So it looks like there was a drug interaction, probably Trazadone and a statin drug. That's probably the best case scenario, right? They will retest in a few days and if the numbers are not going down she'll go to a specialist.

Fun! Just take rain gear, maybe. I think we'll be doing one soon, too, it's been on our list for a while. :)

:grouphug: I'm sorry about your brother in law. My best friend made it 8 months to the day from diagnosis (liver issues/rare blood clotting disorder) to passing away. She did not get diagnosed quickly at all, and earlier diagnosis may have made a difference. I miss her.

Thanks so much, everyone. She is heading to her doc now, and taking a list of things to discuss, lots of ideas from this thread. She is not taking acetaminophen, but she was most certainly using Aleve, possibly Advil (though probably not together). I'm not clear on how often but she's stopped both of those for now. She will ask about NASH, too, LMV, and about the specific tests (she is getting copies of all labwork results). Catwoman, I will encourage her to go to a specialist. Thanks, all, for helping me think this through with her, and stay calm.

Yes, on Sunday the doc told her to taper off the trazadone. It will only take 3 days, as she hasn't been on it long, nor is she on a high dose.

DS had a problem with this, and we tried everything. Duct tape, OTC products, you name it. What finally worked (if it wasn't just time) was lightly roughing it up with a pumice (you want to remove as much callous and dead skin as you can, from the top), then applying tea tree oil. Then we used these cut to the size of the wart. On top of that, we needed to secure it - I can't remember how we secured it! It might have been duct tape. :) It worked in about a week. No idea if it's a magic cure. We had spent so much time on other "fixes" that it may just have been time for it to go away on it's own. When it did come out, it left a small hole, with pink skin underneath. Good luck! ETA: He kept these on all day, and we redid the whole process every evening.

My mom's doc called her on a Sunday, to discuss this with her. Her liver numbers are ten times the normal range. Very high. (I'm guessing she means liver enzymes, but not positive as I'm not with her in person.) She had recently started trazadone, for sleep (as an alternative to ambien), so she's stopping that, and we're hopeful that's the cause. Trazadone lists liver issues as a very rare side effect, so it's possible. She's also stopping her blood pressure medication, since her BP has been on the low side for a while now. She's going to see her doc this afternoon. What else should be ruled out? Anything else she should ask? She's been exhausted and weak for a few weeks. She fell about a month ago, but nothing was broken. Big, hard fall though. She's 73, but very active and mostly healthy. BTW, hepatitis has been ruled out, and she doesn't drink at all. She is not diabetic (she was Type II years ago, but turned it around with diet, and monitors it closely - those numbers are all good right now). Any thoughts? I am very worried. This is a trigger for me, as I lost my best friend of many years to liver disease.

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Oh yeah! And we gave birth in the car. We were in the car driving home from an outing that went longer than planned. We had to keep pulling over to watch it. We watched the end pulled off on the side of the road, screaming our heads off.

Whew. That was painful.

Nice! You look so young with that cut!

Thinking of you. I'm so sorry you are going through this.

What a great story! And a special Father's Day. :) Our kiddos are fortunate to know quite a bit if their birthfamilies, but their birthfathers are not as interested in forming relationships. Those elusive birthfathers... They will be our quest someday, too. Congratulations on your detective work, and on a wonderful gift to your DD and her birthfather!

We have a pale buttery color in our house. Benjamin Moore lion yellow or something like that (the exact name escapes me, but it's very pale). We used BM white for the trim. It's a bright white. We have cloud white on ceilings. Our kitchen is Savannah Clay. Other walls are faux finished in top of the lion yellow. We're trying to decide about cabinet colors now. :)

((Hugs)) ...I've been there with a teen. Feeling for you...

Oh! Chocolate. :) You can't go wrong with European chocolate.

I love our Baccarat crystal. We received ours as a gift. Maybe browse the online catalogue and see if you like it? Unfortunately, I just looked the piece we have and it's a bit pricier than I thought... (Actually, I almost fell over when I saw the price tag on the piece we were brought. Holy cow!)

