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May 1, 2008 8:18 am
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Thank you so much for answering my questions about triggers, a special thanks to Penny and Shelly. I have learned so much already reading the postings on this...
Joan, I'm glad to hear your surgery is now less than 2 weeks away. Has your doctor told you how long the recovery period will take and what to expect during...
Jan, When I've had sodium-triggered spells, they seem to happen 18-24 hours after eating the food. Kathy in Chicago jan wilkie <janwilkie71@...> wrote: ...
I'm sure this is possible, Kathy, because it sometimes takes time for the fluid to build up in the cochlea to the point where the membrane ruptures and then ...
Kathy, The surgery is a two hour same day surgery and the recovery varies as you said. He has seen patients up and about the next day but most are within a...
Joan, When is your niece getting the cochlear implant? Also, which one is she getting (brand name from which company)? I will be having the cochlear implant...
I've probably asked this before, but didn't categorize the answers. My doctor and I went around it today. She said "all of the diuretics that have been proven...
Hi, Dora - I've taken dyazide and hydrachlorathorazide. Don't know if they're sulfa or not. Penny Los Angeles Dora Smith <tiggernut24@...> wrote: I've...
Dora, I've taken Dyazide for 15 years now. I can't tell you if it works or not because I've never been off of them for an extended period of time. Rhonda Dora...
  I am excited for you too. I hope all goes well and that you can get back to a wonderful life.  Hugs and Hope that your day will be better. Ernest ... ...
Lasix works for me and I have to take a potassium suppliment with it or I get cramps, both scripts from the doctor. Â Hugs and Hope that your day will be...
Hi It sure sounds like you are excited about your surgery. I hope it turns out well for you. I was wondering if I could asksome questions about your past...
I didn't know that diuretics even had sulfa in them. And why would they? Strange it seems to me. Perhaps it is time for another ENT. I guess this is why I...
Sulfonamides are a chemical classification, and there are drugs that belong to this family that do a wide range of things, from antibiotics to diuretics to...
My doctor mentioned something like lazix, said it's used to treat congestive heart failure - but the literature on lazix says not to take it if you are...
I did not know that, I have been on it for 9 years now. Â Hugs and Hope that your day will be better. Ernest ... From: Dora Smith <tiggernut24@...> To:...
Thanks Ernest! That means a lot! I am hoping my surgery will help you and others get relief as well. Pay it forward and all that mushy stuff. LOL Hugs, ...
Thanks Ellen! that's really nice of you. I will keep everyone posted. hugs, Joan/Utah ... From: Ellen J. Mini To: copinglist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Hi Arch, Of course I will answer your questions. How else we will all learn how to have a life with this debilitating disease? :-) All I have really tried...
I really dont know what sulfa drugs are to tell you the truth. I have been taking the Lasix for a long time and has not bothered me. The only allergies that I...
From what you have told us about the surgery and the site that you sent, it is a different operation then what I had. I am going to print that out and take it...
Hi Dora. Regarding diuretics, green tea is a natural diuretic. Of course, you have to enjoy it to drink as much as you would need. I drink a lot of tea. In...
Thanks Shelly............my email just started working again. I have the ringing rarely, but when I do OMG, I was at work talking to my boss and it sounded...
Thanks Shelly, salty chips and coke does it for me................but I absolutely love both so giving it up compltely will be hard. I am going for a second...