"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
I've had a pretty good day. It appears that my long-term disability will be approved...the question is "when." After talking with my lawyer, we decided that I'll write the appeal letter, back it up with letters and evidence from my doctors and hope to avoid getting the insurance company's lawyers involved. What a mess this has been. It's really been going on since last September when I first applied for the LTD. But a lot of things clicked into place today and I'll just have to work on an appeal letter over the weekend.
Healthwise, I'm going ok. Yesterday I spent half the day in neuro-psychiatric testing to establish a baseline for possible Alzheimer's diagnosis. I'll spend next Wednesday morning finishing that up. I felt like a complete idiot taking some of the tests...they ranged from repeating a series of words, to making shapes with colored blocks to putting series of pictures into sequence. At the end of 4 hours, I was drain-bamaged. (Yeah, I know...I wrote that wackbards.)
And today I started the increased dosage of Niaspan. 500 mg twice a day. I just took one an hour ago and my face feels like it's on fire. Actually what it really feels like is when I was on Antabuse. It's a drug given to people to help or make them stop drinking...and if you drink alcohol while the stuff is in your system, you turn bright red and feel like you have a sunburn all over...not to mention nausea and chest pain. But I found that if I drank slowly and steadily, I could get past that point and get drunk, anyway. I guess you could say that I was determined. :) Anyway, that's what I feel like at the moment...well, except for the drunk part. I hope it passes soon.
The BP seems to be held pretty much in check by the Coreg and Cozaar and the Imdur helps with the angina. So I'd say that the medications I'm on seem to be working pretty well...except for maybe the Niaspan. Whew! It's hot in here.
In other news, I've had a chance to do some hotrod work and make some progress on one of my toys (63 Nova with a big V8 and 4-speed trans) and it's been a lot of fun to drive around as I've been testing it.
All in all, things could be a lot worse. And they have. So I'm grateful for what I have today and we'll try another one tomorrow.
I'm gonna go open a window and get a breeze going.
Ray
ChevyAsylum.com
hi chevy guy,
re the heat prob with your niaspan, have you asked the doc about
"enduracin"? that is a niacin product that is a bit newer that is supposed
to really help with the heat and flushing - it never hurts to ask!
good luck. it SHOULD pass within 30 minutes or so, the worst of it?
libby g
p.s. does ANYONE have any input on this terrible rash i'm getting all over
my poor little ole bod? at first i thought they were little spider bites. i've been
to the GP, the dermatologist, the oncologist for blood work, no help from anyone.
the dermo guy said maybe mites and gave me something to take a bath in. it didn't help
and is now getting worse. HELP!!!
I just broke out in hives as the Niaspan was having its way with my body. So I took a coupla Bendryl. It seems to have helped. I'm not vlawing at myself all the time right now.
Good luck with the rash. They ain't fun at all.
Ray
ChevyAsylum.com
hi ray,
so...tell me all about your hives, baby! now there's a great pick up line, hoho. but really, did you get a rash you think from the niacin you were taking? i mean i have little red spots all over me, but mostly on my lower legs. but it's on my back, my tummy, my upper legs, too. little tiny red bumps. not blisters. itchy as all get out. any info appreciated!
libby
I really didn't check to see if there were any red spots. Itchy as all get out...you bet! It was my back and legs that got it the worst. I've started out the morning with some advil and benadryl. I'll wait for an hour or so and then take the Niaspan. I'll letcha know what happens....and tell ya "all about them hives, baby." :)
Ray
ChevyAsylum.com
excellent. let me know. if the benadryl is a solution, that sounds easy. right now i'm going through the yellow pages looking for a second opinion dermatologist!
Doing the Advil/benadryl thing and taking an Imdur allowed me to work on my Nova for a while. I replaced the disintegrating bucket seat covers with a set of cheapo slip-ons that will hold the fort until I'm ready to do whatever it is that I end up doing with the interior. I know I have to gut the whole thing and replace the carpet...and if I do that, I'd like to find a complete interior from a newer import that I could adapt as a unit into the old Chevy. Progress is good...and it helps the mental attitude. I find that if I can get just "something" done in a day, I don't feel like it was wasted. Along those same lines, I'm going to try to head for Wendover, Nevada tomorrow (120 miles west of our home) to see and/or enter a car show that should include an electric car that's been brought over to the states from England to make a world's land speed record attempt on the highway just south of Wendover (called the Dolly Varden straight.) They're trying to hit 300+ mph. So far, they've been foiled by weather and elecrtical gremlins :
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2714666
I seem to have gotten slightly off topic...but...oh, well.
