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beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 5:55:58 PM)
hello and welcome to md support chat:0)

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 5:56:42 PM)
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Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 5:56:58 PM)
hi beck

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 5:57:32 PM)
hello there Brenda, good to c u

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 5:57:55 PM)
I'm glad that chat is working today.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 5:58:11 PM)
u too

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 5:58:11 PM)
How are you doing?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 5:59:20 PM)
ok, i guess , im going tues back to cardi , im having long qt's and rythem probs now they want a chem stress test

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 5:59:39 PM)
and doc thinks mabye tilt table

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 5:59:58 PM)
Did you talk to the MDA?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:00:43 PM)
I've not heard of those tests...chem stress and tilt table. have you ever had them before?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:00:48 PM)
not yet i fugure if im going back to them i should prob get cardi and gastro apts done first

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:01:33 PM)
sounds like a plan

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:01:35 PM)
i had reg stressbut could'nt get heart rae up because of my legs

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:01:47 PM)
i take my mom to the md clinic this week.

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:01:58 PM)
oic ok

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:02:02 PM)
where u from again

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:02:10 PM)
Wa state

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:02:16 PM)
is your mda clinic close

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:02:38 PM)
it's about 40 minutes drive from where I live

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:02:57 PM)
not bad im about 20 from mayo through mda

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:03:28 PM)
ususally i take the day off from work to go because the appt itself takes so long

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:03:55 PM)
ya my next test is supposed to take 3 hrs

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:04:02 PM)
at mayo

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:04:05 PM)
is that where you are going for the tests on tues?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:04:28 PM)
no thats at the cardiologist

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:04:58 PM)
how's the weather thre today?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:05:29 PM)
we are having sunny weather and 70s

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:05:45 PM)
do you know of anyone who has been on dilaton here , iwas for while and wanted to know if it helped

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:06:02 PM)
Dilantin?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:06:03 PM)
we had 90's but its about to storm now

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:06:11 PM)
yaa

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:06:43 PM)
might not be spelled right id have to look at bottle..

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:07:58 PM)
No, I'm more familiar with Digoxin

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:07:59 PM)
my reg intern doc might put me on quinidine for the heart stuff

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:08:27 PM)
well i was on another for while started with t ...

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:08:39 PM)
havent heard of digoxin

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:08:51 PM)
also called Lanoxin

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:09:11 PM)
Digoxin is used to treat congestive heart failure and to slow the heart rate in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:09:18 PM)
i guess it is like a sezuire type med to relax the muscle fibers

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:09:38 PM)
oh

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:10:22 PM)
thats what she was thinkin about quinidine for...i think, the haert stuff

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:11:17 PM)
How many meds for yur heart?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:12:32 PM)
this would be the firt for rythem and qts

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:13:26 PM)
they took my mom off the quinidine

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:13:37 PM)
the dilantin and tegretol, they put me on few years ago

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:13:47 PM)
was that helpin her

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:14:35 PM)
i mean do it help with the rythem at all

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:14:43 PM)
it helped with muscle cramps but you can't use it if you have congestive heart failure.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:15:08 PM)
dont have that...as far i know

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:15:48 PM)
It is also used to maintain regular heart rhythm patterns.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:16:08 PM)
your mom has mmd?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:16:26 PM)
not mmd...fsh.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:16:43 PM)
oh...sry forgot what kind

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:17:25 PM)
i just wish they would gt to the bottom of mine so i knew what i was dealing with a little better

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:17:43 PM)
sounds like they are trying to

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:18:01 PM)
do you have muscle cramps?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:19:48 PM)
i hope , my reg doctor is good , she got this last bad ekg on reg visit and sent me back card asap, i got ambulanced from her to hosp on reg visit , for heart stuff....she keeps pretty good eye on stuff

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:19:55 PM)
oh yeah

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:20:51 PM)
whole body neck face jaw, my jaw is actually dilocating to chew, lungs seems like all muscles

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:21:32 PM)
are you in alot of pain because of it?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:21:44 PM)
everyday

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:22:06 PM)
i'm sorry to hear that

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:22:20 PM)
if there not hurting from use they are hurting from overuse

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:24:05 PM)
I s your hubby going with you this wk?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:24:19 PM)
im really am used to dealing w it though its been going on so long you have to learn manage w it

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:25:00 PM)
prob not , not unless im not up for the rive in

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:25:05 PM)
drive

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:25:34 PM)
its actually apt for him to set up tes

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:25:45 PM)
tests

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:26:50 PM)
quiet day today

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:27:12 PM)
how is your mom ?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:27:21 PM)
and how are u?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:27:32 PM)
she is doing ok

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:28:17 PM)
i'm ok too. trying to relax a bit this summer.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:28:35 PM)
there ya go...sounds good

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:28:58 PM)
bette than last summer this time.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:29:22 PM)
thats good...

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:29:42 PM)
my hubby is going to visit his family and friends

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:30:56 PM)
ya we almost went to sc to see my aunt ,but i have apts and my daughter and her fiance might be buying there house

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:31:20 PM)
there first house

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:31:31 PM)
i hope they get a good deal

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:31:47 PM)
so we are puttin that off for little while

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:32:08 PM)
ya they actually are because of the buyers market

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:32:16 PM)
isn't it hot in sc at this time of yr?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:32:27 PM)
yeah

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:32:44 PM)
but they get breeze they live on the lake

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:32:53 PM)
that's nice

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:33:34 PM)
if they get the house they willl be 3 mins away from , (:

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:34:08 PM)
wow, close. that would be good for u

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:34:22 PM)
we think they got it , the realitor took it of the market

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:34:39 PM)
they both have jobs?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:34:41 PM)
ya ...

