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    Heparin Injection Therapy

    I Started To Reply... And suddenly everything disappeared. I don't know what happened. I had written quite a bit. I'll check back later to see whether any of it survived. I'm too tired to redo it. Love, Mikie
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    Peptide Injections

    First, let me say it's so nice to finally be able to access and log in to this website. I've been gone a long time. On April 4, I will see my new PCP who is a specialist in immune and auto-immune illnesses. He and his partner are using peptide injections which are designed to correct...
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    How Do You Come Down From a Herx?

    Herxing The full name is Herxheimer Effect. It describes what happens when too many bacteria die off for the body to be able to efficiently excrete them. The dead bacteria turn toxic and the body purges them through severe diarrhea, sweating and possibly, nausea. There is a very unique odor...
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    Teeth Cleaning and Feeling Sick Afterward

    Hi, June Thanks for the warm welcome here. I'm so glad to see you and Wayne and others from the other board. I like it so much here. Nice people! I've had the same hygienist and dentist for 12 years, since I moved down here. She is a gentle soul with a gentle touch. When they first got...
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    Teeth Cleaning and Feeling Sick Afterward

    A Rose By Any Other Name... What I think is so great is that we all fill in the blanks when one of us can't find just the right word. We aren't the only ones. I live around a lot of older people who experience "Senior Moments." When one of us can't think of the word, the rest of us tug on...
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    Fibromyalgia and its relation to ME/CFS

    Our Illnesses Are Difficult To Pin Down It seems to me that some of us have what they call, "Primary Fibromyalgia." In other words, the symptoms the patient has all fit into the criteria for diagnosing FMS. For others, FMS came secondary to some other illnesses, like CFIDS/ME, Lupus, MS, etc...
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    Teeth Cleaning and Feeling Sick Afterward

    Dear S and Wayne S, I also thought about fungi because I use a rescue inhaler for asthma and it contains steroids. I do rinse my mouth after using it. I've been sucking on life savers for the choking and coughing from my ace inhibitor for lowering my BP. I weaned off the beta blocker because...
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    Teeth Cleaning and Feeling Sick Afterward

    Thanks For Responding I'm not sure I know what a cavitron is. My hygenist has one of those things I call a sand blaster but she doesn't use it on my teeth. I take really good care of them and she doesn't have all that much work to do. So many of us react to things which don't seem to...
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    Teeth Cleaning and Feeling Sick Afterward

    Hi, y'all. Hope everyone is doing well. I haven't had time nor energy to visit in ages. Today, I called in sick. Yesterday, I had my teeth cleaned first thing in the morning. I then drove out to a shopping area and did my grocery shopping. All of a sudden, I felt very weak and tired. I...