Fibromyalgia #30

[Candicej]

Time for a new thread!:smug:

This is gonna be Meme after all that cleaning:)

[Candicej]

So Meme is on a diet...well she will lose some after pulling all her hair out from helping me with this label program! :eek:

Mima...The quilt is beautiful, did you make the whole thing or was part of it already done? I would never get something that large done! My hands won't let me do crafts anymore........ :sad:

Ally..they say cutting out carbs is not a good thing cause when you re introduce them it cause syou to bloat up..they say you should cut back and just have complex whole wheat carbs. But I'm sure you already know that! :rolleyes:

Anne...what kind of desserts were there? Didn't the men have any too? I could not stand having smoke near by, hope you headache is better, I have had one too!

Joanne...I don't have any grandchildren yet, my two boys are not married either. I could not stand the weather down there! It has been so nice here, I worked outside some for two days adn my arm is better but hurts when I use it. I think I'm going to ask for Physical therapy so I know how to use it right.

Meme as I have said before your grandkids are adorable:angel:

I'm the one in the green dress cause green is my favorite color! I like chocolate too but I'm still the one in the green dress
:lol: :D :lol:

[Mima]

Cancyce-that is an 11x14 piece that you cross stitch on an embroidery hoop. It is already stamped so you don't have to count. It did hurt my osteo-crooked right pointer finger.I guess it was worth it. Now I'm lost without a project.I am having a wicked time with allergies-WHEEZING like crazy-and my inhaler has expired so I'll have to call doc. Can't get sick because I have to go to school. I was ok in FL.HUmidity helps my sinuses stay open-would you believe.I'm going to have a massage today so that shoul help.Had oatmeal for breakfast-plain-and mixed in some all fruit jelly.I agree with the complex carbs.Nice day today-I'll have to find a way to walk-maybe to the doctor's!!!Have a great day everyone . Mima

[Joanne D]

Happy Canuk, That weather up there sounds like heaven right now.. We are in the 80's anight and humid. You could have cut it yesterday or spooned it up.I have a upper respiratory so I just stayed in the air-conditioning yesterday after I went to the Dr. It should be fine in a couple days. I am still below high goal but working on it.
Mima- That was a nice piece you did. I can relate with the feelings you get when you finish something and give it away. You are giving a little piece of yourself. I do a lot of hand crafts. Quilts - dolls- blankets and too many to mention crafts. I love all of them and hope the day never comes that I can't do them. I have made all my own clothes since I was 12 years old and realized that if I wanted new things I had to make them.
Candicej ,Therapy for your arm sounds like a good idea. I have had therapy for my arthritis several times. If you have the insurance don't wait,do it.I had injections in my spine several years ago and have had a lot of relief.
Memetoo- A lot of people who move to Florida like the relief that the humidity gives them.
Have a great day Ally..Talk to you all soon...Joanne

[MemeToo]

Three old ladies were sitting on a park bench having a quiet conversation when a flasher approached from across the park.
The flasher stood right in front of them and opened his trench coat.

The first lady immediately had a
stroke.

A few seconds later the second lady also had a
stroke.

The third lady, being older and more feeble, couldn't reach that
far... :devil:

[Happy Canuk]

Meme - that was to funny (hehe).

Joanne - it is in the 90's here today and we don't have any airconditioning. I have a fan going that sounds like an airplane it is so noisy, but it is powerful and really throws that air around. At least at night it goes down into the low 50's. We are not so far from the mountains that the air can stay hot during the evening. Anyway, this is plenty hot enough for me. You could bloody fry an egg on the deck!

Candice - basking in the just right weather. Oh well, winter will come soon enough, and I will be wishing for 90 above. As Joanne says, go for therapy if you can.

Mima - like I said, the picture is a beauty and I am sure, much cherished by the receivers. Hope your feeling better as the day wears on.

Ally - have you faded away to nothing? Where are you!

