Comments for healthy1 http://healthy1.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:46:58 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 Comment on Test Tube “Baby” by gazal http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/28/test-tube-baby/#comment-31 gazal Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:33:16 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/28/test-tube-baby/#comment-31 lovely post :) lovely post :)

]]> Comment on A Weight-y Matter by wambalus http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/14/a-weight-y-issue/#comment-25 wambalus Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:04:21 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/14/a-weight-y-issue/#comment-25 I too see exercise as a sort of reward, a yay! my body's working today so I better use it kind of feeling rather than a sigh, I guess I have to exercise again today feeling. I too see exercise as a sort of reward, a yay! my body’s working today so I better use it kind of feeling rather than a sigh, I guess I have to exercise again today feeling.

]]> Comment on Namaste by wambalus http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/12/namaste/#comment-24 wambalus Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:02:38 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/12/namaste/#comment-24 That's amazing! I have an auto-immune illness called Myasthenia Gravis, and I've found yoga so immensely theraputic that I often wished it was more widely available to those with chronic health problems. Hopefully more studios will be so generous and thoughtful! That’s amazing! I have an auto-immune illness called Myasthenia Gravis, and I’ve found yoga so immensely theraputic that I often wished it was more widely available to those with chronic health problems. Hopefully more studios will be so generous and thoughtful!

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas! by frenchie59 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comment-22 frenchie59 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:53:47 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comment-22 Thank you so much for the Lemonade Award nomination. This was such an unexpected surprise. I am truly honored. What a nice way to start the New Year! Happy 2009! Thank you so much for the Lemonade Award nomination. This was such an unexpected surprise. I am truly honored. What a nice way to start the New Year!

Happy 2009!

]]> Comment on I’m A Reject by wizdumbckr http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/03/im-a-reject/#comment-16 wizdumbckr Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:19:33 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2009/01/03/im-a-reject/#comment-16 Yes! I hear you, I work for doctors and handle disability insurance claims. What a scam! I have patients call yelling about their treatment and the doctors and it's ONLY the insurance companies pulling the strings. The doctors and personnel bend over backwards to send & re-send all documentation the insurance companies ask for to get approvals. They just flat deny it. We were getting verbal approvals for mri's for our patients. Then once it was done and we submitted the claim, they wouldn't APPROVE payment until the doctor wrote a letter establishing why an mri was necessary! This is after we submitted all his clinical notes, reports, etc. What's wrong with health care in America? Health insurance. Yes! I hear you, I work for doctors and handle disability insurance claims. What a scam! I have patients call yelling about their treatment and the doctors and it’s ONLY the insurance companies pulling the strings. The doctors and personnel bend over backwards to send & re-send all documentation the insurance companies ask for to get approvals. They just flat deny it. We were getting verbal approvals for mri’s for our patients. Then once it was done and we submitted the claim, they wouldn’t APPROVE payment until the doctor wrote a letter establishing why an mri was necessary! This is after we submitted all his clinical notes, reports, etc.
What’s wrong with health care in America? Health insurance.

]]> Comment on The Karate (Don’t) Kid (Yourself) by Joel http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/31/the-karate-dont-kid-yourself/#comment-15 Joel Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:25:45 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/31/the-karate-dont-kid-yourself/#comment-15 Keep the faith; we're all here with you! Keep the faith; we’re all here with you!

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas! by autismawareness http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comment-14 autismawareness Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:31:46 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comment-14 Hello!! You have been nominated for the Lemonade Award. http://supportautismawareness.today.com/2008/12/29/support-autism-awareness-announces-lemonade-award-winners/ Hello!! You have been nominated for the Lemonade Award.
http://supportautismawareness.today.com/2008/12/29/support-autism-awareness-announces-lemonade-award-winners/

]]> Comment on I Am Centered by alzheimersideas http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/23/i-am-centered/#comment-12 alzheimersideas Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:09:44 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/23/i-am-centered/#comment-12 Nice blog http://sementia.today.com Nice blog
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]]> Comment on Some Nerve! by kithlyara http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/13/some-nerve/#comment-3 kithlyara Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:35:07 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/13/some-nerve/#comment-3 I'm sorry to hear you're having to go through all that! *hugs!* A nerve conduction study is actually separate from an EMG. An EMG is where a doctor sticks needles into various muscles and then has you flex and relax them while looking at a screen to determine if you have any muscle damage. Did your doctor do that at all? The reason why I ask is, I went through the same thing earlier this year. My nerve conduction study was normal. The doctor went ahead and did the EMG, just in case. I'm glad he did because he discovered I had muscle damage in every muscle that was tested. That test is primarily what led to me getting a diagnosis of CIDP. As uncomfortable as the test is, you might want to discuss with your doctor getting it done. It has less side effects than a spinal tap does and could potentially tell him quite a bit. Another thing you might want to discuss with him is what tests he is going to have done on your spinal fluid, should you get the spinal tap. When I had mine, my doctor did an MS profile to rule out Multiple Sclerosis and a protein count to see if I had elevated protein levels. An elevation is protein levels could indicate CIDP or any or its variants. Whether or not that's appropriate for you is something you'll have to discuss with your doctor personally. I just know that if I have to have a test done, I'd rather get as much done as possible at once so I don't have to repeat any of the tests later. If you have any questions or just need someone to talk to, please stop by my blog: demyelinatednotdestroyed.today.com I’m sorry to hear you’re having to go through all that! *hugs!*

A nerve conduction study is actually separate from an EMG. An EMG is where a doctor sticks needles into various muscles and then has you flex and relax them while looking at a screen to determine if you have any muscle damage. Did your doctor do that at all?

The reason why I ask is, I went through the same thing earlier this year. My nerve conduction study was normal. The doctor went ahead and did the EMG, just in case. I’m glad he did because he discovered I had muscle damage in every muscle that was tested. That test is primarily what led to me getting a diagnosis of CIDP.

As uncomfortable as the test is, you might want to discuss with your doctor getting it done. It has less side effects than a spinal tap does and could potentially tell him quite a bit.

Another thing you might want to discuss with him is what tests he is going to have done on your spinal fluid, should you get the spinal tap. When I had mine, my doctor did an MS profile to rule out Multiple Sclerosis and a protein count to see if I had elevated protein levels. An elevation is protein levels could indicate CIDP or any or its variants.

Whether or not that’s appropriate for you is something you’ll have to discuss with your doctor personally. I just know that if I have to have a test done, I’d rather get as much done as possible at once so I don’t have to repeat any of the tests later.

If you have any questions or just need someone to talk to, please stop by my blog: demyelinatednotdestroyed.today.com

]]> Comment on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by arcticulates http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/07/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2 arcticulates Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:44:55 +0000 http://healthy1.today.com/2008/12/07/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-2 I really do think that Doctor's are trained to give nothing but bad news. I can't believe how many tests you have to go through before they finally reach some kind of idea of what it might be. Each test is also extremely expensive. Ugh! How comes it is it only took one Doctor, one blood test and one stethoscope to make a diagnosis 20 years ago, yet now with all this new medical equipments and studies, it takes longer and costs a whole lot more to find out what the problem is. I hope they find out soon for you, so you can begin to get well and be healed. :) I really do think that Doctor’s are trained to give nothing but bad news. I can’t believe how many tests you have to go through before they finally reach some kind of idea of what it might be. Each test is also extremely expensive. Ugh!

How comes it is it only took one Doctor, one blood test and one stethoscope to make a diagnosis 20 years ago, yet now with all this new medical equipments and studies, it takes longer and costs a whole lot more to find out what the problem is.

I hope they find out soon for you, so you can begin to get well and be healed. :)

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