PCOS/Insulin Resistance Support - PCOS Monthly Chat--May 2004

Happy 1st of May Day!! Yay!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping40.gif

Hope everyone is doing well!! I hope I get to see you "lurkers" in here, chatting with us!! It was really nice to see all of ya in that other thread so don't be afraid to join us in this one. :D We really want you too!! :yes:

Well, time to start off the weekend and month by cleaning up this house! Then I have a bowling league party tonight. Fun Fun! What's everyone else up too?? Any special plans this weekend? This month?? I am judging a regional tournament out of town so we're turning it into a mini-vacation. My DD is flying away for summer vacation at the end of the month..She'll be gone for almost the whole summer. I'm looking forward to the break but I will miss her terribly!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sad/1/sad49.gif I might have to sneak in a surprise trip to visit her. :cool:

Well, May is going to be REALLY busy for me! 4 of my students from one school district have early school year meetings for their education plans, so I did two meetings per child for each of them in September/October. Their district decided that there were too many kids having meetings then, so they moved them to May... so I get to rewrite all the plans, and have another two meetings for each child! :dizzy: I also have one other student who traditionally has his meeting in May. So, that's 5 kids, or 10 meetings!:p :coffee:

I also have training for a new software package we got in my classroom a few months back, plus hopefully getting the cast off my leg, and a doctor's appointment for something my endocrinologist wants me to have done. I'll share details about that later, because I'll probably want opinions (not advice, because we all know I probably won't listen to it!).

Oh, and in June I start back to graduate school at Johns Hopkins. I'll be working toward my doctoral degree in Curriculum & Instruction with a concentration in Assistive Techonology. I'm taking 6 credits this summer, which leaves me 24 more to go! :D Oh, and a dissertation.

At least during the summer, the kids are only there till 1:30 (instead of 2:30), and we're closed Fridays. Makes up for not getting a summer vacation, kind of... 3-day weekends are good.

:mouse:

Hello! Happy May Day!

I'm off to have dinner with my father, stepmother, and two half brothers.

May is going to be very busy with work and adjusting to treating the PCOS (I won't say living with it as I've been living with it so that's not new).

Today, just feeling very tired and run down. I've managed to do nothing but get a massage and sleep. This is the first day of the South Beach Diet for me so I don't know if that is the problem or not. I even felt flushed and took my temp, but it's 98 so that's not it either.

I found some great tasting sugar free hard candy, but it seems to make me sick. I have to say though, in terms of flavor, I'm really impressed with Splenda. We tried some ice cream last night and it was really very good.

I've also discovered that no,I don't like celery filled with cheese. Nope. And I bought two bunches. Hmmm. What to do with all that celery? I doubt I'll eat it and my husband hates it. It sounded like a good idea at the time...

Well, time to go!

Have a great day ladies!

Violet

I've also discovered that no,I don't like celery filled with cheese. Nope. And I bought two bunches. Hmmm. What to do with all that celery? I doubt I'll eat it and my husband hates it. It sounded like a good idea at the time...

Soup? Tuna Fish (with or without mayo, as your diet may describe)? :chef:
Buy a rabbit?

:mouse:

I've found that Splenda is one damn good sweetner myself. I think because it is based off of sugar without the sugar alcohols that usually cause me the intestional discomfort. I use it anytime I need a sweetner.

Hey..any one live in Iowa?? I found out today I am going to be judging the national tournament there!! We're going to make it into a week's vacation so I'd love to meet ya if you are close to Des Moines. Looks like I will be there July 28 till Aug. 2nd. I can't wait! The big tournaments are FUN!! :hyper:

ROFLMAO @ buy a rabbit!! LOLOL!! :rofl:

I'm sorry that got my funny bone!! Hahahahahaha!!!!!

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Noodles: Does your body ever get used to Splenda? Things like Nutrasweet always gave me headaches and I kept trying to tell my doc that, but she kept pushing me to try other stuff. So I try Splenda and I was sick for over 10 hours yesterday. It tastes great but I guess my system can't handle it. Will it ever be able to?

Anonymouse--I think we'll have to go with the rabbit. I can't cook with it since DH hates it. The dogs will like the rabbit-so it's a win-win there!

Cheers

Violet

Violet: I am not sure why you had a problem with Splenda. I have never had a problem with it. Maybe it has something to do with it being not real sugar? I dunno. :dunno: But Splenda isn't like Nutrasweet or Equal or Sweet & Low...It's not a sugar alcohol. Maybe just try a teensy bit at a time and see what it does? Like a teensy bit in coffee/tea? Start off small and go from there. If it still aggravates ya, you could always try Stevia. Thats all natural. It's a little expensive though... you can find it in health food stores.

Hey I meant to tell ya all...I managed to bowl 2 games Saturday night..itchy eyes and all!! I had a 217 & 167. Wouldn't ya know it later on that night the stitches that were itching my eyes fell out?? (Well one did, the other I got tweezers.) Figures AFTER I bowl they get un-itchy. :dizzy:

Noodles:

Congrats on the games, sorry your eyes were itchy. Murphys Law--no?

I should say I seem to do ok with the splenda ice cream.

It was three pieces of hard candy sweetened with Splenda that did me in.

I would like to try the Diet Rite, see how that goes over.

Well, off to see Mean Girls with hubby.

Hugs,

Violet

Yeah, Probably Murhphys Law. Always finds me somehow. :shrug:

I LIKE those Blue Bunny drumsticks that are made with Splenda. Yummmmm....and under 200 calories!! I got hubby hooked on them by accident. He ate the whole damn box..tells me DANG those were good!!! I said ya and sugar-free too. He goes Yea?!! Mr. "Sugar Free stuff tastes nasty" man now happens to like stuff with Splenda as I found out the hard way and lost my drumsticks. :lol: I didn't even get a crumb!!! :(

I like Diet Rite! I don't hardly drink soda anymore though so I haven't had any in months. But when I get the craving for soda, I'll reach for Diet Rite. It doesn't have that weird after taste like other diet sodas. :smug:

Hi everyone,

Noodles girl, I am glad to see you are feeling better. I really missed you! It was far too quiet around here. Splenda, I am just not up to date with what it is actually made up of. I know it is a derivative of sugar. Any more knowledge to add? Is it better than nutrasweet? Lesh harsh on the liver? You know me and my "love thy liver" campaign. I don't want to overstress it with trying to process chemicals....

Your mini vacation sounds like fun! Enjoy.

Classes, disertations, technology? Not too much of a break but sounds like fun and at least you will be surround by adults verses kidlets which will be a nice treat!! When does summer break start? Our kids are out of school the end of June until the end of August. Sounds like your kids may get out earlier.

Hope everyone is doing well,

Jenaya

Hi Jenaya!! :wave: Thanks for the kind words!! :smug:

The kid gets out here May 20th. They get out in May and go back in August cause of the heat starting earlier here than everywhere else. At least that is what I was told. Then the next day we leave for 3 days so I can judge the Western Open Regional Qualifier. Then the weekend after is Memorial Day & DH Birthday so we're going to a little ghost town for the weekend get-a-way. Then after I'll be preparing for another mini vacation in San Diego with some friends, then Iowa, then in August, another mini vacation in Laughlin with my girlfriends. Sheesh!! It seems like its so far away but it just has a way of creeping up on you..FAST. Seems like last year I was just up there judging regionals...in dire pain cause of a malfunctioning uterus. :lol: At least I won't have THAT problem this year. :)

Ok off to see what I can find out about Splenda!! I shall return. :D

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40149

Here ya go...Splenda Q and A Information. I posted it in our Articles forum. Just click on the above link to get there. :smug:

Thanks Noodles!

Hi Jenaya. For me I don't think my liver ever gets a chance to see the Splenda as it went right thru me.

At least I could use Splenda as a weight loss food, it makes me so sick I can't bear the thought of food.

I'm on day three of the South Beach and I'm sick of protein already. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this long term.

Well gotta run, the boss is spasing.

Have a great MOnday!

Violet

Hello everyone,

Noodles, you are such a darlin, thank you for finding the splenda info and posting it here. I appreciated it very much. You have one heck of a holiday planned - sounds like a blast. You have hit all three important things in life - fun, friends and family. Yes, I am sure it is getting pretty hot there and it is time for the kids to be out of school. Here, well, there still is a little snow flake every now and again. I am rebelling and wore capri pants and birkenstocks today and now I am freezing, turning the furnace back on and heading for my sweater drawer! Oh, I am truly a tough breed of woman!

Violet - stay clear of the splenda if your body is rejecting it. You must be very sensitive. I know I was very sensitive to nutrasweet but in using it I developed a tolerance - I am not saying that is a good thing because I am not sure that it is.

Have a great day everyone!

Jenaya

Oh, one more thing. Has anyone tried the Kathy Smith Kickboxing tape? I bought one the other day and see it was distributed in 1998. It is awesome. Just in case you are looking for something to rev up that workout!

Jenaya

Jenaya:

You're probably right, but I'm going to at least try the Splenda pop and see how that goes down. The ice cream is fine, it's just the hard candy I sampled-- I like to have a piece during the day so it's a hard habit to let go of.

I had a Diet Pepsi and immediately chased it with Tylenol as I always get headaches with Nutrasweet--I'm desparate for bubbles, my stomach feels so heavy.

I've heard the Kathy Smith tape is good, but I have my own kickboxing routine I do in my basement so I don't use a video.

I do, however, love the Quickfix series for yoga and the one for toning. Those are great videos and only around $9 on Amazon.

Have a great day

Violet

Anonymouse--I think we'll have to go with the rabbit. I can't cook with it since DH hates it. The dogs will like the rabbit-so it's a win-win there!