Question: Ice Cream melts when it is this hot, how come my fat doesn't melt(lol)

Here's a little cutie for you to go read. It is an e-mail from God.

http://www.flowgo.com/flowgo2_view.cfm?page_id=12320




Anne

[Ally0306]

Hi Guys...another couple of warm days.
No program...I just weigh myself on Fridays.
I have been lurking while at work on the Low Carb eating site and getting lots of tips etc.
Candice....I did this low carb thing to see if I have hypoglycemia and all I can say is that I feel better than I have all summer. Really...even a little reduction in aches. I don't think my body metabolizes carbs too well. And yes, that would be why I would bloat and swell if I ate them now.
I keep looking for an eating plan and I assume it may be some variation of this after I get rid of a few pounds.
I am really not hungry.....I get a lot of those pangs after fruit and I haven't had them at all in a few weeks. Those growling hunger pangs were the things that made me go buy a bag of Cheezits at work.
Meme....Those kids are adorable. My kids are hyper...I used to hate to go pick them up at Day Care...there was a compaint a day. Hope Ross has better luck at school. My more difficult kid got really lucky in 1st grade. His teacher adored him and took him under her wing. What a difference that year. Wish all teachers were like that.
Happy.....hope you did read that site....I can't imagine doing a web site about my own eating habits and weight loss. Hey....maybe if we did that we would lose!!!!
Hi Joanne and Mima. Mima...beautful work. I wish I liked to do that. Too many unfinished projects tell me I don't.

[Candicej]

Anne..thanks for the cute smiley hug!

Ally..I could never do without fruit!!!!!! I tried that low carb thing and it was not for me but some people really do well on it. I'm still tying to eat a pretty good balance of things. Hope you can find something that you can live with and makes you feel better! That is what is important..how we feel not how much we weigh, but my joints sure like it when I don't weigh as much!:lol:

Mima..so you did not do all the flower work on that piece???? I don't know much about quilting can you tell? It sure is a nice though, she must be thrilled with it! I always hated parting with my stuff too, sometimes I didn't!:smug:

Joanne..hope yur upper respiratory is better.i..s that asthma or something else?

Meme..I tried that way of copying and pasting..sure is alot of work..you have to click the mouse six times to copy and six time to paste and address! I think I will do the typing....I keep hitting the wrong box in the corner and closing the dumb program!:eek: Now if I were a wiz like you............... Loved the little old lady joke and the flasher:o

Here are some of my roses..can't you just smell them!

[Mima]

Those roses!!!Absolutely beautiful-your gift to others Candyce.What I did on that piece was make a tiny x for every little spot with thread-there are 1000's of them. Every bit of that is a stitch and then outlined.I learned a lot of new stitches. Anhow-I'll have to work on one for my daughter some day.I woke up with ear pain so I definitel need to go to the dr. I hate antibiotics-I am so prone to yeast but I probably have an infection and I am wheezing also/Message from God really cute-no-I didn't get an e-mail.Also-I love that joke Meme. Hope I can remember it to tell to my girlfriend.My grandaughter is going to stay for 2 days next week-I said I'd get her an outfit for school so that will take a while.Have a nice day everyone. Mima

[Happy Canuk]

Mima. If you have to take an antibiotic, and you get a yeast infection, try going to the health food store and by some Acidophilus. This is a probiotic and will kill the yeast bacteria. The problem with antibiotics is that is kills ALL bacteria, good and bad. By taking the probiotic, it puts back the good bacteria so it can fight the bad bacteria - a little war going on in there. You take the probiotic a couple of hours AFTER the antibiotic, so that you don't interfere with the work the antibiotic is doing. Hope you feel better soon.

Candice - Mima didn't make a quilt. It is a picture - not sure if it is petit point or cross stitch. Perhaps Mima has said in another post.

Love the roses and yes, I can almost smell them.

[MemeToo]

Daughter and son-in-law are going to Calif. for a week. They leave tomorrow morning so we will have Ross and Jenna starting tonight until next Thur. night or Fri. morning...depending on what time their plane gets in. I love them both to death but I really dread the next week. Hubby will have to sleep with me for a week and I don't do well with someone else in the bed with me...I don't sleep very much, anyway and someone else moving around makes it worse. On top of that, I will have to get up earlier and get Ross ready for school each day...it is going to be a very long week!

Candice...sorry you are having so much trouble with the label program. I love mine and wouldn't think of using anything else. I haven't had any problems with it...if you think it has a glitch in it or something...send it back before you invest anymore time in it!!! My VCR in the kitchen ate another tape this morning. I taped all of Jenna's favorite programs off the TV yesterday so I could just pop in a tape for her and had to throw the whole thing away! Hubby has cleaned it 3 times but it is still eating them...and now days it is almost as cheap to just buy a new one rather than having one fixed. I may buy another one this weekend...I have a TV in the basement that will only go to 13 without a VCR but will get all the cable channels WITH a VCR so I may move it down there just to run the TV through and not put tapes in it!!!

