Off to the doctor’s I go!

    • Anonymous
      May 6, 2009 at 7:59 am

      Had to call my doctor on Monday because this Lupus and Asthma has been horrible. He is seeing me this morning. Getting a chest Xray too! I was coughing so bad last night that I had chest pains that felt like somebody was sitting on my chest. Hope today I can get an antibiotic to kick this stuff out and make me feel better.
      So off I go to see the Medicine Man!
      Have a nice day everybody! Wish me luck today! I need it!
      Hugs
      Linda H

    • Anonymous
      May 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm

      Good luck, my prayers go with you. Hope you are feeling better. How about an update when you get back. See you at the tavern later.

    • Anonymous
      May 6, 2009 at 4:50 pm

      Well my lupus is acting up but needed labs done and won’t know the results this week. Xrays showed my COPD is getting worse. This time instead of it being my asthma acting up it’s the Emphysema acting up. Raised my Symbicort from 80 to 160 dosage. Put me on Hydrocodone cough syrup with the decongestant and placed me on Amox/K Clav 500 Antibiotic 3 times a day and have me back to see him next week. Taking the prednisone already at a high dose so he did not want to raise that. Wants me to stay on the Abuterol Sulfate Nebulizer 4 times a day using 1 vial each instead of the 3 times a day regimin and is still keeping me on the Abuterol Inhaler at the same rate. So hopefully this will kick this respiratory stuff in the bud until my next bout of it! Each summer it seems this crap alway’s gets me.
      While I was at Walmart getting my RX’s filled I bought the DVD The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt. Hope it’s a good movie! Going to watch that tonight!
      Hugs
      Linda H

    • Anonymous
      May 7, 2009 at 10:56 pm

      Hi Linda,
      Hope you feel better with your COPD. My mom has COPD with emphysema and her’s has been acting up again lately. She has to take another cortisone and antibiotic. They make her feel sick and it takes a few days until she starts to feel better. She also starts getting worse with the change in the weather, we have been having some rain and humid weather. She has been going to breathing therapy and she says it has helped her alot. I want to see that movie with Brad Pitt also. Let us know if it is any good. Hope you feel better and will say a prayer for you.
      Clare in Michigan

    • Anonymous
      May 8, 2009 at 5:44 am

      I enjoyed watching it! So did my husband! Been wanting to see it since it came on at the movies. Really good movie! Yep! That CODP can get rather nasty at times. And the weather alway’s seems to be the culprit that triggers it. Hate to hear that your mother has it too! Not a fun picnic when you can’t breathe.
      Hugs
      LindaH