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Must have gone on too early yesterday cuz the site was shut down . Hubby is staying home today to put more air conditioning in our house-the one he has is too small. One of the benefits of his profession-whole house air. I finished my garden work-need one more bag of mulch and lattice for the roses, Actually I had a fight with the thorns and they won. Pictures soon. Meme-my mother was with me for a week and i went nuts. School vacation-2 little kids-single.How did I do it? Going to Northampton to wok for 3 days so you guys stay out of trouble.Anne-it's finally gorgeous here. Joanne, I know how hard it rains in FL. Lat year it was pouring when I got down there and my son had to go barefoot to bring all my luggage in the house. See ya Sat. Mima

Mima...have a good trip (You, too, Candice! I'm with you on the comfortable clothes!!! I hurt too many places to be uncomfortable or in pain because my clothes or shoes are too tight!)

Serenity...I don't know what the meds are doing to me but I do know what they are doing for me. Before I started taking the gold shots I couldn't raise either of my arms above my head and now I can. And when I stopped taking the methotrexate last January, I got so bad I had to just go to bed...then the Dr. put me back on them and I got better...so without the meds, I wouldn't be functioning. It isn't a matter of just feeling better for me...it is a matter of being able to have a life! I thank God for them every day!

Anne, thanks for the recipe...it sounds really good. I printed out so I could get the stuff to make it this weekend.

Joanne, I don't know what you missed but I moved Mom back home on Saturday but I'm still going over there and helping her with some things. I'm sooooo glad to have my house back! You guys have no idea how hard the last 6 weeks have been on me. If it hadn't been for the meds, the Darvocet and the Aleve I wouldn't have made it! I took yesterday off completely...didn't do hardly anything until dinner. I'm still cooking dinner for Mom though. She had gotten down so skinny. When I help her with her bath I just nearly cry...nothing but bones sticking out! She has already gained 5.5 pounds since she came home from the Rehab Center. I'm just afraid she will lose it now that she has gone home...so I'm making her come over here and eat dinner. And every time I go to town, I bring her back some fries and a milk shake! She tells everybody that I'm "fattening her up"! It would be interesting to have that problem, wouldn't it!? :p

Ally...Darvocet doesn't make me sleepy but that's probably because I'm so used to it. I try to not take any for a week or so at a time...like when the weather is nice and I'm not having a "bad" spell. Then, when I have to take some, after not taking it for a while, it kind of makes me feel funny...not quite "drunk" but a similar feeling. Like a little "buzz" in my head and down in my nose. It helps the arthritis and fibro but does nothing for migraines. I have found that Aleve helps my migraines some. Have you tried it? If you do, eat a little something first as I may upset your stomach. Then take two but don't lay down right away. It helps my migraines, arthritis and fibro all! But I have to make sure I'm not going anywhere if I take two because every now and then it upsets my stomach.

I'm back to work now so today is a teaching day...Tuesdays and Thrusdays. I'm on lunch break now so gotta go get ready to start the afternoon "session"! I have a retired "gentleman" coming at two...he's a hoot!

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Well you guys ,I spent the afternoon in the Dr. office. One hour in the exam room waiting for him to get to me:mad: . We finally decided to go in steps with my knee. I am going to get a knee support and take therapy for 3 weeks and then see him again. I am trying to prolong surgery. We will see how it goes.
Meme- I do undestand how it is with mothers in the house. I also had the Mother-in-law from **** in my house for awhile. I finally told my husband to take her home.He had to sleep with her at night. One night he called me up and said he didn't know how long he could stand her. I told him to come home and let her yell. We put her in a nursing home soon after. She lasted almost 10 more years. She was much stronger willed than anyone knew.At the time my sister-in-law was in the last stages of breast cancer and my husband has a heart condition. His sister died and 3 months after his brother died of brain cancer befor she died.
Ally have you tried taking a allergy medication with your pain pill for migrains? My daughter does that and gets some relief. Ask your Dr.first though.
Hello Happy.
Mima..I live right on the west coast. It will rain with in a mile of me and we don't get it. It was pouring in this area for the past several days and we haven't gotten any.It is something to do with the Gulf breezes. We are a mile from the Gulf.
Hello Serenty...How are you doig?
Bye Joanne

Oh this is a badweather year for migraines and fibro. It is back up to 90 today and while I was at work in air conditioning Iwas OK but outside and in my house...it is an oven.
I used to take a few aspirin when I got up in the night to go to the bathroom, but learned that if I was also taking anything else, that aspirin would give me terrible heartburn. But if I don't have a migraine, then I have terrible muscle aches.
Candice....I hate tight things too, but realized I was buying my undies too big. I need the support:lol:
Joanne......I think it is funny your kids were worried about you....I have kids who are just too independent. My mother used to smoke a pack of cigs everytime my brother left the house in his car. Ironically, I was the only one in a bad accident. And I was the good kid:^:

Hi Girls

well - it didn't rain all day today just a little bit. I have new eaves troughs and also bathroom shower & tub all done on the same day (yest) We can all have a shower tomorrow.


I find it interesting - all the different meds that are given for the same illness. I guess somethings work for some people and not for others.

I cannot take any kind of analgesic med. as I would have resp. arrest - anaphalctic shock etc etc. I can only take tylenol and tylenol #1. The specialist said that the amatrypaline is to relax the muscles. Of course I have 5 other meds I have to take for my allergies and asthma - just to stay alive and breathing.

I will give up on the idea of trying to find anything else for my fibro as most of the drugs being given are not what I can take.

My step daughter and her family arrived today, with their dog in tow. My daughter arrives at 11:30 pm tonight. STill in a mess here but they will just have to take us the way we are.

My aunt passed away last week and the funeral was today so all in all we have had a busy time.

It sounds like you are all doing well and keeping busy. Tomorrow morning is my 2nd weigh in. I am under in my points for the week. I feel like I am thinner but can't see it when I look in the mirror. I am not wieghing myself at home.

Wish me luck for tomorrow.

Serenity

Just a quick hi and I will be back on July 3rd. got my lunch packed and some healthy snacks but I am pooped and driving so I better take some meds and hit the hay!


Happy the recipe sounds good!
:)

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O Meme... I have no doubt that stress causes high cortisol levels...they are high in many fibro people too. Where I work there is always food hanging around. Within a year, all new workers gain weight. It is a stressful job and we react to it by eating junk. BUT, I am scared of trying a new supplement. I am afraid that these things aren't all tested out. The theory makes sense...but I would want to see this as something that the FDA approves and agrees will help.
It is sooooo hard to walk away from all that food at work. Today someone left a bag of chips and I dipped in it. AND this was after I read that new study about how frying foods in hot temps cause carcinogens to form. That would mean chips and fries. Of course, something I crave will also be Badddddd for me. I hardly ever get a craving for broccoli but I eat it all the time. Blueberries and strawberries too, cause they are good for you. BUT I CRAVE Fritos and Twinkies:?:
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Hello..I'm here safe and sound but in pain!!!!!! I'm on my brothers computer and I have to remember all the stuff to login and my brain is malfunctioning! Did some stupid stuff driving too, but my son was with me so that helped but I did the driving. On the good side..I ate well and still ha 5 pts left and that is not inclding the exercise pts! My brother is doing a turkey breast today..Cant wait!

I probably will not get chace to get back here untill I get home.

My DH hadrun in with a semi this week, he is ok but his truck is not(well he has some back pain).

Meme...I am apple shaped and my son is too! Ut..ohhhhhh:dizzy:

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