Your dogs will like the rabbit the way my cat likes :df: (insects), :snail:, and :fish:.

:mouse:
(oh, and me too!)

I like Diet Rite! I don't hardly drink soda anymore though so I haven't had any in months. But when I get the craving for soda, I'll reach for Diet Rite. It doesn't have that weird after taste like other diet sodas. :smug:

I buy Diet Boylans or Hansens... I can only find them at Trader Joe's, though...
Its not too expensive. Hansens ginger ale is awesome.

Mostly, though, I drink green tea or chai, with sweet n low or splendal I was drinking lots of the Propel water, but lately that hasn't settled so well...
Oh, and Arizona's green tea, diet...and their no-carb iced tea (blueberry is awesome!) both have splenda.

:mouse:

Hi everyone,
Classes, disertations, technology? Not too much of a break but sounds like fun and at least you will be surround by adults verses kidlets which will be a nice treat!! When does summer break start? Our kids are out of school the end of June until the end of August. Sounds like your kids may get out earlier.


Our students are finished June 17... they come back July 5 for summer session. Most of our students attend summer session. I'm the oddball among the team I'm assigned to: Only 1 of my students attends summer session, and I'm the only career-votech teacher with a homeroom. So, I don't (or didn't last year) have a homeroom during the summer.

I have to admit that I usually like attending classes... When I did my master's degree, I drove 100 miles one way for class 3 nights a week the first summer (killed my car!), and even after I moved a bit closer, I was still 40-60 miles one way.

I do things backwards: I waited till AFTER I graduated with the master's degree to move to Baltimore and be near Hopkins. Of course, they could've offered me a job before I finished my master's degree!!!!!!!

Magi

Hello everyone,

Noodles, you are such a darlin, thank you for finding the splenda info and posting it here. I appreciated it very much. You have one heck of a holiday planned - sounds like a blast. You have hit all three important things in life - fun, friends and family. Yes, I am sure it is getting pretty hot there and it is time for the kids to be out of school. Here, well, there still is a little snow flake every now and again. I am rebelling and wore capri pants and birkenstocks today and now I am freezing, turning the furnace back on and heading for my sweater drawer! Oh, I am truly a tough breed of woman!

Violet - stay clear of the splenda if your body is rejecting it. You must be very sensitive. I know I was very sensitive to nutrasweet but in using it I developed a tolerance - I am not saying that is a good thing because I am not sure that it is.

Have a great day everyone!

Jenaya

Yer Welcome!! :smug:

Hey I have never looked at it that way...The "All 3 important things in life." Thanks for pointing that out to me! IT makes sense!! I would rather be dirt poor and have the love of my friends and family and be able to have fun with them than have all the $$ one could get a sweet tooth with and be alone and miserable. Course I wouldn't mind taking that $$ and starting some company so I could take care of my friends and family. :)

And you're a Birkenstock girl!! YAY!!! Right up my own alley!! I LOVE those shoes...I am always on the prowl for new ones on EbaY. I refuse to pay $100 when I can get them cheaper online. I just hate waiting for them to get shipped. :lol: Patience, Noodles...Patience!! :chin:

Oh, one more thing. Has anyone tried the Kathy Smith Kickboxing tape? I bought one the other day and see it was distributed in 1998. It is awesome. Just in case you are looking for something to rev up that workout!

Jenaya


I have her 2 CDs...These were how I got started, but now I am at the point to where I want the gym workout & socializing among other workouters so I am going to be selling them and my other workout DVDs. I got lonely after a while just watching the TV and kicking around. Hehhe..

I like to have a piece during the day so it's a hard habit to let go of.

I have this problem too...so what I do when I have that craving is I suck on a Tootsie Pop. They are only 60 calories per pop, 0 Fat, 0 sodium, 10g Sugar, 15g Carb and in the 20-30 minutes it takes me to suck it down to the tootsie roll filling, I have curbed my hard candy & sugar craving without an excessive amount of sugar & no fat! Ya just cant bite into it though...that defeats the whole "curbing the craving" purpose. :)

Mostly, though, I drink green tea or chai, with sweet n low or splendal I was drinking lots of the Propel water, but lately that hasn't settled so well...
Oh, and Arizona's green tea, diet...and their no-carb iced tea (blueberry is awesome!) both have splenda.

:mouse:

AH HA!! See...Arizona is good for other things besides the Grand Canyon!! :D
I knew I lived here for a reason. ;)

Oh, I am glad I have a fellow Berkie lover here. I get all sorts of comments from my hubby - he doesn't find them all that sexy. I, however, find them delightful. I like to paint my toenails hot fushcia, slip on a toe ring, ankle bracelet and feel womanly! Frankly, I don't find anything sexy about a five inch heel that wrecks all sorts of havoc with my beautiful and functional tootsies. Talk to you soon!

Jenaya

Speaking of Birkenstocks...Look what I just bought...I needed this color... I always have red stuff and no red Birkies to go with it. (Well it sounds like a good excuse to use...:lol: )

Next I want to get one of those flowery styles they just came out with. But I don't want to pay $100!! Cheapskate Noodles... :dizzy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4148822702

Good morning ladies!

Anonymouse--your job sounds like a lot of work especially with going to school. Good for you!

Noodles--I like Tootsie Pops, but I was trying to cut out all sugar. Apparently that isn't going to happen though as I had a handful of mint Skittles last night.

I tried the Diet Rite, they only had one flavor--Red Raspberry. Didn't go over well.

I then tried Healthy Choice's Sugar Free Chocolate Mint Ice Cream which is yummy but still seems to have a lot of carbs.

Anyways, it seems Splenda in ice cream is the only thing I can have. I can live with that!

I got my prescriptions finally for metformin and proveera. I'm going to start the Metformin today (already started proveera last night) and we'll see what happens.

Hopefully I won't be too sick!

And I also like Clarks, have you ever tried them? I love their mules which are sort of like berks but a different design.

Have a great day!

Violet

Noodles--I like Tootsie Pops, but I was trying to cut out all sugar. Apparently that isn't going to happen though as I had a handful of mint Skittles last night.

I tried the Diet Rite, they only had one flavor--Red Raspberry. Didn't go over well.

Anyways, it seems Splenda in ice cream is the only thing I can have. I can live with that!


Yeah, I tried to cut out all sugar too. But I found that the sugar alcohols in the sugar free stuff are much worse on my body than the tiny bit of sugar in a tootsie pop! That's why I tell people I cut out 99% of my sugars. I still indulge in a tootsie pop and dark chocolate here and there. :chockiss:

The only Diet Rite I've tried is the cola one. I didn't know other flavors existed?? Interesting...

Ice cream & Splenda seem to go together like Coffee with cream. Yummmm!!!

Hope everyone is having a good day!! It's gotta be close to 100° outside today. Summer is here!! Well, not really but *I* call it summer cause anything over 85° constitutes heat. Thank goodness we don't have the humidity though. Phew!! http://www.harrythecat.com/Smiley/a84.gif

Noodles - those are beautiful berks - hot hot hot, just like your weather! I am only sad I didn't see them.... ho hummm.

J.

Speaking of
Next I want to get one of those flowery styles they just came out with. But I don't want to pay $100!! Cheapskate Noodles... :dizzy:

Okay... My school had decided a few months ago that we couldn't wear sneakers to work. NOW we can't wear any open-toed shoes either. That cuts out my nice Propet sandles that actually FIT with the freaking ankle brace. The administrator in charge of the female side of the 'fashion police' has already talked to me about my sandles. :ovvShe suggested Birkenstocks or having 'customized shoes'. I guess administrators get paid more than teachers. :mad:

I found Propet shoes that are closed-toe... but they're $60 a pair!!! That blows half my clothing budget for work for the season!

(Yes... its not fun being a graduate student *and* a teacher. You never have money!)

Magi

That sucks, Magi. You'd think they would make an exception for you. After all, you DO have an injured ankle!! sheesh...

Hey Jenaya, that seller might list more. I missed the 1st pair and then went back to check and she had re-listed another pair so check again in a few days. I prowl EbaY for Birkies...but I refuse to pay $10 shipping on something that cost $5-$6 to ship max so there are a lot I don't bid on. This might be a good thing cause if I just bid away I might have 100 pairs instead of 10. :lol:

Hello Ladies!

How's life today? I'm tired. I took the Metformin yesterday and I swear it caused low blood sugar even though I read that it's 'not likely' to. I finally had a Sprite and felt so much better, but my energy was off the rest of the day.

so far I'm holding off on the pill for today, I'm going to take it at home where I can be sick in peace.

Let's see, nothing much new. I went to a writer's group last night and they critiqued the first 8 pgs or so of my novel and I got good feedback. It was neat to see where people laughed and their reactions to the work. Overall they liked it, no major flaws just some ideas to make it even stronger, which was great feedback. Of course what they don't know is the beginning of the novel is the strongest part, the middle is a black hole that needs lots of work.

Which I hope to start tonight as DH paints the living room.

Have a great day!

Violet

That sucks, Magi. You'd think they would make an exception for you. After all, you DO have an injured ankle!! sheesh...

