The Last New Thing
 

Stan Gula wrote:
George Cleveland wrote:
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Can anyone think of anything else?


g.c.

All that equipment stuff is cool, but the thing that made the most
difference in my flyfishing was Cox-2 inhibitors. Now with the
heart
related side effects, and my recent bout with heart failure, well,
I'm
f*cked. Looking forward to lots more time in my canoe from now on.

Light weight boots are a close second. Made a huge difference in
the
amount
of time I could stay on the water (back when I could).
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Apparently, they've determined that it was the Cox-2 that caused your
problem?
As an aside, my wife was taking Vioxx, then switched to Celebrex after
Vioxx was pulled from the market. About three months ago, she
developed
a blood clot in her left eye, which has caused a permanent loss of
about 25% of the vision in that eye. She has had a number of tests,
including the one where you swallow a tube so they can look at your
heart, and they found no reason she should have developed the clot.
They have put her on Lipitor, Aspirin, and Plavix as a precautionary
measure. None of the doctors, (especally the one that prescribed it),
will implicate Vioxx as a possible cause.

FWIW, she was taking Vioxx because of arthritic knees. For a while
after the clot incident, she was off all pain meds, and was in agony.
She is now taking Voltaren, (an NSAID), and Glucosomine, and is
getting
about the same relief as she did from Vioxx.

I hope you can find some combination of meds that wll allow you to
regain more mobility....but fishing from the canoe ain't all that bad.
{:-)


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