No,I have not‏

From Myrna to Eva:

Have you ever had the Factor Five Leiden test done? Both Melanie and Todd have Factor Five. Leonard has Factor Five. I do not. Melanie had a small stroke when she was 45. Todd is 45. Kirsten has also been tested and does not have it. The other kids have not been tested.

Eva Dixon 11/02/11
To: L H and Myrna Trauntvein

Hi,  I have never even heard of this and have never had the test, to my knowledge.  I will check with my Dr.   Mom probably had it; I do remember all of my life she had what they called deep vein thrombosis.  Dad would spend hours putting hot, wet packs on her legs when she would get cramps,  because she had so many blood clots; one broke loose and went to her lung before I was born and she  spent time in Salt Lake in the St. Marks hospital on Beck Street  in north Salt  Lake City ; another broke loose and went to her heart creating a heart attach in the 50s.  

I had five in one leg in 1995 & was in the hospital on heparin and coumadin for five days.  I took a baby aspirin every day until I had the 8th stroke  Mar. 7, 2010.

They told me no more at the hospital.  My neurologist told me none of my strokes have been caused by blood clots; the last one was from taking celebrex and premarin for years; they are things of the past now.      .
 
I am excited for this week end; I fly out Sat. at 10:;35; my friend Laura will pick me up at the airport at 2 p.m.   I am praying for good weather.

I am sure David (Dixon) has more butterflies than I do.  

I put Todd's name on the prayer roll t the Temple today. My first one took the longest to recover.

My prayers are with you two also.   Love you, Eva

Cyst to be removed

Those of you who remember me compalining at the open house about my wrist and how it was so very sore, had a bump that was growing and would get shooting pains that would make my thimb go mumb, well, I went to the doctor today and it is a cyst. A ganglion cyst, also known as a bible cyst, is a swelling that often appears on or around joints and tendons in the hand or foot. The size of the ganglion or cyst can vary over time. It is most frequently located around the dorsum of the wrist and on the fingers. The term "Bible bump" comes from a common treatment in the past that consisted of hitting the cyst with a Bible or another large book. Rupture of the cyst is rarely curative - which means, trying to pop it probably won't fix it and might make it worse. Ganglion cysts are idiopathic, but presumably reflect a variation in normal joint or tendon sheath function. Cysts near joints are connected to the joint and the leading theory is that a type of check valve forms that allows fluid out of the joint, but not back in. The cyst contains clear fluid similar to, but thicker than, normal synovial fluid. They are most often found around the wrist joint, especially at the scapho-lunate joint, which accounts for 80 percent of all ganglion cysts.

The upshot is that next week the doctor will cut it out. With surgery, the recurrence rate is reduced to 5 to 10 percent (but neither of my other ones have ever come back). if the check valve at the joint capsule is removed. Arthroscopy of the wrist is becoming available as an alternative to open excision of ganglion cysts.

 An out-dated method of treating a ganglion cyst was supposedly to strike the lump with a large heavy book, causing the cyst to rupture and drain into the surrounding tissues. An urban legend states that since even the poorest households often possessed a Bible, this was commonly used, which led to the nicknaming of ganglion cysts as "Bible bumps" or "Gideon's disease."

My Dad, Howard Pitts, used to get these. So I say, "Thanks, Howard Pitts."

Amy G wrote: Wow, that's kind of freaky looking!  Glad they can take care of it.  Todd's doing well today, sleeping right now. Amy