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[BeautifulDisasters]

Betty Lee, on 25 May 2012 - 07:42 PM, said:

I cut off the end of my thumb too! I was building a maquette in theatre design class and cut it off with an exacto knife. It was the day after a Beastie Boys concert and I was hung over, lol. Anyway, mine grew back too but the nerves got confused and it feels numb and tingly.

Other than that, I had a horrible allergic reaction to minocycline, which was the worst thing ever. It started a bit differently than you, Betsy, but I had to drag myself to the bathroom at one point because it was too painful to walk. Or I would roll off the bed and onto a blanket on the floor and get someone to drag me, lol. It was pretty bad!

Overall though, I've been pretty damn lucky!

Taylor - Sorry, all I can suggest is water or caffeine. Some people find that a bit of salt helps them. Probably too late anyway, I just noticed the time stamp. Hope you feel better now!

That is terrible you had suh a bad reaction to minocycline. I will not take any medication in the cycline family at all anymore. I have had no luck with it at all. Does more harm than good in my opinion. Good idea rolling off the bed and onto a blanket and getting dragged! Sad that it comes down to that isn't it? The things we have been through to get rid of acne! Insane isn't it? Still no clear skin either! What gives acne?

[Betty Lee]

BeautifulDisasters, on 25 May 2012 - 09:36 PM, said:

Betty Lee, on 25 May 2012 - 07:42 PM, said:

I cut off the end of my thumb too! I was building a maquette in theatre design class and cut it off with an exacto knife. It was the day after a Beastie Boys concert and I was hung over, lol. Anyway, mine grew back too but the nerves got confused and it feels numb and tingly.

Other than that, I had a horrible allergic reaction to minocycline, which was the worst thing ever. It started a bit differently than you, Betsy, but I had to drag myself to the bathroom at one point because it was too painful to walk. Or I would roll off the bed and onto a blanket on the floor and get someone to drag me, lol. It was pretty bad!

Overall though, I've been pretty damn lucky!

Taylor - Sorry, all I can suggest is water or caffeine. Some people find that a bit of salt helps them. Probably too late anyway, I just noticed the time stamp. Hope you feel better now!

That is terrible you had suh a bad reaction to minocycline. I will not take any medication in the cycline family at all anymore. I have had no luck with it at all. Does more harm than good in my opinion. Good idea rolling off the bed and onto a blanket and getting dragged! Sad that it comes down to that isn't it? The things we have been through to get rid of acne! Insane isn't it? Still no clear skin either! What gives acne?

Yeah - it was horrible. After that the allergist told me never to take any of them, which is a big part of the reason I'm now on accutane. It took about 4 weeks to get over, during which I was hopped up on massive doses of Benadryl and steroids. Oh, and it was the end of semester which was super fun with my drug addled mind and my swollen fingers. I'd wake up and wonder which part of my body would I have to go without that day. Sorry for the ramble, there's my PTSD! It sucked, but I was amused at the time at how much it sucked, so that's something. I was also really touched by all the people who took such good care of me. There's nothing so affirming as having loved ones drag you to the bathroom.

Anyway, I'm glad that I didn't mess around too long with the cyclines because I don't think that they would have worked even if I had not been allergic. At any rate, they aren't permanent solutions. At 24 years old, I need a permanent fix, as I'm sure you can relate to.

[Taylor Sydow]

I had a very bad allergic reaction to Doxycycline, that family of meds just sucks!!!

[Tiger 1]

ginanutrition, on 25 May 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

veruca salt, on 25 May 2012 - 11:07 AM, said:

Gina's thesis is on being awesome.

Hahaha!!! No, it's on being RAWSOME!!!!

Holy sharing of traumatic experiences going on here! I have also been quite lucky in terms of accidents. Although I once sliced off a chunk of my thumb on one of those industrial meat slicers when I used to work as a line cook. Ummm...that was so painful, I passed out. They had to cauterize my thumb and shoot up my thumb with pain-killer. I've also sliced off part of my finger with a Japanese mandolin (I refuse to use those now). Basically, I've had kitchen accidents...burns, etc. I did however crash my bike into my Mom when we were riding and she TORE HER ACL. That was sad and I felt really, really guilty. I took care of her after her surgery and cooked all the meals in the house to ease my guilt.

Betsy: crazy stories! You are one tough cookie!!! I've heard that before about part of the placenta being stuck in the mother after birth which can cause crazy bleeding. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

My thesis was a survey of Registered Dietitians and Nutritionists in Washington state. I wanted to know if they counsel clients on health behaviors besides diet, such as: stress management, spiritual wellness, mindfulness (yoga, tai chi, meditation), exercise, and general wellbeing.

I also wanted to know their personal health habits to see if nutritionists are eating healthy diets, exercising, practicing meditation, and if those behaviors were correlated with talking to their patients about it. I thought it would be interesting to prove whether nutritionists are practicing a more "whole person, whole body" approach, and if so, could it impact the way nutrition is taught in schools (rather than focusing just on protein, carbs, and fat, should we be teaching people about how to help someone lower their stress?).

