My leukemia's back.

[oldrooster]

Micro, BOOOO! to your weather! I don't want/need to hear about that nasty 4 letter or that ugly 3 letter word, being east and slightly north of you... I am on the verge of "adult language" here!

 

[microchick]

This is what I woke up to this morning:

The apple tree on the left still has green leaves on it as do a lot of the trees across the road in the timber. My poor netting was almost to the ground in the run thanks to the frozen drizzle and rain that came in with the snow.

It's not fair I tell you!

@sourland, that is just plain weird. But then maybe not. I've been after doctors since 1985 about my joints. They just took xrays, patted me on the head and told me that I had rheumatic fever......I insisted last year that the doctor do a bone density test on me and that was when they found the Osteoporosis. The pain I was having in my neck didn't trigger any big response but when I said, Oh and BTW, my hands are going numb, and when I sneeze or cough hard both arms are in excruciating pain and then useless for 5 minutes...THAT got their attention. Of course they had to send me to a pain specialist who started talking long needles, invasive procedures and deadening nerves that I said....can I PLEASE get an MRI before you go poking sharp objects into my spine?! I at last got somebody's attention. They were still talking about radiofrequency ablation and Facet joint injections until I said...ummmmmm....I'd rather not. Good thing I said that also because my doctor said 'you have definite problems but you aren't ready for that yet!' Or in my words, let's save the big guns for when I really need them. Because that day is coming....it's just not today.

I was a medical professional for almost 42 years when I retired, my husband 41 and for the life of me I don't understand the mentality at times and neither does my husband. He says if you go to a surgeon, they want to do surgery because THAT is what they do.

The big trick is, getting them to at least take you seriously.

I dare say that is where you BIL is. He, like me is having problems getting somebody to listen to him. Oh, they hear him, they just aren't listening. Don't let him give up. Do you have a teaching hospital near you or a teaching college you could contact? Keep digging. Keep up the pressure to get somebody to listen. Eventually somebody will. I'm living proof of that. Please give him my best wishes and tell him I'll keep him in my prayers that he will find somebody to help him and 'listen' to him.

@oldrooster, the beautician was working out of her basement when she told me this and stressed that they were taught that in her cosmetology school. Yeah, pretty creepy, no pun intended. At least not two days before Halloween!

As for the weather, well, they said on one weather feed that we could get 2-6 inches of snow over the next two days and another says 1-3. Good grief! It's Halloween! It's supposed to be 60 degrees here for the highs and 40s for the lows! The leaves haven't even dropped from all the trees yet!

My husband who was raised in WI is walking around the house singing "I'm dreaming of a white Halloween....Just like the ones I used to know" but in his case, snow for Halloween is expected! But not here in Missouri!

 

[ronott1]

The system is definitely ummmmmm skewered shall we say. I used to know a young lady who was a beautician. She told me that they aren't allowed to tell a client that they have head lice. Can't even tell them that they need to see their doctor for a 'scalp' condition. I asked her why. She said they weren't allowed to make 'diagnosis'. I'm a retired nurse. I told her nonsense. She wasn't making a diagnosis, she was making an observation. Two different things.

I always wondered if they were allowed to say something if they had a client in their chair and saw a bit old suspicious could be melanoma on their scalps. Not saying something could mean that person's life. Frankly, I think I would risk my license in that case.

Hi all! Haven't posted here for awhile. Spent the summer fighting side effects from the meds I was on for what they thought was gout and serum negative RA. Well, they finally referred me to a pain specialist who ordered a MRI of my neck and suddenly they knew what was wrong with me. Surprise! Probably no gout, and while I have some sort of inflammatory arthritis, I definitely have what they call a progressive genetic Osteoarthritis-- degenerative discs, Facet joint narrowing and moderate spinal spondylosis. My rheumy said it's throughout my body. Nothing they can do about it except advise me to stay active as long as possible, treat pain, blah blah blah.

The good news was, no more methotrexate shots as they will not help me, no more gout medicine which was making me sicker than a dog.

Yay! My thinning hair is growing back in, which makes me happy. As for the news, well, you know, it could be better and it could be worse. They told me to do what I felt like doing. I can lift as long as I don't hold anything heavy for very long or carry heavy objects for any length of time. I'm glad that they finally know what is wrong with my joints and why I have so much pain.

I spent the next 6 weeks in PT and just got released.

It's really amazing how just knowing is a relief. I just wish they had done the MRI before pumping all the nasty medicines into me.