Did I tell you all that I took my Mom to the Dr. this week and he didn't find anything wrong with her? Said her ears looked perfect and everything. That was a real relief! We are planning to go to Fall Creek Falls Labor Day Weekend and I've been afraid to tell her. She doesn't like it when I leave. I just know she will get "sick" and keep me from going. (She has a knack for getting "sick" when she "wants" to!) My daughter lives on the other side of her and she is going to be gone, too so Mama will be here alone...she is going to have an absolute FIT when she finds out!!! I really need to get out of here for a few days!!! We have reservations at the Hotel in the Park...the balcony overlooks the Lake and there is a very good restaurant right in the Hotel. They have boat rentals so we won't have to take ours...I'm looking forward to it!

[Ally0306]

WEIGH IN..........8 lbs so far. This is about a month. I am ok with it coming off at this rate cause I know I am not starving myself. Had a salad with chicken in it for lunch out with my boys and didn't even mind that they were eating burgers and fries.
Where is Tootie....my beloved just pulled in and that makes me think of her.
Has anyone ever gone to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland? That is where a friend wants to go in a few weeks.
I just hate to drive. It would be about 5 hours away.
Candice....your flowers are so beautiful. Mine are withering a lot with the hot weather. Even my shrubs and bushes are withering. We had a tiny bit of rain today but not enough.
Meme....a whole week sleeping with hubby. I like to sleep alone too which is good seeing as how I am alone.:s:
Hey Joanne and Mima...........Now I can't remember which one of you is taking antibiotics. I hate that too.
Have a nice weekend!!!!
Happy..........I feel so good on the low carb diet I'm not even thinking about trying a new med!

[Happy Canuk]

Here, here Ally. Great work. That is wonderful. I know that the low carb diet is what works for me as well. I feel pretty good on it, as long as it isn't as extreme as Atkins. I get so tired on it. The Formula - the 40-30-30 diet works well for me. Keep truckin!

It is hot here today as well. Over 90, and believe me, that is hot for here. We have no air conditioning - don't really need it for 3 times a year if that. Not so bad if I stay in the house and go out in the evening when it is a LOT cooler.

Will be gone next week. My hubby is taking a weeks holidays and we will be in and out. I sure miss my hubby when he is just gone for one night! He has been out of town for 1 night for the past couple of weeks. Thank goodness he will be returning to normal after his holiday.

Well, everyone have a great weekend.

[Joanne D]

Ally I am taking antibiotic for a upper respirtory infection. If I just sneeze the Dr. will put me on them as everything goes right to my lungs. and because I had staph bacteria pneunonia a couple years ago and almost bit the dust.I feel a lot better today. I walked 4 miles this evening so I guess I will live.Good job with your diet and just eat healthy.
Memetoo- I know what you mean about small children. I don't know if I could handle them . It has been a long time since we have had small children around. I have to tell you that I have never except on rare occasions not slept with someone. My sister when I was young and at home and from there to my husbands bed. When the bed seemed too small we bought a bigger one.
Another good thing to ward off yeast infections is to eat yogurt.
I tried the low carb diets and they did not work for me either. I need a balance in my foods. My sugar would drop and I would have either dizzy spells or headaches.
Candice I wish I could grow roses like yours. Hi Happy, Have some fun this week with your hubby.
Bye girls ...Joanne:) :wave:

[Mima]

Hi everyone-doc said I don't have an ear infection so I don't have to take an antibiotic.Said I got pain in my ear from TMJ-I know I keep my body tense -hence my jaw. He also gave me a different allergy med. because the other makes me sleepy. We'll see. I was bored so I went to Sam's Club and Walmart and spent Money-nothing I don't need but could have waited -then I hit McDonald's and had a filet of fish and SMALL fries-I realized this am that I miss being in FL. because I am part of a family there-my other 2 kids are single and have their own life-my 2 girlfriends have families-Boohoo-pity pot-Hey Meme-we could split your family-I know there are plenty of people with NO kids and I don't know how they stand it. Maybe this is bugging me because I am going to be 63 next week.Anyways-I am going to walk this morning-it's realy nice out-maybe I can undo some of the damage.And I need to find something to do today.Well-I guess I am venting.I told my girlfriend Meme's joke and she really laughed. Have a good day everyone. Mima

[Candicej]

Meme..my List is entered now I have to go back and proof read it all! The program workled fine this last time..would there still be a glitch if it works sometimes?? Oh my..keeping those youngins!:spin: you will be spinning cricles! Sleeping with hubby that is a new twist for you!:lol:

Mima..thanks for the explanation..Happy said it was not a quilt..sorry ..I thought it was. It is pretty anyway and so much work!
Hope your ear is better.

