AH>Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:   
      
   Hi, Ardith...   
      
   AH>Ah... you must have retyped the whole thing.  I was hoping you might   
   AH>be able to copy the earlier message without retyping.  Thankyou....  :-)   
      
   No problem. I spend almost as much time answering BBS mail as I do with   
   the doorgames.    
      
   AH>No problem.  That way I can break my reply into installments... thus   
   AH>ensuring you know I'm still paying attention & creating more traffic.   
   AH>I think you've added some more recent information as well.   
      
     I know there are other things in life outside the BBS. Although at a   
   BBS users meeting in the area years ago (when there were many more BBS's   
   than there are now (mine is the only one left in Arkansas)), when one of   
   the participants said "there are other things in life besides BBSing",   
   you should have heard the chorus of "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!".    
      
   AH>My apologies for taking so long to answer....  :-)   
      
     No problem. I've been away from the BBS for a few days, since severe   
   weather blasted through Arkansas this past Sunday. A high risk of severe   
   weather from the Storm Prediction Center proved valid, when a supercell   
   thunderstorm (a severe thunderstorm with rotating updrafts) developed   
   less than 10 miles to my west. It rapidly became tornadic, and was on   
   the ground for at least 30 miles, destroying everything in its path.   
      
     Preliminary damage ratings give it an EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita   
   Scale, but damage surveys are still being done. With the migraine   
   headache I had from being in front of the computer and monitoring all   
   the weather data (until the lightning got too close), I took some time   
   off from the BBS. So, in both messages and doorgames, I have catching up   
   to do.    
      
   AH>I know or have known a number of people with asthma, and it seems to   
   AH>me that daily treatments including the ingredient which made you feel   
   AH>good are less often used than they once were because we have other   
   AH>alternatives now.  I understand what you mean, though.  The newer   
   AH>drugs don't work for everybody... *and* they may have to   
   AH>accumulate in the body for awhile before taking effect. Many   
   AH>asthmatics carry another puffer for emergency or short term use, and   
   AH>that is what you'd be most likely to see when you're visiting with   
   AH>friends....  :-)   
      
     I know a woman, a bit older than I am, who I was taking care of for a   
   time...she uses the nebulizer for her asthma. But, she is bi-polar, and   
   I really don't want anything else to do with her. She can't focus on her   
   needs, and eliminate her wants. I mean "would it be too much trouble if   
   we could make up our minds??".   
      
     Being widowed (this past Sunday was 7 years since my wife died), I   
   know "what's under the hood". So, after getting her into the Emergency   
   Room, and they noted she had 30 pounds of fluid on her...and told me   
   that they had to remove all of her clothing, I said "do what you need to   
   do". When that Lasix hit her system, it was like a dam had burst, with   
   the urine filling up the catheter bag at a rapid pace. She was diagnosed   
   with congestive heart failure and lupus. :(   
      
   AH>Thus lulling you into a false sense of security.  Been there.  ;-)   
      
     I took all the medicine as prescribed. I even keep an updated   
   Medical list, with prescriptions, surgeries, etc. that I take to each   
   clinic, doctor, or hospital visit.   
      
   AH>Uh-huh.  These remedies may contain epinephrine... i.e. another name   
   AH>for adrenaline... or (more likely) a synthetic approximation.   
   AH>According to my BANTAM MEDICAL DICTIONARY it relaxes bronchial   
   AH>spasms & helps a person breathe more deeply.  I hadn't heard of   
   AH>it being used for bronchitis until now.  But I see how it might be   
   AH>helpful if there's a "pain/fear" cycle or whatever.   
      
     The Epi-Pen I have (which I replace every so often), is what I'd use   
   if I got stung. That's a massive dose of epinephrine, and a call to 911   
   is necessary immediately after injection.   
      
   AH>Because tobacco stimulates the adrenal glands, thus increasing one's   
      
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