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Dalton From: Pat Voorheis <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:05:27 -0400 To: James Berg <[email protected]> Cc: Janice Nichols <[email protected]>, Dalton Garis <[email protected]>, Linda Egli <[email protected]>, transverse myelitis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii Resent-From: <[email protected]> Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:57:30 -0700 (PDT) > James, > Please tell me why you want to reduce to 50mg twice daily after consulting > with Sandy. I was taking 100mg 3 times daily for about a year, but reduced to > twice daily due to cost, not due to medical reasons. Is there something about > Lyrica Sandy made you aware of that I should be concerned about? As you both > have stated, we learn more from the TM Association than we learn from our > doctors and Neuro's. > > Patti - Michigan > > On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:34 PM, James Berg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Dalton and everyone else, Aloha. I just want folks to know that thanks >> to Dalton letting me know about Lyrica, I've gotten control of my leg spasms. >> I'm taking 150mg. 2 times a day and suddenly a week ago my spasms stopped! >> Not having a neuro so consult with Sandy, yes our Sandy, has been counseling >> me about stopping the Lyrica and after discussing it with my GP I am doing a >> gradual reduction and will soon be down to the 50mg. Dalton has reduced to. >> Lyrica has been a god send to me. Thanks Dalton. >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Janice Nichols <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Dalton - not offended!! >>> So glad you are doing so well. Isn¹t it strange the things we discover >>> ourselves that help us? Doctors can still be so clueless about some >>> things - on the other hand, they can >>> save our lives! >>> >>> Janice >>> >>> >>> From: Dalton Garis <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:26 AM >>> To: Linda Egli <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >>> >>> Say, Folks! >>> >>> Nice to hear a voice crying in the wilderness. I am still here, also. >>> >>> By the way, someone hacked my Facebook so had to change my name, to >>> Abdu¹l-Hanif Al-Shukri let them try to hack that one! So, if you remember >>> me, for instance Meiling, and you want to ³friend" me, I¹m still out there. >>> >>> Friends, I am down to just 50mg Lyrica 2x/day now, after a tough time of >>> trying. Can¹t go below that amount, discovering that is what is actually >>> required to cover most of the pain. My memory is better and am less anxious >>> about losing my mind to fog and dopiness. >>> >>> And went 28 days without a seizure, the longest time since getting the first >>> one in 22 April 2010. Want to know what reduced their frequency? - not >>> taking all those vitamin supplements anymore. It seems the minerals in them >>> were interfering in some way with the nerves, especially magnesium. >>> Visiting my mother in Massachusetts she¹s 97 I forgot to bring any and >>> went without for a week. Returning home I realized that I hadn¹t had any >>> seizures, and guessed that the only change was in not taking all those >>> vitamin supplements. So I stopped, and sure enough, the seizures became >>> very infrequent. Who knew? >>> >>> Now is the Baha¹i month of the Fast, when Baha¹is go without food and drink >>> during the hours when the sun is in the sky, for 19 days, the last month of >>> our year. (In our calendar there are 19 months of 19 days, with 4 or 5 >>> inter calendar days just before the month of the Fast). We eat and drink >>> after sunset or before sunrise but not during the hours of sunlight. >>> Smoking is also prohibited, as it is considered a form of drink. >>> >>> The sick, the traveling, those nursing or pregnant, or under the age of 15 >>> or older than 70 are not bound by the Fast; neither are those engaged in >>> heavy labor. It is for those in good health, but others are not bound to >>> it. >>> >>> While not bound by the Fast I am going without food during the hours of >>> fasting but drinking tea or coffee or water whenever I feel the need. It is >>> going OK, and does change the relationship to the material world and >>> increase nearness to God. I am grateful to participate at even this level. >>> >>> I hope it doesn¹t upset anyone if I talk openly about God. It seems our >>> America is conspiring to wipe any mention of Him from any public discourse >>> a kind of propaganda in its own right if you think about it. I apologize, >>> though, if anyone here is offended. >>> >>> Love and prayers, >>> Dalton >>> Abdu¹l-Hanif Al-Shukri >>> >>> Dalton Garis >>> Flushing, Queens >>> New York, USA >>> >>> >>> From: Linda Egli <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: Linda Egli <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:45:18 -0700 (PDT) >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >>> Resent-From: <[email protected]> >>> Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:45:20 -0700 (PDT) >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Another TMer still here too. I miss the people that used to use this >>>> site. Stay well. >>>> >>>> Linda - Texas >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> >>>> To: James Berg <[email protected]>; [email protected] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:39 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You are not alone here. <wlEmoticon-smile[1].png> I am still here, but >>>> it sure is quiet! Hope you are doing well. >>>> >>>> Janice from Missouri >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: James Berg <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:52 AM >>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Subject: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Meiling, if you are still in Hawaii, please give me a holler--I thought I >>>> was alone here. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>
