Recent content by mamerth

Has anyone here had a tooth extracted??? My tooth that I had filled a week and 1/2 ago is dying and likely has an infection. I am on an antibitoic. I can't afford a root canal.... so I am leaning more towards getting my tooth pulled. Are there any CF related risks I should be aware of. My...

I am green with envy at those of you with such high pfts. I had my first tune up about 18 years ago... outpatient IV's with every 3 day check in for blood work and/dressing changes. I started "in hospital" tune ups a couple of years ago. I am likely looking at one this fall with another...

My finally got a hold of my CF nurse. She is starting me on an antibiotic. My dentist is out of town. The pain seems to be more in my jaw... under the tooth. My jaw is swollen (can see the swelling on my cheek). We are going to treat the sinus issues and then if the pain and swelling is...

I had a tooth filled last week. It was a deep filling. Shortly after the dentist visit my sinuses began to drain. I had some sinus issues before the filling... my husband said my breath and nose smelled funny. On Sunday my sinuses started to drain full time. I flushed out my nose and had a very...

I would call it a sure fire throat irritant. I get a dull sore throat if I do the whole tube. There are times (when I have a cold) that I have to tolerate HTS. It does get things moving.

I am home from the dentist. I had a deep, deep cavity. It was almost to the nerve. Yikes!! He found 2 more cavities as he was poking around. I have to get the second one fixed and filled in a month and the third one after that sometime. The third one is just starting to form. I still...

I always stay in the hospital the 2 full weeks (or about that) . I don't do well at home with all the drug times and rest that I must have when I am doing IVs (it zonks me) . I can't get good rest at home <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I always have trouble with...

For super important meds that are time sensitive I set an alarm on my cell phone (my serevent is one of them). Ordering med is harder to remember. I have a medicine room (an unused bathroom) and I keep most everything in there and check my supplies every so often. I also set an alarm on my...

If it is just a plain cough (not productive) then I cover my mouth and let it rip. If it feels like it is going to be productive then I start heading for the bathroom. I live with guys so being dainty with my cough is not necessary. I don't ever spit into a tissue in front of people. Cough...

I wear light sweaters most of the time (even in the summer). If I don't wear a sweater and someone asks what happened to me I tell them I am slowing turning in to a blueberry. My ABG poke took two tries. The bruising looked GROSS it went from my thumb down my arm! I hid my hand when we...

Yeah I was afraid whitening would be a waste... oh just for a little while to have pretty teeth. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I am going to make that appointment.... their office was closed on Friday. Grumble.... I don't touch sugar. I don't touch pop. I...

I am ashamed to admit it has been too long since I went to a dentist. Up until now I have had perfect teeth. I am hoping to get an appointment next week. The only problem is I keep catching my tongue on the jagged tooth. I am just hoping I won't need something major done. I am not in any...

I chipped a tooth a while ago (on a fork) .... part of the side came off. Tonight while eating out with friends my tooth crumbled (a large part of it fell off). I obviously swallowed the tooth part without noticing it. When we got home my husband looked at the tooth. A large portion of my tooth...

For me it meant asthma. Started asthma drug and it went away pretty quickly.

I have some trouble as well during tune ups with vesting. I usually undo the side where the PICC is situated. (undo the shoulder velcro).