Happy about the rain also/ Finally I am not in pain-it made me so depressed. Need to walk but way too hot at night so I will try for this am. Leaving Tues/ Mima

Lily turnes one yesterday!!!

Hello! I've been missing in action since the beginning of January when I started my chemo treatments. I have 7 treatments done, 5 more to go. I have thought of all of you so often!!! After a treatment, I have little to no energy, and I hate that. Changed my tracker to show the weight loss since I began chemo. Dr. isn't happy with the loss, but I know that I had quite a bit of extra! Put total at 40, so I hope I can make that sometime.

I skimmed through all of the posts! Glad to see you all!! Love you!!

Oh Tammy how awful to go through that, hope you have a good summer after all tht. Leaving Tues if weather cooperates. Love to all. Mima

Hey There
 

Where did everybody go?? Rained yesterday and cool today. It will warm up and we are set for the beginning of the summer heat..
I hope everyone is well.
Joanne

Mima, looking forward to a great summer. I am going to Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with my brother and his family. We leave June 29.

Joanne, I was surprised there weren't more messages here since I posted the other day. I'm sure your heat will be hitting you soon!!

Hi Tammy, glad you resurfaced:smug: Hope you will soon be done with the treatments. You were missed.

Mima - hope you had a safe trip home. Already a year old, now that is hard to believe. These kids grew so fast. My oldest gd just turned 13 on Sunday, and our baby will be 5 on the 21 May.

Joanne - Glad the shoulders feel better. Now, you can get on with enjoying the warmer weather.

It is still cool here, and we still have snow. Another week or so, and it should be gone. This was the worst winter in a whole lot of years. Lot's of snow and very cold. Oh well, as they say "what doesn't kill you, makes you strong" lol

Have been sick with some type of virus for the past 2 weeks. Also, ended up in the ER with this darn Afib. Went for a stress test on Wednesday, and the good news is that I do NOT have any cardiovascular disease - just a wiring problem with the elecdtrical.

Now where is Meme, Candice and Kate??? Come on gals, and let us know how you are doing.

Home again
 

Came home Sunday night after the party which was great! We went to Hershey, Penn Dutch and Northlands. Got to experience a miracle-a woman slammed on her brakes on the freeway, spun out and landed in front of us head on in the breakdown lane and no one was hurt and no damage occurred. God is good. Now if I could only find my camera.
Today suzanne is 33. Going to doc's for my shot.
I am so glad you are going on a nice trip Tammy . Great way to celebrate your recovery.
No snow here. I don;t miss the heat in FL but it is very dreary here. Lotes of stuff to unpack . Posting pics of Lily.

Miss you guys! We are settling in and have Easter here. Lily is sick again. I wondered if they chamged her to whole milk because my som used to get sick from that. Happy Easter!!!!

Hey There
 

Hello Everybody... The heat is here to stay ,I guess. It seems like everyday is the same here. As always we need rain.
I will be busy till after Easter.. I am having just the children here for Easter. My daughter will be here to help with most of the work. I plan to keep it small and easy.
I hope EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY EASTER.
Joanne

That sounds nice, we are only 7 plus Lily, although Suzanne got sick yesterday. Who else will???? Happy Easter. all. Mima

Hey There
 

We had a nice Easter,although ,our son ended up having surgery and couldn't be with us. He has had a problem with kidney stones for years . One got stuck this time . His Dr. said his kidney was loaded with stones. They did some laser. We took food out to him and his wife.Our daughter was here till Easter afternoon.
And then I was sick for the next few days. A nasty virus. Hubby got it but it didn't hit him as bad as it did me. Our kids drove me crazy. They wanted me to go to Hospital. I didn't and soon was getting back to normal.
It is so sad to watch T.V. and see what the storms have done across several states..
Joanne

I lost my post yesterday-Lily had that stomache bug and gave it to everyone she came in contact with, Then she came down with 2 ear infections. She;s ok now. Hope to see them on Mother's day. I am getting a back brace on Thurs to wear when I need it but not all the time.
How are you doing Tammy? Hope you are through with chemo soon.
Doc's today for my shot. It;s finally spring here but nasty rain tomorrow, Mima

Hello, hope you are all ok. I read the two pages of this thread trying to catch up a little.

Tammy ... I'm praying for you girlfriend and hoping you will be feeling great this summer while traveling so you can have a really good time!

Joanne, my hubby is looking at retiring at the end of this year so I guess I'll be experiencing some of what you are. LOL We can console each other come 2012. ha I'm not really looking forward to him being home all the time!

Anne, hope you're over the virus. I have a lot of problems with my 'wiring', too. My heart skips and goes crazy on me all the time. I can't help thinking, "I'm coming Elizabeth" every time it does that. Scarry stuff. I'm on Inderal ... what kind of Beta Blocker are you on?

Mima, still busy, busy as always. Good to know you are well and still going.

If I've missed anyone, forgive me. I've been talking to Candice some on FB. As for me, I hurt my back sitting the wrong way at a play and have been going to the Chiropractor. I'm a lot better with that now but I also fell (again) and messed up the other shoulder so I've been in a battle with pain but what else is new. I think we all battle that every day, don't we. I'll try to check back in sooner. Hope you all have a great wekend. Still think about you often and love you all.

how I ditched CF&F
 

It took me several months to figure out what to do about my chronic fatigue. The highlights are:
Fluoride sits in your pineal gland, slowing down melatonin production. If you stop sleeping, you'll never recover.
I avoided fluoride like the plague for a full month-no toothpaste, distilled water for bathing and hair washing, and found a bottled water with 7.0 ph. Its in alberta canada, called monashee. Before I found it, I was drinking 6.4 ph distilled, RO, ect and I wasn't getting better. (soon we won't have fluoride added to our tap water, so I'll save some money).Btw, I was developing fibro. After I stopped fluoride, and raised my ph, it disappeared!
Then I slowly went on the raw food diet. First couple weeks I was 60-80%, eating fish and eggs for protein. Then as I got to 95-98% my PH went up to 6.6. (my lowest was 4.5 yikes! That was when I was just diagnosed. When my PH got to 6.2, that flu feeling went away.) After 6 weeks, I may be able to be 99% because my taste for junk has changed. It tastes too salty or too sweet.
And lastly is sleep hygiene. At 8 oclock, all our lights are turned off, only candles and sometimes the computer screen. By 9 oclock, you start producing melatonin. By 9:30, be in bed. From 10-12 oclock, your liver does magnificent work. If you aren't sleeping at that time, it doesn't happen. When I don't get to bed in time, or sleep in the next day, my ph drops! Sometimesd as low as 6. Sleep is everything for recovery. And be up by 7. EVERY morning. (eventually, you will sleep at 10, and 9 hours in bed is plenty!) Even if you don't sleep. Eventually, you will be so exhausted by 6, you will need to get ready for bed. |If you have any questions, please ask. I wish someone could have told me all this, instead of experimenting over and over. Also feel free to look at my blog about my experience. You will recover after you understand what to look for!