I tried! to explain it to her, but all she saw was the big huge cast-boot I'm wearing now, and didn't get it. But the email they sent out today was even better... I'm sure a lot of you shop at Lane Bryant stores. Last fall, they had these wonderful dressy (to me!) business casual pants... a variety of appropriate colors... with cargo-pockets, only instead of the same fabric as the pants, the pockets are in satin-shiny material. I bought two pair... these are the pants I talked about elsewhere here a while ago... because they were like 4 sizes smaller than anything else in my closet. I love those pants! And now they say we can't wear anything with cargo pockets!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
We're a business casual environment: I would NEVER wear cargo khakis or jeans. I don't even own jeans at this point... I only own knit pants that I can wear to work. They're not fancy, but my friends long ago recognized that I have no sense of style... all my pants and shirts are pretty much the same. I wear collared polo shirts and the pants. I have some other shirts that have a print or lace design knitted on... I have one peasant blouse with embroidery, a couple of skirts and dresses (which I mostly don't wear to school), and 3 dress outfits (two pants suits and one formal dress).
I do really need to work on not buying my clothing 4 sizes too big, but I teach emotionally disturbed boys... and I hate for anybody to clearly see how I carry the weight (which my doctor says is related to how I gained it... its all up front and hangs down...disgusting!).
I don't have the money to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe for this place! I hate shopping for clothes... I can't do it on my own because I never know what looks good on me... and both the female friends that I trust to help me are rather busy at the moment... the one is my friend that is pregnant, the other is getting married and plans to be pregnant before the end of July.
:( :?:

Hello Ladies!

How's life today? I'm tired. I took the Metformin yesterday and I swear it caused low blood sugar even though I read that it's 'not likely' to. I finally had a Sprite and felt so much better, but my energy was off the rest of the day.
so far I'm holding off on the pill for today, I'm going to take it at home where I can be sick in peace.

Oh, Violet... I'm there with you. I'm one of the small percentage that never ever adjusted to the glucophage/metformin. I tried both varieties. I was sick for the entire time (March through July) that I was on it. I told my doctor I was sick, but I didn't emphasize how badly I felt... the nurse on the phone assumed I was referring to the typical side-effects. When I saw my reproductive endocrinologist for bloodwork in May, she was very upset with me that I hadn't been more clear with both of them about how I felt.
If it doesn't get better, make SURE you talk to your doctor!!!!!!!

Let's see, nothing much new. I went to a writer's group last night and they critiqued the first 8 pgs or so of my novel and I got good feedback. It was neat to see where people laughed and their reactions to the work. Overall they liked it, no major flaws just some ideas to make it even stronger, which was great feedback. Of course what they don't know is the beginning of the novel is the strongest part, the middle is a black hole that needs lots of work.
A writer! I used to write a lot... fiction, poetry. I was going to be a writer. I'm not quite sure what happened...

Magi

Magi:

I hope I adjust to the Metformin, so far no low blood sugar symptoms today. There's still time thought so I'll reserve judgement.

Writing is hard brutal work, I've managed to procrastinate to the point of doing nothing with it tonight.

For laughs, here's some more detail.

I went to my first writer's group yesterday and throughly enjoyed myself. I also learned I must be dedicated as it took me over 1 1/2 hours to get there--traffic was the worst I've ever seen it in my neck of the woods.

It was really neat to be able to watch people's reactions to the story, something I've missed out on as I've gotten most of my feedback by email.

The only thing was, it was terribbly embarassing. And I tend to get the giggles when I'm supremely nervous.

And body parts start to twitch.

I remember once I sang the National Anthem in school and the entire time my nose was twitching like a rabbit trying to scent out a carrot. I hit all the high notes too while my nose wagged from side to side and yes, there was some laughter from my classmates because it was noticeable.

Then, my senior year I was due to sing a solo at church and at the graduation ceremony (back in the days when I could sing) and, during church, I suffered a laughing fit.

Partly because the choir was incredibly out of tune and I knew how hard they practiced at being so bad. Suddenly, this choir of incompetent singers became the funniest thing I had ever seen in my life. Between my nervous tension and their sour singing, I was giggling behind my hand and trying not to pee my pants.

So last night I had this stupid, cheesy grin on my face and developed a twitch in my cheek. I felt like an idiot.

However, the group must have seen their share before as I don't think it was held against me.

Can you imagine if I ever get published and have to do a public reading? Body parts will be spontaneously twitching and I'll break out into peals of hysterical laughter at odd moments. Say when the love interest dies or some other inappropriate point in the story arc.

The funny thing is, when I should be embarrassed, I'm not.

When I was 16, I was walking through Guatemala City's airport at 5'10" wearing bright turquoise pants (I wanted to make sure everyone could see the dork coming). Now, the average height in Guatemala is 5'0" if that much, so some chick in turquoise pants just shy of 6'0" really stands out!

Even more so when her pants collapse around her ankles. I imagine I must have looked a bit like Big Foot doing an awkward striptease.

There I was my hands full of luggage (no last minute clutching of fabric possible) and my pants around my ankles. No wonder they think American girls are easy!

I remember I just set my luggage down and very calmly pulled my pants up. Upon later examination it was found the thread around the zipper had come undone and my pants 'unsewed' themselves.

I bet somewhere, someone in Guatemala is still talking about it.

I will never do a book tour in Guatemala. Someone might recognize me.

Violet:

Your "Pants" story reminded me of my French Maid story...

1 year I was attending a Halloween bowling party. I dressed up as a french maid. I was trying to impress this guy...so I got all gussied up. Well, I forgot one thing...to tie the back of the skirt all the way. So as the night went on it got looser and looser until I went up to bowl. Then it came falling flat off of me!! :yikes: I was sooo embarassed!! The guy just laughed it off and we became good friends after that. Phew... :smug:

Magi: Sorry about the clothes thing. I still think they are being inconsiderate of your ailments. Here's a special bouquet for ya... http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/love/love66.gif

The only writing I have done are some poems. The only time I can write poems is when I am having an emotionally hard time in my life. Go figure. Most of the poems were directed at my first love...Ugh!!! I can still feel the twinge in my heart. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sad/2/sad49.gif

On a good note, our bowling team took 1st place tonight!! YAY!!! :cb:
Somehow I managed to bowl a 163, 165, and 191. I won the spot of the year for Womens High Series Handicap. Our team took spots of the year for: High Series Scratch & Team High Series Handicap. I can't wait for banquet night! We get casholina and trophies and awards!! I also claimed a 50 pins over average award last Saturday on my other league. Now it's time to take the summer OFF bowling wise, and concentrate on jump rope tournaments. Phew!!

Have a good night, ladies!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/love/love59.gif

Magi:

I hope I adjust to the Metformin, so far no low blood sugar symptoms today. There's still time thought so I'll reserve judgement.

I hope you do. I wish I had, since that seems to be how everybody else manages to lose weight. :(

Writing is hard brutal work, I've managed to procrastinate to the point of doing nothing with it tonight.
Yes, I know... I have many, many friends who are writers, including several NYT Best-Selling authors... and a former principal. I have lots of autographed books in my collection! ;)

The only thing was, it was terribbly embarassing. And I tend to get the giggles when I'm supremely nervous.
Can you imagine if I ever get published and have to do a public reading? Body parts will be spontaneously twitching and I'll break out into peals of hysterical laughter at odd moments. Say when the love interest dies or some other inappropriate point in the story arc.

Oh, wow... Violet!! I thought I was the only person that giggled when I was nervous! And oh, its horrible: I'll giggle during the most inappropriate times like when I accidentally burst in on the principal in a meeting last week: the person he was meeting with and the principal were supposed to be in a meeting with me and they were both late... so I thought *I* was late, but it turned out they hadn't finished the other meeting yet!!!!! :o
I also did it one time when one of my developmentally delayed students had an accident in the school cafeteria. I felt so bad, but I couldn't help myself! I was twitching and giggling and the poor kid is standing there in a puddle.

The funny thing is, when I should be embarrassed, I'm not.
I am... but I don't giggle! I just look at the ground, and don't say anything.


And thanks for the laugh: I needed it after today! Remind me, some day, to tell you about the two-headed cow story and the creation of National Cow Day. :moo:

:mouse:

Woo Hoo!!! Go, Angel!! Congrats on the superb bowling!

And thank-you so much for the flowers!

:mouse:

Yer Welcome!!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/character/2/character31.gifI enjoy giving gifts...Tis better to give than to receive is my motto. Especially when I have a bad shopping habit. :lol:

I love to give people gifts. If I find something special for somebody, I can't wait to give it to them. There is a teacher at our school who is always saying, 'Its all good!', and last summer I found a Garfield folder with that saying on it in Rite-Aid. I had to buy it for him, because he has all the Garfield books in his classroom, too.
I just bought a quilt for my friend and her husband for their eventual baby... I've been trying to give it to them for more than a month now, and am frustrated that I can't get together to give it to them.
And when the social worker who worked with my class left last week, I had gotten her something and absolutely couldn't wait to give it to her. I *tried* to wait, but couldn't.

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Noodles: Congraulations on the bowling--it sounds like you are a fantastic bowler! That is so cool! Sounds like poetry is therapeutic for you--keep them, I bet they're pretty good, pain is usually a good muse.

Magi--How's your foot? I would like to hear about the cows! My only funny cow story is when my father was a minister at a rural church and in the middle of the service we started hearing all these moos. Turns out someone's cows had escaped and they were milling around in the parking lot. It was funny watching the farmers chase them down in their Sunday best.

And I too like to give gifts and have something I got for someone's baby, but we can't seem to get together. I went to NY in Feb and got a painting for the baby done by Chinese street artists. They take a name and turn the letters into objects, so the baby's name is bamboo with pandas peeking out--it's adorable.

And here's my embarrassing barging in story at work. I went to the VP (Dick) and asked a question. I urgently ran down to my co-worker (Dean) and said very loudly "Hey Dick, Dean says" instead of "Hey Dean, Dick says". OMG! It was awful and I had been really loud!

I'm on day four of the Metformin and so far so good. It tends to give me the runs and upset my stomach but nothing major. The first day was the worst, I think.

