Tummy’s Back to Normal – PT Continues
It took a couple of days of very careful, limited eating, to get my tummy back to a normal situation, but I’m much better now. I’ve gone back to using the glycerin suppositories, and that’s helping the most, other than to avoid some questionable foods.
I talked to my PT Monday, and told her my neck was much better, and that I was surprised they had not had me doing any exercises. She said they wanted to get my muscles calmed down first. So, she is going to add some tomorrow. I told her I wanted to be stingy with my visits, in case I needed to come for something else later on in the year, so she has me on Monday and Thursday now, instead of 3 days a week. Of course, that frees up our Date Day, and that suits me just fine.
I’ve been extremely busy trying to help all the families who have been asking for help find lost lovies, ever since the msnbc.com article came out about our Plush Memories Lost Toy Search Service. We had well over a thousand hits that first day, and our traffic is still about double what it was before the article.
I’m fighting the poison ivy again, and I’m not sure which one of us is winning right now. I have found that I can take one Benadryl at night, and that stops the itching until in the afternoon. Then I take a non drowsy type that the pharmacist said I could use. It doesn’t work all that well, and by early evening I’m in misery. It gets in my blood stream or something, because I end up with rash and blisters in places that it should not be. Very delicate skin itches ten times more than arm or leg skin, I guarantee it!!!
I see the Dermatologist in another couple of weeks, so I will certainly ask him about anything I can do to dry it up quickly.
I think I know where the poison ivy is coming from. We’ve been bringing our outside cats in at night when the weather is below freezing. I am pretty sure I’m catching it from them. We had the brother and sister kitties neutered last week, and the little girl is somewhat frail, so we did not want to take any chances with the cold. The only other possibility is that the wood chips I’m using for the compost have the vines ground up in with it. Our back yard is just full of poison ivy, so that’s certainly possible.
I’m continuing to limit my reading of anything Parkinson’s related, but nothing has changed as far as my foot tremors and facial tics go. Oh, and I still haven’t started back using the TAP. I decided to get my neck calmed down, plus see if the mouth tic was related to maybe my tongue moving around on the inside of the mouthpiece in my sleep, and it getting to be a habit. Well, the neck is calming down nicely, but the mouth tic is still there. So I think I can stop blaming the TAP for that.
Since I’ve been taking the Benadryl at night, I’m sleeping quite well, even without the TAP. Funny, the Benadryl is working much better than all the fancy sleep meds ever did, and I’ve tried almost every prescription they make at one time or another.
Glad your tummy getting back to normal.
Came across an article recently, when looking for something else, stating that Native Americans used Jewelweed for poison ivy and it is still a popular alternative to prescribed medication. I had never heard of it before and might even do a blog entry on it sometime.
I’ve read the same as Jackie, and also that Jewelweed grows close to Poison Ivy.
Just now got caught up on your blog, DB, and I’m so sorry about all the trials.I’m so glad the tummy feels better, at least!
Hang in there!
Thanks for the info, Jackie. I didsome research and decided to try it. I ordered from altnature. I’ll let you know how it does.
I saw that about it growing close by, too, Marion. It would be just like me to get into the poison ivy while I was trying to get to the Jewelweed! I read a warning about not trying to grow it, as it is extremely invasive. So don’t get any ideas for your garden. Wikipedia did say that Impatiens are related and used with weaker effect.
Not sure if “Ron” is spamming or not. But I took a look at the site, and it seems to be some kind of numbing lotion. I’m fortunate that I have the weakness of Neuropathy, without the terrible pain that some suffer with, so it’s not appropriate for my situation.
There was nothing about the site that would have given me confidence to buy it, anyway. Sorry, Ron.
If you are looking for natural products – and I see you mentioned having Peripheral Neuropathy – you might want to check out the web site which has a testamonial from a spokesperson for the Neuropathy Assoc.