Re: Re Benadryl,Jenn
From: JANET (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 31 15:42:57 2000
Jenn,
Hi hon.. Are you okay now? I hope so.. I just wanted to check and make
sure nothing else has popped up.. I probably wont be on very much, i'm
going to keep a low profile, not muchwanted..You and Emer and Belle can
write me private if you want.. I just don't know why i'm always targeted..?
maybe i'm just being too sensitive, i dont know? Jan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jenn <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Re Benadryl
>Hey Belle I would like to talk with you privately too about this issue of
>allergies etc. As many of you know I am allergic to latex, and all non
latex
>gloves,,,,many medications etc. well you will not believe what happened
>yesterday at work....lol! hang on....this was weird.
>
>at like 2:30 yesterday I was sitting at my table in my cubical office and
>was calling patients to remind them of their f/u appointments for monday.
>all of a sudden my left arm got this burning feeling so i looked down. my
>left arm had this weird bright red patch....boy oh boy did that hurt and
>itch! well i turned my hand over and the same thing was on my hand. i asked
>the girls where i was if it was on my face or neck cause maybe it was a
>reaction to the cipro since i finished it. they said no but it itched so
>bad. i thought maybe the clinic would have something i could put on it so i
>went up to ask my friend Kate who is a medical assistant there. she showed
>it to Jenn who is also an MA and they were going to get Gail the supervisor
>to see if they had anything. they all know that i have a lot of allergies
>etc. so then I saw the PA come out with a patient so i leaned over the
>counter and showed him. a new nurse practicioner was observing cause he is
>working for us now. he said he thought it was contact but then wasn't sure
>with all my allergies. they wondered if anyone had gloves down back near my
>table. but who in the worl would use gloves back there and no one in the
>clinic was back there! so then he said that he wanted the medical director
>to look at it but i couldn't find him.....it was really itching at that
>point and my right arm was red and blotchy too but not hives. so i was
>walking around with my arm out like a robot or something so i didn't let
>them touch anything and make them itch more. lol! so then i heard the PA
>tell the nurse practicioner that I am an asthmatic too (but not bad i must
>add lol) so then the med director was in with an urgent care patient so
when
>he came out the PA said Please check out Jenn's arms.....so he went into
the
>lab and i just said that they do not want me in there cause I have latex
and
>other allergies so we went to a room and he checked my breathing and it was
>fine...no trouble.....he said it is hard to tell what might have caused it
>and it could have been a delayed reaction which the allergist had told me
>before too so he had me wash my hands and arms so that if somethign was on
>them it was washed off. he wrote me a script for some cream and i told them
>i would keep it with me at work and bring the benadryl too cause i had
>nothing. a girl at work had benadryl and some corizone stuff with her so he
>looked at it and said to take one pill and bobbie helped me put the cream
>on. she is great. so then an hour later i went to show the dr and it was
>gone...strange! we might never know what it was but if it happens again on
>monday or something we know it is something at work which is also not
>good...can't lose my job again......lost one last summer remember cause of
>the gloves i couldnt' do 1 thing i was hired for.....that was bizarre and i
>had no clue it would happen....so i will keep all my allergy stuf wtih me
>and i should keep a paper with all my meds and allergies on it so that if
it
>ever happened again they would know.....oh what an afternoon that
>was.....funny and we all had a good laugh but inside i was scared cause i
>had no clue what caused it.....
>
>just had to tell this story.....
>
>Jenn
>
>At 11:20 PM 1/28/00 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>l felt i should share this with you.Last year when i had my lap for the
>>documentary,it had to be cancelled due to my Latex Allergy, nearly
>>everything in the operating
>>room is latex,from gloves to the tube that goes down your throat.Since
Endo
>>seems to be related to allergies,anyway that is the first thing<all endo
>>sufferers should get allergy tested>next i was sent i to get allergy
tested
>>and over the years i have used benedrly for bronchitis< we have benadrly
>>cough syrup here in Australia> and when i was working for clubmed over a
5
>>year period i used the bebadryl capsules for allergies and sometimes to
help
>>me sleep,well i am now allergic to Beneadryl also,and badly.l just felt
that
>>alot of people use Benadryl and if you over use something you may become
>>allergic like myself.Just thought i should share both these thngs with you
>>all.
>>HUGS,
>>
>>Belle.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Penelope <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>Date: Friday, 28 January 2000 15:49
>>Subject: Re: Alex(Jan)
>>
>>>Jan
>>>I no longer take the vicoprofin, it just wasnt working so my new doc put
me
>>>on oxycontin which works better but sometimes I still have pain. He also
>>put
>>>me on Celebrex which I just tried tonight, so I will see if that helps
too.
>>>He offered to put me on the Ms contin but I told him I didn't want
anything
>>>that strong yet, I wanted to wait to see how the oxy worked first. It
makes
>>>me very itchy so I have to take a benadryl w/ it.
>>>Love,Penny
>>>daisylove@nji.com
>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: JANET <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:12 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Alex(Jan)
>>>
>>>> Penny,
>>>> Hello.. Actuall vicoprofen does'nt have very much
>>>> ibuprofen/acetaminophen in it.. Is it the 5/200? Let me know what
>>strength
>>>> it is, and i'll let you know.. Jan
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Penelope <daisylove@nji.com>
>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@forum.obgyn.net>
>>>> Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:38 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Alex(Jan)
>>>>
>>>> >Jan
>>>> >do you know the amount of time it takes for the vicoprofin to damage
the
>>>> >liver? I have been taking two at a time and it still doesnt' help and
my
>>>> >doctor is an a**. Don't think he will put me on anything stronger and
>>>until
>>>> >I can get insurance and find a new one I am stuck on these.
>>>> >Love,Penny
>>>> >daisylove@nji.com
>>>> >
>>>>> >----- Original Message -----
>>>> >From: JANET <mattjan@iserv.net>
>>>> >To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@forum.obgyn.net>
>>>> >Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 10:03 AM
>>>> >Subject: Re: Alex
>>>> >
>>>> >> vicoden might be too mild for the pain your having. at least it
sounds
>>>> >like
>>>> >> you have tremendous pain, and vicoden is a very mild pain med. And
>>>you'd
>>>> >> probably have to take too many to get relief, which will hurt your
>>>liver
>>>> >if
>>>> >> you take them long enough.. Again a class 2 pain med, from a pain
>>doc..
>>>> >Get
>>>> >> a doc to refer you to a pain management center.. jan
>>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>>> >> From: NiteAngel1@aol.com <NiteAngel1@aol.com>
>>>> >> To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@forum.obgyn.net>
>>>> >> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 1:12 AM
>>>> >> Subject: Re: Alex
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >Kristen. I must ask my docter about vicodin I have asked for codien
>>>and
>>>> >she
>>>> >> >said "no i don't think it will help the pain" I wanted to punch her
>>>out.
>>>> >> What
>>>> >> >does she know? I am in the process of findind a new doctor. But i
>>will
>>>> >keep
>>>> >> >the pills u mentioned written down and I will ask her about them
next
>>>> >week.
>>>> >> >Thanks for the info...Alex
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
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