and I was saying "you're nuts - nothing cures these but darkness, ice, and pain meds!"
The guy worked on me about 15 minutes as I'm grumpily saying to myself (what a waste of time - I feel like a fool...)
- and the Dr said - ... "there - how do you feel now?" -- and I suddenly realized my headache was gone! very very very weird... but - I've had it done several times - if they are not real migraines - but rather occipital nerve entrapment /muscle spasm cycle type headaches - they can HELP!!! see a chiropractor or a D.O. for a consult!!!! Cheryl last semester of lawschool! yipee! DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass
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