So yeah, that's my hippy dippy thesis because I go to a natural medicine school! The results have been pretty cool so far!

I want you to be my nutritionist/alternative medicine doctor!! I wish doctors in the States would take a more whole person, whole body approach to medicine. My GP is pretty good and for the most part listens to my questions and ideas on alternative meds but she of course leans toward the traditional approach. At least she's not opposed so that's good. My derm is actually really open to everything I bring her but again she leans toward traditional ways.

I have a degree in Elementary Ed but never actually got to teach except with my own children and I did do the PTA thing for a long time eventually becoming President but those years are behind me now. I always thought I would have loved to study nutrition like you are as it's become kind of a hobby of mine after having kids. I drive them nuts with all my lotions and potions, ha,ha, but I've taught them a lot so I'm SURE they'll bow down at my feet someday to thank me.

Any advice on helping someone with mono? My 19 year old daughter just found out she has mono. Fortunately we think she's had it for a while (about a month) and she is starting to feel better but she just started an internship at Disney and it's for college credits and there is no way she can take time off. She's only there five days a week so this whole weekend I've chained her to her bed and next week she'll only work and eat and sleep - I'll do any errands and such for her and I've banned the friends/going out thing (I am sooooooo mean!). Anyway, her poor immune system needs a boost so I'm pumping her full of vitamin C, lots of fluids and she already takes a multi and B12 ( she was low on B12 for a while). The mommy thing never ends, even when they're grown up.

Are you going for your masters or a doctorate?

[Betty Lee]

Taylor Sydow, on 25 May 2012 - 10:03 PM, said:

I had a very bad allergic reaction to Doxycycline, that family of meds just sucks!!!

They do, don't they? The two people I know who have taken them (in the real world, not the forum world,) also had allergic reactions. It's pretty silly - they seem to have more failures than successes.

[Taylor Sydow]

Oh know Betty, mono? I'm sorry A ton of my friends had it and all they could do was lay in bed, and barely ate. I actually know a friend of mine who lost almost 15 pounds from having it for a week and a half. I've never had it myself, but keep her in her bed and make sure she drinks lots of water. I think you can have a sore throat on mono too, gargling some salt water works, I know it sounds weird but it's helped me before I hope she gets better!!

[Tiger 1]

Taylor Sydow, on 26 May 2012 - 10:35 AM, said:

Oh know Betty, mono? I'm sorry A ton of my friends had it and all they could do was lay in bed, and barely ate. I actually know a friend of mine who lost almost 15 pounds from having it for a week and a half. I've never had it myself, but keep her in her bed and make sure she drinks lots of water. I think you can have a sore throat on mono too, gargling some salt water works, I know it sounds weird but it's helped me before I hope she gets better!!

Hi Taylor! Actually it's me, Stacey (Tiger) who's daughter has mono. She's actually feeling better - we think she's had it for a month because she was super exhausted but the doctor tested her B12 and it was low so they thought that was the cause but she recently came down with the sore throat and they tested her for strep and mono and it turned up positive for mono. Thankfully the tired part is going away and her throat is feeling better. I am keeping her in bed (which hasn't been easy, she thinks I'm just being overprotective and I'll admit I am like that sometimes). I'm making her rest all weekend and then she can go back to her internship but I'm making her come home and go straight to bed every day. Thanks for the good wishes! Oh, and I'm force feeding her lots of liquids, haha.

[Taylor Sydow]

Haha my mom does that to me when I'm sick, and sorry I thought Betty Lee was the one that posted, I should've looked ! But when I'm sick I never want to stay in bed, I want to just do my normal thing, and so she shuts me in my room, makes me steam my head and then brings in like 10 gatorades and a 24 pack of water and tells me to drink it all and that I can't do anything until I drink something. She's very strict when I'm sick, but it's good because if she wasn't I'd be sick longer and just get up and try to carry on with my daily routine. You remind me a lot like mi madre

[Tiger 1]

Taylor Sydow, on 26 May 2012 - 11:41 AM, said:

Haha my mom does that to me when I'm sick, and sorry I thought Betty Lee was the one that posted, I should've looked ! But when I'm sick I never want to stay in bed, I want to just do my normal thing, and so she shuts me in my room, makes me steam my head and then brings in like 10 gatorades and a 24 pack of water and tells me to drink it all and that I can't do anything until I drink something. She's very strict when I'm sick, but it's good because if she wasn't I'd be sick longer and just get up and try to carry on with my daily routine. You remind me a lot like mi madre

I think your mom and I would get along nicely! My daughter thinks she's superwoman and nothing can get her down. She's very much an overacheiver which is great but even a superwoman needs rest. Glad to hear you're like that too, at least she's not nuts. I've been pushing the gatorade and water too just like your mom!