Calling Corri

[Corri]

it then becomes autoimmune!

That means... suck it up?

[Corri]

George Pataki

Yes!! I wasn't so impressed with him as a gov., but when he got out of office and went on C-SPAN? He impressed the he!! out of me... and i'm not party lenient...

[mrsc]

That reminds me of a Letterman show where he claimed that Barry White could say anything and it would sound sexy, and then he had Barry say different words, one of which was "Pataki."

[Miss IC]

IC, Brendan who???? RJ runs and ducks.

I can discuss sex, religion, and politics, but never hockey!

Journey,

Not sure what your taste is in men but he's not too shabby on the eyes

IC, you didn't honestly believe that I watch hockey with you for the sport I'll be home soon and maybe we can watch Henrik Zetterberg...err...I mean the Red Wings

[RealJourney]

Autoimmune means, "I've run out of ideas, so here's a cool word, and some steroids, and good luck."

[Lillieperl]

RJ, another word for "we don't know what it is" is "idiopathic."

[Corri]

Autoimmune means, "I've run out of ideas, so here's a cool word, and some steroids, and good luck."

Ah. Hence the steroid drops. Well. It helps when my right eye swells. I can feel it. Great. All goes back to... starting point.

Sorry. Venting.

[GonnaGoBlind]

What theory is that? I missed a post. I know I am allergic to my local Wal-Mart. My son witnessed it today. I have other suspicions... but...

Here it is again:

Hey Corri,

Are you keeping yourself hydrated enough? I went through a period of frequent pink-eye that would last a few days and then go away only to come back a week or two later that lasted a couple years. At the same time, I kept getting hives and the doctors couldn't find any allergies etc. Somehow, (and I can't remember now if I read it somewhere or found it on the internet or someone suggested it) I got to drinking water instead of soft drinks, and drinking a lot of it. That seems to have cleared it up, although I will get the hives and pink eye if I get a little dehydrated. It invariably happens if I fly the airlines to the west coast for a conference or a customer visit and don't drink 2 to 3x the water I usually drink. Just a thought, and not saying it is what is going on with you.

BTW, I told the doc about what I found, she shrugged her shoulders and basically said nothing about it. Fcuking Dr's don't know it all. Medicine is still an art more than a science.

Get well my friend!

[mrsc]

another word for "we don't know what it is" is "idiopathic."

Yeah, the formal name for cac's heart defect used to be "Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis." Now they call it "Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy" because they have identified a specific gene mutation that causes it.

[RealJourney]

Right, Lil, idiopathic means we totally don't have a clue, no steroids, no nothing.