I choked down a breakfast of eggs and bacon so I could take the pill this morning as I have plans this evening and I don't want to be sick. I don't really care for eggs and bacon--maybe 10 times a year I eat it. I like fruit for breakfast! Precisely what I can't have! Wah!!

Take care,

Violet

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I really enjoy bowling. It is one of those games that gives you great stress relief in the form of clobbering something. In this case, a 13 pound ball into 10 3 pound pins. Course in August I am upgrading to a 14 pound ball. My 13 is too light now for me.

I do look forward to the summer off though!! I have been bowling 2 leagues since August. Break time now for Noodles!! Well cept' for 2 jump rope competitions, a yard sale, a picnic, a mini vacation...ok no break. :lol:

Hope everyone else is doing good!! Where are you lurkers??? Speak up and visit us!! Please Please!! I'm beggin' ya!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/love/love30.gif

Oh, I'll spare the whole forum the orthopedist story from today. We'll just leave it with the fact that I am now castless, but need to find a new orthopedist. :sigh:
How bloody annoying, and all because the office manager/billing person doesn't like either of my parents so is taking her dislike of them (my father's dating back more than 10 years!) out on me, and purposefully making problems for me. :mad:

My cow story: I guess about 20 years ago now, there was an article on the front page of our local paper about a farmer's cow giving birth to a two-headed calf. Fast forward 9 years, and I'm in my first semester of undergrad at Long Island University. My hometown is a popular summer vacation spot for LI'ers. One of the girls on the college newspaper with me remembered this story... and suddenly, instead of living in Lancaster, I was now from LanCOWster COWnty. :moo:
A year or so later, my friends invented National Cow Day (the 4th Tuesday of the month in October) for me so we could celebrate all the cows that I live near.

Why can't you eat fruit? Those are good carbs, right? See... I'd never make it on Atkins. I tried it, and not only was it restrictive, I turned into a brat on wheels... I was incredibly grouchy and mad at the world, not to mention having a nearly constant migraine.
And I am glad the glucophage is working for you!! Yesterday and today were those days where nothing wants to stay down (and I'm not even on glucophage anymore!), so I've eaten about 500 calories today and lots of tea. I'm considering some soup and toast for later, because I have to eat to take the spironolactone or that makes it worse. If only I could lose weight this way!
I can't hook up with my friends this week, its my weekend as Red Cross dispatcher for the disaster action team. With the problems with my ankle getting worse, its not safe for me to go into burnt buildings, so I've switched from direct client services for local repsonse to dispatching the teams and switched from running kitchens and being a shelter manager to working at headquarters doing the paper work for my function.
It bites, but at least for now I can remain involved.

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Geez, Magi. I would of wanted to :censored: that billing person!! I don't tolerate much BS anymore from anyone. I guess I got a bit of an honery streak in my old age here. :lol: It irks me when people must put others down to make themselves feel better/grander. It really just makes them look like an idiot. I try to find something that is likeable in everyone, even the realllllly bad ones..this keeps me thinking positively about a person and helps me appreciate the people I DO have in my life even more. I appreciate and validate and I make sure all my loved ones know I love them more than I can ever put down in words. I will admit though that I do have a hard time letting go of certain memories of the past, but I also have to keep it in control and not let it control me. Memories are great to laugh and cry about, but when it starts to affect daily life, then it's time to let go. Sounds like thats what the billing lady needs to do.

On another note...

Ok..I'm bad. I bought another pair of Birkenstocks tonight. They are having a great clearance sale!!! Shoes are like ½ price or more!!! I couldn't resist the "Stars & Stripes" waterproof ones. I paid $43.97 TOTAL. Included shipping!! Now I got pool shoes!! I wanted to get the red ones and white ones but I already have those colors so that wouldn't fly as a good excuse to use with the DH. I better cut this out though...I think 15 pairs is enough for now. :o If you want to see the clearance shoes & my "4th of July excuse shoes", here's the clearance site. Bikie Clearance Shoes!! (http://www.birkenstock.com/feature/clearance/) I had to do some fanagling to find it...but you wont have too. hehehhe But be warned, Birkie shopping can be addicting!! And to think I use to think they were ugly. hahahaha :spin:

I'm going to look at that website. Maybe I can find the closed-toe ones that they insist I wear to work.

The billing person needs to be stretched and hung up to dry... I was so mad, and I let her ruin my plans yesterday. We have friends that own two chinese restaurants, and he makes a salt-n-pepper shrimp without oil, steamed... I was going to go over there and get some, but I was so angry at that lady that I didn't do it. I grabbed my cat and went back to my apartment in Baltimore.

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Well... They have the shoes, but they're still $80+ on sale! :sigh:

Oh, and let me note that I forgot to mention the oh-so-nasty attitude from the orthopedist's assistant. I tried to get them to at least fill out the prescription so I could go back to the gym, and all I got was, "And what do you do at the gym, anyway?"

We all know what THAT implication was from! Like, how could somebody as fat as you go to a gym? And, since you're so fat, we know you're not REALLY going to the gym, so why lie about it? :mad:

Hmm....Sometimes when I encounter people like that I just say...http://www.harrythecat.com/Smiley/a15.gif and I smile as big as I can...and walk away. Irks the **** out of them and makes me smile more.

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Good Morning, Mommasitas!!

Well, I actually got some SLEEP!! I didn't get much yesterday...I finally laid down at Noon and took a 3 hour nap but that was it. I was cleaning house and was on a roll and couldn't stop. Finally hubby yelled at me to rest or I would be sleeping at the table during cards, so I took a snooze. Then I got back up and finished changing the sheets & making my bed. I have this thing...I MUST have my bed made and my pillows about when people come over. Probably part of that OBC with the clean house syndrome.

I had fun last night!! We had homemade BBQed Ribs and Chicken and homemade potato salad. My friend made it with the light mayo and I couldn't even tell the difference. Usually I can cause that stuff has that weird aftertaste but...either *I* am getting use to aftertastes or it was a $50 jar of primo mayo. Hubby made 2 cheesecakes and was kind enough to send one of them HOME with my friends. I might of eaten more than I should if it didn't leave my fridge. We played 3 games of Pinochle. Girls won 2 games.

Girls rule boys drool!! :cheer:

Well, that's all for now. Hope everyone has a great day today!! & Tomorrow...& Monday...& Forever... :smug:

Hello All,

Happy Mother's Day. Hope everyone is having a great day. My plans are a breakfast brunch, a long bike ride in the park with hubby and kidlets and then a BBQ with just our little family for dinner tonight. Hubby gave me two dozen red roses - they are beautiful. The "anti-hallmark, feelings-schmeelings" guy can really surprise me sometimes.

I am heading off to do my kickboxing (7 am here) and then get ready for brunch at the fancy place (something other than McDonald's is nice!). Have a wonderful day!

Jenaya

Just curious to know...

Can any of you see this thread?? I thought it would be a nice thread to do...

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40372

I started it up yesterday but so far only 11 views--probably all mine. I don't know if you girls can see it in the main menu or not or??? :?: Please don't feel obgliated to post...I just am wondering if it is even viewable. :lol:

:thanks: !!!

I can never manage to get that out when I'm in that kind of situation on my own. I get really embarrassed and look at the ground... Or I get really nasty and tell them what I think of them.
The latter usually happens when its teenagers or children of the age I teach. By nasty, I don't mean spitting and swearing or hitting, but I get really sarcastic. I generally suggest to their parents (who are usually right there and allowing this rude behavior) that their children should be brought up with better manners... Oh, wait, I'm sorry... it is pretty obvious who they are emulating since you're just standing their looking stupid.
I have been known to curse people in Shakespearean English: a hold over from the season I worked at the Renaissance Faire, I suppose. There's nothing quite like the look on somebody's face when you refer to them as a 'rear-feeding rabbit-jumping jackpony'.

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I saw it... I just haven't decided if the cute cat memories (like the kitty in the box or the kitty under the quilt with just the tail sticking out) and such are what I want to post. Or... the first time I met my friend... "Look for a short woman with spiky purple hair in a white car", in the middle of Georgetown, Washington, DC. Yea... me, from Cow Central, in the middle of Georgetown????

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YA YA!! Post em'!! Who couldn't love a cute kitty memory?? http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/avatars/garfield/garfield0024.gif

Ren Faire!! Ahhhhhhhh the memories...that was the last time my D-exH and I were together. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sad/1/sad25.gif That in itself is a sad love-story-miniseries. :lol:

I still have my Ren Faire costume!! I wear it every Halloween. I sit out there and I bring out the rats, put them in the back of the truck bed and let the greet the kids. Since I started this "tradition" I have converted 9 people into rat families. :D I also increased my trick-or-treaters. I had to double my candy this year...cause they all want to come and see "The Rat Ladys Rats". They will be disappointed this year though..Stubs the famous footless rat died in December. :cry: But...We have Roo who is missing fingers and a total limb, and Harry who is missing a tail and fingers and also has a stub for a foot so hopefully they will warm up to him. :smug:

(Can't tell I love rats can ya??? :cool: )

I used to have fun with all the kids at the faire who would show up in Mickey or other mouse costumes. I'd point out the Rat Keeper to them, and ask, "Be ye related to that one there over yonder? Ye have the same symbol upon thy blouse!" The kids would look at me strangely, and their parents would howl with laughter (if they were there for fun and not as a tourist attraction).
My character's name was Tera Cotta. And her sister, Fleur D'lis Cotta. We were Jewish herbalists picked up by a group of Cornish pirates as we fled the Spanish Inquisition. The faire runners had to come up with SOME reason for a dark-haired, olive-skinned woman to be with a group of red/blonde/brown haired Cornish privateers...especially one who wore glasses!!! ;)
My costume pretty much fell apart after the season... wearing it 4 days a week, and sweating all day in the summer does that to clothing. My blouse was an old nightdress of my mother's that we cut down and added leather lacings to in the back, then I made the skirt myself. Bought pantaloons. I made my belt out of macrame yarn myself too. The darned thing took near forever to braid! I managed to find pewter-looking plate and mug, and at one of the farmer's markets was a leather worker who made me pouches. Currently, I only know where the plate is: the mug was stolen sometime that summer, the plate is being used as a candle holder.