Joanne..Yogurt is what I use on antibiotics. I hate taking them, they make me hungry :eek:

Ally..you go girl that is wonderful!

Hppy..no air..I couldn't stand it!

[Mima]

Thanks for the picture Candyce.I'm still stuffy but not as bad.And my ear didn't hurt.My grandaughter is coming later for 2 days. We will go to the movies-shop-watch a video. All that's on my mind -besides turning 63-is work. I hope I'm up to it. Schools aren't like they used to be but I have friends at this one-some will think I'm crazy.I kept eating yesterday-must be the anxiety. I'd better walk today. Good day everyone whatever you are doing.Mima

[Candicej]

Mima I thought you said you had an ear ache from TMJ....I ahve TMJ and it hurts my ear sometimes too. Have a good time with your grandaughter:)

Still fighting fatigue right now and am learning alot about how to print up lables from Meme! You guys she is so smart! Wish she lived next door( I know she is glad she doesn't! :lol: )

So meme are you geting any rest sharing your bed with hubby and chasing those babies around:?:

[Mima]

The ear pain comes and goes-right now it is gone. And I can tell I'm holding my face rigid.Jessica picked out lots of clothes in an hour and a half-record time. We are going to the movies today. My son told me that my other grandaughter is swimming to the bottom of their pool-doing flips. Amazing for a child that can't use her legs.Oh-it's so muggy in my appt. Have to turn on the air. I'm done with the osteo med. til Nov.Hope everyone had a good weekend. I was down another lb. yesterday-one more to go but I'm still very flabby.I'm wearing the same clothes but they are much looser.Have a great day. Yes.Meme is unbelievable.Bye. Mima

[Joanne D]

Hello Everyone
I hope you had a better weekend than I did . I guess I can say it was not all bad. I just can't shake this congestion.My niece that I haven't seen in 18 yrs is down. She and her hubby and son are staying at her mothers place for the week. She is very nice and what a talker. Just like her mother.
Mima- Try some warm compresses for your ear. The heat will relax the muscles in your face. Hope you feel better.
Candice you are still getting the nicest flowers. You should be so proud.
Hello Memetoo- Ally and Happy...Hope you are having a good day
:) Joanne:wave:

[Ally0306]

Mima...Filet of Fish...my favorite junk food treat. You have good taste.
So both Joanne and Mima have been sick...that is no fun.
I drank a wee bit on Saturday and had a hangover yesterday and was scared that I pushed what had been a really good week into a flare up...but I am OK today.
I tell you this diet seems to help with my energy, resilience, motivation.
Love those fish sandwiches but I can forget about them if I feel this good.
No aches.
Maybe I am in my summer remission.
Whatever....it feels good.

[Mima]

I went to WW last night and I was up for the first time-the filet,tortilla chips,little walking.Not journaling. My daughter went with me and she joined for the mptenth time-she wanted me to pay for her but I'll wait til she shows she's sincere.She's coming over tomorrow for my b.d. and we are going to walk.She's in grad school ,very pretty, but always has struggled.My grandaughter and I are going to the Senior luncheon today!!!Then she's going home which is good because I'm tired.We watched the Teen awards last night-how bad is that?They keep you young and tired.Joanne-I hope you feel better soon-I was told it's the mold and FL. has plenty.I need to keep my sinuses open and drained because they get infected.I use a nasal spray-prescription and antihistimane sometimes.And hot and sour soup when it's bad.I'm going to go get breakfast. Have a great day everyone. Meme-I did the personality thing and I am tranquil-the first one. That's just for today.
Mima

[MemeToo]

Mima...that's the one I was, too!

