I've been healthy all my life. I've been sidelined this year with some neck and back problems, but that's not the point of this thread. I've learned one thing -- good health is a blessing and when you're ill, it overshadows everything in your life. It affects not only you, but your loved ones too. Chronic pain is mind-numbing.

Are you blessed with good health or do you have health issues?

Physically I'm generally healthy, but I'm not so great emotionally. It's affected my family a bit because they have to put up with my random bouts of crying for no reason or points where I'm extremely bitchy, mean and miserable. I've noticed, after being off of my medicine for a few months now, that the medicine actually did work and that I need to try and go back on it.

It's always affected a lot of different aspects of my life...social ones, opportunities for advancing myself...stuff like that. I can't do as good of a job as I might be able to if I didn't have to deal with this.

I'd say I'm pretty healthy despite my chronic migraines. I can sleep those off, though.

Lately, though, my emotional health hasn't been too good.

Emotional/Mental health is basically crap. Used to be fine until I hit 18 or 19. Ever since, it's been a trainwreck.

Physical health seems ok. I got sick 3 times this past 9 months because I started working in a germ factory, but the year and a half before that, I don't think I was very sick at all. I have allergies that I think have gone from seasonal to constant, I became somewhat lactose intolerant because of the mental health issues, and not a day goes by when I don't have to blow my nose (that is so annoying). But I don't live at the doctor or anything.

Ohhhh Janice, you already know my health issues. :lol:

Chronic back pain. Some days it is a 3 (on a scale of 1-10)...it never goes away. Other times it shoots up to a 5 or 6. The only time my pain has been completely gone is when I had those steroid shots in my spine and also when I had an epidural for my c-section. Temporary relief only. I have had to be taken to the E.R. over 15 times for a shot of morphine or demerol when the pain became excrutiating. God, that shot works wonders. I feel soooooo good after that. The only drawback of course is feeling sleepy and sluggish for 2 days.

My last setback was last September after coming back from our vacation and I ended up in bed for three weeks. I HATE THAT.

At this moment I'm fine but I've had health problems in the past. I have asthma and I've had some pretty bad attacks. Back in Junior high I was taken to the ER practically every weekend. I haven't had a real bad attack though since about 1998. I could hardly walk back then without almost passing out. Then my big health scare was in 2004 when I had a bad pain in my left arm. It would shoot all up it and I would start sweating all over even when it was cold out...this was in winter. Then eventually the pain started shooting to my chest...I thought I was having a heart attack. I went to the doctors and they couldn't find anything wrong. :rolleyes: It lasted for about 6 months until it just slowly went away.

Ohhhh Janice, you already know my health issues. :lol:

Chronic back pain. Some days it is a 3 (on a scale of 1-10)...it never goes away. Other times it shoots up to a 5 or 6. The only time my pain has been completely gone is when I had those steroid shots in my spine and also when I had an epidural for my c-section. Temporary relief only. I have had to be taken to the E.R. over 15 times for a shot of morphine or demerol when the pain became excrutiating. God, that shot works wonders. I feel soooooo good after that. The only drawback of course is feeling sleepy and sluggish for 2 days.

My last setback was last September after coming back from our vacation and I ended up in bed for three weeks. I HATE THAT.
I feel for you Irene. :( I don't have back pain all the time but I get it every couple of years and it's some of the worst pain you can have. One time I rolled over the wrong way and it took me over 2 hours just to get out of bed.

Physically, I'm good. I have a bad neck/back but other than that, I'm ok.

Mentally... :lol:

My health is pretty average. I really haven't been absent from school on a day that counted since the 5th grade. But I do have some health problems. 2 of my pinky toes have been brused black & purple for almost 2 yrs now it doesent affect me much but they hurt fr time to time but its ok.

I've always been healthy, but lately I have even been more healthier.