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Hello ladies! Happy Mother's Day

Mine was weird. I had a meal today where my chicken was raw half way thru and I didn't eat the raw part but it immediately put a damper on things. Then they didn't remove it from my check and I had to ask and I was kind of mad about that since I could very well get salmonella from that meal.

Consequently I did not get enough to eat and I'm afraid to eat anything in case I get sick.

I seem to have adjusted to the Metformin, even took 2 pills yesterday. I was going to take the second one today but decided to wait and see how I feel later.

My mother, on Sat night, insinuated I might be able to move better if I lost weight, which I thought was a very odd thing to say since I have never felt encumbered by my weight nor felt I showed an inability to move. In fact I can kick as high as my head in kickboxing, both on front and round/side kicks--not a sign of someone imprisoned in their flesh. My doctor doesn't even think my weight is even an issue for pregnancy, although it would always be good to lose and Lord knows I keep trying.

With family like this who needs enemies? It's nice to know how my mother really feels.

Oh God, I have to go see her for her 50th bday and now I'm dreading it. Her self-image is going to be low b/c she is in a gaining cycle with her weight and she's miserable. I have a feeling I'm going to be the whipping post.

On a brighter note,Midas, my white lab puppy, is one year old today. I sang him Happy Birthday last night as he snuggled up to me and rested his head on my chest. My baby, sniff, sniff, is all grown up now and 100lbs to boot. I remember when he was teensy weensy and used to hide from Violet (our black lab) underneath the dresser.

Now he's a one dog demolition crew--accidentally lean against the picket fence? Oops, the whole thing comes down and what's left he rips apart with his teeth. Need a mud bath? Never fear, Midas knows how to turn on the faucet outside--mud pies for all! Got a raspberry bush or a lilac bush--never fear he'll eat them both!

Oh and speaking of berries, I have a beautiful crop coming in of strawberries--I'm so excited. And I grew sugar baby watermelons from seed, they should be ready to transplant outside later this month. At $6 a pop from the grocery store I hope I can grow my own!

And Anonymouse, call that woman's supervisor and let them have it. Don't let her get away with treating you like that b/c then she thinks what she did was OK and it wasn't.

Hope the rest of you are doing well and having a beautiful day!

Violet

Hey, Violet...
I'm not sure her supervisor, the doctor, cares. This is the same orthopedist that I noted in a previous message referred me 4 years ago to a surgeon/weight loss specialist who could have found my endocrine issue in 2000 which was when I asked him to do a complete blood panel. All he did was a standard CBC which doesn't show hormone or thyroid levels. Those tests are specialized and cost more! And he lied to us and said he'd done what we asked. He hadn't. Instead, I had to wait until the latter part of 2001 before I finally found a doctor that could actually do something. I should never have gone back there again when I hurt my ankle this time. I was stupid. :crazy: I knew how his office operated, and I knew that even though he wouldn't say anything to me (I told my mother that if he said anything about my weight, I'd point out that his cancer surgery had made him look like a chipmunk!) he'd be thinking it everytime he saw me. I also knew that I wouldn't say anything to him about it... and that he doesn't have information about anything other than "people eat too much and get fat" in his lexicon. He even made an attempt to take me off the contraceptives, and assumed that the spironolactone was for blood pressue. Assumptions like that can be deadly! He just flat out didn't know what it was.
Anyway... speaking of family... my father, whom I haven't gotten along with very well since he and my mother divorced just informed me that if I walked a little more, maybe I'd lose weight. Now, this could be humorous since he weighs AT LEAST 500 pounds, and eats constantly. He doesn't ever exercise.
I'm afraid that I lost my temper and told him that he wasn't one to talk, and that I at least go to a gym (when I'm notin a cast) to swim, lift weights and run an upper-body bike! Then I hung up on him. :nono: :cry: :sigh:
Between him and my grandmother, its like you said: we don't need enemies, our family does a good enough job.

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Hey Ladies!! :wave:

Hope everyone had a great day!! I was in bed most of the day sick. :( Still sick so you won't see too much of my "Graffiti" today. Ugh...time to try to eat some soup and watch TV. I feel yecky just sitting here too long. I'll be back when I am up to par.

Until then, take care. :smug:

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FEEL BETTER!!!!!
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HellO! Noodles I hope you're feeling better!

violet

Aww thanks!! :thanks: I still am not feeling right but I feel a bit better than I did. I think there was honey in the homemade BBQ Sauce for the ribs and that's why I got sick so bad... I was broken out everywhere, itchy, stomach PO'ed at me, etc... I am allergic to honey. That's the only logical explanation I can come up with, other than it's an arthritis flare-up. Maybe both with my luck. :shrug:

Anyhow, I did manage to get out and bowl tonight. We had a roll-off for league championship. And to think all this time I thought we had won it!!! Ahh well..We managed to win the roll off anyhow and took 1st place after all. Tuesday is our banquet and we'll get our goodies then. Yay! Then I will be scarce the weekend of May 21, 22, 23, & 24th as I will be out of town judging our Western Open Regionals. I got my certification #, pin, and T-shirt finally. YAY!!

Tonight I managed to pick up 2 mini-rose bushes for 99 cents! Clearance!! Now I just need to nurse them back to health. :lol:

Well, take care and I'll be back soon! :grouphug:

I just wanted to share with you...

An excellent article that Jennifer posted. Sure made me open my eyes a bit more...

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?p=582672#post582672

:coffee2: Good Morning Folks!! Going to be 96° here and :sunny: !!!

Where are my girls?? Come out come out wherever you are & post!! :D

I have a busy day...Have to run a bazillion errands, then off to dinner and ball game with some friends. Thank goodness hubby gets off early. He gets the title of "Mr. Chauffeur". I still can't drive yet or I would go yard saling!! Pfooey!!! I am going to try to get on the "morning" schedule this week. I have a tournament to judge next Saturday and my butt drags when I don't get enough sleep the night before. 10 hours + 1000+ screaming kids = EARPLUGS!!! :yikes: But I really enjoy the tournaments/judging...I wouldn't do this if I didn't.

Have a good day everybody!! Here's a cute smiley for ya... http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/love/love68.gif

It was around 90 here, and sunny. Lots of our older schools do not have A/C, so especially the elementary schools in the City and County, some of the Catholic schools, are closing early. Its too hot inside the buildings.
We have A/C... I seem to have more than most of the building at times, but I don't say a word because I also have 5 computers in the room, so I figure the extra A/C is good.
My room last year was an ice-box, though.

I swear... My supervisor keeps asking for more and more too. NOt sure if its the heat or what, but now he wants me to start a robotics team! :sigh: I don't know jack about Robots, and if he hasn't figured out by now that I *HATE* Lego Robotics, he hasn't been paying attention the last two years. They stuck me with the freaking Tech Ed position after hiring me for a basic computer literacy position originally. I am NOT a builder, designer, fixer-upper, carpenter, rocketeer, or anything like that. I don't enjoy doing any of that kind of thing: my tech skills are solely computer related and I'm really good at integrating technology into curriculum.
I started to tell him that the Tech Ed/Industrial Arts teachers that I had in school, and the one I worked with in my last school are having a HUGE laugh over my current teaching job: I failed Tech Ed in middle school because I couldn't draw, cut a straight line, or build ANYTHING.
And now he wants ROBOTS??????
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Robots, eh?? The only robot I have around here is my computer. "My computer is my best friend." Course if it broke down...I'd be up the creek without the canoe!! :yikes:

Well I had a nice time at the ball game. We went to see the Tucson Sidewinders play. They are the triple A league for the Diamondbacks. I managed to score a frisbee and 4 more tickets for a later game. I'll invite my soul-cousin and his G/F to the next game. We always have a ball. :smug:

I did o.k. with the eats. I had a BBQ Beef sandwich and cole slaw & some kettle popcorn & lots of water of course. Then we went to the night swap meet and walked around for 1½ hours. I scored on the vegetables there. Bought 4 cucumbers, 4 tomatoes, 4 onions, 1 head of lettuce, & 2 avocados for $5.25!! The tomatoes would cost me that alone at the grocery store. Plus the veggies at the swappers seem a bit fresher than the grocery store ones. By the time we left, I had sucha bad headache from my eyes that I came home and went straight to bed. They are healing better & faster than expected so they are outgrowing the temporary glasses I have.

So my "trying to get back on the morning schedule" is semi-working. Although I only slept from 11:30 am till 4:30 am. Today my only plans are to clean the rat cages and take the kid to the kid ID fair. Hopefully I can talk the hubby into some tennis later. :D If not then I'll just go for a walk and a swim. I'm starting to get "flappy" again...can't let that happen!! No No!! :no:

Have a good day/weekend all!!! Drink your water. :)

The sun's out and it's already 86° @ 10:30 am here. Welcome to Arizona. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/2/happy48.gif

Wow. I actually slept 8 hours through the night!! YAY!! Maybe there is hope for the "morning schedule" after all. :cool: I think it has alot to do with the fact that I exercised my butt off yesterday. I feel good today too!! I usually wake up really stiff and swollen from "authur-itis" but today...barely none of that at all!! Guess this means I better keep exercising. :lol:

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/character/3/character57.gif I am off and running again today...I've hardly been home in the past 3 days...and here we go again.....wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! Fortunately I won't be running as long as yesterday. Hubby gets tired of chauffeuring me around. :lol:

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Good morning! How is everyone! Good luck with the robots Anonymouse! And Noodles--stay cool in that heat!

