"Tony" Thought Journal 3.0

Tony Page said:
My daughter and family (husband & grandkids) yesterday trimmed about a hundred feet of overgrown shrubs along the fence on one side of the house. it looks so much neater now.

Many times during my visit to the oncologists I have brought up side effects that have been troubling me. I looked up these side effects online and they all point to having Peripheral Neuropathy. Not once did my oncologist indicate that this was a possibility. Of the 11 or so side effects, I have seven. My wife has it in her hands, and it makes every day tasks much harder for her to do. I think the weakness I've been feeling is related to this. From what I'm reading the medical response to help this is Gabapentin. I will try my hardest not to take this because of its side effects. I will search for an holistic approach.

I've only been working in the yard maybe a half hour a day mostly to water my plants. The rest of the time I'm either sleeping or watching TV, oh I forgot or reading the mail.
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Please say a big NO to Gabapentin! They had me take it years ago and I ended up having a serious panic attack and ended up in the ER. There are several similar drugs that they tried on me and all of them had some bad effect worse than dealing with the nerve problem.

Don't be fooled by the term Peripheral Neuropathy. It is just a way of saying you have nerve problems. What is the cause of the nerve problem is what should be treated, but in most cases that isn't possible, so a symptom (nerve pain) of an underlying problem, is treated instead of the problem. Treating that nerve pain by blocking an electrolyte, never has a good ending. In most cases, treating the underlying problem is impossible such as in nerve malfunction due to the Mylan sheath being permanantly damaged.

Keeping your electrolytes balanced will help more than anything. First thing is to have blood test monitoring your electrolytes. If either sodium or potassium gets to far of of whack, then nerve problems will get worse.

Usually the way these drugs work is by blocking sodium, which keeps the nerves from firing correctly. Blocking sodium or any other electrolyte, leads to your nervous system malfunctioning. Keeping electrolytes balanced, heat pads, exercise, and Voltatren is what helps me most.
 
Tony Page said:
My daughter and family (husband & grandkids) yesterday trimmed about a hundred feet of overgrown shrubs along the fence on one side of the house. it looks so much neater now.

Many times during my visit to the oncologists I have brought up side effects that have been troubling me. I looked up these side effects online and they all point to having Peripheral Neuropathy. Not once did my oncologist indicate that this was a possibility. Of the 11 or so side effects, I have seven. My wife has it in her hands, and it makes every day tasks much harder for her to do. I think the weakness I've been feeling is related to this. From what I'm reading the medical response to help this is Gabapentin. I will try my hardest not to take this because of its side effects. I will search for an holistic approach.

I've only been working in the yard maybe a half hour a day mostly to water my plants. The rest of the time I'm either sleeping or watching TV, oh I forgot or reading the mail.
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You are already taking alpha lipoic acid, right?
 
My daughter and her family will be traveling on vacation today. They will be heading for Tennessee, on the way there they're planning on stopping in Kentucky to visit Mammoth cave, the world's longest known explored cave system, with over 400 miles explored. In Tennessee they want to visit Dollywood. Last week my daughter got a call from one of her closest friends who lives upstate New York, she wanted to know if my daughter would join her in Florida because she won a raffle for 5 free tickets to a Disney resort and theme parks. My daughter agreed and will be heading to Disney World after Tennessee. my daughter and three grandkids will be gone for about 3 weeks.

A couple of weeks ago I reported we had an intruder on Ring video walking through my property and broke into my sheds. It just dawned on me this morning to check the neighborhood feature on ring. It's a place where people can list things they've spotted on their ring camera stray pets and safety issues. A few minutes before our incident, a home .2 miles away had a video of the same intruder trespassing on there property, looking around and then leaving. They claimed the intruder was a thief and was caught by the police. It was a relief to read that he was caught by the police. I have taken additional precautions like getting locks for the gates. I had just found a solar powered camera that I liked the features, I was debating whether to purchase it, now I'm not so sure I need an additional camera, especially since it's still a goal that we're selling the house and moving to South Carolina.
 
Tony Page said:
My daughter and her family will be traveling on vacation today. They will be heading for Tennessee, on the way there they're planning on stopping in Kentucky to visit Mammoth cave, the world's longest known explored cave system, with over 400 miles explored. In Tennessee they want to visit Dollywood. Last week my daughter got a call from one of her closest friends who lives upstate New York, she wanted to know if my daughter would join her in Florida because she won a raffle for 5 free tickets to a Disney resort and theme parks. My daughter agreed and will be heading to Disney World after Tennessee. my daughter and three grandkids will be gone for about 3 weeks.

A couple of weeks ago I reported we had an intruder on Ring video walking through my property and broke into my sheds. It just dawned on me this morning to check the neighborhood feature on ring. It's a place where people can list things they've spotted on their ring camera stray pets and safety issues. A few minutes before our incident, a home .2 miles away had a video of the same intruder trespassing on there property, looking around and then leaving. They claimed the intruder was a thief and was caught by the police. It was a relief to read that he was caught by the police. I have taken additional precautions like getting locks for the gates. I had just found a solar powered camera that I liked the features, I was debating whether to purchase it, now I'm not so sure I need an additional camera, especially since it's still a goal that we're selling the house and moving to South Carolina.
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You can take the camera(s) with you to South Carolina.
 
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