Re: A real 'retirement' question.


"Rita" <Rita@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:m6q7n4lsika7slhum6dcb293jsd1ab0pe4@xxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:26:39 -0500, Sheila <swdalton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Rita wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:49:40 -0500, Sheila <swdalton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Rita wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:01:22 -0500, Sheila <swdalton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Rita wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:59:59 -0500, Sheila <swdalton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Rita wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:00:22 -0800 (PST), St Louis Bob
<free.tuneup@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Remember this is a retirement discussion group? I know that comes as
a shock. OK...Remember our conversations about STATINS...Lipitor
cures all...b.s.
Has anyone taken Co-Q-10 for the muscle spasms that statins
cause? For a supplement they are awful damned expensive.
If you have muscle problems -- weakness or pain -- and you take
statins you need to notify your doctor. There is a small but
still significant number of people for whom statins cause these
problems and a very few where they result in irreversible liver
damage if continued.

I tried statins twice and had extreme muscle weakness and no
longer take them. If you stop taking them and the pains or
spasms go away that is a pretty good clue the statins caused
them. That was the case with me. I gave them a fair trial.
Did the muscle weakness and pain last only a few minutes at a time when
you exerted those muscles or was the weakness and pain rather constant?
For me it was mostly extreme muscle weakness when I climbed a couple
short flights of stairs -- I had to stop every few steps. Or when I
walked which I had to do a lot of since at the time I lived in
New York City. No pain when I was resting. It is hard for me to
describe just what it felt like but it was obvious there was
something going on in my leg muscles that was very, very abnormal.
I had lived in New York City for 20 years and walked everywhere
often for miles with no problem.
If you cannot take them your doctor can offer some substitute --
such as meds that raise your HDL (good) cholesterol, exercise
and attention to diet, etc.
You describe what I feel at times, but I can get it in my shoulder and
arms too. I stopped taking lipitor, didn't tell my doctor for some time
but it didn't change anything. So I went back on lipitor. I don't get
that feeling very often anymore, just once in a rare while. Mine may
have been caused by something else, I have tried to eat a little better,
but I just love breads and sweets.
I would guess if you continue to take Lipitor and no longer have
the problem it is some other problem

I have spinal stenosis which means I have a lot of small spurs
of bone pressing on nerves along my spinal cord. Statins didn't
cause this condition. It began to bother me a couple of years
after I had discontiued statins.

Often, though, it is hard to run down the causes of this type
of ailment. Sometimes just trial and error, I guess.

For 28 years I have lived with daily headaches. They started out small
and not constant, year by year they became worse until I had constant
headaches with them being intense most of the time. For years, I tried
everything including chiropractors. Chiropractors helped a little but
not much.

Finally a couple years ago, my husband called his favorite doctor and
asked for the name of a good neurologist. So off I went, the
neurologist said the diagnosis was a no brainier, but the fix was trial
and error. Well, 2 years later he had tried everything he knew how to
do and recommended a neurologist that specialized in headaches. Dr.
Kelman, the headache specialist agreed with the diagnosis and began his
trial and error fixes, and he said he may not be able to fix it at all.
Now, about a year and a half later, Dr. Kelman has fixed them so that
I don't have very many now and they usually go away be themselves.
Excedrin used no more than 3 times a week, gets rid of the rest of them.
Actually, I may go a couple weeks without any Excedrin at all

I suppose the lesson from your experience is that I should not
give up about my back pain. I'm seeing my regular doc for routine
checkup this week and I'll try my best to get his attention on this
matter.

If he can't do anything about it, ask for recommendations of other
doctors who might

I did see a pain specialist and had two series of shots in my
spine that do work for some, but not for me. I am thinking about
asking about some kind of back brace which could be helpful.
Medicare pays for all but 20%.


Rita, I have a friend with severe back pain. She has had shots too, and occasionally they will get just the right spot and she is out of pain for a long time. Then the next time she gets the shot and it sometimes doesn't work at all. It is kind of hit and miss, from what I hear.


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Evelyn

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Sit like a mountain floating on the earth.
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