[Joanne D]

I hate when I am writing and hit the wrong thing and lose it all AHHHH!
I was saying those fish sandwiches are the best BUT one of those is almost my whole day of points. They are more points than a hamburger. The breading soaks up the oil.
Mima injoy yhe grandchildren. They grow up too fast and get their own life and we seldom see them. I feel some better. Thanks.
Hello to all...Joanne
:)

[Mima]

H everyone!!Fish and fries-19 points-I know and that's my whole day total.Next time I'll get a hamburger. But that will be a long way off. The marvels of the internet-I just got an e-card and a gift certificate to Amazon.com from my oldest son. And I know if I was there I'd be having dinner and a cake. But my daughter is coming over and we are walking which is also a treat. She wanted to go to lunch but we are both WW so I'll see.My girlfriend said she was taking me to dinner but I think she forgot she said it. She has sleep apnea and hardly gets any sleep so she forgets things.I'm letting this day go and I've already had a nice surprise. Went to the senior luncheon and I had a stomache ache the rest of the day-ate ham with sauce potato and applesauce-their food is not so good.Sounds good but I guess I eat too healthy. They do have a salad bar which I'll try sometime.Jessica's gone-mother was going to change her punishment to 2 weeks.Happy-hope you are having fun. Joanne-glad you feel somewhat better-my allergies are still kicking up but not as bad.Hi Ally, Candyce-Tootie and Meme. Now who did I forget?Have a great day everyone.Mima who says 63 is only a number.

[MemeToo]

Mima...sorry you aren't going to have a cake...here is one you don't have to worry about adding pounds!

[MemeToo]

Happy Birthday Mima!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Mima........
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!

http://www.design-max.net/images/happybirthday.mid

[MemeToo]

CELEBRATE!!!

[Joanne D]

Happy Birthday Mima
I just know you are going to have a wonderful day!
Joanne:) :angel:

[MemeToo]

OK...I'm through now!

I just love a good party!!!

[Mima]

That was awesome!!!!Thanks Meme Mima

[MemeToo]

Hi Mima...you are very welcome. Hope you have a wonderful day!!!

[Mima]

Thanks for the well wishes you guys-Mima

[Happy Canuk]

Mima, have a wonderful day. Happy Birthday!!!!! If we were all in the same place, it would be wonderful to go out for lunch.

Anne

[Candicej]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Candicej]

Started Physical Therapy today...........
and I'm supposed to limit my typing and since I can't type one handed like some.
I will be reading and maybe checking in with a brief but warm hello when I can! Maybe just a picture :wink: This is gonna be a long road, not just my elbow that has the problems but my
neck, shoulder blade, shoulder and rib cage all on my left side. He is doing work
on all areas to retsore range of motion I have lost(didn't even know), and
promote healing. Seems the elow takes the brunt of things when the rest is out
of sinc! I knew I had pain on my whole left side, but was just living with it! I can't
even go to my water class cause the movement in the water will be too much
for the arm right now! So...I went to the craft mall after therapy to cheer me up
and get some exercise in and found some good deals too! Bought Dh some
cookies and they looked so good I had to have one and almost two.. but put
them in the freezer instead! ( They were very thin choc. chip cookies with a
cream filling!)

Also I'm supposed to ice and not heat, boy is my doc stupid! He should have know that..I thought that but ice didn't feel the best so I took his advice and used heat!:mad: :( :mad:;)

[Mima]

Thanks Candyce and Happy!!I really had a nice day yesterday-lots of well wishes . My girlfriend never remembered she said she'd take me out and I didn't remind her. Don't know if I'll say something.She has sleep apnea and a lousy memory also.My daughter took me to lunch along with a nice present and a crisis. She and her boyfriend are not getting along and she uses me to vent. I guess I'm afraid she will want to move back into my small condo and ordered life. Candyce-hope your therapy works-I know about pain that you don't know you have because you are so used to it. I'm going to the chiro today and hope he can help the TMJ which really isn't too bad.Fibro seems to need a place to settle in. Couldn't sleep this am-when Suzanne tells me things late-it disturbs my peace. Have a good day everyone.Mima

[Joanne D]

Hey There- I am glad you had a nice birthday Mima... I know what you mean about grown children moving back in . We let our son do that too. It got to the point where we couldn't stand each other. When he found his house and moved out I said never again. I love him to death but it does not work after they are grown.
I hope the therepy works Candice. It sounds like you really needed it.
Hello Memetoo, Happy Canuk.
I know most of you are waiting for some cool weather as we are. We are going to take our Great nephew to the beach today. That should be interesting. He is a good kid ,but , I know he would rather go with someone younger. His mother won't let him go with the car and she has a husband who was in th ER last night with his back out. She wants him to at least see the beach before they go back home. Poor kid got stuck with us. I guess I better get the lead out.
See you all later. Joanne:lol: :wave:

[Happy Canuk]

Going to new thread.