Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention I'd be so light-headed after hanging upside down I'd have to lay down the rest of the day. Are you harnessed in or what? How the heck do you hang upside down?? I get in this Tilt machine, close

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

I'd be so light-headed after hanging upside down I'd have to lay down the rest of the day. Are you harnessed in or what? How the heck do you hang upside down?? I get in this Tilt machine, close an ankle lock around my ankles (foam lined steel; then I raise my arms to my chest and my

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

Hey, that would probably work way better than my suggestion!! You are too funny, Gunny! j ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/28/2008 10:13:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention I learned early on the grab the sock with my teeth, pull

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention I'd be so light-headed after hanging upside down I'd have to lay down the rest of the day. Are you harnessed in or what? How the heck do you hang upside down?? I get in this Tilt machine, close

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

I also start the day out with thin ankles and end up with fat ones. My solution for the dependent edema- swelling caused by gravity and the lack of nerve control of the arteries and veins- is hanging upside down. I put in my ear-buds, turn on my ipod, and flip myself upside down for 30

RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention

@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention I also start the day out with thin ankles and end up with fat ones. My solution for the dependent edema- swelling caused by gravity and the lack of nerve control of the arteries and veins- is hanging upside down. I put in my ear-buds, turn on my ipod

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention I also start the day out with thin ankles and end up with fat ones. My solution for the dependent edema- swelling caused by gravity and the lack of nerve control of the arteries and veins

RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention

: [TMIC] Fluid retention I also have this problem. I wear compression socks they help. But they are a bear to get on off BERNARD BUTCHER -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

, March 27, 2008 7:28 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention I also start the day out with thin ankles and end up with fat ones. My solution for the dependent edema- swelling caused by gravity and the lack of nerve control of the arteries and veins- is hanging upside down. I put in my ear

RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention

No - I would love to hear it! BERNARD BUTCHER From: jrushton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:39 PM To: Butcher, Bernard G (NY80); tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention Bernard, has anyone shown you how to put

RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention

Subject: RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention No - I would love to hear it! BERNARD BUTCHER From: jrushton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:39 PM To: Butcher, Bernard G (NY80); tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention Bernard, has anyone shown you how to put

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

where the wood box has been filled for the last time this year and I mean it. - Original Message - From: jrushton To: Butcher Bernard G (NY80) ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: RE: [TMIC] Fluid retention Well, I learned this after

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

I don't walk but ankles will swell slightly when down for long periods of time (I elevate slightly) so my doctor put me on lasix once a day. Also because I use them I have to take that nasty, chalky potassium pill once a day. Ella in Ohio **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros.

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Hi Jan, I am allergic to sulfa and many diuretics apparently contain sulfa (Thankfully I caught that while reading the prescription information that came with the prescription before I took any!!) I am supposed to be on something now called something like spironolactone. I took it one

Re: [TMIC] Fluid retention

: [TMIC] Fluid retention Are you all thinkin what I am thinkin??? Yup thats right.YOU TUBE! I am gonna need to see a You Tube video of you putting your socks on this way! Then we can vote on a titleSocks gone wild? We could get Frank to do it and call it Frankinsocks. Okay I am done now

[TMIC] Fluid retention

Does anyone else tend to retain fluid in their lower limbs? I seem to -- but it may be due to age/excess weight/lack of exercise. No doctor has been concerned about it til the one I just started seeing this past year (my previous doc left his practice). She wanted me to wear an ace bandage

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Do you take Lasix or any other diuretic? I take generic Lasix, and have since I was diagnosed.That keeps the retention problem in check with exceptions like having to stand a long time.as to your cellulitis, I'm not much help except to say that you should be sure to take the

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*Hi Barbara,* *Whenever i wake up, my lower legs look like toothpicks, but by the end of the day, the ankles and knees are swollen tight. It's very uncomfortable.* ** *About the cellulitis---please be careful. Some years ago I had it in the orbit of my eye, and it spread to the bone and

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Hi Linda, Cellulitis is a skin infection. The swollen ankles aren't a symptom of it but from what I understand it makes the skin there more susceptible to it. The Mayo Clinic site says: Introduction: Cellulitis (sel-u-LI-tis) is a common, potentially serious bacterial skin infection.