Since I presented my husbands case, I thought I might do me too....hope this isn't overstepping the bounds of helpfulness.

<<Vision faults if any? >>

That is why I am presenting this. Beside being nearsighted, I am having problems with my right eye. Started in the summer. Woke up one moring with a feeling of something in my line of vision. Much like floater in the sense that it moves when I look to the side (moves back ad forth just like the floaters do) but it not black and speclike as a floater is...rather it is filmy, almost like when a pice of lint or something gets in your eye, annoying. And it seems more "there" in bright sunlight. Just when I think it is gone, it comes back. That is my main complaint. I saw my family doc for this who said it was a blocked tearduct and gave me antibiotic drops which did nothing at all.

<<Moles, warts or freckles, if so where? >>

Moles (beauty marks my mother used to call them) on wrist and a couple on arms. A red birthmark on my left wrist, cracking fingertips every single winter (starting already).

<<Any other skin problems?>>

None.

<<Anything wrong with nails? Spots, cracks, and/or anything else? >>

I bite them. Try not to, but I always have.

<<Reactions to weather, time of year; worst, best? >>

Generally feel healthier in good weather. Tired, lazy in cold. But I love the rain.

<<When do problems occur mostly? >>

The eye problem started up in the summer....still here.

<<Any particular fears, as for animals, thunder, ligthnigs etc.? >>

Mice....big time fear of them. And the thought of losing any of my four children paralyzes me with fear & grief. Lost my son's 11 yr old friend to leukemia a few years ago, so the fear is there.

<<Any repeating dreams, in the case that there is what are the dreams? >>

I dream constantly. Very vivid. Red appears often in my dreams. Recurring dream is that I am in a house, somewhere on the upper floor and can't find my way out. Terrifying, have had this since my early 20's. Used to dream that my husband is leaving me, but thank God that has stopped.

<<What is your favourite colour?>>

Lilac.

<<Any cravings, aversions, or reactions, from food or to situasions?>>

I have always loved potato chips. Swiss cheese makes the roof of my mouth itch and vinegar gives me bumps on my tongue.

<<What you can think of that makes you feel better or works for you? >>

Better sunshine, the beach, my kids getting along. Worse....kids fighting, repetition of household chores, tension.

<<And this last thing is of big importance.
Anything peculiar that a doctor or other person would laugh at, if mentioned?>>

Not anything that I can think of.

<<What kind of person are you? Happy, sad, busy, content, fearful etc.? >>

Creative, loyal, funny, curious, I unfortunately can hold a grudge.

<<Tell about your history in order of time, include Childhood problems....illness.>>

Chicken Pox, lots of tonsilittis (treated with Penicillin),nothing other than that.

<< Accidents>>

Broke my left wrist at about 7 yrs old.

<< Operations>>

Tonsils out at 19.

<< Vaccinations>>

Usual...given as a child.

I have also given birth to four children, one injured with Erb's Palsy. There was no catagory for this but I thought I should add it.

<<List symptoms: When did they begin? Are they old symptoms or new symptoms?>>

Besides the eye problem I would like to address my snoring...I hate it!...keeps me sleeping on the couch some nights since my husband can't sleep because of it. :-( I was also told that I have thyroid problem a few years back when I went to see our doctor for vague feeling of nervousness and tiredness. He tested me to see if I was entering menopause (I am now 48) and I was not.

Also had pneumonia last winter. Blood pressure on the high side (though not terrible) and I am overweight by about 30 pounds and being only 5'2" it looks lousy.

<<Did anything lead up to them? Anything unusual about them that you can think of? >>

Eye problems began about a week or so after we returned from a vacation to Florida.

<<What do your symptoms feel like?>>

Annoying. There is no pain whatsoever. I feel like I want to rub my eye and make this go away. Wonder if that is significant?

<<Any other symptoms that may seem unrelated? >>

At times crankier that usual? Sometimes that is.

<<What time of the day do you feel better or worse? >>

No difference.

<<How is your sleep? >>

Lousy. I have never been a good sleeper....wish that I was. I am very aware of my snoring so when I sleep with my husband I seem to wake up frequently "just in case" I am snoring and bothering him. When I sleep alone I don't have that concern, so I sleep better....but I miss my husband next to me!!!!

<<Family illnesses. >>

My mother died at age 59 of hypertensive cardiovascular disease. No warning (the diagnosis was given after her death) she just died in her sleep one day. She suffered from very high BP most of her adult life. My father is a heavy smoker but has always been in good health. There has been heart problems with grandparents but so far, no cancer.

Looks like I amt the end of your questionairre GM. Any thoughts on me or am I one mess? I should add that I see our chiropractor now and then for pains in my right hip (more towards the back than the front)and he wants to do some sort of allery testing on me in the next few weeks for this eye thing. He practices homeopathy but uses too many herbals, machines for testing, etc. for my comfort level. I'd like to avoid all of this if I can.

Pattie

I just sorted out a prescription, and then saw you addressed GM at the end.
A bit frustrating not to have stated that at the top.
Anyway, good luck.A

[This message has been edited by Anna Bryant (edited 10 November 2000).]

Well, just post it Anna.Its what you learn from, you know.

Calc Carb 1M, one dose.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Anna Bryant:
I just sorted out a prescription, and then saw you addressed GM at the end.
A bit frustrating not to have stated that at the top.
Anyway, good luck.A

[This message has been edited by Anna Bryant (edited 10 November 2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I didn't address this issue directly to GM....though his input is invaluable to me....in another post he was kind enough to tell me where to find a format for posting this.

Thanks for the good luck thought......

Pattie

Seem like a correct choice.
But, i could also be natrium mur. I would have asked for more info.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GM:
Seem like a correct choice.
But, i could also be natrium mur. I would have asked for more info.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh dear....so what do I do now?

Pattie

Pattie, I can only see Calc in your case.

Nevertheless, attempting to read GM's mind ...I suspect that he wondered about NatMur owing to your statement that you can hold a grudge. Would you like to elaborate on that? Also, how have you responded to losing your mother so suddenly?

If GM has other questions, I would be pleased for him to post them.

Anna, I have already ordered the Cal.Carb. and will let you know how it goes once it arrives.

The grudge holding thing? I sometimes have trouble letting things go. If I get angry about something I tend to lay in bed at night thinking about it, growing more mad, frustrated, or whatever the situation involves. Some people get mad, and then its over...unfortunately I don't so that, but wish that I did.

My mother's death? Well she died 13 years ago so this is all in retrospect. I dealt with it by taking care of everyone else around me, my father and my sister and brothers. That had long been the role I played within my famil and still is. After her death I was the one all called for solice, advice, information, etc.

I also suffered stomach problems, headaches....mostly lots of imagined illnesses....funny thing is that I used to feel like this too when I was little when the nuns in school would scare us to pieces about hell, the devil and the atom bomb. Sheesh....I'm a psychologist, you would think this would have occurred to me sooner. Interesting.

Pattie

can you cry in public?? And if, is it only when provoked, in anger?
Do you like garlic?
Can you get done your things in the loo, if other people is in close proximity? esp urination?
Had any migraine? if, how is it, where is is, what do happen? what makes it better?
By the way, lilac shows the bad experience with the nuns.