Hmm. Well, I am off them because of the kidney results. I live on ibuprofen, normally, with excursions into naproxen or Aleve. And I usually have quarterly facet-joint injections of cortisone. All that off for now, until the kidney values are explained. Sigh.
That is encouraging. My father had TB when I was a child (I grew up in Alaska, where TB was endemic in the 1950s). Although I never got it, I have always had a positive skin test, and cannot give blood, among other things.
Me, too. That is, I have never had it. But know that it makes recovery much longer than necessary. I had an epidural for a complete hysterectomy (the vertical-incision sort), with no problem. And I have had many procedures with IV anesthesia, whatever that is. I prefer that. (All I want is not to experience great pain and, perhaps, not to be too aware of the grisly stuff!
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