I'm in pretty good health now, but 10 years ago I wasn't. I was feeling pretty bad. Anxiety, depression, I lost weight. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't concentrate. I was forgetful. I thought I was going crazy. I ended up quitting my job. I went to 7 doctors and the emergency room twice. They all took test and said there was nothing wrong with me. But they were quick to prescribe me Paxol. I took maybe one or two and quit. Finally I went to a naturopathic doctor. My first visit she spent 2 hours with me. She asked a lot of questions. My thyroid was low, my hormones were not balanced. I'm suppose to do weight lifting and walking and Qi Gong or Tai Chi. Any way she straighten me out with changing my diet, vitamins, herbs. No sugar! I use a progesterone cream for my hormones. I feel so much better. Stress and a poor diet will raise havoc with your body.

Hypothyroidism has always been my biggest health concern. For anybody who is unfamiliar with that it, it just means that the thyroid gland is underactive. I've been on medication for it since I was a toddler and will be for the rest of my life.

Bad knees and back problems are also things I have to contend with. Right now, i'm feeling great. I'm trying to get alot of exercise and eat healthier and it appears to be working.

I'm healthy. But I have hip and back problems.

As Janice knows, I've had rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia for 24 years, and the past couple of years have started to develop ostoarthritis in my left thumb. It was actually the worst during my late twenties, but the RA has actually improved over the last ten years (I got rid of all my silver tooth fillings which was a huge help).
I've also have some intestinal issues from time to time, along with my asthma, but generally I consider myself in pretty good health now. It's been decades since I've had the flu (get a shot annually) and a long time since I've even had a cold and I don't get them often.

As you say, good health is EVERYTHING. You can have all the material possessions and money in the world, but without your health you can't enjoy it. I think my arthritis has actually made me a much stronger person. I've had to work through some pretty tough episodes with it and have proven to myself just what you can do when you put mind over matter.

I get the neck and upper back problems myself (I think a lot of it was caused from being on SO for hours on end a couple of years back). That's one of the reasons I haven't been posting as much - between working at a computer all day, and then being on in my free time, it was really aggravating it. I just know now that I need to take frequent breaks, get up, walk around do other things and then can go back on for an hour or so.

At this moment I'm fine but I've had health problems in the past. I have asthma and I've had some pretty bad attacks. Back in Junior high I was taken to the ER practically every weekend. I haven't had a real bad attack though since about 1998. I could hardly walk back then without almost passing out. Then my big health scare was in 2004 when I had a bad pain in my left arm. It would shoot all up it and I would start sweating all over even when it was cold out...this was in winter. Then eventually the pain started shooting to my chest...I thought I was having a heart attack. I went to the doctors and they couldn't find anything wrong. :rolleyes: It lasted for about 6 months until it just slowly went away.

I wonder if the pain in the arm and chest wasn't something to do with anxiety and stress. My husband got into the exact thing a couple of years ago. He was working two full-time jobs and was out of shape badly. They ran a load of tests on him for about 3 months and the same result - everything was fine - they said he just had to change his lifestyle and that it could still be a warning sign. He did - starting dieting and working out, lost about 45 lbs. and looks and feels great again.

I hear you on the asthma. I had childhood asthma from the age of 2 and could count on being hospitalized every June and November without fail. Usually it would start as a cold, then within a day go into pnemonia and a two week hospital stay. Back then, they didn't even have inhalers so you'd just lay in the ER with an oxygen mask on and they'd give you a shot of adrenaline. You basically just had to stay there and wait for it to subside on it's own. Once they came out with the puffers, it sure made my life easier. Haven't been hospitalized since for it and the first time I used one, it basically saved my life since we were in Northern Ontario on holiday and were miles from a hospital or doctor. A pharmacist gave my mom the inhaler without a prescription, but it was a true emergency. I was lying on the backseat of the car, totally blue lips and nails and was losing consciencousness (bad spelling!).

I have had to be taken to the E.R. over 15 times for a shot of morphine or demerol when the pain became excrutiating. God, that shot works wonders. I feel soooooo good after that.
I want me one of those, lol. I got two liters of IV saline or whatever it is in the hospital. That really rejuvinates a person. I'd like to get one of those once a week. :lol:

I want me one of those, lol. I got two liters of IV saline or whatever it is in the hospital. That really rejuvinates a person. I'd like to get one of those once a week. :lol:
:lol: I know that feeling! Demerol's great, but makes me sick to my stomach unfortunately. Haven't had the morphine ever, but was next to a girl in the hospital once who was getting it and it sure looked interesting. She laid there calling an entire football game while she was flying on it. It was pretty funny actually.
But yeah, after weeks of non-stop pain, there's nothing better than true relief - even if it's a for a few hours. Back and neck pain have to be the worst.