I have a question for you Noodles. You take Metformin-right? How long does it take to do anything? I'm only into week 3.

I'm specifically hoping for ovulation so I can start a family.

I finished the medicine that was supposed to force a cycle on me, but 5 days later nothing and I took a pregnancy test to see if I was pg,but no I'm not.

Things are hot here in Ohio as well! Arizona isn't the only hot spot--Ohio has been unseasonably warm.

Not a terribly productive weekend, tried to revise the novel but didn't get too far. Went to my nephew's sweet 16 party and had some 'typical' Slovak food (potato dumplings in a cheese sauce kind of like alfredo w/ bits of bacon) on an unhappy stomach--had to eat slow and in small quantities.

Then went to lunch Sun. with my girlfriend for her bday and gave her the purse I picked up for her in Chinatown. She just found out she's pregnant after one month of trying.

I'm very happy for her, but a bit miserable for me. I'm in month 7 of trying.

Other than that my friend from college will be staying with me this week. I haven't seen her in 3 years so it will be fun--but we are killing ourselves getting the house ready for company.

Have a good day!

Violet

I have a question for you Noodles. You take Metformin-right? How long does it take to do anything? I'm only into week 3.


The met took about a week for me to notice that when I took it while eating, I didn't get that dragging, tired feeling 20 minutes later from eating, It took about 6 weeks for me to start noticing the weight change though. But met won't produce ovulation. For that you'd need something else. What medicine did the DR. have you take? Clomid?? That's usually the one they prescribe for Polycystic ovary patients. I took it back in 1998 and it didn't do squat for me but make me a moody *****. :( But this was because my ovary that did ovulate was connected to the tube that I blew out from a tubal, and my bad ovary was connected to my good tube. They cancelled each other out. I have heard it working for other women. I would have a chat with the DR. and see what he/she has to say. They usually want you to be trying for a year before they will do something, but in PCOS patients some have given immediate infertility treatment due to the fact that PCOS hinders our fertility.

Keep me posted!! Hang in there...it took me 4 years to get pregnant.

Hmmm. I had read that decreasing insulin can help ovulation, but some women do need extra help.

What happens is the insulin sort of tells the ovaries not to do anything so if you decrease circulating levels of insulin then sometimes the ovaries will get moving.

So 6 weeks for any appreciable change? Ok. At least I know.

My cycle did start today so that's is good news for once.

And I haven't noticed any more side effects from teh Met--although I am a bit tired off and on and I notice I still do crave sweet things alot--although I am PMSing which might be cancelling out the Met-- I dare any medication to take on a hormonal woman who wants sugar.

Thanks Noodles!

Violet

Yer Welcome... :D

I'm still trying to get on this morning schedule thing. Yesterday I went clean happy and cleaned for 5 hours. Then my soul-cousin & his G/F came over and had dinner with us. Then hubby fixed her computer. He is the man everyone calls when their pc's break down. I told him he needs to start a business doing this but I got the funny look. :lol:

Today I am going to finish up the wash, put the dishes away, clean my office desk, exercise, go grocery shopping, and start preparing for this weekends tournament. Sounds great huh. Ahhhh the fun of Mondays... :dz:

Good morning Noodles and Anonymouse. How is everyone today?

My husband and I spent last night frantically cleaning house as my gf from college will be staying with us this week--so I'm a bit tired today.

Also the night before I slept lousy. I had an ongoing nightmare about terrorists and nuclear bombs--it was terrible. I would wake up in a panic, realize it was a dream, go back to sleep and pick up right where I left off. Awful awful dream.

My strawberries are getting bigger everyday--I can't wait for them to be ready for picking. And my clematis has bloomed just beautifully. I love flowers and gardening (when I can pay my nephew to do all the heavy labor!)

Other than that, not much new. Busy day at work, the usual.

Have a great day

Violet

Yesterday I went on another cleaning spree. I did another 5 loads of wash, did some gardening/digging, straightened up some stuff in the office, and did a heavy cleaning/organizing of my office desk. Today I have my bowling banquet so I'll have to curb the cleaning for a bit. Darn!! Then I have the tournament this weekend so I'll be offline for 3 days. I'm going to have severe 3FC withdrawls!! WahhhhH!!!! :lol:

Ooohhhhh Strawberries!!! I can't grow them here. They die in the heat!! I use to have Clematis in Oregon...climbing all over my fence. Pretty. I have some pretty roses here, along with purple cactus, and other plants. I'll snap some pics sometime and show ya. I love gardening too...cept I don't go out there when it's over 100°. I'd get fried to a crisp. :cool:

Well, tonight was our bowling banquet night and...I made off with a few "goodies" that I didn't expect!! :D

Hubby & I both took 1st Place League High Series Handicap--Received a Special Pin & Cash. I didnt think I won because the week before we were done bowling I got bumped back down to 2nd, but apparently I reclaimed my title at the last minute!! Yippee!! :cb:

We also took 1st Place in Team High Game Scratch, Team High Game Scratch Series, and Team Champions. We got cash for all of these and special League Champion pins for winning 1st place. I also have the chance to purchase the League Champion Ring. Oooo I'm going too. I won't see another one of these in a longggg time so I might as well soak it up now while I can. I'm going for the gold one you see there in the middle of the pic, but I am going to get my birthstone (sapphire) in the middle. I am trying to figure out the engraving. On 1 side I will have "Angel" & the other side "Noodles", but what to put on the inside?? Never had this kind of decision before..:chin: Maybe I will put I LOVE RATS inside. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/2/happy17.gif

I decided to go to Wally World after bowling and spend some of my loot. I have had my other fish tank set up and cycled since Sunday, so it was time to get a fish. Well I wanted a colorful one so I went and browsed the bettas. There was this beautiful blue one that kept swimming right up to me whenever I would walk by so I decided he was the one and took him home with me to his new palace in the water. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/animal/2/animal09.gif I also bought some dark chocolate :chockiss:'s. Hey a bag lasts me almost 2 weeks so I deserve a little treat!! :smug:

Anyhow, here's a pic of my "loot". Hub ran off with some of the cash so...I only got part of it in there for ya. Time to rob his wallet. <innocent blinking-eyes look here> http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/3/happy05.gif

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Wow girl, you made out like a bandit! Congratulations!

Are you sure you can't do strawberries in the cooler months? I think they have some hardy hybrids--look around I swear I saw something for your region at one point.

We picked the first 6 berries yesterday. Delicious! From here on out I'll be picking something everyday, eventually working up to a quart a day.

Well my friend arrived safe and sound. I'm looking forward to spending the week with her. She hadn't seen our house, a major fixer uper, since we bought it so she was appropriately impressed with what we have done so far. It's nice to get that feedback, my family has seen it and it's old news now.

Oh and she brought me some diabetic chocolate from Switzerland (she's a swiss/us citizen) which I'll try later today.

Cheers

violet

Wow girl, you made out like a bandit! Congratulations!

Are you sure you can't do strawberries in the cooler months? I think they have some hardy hybrids--look around I swear I saw something for your region at one point.

Oh and she brought me some diabetic chocolate from Switzerland (she's a swiss/us citizen) which I'll try later today.
:thanks:,Violet!! :smug:

I don't know. I've tried to grow the ones you can get at Home Depot but when the summer 100° temps hit, they died. I use to grow them easily up in Oregon but here?? Not a chance. My green thumb split when we moved here. Well, I just had to switch over to desert plants is all. Those seem to do well for me. Course I've killed a few of those too!! :o

Oooooooohhh please let us know how the chocolate tastes. I'm a sucker for chocolate!! :chockiss:

Time to do some work!! Type at ya later. :D

So much for sleep... :dz:

I've been up since 10:30 am Wed. with a 1 hour nap. I was dead tired by 9 PM but my daughter was up sick so it scared the tired right out of me.

The poor kid...:( Tomorrow is her last day of school and she can't go in this shape. She has been throwing up and can hardly stand. Poor thing didn't even make it to the toilet. She got it all over her clothes/hair/etc. Ugh... Hubby, the dea that he is, went out to get her 7-Up at 12 midnight. She couldn't keep it down. I told her if she can't keep any fluids down by morning, she's going in!! I gave her a warm bath and brushed her hair and put the bucket next to her. She's sleeping now so that's a good thing but now *I* can't sleep. So I've just been working on auctions. Slower way to get rid of stuff, but hey I'm still de-cluttering!! ;) If you want to check them out, my seller ID is the same as here: Noodles913.

Scratch that..she just got up again...poor kid. I feel helpless as a mother in times like these. :(

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/love/love62.gif Well, I will miss all of ya!! I'll be scarce then gone completely for 3 days after Friday. Tournament time ya know. Unless the kid doesn't get better. Then the tournament can kiss my :censored:. :lol: I shall return Monday!! Have a good weekend everyone.

Oh Noodles, your poor daughter and to miss the last day too! I hope you don't catch it and that she feels better soon.

Violet

The US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow jackets away.
Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you.

And all this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!

It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.
It also repels mice.. spread them around foundation areas, or in trailers, cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.

Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
Eliminates static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.

Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan.
Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce
will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

Golfers put a Bounce sheet in the! ir back pocket to keep the bees away.
Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. Keeps them smelling fresh.

And now that you know, print and keep on file or pass it around!! :D

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/2/happy48.gif The sun is shining...and NOODLES got a full nights sleep!! Yippee!! I took a nice hot bubble bath last night and soaked for a while and read God's word. There's something very soothing about a warm bath and reading inspirational things that calms my soul. :cloud9:

DD is doing much better. She is eating and drinking normally again. Must of been a 24 hour thing. DH brought home our favorite: Vietnamese Pho Soup and Chicken & Steamed Rice with cucumbers, carrots, and fish oil sauce. YUM!

So..we're going to head up to the tournament after all. I'll be goneski for a few days. Ahhhhh...I can feel the 3FC withdrawls now!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/scared/scared09.gif But it will be nice to have some time away with just DH & DD. We're going to go to a ghost town on Sunday. I'll take pics for ya.

Well, must get my rear in gear around here. I still have to list a few more goodies on FeeBaY, do dishes, run the vacuum, dust, water the yard, feed the animals & prepare them for their "house sitter", gather up my judging materials, pack, and go go go!! Woosh!! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/2/happy46.gif

Have a good weekend everyone!!! :grouphug:

WOO HOO!

:flow1: :balloons:

I believe I mentioned that the orthopedist's office weighed me earlier this week with the cast on, and that I truly didn't believe the scale. The boot weighs about 5-7 pounds, plus I had a shoe on and my clothes... So, a good 10 pounds or so in addition to me.

Well, I'm back at the gym now (went swimming for 2.5 hours yesterday, and an hour today after work, I plan to go to the water aerobics class tomorrow morning as well!), and so decided to weigh myself. I did it after class, and after I'd changed back into street clothes... I had my sneakers on (mid-tops, and leather) plus my regular clothes... And since I've now seen it twice... the numbers mean that I've lost at least 50 pounds since October!

Last spring, my doctor was unable to get a weight: I see her on Wednesday afternoon, and will be more than happy to let her weigh me.

I celebrated by buying a skinny friend some Jewish pastry (I introduced her to it when my grandmother made the low-fat version she makes at the holidays) from the gorumet store. My friend was appreciative, and I enjoyed my fresh cherries that I picked up at the same place.

:mouse:

I'm home!! I have a freaking headache and I'm in a rotten mood so I am not going to post much cause I don't want to be too negative and bring the moods down. If you want to read about it just go here...I left it in the bite me thread...

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40652

I'll be back when I feel more chipper. Right now I'd like to just ring some necks!!!!!!!! But I'll opt for a nap instead. :yawn:

PS: Hubby didn't go with us. He wound up getting sick and yakking too, like the kid did Wed. Poor guy. That's why he yelled at the cat. He finally fell asleep and the cat woke him up. *sigh*

Congratulations Anonymouse on the weight loss! Good for you!

Noodles, sorry about your weekend and the rude people. Glad to see you avoided the flu.

Well I said goodbye to my friend yesterday. It was a nice visit but I was a little off my game due to the Metformin and my first cycle in 6 mos. I was sick for a couple days which was surprising b/c I thought I had adjusted to the Metformin.

Noodles, I would not have noticed it unless you hadn't posted something, but I do feel tired with the Met. I'm having the worst time working up any energy for anything. I'm going to be taking my B vitamins this week as I have a very very busy week ahead. And I want to get back to exercising, but that'll have to wait until next week.

I'm picking about a pint of berries a day right now, it'll keep going up as June comes. But the birds have discovered my patch and I'm having to scare them off--I don't want to share with anyone!

Have a great day!

Violet

Anonymouse; congrats on your weight loss :)

Noodles; Thanks for the welcome on my introduction thread, and I'm sorry to hear you're feeling poorly. I hope you get better.

Violet; When I was little, we had blackberry and blueberry patches all over the place (before I moved to the city *yuck*), and in order to keep them all to ourselves, we would drape a piece of white screening over it - it allowed the light in but kept the birds out. Of course, it would be good to leave at least one bush uncovered - birds need their nutrition too :) Generally the bush with the least sunlight and farthest from the water source will yield the least tasty berries, so leaving that one "for the birds" shouldn't affect your cobblers and jams :) Now you have me craving berries...

Well, I weighed in today after two weeks on my new plan, and I lost 6 pounds and 3.5 inches all over!! I'm so happy I found something that really works with my insulin to not only keep me from gaining weight, but to lose it too! Thank you Colette Harris!!

Hope everyone has a great week :)

-Vanessa

http://www.harrythecat.com/graphics/w/balloon1.gif CONGRATS TO MY FAVORITE MOUSE!! http://www.harrythecat.com/graphics/w/balloon1.gif

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Hi Violet & Vanessa!! :wave:

Ya I'm glad I avoided the flu too. **knocks on wood** That is the last thing I want!! Yeck.

Violet: Sounds like you had a good time as best as you could with your friend visiting...that's what I need..a trip to see my best friends for a week. hmmm... :chin:

I take vitamin B complex. It sure does make a difference. Give the met time to kick in...cause when it does you wont have that dragging tired feeling 20 minutes after you eat anymore. I know when I forget to take mine...I get the yawns!! hehe

A good way to keep birds away is to use old AOL CD roms and either somehow tie them so they hang over the garden, or put them around the garden. The shiny glare keeps the birds from eating your garden delights. And to think we always thought we should just throw away those CDs!! :lol:

Vanessa!! Congrats on the 6 pound loss!! YAY!!! :cb:

Well, I'm having a lazy day. I need to get going though and print more flyers, call the newspaper, and check the pound and HSSA for my cat. **sniffles** I miss my 15 pound lazy boy. :cry:

Have a good day girls!! :sunny:

Thanks all, for the compliments. I wore a new shirt today, I'd bought it last year, but only because it was 'buy one get one free', and I really needed a white scoop-neck shirt for a school thing-y last year. I picked up the other shirt because it was free. I never wore it because I felt huge in the white one, and kept tugging at it (its the stretchy cotton fabric).
But, I got compliments on it with my black cargo pants (which, depsite the school ban, I wore anyway... I *like* those pants!)
Had my 1st PT session for the ankle today, and then went swimming after, so I got plenty of exercise.

Violet: I was tired all the time I was on the glucophage. I never got over it, but my system never ever adjusted to it, and it didn't help me have any monthly cycles either. I was also cold: I wore my winter coat in my classroom; the classroom was notorious in the building for being warm and stuffy because it was originally an office, and the sensor for the air-vent was outside in the hallway for some dumb reason. It was so bad that the guidance director (my supervisor at the time!) observed me in January and insisted on closing the door: she brought me a purhcase order for a fan the next day! :) And here I am, in May, wearing my winter jacket! The school thought I'd lost my mind!

Vanessa: Congrats to you. I never lost any weight at all on glucophage (gained weight), gained weight on the Atkins diet (and was grouchy as all get out!), etc, etc. I don't follow a specific plan, I just eat healthy and in moderation (most of the time!)... I'd been exercising 3-4 days a week, but lately I've been going every day becasue I was out with the cast... And since I'm having trouble eating solid food, the exercise helps keep my energy level up. A lot of the meds that I take for the whole nameless endocrine disorder I have make me sick... It hasn't been pretty the last few weeks.

But... I have news about my classroom position for next year! Woo Hoo! I'm going to teach our lower functioning (cognitively) students contract services (get to use my training!!!), and also all the incoming freshman as the survey teacher. I get to keep my homeroom kids (I've had them the last 2 years) and I'm happy about that. I really want to see them graduate, they'll be seniors next year. I'm pretty attached to all of them, and fairly proud of 95% of them, and their accomplishments!
Contract services is a euphemism for 'sheltered workshop'. But that's okay... I've done it before.

:mouse:

Hi my favorite PCOSers!! :wave:

Ugh...I am really bummed out. I need to go visit my best friends for a while before I go stir crazy. :spin:

Still no cat. I put up flyers, went to pound and did paperwork, hub did the HSSA trip, and I put his pics on our local lost and found pet site. Oh and newspapers. Cosmo was a pound adoptee and already abused and so he's scared as it is of sounds and things. This time I wasn't home for him to run too. Besides that, everything else that could go wrong is going wrong. I'm ready to run away from home. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sad/3/sad05.gif

Poor Angel, I'm sorry about your kitty. Maybe you could post his picture here and on some local Arizona websites as well. It might help, you never know. :sorry:

Imp and I are still hoping, Noodles.

:mouse:

Thanks, Seek and Magi. :smug:

Im about ready to lose it. I got a short fuse and it's getting shorter. Ugh..I hate it when I get like this. Everything keeps going wrong here lately. :shrug:

Hi everyone,

Angel, I am sorry about the kitty. I hope the pictures being put up will help and things will get back to normal soon. Chin up....Hugs to you.

Jenaya

Oh, believe me, Angel, I'm familiar with that one! In my case, my short fuse gets directly shorter the week I'm off the one set of medication. And of course, that seems to be the week that my administration starts issuing BS statements via email about stupid stuff (like sandles or cargo pants!), and that my students start acting like they've never set foot inside a school before! You may remember my sharing of the door slamming and my refusal to speak with half the teaching team I work with for several days.
Here's hoping things get better and your baby comes home. I'd lose my mind if Imp disappeared. I'm always very nervous when I take him to my mom's house. He won't get in a carrycase at all, or if we get him in one, he meows himself hoarse. So I bought him a harness that attaches to the seatbelt in the car. That works, but he's so clever that he knows how to get himself out of it easily. So, I'm always worried he's going to get out of it, and then get spooked by something and run in the parking garage for my apartment... then go over the edge (I'm on the roof), or hit by a car.

