Subj : Greasy Spoons To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Apr 05 2025 11:59:11 Hi Dave, DD> I was having trouble breathing even with the portable O2 pump and DD> didn't have enough energy to suck soda thru a straw. RH> That is some serious breathing issue! Good thing you were already at RH> the doctor's office. DD> Especially since it was a follow-up visit for a hospital stay. I'm DD> back to see him a week from Thursday as a follow up from this past DD> visit.0 Follow up to the follow up? After I had an overnight in the hospital about 10 years ago, I had a follow up with my fairly new (I'd had him as my primary care doctor about a year.) doctor. Steve went in with me as he had some questions, ended up changing to him as his other than VA primary care. Great guy, he took the time to talk with you and draw pictures of what was going on. Fall of 2022 he resigned the practice and is now a campus doctor/instructor at UNC-CH. Hated to see him go but hopefully others have benefitted from his care. DD> After the roun d of antibiotics (six hypos in 6 minutes) they fired DD> into me I was breathjing much easier. RH> Any steroids mixed in with the antibiotics? After having trouble with RH> them about 25 years ago, I avoid them as much as possible, usually no RH> longer than a 10 day burst, tapering down each day. DD> They didn't say. There was no prednisone though. They gave me that DD> after I was admitted which I learned after my blood sugar read 326 at DD> the mid- afternoon stick. Prednisone really messes with my BP and DD> glucose readings. That's another reason why I avoid it as much as possible. DD> At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)= RH> But sometimes plans for even a week out can raise conflicts. I've got RH> to call and reschedule an appointment for me in June as Steve has one RH> an hour earlier--both local but don't know if he would be done before RH> mine was to start. DD> Need your hand held? Or some other reason like different locationss? Different locations, cross town. I was able to move mine to the same day, just a couple of hours later. We've been trying to schedule appointments around our planned travel time so it was inevitable we'd end up with a conflict eventually. Easily resolved tho. RH> Getting the "jitters" from albuterol? I did, when it was a (very) RH> occaisional use thing, again when I restarted with the nebuliser a few RH> weeks ago. Now that it's routine, they've stopped. DD> No jitters from the albuterol. But it does help me breate easier. And DD> the new inhaler guy is already makiong a noticable difference. I do DD> the Advair morning and evening (with my meds) and the Atrovent DD> mid-day. I also rinse my mouth after the Atrovent - not because the DD> directions say to do as with some inhalers - but, because of the DD> nasty, bitter aftertaste. The Trelegy has a nasty, bitter aftertaste also. Told my pulmonogist that it's a good way to ensure that I rinse my mouth after I use it. (G) DD> I'll see Dr. Bakir (pulmonologist) next Tuesday for a follow-up. I DD> think he'll probably put me on nebulkiser treatments at that time. DD> Title: Dog Breath Chilli DD> Categories: Pork, Beef, Chilies, Vegetables, Stews DD> Yield: 3 Quarts RH> Some how I think that actual dog's breath would be worse smelling. RH> Deborah used to brush Sam's teeth from time to time but I don't recall RH> him ever having really bad breath. OTOH, I've smelled some really bad RH> breath from other dogs. (G) DD> Depends on what poochy-pup had been eating for the most part. For the most part his diet was Purina One, dry dog food. He liked popcorn and a lot of "people foods" but didn't get much of those. One thing he didn't like was green peas but he did go for most everything else. He had those big brown eyes that would look so appealing--"feed me, please" that Steve and the girls often snuck him bits of table food. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... One of these days, I'll quit procrastinating. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .