Toe is really hurting........it just throbs and feels like pins and needles being poked in the nail bed..hope it lets up. It looks better so I do not think it is infected. The soaking still burns alot and it is still draining. It is making my whole foot hurt! OUCH ...OUCH ....OUCH... I can't get much done......been researching it on the net..haven't learned much but you can get fake toenails now, but they have to be glued on! I have looked for them for years for my other toe that has no nail but glueing the skin is a no no..someone said try spirit glue used to apply things to the skin for acting and stuff. Now to find some..........
Hope you all are getting a good nights sleep.Mima..see ya when ya get back!
ok..you all have a bandoned me!LOL Toe still hurts didn't get much rest, been cleaning and doing laundry and finally got to take a shower and wash my hair., then layed down. Had put a big pot of been soup on and made corn bread for evening meal and ran dishwasher. I was not up when dH got home and he put dirty dishes in the clean dishwasher. (the green clean light was on and I had an extra clean sign magnet thing on the front) How dumb are men anyway..pretty dumb!!!!!!!! They were his dishes after he ate the soup.....so I made him find them and get then back out and then proceeded
to check allthe other clean dishes before putting them away. He does this allthe time, says he does not see things.......duh.....he just is not looking now if I put a naked woman on everyting he might look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good morning everyone! Candice, so sorry to hear your toe is not getting any better. Those are such sensitive areas (fingers and toes). I myself have two small splits in my fingertips that I am having trouble getting to heal. My hands are forever in water and they just aren't healing up. I tried that "New Skin" liquid to try and "seal" them up but good Lord, does that stuff burn!!! And it just peels right off as soon as my hands get wet again. This cold weather we just had is wrecking havoc with my lips and skin......they are soooo chapped!
At least your hubby makes an effort to put his dirty dishes in the dishwasher! Mine just leaves them on the counter and uses the excuse "I didn't know if the dishwasher was clean or dirty". Men can be such pains....but what would we do without them??
I'm going to put some homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs on for tonight's dinner...with lots of garlic in the meatballs. I cook them for a few hours so they are very tender. No sugar in the sauce but will use some Splenda if the tomatoes are acidic. Of course, this will be served with whole wheat pasta...that's all I eat now. Hubby is getting use to my changes but still has to have his white bread and rolls for his lunches. I'm only dropping a pound a week now but will hopefully be able to boost that with more exercise.
Weather is getting warmer here again. Will be up into the 80's by next Wednesday with humidity. Can't win here, huh? I sure hope the warm weather holds out for all my guests through next month!Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the day.
Kate
Kate I am watching your weight tracker move and I think it is exciting to see such a loss! You are doing great..I love whole wheat [apsta too and bread...not sure why others do not like it...I prefer it over the white.
Just shoveled snow....yes limping.....but foot not too bad right now...a bit better.
Good morning all. Thanks Candice. I do feel like I should be losing a bit faster but I have to keep in mind that this really isn't a "diet", it's a lifestyle change. I will just have to be patient and concentrate on eating the right foods. I do see some excess "swing" in my upper arms that I need to work on too. As Betty Davis once said: "Getting old isn't for sissys!" or something along those lines.
Need to catch up on housework today as I put off this weekend's stuff. Not too bad around here though so shouldn't take too long. I've been feeling a bit better with the warmer weather too so I better be careful not to overdue. I tend to do just that when I feel good.
It's been quiet in here lately. I hope everyone is keeping well and not having problems travelling with bad weather. I think Mima is due back tomorrow and hopefully the weather will hold out for them. Joanne, Are you still sick? Hope everyone gets back to us soon.
Kate
Yes ,I am still sick.. The nights are worse than the days.. I hope no one else gets this.. My daughter called yesterday and said she was sick with the same thing. She thinks I gave it to her via the phone.. She lives in N/Fl. Our son won't come within a mile.. So we are on our own.. Which is a good thing.. I don't feel like being polite...The housework can just wait. It isn't going anywhere.. I am doing good to take Christie out for her business..and heat up a can of soup..I will be better in a couple days. The hubby is already doing better..
I don't eat much pasta.. I do like Whole wheat though..
My wieght is staying good to my goal.. I haven't tried that much to reduce it. The Dr. said it could be the diabetes that causes my weight to go down..and stay down.. I'll take the weight loss any time..
Candice.. Soak your toe in hot epson salts.. I have a lot of problems with ingrown toe nails. When they get bad I just cut out the nail and soak it if is really sore..
Hello Everybody...Need to lay down... Joanne
Candice, loved the picture! Laughed about the dirty dishes into the clean ones. That has happened here too.
kate, my fingers are hurting thinking about yours, like my toes do when I think about Candice's toes.
Joanne, hope you are feeling better soon!
Tim and I went to spend time with his gf and her mom over the weekend. We went shopping, etc. Looked at places for the rehearsal dinner and the reception. Ate out, but I tried to eat as healthy as possible. Right now I am ready for a nap. I had my aerobics class this morning and I have yoga at 4:30.
Kate....how tall are you? I think we all overdo when we feel good..I know I do..so afraid it will not get done (thinking I might have too many bad days ashead).
Joanne....I get worse at night too..feel like I am dying at times when ill. I think we feel so bad due tothe Firbro..it makes event he most comman illness seem really bad. JUST REST AND RELAX.............. I do soak in epsom salt..doc ordered that. It stings really bad........
Tammy....I hurt so much when I here someone else is hurting..I can actullaly feel their pain....but it doesn't last, just comes and goes while they are talking about it.
My foot feels better right now, I dropped something on the toe last night and it hurt all night. Off to bedc early....got my nuerology appt in the morn.
I'm so sorry ... I've been sitting here laughing at you gals ... needed a good laugh. I'm hurting sooooo bad my skin is even burning. It's raining a cold, sleety (is that a word) rain and supposed to snow tomorrow. YUCK!
Sorry you got hubby's crud Joanne. Hope you're feeling better soon! I sure hope my gkids don't bring me any of that stuff. I usually get a good dose of it around this time of year. The choir is doing an Easter Cantata this year and we only have about 10 weeks to practice ... that's only 9 Sundays and there are 8 very long songs. I need my voice. Some of those songs are so high I can't possibly reach the notes. I told my soprano ladies they have to get up there for me. I have an alto voice so I depend on them to hit the high notes. I have a wonderful group this year. I've had 2 practice sessions and everyone has yet to show up. I had 20 Sunday and several were out either sick or out of town so I still don't know for sure how many I'm going to wind up with. I really need a couple more tenors. Anyone like to join us?
I was voted in as Director of Education Sunday Morning. More fun. Plus, hubby is an Elder in the church now so I have responsibility there. We are now searching for a pastor so I was tied up all day Sat. with a possible pastor's wife. They came in from W. VA for an interview so some of the Elder's wives had to entertain 'the wife' while the Elders interviewed the minister then we all went out for lunch. We're supposed to have another one or possibly two this weekend so we'll have to do it all over again ... this time Fri. night, too. We're using our house this weekend. Dread it. Plus, our best friends are going out of town next week and their sixteen yr. old daughter is coming to stay with us. Ain't life grand?
You guys got me to wanting soup now. Guess I'll have to make some tomorrow. Oh well, we're having good soup weather here! I'll make veggie soup, it's easy to make and not too fattening.
Candice, you and your toe. It's never going to get better if you keep dropping stuff on it. Maybe you should get yourself some steel-toed boots or something. Our dogs are so much alike. Ginger's ears are a little longer. I got so tickled at her. I turn my bedspread down and leave it at the foot because I sleep 'cross-ways' (from side to side) in the bed and across the top. She sleeps at the foot. I sleep alone in a kingsize waterbed so I can do that. I've been turning the heat down at night so it's pretty cool in the bedroom. She must be getting cold at night because she's been crawling up under the spread. I got her picture with my cell phone one morning when I woke up. I've posted it below.
Good morning everyone! Cloudy here this am and we are supposed to have a few showers...then it is going to heat up and get humid until the weekend. Another cool front coming through then. This weather here is driving me nuts!! Candice, unfortunately I am only 5'2. But for a gal of size, I sure can move around! I am on the go all day...dog walking, cleaning, weeding, cooking, etc. Who needs a regular job???? I admit I love being home now after spending all those years working and running a business. Besides, my hubby seems to enjoy having all the little things done for him now like cooking, cleaning, laundry etc. If I go back to work, he will have to "participate" with all that. And I agree with Meme...how is that toe going to get better if you keep dropping things on it? Get yourself some steel-toed shoes!
Meme...you are scaring me with your ability to look so far ahead. Easter?? 10 weeks away?? I'm lucky to see to the end of the week....and Spring here in Florida comes with the hot, humid weather. Poor Queenie doesn't like that so much. I wish we could find a way to live "6 and 6" with summers spent back in north country. Alas, hubby's job wouldn't allow for that. Looks like we will have to endure those hot and hazey days until retirement. Off to run some errands. Joanne, I hope you feel better soon and Meme, good luck with your company this weekend. We're going to the neighbors for SuperBowl Sunday. Enjoy the day, gals.
Meme, I like the word sleety so it must be a word. We are getting snow right now, and we could have up to a foot. I'm hoping for the 6 inches instead. I already told Tim that I don't think he is driving to school in the morning. He leaves here at 6:00 on the good days, I can imagine what time he'd have to leave with all of the snow. It just isn't worth it. He can email his professor.
Ginger is adorable!
Kate, I'd like to live part of the year in the south and part up here too.
I guess I just need to go to bed and stay there to protect this stupid toe....had and early appt with nureo, says it is migrane visions but no headache, wanted me to go on topamax too but I said no so he said up my Fibro meds, elavil..I said no..so he said up xanax when I feel stressed by a half, so I said I would.......maybe......if it is just visions and does not cause any pain and it won't hurt me...I do not need more meds......they just make me tired and fat......and then I am tired fat and crabby!!!!!!
Then DH went to the pharmacy so I got groceries while he complained everything was priced to high and he had to get to work, got home carried everything downstairs and decide the toe was feeling good so got on the treadmill...mistake...toe hurts... and my whole left leg is sore I guess from using diff muscles when walking to protect the toe.....go to the foot doc on Thurs.
Snowing here too....
Meme..I think if I had the hair trimmed on Jaz's head his ears would look longer...like gin's... she is so cute peeking out. Looks like and angel!
Did you see on the TV show the drs. that they siad sinus and bronchitis is cantagious??????????? Did I hear that worng????????
Kate..I cover my hands at night with cream and gloves....sometimes I forget and they get really sore and the edges crack like yours...put a finger cover on them.....or bandaid with ointment.
Tammy.....Hope Tim staye home.....how much did you end up getting?
Made meatloaf for DH tonnight and had a big fruit salad.
Seems like a may have pulled something in my abdomen on the right side, hurts....who knows.....I need to strenghten my core.
Candice, maybe just staying in bed would be a good idea! Next to impossible to do though, right?
Tim did stay home. It is still snowing. Not sure how much we'll end up with. I had to shovel at the back door to let Maurice out, and I know it was at least 8 inches there. A bit much for a dachsund to get through.
Hope you all have a great day! My aerobics class and bible study at the Y have both been cancelled. I'll have to wait and see about the bible study tonight, but I'd assume it will be cancelled too.
Hi guys-changed our tickets to Tues so we are in FL-just saw our plane today was already delayed/ Couldn't sleep wellbecause of being overtired but I am so glad to be home.
Even though we had to go somewhere else for showers, it was a great week. Saw my rheumo and he gave me methotrexate that you take once a week. But you have to have a blood test every month..Worth a try.
I even got some great shoes that you can put orthotics in-very expensive but made for orthotics. They were on sale for 74.
Your poor foot-when I had an ingrown toenail I had to soak mine in epsom salts. Take care of yourself, Candice.
Brad has a cold-I am taking zinc lozenges so if I get it, it might not be too bad. But it's only a cold. We dodn't see Brett and Angela because they had diarrhea and vomiting. Hope you feel better soon, Joanne.
We ate soup at home.
Someone is interested in our upstairs. we are moving into the apt when we get home -if we get a good tenant, we won;t have to sell the house. And we won't have to live in the camper. Our upstairs has a 24 x 24 lr with a large couch and 60 inch tv but we don't have that here and it doesn;t matter.
Everything is new in the apt and I can make it cute. Not much to do-just hang things and put curtains in the windows-
I bet you guys are getting the bad weather. Stay in . Bye Mima
Welcome "home" Mima. Glad to see there were no problems with your trip. You should do a thorough background check on any potential tenant to make sure you don't get stuck with a dead-beat. I know down here in FL, it takes forever to get tenants evicted (and costs so much) that I always thought it was worth the expense to pay the fee for a background check. And I also use that Zicam nasal spray/swabs (gel form) to keep from getting colds that are starting. I think it works wonders! Zicam also makes an allergy spray that I have used and that works as well. That medication you just got is "Rheumatrex". You can look up the drug on Webmd.com. This site has great info on medications and their side effects.
Candice, you are so like me in the injury department! And we don't learn to keep still and give things a chance to heal...just keep going and going...like the Eveready Bunny!! My FM has been acting up terribly lately and I think it is the stress of planning for company. As much as I love my friends and sister, I just feel so...."crowded"... (I think that might be the word). I must becoming a hermit in my old age!!! Like Greta Garbo..."I Vant To Be Alone!"
Tammy, I see on the news this morning that the midwest states are getting the terrible cold and snow. I think it is supposed to have moved into New York and eastern areas today. We are suppose to get part of this cold front moving down around Saturday for a couple of days. I can honestly say I do not miss shoveling a path for my dogs to piddle and poop!! Good luck to you and Candice in the snow department! Hubby just called with the latest sale at the local market. They have prime rib roasts on sale and he wants me to run down and get one....good Lord! Men!! Hope everyone enjoys the day!
Kate
Our dogs are so much alike. Ginger's ears are a little longer. I got so tickled at her. I turn my bedspread down and leave it at the foot because I sleep 'cross-ways' (from side to side) in the bed and across the top. She sleeps at the foot. I sleep alone in a kingsize waterbed so I can do that. I've been turning the heat down at night so it's pretty cool in the bedroom. She must be getting cold at night because she's been crawling up under the spread. I got her picture with my cell phone one morning when I woke up. I've posted it below. 
Candice, unfortunately I am only 5'2. But for a gal of size, I sure can move around! I am on the go all day...dog walking, cleaning, weeding, cooking, etc. Who needs a regular job???? I admit I love being home now after spending all those years working and running a business. Besides, my hubby seems to enjoy having all the little things done for him now like cooking, cleaning, laundry etc. If I go back to work, he will have to "participate" with all that. 
And I agree with Meme...how is that toe going to get better if you keep dropping things on it? Get yourself some steel-toed shoes!