Re: I only do rare..

Johnnie DeGrand (jdegrand(AT)up.net)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:32:38 -0400

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Sam, can you tell me more about cytoixin and IVIG and what and why they
were used on you. So that I may ask Jake Doc's about the possibility of
getting them. Am to understand that they were tried for gaining function?
Judi

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> From: Sandra Melville <luthyen(AT)erols.com>
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: I only do rare..
> Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 9:21 AM
>
> Hello everybody!
>
> I have not fallen the end of the earth, although I have been lurking a
bit.
> Actually I have spent six of the last eight weeks in the hospital. Six
of
> them were with a rare auto immune ( does this sound familiar) disorder
> called sympathotonic orthostatic hypotension, which means my blood
pressure
> went so low that I could not sit up let alone stand or walk. While I was
> being worked out for that, it was found that I had a C3-C4 subluxation,
so I
> had a fusion with a titanium plate and screws. Now I am languishing at
home
> in a Philadelphia collar and recovering in the little decrease in
function
> that happened postop. The low blood pressure seemed to have been
triggered
> by my fourth and rounds of cytoxin, so there will be no more of that. A
> mixed blessing, because it really had helped my function. For those of
you
> can sit considering cytoxin, don't let this scare you off: as far as I
know,
> it's never been reported before. The cytoxin did make great improvement
in
> my function, and I would do it again, it were not for this. Now it looks
as
> if we're considering IVIG: I'll know more after the doctors appointment
this
> afternoon.
>
> Keep smiling all!
>
> Sam
>
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Sam, can you tell me more about = cytoixin and IVIG and what and why they were used on you. So that I may = ask Jake Doc's about the possibility of getting them. Am to understand = that they were tried for gaining function? =  Judi

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> From: Sandra Melville <luthyen(AT)erols.com>
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: I only do rare..
> Date: = Monday, July 20, 1998 9:21 AM
>
> Hello everybody!
> =
> I have not fallen the end of the earth, although I have been = lurking a bit.
> Actually I have spent six of the last eight weeks = in the hospital.  Six of
> them were with a rare auto immune = ( does this sound familiar) disorder
> called sympathotonic = orthostatic hypotension, which means my blood pressure
> went so = low that I could not sit up let alone stand or walk.  While I = was
> being worked out for that, it was found that I had a C3-C4 = subluxation, so I
> had a fusion with a titanium plate and screws. =  Now I am languishing at home
> in a Philadelphia collar and = recovering in the little decrease in function
> that happened = postop.  The low blood pressure seemed to have been = triggered
> by my fourth and rounds of cytoxin, so there will be = no more of that.  A
> mixed blessing, because it really had = helped my function.  For those of you
> can sit considering = cytoxin, don't let this scare you off: as far as I know,
> it's = never been reported before.  The cytoxin did make great improvement = in
> my function, and I would do it again, it were not for this. =  Now it looks as
> if we're considering IVIG: I'll know more = after the doctors appointment this
> afternoon.
>
> = Keep smiling all!
>
> Sam
>

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