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President Bush gets shoulder scan, shot at Walter Reed Sick Bay
While visiting injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, President Bush on Monday sought some medical treatment of his own. The president has been feeling pain in his left shoulder and received an MRI scan upon his arrival in the early afternoon. After looking at the results, doctors gave the president a shot of cortisone, an anti-inflammatory medication, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
TerryK
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I think most would agree that anyone who has had lyme disease should avoid cortisone. Well, I mean most who truly understand the nature of lyme disease.
Hope it doesn't re-activate anything.
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treepatrol
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Even the x pres this country should be ashamed!!
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kelmo
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Hey, I had an issue with my shoulder years ago.
Calcium can build up and it rubs against tendons.
It may or may not be related to Lyme.
However, I will say, I tried everything. What helped was putting progesterone cream on the joints, it removes dead cells.
But, once the calcium broke apart, the the fragments caused pain that was horrible. I begged for the cortisone shot.
That was three years ago, and I have not had the pain since. It gave immediate relief.
Cortisone is bad, but sometimes, it's a Godsend.
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kam
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That is a tough call on whether or not it is lyme.
While interpreting, I had my right arm freeze up and was given shots and rest and Pt.
Lyme related??
When I came down too sick to work, at least two of us at work had the pain in the shoulder thing going on.
Both of us were told we most likely had torn ligaments and needed surgery.
I thought the odds of both of us having the same problem along with other symptoms at the same time was really bizarre.
She had the surgery and was told it was not as bad as they thought.
I saw an accunpuncturist and chiro and gave my shoulder a rest.
But, I was not able to raise my arm to right on the chalkboard.
Lyme related or not??
AT the time, did not know what was causing my many symptoms.
I just know the pain pills they gave me did not work.
And by the time I got in to see the doc that would be doing the operation I was OK..thankfully.
I think it is tricky when it comes to the shoulder thing.
I know people who have had the surgery and they still had trouble.
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adamm
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Well, if he doesn't get worse, it'll pretty much tell us that the pigs have the cure.
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Just diagnosed 6 mos. ago, I now know I've had Lyme for 15 years. Putting all the pieces of the puzzle together, I know it started with waking up with sudden shoulder pain and stiffness which required cortisone shot. That was Lyme attacking a "big joint", usually the knee. Around that time I had an episode of sudden transient bilateral arm paralysis and numbness that came upon me like a seizure. Also around that time my first episode of tachycardia that almost sent me to the ER. Also around that time, sudden intense itching episode that made me get out of bed and actually scratch myself all over with a hairbrush. Yes, that was the beginning of Lyme for me, and no one knew it, not me, not the doctors, Lyme test was negative.
So...........George W. may in fact have the beginnings of a chronic Lyme situation because he wasn't treated long enough when he got acute Lyme. Looks like he's getting the standard IDSA protocol. Welcome to the club, George.
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