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Rosalie - I would like to know if Jame's is feeling better - hope he is! NT

Feb 10, 2004 1:17PM PST

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Sorry I meant James - not Jame's NT
Feb 10, 2004 1:35PM PST

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Sorry, Steve, I've been out of town and just found the heads-up to this post.
Feb 11, 2004 9:56AM PST

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James is not much better, if any. I would like to make an appointment with a bone and joint specialist at least but James wants to wait a few more days. I think he is very impatient and discouraged with all the misdiagnoses and useless tests he has received over the past several years. If properly diagnosed there would have been no reason for him to have heart damage from two of his three heart attacks. I have had experience with Tendinitis myself at least three times and it did not have these symptoms. Also some of the classic tendinitis symptoms are missing. If it's not a problem with one of the stents then I would guess it's a problem with a nerve somewhere. I worry that the longer this continues the more damage will be done.

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Hi Rosalie
Feb 11, 2004 3:58PM PST

I was really hoping that things were getting better Sad
With these past mistakes made about his condition you must be feeling pretty down, and worrying a lot.
I am really sorry that you have this to worry about, it's quite horrible when a loved one is not feeling well.
I gather his blood pressure has been checked and found to be ok, or at least I hope they have done that.
God bless and hope this can be resolved soon.
Steve

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Re:Sorry, Steve, I've been out of town and just found the heads-up to this post.
Feb 11, 2004 10:46PM PST

Dear Rosalie

Sorry to hear things are not so good, but,

At the risk of telling my grandmother how to suck eggs (as we say in the UK),

A better "mind over matter" mindset can help with some things and, being analytical by nature, I tend to try to work out what exactly is the problem that needs to be solved and trying to work out a positive approach for that. With the catalogue of past errors, I cannot believe this can be easy for you and James - notwithstanding that I am sure you have already done this - but if a positive approach can be determined to give an optimistic outlook, it might help stop the body's chemical response to being "down".

I know this doesn't help much, but I guess you know what I'm like for not giving up!

Very best again
Regards
Mo

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Good advice, Mo, thanks.
Feb 11, 2004 11:00PM PST

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I know what you mean by 'mind over matter'. I think that's what James is trying for right now. He knows if he goes to another doctor, is send for lots of expensive tests that show nothing, he will be more down than ever. He is thinking this will get better in a few more days. However, if it doesn't I'm sure he will be willing to pursue finding a solution.

Your message DOES help, Mo. Thank you.

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Re:Good advice, Mo, thanks.
Feb 12, 2004 2:10AM PST

Dear Rosalie

I wish I were an expert so could offer proper advice rather than just my thoughts. The only things I have experience of in others are particularly as regards locking-up, numbness, and tingling in the arms. One person's was caused as a reaction to stress and went away when the actual and of course the concomitent symptomatic stress was removed, and the other was because of taking too much Vitamin B, which is good for all sorts of things, but can cause a reaction in some people (and I do not know if this is per se, or from taking it in excess).

Getting rid of stress is never a bad thing for anybody. I'm just thinking that if James has decided to "sit it out" and not worry about it (ho hum) for a couple of days, then why doesn't he do exactly that? Ie Not worry about it for two days full stop, rather than not doing anything about it for two days but worrying throughout those two days about what he will then do. If this does nothing else but give your minds a break, maybe that alone is worth it for the peace and quiet, and perhaps a course of action might then spring to mind more easily.

Very best and regards
Mo

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PS Just remembered...
Feb 12, 2004 5:19AM PST

Dear Rosalie

There are bones at the top-end of the spine which go up
into the head and can squeeze together to trap nerves through the shoulders and arms.

Seemingly this can affect one side of the body only (surprisingly to me). It is not due to spondulitis or osteoparosis and is more a case of getting these vertebrae back into correct position and therefore releasing the trapped nerve(s). Don't know how this comes about, but posture certainly wasn't ruled out as I recall.

The only reason I mention this is because tennis elbow, frozen shoulder etc are to do with muscles, but seemingly numbness and other such symptoms can be a product of problems with bones.

Just another thought and must stress that it is not more than that.

Regards
Mo

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That is exactly what I have been thinking, Mo. -nt
Feb 12, 2004 11:36AM PST

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I have just found this on the internet Rosalie
Feb 12, 2004 10:12AM PST
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/03/12/127332/print

By Lin Mei-chun
STAFF REPORTER
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2002,Page 3
Former president Lee Teng-hui was hospitalized in Taipei yesterday for minor pneumonia and tendinitus of the shoulder, according to a press release from Veterans General Hospital.
The statement said that Lee had been ill since last week with a cough, a fever and sore shoulders.
The hospital's conclusions were drawn in part from magnetic resonance images.
According to Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Liao Pen-yen, who visited the 80-year old Lee at the hospital, the former president is slightly ill with a low-grade fever, a cough and sore shoulders as a result of frequent golfing trips.
Liao said Lee should be fine after some rest.
Reports said that Lee had a coarse voice while addressing the opening ceremony at a technology company in Taoyuan last week and that symptoms got worse after a hectic schedule over the weekend.

Lee underwent an operation to open up his coronary arteries in the fall of 2000
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Thank you, Steve.
Feb 12, 2004 12:27PM PST

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