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To: JudyB1938
Hi. Judy... we are working on finding what the problem is, and it seems to be a confluence of several things...

1- her neck fusion from last August was causing muscle spasms... that's getting under control.
2- she had 3 teeth abcess- pulled the worst one.
3- she's had the flu.
4- and her Doc is running some tests to see if thyroid or something else is causing the shakes.

We will hopefully get to the bottom of it all soon- your kind wishes are appreciated.

Oddly, seeing your reply earlier reminded me of something from "the vault of old memories long forgotten"-- when my late first wife went to Duke for her second bout with the Big C, the first question all the Docs, all the nurses, and all the technicians asked was "have you ever given blood?"

Seems they had an internal theory that you are born with a certain, limited amount of "immune factor" to cancer, and that if you gave much blood, you depleted it!

Years later, I asked "more modern" doctors about this theory, and they had never heard of it.

15 posted on 08/19/2002 3:46:57 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
My goodness. What a display of different problems, any one of which would make one REALLY feel bad. Poor thing. I hope she gets some relief soon.

Your comment about GIVING blood is very interesting. I'll tell you something, the old timers knew a whole lot more than modern doctors by instinct alone. Today, doctors rely on technolgy and tests to make their diagnosis. I miss the old ways.
16 posted on 08/19/2002 3:51:59 PM PDT by JudyB1938
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