Message from discussion harv??

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From: Peter <diclidoph...@yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: harv??
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:02:16 -0700 (PDT)
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On 3 July, 13:34, "Harvey R. Stone" <hrst...@swbell.net> wrote:
> "Kelly" <kelly...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>
> news:Bjg3m.12680$wE4.4580@newsfe02.iad...
>
> > Harvey,
> > How are you doing? =A0Do you think the med is kicking in? =A0I think it=
 has
> > been a few weeks hasn't it?
>
> > Thinking of you.
>
> > Kelly
>
> Ohhh, I keep getting into so much trouble with the program but I do feel
> better. =A0A person is not suppose to change anything or take any new med=
icine
> or change the amounts of medicine a person takes. =A0 They want to know w=
hat
> there medicine is doing with my body and nothing else.
>
> =A0 =A0Ok,,,,ok,,, I understand that but I have this catch 22 that I deal
> with,,,,, prednisone. =A0A person can not take 10 mg or more and be in th=
e
> program. =A0 At the very start I was living on pred. and Naprosyn while I
> lived through 30 days of getting Enbril out of my system. =A0I was taking=
 10
> mg at the very start....only my RD kept me in. =A0 Then,,,, when I was fe=
eling
> better,,, I lowered the pred to 7.5 because the more pred I take the wors=
e
> my shingles are. =A0 The lady got soooo mad at me that I was nearly washe=
d out
> again =A0because I changed an amount of anything I take. =A0I can take be=
ing
> chewed out as well as the next guy but she went on and on and on. =A0 I
> finally put my hand up and said,,,, I fully understand your point and
> nothing I could say would change the fact that I changed the amount of
> something I take,,,, can we move on now?
> =A0 =A0 =A0The shots I take are a pretty big shot,,,,,two of them. =A0 It=
 seemed to
> me that she gave them to me a little fast which hurts like hell. =A0 I as=
ked
> her when I was going to be able to give myself my shots or shot. =A0Her
> eyebrows went up and I thought she was going to start in on me again....L=
OL
> I just smiled at her =A0and she said,,,, soon.
> =A0 =A0I know that they are building up the medicine in my system but wha=
t I
> have not told them,,,,,,,, is that I have started to itch in my lower bac=
k
> like I did with Remicade. =A0 I think it will be OK when I cut back to on=
e
> shot every two weeks. =A0 So it goes.
> Harv

Harv.

I wish you all the best with your new medication.
Don't let the medical terrorists get to you. Some of them seem to
delight in running other people's lives.

Peter