I wonder if the pain in the arm and chest wasn't something to do with anxiety and stress. My husband got into the exact thing a couple of years ago. He was working two full-time jobs and was out of shape badly. They ran a load of tests on him for about 3 months and the same result - everything was fine - they said he just had to change his lifestyle and that it could still be a warning sign. He did - starting dieting and working out, lost about 45 lbs. and looks and feels great again.

I hear you on the asthma. I had childhood asthma from the age of 2 and could count on being hospitalized every June and November without fail. Usually it would start as a cold, then within a day go into pnemonia and a two week hospital stay. Back then, they didn't even have inhalers so you'd just lay in the ER with an oxygen mask on and they'd give you a shot of adrenaline. You basically just had to stay there and wait for it to subside on it's own. Once they came out with the puffers, it sure made my life easier. Haven't been hospitalized since for it and the first time I used one, it basically saved my life since we were in Northern Ontario on holiday and were miles from a hospital or doctor. A pharmacist gave my mom the inhaler without a prescription, but it was a true emergency. I was lying on the backseat of the car, totally blue lips and nails and was losing consciencousness (bad spelling!).
I think that could be it or maybe a pinch'd nerve or something. The pain would start from underneath the arm in my wrist where the veins are; and I couldn't get upset or excited. I remember this was in March and I was watching the ACC Basketball tournament. I'm a huge Maryland Terrapin fan. Now they haven't had much luck in that tournament. They hadn't won one since 1984 and they actually won it that year but I didn't enjoy it. I had to keep turning the games off because when I'd get excited the pain would shoot.

I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 6. I can't eat Chocolate, Peanuts or Coconuts or it could trigger it. It seemed to go away as the 70's went on though. I was fine and then when I was in 7th grade, ( May 1979), it just came back hard. We were having final exams and I missed them. I had to come in after school was already out for the summer and take them. Then in 8th and 9th grade I was always going to the ER. In 9th grade I was admitted to the hospital and they kept me for about a week. Yea you're right. They didn't have inhalers. They had tablets I had to take. In 8th grade I had to go to the office everyday around noon just to take it because they wouldn't let me just have it on me. I guess they thought I was going to be a drug dealer. lol I have an inhaler now though and usually when an attack comes on, I'll just use it and it clears it up. It usually happens when the weather changes so badly.

I think that could be it or maybe a pinch'd nerve or something. The pain would start from underneath the arm in my wrist where the veins are; and I couldn't get upset or excited. I remember this was in March and I was watching the ACC Basketball tournament. I'm a huge Maryland Terrapin fan. Now they haven't had much luck in that tournament. They hadn't won one since 1984 and they actually won it that year but I didn't enjoy it. I had to keep turning the games off because when I'd get excited the pain would shoot.

I was diagnosed with astham when I was 6. I can't eat Chocolate, Peanuts or Coconuts or it could trigger it. It seemed to go away as the 70's went on though. I was fine and then when I was in 7th grade, ( May 1979), it just came back hard. We were having final exams and I missed them. I had to come in after school was already out for the summer and take them. Then in 8th and 9th grade I was always going to the ER. In 9th grade I was admitted to the hospital and they kept me for about a week. Yea you're right. They didn't have inhailors. They had tablets I had to take. In 8th grade I had to go to the office everyday around noon just to take it because they wouldn't let me just have it on me. I guess they thought I was going to be a drug dealer. lol I have an inhailor now though and usually when an attack comes on, I'll just use it and it clears it up. It usually happens when the weather changes so badly.

Well thankfully the arm/chest pain have gone away and it wasn't anything with the heart. Just to be on the safe side though, on your next full physical, I'd mention it to the dr. and make sure you get an ECG and maybe even a dye test run just to be safe.

