OT January Chit Chat,,2015

[agate]

Your DH most definitely did not deserve this. Most lung nodules are benign, as I understand it, but all of the upcoming medical investigation sound stressful for both of you.

Maybe all of the testing will lead to some helpful and encouraging outcomes. And happier healthier days ahead. It's certainly high time for those!

[Virginia]

Cat, not good news. Things seem to just keep piling up for you guys right now. You and TC are definitely in my thoughts and we will all be wanting to hear something as soon as you know a little more. Obviously, we will hope it is nothing, but now I realize it is back to anxious time for the two of you. Sorry!

[SuzE-Q]

I'm so sorry, Cat. I will be hoping for the best.

[SalpalSally]

So sorry Cat. Hoping and praying for the best outcome for TC and you.

[Parsi]

Cat, sorry to hear about TC. I had thought he looked rather frail, but I had wrote it off as a result of all the worry and stress you two had gone through. My thoughts are with both of you. Some cyberhugs.

Jeanie, your state fair is in February? That seemss like an odd time of year. It sounds like you and your family it had a great time. Is Jaimie expected to get better? Is her damage permanent? I hope not.

At one time there was a inspiration/spiritual forum here. I don't know if it was renewed when BT came back online. At the moment I'm not interested enough to check.

[Parsi]

I thought I'd mention that I now have cellulitis in my other leg. It's just below the calf muscle. At first I thought that perhaps it was a bruise. But it didn't turn color like bruises do. I'm on two antibiotics (10? day course). It's strange that when I look them up it doesn't mention cellulitis and when I looked up cellulitis these meds weren't listed. I'll wait to see what happens and then ask the doctor. I'm not sure it's getting better (DH thinks so), but it doesn't seem to be getting worse.

[SalpalSally]

So sorry Parsi. I pray that the meds will improve your statis and soon.

[Jeanie Z]

:) Cat I will keep you both in my prayers. Please keep us updated. Parsi feel better soon.

Parsi our Fair is always in January. My DIL Jamie's damage is permanent. She has a colostomy and bladder problems and her right leg swells because they removed so many lymph nodes at the top of that leg. It hurts all the time and she takes Percocet around the clock and only partial relief of the pain. I gave her my roling walker with a seat and brakes to use at home. Jeanie :)

[SuzE-Q]

Parsi, so sorry to hear about your cellulitis! Let's hope the doc rx'ed the good stuff and it zaps it fast!

[agate]

Parsi, I'm so sorry you're coping with cellulitis. Any idea what caused it? Would it have any connection with the leg injury you mentioned not so long ago?

Hope they can fix this up! No fun at all from what I hear.

[Sunshine]

Let's see what the nodule is. Often they are something benign, and I am hoping that for TC. This is way too much stress to deal with and I am sorry for you both having to battle on so many fronts.

[Virginia]

Now, Parsi, I am wondering about my leg and knee. Could I have cellulitis? I hurt it way back in the Fall by getting down on the tile floor to clean and it has never healed. I went to the Doctor and she gave me a topical anti-inflammatory and had me ice it a lot, but the pain extends from the knee down into the outer part of my leg. It can be quite bad at time and it just does not heal. At the time I saw my Doctor it was just in my knee. I have not been back because she said she would have to send me to an Ortho, who would give me a shot and she hated to see me have to take it. It has been 3 to 4 months since it happened. How do you know if you have cellulitis? What are symptoms?

[Howie]

I don't know a thing about it, but I will look it up online to see. I would say at this point, go with your Doctor's advice and not get a shot. I have never had a shot that was a big deal, but that sounds serious. Hang in there.

I have constant pain, but I know why. Nothing can be done for either. It gets bad enough, I'm going to call my doctor Monday. I hate to do that, but the pain has convinced me!

[Cherie]

a lot happens when one is away from this rapidly moving Board for a few days. I see there is a Chit Chat II but I have a hard time following the story when we break it up like this in the middle of the month so will stay in the original thread till february.

Suzy-Q,
The office cannot afford to make this a salaried position at this time. I have already offered to be relief or cover for the new person coming in so that base has been covered.

Cat Dancer...
You guys just do not need this right now. Holding both of you and hoping for the best.

As far as the copay on Rebif while on Medicare....yes! some people can get assistance. We cannot because we own rental property. Our income is low enough but the guidelines say we have to sell our investment properties...even if they are part of our retirement portfolio ...in order to get copay assistance.

Saw my neurologist the other day and he has had really good results with Rituxin with people who are beginning to progress with their MS. So on February 12th, after we get back from the MS cruise and after I have used most of the Rebif on hand, I will get the first Rituxin infusion. Medicare has already approved it at 0 copay. 2 weeks later I get the second. If I do well with it, the cycle will be repeated every 6 months. It is still in phase three trials but looking good for FDA approval as another infusible drug to treat progressing MS (SPMS). Unlike some of the other meds, I can still take the last of my Rebif while on Rituxin without running into problems according to my neuro.

I remember the Idaho potatoes with the thick skins but we are not getting them here in the grocery stores much any more (if at all). Russet is the baking potato that is sold most here. However, my brother is keeping me supplied lately with Yukon gold and a purple potato that is so very good that he grows on part of the old family farm.

cold here today. wind chills in the single digits. wish there was snow on the ground to mesh with the cold.

[Cherie]

I did not reply to Chit Chat II as I did not want to bump it up. Peg, we love and appreciate you but I agree with others that one thread for the month keeps continuity. I do not like breaking it up.
PS: Love Springers!