:mouse:

Hi Girls..

Not much to post. No Cat..he's been gone since Saturday. Kid leaves Friday for the grandparental summer vacation trips, and I'm trying to close up my last auctions so I can run away for a bit too. Going to see my best friends for a bit and lend them a hand with moving and yard sales and play with my nephews. I gotta do something before I really break down. Depression bites me in the butt in times like these. Blah!! Somehow being around the people that have always loved me unconditionally squeezes the life out of the depression. For a bit anyhow...

Have a good day. :sunny:

Okay... I am probably being really selfish here since Angel is missing her kitty,but I just need somewhere to vent!

I always go to work, even when I'm sick. Even though, as you all know, the meds have been making me sick for the last 3 weeks or so... Its been difficult to damn near impossible to keep food down. I actually got sick at school on Wednesday! It was awful... I tried to stay, but my supervisor sent me home because I just looked bad.

Today I went in because I had a lot of meetings. The school district that I had the meetings with messed up one of them: told us 11:00, the parent 1 pm. Normally, I'd roll with this one... but I'd had a meeting at 9 a.m., and then one at 11 (the messed up one) and one at 12:10. Between the 11 a.m. meeting andthe 12:10 meeting, I hadplans to call my endocrinologist. I finally saw my primary care doc, and basically she can't do anything because she's getting married and moving to Seattle!!!
(Great time to give me the news, if I hadn't gone in, I would've just gotten a letter in the mail... and the University that runs the practice hasn't hired anybody to replace her yet!) So, I'm trying to follow up with the endo. But because the other school district messed up, and we rescheduled, I lost my 15 minutes between the 11:00 and 12:00 meetings: I had to reschedule the 12:00 to 11:55 so that I could make the rescheduled 1:00 meeting.
So I called her office on my way to physical therapy for my ankle (which hurt like anything today, probably stress, but I certainly did a lot of walking as well!)... and she had left early. So her nurse asked me when I'd be home and siad she'd try to call me tonight (she's done it before). I got home from PT and the gym (swimming is the only thing that has kept me going: after swimming hard for 1-2 hours, I can usually eat SOMETHING solid and keep it down... mostly rice, sushi, cucumber, plain steamed shrimp, etc). The endocrinologist's office called me back and gave me instructions: stop taking the meds that are making me sick (did that already... 4 days ago, but she didn't know that), try some gatorade and take it easy. I can't take off tomorrow, tonight is the prom and my assistant went... she'll be up really late tonight, and was by herself all day, its just not fair to leave her alone.
I don't know how I'm going to call tomorrow during the day, I have no private place to make the call in the school.
I'm also having pain on my right side again... its been bad enough to draw my attention today... it started during one of the meetings... and is likely nothing more than stress, since I've noticed that happens with it sometimes. Its always there, but more painful if I'm stressed, probably because of the increased hormones and I can't ignore it as well when stressed.
I'm supposed to go to a convention this weekend, but I don't feel well enough to go,which means I won't get to see a lot of my friends again till November. :sigh:
I should stay home tomorrow, maybe just go swimming (since that does make me feel better)... but I can't see how I can do that. I just can't.

:mouse:

Hey all...

I have alot going on right now and I am at my wits end and in need of a major break. I am going out of town for a while to re-gather my self and get some much needed R & R. I will pop in when I can but I won't be able to as much as when I am home.

Thanks sooooooooooo much!! I shall return!! Probably in 10 days or so. Have a good weekend everyone. :grouphug:

Hi everyone!!

Noodles...have a good break :)

Anonymouse...hope you feel better soon!! ((hugs))

Thanks, Tory. Today is the first day in a long while that I've felt almost good. ;) I have more energy today than I had all last week. I think, in part, because I actually ate yesterday and kept most of it down. I did breakfast today without too many issues too.

I still missed the convention I was supposed to go to... it is actually not over until tomorrow, but a today/tomorrow pass costs the same as a 4 day pass,and I'm not going to pay $45 for 2 days! I'm hoping to hook up with some friends instead.

I did finally reach the endocrinologist (who, if I haven't said it before, is a really wonderful person). She called me Saturday afternoon with the results of the blood-tests, and fortunately there was nothing in the tests that would indicate the reason I've been sick. I was afraid that my insulin level had gone up again or something. In fact, it hasn't, its come down again. But they sure took enough blood from me on Friday... I came home and slept for the rest of Friday, went swimming Saturday (couldn't do my normal routine, only did half of it),came back and slept again.
Today, though, was much better... A friend who teaches swimming at the gym has been working with me since I came back from being out with my ankle, and set a goal with me of 1/2 a mile (36 lengths of the pool) by July 1. I did 1/2 mile today! I'm really happy about that. I'm going to work at it so I'm a little bit faster... it took me just under 40 minutes to do it. I'm not displeased with that time since I can only kick with one leg, and according to my tracking software, 'vigorous effort' is 25 M per minute or .996 yards.
My math isn't so great, but I *think* what I did qualifies as vigorous! ;)

:mouse:

I'll be having surgery on my ovaries on Wednesday, June 2nd. I told Noodles I'd be around while she was out, but I might not be on so much! I have a simple cyst and a complex cyst on my left ovary. Supposedly nothing on the right, but something may be popping up there now because I feel it. I don't know if they will take the ovaries or not. Just something to wait and decide when she looks around.

Anonymouse, I hope you feel better soon!

I almost feel guilty posting this since everyone is having such a bad week :(

Jennifer - good luck with your sugery; I hope everything works out for you.

Anonymouse - I hope you feel better, and that you get to see your friends :) Glad to hear the good news from the doc's office.

Noodles - You'll be gone and back by the time you read this, but have a great vacation :)

Well, I'm having a great week! I know, increadibly selfish, I'm sorry, I just don't have anyone else to tell. My body fat percentage is finally out of the 40s, I have lost 15 pounds of fat, 1 pound of water and gained 6 pounds of muscle for a total loss of 10 pounds and 12 inches overall!! My acne has cleared up and the yucky hair on my face has diminished drastically - and I think I felt mittleschmirtz this morning!!!!!! It has been YEARS since I ovulated, and I think it just happened! I never thought I would look forward to a period, but I think this one might actually be normal! I still have a long way to go, 51 pounds and 17 percent body fat, but my insulin levels feel normal, I'm not constantly hungry and weak, and I'm actually feeling feminine for the first time in a long time. I am so thrilled I can't even put it into words.

Again, I know it's terribly selfish to go on like this with everyone else having such a bad run of things, but I just don't know who else to tell. I told hubby, but he's not too impressed - man thing I guess :) - and if I told my mom she would just want to know how much more I need to lose and remind me how hard it's going to be and I don't need that right now. I'm so glad I found this group!

-Vanessa

Vanessa, you're not being selfish at all!!!! That is wonderful news! That really does make me feel better to read that you are doing well. Misery doesn't love company in my case. I hope things keep looking up for you. Keep up the great work!!! :D

Jennifer,

Remember me? We have not talked in a while but I am praying for you and hope your surgery goes okay. Are they just doing a "lap". I had one and they are so much easier to recover from. Two days later you feel pretty good, but the most important thing you will probally feel better getting those cysts out. I have been on Yasmin since last September trying to control them but I feel pain and pressure starting up again. I will have to talk to the doc at my yearly. I might just mention a hysterectomy. Well enough about me, good luck and I will be thinking of you. Julie.... let us know how you are doing when you feel up to it.

Hi Julie, nice to hear from you again! Thanks for the prayers. I am counting on them to keep me nice and calm until I get knocked out! I'm not having lap surgery. Well, partial lap possibly - I had a full tummy tuck a few years ago and my umbilicus was relocated. There is the slight possibility that my intestines aren't in the standard position, so she is making an open incision first and will look with the camera while she tries to continue with lap. Hopefully it works. And hopefully they won't come back! I don't want another surgery. This will be my 4th (first for ovaries) and that's more than enough!

Vanessa: Congratulations! :) I'm so glad that this is working for you! But I know what you mean about family... I filter everything I say weight-wise through my mother. My grandmother is of the old school, and my mom *still* tells the story of how she was allowed to eat nothing but hard-boiled eggs and forced to wear a girdle when she was a teen! And,frankly, one reason I was so able to believe all the physicians who told me to join weight watchers or go on a diet was because of my grandmother...

Jennifer: Hope your surgery goes well. I actually have a question, if you don't mind, about the other procedure you've mentioned. I've had such issues tolerating the medications for the endocrine issues (glucophage and the spirolactone) that they're considering a very similar type of surgery... They're going to remove the lower hanging-off part that doesn't go away and was caused by the endocrine imbalance... a pannulectomy (if I spelled it right), but many of the surgeon's offices I talked to referred to it as a 'tummy tuck', and it was hard finding one who would do it under insurance. I finally convinced a surgeon to do it (we're waiting for approval), by telling her that getting carved like a thanksgiving turkey would not make me look better in a bikini! :blush: Anyway, I'm interested in finding out about recovery time and such... I'm nervous about taking time off of work, and not having any family where I am. My mom is going to come down, but I'm still nervous. I have friends who said they'll support me. And I'd feel a heck of lot better if my endocrinologist could be involved (since she's a surgeon as well), but I can't have it done in Virginia. Friends down there said I could stay with them, but I'm not going to impose on them for 6 weeks. I already know I'm a cranky little witch when I don't feel well. Do you mind answering my questions?

:mouse:

Hi Anonymouse, I'm going to answer your question in the June thread, ok? I'll close this one up so we don't get confused!