Dear Ahmed, I am really touched by your sincerity of your beliefs in GOD. I wish you peace and good health.
Marty Gartenberg On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Ahmed Omar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Marty, Thank you so much for your nice feelings, and I will in fact > have some questions for my ONO after I been through your e-mail. I can not > think of life and all of what good things I have in it without simply think > of HIM, and I thank HIM for whatever is good or bad, because I know deeply > in my heart that he picked me from all peoples around the globe to test me, > yes to examine my love to HIM and how real is it, plus to prepare me for > paradise which is not a place for someone with sins to enter, so part of sin > forgiveness is pain in life whatever the source is, only Almighty knows that > how much I love HIM. I want to thank you also for the patients prayer, I > will do it in my daily praying times, yet in fact I have so many different > prayers that include anything and everything in life, any part of it and > believe me it works for me, like sometime when I suffers any anxiety or > grief I pray to HIM saying: "O GOD, I am a slave of yours, son of the slaves > of yours (Father and Mother), my destiny is in Your hand, whatever You make > happen in my life is no one can prohibit it, and whatever is Your command to > be in my life and hereafter I believe it is justice. I ask You by every Name > that is belonging to You, which You called Yourself with, or revealed it in > Your books, or You taught it to anyone of Your creation, or You hide it in > the knowledge of the unseen with You, I ask You that to make the holy book > of me the life of my heart, and the light of my breast, and a departure for > my sorrow and a release for my anxiety" I wish you a good days, and may GOD > bless you and everyone in our group. > > Ahmed > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Martin Gartenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Ahmed, >> >> Sorry your going through these gout attacks. Having a uric acid count of >> 8.4 is sure to give you an attack every once in a while. I know because I >> have been battling the Gout for a long time. In fact ever since I had my >> bone marrow transplant over 21 years ago. >> >> To be honest with you your doctor gave you Allopurinol, but only 100 Mg to >> start with. Now since I am very familiar with this drug and the effects of >> the Gout you have to see how much your uric counts drop in a few weeks from >> now. Better still maybe a month or two. I have a hunch it will drop a bit >> but not where it should be at, or about 5 would be excellent. >> >> Something else surprises me is that he told you not to change your diet. >> You should limit your intake of any foods that are high in Purines. Things >> like organ meat, mushrooms, prepared meats, beef, sea food like any types of >> shell fish and especially beer and wine or any types of alcohol. >> >> You may want to find out what types of foods have high levels of Purines >> and avoid them. Whenever you get a major Gout attack you may get up in the >> middle of the night and feel as if someone hit your big toe with a hammer. >> >> Allopurinol will lower your uric acid that you won't get this, but it has >> to be the right amount and you have to take it every day. Frankly I don't >> know why your doctor didn't start you off with taking 300 Mg every day, then >> repeat your blood work in a few months then determine if a lower dose would >> be appropriate. >> >> Maybe he didn't want to first start you off on a higher dose because of >> your CML, but I'm not sure about that. You might want to ask him. Either way >> your blood tests should tell if you need to be on a higher dose. >> >> I remember when I was first diagnosed with CML I was started on 300 Mg of >> Allopurinol and stayed on it for about one year until I got my bone marrow >> transplant. I was then off of it until about fifteen years later because my >> joints, mainly in my big toe, the side of it would hurt like the dickens. >> >> The Gout is actually a form of Arthritis that deposit sharp chards of >> Chrystal's, usually in the lower extremities but can be any ware in any >> joint. It is those sharp microscopic crystals that are near nerves that >> cause the terrible pain. >> >> Anyway, yes I agree with you about life being good, and in our belief in >> HIM. And Ahmed since your belief parallels mine in the belief of GOD I would >> like to include something for you. It is called a patients prayer, and it >> was pasted on the outside of the plastic bubble that I used to live in more >> then 20 years ago by a close friend of mine. I used to say it to myself >> every day, and it made my realise that we all have GOD's mercy if we truly >> believe in HIM. >> >> >> A PATIENT’S PRAYER >> >> Eternal GOD, source of healing, out of my distress I call upon you. Help >> me to sense your presence at this difficult time. You have already sent me >> gifts of your goodness: The skill of my physician, the concern of others who >> help me, the compassion of those I love, and who love me. >> >> I pray that I may be worthy of all these, today and in the days to come. >> Help me to banish all bitterness; let not despair overcome me. Grant me >> patience when the hours are heavy; give me courage whenever there is hurt or >> disappointment. >> >> Keep me trustful in your love, O GOD. Give me strength for today, and hope >> for tomorrow. To your loving hands I commit my spirit when asleep and when >> awake. You are with me; I shall not fear. Help me, O GOD, in my time of >> need. >> Ahmed, I wish you good luck, and may GOD keep on blessing you >> >> Marty Gartenberg >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ahmed Omar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I am facing a problem in controlling my Uric Acid levels in the blood it >>> is like 8.4, and my ONO told me it is normal that such thing can happen, >>> he prescribed PURINOL100 once a day, and he said I should not change my food >>> dite, just I have to drink more water. >>> >>> Yes I feel pain in my joints and sometime my right foot toe.....whatever, >>> I still believe life is good and it is full of exams to polish our >>> materials, just we need to believe in HIM as the only true one, and to >>> be patience. >>> >>> Let me know what do you think if you have face such case. >>> >>> Ahmed >>> >>> -- >>> [CMLHope] >>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "CMLHope" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >>> >> >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> > > > > -- > AOM > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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