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:34:46 PM)
ya

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:35:02 PM)
in this economy that is very good

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:35:08 PM)
they actually saved 16 g to put down

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:35:23 PM)
3 yrs of saving

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:35:31 PM)
hard work

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:36:05 PM)
ya , but they are so glad they did now caue they may be getting there dream house

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:36:09 PM)
have they ben living with you?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:37:07 PM)
they were in apt for 2 yrs and moved here last yr to bank more money before looking for a house

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:37:57 PM)
they are actually being pretty smart about the whole thing

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:38:19 PM)
they made a plan and stuck with it..

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:38:37 PM)
ya sounds like they panned ahead

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:39:03 PM)
Is your home on one level?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:40:29 PM)
they even didnt go full amount they ere aproved for so they wont be house poor as they call it....they wanted to be able to take care of it and do any repairs that conme along... made me and hubby pretty happy

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:41:26 PM)
ya we have a ranch, im so glad because one flight of stairs and i have to stop and sit down for while

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:42:31 PM)
same here, with ranch ro bugalow.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:42:34 PM)
steps are terible

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:42:40 PM)
do me in

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:43:38 PM)
we knew that whenw e bought the house

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:43:41 PM)
ya, my legs will pain so bad and wont work by time i get to top

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:45:04 PM)
i didnt know my legs would get so bad then, when we bought house, but they hurt even then...thats before i knew why

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:45:11 PM)
i started having problems with stairs when i was a teen, but it has progressed.

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:46:34 PM)
Does anyone else in your family have the same problems?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:46:57 PM)
ya thats around the time i started haveing things change, but they got worse after my daughter was born

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:47:46 PM)
my aunt always felt that pregnancy affected her. she advised me not to get pregnant.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:48:05 PM)
my grandparents are all passed, and my father so we are tring to find out what we can

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:48:54 PM)
my dad father passed when he was 8 and my dad passed 17yrs ago now

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:51:05 PM)
i made a rhubarb-strawberry pie yesterday and we are going to my sister's after chat.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:51:49 PM)
oh i knew it did, before i had my daughter i used to blame it on other things after she was born i told my mom ....i didnt understand how she or other people that were older than me where even able to walk around....thats when i first went for how i was feeling

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:52:59 PM)
i was 24 when i fianally went to find out what was going on

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:53:20 PM)
sounds good...

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:53:33 PM)
Do you cook?

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:53:37 PM)
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Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:53:39 PM)
i made a dump cake yest

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:53:51 PM)
hi there barry

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:54:03 PM)
w pineapple and cherry

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:54:07 PM)
hi barry

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:54:14 PM)
hi there,,,, just caught end of this chat

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:54:19 PM)
is that like pineapple upside down cake?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:54:43 PM)
yes you, did barry. how have you been?

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:55:01 PM)
my

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:55:03 PM)
my

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:55:20 PM)
my grandkids just took a cooking class and made cookies... yummy

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:55:43 PM)
ya actually just dump in can cushed pineapple and a can of cherry pie filling, yellow cake mix powder on top sprinkle w two sticks mar and bake for an hour

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:55:47 PM)
you got to be the taste tester?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:56:25 PM)
no wonder they call it dump cake

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:56:27 PM)
my mom told me about it and i tried it ....lol its easy enough and they all liked it

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:56:53 PM)
ya actually i love to cook

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:57:18 PM)
my hubby is the cook in our family

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:57:37 PM)
beck.. been ok... lots of cargiving challenges, but what else is new?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:57:37 PM)
how about u barry, do you cook?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:57:47 PM)
now that my hubby retired he gets in there and surpises me

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:58:25 PM)
My wife and I have a cook that comes twice a week and serves us... also cooks extra of these s

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 6:58:27 PM)
i tell hhim hes been hiding his hidin talent...lol

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:58:38 PM)
i imagine it keeps you busy. do you get a vacationor respite barry?

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 6:59:30 PM)
will go with my son, who has MD, on a tour of Ariz and Colorado this July

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 6:59:37 PM)
did he learn that while he was in the service brenda?

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:00:05 PM)
did you see that they had to cancel the rest of the MDA summer camps due to the swine flu?

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:00:15 PM)
the y

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:00:31 PM)
what a downer

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:00:32 PM)
no his dad is italian and mom is polish

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:00:45 PM)
will you go to the grand canyon or royal gorge?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:01:10 PM)
so he says its in his blood

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:01:15 PM)
will go to Sedona, Grand Cany

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:01:30 PM)
true

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:01:34 PM)
Grand Canyon, and Colorado too

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:02:12 PM)
i went on a tour of those staes with my parents during Januray term when I was in college. it was alot of fun.

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:02:49 PM)
i practiced my driving on the freeways

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:03:54 PM)
My

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:04:04 PM)
Is there any particular reason you are going Barry, or just for fun.

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:05:01 PM)
beck... my son saw Grand Canyon when he was 5 yrs old, and now as an adult, want to see it again... made sense to me... I love Sedona

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:05:18 PM)
Brenda what is your nickname on myMDA?

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:05:32 PM)
its past eight so before this is done , just wanted to say again how nice it is to come to the chats and be around such nice ,insperational and people, ty

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:05:52 PM)
yw Brenda and glad you stopped by

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:05:53 PM)
Brenny or b

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:06:03 PM)
Brenda

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:06:31 PM)
strong people..

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:06:39 PM)
I got to go feed the kitties before i take off to my sisters

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:06:42 PM)
forgot a word..

barryc (Jun 28, 2009 7:07:08 PM)
I need to go, too... nice chatting.with you two

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:07:09 PM)
have fun and take care beck and barry

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Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:07:24 PM)
tty

beckdildal (Jun 28, 2009 7:07:24 PM)
till next week, take care and have a safe July4th.

Brenda (Jun 28, 2009 7:07:34 PM)
u 2

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