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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:38 PM
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I just had to drink Magnesium Citrate. Ask me anything!
x( :puke: x( :puke: x( :puke: x( :puke: x( :puke: x( :puke:
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:39 PM
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1. Why?
Obvious question.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:44 PM
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4. I have an Intravenous Pyelogram tomorrow
I have a urinary tract irregularity that they want to check out.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:53 PM
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11. Sounds awful.
Good luck with it, Kathy.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:54 PM
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12. Thanks Sheila!
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:06 PM
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14. You're very welcome.
Fact is, I will know the joy of citrus magnesium in a couple of months. The sawbones wants me to have a colonoscopy...normal thing for someone in their mid-50s, but an unpleasant thought.

I have agreed to have it in the summer when my sister is off work and can take me. She is happy to do it....and having had one herself, will be a good person to take me.

Like you tomorrow, I am not looking forward to it.

Good luck.

:hi:
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:40 PM
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57. I feel for ya sweetie.
I had to drink 2 liters of disgusting "fruit smoothie" flavored barium gunk to do a CT scan when I had my problem last month. They didn't warn me it would make me nauseous. Needless to say, it got a little messy.

Good luck! I'll be pulling for you! Hope it's not too awful.
FSC
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:40 PM
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2. Pourquoi ?
:)
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:45 PM
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7. See above
here is the description of the procedure:

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ivp_radiology.htm
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:11 PM
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16. Hope things turn out ok Kathy
:hug:
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:13 PM
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18. Thanks!
:hug:
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:41 PM
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3. how did it feel going down?
ewww :puke:
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:44 PM
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5. It tastes AWFUL!
:puke:
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:25 PM
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51. Does it cause tongue blisters?
Or does it just stick to your tastebuds?
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:45 PM
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6. How much?
grows on you - don't it? :puke:
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:45 PM
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9. 10 ozs
I think I may throw it up before it works! :puke:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:45 PM
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8. i did that just before surgery
you have my sympathy! is your PC in the bathroom ?

:)
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:46 PM
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10. I have wireless, but for sanitary reasons my laptop WILL NOT be in there
x(
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 01:44 PM
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59. sorry, .. I was just teasing. n/t
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 08:55 PM
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13. I just hurled the Magnesium Citrate
does that mean it won't work? God, it tastes awful! x(
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:15 PM
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22. Did you get the lemon flavored?
j/k.. You feeling ok?
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:16 PM
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24. Lemon. There was cherry too, but lemon seemed less revolting
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:08 PM
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15. Was the waiter cute?
Did you leave a big tip?
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:14 PM
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20. This stuff is FOUL
even if someone made it into a martini it would still be disgusting!
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:19 PM
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25. Maybe with some salt on the rim of the glass?
:-(

Sorry you had to drink the yuck.

Sure was nice to see you cute face in the Boston photos though.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:27 PM
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29. Thanks-I photograph like crap
x(

I probably shouldn't mention 'crap' right now, considering what I just drank!

We had a grand time at our gathering!
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:12 PM
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17. Do you realize it is gonna be an
all nighter....lol
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:14 PM
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21. Yep, I'll be riding the porcelain pony all night!
:-(
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:31 PM
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33. LOL
Have you anything good to read. I suggest maybe the 911 report, that should help the *hits or maybe something by Condalessa Rice I'm sure she has a shitty book out there some where.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:16 PM
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47. Never heard it called THAT...
So this stuff's like Spanish Fly?

If it was Calcium Citrate, then you'd be a Citra-Cal Gal, like Heloise...
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:27 PM
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52. It cleans you out for when they have to do tests on the urinary tract
or intestines. x(
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 11:10 PM
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58. Oh, yuck. Like Liquid Plumber for people...
"Oh, PLEASE, Gawd, make it stop! I ain't got anything left up there but my Ovaries!"

This too, shall pass....Pun Intended.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:13 PM
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19. See? I told you, never go to a doctor!
They always want to find something wrong with you.

Hang in there, kiddo.

