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  2. Posted

    ***The Edema Chronicles for June 24, 2023

    Today's weight, taken at around 5:35 a.m., was 316 lbs.

    Sorry, but I've been sick with an upper respiratory infection again. Saw the doctor yesterday and got more Augmentin, plus some phenergan DM cough syrup.

    I caught my illness from Mrs. Prof - she's been sick going on 3 weeks now. Hers turned into bronchitis.

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    8 hours ago, Don Edwards said:

    Have you mentioned to the docs that when you use gabapentin you gain weight? They may have something else that is almost as good for the intended purpose but doesn't have that side effect.

    Yep. Gabapentin stands alone, unfortunately. Had a hard time getting my first pain management doctor to believe me about it. Every time I've been exposed to it since, I've gained weight.

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    I've been ill for the past 5 or 6 days with what my doctor's physician's assistant calls a nasty cold that's "headed in the wrong direction." I was having trouble breathing over the weekend and didn't spend any time on the computer. As a result of my appointment on Monday, I've been put on 10 days' worth of antibiotics (Augmentin) and have been told to take it easy. Easier said than done.

    Oh, and my weight shot up to 328 lbs thanks to the damned gabapentin that was in the pain cream my pain management doctor gave me. I was hoping that the gabapentin wouldn't cause its usual side-effects on me since it was being applied externally this time, but noooooo....

    I quit the cream, and now my weight's going back down. It was 326 lbs at the doctor today. My shoulder's hurting worse, too. Sigh.

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    Woo hoo. I get to have foot surgery again.

    I have a sesamoid bone on my right foot that has migrated out of place and is now between the bone that runs to my big toe and the ball of my right foot. As a result, it's putting pressure on the flesh and causing breakthrough ulcers and pain on the ball of my foot. I found this out at my podiatrist's office today - he took an X-ray which showed the migration. The only way to fix the problem is to cut off the sesamoid bone and pull it out through the left side of my foot.

    I don't have a surgery date yet, since I just learned I'll need surgery today. I do know the surgery will be outpatient, and that I should be able to walk on my right foot the same day of the surgery. Once I get a date, I'll post it here.

  24. Posted

    On the other hand, I managed to get Mrs. Prof to eat rhubarb the other day. The noosa yoghurt company makes a strawberry-rhubarb yoghurt. She has claimed to dislike rhubarb. I got her to try this variation, and she found it edible - not spectacular, and not good enough to ask for it on a regular basis, but edible. I was surprised.

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    35 minutes ago, mlooney said:

    Have you tried it battered and deep fried?  Not slimy that way.  Sorta crunchy in fact.

    I have given okra every possible chance, when you consider than Mrs. Prof loves the stuff. Fried, pickled, boiled on top of black-eyed peas, you name it. I cannot get it past my tongue. None of the techniques that are supposed to get rid of the slime do it sufficiently for me. Urgh.