A Consuming Experience

Thank you so much for the info. I am one of the No...

2012-01-07T12:27:28.771Z

Thank you so much for the info. I am one of the Non Technical consumers you mentioned and I would be completely lost without blogs such as yours. COMPLETELY!

I can relate to the codeine problem!!!! Here is my...

2012-01-02T08:39:41.109Z

I can relate to the codeine problem!!!! Here is my story...I was in a minor car accident and hit my head on the windshield, was taken to the ER with a hematoma ( bruise w/ bump) on my forehead. nothing serious! I was given codeine to take for pain when released. I took the codeine right before bed. I awoke feeling extremely sick!!!! My head felt like it was going to expload, I couldn't even walk it was so tremendous, I was shaking and crying. it was blinding agonizing pain! I was crying( which made my head hurt worse) in agony and felt like death!!! I had not a clue that It could be a drug reaction at all, I was fine and didn't have any problems until I took the codiene. It lasted about 2 hours until I started literally "projectile vomiting". At the time I was a nursing student and learned that this vomiting happen from increase intracranial pressure (in brain). I had to be rushed to the ER!!!! The light in the ER almost killed me!!! I was in a fetal position and near the end of my tolerance! I was given 10 mg Toradol (only injectable NSAIDS- non opiate) intraveneously and IV saline! I thought I had died and gone to heaven as soon as the drug was pushed!!! I had total relief of all pain without any drugged feeling. WOW Thank god for that nurse!!! I can only imagine if I was giving morphine... I seriously bet I would have died!

So, I was brought in for a CAT scan and no sign of bleeding from the wreck... All was ok..

A year later I had a toothache so the dentist gave me a lortab. I took it and got the exact same reaction that I had when I took codeine. It was so bad I forgot all about my toothache!!!! I was violently shaking near a seizure, I knocked everything off the walls in my house, I vomited violently!!!! The vomiting caused the pain in my head to escalated to a pain level unfit for humans! (cerebral edema/pressure compounding) I was alone, and thought I would never get through it! I was honestly too sick to call 911! I got in the shower and stayed there for hours until finally It calmed down. I can only assume that codiene, oxycodone, and hydracodone are all equally toxic to me. I am not sure about morphine! OH, very important, I can take darvocet, which is perpoxyphine!!!!! It was a lifesaver after my root canal! Now have learned it has been taken off the market!!!! Also I get occasional Migraines and am able to take fiorcet which has saved me from a round of cluster migraines and I use if BC powders dont do the trick!

Also I have another good piece of advice! I once drank an alcohol called Yagermeister... I was severely sicken by this stuff with very much the same symptoms as codeine.. Later I heard it has codiene derivatives in it!!!! So BEWARE!

I am now very concerned for my safety when it comes to pain meds! I was actually told that it was normal to get violently ill from pain meds that renders a trip to thr ER by a well respected pharmacist! In my opinion I had an idiosyncratic reaction! Pain meds should Never cause severe pain that far surpasses the pain you had before you you took the pain pill!

I have since tried Demerol for yet another tooth problem and it litterally drugged me out and left me unable to move and had no pain relieving benefits whatsoever for me! Hated it.
Thanks, please post if you have any comments. I am interested in your opions.

In my case I connected my Android mobile phone via...

2011-12-27T07:55:52.799Z

In my case I connected my Android mobile phone via USB (charging via USB..) before starting of Win and after that Win report this error message. When I turn on USB mass storage in mobile phone and click try again on error message, all was ok :)

Worked for me...You're a rockstar!

2011-12-25T01:17:39.590Z

Worked for me...You're a rockstar!

I have a question. When my husband and I tried thi...

2011-12-24T20:43:12.715Z

I have a question. When my husband and I tried this it substancially hurt the quality of the song. Do you know why that is, or how to avoid it?
Still great information.

Many thanks for the clear directions. This was a l...

2011-12-16T06:28:24.511Z

Many thanks for the clear directions. This was a life saver!