Yep - know the little (yellow I think) tablets well. Don't know if you had the pleasure of taking liquid "Tedrol" at all. It was yellow but tasted like gross licorice. I couldn't stand the stuff. You had nasty food allergies. I only had it to bananas and oatmeal and it didn't last long. The worst reaction I ever got was to sulfpha drugs. My cheeks. lips and tongue swelled and all the skin on my tongue peeled off. It was hidious. I could only drink room temp. liquids through a straw for a week. So like me, you know the walls of a hospital only too well. Not a lot of fun when you're growing up.

:lol: I know that feeling! Demerol's great, but makes me sick to my stomach unfortunately. Haven't had the morphine ever, but was next to a girl in the hospital once who was getting it and it sure looked interesting. She laid there calling an entire football game while she was flying on it. It was pretty funny actually.
But yeah, after weeks of non-stop pain, there's nothing better than true relief - even if it's a for a few hours. Back and neck pain have to be the worst.
Cathie, it's fantastic having you back on the boards. I just sent you an e:mail. Think about replying to this one. Kidding! :lol:

I did send you an e:mail though.

:lol: I know that feeling! Demerol's great, but makes me sick to my stomach unfortunately. Haven't had the morphine ever, but was next to a girl in the hospital once who was getting it and it sure looked interesting. She laid there calling an entire football game while she was flying on it. It was pretty funny actually.
But yeah, after weeks of non-stop pain, there's nothing better than true relief - even if it's a for a few hours. Back and neck pain have to be the worst.

Morphine and Tofrinil are wonderful. When I had my jaw surgery in '88,
they gave me codeine to take at home but the pain was so intense and I was seriously depressed that I needed something alot stronger. So the surgeon prescribed Tofrinil.

Cathie, it's fantastic having you back on the boards. I just sent you an e:mail. Think about replying to this one. Kidding! :lol:

I did send you an e:mail though.
I will Hun!
Meant to shoot you off one yesterday admit the jokes but got sidetracked again. Promise, when I get back this afternoon I'll answer. Just soooo much to catch up on eh Girl?! ;)

Morphine and Tofrinil are wonderful. When I had my jaw surgery in '88,
they gave me codeine to take at home but the pain was so intense and I was seriously depressed that I needed something alot stronger. So the surgeon prescribed Tofrinil.

Never even heard of Tofrinil. I thought my Percacets were pretty nifty but they're nothing compared to this stuff. I like the percs because they help the pain a lot (not totally tho) but don't really put you in LA LA Land. Although I took one on an empty stomach last week and got sick on it.

Man - jaw surgery - that sounds like a real blast 'o fun. :eek:

My health is so so. I've had ovarian cysts since I was in 7th grade. I get them from time to time and they hurt soo bad. I also have epilepsy. I was put on a new med a few months ago and so far it's the best I've had. The really big seizures have stopped completely and I only have petite mal seizures. I take meds for hypertension, allergies, asthma, birth control for the cysts, depression, and pain pills. I take a total of 14 pills a day. No fun but it could be a lot worse.

My health is so so. I've had ovarian cysts since I was in 7th grade. I get them from time to time and they hurt soo bad. I also have epilepsy. I was put on a new med a few months ago and so far it's the best I've had. The really big seizures have stopped completely and I only have petite mal seizures. I take meds for hypertension, allergies, asthma, birth control for the cysts, depression, and pain pills. I take a total of 14 pills a day. No fun but it could be a lot worse.
I'm sorry to hear that Kelly. That's a lot to deal with at such a young age. You seem to be taking it in stride, and that's important because a positive attitude is good for your health.

Never even heard of Tofrinil. I thought my Percacets were pretty nifty but they're nothing compared to this stuff. I like the percs because they help the pain a lot (not totally tho) but don't really put you in LA LA Land. Although I took one on an empty stomach last week and got sick on it.

Man - jaw surgery - that sounds like a real blast 'o fun. :eek:

I never want to go through that again. I had an underbite that needed to be corrected so they did this surgery to realign my jaw. I was wired for two months. I had to drink that Ensure stuff, broth...daily medication had to be crushed and put into tea or juice.