Ray
ChevyAsylum.com
Just a quick hello to everyone! I messed with my computer til I broke it and had to wait for Tech help to come over today. :) This was in between a couple of Dr. appt.s...
Libby and Ray...
Ray you seem as if your rash is under control, but be careful with starting new med.'s and rashes! It could be the first indicator that you are allergic to the drug and it may lead to more than just a rash. You should always check with your Dr.
Libby, I did a quick check and rashes that tend to start like you've described could very well be some type of bug bite, particularly if they are randomly scattered, or nerves can sometimes cause rashes.
Check out; http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003220.htm
Hope you all have a great rest of the day! Teri :)
PS Welcome to Betsy!! :)
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
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Teri
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
The pulmonary function test was very intense and the gal just made one comment when I told her that I've been waiting since January to find out what's going on, and she said, "you've had this that long!" Though I didn't expect it to look completely normal. I'll find out on Monday. And should hear on Mon. if anything was wrong according to the neuro's nurse she said they'd call right away and if it was normal, they wouldn't call....ho hum! P:)
Did the benadryl help you at all?! Keep us posted?!
Hugs, Teri :)
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
Post Edited (Teri16) : 5/7/2005 12:14:34 PM (GMT-6)
hi teri,
that sounds like a lot of tests. i hope you get at least generally positive news from all! and that you will let us hear your positive news, hopefully on monday?
ray - how are you doing today with the niaspan? better i hope!
libby
Ray, let us know how the car show went-did you end up entering anything??
Hugs, Teri :)
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
me getting our kit ready for the car first aide etc and then some medicine too in case we need to evacuate during hurricane season they told us in the Jacksonville Community Emergency Response Team classes 4 named hurricanes will hit the east coast this year and one is suppose to be a Category 5.
Please not hit Florida we live 65 miles from the beach but will be called out in any type of disaster manmade or westher terriosim etc and be ready. so we are busy or shuld I say I am geting this place ready in cse we have to go. We are on call 24/7/365 from June1st till Nov30 Hurricane Season and all other times too but during thoise months no vaction.
I also found out today i have 27 credits I need 40 to get SS or any type so I gotta find a part time job and do it soon as the course is over that is sad. we just realized if i didnot home school the boys for those 6 years I would of had over 40 credits and they doneo even take that into account. havenot heard from them either with Mothers Day being this weekend and that hurts with the way we help them out alot.
oh well got to go.
Heidi
Car show: I was gonna enter the 67 Camaro (the yellow car on my web site) but I did some checking on the weather in that area...and it was snowing with a projected high of 50F with winds of 20-35 mph. Heidi, I know that's nothing like the hurricanes you folks get, but it's nasty enough to keep me from sitting outside by my car for several hours...and I kinda have a feeling that the show would have been poorly attended...if not cancelled entirely.
So I bit the bullet and faced the unpleasant task of composing an appeal letter to send to the disability insurance company. I've been told that it's a formality and that I will get the disability benefits...but it was still a stressful thing to do. For some reason, writing letters of that sort, filling out applications and stuff of that nature seems to be a stressful thing for me. But it's done and I'll have my lawyer look it over Monday.
Right now the heart and BP are in pretty good shape...but then I haven't done much today except sit here at the computer. :)
Ray
ChevyAsylum.com
Heidi, I so glad to hear your enthusiam for what you are doing with the Emergency Response Team in Flordia!! WooHoo!
I went to the pet shop and worked with the exotic birds for a bit today, voted on some local issues, and now at home just kicking back!
Hugs, Teri
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack
teri, apropos of nothing...i have found myself alternating betwixt total frustration and total complacency the past few days. it seems i have such multiple physical probs, all of them valid, and when there are more than about 3 going on at any one time, i begin to feel so defeated and sad. this in spite of the fact that everyone says "gee, libby, you have the greatest attitude"! i always say "you don't see me at home at night moping around!" anyway, when i feel so low, i just don't want to even be on the forum at all. THEN i think i really need my new forum! and i get on, and it always makes me feel better. thank you for all your positive thoughts, your ideas, your support of all of us. you are a great moderator!
right now, i'm scratching my rash, have an ice pack on my sore tooth area, have taken multiple drugs for my GERD and am SOB - as they say: "other than that, mrs. lincoln, how did you like the play?" hah! i am winding it down here in the foat (that's fort worth), and crawling in bed with a good escapism book. and hoping, as always, to wake up having a good morning. and i hope that you do too!
libby
I do hope you are feeling better today!!! We had big storms here throughout the night, so figured that played into some of my tiredness and aching body...
Be well and be happy! We're still here to write and complain to one another!! lol
Hugs, Teri :)
"Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas
"I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack