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    Naps

    How bizarre. I have been taking naps these past couple of month too. I have never been a "napper", but this past month, it just seems that I have been more tired than usual and don't have a lot of energy. If I sit down on the couch, I seem to get very heavy-eyed and have to take a nap. One...
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    Another question about salt

    I have often wondered this myself but have never asked the doctor. I can't really recall that they ever said one way or the other, to eat a lot of salt or not. I do remember when I was younger, they would always give us bags of salted pretzels at the clinic. I also remember they would give...
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    Waking up in the morning

    I have had a few occasions where I wake up because of difficulty breathing. It usually happens when I am sick though. When I first get up is when my breathing is the worst. I always get my treatment just before I go to bed and then get my treatment first thing after I get up. This usually...
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    salt

    I've never really noticed that my body tells me I need salt. But. like everybody else, I salt everything I eat. I don't actually cook with it too much because I don't want to overdose my husband (lol), but I do salt my own food. There was one time when I was a youngster (and I was at a...
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    Ports

    Hello. Well, I can say with great relief and thankfullness that I have never had a port or a PICC line. My sister did have a port put in a little over a year ago. She hasn't had any problems with it thus far. She previously had PICC lines put in. I always tease her when I see it because it...
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    Cough Swabs/Sputum Cultures

    Hello. I have actually done this a few times. Usually, I do it at the clinic, but if I am sick and I can't do it at my primary care physician's office, I do it at the lab. The last time I was at the lab, they gave me 3 or 4 sputum containers to take home (because I had been up there several...
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    What have you accomplished

    I'm new to this message board, so I hope I'm doing this right. I've lived a pretty boring life but here are my accoplishments: Lived past 20 (I'm now 35). Graduated in the top ten of my high school class (opted out of going to college) Haven't been in the hospital since high school I've worked...
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