My freaking sinuses have been wreaking havoc with my for the past few days.
Gonna try something new and will report back.....
Gonna try something new and will report back.....
New healthcare thread (part II)
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Been taking Benadryl at night - which helps and of course makes me sleepy.....
I take Zyrtec gel caps, Flonase, and a steroid inhaler Pulmacort. Keeps me breathing normally. If I miss even one of these, I am miserable.
I've been on Zyrtec and Flonase or Nasacort for years....I also have taken Singulair for a couple of years but am stopping it due to possible side effects, depression among others. I once had problematic allergic rhinitis but do well now.
When I lived in Headland, Alabama -- Southeast corner of the state, I suffered miserably from allergies, especially when the pecan tree pollen came out. I wish these drugs had been available then (early 1980's.)
Just an FYI, Zyrtec is physically addictive. I used it daily for years as the Memphis area is well known to have incredible amounts of pollens / allergens. I recently decided to try living without it only to find I broke out in uncontrollable, full-body itching about two days after stopping. Tried again by stepping down from 10mg daily to 5mg daily for a week and same happened. Finally read that someone had figured out that children's Zyrtec (liquid) was dosed at 1ml = 1mg, so I spent about six weeks slowly stepping down before finally quitting in mid-December.
Just an FYI if you take it regularly - the recommendations I've seen are to use it for a week or so then switch to something else. Rotation is key.
Claritin and Allegra do not work for me. I might as well take nothing. Zyzal is the only other pill that works.
I never had allergy/pollen issues until I reached into my 50's. Then it was only during a few weeks in Spring each year. I got Mom to give me some of her Allegra tablets that she had a script for, as an Rx was needed for it back then. Those worked fantastic.
Fortunately I still only have problems this time of year and in some years it's hardly noticeable.
Last weekend I had some sneezing and some of them so hard my ribs started hurting, which is not good.
That's when I pulled out my Benadryl which really helped except I didn't like how it made me sleepy.
Fortunately I still only have problems this time of year and in some years it's hardly noticeable.
Last weekend I had some sneezing and some of them so hard my ribs started hurting, which is not good.
That's when I pulled out my Benadryl which really helped except I didn't like how it made me sleepy.
Then I'd try rotating between the two (Zyrtec ands Xyzal) in hopes the subtle differences would make the addiction less likely.
Thankfully, since I've stopped taking Zyrtec I've had zero issues, though I do live in a different area so the pollens are diff.
I should have mentioned I take nothing but an inhaler during summer.
Huge difference! If you can stop taking Zyrtec for more than a few days without itching you're good to go!
Anyone who has been around awhile in the surf/skate board world knows who Bruce Walker is. Legend, icon, and more. Saw this and thought it worth sharing.......
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This past December, I reached one of my lifetime milestones in skateboarding by turning 70-years-old while still continuing to skate on a regular basis, which I've been doing since age 11. This semi-recent footage was taken 3 weeks before my 70th birthday. Skateboarding hasn't been around very long historically, so we really don't know yet age-wise, how long you can legitimately continue to be a skateboarder.
Early last year I ran into a few obstacles, namely my heart started beating out-of-sync, with an incorrect electric firing pattern, due to a rogue gene that I inherited. Deadly stuff. After a "Cardioversion" procedure "shocked" my heart back into correct sync, it only held for a week before it reverted back to improper firing once again. I have a team of 4 excellent cardiologists at Queen's Heart in Honolulu who have made this past year not only bearable, but are responsible for me feeling exceptionally well the vast majority of the time. They've not only given me the green light to continue skateboarding but have actually encouraged it, although with a stern warning about the dangers of impacts or crashes while being on blood thinners. Currently I'm scheduled for the implanting of a Pacemaker/Defibrillator sometime later this summer. I'm stoked cuz that will stabilize my heart rate and bring the electro-physics closer to proper alignment. I'll be looking forward to skating more often and should also be able to get safely back into the ocean again. Bruce Walker
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This past December, I reached one of my lifetime milestones in skateboarding by turning 70-years-old while still continuing to skate on a regular basis, which I've been doing since age 11. This semi-recent footage was taken 3 weeks before my 70th birthday. Skateboarding hasn't been around very long historically, so we really don't know yet age-wise, how long you can legitimately continue to be a skateboarder.
Early last year I ran into a few obstacles, namely my heart started beating out-of-sync, with an incorrect electric firing pattern, due to a rogue gene that I inherited. Deadly stuff. After a "Cardioversion" procedure "shocked" my heart back into correct sync, it only held for a week before it reverted back to improper firing once again. I have a team of 4 excellent cardiologists at Queen's Heart in Honolulu who have made this past year not only bearable, but are responsible for me feeling exceptionally well the vast majority of the time. They've not only given me the green light to continue skateboarding but have actually encouraged it, although with a stern warning about the dangers of impacts or crashes while being on blood thinners. Currently I'm scheduled for the implanting of a Pacemaker/Defibrillator sometime later this summer. I'm stoked cuz that will stabilize my heart rate and bring the electro-physics closer to proper alignment. I'll be looking forward to skating more often and should also be able to get safely back into the ocean again. Bruce Walker
I've been on Eliquis since last May. Mine was precipitated by a plane flight from hell, when a clot traveled from my ankle to my right lung. It's long gone, but I'm still on Eliquis. They have all kinds of warnings about sudden stopping of it. Then, before you have almost any procedure requiring you be put under, or even a dental procedure, you have to stop 48 hours before. Today, I had a dental cleaning. In addition to ceasing the Eliquis, my orthopedist prescribed antibiotics, since my hip replacement is only two months old. I also have a throat dilation scheduled for Thursday, for which Eliquis has to be stopped and for which I have antibiotics again. So, I stopped Eliquis on the 15th and start again on the 21st, despite the fact that you're not supposed to interrupt it suddenly...
At times Medicine is nothing if not confounding...I was on Eliquis for 2 years for no apparent reason, but my cardiologist did not want me to stop. My arms were/are still bruised as a result of small bumps, etc. Anyway, I had a heart monitor implanted in late summer and they took away the Eliquis immediately....also would not let me go back on baby aspirin which I had taken for 30 years. I'm doing fine and loving being off that drug...hope you do well also.
I'm only slightly over two months past the hip replacement, and the general rule is a minimum of 3 months...
This is crazy. A resident of Canada has a swollen appendix so was sent to the emergency room. She shows the wait time screen…. It’s over 15 hours to see a doctor. She says she’s already been waiting 3 hours. So that’s 18 hours. This is the Universal Healthcare system in Canada.
I had a reverse shoulder replacement procedure in December. I am at the three month mark and can do pretty much everything I did before with the exception of golf. The doctor told me the median rehab before you can take full swings is about 6 months. It's making me crazy not being able to do something I have done for literally 50 some odd years.
I had shoulder surgery on both @ 18 months apart -- torn rotator cuff-- and had to do PT for 6 months before I could swing a golf club. Hang in there and practice your putting!!!
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