Troubles starting media player since some time. Be...

2011-12-12T09:24:37.200Z

Troubles starting media player since some time. Became worse...
No restarted audio as discribed on top of this blog.
Media player works normally again.
thanks for the help

This is a very helpful Blog, thanks heaps. Solved ...

2011-12-07T06:43:18.167Z

This is a very helpful Blog, thanks heaps. Solved my problem.

Ih finchley north London there is a dentist named ...

2011-12-05T15:48:48.348Z

Ih finchley north London there is a dentist named Dr Fang.
While in the SF Bay area there is a urologist named Dr Dong!

Re: "Propofol in lieu of Fentanyl" etc.:...

2011-12-02T02:56:49.173Z

Re: "Propofol in lieu of Fentanyl" etc.:

You sound like me -- someone who has what is known as a "true allery" to opiods/opiates.

There are 3 different opiod/opiate groups and not all people with true opiod allergies will be allergic to all 3 groups so doctors may prescribe different ones.

I've had at least one opiod in each group and am severely allergic to all 3 PLUS poppy seeds -- which is very, very rare!!

That the doctor doesn't want to chance you on Fentanyl MAY ( and I say may because I'm not a medical professional and don't know your allergy details) think you are allergic to all 3 groups.

Those who are truly allergic will sometime experience hives but signs such as "my face swells and turns purple" and "my blood pressure goes up" are EXTREMELY live threatening. Swelling is an anaphalitic (sp) allergic response that requires IMMEDIATE medical help.

The difference between reactions from side effects and true allergy IS important, contrary to what some posters have said. BECAUSE IT IS LIFE THREATENING where as the reactions are not and are really people reacting to the known side effects of opiods.

In reality, common medicines use the side effects of opiods to treat other conditions.

For instance, does anyone know that the popular, over the counter anti-diarrheal product, Imodium, and it's generic 'cousins' are actually CODEINE!!

I never would have guessed, and as a true opiod allergy case I'm glad no harm was done!

I had the flu and terrible diarrhea and bought the generic equivalent of Imodium at Costco. Thank God I only took one tablet when I got home because it was my first time trying it and I wanted to see if one worked before I took any more.

Well, I swear it was only about 15 minutes after swallowing the generic Imodium tablet that I felt my eyes twitching. I tried to ignore it, but it kept up and then I thought "That is weird. My eyes haven't done that for so long!!! Not since I took that 292 for my headache 20 years ago and had the terrible allergic reaction -- twitching then swollen eyes and face etc!

I thought "No, It couldn't be, could it?" and RAN not walked to Google! Sure enough, I found out Imodium etc. is an opiod!!

Quickly, I made myself throw up the tablet -- still intact. Doing that saved me an emergency room trip!!

So beware everyone with a true allery to codeine!!

(BTW Pepto Bismul is not an opiod, but has minerals. You may be able to take that, although I can't as I have an ulcer and it may worsen ulcers as one of it's side effects.)

My I also suggest an alternate timer http://ipadst...

2011-12-01T00:46:11.315Z

My I also suggest an alternate timer http://ipadstopwatch.com/timer.html it doesn't use flash which makes it ideally suited for the tablets like the iPad. It sports a very large display and it makes a sound when it reaches 0.

I was having the same problem with Yahoo Calendar....

2011-12-01T00:23:41.099Z

I was having the same problem with Yahoo Calendar. I tried just unchecking ShowMissedAlarms. This appeared to work, though I'm thinking that Yahoo may not play well with the whole "dismissed alarms" feature of TB. It seems that each time it synched with the online cal, TB would think all the old appointments were not dismissed. I assume it still does, I just told it to ingore them. Ah well ...

Magnifying glass is still the best option. I love...

2011-11-29T17:25:43.718Z

Magnifying glass is still the best option. I love Apple, but sometimes they make the easiest things complicated.

Changing the drive letters worked.