You're right that the horses need to be ridden. Maybe you can make that point - that it's not the money, it's about good horsemanship. I grew up with horses. It was hot. Oh, so very hot. And I just had to ride. I taught lessons through the summer, and where I taught we had a pool. That pool felt soooo good. But at home, with my own horses - there was no pool. I just had to deal. Do I sound like I walked uphill both ways? I don't mean to sound that way. :) Making it a school subject is a good idea. Or requiring it X number of times per week to do something else.

I think that's a decent guideline. Some years we need more maintenance, other years we need less - so it would even out. We generally spend quite a bit in cosmetic stuff and upgrades, but those don't count, right? We are talking general maintenance, things that must be done... So I'd say that would work for us.

Oh! If you are comfortable sharing your location, I might know of an LLMD in your area (ish), or be able to connect you with someone who does know one. If it comes to that.

Just go, and hope for the best. :) Definitely ask him about testing for co-infections, but remember that there can be false negatives. Honestly, I'm not totally hostile to all ID specialists, though my initial post may have sounded that way. My own LLMD works with an ID specialist sometimes, and he is the one who oversaw my picc line journey (which was long). Hopefully the one you'll be seeing is excellent, and willing to rock the boat a bit as far as treating longer than the IDSA recommends. I think *any* treatment will be better than none for your kiddo, and definitely start you on the right path. One thing I'd advise - every time you leave the office (any doc office!) always ask for a copy of all test results and take them with you, so you can start a binder. If things progress (even years down the road), you'll want those tests. My journey through Lyme started when I was 11. It's a miracle that I have the medical record of the visit when I went in with the rash. No one knew what it was, of course, but now looking back it's clear as can be. That was the start of 20 years of misdiagnoses.

Are you seeing an Infectious Disease specialist who follows the IDSA guidelines? (Infectious Disease Society of America, I think) Or are you seeing a doctor well known for treating Lyme and co-infections (in layman's terms - a Lyme Literate Doctor), who follows the protocols set out by ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases, if I remember that one right)? The two groups are both professional, peer-reviewed, science-based associations but they have very different approaches to the treatment of Lyme etc. I could write a novel on why their approaches are different, and which is better. They are *not* friendly to each other. The IDSA says essentially Lyme is hard to catch, easy to treat. ILADS essentially says it is easy to catch and very complex to treat. What to expect at your appointment will vary radically depending on which type of doc you see. Hoping whoever you see, that you get good treatment for your kiddo.

I have a nutty neighbor, too. Actually, nutty is not the right word. She is downright mean, and manipulative and underhanded to boot. She sounds a lot like the OP's neighbor. I tried for many years to get her to like me. I chit chatted. I baked cookies, and raked her leaves, cleared her snow. As a toddler, I had DS make her valentine's and holiday cards. When she was dealing with a long-term illness, we delivered meals twice a week. When DH and I had a car that we were going to donate - we decided to give it to the crazy neighbor for $1, as she didn't have one, and needed one to get to doc appointments. I *really* tried. DH knew she'd always be crazy, but he admired my efforts, and understood that she was my project. 3 years ago, she crossed a major line. I learned my lesson. She's who she is, and now I am courteous but brief if I see her, and try to keep interactions to a minimum. There are some people who just live for conflict, and we can't smooth things over with them. OP, I agree - don't feed the crazy trying to be nice to this lady. Do what you have to do to protect your family. I agree with all the advice on how to minimize contact, cease and desist letters, etc. Keep it all firm and legal. And guard your words with the other neighbor, the one who passed along the info about your son's trigger. That's just evil. :grouphug:

No. We recycle them and keep the receipt. Old cardboard is perfect breeding ground for mold. Eewww. The only time we've had to send a large ticket item in for repair, the company sent us a new box.

Oh no! You can't get burnt out yet!!!!