Redstone
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:15 PM
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23. Thanks-it's probably nothing
at worst a kidney or bladder stone. I think the test is worse than my symptoms!
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:20 PM
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26. What are they doing tomorrow?
ie, what kind of test are they performing?
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:26 PM
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28. Intravenous Pyelogram
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ivp_radiology.htm
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:32 PM
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34. It sounds as the worst part is over...
good luck and I hope everything turns out ok!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:21 PM
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27. Hope all goes well for you!
Feel better!

Maybe it's all the alcohol from the DU Gathering. Stop drinking you lush!:P
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:28 PM
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31. I was remarkably restrained on Saturday
for once! :P
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:38 PM
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37. I am so pissed
that I had to work all weekend and again today! It's our busy time right now and we're short staffed. I asked to be off on Sat. (at least I could've came up for the gathering and then drive home) but it was the NFL draft weekend and many of the staff was down in NYC for that. So I was one of the few left to handle things in the office.
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:27 PM
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30. I am so sorry
Bummer that you puked it up. Hope it turns out to be something very minor.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:30 PM
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32. I think the test is worse than the actual affliction
Edited on Mon Apr-25-05 09:31 PM by Kathy in Cambridge
I don't have any symptoms except a tendency toward UTIs.
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:33 PM
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35. Do you get a lot of them?
I get them quite a few times a year..
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:01 PM
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43. Not as much as when I was younger
but yeah-about three or four times a year.
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:36 PM
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36. Well, on the upside
You got to taste the Magnesium Citrate *TWICE* tonight. :evilgrin:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:48 PM
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41. 30 years ago when I was 21
I had chronic UTIs. My doctor sent me to a urologist who prescribed long term antibiotics. I took them for 6 months. Haven't had a UTI since.

My mom who is 79 has been fighting UTIs off and on for a couple years now. Apparently they are common in the elderly. So I suppose I have this to look forward to 30 years from now.

Hope everything goes well for you tomorrow.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:38 PM
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38. What gawd awful bar did you go to
That should not be on the menu! ;-)

I hope everything goes ok for you. Thanks again for your general wonderfulness this weekend. :D
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:44 PM
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39. Anytime! Did you have a good day today?
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:15 PM
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46. I had a great day
Went to the JFK Library, and the MFA. Then I wondered around downtown a bit and hit Boston Common again.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:45 PM
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40. Awwww...Poor baby, It is gross and too thick isn't it?
Hopefully your I.V.P. will go smoothly and all will be over quickly. :hug:
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 09:49 PM
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42. Thanks!
:hug:
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carpetbagger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:03 PM
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44. How do you find the time to sit at the computer?
Is it a laptop, or did you avoid the other effect by throwing it up?

Inquiring minds figure you'd want to tell.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:19 PM
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49. I keep running to the bathroom
no, this is a colon cleansing action!
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:09 PM
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45. That's one I can't take anymore
and the one to which I was referring when I said the ER doc gave me a scrip in this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3113521#3113769

Is it fizzy and lemony? Good luck on your pyley thinger.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:17 PM
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48. It was lemony and fizzy
now it's going though me! x(
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sharonking21 Donating Member (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:35 PM
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53. Oh just wait for your colonoscopy
They make me drink 1 1/2 gallons of something called "Go-Lightly."

(See link below)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v673/sharonking21/phhhhht.bmp
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:37 PM
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54. I'm not having a colonoscopy-thank GOD
See post #28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3120278&mesg_id=3120560
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sharonking21 Donating Member (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:39 PM
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55. I know.
Didn't make myself clear (so to speak). Sooner or later though . . . . .
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sharonking21 Donating Member (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:40 PM
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56. Also, don't worry
I've had the IVP too and the preface to it is much worse than the actual event.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 10:24 PM
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50. Eeep!
My wife had to do that once. Her experience made me glad i didn't have to. Good luck on the procedure, tomorrow.
The Professor
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sharonking21 Donating Member (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 12:11 PM
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60. So, how did things go . .
so to speak.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 12:27 PM
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61. the effects have worn off-the results should be back tomorrow.
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