I'm sorry to hear that Kelly. That's a lot to deal with at such a young age. You seem to be taking it in stride, and that's important because a positive attitude is good for your health.
Aww thanks Janice. :)

Yeah, I see some people mentioning chest pain. I've dealt with that since I was about 8 years old. I remember actually when it first came about and wondering why it was hard to breath and why it hurt near my heart. It did end up being anxiety, but I didn't go on medication for it until years later. Like I said I went off it earlier this year (anxiety/depression medication) to see how things went without it, but I'm thinking of going back on because I'm noticing some of the same things starting to come back.

I'm fine, as far as medication goes. I've been prescribed the occasional bottle of painkillers or antibiotics over the years for whatever I was dealing with at the time. I have not had to take a regular prescription medication for about 13 to 14 years now... I had absence seizures as a very young kid, and was on medication for that. Last time I really had one, I think, was anywhere from 15 to 16 years ago... People who get diagnosed with that eventually grow out of them, and that's what happened to me. I"m glad, because my medication was in liquid form and man, that stuff was NAAAAAAAASTY. :barf:

Nearly a year ago, I was diagnosed with mono... It's been a bitch to get over it. They say that once you've had mono, it takes a long time for your health to completely stabilize -- a year, at least. I mean, I'm fine right now (at this moment), but you never know. I could have a relapse a week from now or whatever. I was officially diagnosed w/ mono towards the end of September in 2006. Then I had a relapse over Thanksgiving that left me with a persistent cough/runny nose til Christmas (that sucked!). I had another relapse right after I got home from my trip to Los Angeles nearly three months ago... I had so much fun in LA, but WOW. That trip really messed up my immune system. I would be in bed constantly, sleeping, and that lasted for three weeks after I returned from LA. Because of having mono, it totally ****ed up my school year. Lots of missed classes, etc. Not a year I wanna repeat. :lol:

Other than recovering from mono, I'm fine healthwise. For the most part, anyway.

I sprained my right wrist twice (rollerblading accident in June of 2001 and biking accident in May of 2005), and I will always have problems with my wrist because of that. Sometimes I have a lot of flareups, sometimes I don't. The pain is always different, too. Sometimes it goes away in the morning, other times it hurts so much I have to wear a wrist brace most or all of the day.

Yeah, I see some people mentioning chest pain. I've dealt with that since I was about 8 years old. I remember actually when it first came about and wondering why it was hard to breath and why it hurt near my heart. It did end up being anxiety, but I didn't go on medication for it until years later. Like I said I went off it earlier this year (anxiety/depression medication) to see how things went without it, but I'm thinking of going back on because I'm noticing some of the same things starting to come back.


You'd be smart to get back on it then. As long as you don't suffer adverse side effects, what the heck. Sure better than what anxiety and depression feels like.
I got very lucky when I went off Prozac and stopped my therapy. My mother was dying at the time and I didn't have time to go in for sessions and he'd only keep me on Prozac as long as I was getting therapy. Turned out his therapy sessions must have worked because I'd just keep reminding myself of them when things got bad and I got through it. (Although there was a weird delay in grieving when she died - it came out a year later when Diana was killed - everything came out for a week then - nonstop crying but it did finally break and I felt a lot better).

Really - thank God they do have these anti-depressants now. I remember my mom on Valium in the 60s - just lousy tranquilizers that just numb you. I never noticed any adverse effects from the Prozac - it was ALL good.

I had a tumor removed when I was just a baby and then another one when I was in my early 30's, but right now everything is cool. Hope it continues that way.

I feel for you Irene. :( I don't have back pain all the time but I get it every couple of years and it's some of the worst pain you can have. One time I rolled over the wrong way and it took me over 2 hours just to get out of bed.
Oh wow. :eek: I know what you mean. What is worse is having your back go out on you and NO ONE IS AROUND! :eek: Something abt back pain that just can just make you feel sick all over, mentally and physically.
And what makes it scary is that it can "just happen". Sometimes for no reason at all. I can be real careful abt moving things or picking up things, but my pain will increase a lot of the times simply because the weather is too cold.