Keeping you all in my prayers.

Nice update!

I hope you can keep moving and stay as pain free as possible for a long time!

 

[ronott1]

When my girls were in school, we had dogs. I got to reading the ingredients on the Adams flea shampoo for puppies, and the ingredients on Nix. Same active ingredient. The benefits of Adams was it had conditioner, and was cheaper than Nix. I knew from using it on the dogs, it had some residual action. A couple weeks after school started, I'd shampoo our hair in Adams. When school resumed from breaks, and holidays, I'd shampoo with Adams. The school would usually have 2 outbreaks of head lice, but my girls never got them. My girls were also taught not to share anything pertaining to their heads, and hair. No lending, or borrowing hair brushes, or combs. No trying on hats, scarves, headbands, barrettes, or scrunchies. No one was to try on their sweaters, or jackets. They all had very long hair, that I kept nice for them. I was not about to deal with all that long hair, and head lice too.

My two oldest DDs had head lice over a couple of years in elementary school. I too found that the medicated pet shampoo worked much better than rid

 

[Bunnylady]

The school nurse diagnosed my daughter with head lice one time when she was in Kindergarten. Before bathing a child with sensitive skin in insecticide, I wanted to be sure it was necessary, and looked at some images of lice and their eggs online. Then, I got out my magnifying glass. What I saw was an astonishingly scaley, flakey scalp, but no creepy crawlies and no nits. Using a flea comb (not as fine as the proverbial fine-toothed comb that one uses for nits), I gently teased the flakes out, but still, no nits.

So, the next day, I went back to the nurse, and I told her, "I looked, but I couldn't find any - could you show me what I'm looking for?" She grabbed her comb and magnifying glass. and confidently started parting hair. . . and parting . . . and parting . . . and after about two minutes, admitted that she couldn't find any, either. I told her, "about a week ago, this kid got out of the shower without rinsing the shampoo out of her hair. I know, because I heard the foam "crackling" when she took the towel off her head. I told her she needed to go back and rinse it out, but she didn't, so she basically had shampoo on her scalp until she took a bath the next night. I think what looked like a world-class case of dandruff was essentially a mild chemical burn that is now peeling off."

The nurse couldn't come up with a better explanation, but she did let her go back to class.

 

[getaclue]

Hint: nits don't fall off the hair shaft.

 

[bruceha2000]

I wonder if the lice thing was a salon policy not law, because I heard that 40-50 years ago here in Indiana it was LAW not to perform services on someone with head lice in a beauty parlor or barber shop (I guess it was okay to do nails, but nothing on the head)....

That seems quite reasonable. I sure wouldn't want any "equipment" running though a head with lice.

 

[getaclue]

I don't see why any State Board would allow anyone to work on someone infested with anything. It seems it would violate their sanitation laws. A salon would not be able to make a policy violating State Board sanitation laws, either.

 

[sourland]

That seems quite reasonable. I sure wouldn't want any "equipment" running though a head with lice.

Me neither.

 

[getaclue]

Grandson went to the neurologist today. The neurologist is NOT a happy camper. She had sent questionnaires to his teachers. They've had about 3 weeks to finish, and return them. They didn't. They're not overly long. It's the same one they gave Dd to fill in. It took less than 5 minutes. The neurologist said that the way it appears, it's the teachers, and/or the school not wanting to do their jobs. The neurologist gave my daughter a letter, and a copy of the same questionnaire. The letter lets the teachers know that their lack of response, is causing delays in the process of getting the appropriate testing, and evaluations done. It also states that they are to put the questionnaire in a sealed envelope, with their signature on it, and give it to my daughter, so she can bring it in, on the next appointment. She won't accept it now, if they try to fax, or email it. There is a reason for the neurologist doing it this way.

The neurologist has scheduled 3 more appointments. One will involve an E.E.G. There will also be one that involves part of the same intense educational evaluation the school does. It will involve testing for emotional disability, and A.D.H.D. When this is done, their office will send an additional request, the PCP has already requested this, for the school to finish doing the rest of the test as soon as possible.

The neurologist told my daughter to document EVERYTHING. In the event the teachers, and the school, since the school counselor has been informed, continue to ignore contacting the child psychologist, as well as ignoring requests for completed questionnaires to be returned, their office will take it to the school board, but at the same time, (off the record), my daughter is to speak to a lawyer. There will be sufficient evidence for a strong case against the school system.