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This is me on the beach!! The things I love about the beach are: the sound of the waves breaking and crashing on the shore the breeze on my warm, sun-drenched skin the generally muted sound of children playing and people happy and having a good time...

JulesA, Just went to the neuro yesterday and we are considering Copaxone but he wants me to research the other therapies as well. I am concerned about djmart's comment about "golf-ball sized" lumps. OUCH!

June1925, Can you explain more about why you feel that Tysabri is better than Copaxone? I am considering Copaxone over Tysabri because of the following concerns: Apparently Tysabri is associated with neutralizing antibodies (proteins produced by the ...

I will be interseted to hear how things go for you on the oral agent. I have only used Betaseron and since I recently had a relapse I am guessing they may want to discuss putting me back on something at my next appointment. Oral sounds good to me! I ...

I am grateful to know that I am not the only one who has sometimes been more confused than the patients!

I was just reminded by another post about something I said that I wished I hadn't but it wasn't really very funny either..... When I was a teenager in the early 70s I was a nurse's aide in an LTC. At the time we were taught that in order to help peop...

Welcome to FL everybody and best of luck to those of you in nursing school! We sure need you!

I moved to Florida 4 years ago from CT. I raised my kids thereT and when they were grown I decided to go do what I wanted to do for a little while! So, I gave it some thought and considered moving to Cape Cod near my parents but for an OB nurse there...

"Nurse, my contraptions are getting really strong, can I have an epidurmal?"

Wow, this forum has really taken off! At one time I asked for a forum like this and it looks like my request (and I am sure the requests of many others) were heeded. Thanks so much Brian, nurses with disabilities need a place to help us feel less alo...

I have only known one person with sarcoidosis but he really had a hard time with the meds he was on as much as anything. He was our night scrub tech and when he wasn't scrubbing a c-section with us he was basically our unit secretary and stocked our ...

Ex Techie, Everyone always tells me that it is stress that causes me to have exacerbations but I am not really sure that is true. They just seem to come whenever. Life always has stress and you can always blame something but I am not sure that this i...

Linda, Don't give up on nursing! There are so many areas of nursing that you can work in that don't require being on your feet all the time. Hang in there and the right job will come to you. Karen

Steph, Where were those lesions? If they are in the white matter of the brain they might indeed be related to MS but if they are in the gray matter then it is probably something else. Did the doc tell you this detail about your MRI? Karen

Thanks everyone for sharing your stories, they have been very uplifting to read. What a strong and courageous bunch of nurses! I have a question, for those of you who have had optic neuritis, have you had any long term effects? I have not gotten the...

Had a guy call our OB triage (essentially an OB ER), he said his GF was 44 weeks pregnant and he was worried that she hadn't delivered yet and she was refusing to come be checked out. Police were sent to their home to get the patient and she was brou...

Extechie, Try not to let it get you down too much. I was surprised to find out how well many people do even with this disease. I was on Betaseron for 3 years but finally I asked my neuro if I could come off of it because I was doing so well. He didn'...

Maybe we can go back to communal living like the 60s and 70s! We can have a divorced, disabled, nurses commune!!

Hey Doris, I replied to you in another thread but I thought I would reply here too. I live in Volusia County, Orange City to be exact. My kids are grown (my youngest lives in DeLand, the others are still in CT). If I had young kids I might not be her...

Hi Doris, After I wrote that original request for info I found out that most of the hospitals I was interested in did not have a day position available in L&D. So, I ended up at the only one that did, Florida Hospital DeLand. Now I know why they ...

Hello everyone, I am a labor and delivery nurse from Connecticut and I am planning to move to Florida. I am thinking of the area of the East coast from Port Orange down to Melbourne. I am planning to apply to Halifax Medical Center, Wuesthoff, Holm...

READ BELOW..........This may cause even MORE nurses to consider leaving the profession, myself included.............. Nurses Stunned by Criminal Charges Madison, WI -- The nursing community is stunned by the Department of Justice (DOJ) decision to pu...

First at 23 Second at 24 Third at 27 They are now 26, 24 and 22 and I am glad that I did it this way, it worked for us. I watched two of my sisters in law who were much older when they had their first daughters at the same time I had my daughter. The...

I wasn't suggesting that everyone wear a lab coat. A scrub jacket can be embroidered, so can a regular short sleeved scrub top. I was just suggesting an alternative to the badge for someone who is proud of their credentials. I am required to wear a l...

11 years (father arrested for abuse) SVD, no complications 47 years.....PIH, Gest. Diabetes, cesarean but otherwise fine