BTW, for years I have had this pain beneath my left breast area that I can't figure out. I seen a doctor abt it years ago and he had no clue. The pain is very sharp. It just comes on for no reason and lasts abt ten seconds. I have to remain still while the pain runs its course. When this occurs, I will tell my family, "I am having my mini-heart attack." Nothing brings it abt, it "just happens" whenever. I may have it abt once a month. The longest I have gone without that pain was 6 months. Weird.

Well thankfully the arm/chest pain have gone away and it wasn't anything with the heart. Just to be on the safe side though, on your next full physical, I'd mention it to the dr. and make sure you get an ECG and maybe even a dye test run just to be safe.

Yep - know the little (yellow I think) tablets well. Don't know if you had the pleasure of taking liquid "Tedrol" at all. It was yellow but tasted like gross licorice. I couldn't stand the stuff. You had nasty food allergies. I only had it to bananas and oatmeal and it didn't last long. The worst reaction I ever got was to sulfpha drugs. My cheeks. lips and tongue swelled and all the skin on my tongue peeled off. It was hidious. I could only drink room temp. liquids through a straw for a week. So like me, you know the walls of a hospital only too well. Not a lot of fun when you're growing up.
When I went to the doctor that time I had everything done and all they told me was I'm perfectly normal. Well if I'm perfectly normal, why do I feel this way? lol And I wasn't one to even go to the doctors. This was in 2004 and I hadn't been to a doctor since highschool back in the early 80's. That probably isn't smart.

I don't remember the name of it but I did take liquid medicine after I was first diagnosed with asthma. I took it for about 2 or 3 years until it seemed like I was over it. I guess it will always be there though.

I've been healthy all my life. I've been sidelined this year with some neck and back problems, but that's not the point of this thread. I've learned one thing -- good health is a blessing and when you're ill, it overshadows everything in your life. It affects not only you, but your loved ones too. Chronic pain is mind-numbing.

Are you blessed with good health or do you have health issues?
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I'm blessed with good health; slightly overweight but overall my health is pretty good. I hope that I live a long healthy and happy life. :wave:

When I went to the doctor that time I had everything done and all they told me was I'm perfectly normal. Well if I'm perfectly normal, why do I feel this way? lol And I wasn't one to even go to the doctors. This was in 2004 and I hadn't been to a doctor since highschool back in the early 80's. That probably isn't smart.

I don't remember the name of it but I did take liquid medicine after I was first diagnosed with asthma. I took it for about 2 or 3 years until it seemed like I was over it. I guess it will always be there though.

I used to go to the doctor all the time (out of necessity) so I can see you not going for a long time. Actually, I haven't had a true family doctor in about 16 years and haven't had really close medical attention for years myself. It does sometimes worry me, but I can't get a family doctor within 50 miles of me. The guy I do see I swear is a burnout hippy from the 60s and all he does is dispense the prescriptions I renew. I wouldn't trust him with anything serious. Actually, I found a painful lump this morning upon wakening in my right breast and am currently debating what I'm going to do about it. I don't want him near me. Not because he's male, but because he's a bit of bonehead.

Yeah, as for the asthma, I think our lungs are probably scarred somewhat for life. And of course IDIOT me not being able to quit smoking. I swear I've got to if its the last thing I do. :mad:

i have so many health problems, i don't even know how to handle it anymore. physically i have ibs, and it's increasingly becoming more and more debilitating. i'm literally sick all of the time nowadays. i don't know if it's because i've been stressed out lately, but i wish it would just end. i've been trying to modify my diet because supossively that helps, but i don't have any willpower. at all. it's just a really uncomfortable situation.

i'm not going to go into my mental health because it's not even worth it. i just have anxiety issues.

I used to go to the doctor all the time (out of necessity) so I can see you not going for a long time. Actually, I haven't had a true family doctor in about 16 years and haven't had really close medical attention for years myself. It does sometimes worry me, but I can't get a family doctor within 50 miles of me. The guy I do see I swear is a burnout hippy from the 60s and all he does is dispense the prescriptions I renew. I wouldn't trust him with anything serious. Actually, I found a painful lump this morning upon wakening in my right breast and am currently debating what I'm going to do about it. I don't want him near me. Not because he's male, but because he's a bit of bonehead.

