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To: Rambi who wrote (66126)	12/7/2004 9:17:07 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Some do and some don't. One of my friends is a nurse at a busy community health center and she says they don't mind people bringing in things they've printed off of the net -- especially in the case of people who have unusual illnesses. Often, the doctors or other staff just don't have the time to do a great deal of research on a particular condition. I have several friends who are nurses (very odd how many of my friends are), and a couple of them are pretty avid when it comes to spending their spare time looking for extra info for patients that have conditions they're not up on dealing with. One of the first things one of my friends asked me to do when I helped her get hooked up to the net was to show her how to find info on Lou Gehrig's (ALS) so that she could be of more help to one of the patients in her care. She thinks the net is absolutely wonderful. croc

To: Rambi who wrote (66126)	12/8/2004 10:56:49 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

let us know how she's doing, k? re: Dr's and the net my guess is good doctors don't mind it at all - patients taking a lead and interest in their health care the doctors with the 'god syndrome' don't like to be questioned they take it as a challenge for you can't question god their reactions says a lot about the doctor you've chosen trust is a two way street

To: Rambi who wrote (66126)	12/8/2004 5:21:13 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 71178

Seconds on please let us know how she is doing, Rambi. And thoughts with her family and friends. And her, of course! Rainy Day found an article along the lines I was looking for and couldn't find. I had read awhile back about outbreaks in colleges, and thought Chicago was one area. Maybe we shouldn't let the kids leave home without a carton of Epsom salts and some good salve, huh? I'm glad it seems they have got to it in time, even if a little later. It's so true about kids being so busy and feeling a bit invulnerable. When I started reading your first note, my heart stopped. It was a relief to read on and it looked like the spider bite, or a treatable... that other thing. My mind is not allowing the word in right now. :) All prayers, Rambi. And I hope you doing okay in your very busy days!

To: Rambi who wrote (66126)	12/8/2004 6:03:28 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 71178

staph... that's the word. Guess the brain was ready. :) Still have to cross myself, though. I thought I'd share one of those "the world is a wonderful place" moments. It seems so cold too often these days, even if global warming is coming. About 5 weeks ago the right side of my "good" glasses broke and the lens would pop out. So I struggled along and, of course, didn't glue the frames. One night, a week later, I was driving home in the dark and fog on a strange, snaky two-lane blacktop. I touched my glasses to push them up and out popped the lens. I finally found a place to pull over and look for it. I guess it was still on me when I got out of the truck and it fell. Never seen again. So I was down to the one-eyed glasses and the wire frames with two lenses but an old prescription. The left eye is seriously over-corrected now. 350 and .175 stigmatism instead of 275 and .125. Now that freaks an eye out. And I let another month go by like this. Wearing two eyes to drive, and bumbling around with one eye at home. It was an interesting experiment in how the brain processes information. One-eyed, if I close the right eye, brain says turn head to see to the right. With it open, even though it is not useful, with the left-eye seeing, brain doesn't say turn head. It seems to think the right side is fine, too. So I did a lot of bumping into things. Finally, after going to sleep by 8 most nights of late because my eyeballs had had enough, I went to the big city today to a one-hour place. My idea was that they'd take the prescription off the good left lense and make one for the wire-frames. Or I'd have to buy a whole new pair. My budget was weeping either way. But she took the good left lense and cut it down to fit the wire frames and charged me $7.50. Plus, she had both pairs of glasses so I couldn't go home and go back tomorrow for them, which meant I got to walk (no, not drive a mile lol) and eat breakfast and work a crossword puzzle. It was a very wonderful day and my eyes are so very happy! Now for Christmas, Santa is going to bring me a second pair. I've gotten to where not having a back-up makes me too nervous. If I break them when I'm on the road, I'm stuck. lol.