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Shoulder Pain
Jan 09, 2008 02:41PM in the Orthopedics Community
My husband used a manual chair since his injury in 1967. He was 18 at the time and the docs all told him there was no need for an electric wheelchair (which weren't that common then anyway) because he had 2 good arms to use as motors. That was very good advise for the short term. However, after 35 yrs of working those joints to compensate for appendages th...
colectomy
Jan 03, 2008 02:23AM in the Crohn's Disease / Ulcerative Colitis Community
Kelly, My daughter, who's now 25 had a total colectomy with a j-pouch when she was 16. She was diagnosed with UC at age 12. I'm a nurse so I consulted with everyone from GI docs to Chiropractors .... to even a local little 90 yr old "roots woman". (the little old woman had more knowledge from experience than a nurse can get in 4 yrs training!) We tried ev...
Prevacid and Insomnia/Lucid Dreams
Jan 03, 2008 01:54AM in the Gastroenterology Community
You posted this almost a year ago. What have you found out since? Did your headaches, lucid dreams and insomnia go away when the Prevacid was out of your system? Did you find out the Prevacid wasn't the cause? I'm a 48 yr old female with the same complaints. I took Prevacid Solutabs for about a wk in November and just off and on since then. All in all ...