Yeah, as for the asthma, I think our lungs are probably scarred somewhat for life. And of course IDIOT me not being able to quit smoking. I swear I've got to if its the last thing I do. :mad:
The last family doctor I had was the one who admitted me to the hospital in 9th grade. In fact I was taken to the ER for my weekly visit and he was there. I think that's the reason I got admitted. But he had the oxygen masks and everything on me that night. Wow I hope it's nothing serious Cathie. :(

I've never even tried to smoke. Both my parents smoked and I hated it. I was offered cigarettes in Junior high and high school but I was having so much asthma trouble back then that I knew better than to even attempt it. I sure hope you can break the habit. I know it's hard.

My health is so so. I've had ovarian cysts since I was in 7th grade. I get them from time to time and they hurt soo bad. I also have epilepsy. I was put on a new med a few months ago and so far it's the best I've had. The really big seizures have stopped completely and I only have petite mal seizures. I take meds for hypertension, allergies, asthma, birth control for the cysts, depression, and pain pills. I take a total of 14 pills a day. No fun but it could be a lot worse.
Aw, that's horrible. Hopefully you won't have to take 14 pills FOREVER.

Aw, that's horrible. Hopefully you won't have to take 14 pills FOREVER.
Oh I hope not. Although, over the last few weeks, I've tested the meds. I would stop taking one and it seems my symptoms would appear again, so I don't know. :(

Physically, I am in good health. I do have a family history of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and high cholesterol. Because of my strong family history of diabetes, I have become paranoid and have been working out 2-3 times per week going to a step aerobics since January 2006. I just know that I do not want to get diabetes!

Speaking of pain meds...if noone is using theirs anymore...please share..I'll pay for postage. :D :p

Speaking of pain meds...if noone is using theirs anymore...please share..I'll pay for postage. :D :p


:lol: uh oh - SO will have a new "Trading" section.....

:lol: uh oh - SO will have a new "Trading" section.....

:lol: Not a bad idea! Anyone can PM me about this! :lol:

Bad knees and back problems are also things I have to contend with.

I have bad knees too. Born with them. My knee caps are not where they should be.

i have so many health problems, i don't even know how to handle it anymore. physically i have ibs, and it's increasingly becoming more and more debilitating. i'm literally sick all of the time nowadays. i don't know if it's because i've been stressed out lately, but i wish it would just end. i've been trying to modify my diet because supossively that helps, but i don't have any willpower. at all. it's just a really uncomfortable situation.

i'm not going to go into my mental health because it's not even worth it. i just have anxiety issues.

I got diagnosed with IBS once. The pills were worse than the intestinal problems. One made me totally constipated, another made me dizzy. And then it turns out it was all anxiety related. Got Paxil and some of the intestinal problems went away. Unfortunately, I've always had a lousy digestive system, and then years of undiagnosed anxiety took its toll (the previously mentioned lactose intolerance being one), but it's better than those awful IBS meds.

My health: good (overall).
It would be nice to have stronger teeth.
Some allergy attacks during the spring and back pain once or twice a year which goes away after a few days.

I do try to keep in shape so that probably helps.

I am so blessed!

I've never been affected by allergies and have been in fair decent health all my life. Considering I was never an active child, I feel that's something of a miracle. A miracle of God or a miracle of genetics, I don't know. But I am grateful.

The past two years, since I moved out of my parents house, my eating habits had been atrocious. At least three times a week, I'd have fast food. No greens. No fruit. Everytime someone would mention healthy eating or anything like that I'd simply tune them out. I figured, I'm young. I have nothing to worry about. I don't know where that attitude came from. That's not how I was raised and it doesn't have much logic. Plus, I've always enjoyed healthy food. I somehow didn't care anymore. I was also addicted to Dr. Pepper.

The past few months have seen an entirely different shift. Perhaps it's because I'm now working for a health food chain. Maybe it was my father's quick decline in health, leading to his passing.Or my mom's obsession with health. Or just the fact that I was tired of living life eating bad burgers.

