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Jackie07 · 01-17-2010, 05:41 PM

I think I started to pay attention to my hydration - drinking plenty of fluid after I had experienced the 'bloody nose syndrome;. I was told by the nurse practioner to use vasaline inside my nostril. I also tried to breathe in some 'steam' off a pot of boiling water (cheaper than getting a steamer

- it's also like a home-made humidifier (sorry, I'm just 'cheap', but it worked

I think getting plenty of fluid is the most important part. I've been having dry and chapped lips and dry blood inside of my nose every day the past few months. After I had the hysterectomy/oophorectomy done in the hospital last Thursday, I ate several meals there that was basically juice + juice + juice + milk + soup. And I noticed that I didn't have the dry lips and bloody nose any more - even with the air filter going on all the time in my room.

So I began to drink more juice, eat more soup after I was discharged from the hospital. So far my lips have stayed normal (not peeling.) and I haven't experienced any dry blood inside of my nose.

01-17-2010, 05:41 PM	#17
Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,808	Re: what to do about nosebleeds? I think I started to pay attention to my hydration - drinking plenty of fluid after I had experienced the 'bloody nose syndrome;. I was told by the nurse practioner to use vasaline inside my nostril. I also tried to breathe in some 'steam' off a pot of boiling water (cheaper than getting a steamer - it's also like a home-made humidifier (sorry, I'm just 'cheap', but it worked I think getting plenty of fluid is the most important part. I've been having dry and chapped lips and dry blood inside of my nose every day the past few months. After I had the hysterectomy/oophorectomy done in the hospital last Thursday, I ate several meals there that was basically juice + juice + juice + milk + soup. And I noticed that I didn't have the dry lips and bloody nose any more - even with the air filter going on all the time in my room. So I began to drink more juice, eat more soup after I was discharged from the hospital. So far my lips have stayed normal (not peeling.) and I haven't experienced any dry blood inside of my nose. __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe