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    • Hi all. Im a 26,female. I just had a baby 5 weeks ...
    • Hi all. Im a 26,female. I just had a baby 5 weeks ago via c section. Was doing well then 2 weeks ago i developed a blood clot in my left leg. Was hospitalized for that and also had a uti. While there they noticed that my blood counts were off. my white cells were high. now their back to normal b
    • Georgian army swaps from AK47 to US made M4.
    • Quote: Georgian army replaces Kalashnikov with U.S. rifleFri Jan 18, 2008 10:30am ESThttp://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?...84708020080118TBILISI (Reuters) - Soldiers from NATO aspirant Georgia switched their Soviet-era Kalashnikov rifles on Friday for U.S.-designed M4 carbines in part of a dri
    • Prodromal Labor starting...
    • I started having some very low pulling contractions real early Tues morning. Then I was all sore and achey yesterday, on top of spilling cloudy, swirly fluid that wasn't urine into the toilet around 11:30a. :p This being the fourth time I've labored like this, I knew it's just t
    • Use to be alcoholic but not now..........
    • Just wonder if there are any alcoholics out there who've had, or seen, an older alcoholic.My hubby is in his 60's, went through rehab 24 years ago. He accepted that he was alcoholic, stayed clean 6 months. Through all the years since, we've gone through alcohol, meth, up and down
    • member of AA: to tell or not?
    • I am a member of alcoholics anonymous. I have been sober for many years, but now I am forced to go on long-term pain medication. I have not had any problems with desiring drugs. As a matter of fact, I hate the side effects. Should I tell my doctors about the AA? I am afraid of a backlash.
    • East Stoneham, ME
    • Tell me about East Stoneham, Maine...My DH bought a very cheap timeshare ($63 to buy it with a $270/year fee) for a week in July in East Stoneham, ME. The place's decor is a bit form the 1970s BUT it is cheap and a nice place. (plus we can trade it for other places in the US for vacations)
    • Puh, got a girl this time...
    • My son was born April 04 in a Catholic hospital (no choice due to health insurance, but I actually like my insurance, would just like more choices re: hospitals). We have found that I am carrying a girl this time (so why do I still crave more meat than sweets?). Maybe this is crazy, but I am k
    • dim- anybody use it?
    • what are your thoughts?
    • always fatigue/horrible waking up
    • Well im so fatigued. Horrible headaches, eye pressure, headpressure, well I have weierd sleep issues. Im soo tired...but usually can't fall asleep until 2 am...sleep till 12-3pm. well It takes sooooo much energy to get out of bed. I feel like i have the flu everyday and someones poundin
    • Ok Here goes
    • Hello everyone. About three years ago I learned I had two herniated discs while working in Mexico. I was sent for a CT scan, the best they had down there, and this confirmed two disc bulges/hernias (please advice if incorrect). L4/L5 and L5/S1. Anyway, after about four months of different tr
    • just curious
    • Hi, I posted the other day. I'm a newbie and was just wondering if there's anyone from New York that has applied for SSD. I am still waiting to hear from my initial application. I applied back in August of 2003. I've had to go to a lot of different doctors including two consul
    • We "old " people
    • I suppose I am in the "masters age division now. Frankly, I believe I have less aches and pains than the average woman. I have to read through health histories of all or patients in my office to attach the appropriate stickers to their charts. There are far too many people on anti depressant and
    • 48 Weeks Pegasys:Done
    • I have'nt posted since I began treatment, but what the heck. I completed the Pegasys on 2/11, and I am tired - and happy.Though I began with a relatively low viral load (500,000), I was non-detectable at 12 weeks. Hopefully the same is true when I get next results back. I doubt I would'
    • need info please
    • this is a long story so bear with me please, but i need some opinions so here goes,about 2months ago i had an MRI done and it showed a mild degree of intensity on t2 weighted imaging located in the periatrial deep white matter and adjacent deep inferior parietal white matter.there were know foca
    • Do pointless dental x-rays annoy you, What are your thoughts on dental x-rays?
    • My Auckland dentist emailed through my dental records so a Hawke's Bay dentist could...of natural therapies, suspicious of modern medicine, but in fact I was just surprised...pressing issue? Do you have them willy-nilly or do you try to adopt a more measured approach?...