2011-11-29T00:02:49.910Z

Changing the drive letters worked.

very useful.. thankyou so much .. :)

2011-11-25T15:28:23.315Z

very useful.. thankyou so much .. :)

Started getting 'no disk' after my interna...

2011-11-23T15:22:23.047Z

Started getting 'no disk' after my internal card reader couldn't find an SDHC card and I tried an external card reader which also failed to find. Task manager showed csrss.exe as the process leading to the error. Haven't tried any fixes yet but drive letter changes look promising.

There is a product called the "little gray bo...

2011-11-18T01:59:44.852Z

There is a product called the "little gray box" it is a timer for the water heater that you program, to start heating the water about two hours before you would need it. Like 2 hours before you wake up, or two hours before you would take a shower at night. The long and short is that it prevents the water from being heated and cool down and reheated while you are not using it.

There is a fan that is designed to pull all the air out of the house.. like during the summer when the evenings are cool, you crack the windows and turn on the fan. The fan will suck out all of the hot air from the day, and blows it out the attic vents. This lowers the amount of energy used to cool the house.

Zone heating. Set the thermostat on the house at about 63 degrees, put either area heaters in all the areas of the house that are used most (i.e living room, bedrooms and possible dining room) and like ventless fire boxes (for gas ,and oil filled radiant heaters for electric, to heat the room that are in use to 72 degrees or whatever.

Go with radiant heating throughout the house, pipes run along the baseboards of the room and heat the floor and then the furniture and then rises.. Central heating heats the air and then the hot air rises leaving the cool air at your level.

it helps! thanks!

2011-11-16T18:55:14.008Z

it helps! thanks!

I have been told by an Allergist M.D. that I am al...

2011-11-16T03:43:46.850Z

I have been told by an Allergist M.D. that I am allergic to Morphine, Codeine and Benzocaine, and have been tested for the latter in a clinical setting. My reaction is extremely intense and unbearable itching of internal organs: lungs and eyeballs in particular. I have not yet read of any similar reaction. My skin turns red, my face swells and turns purple in color, blood pressure goes up and my skin itches uncontrollably. Breathing has been difficult only in one case. I do not get any of these drugs for surgical procedures any more, am identified in the hospital as allergic to them, based on these previous reactions in the hospital and referral to an allergist, and there are very few pain killers after surgery that I can be given. Benadryl has eased the symptoms in all cases. Now I am wondering if my 'allergies' are allergies or bad reactions after reading all of this. Either way, I am avoiding them! I had a minor surgical procedure today and was given Propofol in lieu of Fentanyl (spelling?) because they did not consider the latter to be safe for me.

Hi there, I was trying to find out if there is a ...

2011-11-10T19:51:55.201Z

Hi there,
I was trying to find out if there is a way for me to watch BBC via my computer in the U.S.? I found your site but it may not be your most recent post, so excuse if I'm querying to the wrong blog ;-) Anyway, is there a way for me to watch BBC via my computer? It seems there was some sort of AP in the works? Thanks muchly,
Giuliana

You can also press Ctrl/- to make your screen font...

2011-11-10T00:58:04.561Z

You can also press Ctrl/- to make your screen font smaller and be able to see more hours.

there is a way, fellow blogspot users! i use the d...

2011-11-09T18:35:57.034Z

there is a way, fellow blogspot users! i use the disqus plugin and it incorporates your askismet key. disqus replaces your blogger commenting system and replaces it with its own. then it uses the askismet api key and blocks out all your spam. hope this helps :)

excellent instructions fella, was in a rush to do ...

2011-11-08T13:01:27.736Z

excellent instructions fella, was in a rush to do this exact task and this was just what I needed

Thank you so much! It worked perfectly.

2011-10-29T11:52:40.436+01:00

Thank you so much! It worked perfectly.

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a godsen...

2011-10-29T11:51:58.893+01:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a godsend to me. That error was making me crazy (ier, hahahha).
Thanks I fixed it without bugging my husband!