Good morning Larry
 
I did not know that Ditropan helped with sweating.  I do take 10 mg  twice a 
day, maybe I need to take more?  Thank you so much for your  advice.
 
Take care and play nice Tammie Lou
C6 complete quadriplegic
13  years post
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an empathy is feeling with.  

 
In a message dated 4/20/2008 5:06:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

    


 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: To  Tammie
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:52:10 -0400

Tammie, I suffered those sweats for years with the exact symptoms. The cure?  
Ditropan. It dries your mouth out terribly, but stops the sweats. It has  
been a blessing to me. Larry Willis


 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:42:22 -0400
To:  [email protected]
Subject: [QUAD-L] Continuous pressure sore  problems...

I have a problem and I'm hoping somebody on the list can help me  with.  I 
have had problems with pressure sores since my injury 13  years ago.  They 
never 
get really bad, mostly just to the blister  stage but they are constant.  The 
area where I get the sores all the  time is always purple, I have asked 
doctors, nurses and people in the  support groups that I attend an apparently I 
am 
the only one with a purple  butt.  Until recently I could lay on my side for a 
couple of days and  they would go way.  It seems like now whenever I lay on 
my side all I  do is sweat.  The more I sweat the more I want to cover myself 
up and  the more I cover myself up the more I sweat.  If I have somebody put  
the warm blow dryer on me it helps but only until they stop.  I would  love to 
hear what kind of mattress and what you guys do or don't do to  prevent const
ant pressure sores? I have an SP tube so that also hinders  lying on my side 
because my knee is always bent and it looks like it's  pushing the tube.
 
Take care and play nice  Tammie Lou
C6 complete  quadriplegic
13 years  post
chippertue.com
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In a message dated 4/17/2008 12:02:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

IT SOUNDS ODD. I'D TRY TO GET INTO THE DR SOONER.
 
NICKI

Merrill Burghardt  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 
If I do not  hold my arm up, a finger becomes red with a narrowing at the 
hand  which then is a thin red line as if a vane.  Does that sound  suspicious? 
 
I have a doc appointment in a month but maybe I  should go to Urgent Care.
 
Merrill
 
 
 
  
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From:  NICHOLE ROHLING [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008  9:50 AM
To: Lori  Michaelson; QUADLIST
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L]  PAIN

 
 
SOMETHING I LEARNED IS THERE IS A BLOOD TEST  CALLED D-DIMER AND IF THE LEVEL 
IS ABOVE 445 (I THINK) IT INDICATES  THEY NEED TO LOOK FOR  CLOT. MY LEVEL 
WAS  2226!

 


 
NICKI

 


 


Lori Michaelson  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  wrote:


 
I had a DVT (deep vein clot/thrombosis) in  1995 that was encouraged by 
surgeries.  I was also very, very,  very lucky to have survived it because I 
was 
telling doctors (my  neurosurgeon and his staff hours away) my symptoms and 
they 
were  ignoring them even though they were classic symptoms of a DVT!   
Hitherto ... I was not familiar with clots of any type so I was in  the dark.  
It 
was the Internet that saved my life  essentially.

 


 
With what I described... they should have  wanted to at the very least 
eliminate the possibility of a clot  since I just had two surgeries with that 
doctor 
and that is a  primary thing to worry about after surgery.  But noooooo... I  
thought it was probably just swelling and I should wear some of  those tight 
hose.  QUACK, QUACK

 


 
I went around for about a month with my  left lower leg very swollen and very 
hard.  I finally read an  article on the net (I was very new to the Internet 
back then and  only knew how to look things up) and one doctor in Washington 
state  had an article about spinal cord injuries and folks with MS.  A  
sentence said "If one leg is significantly larger than the other...  it could 
indicate a clot."  All I knew was that "a clot" was  not good but I had no idea 
that 
I had a DVT whereby all I had to do  was move a certain way to have it move 
directly to my lungs to kill  me.

 

The very next morning I called my primary  care physician and I went to see 
him.  He looked at it and said  "I don't know... I don't think it could be a 
clot but I will send  you over to the hospital to have an ultrasound done."  
Needless  to say... I never left the hospital because it was a lengthy clot  
and 
I was in immediate danger.

 


 
DOCTORS!  QUACK,  QUACK!

 


 
I think I'm on my 95th life because of so  many negligent doctors.

 


 
Lori Michaelson

 
Age - 43

 
C4/5 complete quad, 28 years  post

 
Tucson, AZ

 




On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM, NICHOLE  ROHLING <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
(mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >  wrote:
 
YES, CLOTS TAKE 4-6 WEEKS TO DISSOLVE SO I'M  ON COUMADIN (?) TO THIN MY 
BLOOD. MY INR LEVEL NEEDS TO STAY BETWEEN  2.0 AND 3.0

 


 
MR DR SAID THEY DO HAVE MEDS  TO BUST CLOTS BUT THE RISKS FOR ME OUTWEIGHED 
THE  BENEFITS.

 


 
I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE  ALIVE.

 
NICKI

Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >  wrote:


Thank  goodness you made it through it.  They send you home with  blood clots?
Quadius
 
On  4/12/08, NICHOLE  ROHLING <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
(mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >  wrote: 
 
I HAVEN'T READ ALL THE  RESPONSES BUT IT WAS I HAD A DR AISEVERAL BLOOD CLOTS 
IN MY RIGHT  LUNG.

 


 
I HAD DR APPT TUES AT 1PM BUT  CALLED THE AMBULANCE AT 5AM.

 


 
THE ER DOC IMMEDIATELY  ORDERED A CAT SCAN WHICH SHOWED SEVERAL CLOTS IN MY 
RIGHT LUNG AND  A FEW IN MY LEFT. I WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND MY DR HAD  
ULTRASOUND DONE ON MY LEGS AND SURE ENOUGH I HAD A CLOT IN MY LFT  LEFT 
BEHIND MY KNEE - NO SWELLING REDNESS OR  HEAT.

 


 
HE SAID THE SMALL CLOTS IN MY  LUNGS WERE MOST LIKELY FLOATERS WHICH BROKE 
OFF OF THE MAIN  CLOT.

 


 
I JUST GOT HOME AND AM  FEELING REAL LUCKY TO BE ALIVE

 


 
NICKI

 


 
 
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