kyle i have arthritis in that area. it tightens once
in a long while. i have to use a cane to walk when it
kicks in, and even then can not stand up long becouse
of the pain.
--- "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Bobby,
>
> You don't know how refreshing it is to "hear"
> (electronically) another
> person say they understand what these spasms are
> like.  My own wife shrugged
> them off until last week, as she had no frame of
> reference.  She thought I
> was being overly-dramatic until she had a
> gastrocnemus spazz up while
> swimming.  She said it took two folks to get her out
> of the pool and twenty
> minutes of gentle stretching before she could walk.
> Her first comment to me
> after describing the incident was, "I can't believe
> that's what you go
> through every day!"  Nope.  I can't believe it
> either, but it's true.  When
> you have mouths to feed, there's not much of an
> alternative.  Enough
> gloom...how ya been?
>
> I'm driving to Philadelphia this weekend (10 hrs
> each way) to pick up the
> eldest child.  Having to borrow my in-laws' van for
> all the accumulated dorm
> sh*t.  She recommended I pull the seats out before I
> leave Ohio. That may
> seem a pain, but the more junk she carts, the less
> chance she'll ask me to
> cart some boyfriend back. LOL!  Should be a pretty
> drive--the campus is a
> mile or so from Valley Forge.
>
> Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BG Greer, PhD [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 3:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Downhill ride
>
>
> Kyle,
>
>        I know little of Provigil(modifanil) It's use
> is to counteract
> sleepiness(narcolepsy). I would be alert to its
> possibly exacerbating
> spasms.
> All I know is I have experienced the spasms you
> describe on an irregular
> basis and they are intolerable. Your description is
> very accurate, but I do
> not know what to recommend. I am so sorry, since I
> understand (somewhat) the
> pain that takes your breath away.
>
> Bobby
>
> > 4)      Bobby, what can you tell me about the use
> of Provigil to
> counteract
> > the somnolence brought on by opiate pain meds?
> >
> >


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