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  • About Me

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    hyderkat

    Female, 71
    WA, USA
    Member since July 1

    • About Me

      Retiree

      Retiree

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  • Journal

    • Garage Sale Weekend

      Mood July 27, 2009 9:23am

      Getting ready to move, I had a garage sale yesterday.  However, since the newspaper "forgot" to print my sale notice only 6 cars came. …

    • progress??

      Mood July 16, 2009 3:35pm

      One good thing about being so exhausted from cleaning and packing and getting ready for garage sale:

      I am so tired I sleep like a log, and no restless …

    • good news/ not so good news??

      Mood July 12, 2009 11:16am

      My leg cramps and twitching are gone and I'm sleeping 5 hours at a time and all with 1/2 a Mirapex per nite.

      And, I got an offer for my home on …

    • another week

      Mood July 8, 2009 10:32am

      I would have themed this as Hopeful if there was that category.  I've stopped having leg cramps, only get twitches and "walking" …

    • 4th of july

      Mood July 4, 2009 10:47am

      I have been 3 nights with half a Mirapex (=.125) and yesterday I stopped taking loratadine at all.  Last night I got cramps behind right knee …

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    • Hug

      From cdenny July 9

      Yeah, I was just reading some info saying that the Omega 3 helps with depression in heart patients. I don't know if it is true or not. I've taken it before and couldn't get past the aftertaste. But, I'll keep it in mind... maybe try it again some time.

    • Hug

      From cdenny July 9

      Thanks for your response to my post. You are very very encouraging... you have done soooo much. Just reading your post has made me feel better. I worry too much sometimes, I've had moments of feeling like I'm just gonna kill over... so thanks!
      -Cheryl

    • Flower

      From HappyPlatypus July 7

      How are things going without Mirapex? How are you emotionally with everything shaking out?

      I wish you could see lighting bugs. They just spell out summer to me. I grew up catching them. They're so pretty. At night, we'd sit on our porch and look out over the yard, and hundreds of the lightning bugs, also called fireflies, would blink on and off, and it would be like looking at the Milky Way reflected from the sky into the yard! It was pretty!

      Have a great night!

    • Flower

      From HappyPlatypus July 6

      Yup, I'm in Missouri. But I just communicated with someone from Australia yesterday, so you may have read me doing that and that's why you thought I was from Down Under.

      :)

      I used to live in California and visited Washington a bit -- I worked in the fruit and vegetable industry -- and I miss Pacific time a little. Don't miss the taxes out there, but I do miss the scenery.

      Do you all have lightning bugs where you live? My wife, who grew up in California, had never seen lightning bugs until I brought her to Missouri. I never realized, until I moved to California, just how much I could miss an insect. It's those little things that make us happy, the glow of a little insect on a warm summer night.

      I hope you're doing well tonight!

    • I’m With You

      From HappyPlatypus July 4

      When it rains, it pours, doesn't it? I think I was having Sympathy RLS for you last night -- managed about 2 hours sleep from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sorry you had it rough. Good thoughts your way! Happy Fourth!

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Restless Legs Syndrome

      diagnosed sleep apnea (+-9 min sleep at a time)cant use bi/c-pap, tried nose surgery, didnt help, looked at jaw surgery but not enough lower teeth to wire jaw to.

      Treatments

      Mirapex Working / Worked
      when all other sleep apnea solutions failed, doctors said, "Well, you also have RLS, want to try a pill for that?" after Mirapex at .25mg, i now sleep 3-5 hours at a time (would be more except for the Lasix getting me up).
    • Close Anemia
      Type: Vitamin B12 Deficiency

      I have pernicous anemia and am looking for a support group

    • Open Heart Failure

      Treatments

      Carvedilol Working / Worked
      dont see any difference between generic and coreg
      Coreg Working / Worked
      Lasix Working / Worked
      Vitamin E Working / Worked
      I take Vit E for other reasons, didnt know it had anything to do with CHF
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