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Sometimes they just have their heads up their butts !! 
When you hear the Doc as the?? "Who turned the lights off"? 
Thats when you know it is time to find a new one, doc that is !!!
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Hi Bev,
We use Nystatin, in a powder form, on our our residents who have a rash under their boobs. The doctor has to write a RX out for it and it does a great job.
Call your doctor and ask for it. Hope you feel better and check this link out about the drug info.
http://health.yahoo.com/health/drug/202418/
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If you are exercising or just out side sweating a lot get a good sports bra made with Cool Max or something like it. It has a "wicking" action that keeps the moisture away from your skin. I was dying before I found one. Also, yes - change your detergent, etc. That's my 2 cents.
Jen - I love flasher!
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BLESS YOU, Barb!
#79775 - 06/15/04 09:36 PM
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Bevvy
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You are SOOOOO gonna make the best nurse! This is GREAT info. Why, oh WHY didn't my doc think of it? Telling me to use athlete's feet medicine was lame; it totally did nothing, four tubes of it!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!
Congrats on the new unit. I hope you like it better. It's gonna be a tough one, though. My mom-in-law died of Altzheimer's. When she was put in one of the homes, she was extremely combative, fighting and clawing and biting, because she kept trying to leave and they had to physically prevent her -- apparently she was surprisingly strong for her age and size! They called us and told us she had to be moved; she was too much trouble.
I visited her in the next home she went to -- it was horrible. I never went back, I just couldn't take it. Poor hubby had to endure it until 10 years later when she finally died. Apparently her mind forgot how to digest food, and even the IV wouldn't work; she died of starvation.
Okay, this is too morose. Sorry.
Hope it works for you in the new unit, Barb. You'll certainly get some excellent experience.
Bevvy
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I hope the powder works for you. Make sure you use soap and water to clean under your boobs, dry competely, put your powder on and put dry wash cloths under your breats while you sleep. The washclothes will help soak up sweat.
I'm sorry to hear about your mother-n-law. You have to remember she didn't die of starvation and I am surprise she had an IV line.
When my mother-n-law died in October from Hep. C I was very upset she didn't have an IV for fluids. My sister-n-law, who is a nurse said it is more cruel to give a dying person liquids. When the body is shutting down it dosen't want food and liquids becauses it causes bloating and pain for the dying person.
The unit I'm leaving is where all the end term Alzheimer residents go and I have seen my share die this year. We don't force liquids and food, but our goal is to make them comfortable. We suave their mouths, give them oxygen and medicine for comfort measures.
I hope this info helps you feel better. Your mother-n-law suffered from a horrible disease, but in the end her body said no more. Her body was naturally shutting down.
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BTW...
#79892 - 06/16/04 09:00 AM
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BarbaraS
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I will be sent to a three day class about Alzheimer's residents.
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