I became terrorfied of a future plagued by preventable health issues.
I have not been to a fast food establishment in about four months, aside from a single outing with family two weeks ago. I've started riding my bike home from work, which in about five miles from my home. I've started taking nutritional supplements. I haven't had a soda in a month.

I realize my heath is something I've taken for granted. I don't want to do that anymore. I want to focus on my health now, so that I won't have to later. It has become a major driving force in my life, now. I don't want to end up old before my time.

I was also addicted to Dr. Pepper.


:drool:

That's one vice I don't feel like giving up. Though I did switch to just one regular a day. Any others are diet. Fortunately diet (aspartame diet anyway...I can't stand sucralose) doesn't repulse me like it used to. Odd how things change.

:drool:

That's one vice I don't feel like giving up. Though I did switch to just one regular a day. Any others are diet. Fortunately diet (aspartame diet anyway...I can't stand sucralose) doesn't repulse me like it used to. Odd how things change.

The funny thing is, I never really liked the taste! I started drinking it when I was doing disaster relief in New Orleans and I needed to wake up... or stay up. I was not willing to drink coffee, and I needed caffeine; the sugar was a nice plus.

The next thing I knew, I was home, and suddenly I see a Dr. Pepper in a drugstore freezer. "Oh, Whadya know! A Dr. Pepper! Only 79 cents? Don't mind if I do!" :rolleyes:

lol...well it is better than coffee. That I'll never touch. Yuck.

Glad to see you've changed your eating habits early Max. Sounds like me. My mom raised us to have a glass of milk with every meal (we NEVER had a coke or soda with lunch or dinner). She made well rounded home cooked meals most nights with meat, potatoes and veggies and I always enjoyed them.
When she was gone, I was cooking for Frank, who being raised Italian, had pasta with every meal. He would never eat fruit or veggies (has finally started now, but only because of major health scares). We both packed on the weight because of it. I also got over most of my eating disorders and felt like since I had starved myself a good part of my life, it was time to enjoy. Boy did we enjoy! And now, we've fallen into another bad habit - eating fast food 2 - sometimes as much as 4 times a week. It's going to kill us! I'm trying to convince him not to do it as much. He works out like mad - an hour two times a day. I get very little working out (since we broke our elliptical) so I can't afford it the same way he can.
Now that the summer's here, I'm going to knuckle down and starting each much better. I find myself craving a homecooked, well balance meal.

Thought of this thread today. Back in 2003, I had a nasty bout of acid reflux - at one point with symptoms so strong I actually thought I was having a heart attack and called an ambulance. Eventually it was found and treated.

Fast forward to 2007. For the last couple weeks, I'd been having chest pains, along with stomach pains, nasty acid kick-back and pain in my left arm. Naturally if you look at the first and last symptom, it didn't look good. Went to the doctor today. Aside from the fact I desperately need exercise, the heart actually sounds good - it's the acid reflux that's apparently come back with a vengenace. I've been put on Prevacid, and if that doesn't begin to show signs of improvment in about a week, he wants to see me back - this time for x-rays.

And the cost for 15 pills (a 2-week supply) of Prevacid? $68.

Did I mention I don't have insurance. Fun times.

Im physically healthy, though i should change my eating habits. I eat too much junk food.

I havent walked in awhile due to being busy with school, so i want to get back walking again.

Thought of this thread today. Back in 2003, I had a nasty bout of acid reflux - at one point with symptoms so strong I actually thought I was having a heart attack and called an ambulance. Eventually it was found and treated.

Fast forward to 2007. For the last couple weeks, I'd been having chest pains, along with stomach pains, nasty acid kick-back and pain in my left arm. Naturally if you look at the first and last symptom, it didn't look good. Went to the doctor today. Aside from the fact I desperately need exercise, the heart actually sounds good - it's the acid reflux that's apparently come back with a vengenace. I've been put on Prevacid, and if that doesn't begin to show signs of improvment in about a week, he wants to see me back - this time for x-rays.

And the cost for 15 pills (a 2-week supply) of Prevacid? $68.

Did I mention I don't have insurance. Fun times.

Why not try Prilosec OTC (if you havent)? It used to be a competitor of Prevacid before it went OTC a few years back. I do believe its cheaper than that.