    • Avinza - Is it a 24 hour or 12 hour pain relief?
    • My PM&R dr. had my blood tested for morphine and demerol. He was surprised to find it was negative for both. I told him it was probably over 24 hours since I had taken the Avinza. When I got home and looked it up, it was not even 24 hours since I took it. I was also surprised. I am real new
    • Delayed sleep phase syndrome?
    • I searched and found a ton of posts and threads on this, but I know we aren't supposed to post on dead threads so I'm just making a new one. Who is still around here who has any experience with DSPS? I had never heard of it before and a friend today told me to look it up- describes m
    • A cold every 2 months - WHY!?
    • Previous to this year, I got maybe 1 cold every 1-2 years. But this year, I got a hideous but relatively short lived cold in mid February, another slightly lesser cold in early April, and today I woke up with my typical horrible pre-cold sore throat and nose problems and it's only June! Wha
    • Pimples....
    • I know this sounds gross, but I have to ask (for my friend) Anyone experience pimples on ***ir behind? If so, does it make your whole side ** that cheek kind ** hurt? She said that *** pimples ***mselves don't really hurt but she has a vague pain on *** same side. Anyone know what causes pi
    • New Here: Anyone in College Station?
    • Howdy All!I'm new to MDC - wondering if there is anyone from College Station, Texas. A bit about myself: I'm mom to Ilyas, born August 31 '03. I'm a grad student at Texas A&M studying counseling psychology. Too bad about that Aggie football. Hope to get to know the Texas
    • pain patch?
    • hi alli have degenerative disk disease and migraines too. so far the only thing that really works is percocets. my migrains are odd and typical meds like immitrex do not work for me. I was wondering about pain patches (for my back issues not my migraines)... what do they do? Can you wear them al
    • Why Vaccinate?
    • I know this is going to sound so stupid around here because usually the question is "why not vaccinate." But I here from a lot of people around here and IRL that say "I did the research and we chose to vaccinate." I guess with the research I have done, it has almost become a no-brainer to not
    • cramps when I lay down
    • Does anyone get cramps worse when they lay down? I can be fine and then when I lay down I start cramping. I get up to try and go to the bathroom and they go away.
    • Having Sex on Your Period
    • Okay, I just had sex on my period last night. I showered thoroughly first, I'm on the pill and of course we used a condom. Well, it is was weird and I wouldn't let it go on for long because:1. All I could think about was my period(the blood and everything else that comes along with it)
    • Addisons, high blood pressure & low blood pressure
    • Hi, I have Addisons and was told I didn't need fludrocortisone (because I had secondary AI-not so sure about that now) despite always having low blood pressure. Not long ago, I caught a tummy bug from my grandson, didn't feel too bad and then in the middle of the night realised I was i
    • Not getting Rho-gam & preventing/living with sesitization
    • I already posted in "I'm pregnant" but was hoping for alittle more "pro-no Rho-gam" answers and advice then I got :( If its not ok to post this here, please feel free to move/delete :)I am now 14 weeks into my third pregnancy. In the past I did recieve Rho-gam but I have decided (barring tr
    • Dying hair again
    • Hi all,I bleach and died my hair dark brown redish over six months ago. Of course it turned out not to look very good but anyways may dark brown hair has grown in a lot and some of the color has faded from the ends. I am wondering if I should either go to visible change to get my hair died aga
    • Several Red Blotches On Neck
    • Hi i have a few different sized dark blotches on my neck , they dont hurt and the fade from time to tome , i also have one on my coller bone also..Anyone know what it could be
    • I have a question?
    • About a month ago my g/f was put in the hospital because she had bad pains in her stomach well to come and find out the doctors said she had two cystic on her ovaries. Anyways i dont know for sure if she has PCOS (which i dont)Can you get them and not have PCOS?? like its a one time thing. Also
    • Are store machines accurate?
    • I got a rather unpleasant surprise this evening. After shopping for an hour or so,I took my BP at the Walmart pharmacy~it was 197/105 pulse 114!!! I took my BP as soon as I returned home~it was~152/87 pulse 88(home monitor). I do suffer from white coat so I am NEVER comfortable having my BP take