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Taking A Road Trip

Lisa

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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We feel it's time to bug out of here and take a road trip. We want to leave home and slowly take the scenic route up to Maine. :rolleyes:

Any suggestions for stops along the way?

Thanks Lisa

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tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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I can't remember our stops along the way to New Hampshire . . . I know on the way home we took the back roads and instead of a straight shot up there (were visiting my cousin), decided to take the leisurely way home . . . went through Maine, Vermont -- all small streets, beautiful places. My memory being basically -- well, NOTHING -- I'll ask Dave. He may have some insight as to some places that we stopped. I ENVY YOU!! This is THE most beautiful time to go up that way! The trees are AWE-INSPIRING. I hope you have a GREAT trip . . . . you deserve it, my friend.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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We always love it up there after the nasty hot summers here.

Lynne, going to the Dr.'s office now for him the interpret my blood work. Let ya know later. With me luck.

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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My thoughts and prayers are with you . . . . let me know ASAP! PM or e-mail me . . . REALLY want to know. xxxooo Lynne

Turtle Enthusiast
Turtle
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Lisa: I'm jealous...I wanna go on a road trip!!!!

Hope your blood work came out okay! Thinking of you!

mouse Enthusiast
mouse
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Lisa, let me know later too, please. Hugs.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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OK:

Current symptoms: Arm tremors, hair loss, fatigue, lack of concentration, memory issues, brusing, no interest in food.

Most everything was below the average, WBC, Platelets,Folic, B-12. He said that the blood panel was not normal for a 51 year old, but he doesn't know where to go with it. Pushed Lexipro, as if the fatigue is depression, gheshhhhh.

Suggested seeing a rhumotologist and asked if there was a Celiac Research Center. I suggest Dr. Peter Green at the Univ of MD. I had a pros biopsy a year ago August, but he did the blood test 3 months later, and I was gluten free by then so I think that he is not sure it is Celiac. Every darn doctor wants to do their own test!!! :angry:

I guess that it is nothing to get concerned, just have to eat better, drink less

I still cannot understand why more doctors don't know anything about all this by now. <_<<_<

Lisa

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mouse Enthusiast
mouse
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Thanks Lisa for letting us know. I think you need to find a new doctor who will address the vitamin deficiencies. First doctors say, that the blood test being positive means nothing and that you have to have a biopsy. Now your doctor is saying the biopsy being positive means nothing and that you might not have Celiac. Of course you have Celiac because of the positive biopsy. All of those things you are expieriencing are not normal and need to be addressed. I am not a doctor, but I would think that not having the right amount of certain vitamins would cause some of them. Hopefully someone will post with more ideas then I have. But, don't give up the ship. You need to find a doctor who will hear you. Many hugs. PS - how is your thyroid?

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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Yeah, I was going to mention that, too, but didn't want to blame everything on thyroid issues!!!! I think you're on the right track, though, Metta.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Maybe you all can make sense of this, thyroid:

Free T4 - 0.85 (range 0.70 - 1.53)

TSH (high Sensitive test) - 0.89 (range0.49 - 4.87) ......sounds low to me??

Dr. had no concerns about this. So what do you all think.

L

To clarify, I may have confused people. Five years of loosing unexplained weight (size 12 pants to a size 4). A period of high stress kicked in my symptoms. I can even remember the date it began. After two months of being held up in the bathroom with "molten poop", went to my GP. He recommended a GI. Had endoscopy and colonoscopy. Endo, indicated flattened villi. Concluded Celiac Sprue. Went gluten free. Aggravated with my GP of years, and I went to an Osteopathic DR. He did the Celiac Panel (after two months gluten free), which was negative, duh

I have lost alot of padding on my bod. No butt, and wake up in the am with aching legs as no more padding on my feet. And I don't know how to get that back.

Ok, ok, enough about me. I don't feel comfortable being "out-there", but I sure did it to myself tonight. :ph34r:

Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
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Lisa

Missed this post in the afternoon. I'm not here much anymore but did post on the other thread.

About tests, don't know about those, sorry but came one cause I might have some ideas about your trip.

Jim and I did a conference in Maine and came home the scenic way and it was 'breathtaking' I'll try to find out from Jim what routes we took as like Lynne, we like to take the back roads and scenic ways. We went to Kennybunkport whick i love. I worked for 2 summers in college there and know some cool places to see. Also there is a neat new hotel in Oqunquite (?) that is on this point where the old hotel i worked in was.

I'll try to find the name of a neat other hotel that we loved so much as so much to do and see close by and it had a jacuzzi in the room. I find if i can get rooms that have that...I feel so much better and can do more in a day re: walking etc.

I'll be in touch.

Love

Judy

Going to PM you another idea. Have to get something out of the oven. will get back to you later.

hugs

judy

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