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He is 16 and MRDD we are doing the nystatin and yogurt thanks for the responses.

I have lupus/fibro and on of the things that happens alot is I get thrush very frequently. The other day my husband had bought me a mountain dew which I only took a few swigs of. My son found it and thought it was for him and he drank it. Now he has my thrush on top of the cold he already had. I feel so bad. My nystatin swish and swallow is almost gone but my thrush is not and his is even worse guess I will be calling doc for refill. BTW does anyone know can I send him to school with thrush?

Thanks for the responses but apparently her doc doesnt want her on the vac. I had to ask anyway. I had it for my abdominal wound and it was awsome. Thanks

I would agree that you need to continue persuing the medical side of this. I have dual dx of fibro/lupus it has taken forever for them to figure it out. Just this last friday my doc thinks he has it pegged we shall see. But dont give up. We are here for you.

Me thinks yersinia21 has major issues. Darlin I suggest you take a cool off period and get a grip.

OK when did this suddenly become a bash Dave thread. I freely and proudly admit that we are friends but is all this childish insulting of Dave really necessary. It is beginning to sound like grade school. Dave is excellent at what he does yet I have never not once heard him say he is better than a doctor. I will however add that in my personal experience I get better care from NP's they take more time and delve deeper. That doesnt make them better just more in depth than docs tend to take the time to be. Now stop the Dave bashing or I am going to have to open a can of whoop arrse on ya. Play nice and check out the TOS of this board.

Thanks caffine. And BTW nurses who are always trying to educate themselves are the best nurses.

shish dont tell but I think we won the debate. YIPPY

I dont understand. Isnt it just common sense and taught in most nursing schools worth their salt that it is easier and better to keep pain under control than to attempt to get out of control pain back under control. Why cant nurses just stop and think how they would want their pain treated. So annoying and scarey.

I only pick up one nasty tone here and it isnt dave or fab. If that means I am part of their click or clan or whatever yippy skippy for me. I can attest to the waking up in a full blown pain crisis. This happened to me when I had my TAH/BSO. I had a fentanyl pca pump which was rediculous. Of course I fell asleep and had not pushed my button enough and was in horrid agony when I woke up. I have no idea how much or what they gave me but the nurse had to push quite a few syringes of whatever and it took what felt like hours to get back under control. If anyone ever told me not to wake a sleeping pain pt just to check on their pain I would pitch a fit. I have been there and I consider it abuse to not adequetly treat pain just cause it is easier not to wake someone. I have my flame retardent suit on and am in a bad mood just so ya know.

Thank you it is times like this that make nursing worth while.

Does the fact that it is infected with MRSA make a difference?

Thanks for the article very informative as well as just one more opportunity for me to catch up on your posts.

In my facility we dont have alot of cancer but do deal with alot of other end of life stuff. I do think it is good but could be better.

I have a pt with a large abdominal wound. The wound was created when a combo tube went bad and had to be removed and replaced. The wound has MRSA my question is does that make the wound not a good candidate for the wound vac?

Ok so I had that prob at work with not agreeing that one of my pts with huge open wound was not recieving proper wound care and was getting inadequet pain med prior to procedure. Persistance pays off I just called work and I WON actually pt won. Better wound care procedure now ordered and better pain med. Yippy Skippy

Been there done that I can relate. Us quite ones are really the workers. Keep your chin up.

good response dave

I am a nurse and I have fibro. Yes it is difficult but definately doable.

I and two of my coworkers are doing it and we love it. It is so much easier doing it together. I love that I can work and go to school too and still have time with my family. I am just at the beginning but I am convinced it is worth it. If you ever want to talk about it just pm me I love to talk school.

Thank you so much for the info. I will definately be checking that out.

Thanks for responding you are the only one that did. I went to er. As far as my back I have PLMD and had fallen out of bed again. Apparently according to xray I have a compression fracture of the T4. ER MD says numb tingly hand is due too carpel tunnel which I never had before and dont believe it would develope overnight but oh well I am just a nurse. Thanks for your concern I really do appreciate it.

Ok I have fibro but I dont think this has anything to do with it. I woke up with my back breaking as usual only worsethis time. My right hand and fingers are swollen and tingley. I thought maybe they were just asleep and it would go away but now I have been up for hours with no improvement. I am walking hunched over and right hand still numb tingly feelin. I may be an idiot but it has me a tad concerned. I mean I am not dieing or anything but it is driving me up the wall. Only new med is vioxx. Any advice?

I adore and collect angels and bears. That is just me.

I am going strictly with EC but my coworkers are going with rue. We are comparing notes and they match up perfectly. Only difference is they are paying 99 dollars a month locked it no matter if they complete it or not. The nice thing is if you have some coworkers or study buds one can go with one of the third party study systems and you can all split the cost. I will say though I am sticking with EC for financial reasons my friends rue system has given us alot of direction.