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Sleepy:
Did you meet up with CW, bela?
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 12:42:48 pm)

Sleepy:
Alright. Goodnight.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 1:00:11 pm)

Queenie:
I don't know if a singulair-type prescription would be necessary when she only has an attack like once a year. I don't know. ??????
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:00:14 pm)

bela:
One attack a year? What triggers it? I don't know, any doctor would put her on it but I would change her diet, try some homeopathetic options - maybe acupuncture.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:07:39 pm)

bela:
I've taken Singulair and it doesn't do a damn thing.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:08:06 pm)

Queenie:
It is always triggered by a chest cold, though she has chest colds that DON'T lead to asthma, so it's not every time. Just now and then. A friend of mine insists on the benefit of a homeopathic remedy called... crap I forget what it's called. But he says it works wonders as far as preventative medicine goes. Doesn't do squat to help during an attack. i know some folks with kids who have CF and they say it has improved the quality of their child's lives quite a bit.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:24:03 pm)

Queenie:
I can't think of anything more awful than having a kid with CF.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:24:34 pm)

bela:
I can't either, because they eventually die, most of the time before they're 20 and while they're alive they can't do alot, and aren't their alot of diet restrictions?
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:26:53 pm)

Queenie:
I know there is a daily phlegm loosening ritual that is pretty awful.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:35:18 pm)

Gezoontight:
with the hey hey hey.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:43:09 pm)

bela:
Yeah, and they can't eat dairy products and all that.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 3:48:36 pm)

Decoy:
You can die once a year. One thing someone told me, speaking of homeopathetic, was to make sure the athsmatic is well hydrated. And remember that homeopathic drugs are the same as drugs you get at the pharmacy or from your doctor, but they've never been empirically tested and your doctor or pharmacist didn't tell you to take them.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 4:31:20 pm)

bela:
You can die once a year?
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 4:46:41 pm)

Queenie:
I think he's saying that even though Sidney only has an attack once a year, it doesn't mean that she couldn't die from it. I disagree about the homeopathic drugs though. Technically, by definition, homeopathic drugs operate on the principle that if you generate symptoms similar to the disease you are fighting, you can cure it. So actually "homeopathic" is the altogether wrong word for what I'm talking about. The medicine that's been recommended to me for Sidney's asthma is naturopathic, not homeopathic.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 4:56:06 pm)

Ted (bring em back in a bag) Nugent:
Cat spit fever, nyar nyeer nyeer!!AaAAaoOOowwwWW!!
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 4:57:59 pm)

bela:
Its scary. My friend's workmate recently died from an asthma attack and she was only 25 years old. Apparently she ran out of her medication on a Friday and thought, well I'll just get it on Monday and then she had a bad attack on Sunday. My friend was devastated. My cousin died when she was 22 from it. They found her dead on the side of the highway in her car. Isn't that awful? Right, some homeopathetic medications really work I guess. I'm getting cat/dog shots for my asthma. If it wasn't for those fuckers, I wouldn't have asthma.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 4:59:17 pm)

bela:
Aaaagh, I keep on forgetting to by a mouse for my computer at home. I'll get it tomorrow, I don't feel like walking up to 6th Ave. right now........nighty night.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 5:01:07 pm)

Queenie:
I have a friend who has asthma and also smokes. She alternates between cigarettes and her inhaler. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 5:10:15 pm)

Detlef Sping:
and expensive.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 5:27:10 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Those asthma inhalers are mostly petrol, very explosive to put a flame near. But at least now if you hear of your friend mysteriously spontaneously combusting, you'll have a fair idea what happened.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 5:35:14 pm)

m©:
'Homeopathos'...
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 5:50:35 pm)

Queenie:
Wah wah waaaaaaah.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 5:55:10 pm)

Blue Demon:
Viva Del La Santo!
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 6:52:57 pm)

Queenie:
I just read an article about a guy who has made over 25k selling Diablo II items on eBay. That just ain't right. It ain't right.
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 11:14:33 pm)

Queenie:
here's the link
(Mon Sep 10, 2001 - 11:15:06 pm)

Mrs Dr GB & Beardie:
Greetings from Hicksville, Australia. Singapore was hot and humid. In Australia we're putting the electric blanket on the bed at night. Not even kidding. Got to be better than work though, right?
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 4:26:57 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
Bird - another.com is buggered. Can you bloody believe it.
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 4:48:33 am)

Heruka:
G'day mate. Isn't it still like winter down under? I believe it is. I was born in Singapore. I was born to an impovershed family who couldn't afford me, so they put me in a big bottle, put the cork in and threw me into the ocean. Whereas I floated in an amazing 3 days to the West coast of the U.S.. I was found on the beach by a family vacationing in LA., who uncorked me, and adopted me. It's true I swear.
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 4:50:59 am)

Myk Murphy:
Gb is down under? Quite a holiday!
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 7:22:42 am)

Sleepy:
Hello.
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 7:50:53 am)

Decoy:
'Kinda gives the phrase "Going to New Zealand" a whole new meaning.
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 8:10:20 am)

Decoy:
The POINT, Queenie, is that the medicine that you intend to give your child may or may not be safe. Just curious, do you think she would be better off under a doctor's care?
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 8:16:30 am)

Myk Murphy:
Hi sleepy. Decoy is correct, regarding both new zealand and proper medical care.
(Tue Sep 11, 2001 - 8:41:00 am)