medication
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Emergency Room?
You might need to go to the Emergency Room if:…your stomach and intestines have locked up and you haven’t been able to eat or drink anything for over 24 hours …ingesting a sip of water causes you to be more nauseous and you… Continue reading
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Memorable Day
Memorial Day started like any other holiday, and then: My uncle died unexpectedly. A long-time friend visited from out-of-state. My gastrointestinal system locked down (like never before). Throughout the day I had grown increasingly nauseous…I took the pills and… Continue reading
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Right Around The Corner
On Easter Sunday in 2012, I ran into a long-time friend at the grocery store and quickly updated her. She was a bit dismayed to learn that I would be in a clinical trial for rare cancer (no tumors) and seemed… Continue reading
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Birthday Blessing
God answered our prayers!! Not how I’d expected, or imagined–I was hoping doctors’ offices were equipped with confetti cannons for moments like this. For years I’ve prayed for: a Cure, Healing, a Root Cause and Clarity* …tucked away in my… Continue reading
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Heart Matters
I’m dragging. I have been since the beginning of the year. No umption in my gumption. Jan 12th: I couldn’t stand for very long because my blood pressure would drop and pulse would increase (higher that 130bpm). I stayed home… Continue reading
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but I digress…
Metformin gave me a face of fire, but it kept so many other symptoms at bay. It’s been over a month since I stopped taking it, and symptoms that were vague and tolerable are now becoming constant and cumbersome. I… Continue reading
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I’ve got rhythm….
My heart pounds, skips and races most of the time and keeps me from sleeping–I’m thrilled to get a solid 45 minutes before the sudden pounding begins, and keeps me awake for hours in the middle of the… Continue reading
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Giddy for Gluten
Last weekend, I tried to be intentional in hopeful thinking. I wanted my hope to be in the Lord, not in what I might learn or hear at my doctor appointment. Sometimes changing my thinking is like turning a huge… Continue reading
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Medication
For several weeks/months I’d been having a dream that I hadn’t been taking all the medication that was prescribed to me. I would wake up and go through a mental checklist — and yes, I’d taken the correct medications, but… Continue reading
