Good morning-glad you are having warmer weather up north. It never got hot yesterday-stayed cloudy but we did go to the pool-son still was having stomache pains so he didn't come. Had pizza by the pool=not me, had a McDonald,s chicken salad. Almost done with the quilt and now mending a quilt I made for Al 13 years ago-on to crosstitch-wedding is June 26. Have a good Monday. Mima

HI! Joanne thanks for the info I have several braces for my knee which I wear when I am at work and for walking but have not tried the hinged one so will look into it thanks Rita

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Good Rita- I hope the brace helps you. My knee has gotten so much better. Ofcourse I don't walk every day like I used to. Maybe that helped.
This has been a bad day for me.. I wanted to eat everything in sight. I just craved all day.. I dread getting on the scale this week.I'll try to do better tomorrow.
Hello everybody...Joanne

Hi everyone.

Mima - time goes bye so fast. You will be home before you know it. I can't believe it is the 1March already. Spring is just around the corner, albeit, some of us have much longer blocks before we come to the corner :lol:

Joanne and Rita - keep up the walking. I know it can't be pleasant with sore knees. I have not walked for a few days, because my lower back is terribly sore.

Meme - glad to see you back in the land of the living. Hope you are feeling a little better each day. Perhaps you DO need to go to the hospital and get repaired!!!!

Candice - I could NEVER stop with one or two pieces of fudge, so I won't make it. That would start up the old craving engine.

Ally - must still be deeply in lust, or very depressed. Where the heck are you!!!

Yeah-where are you Ally. WEnt to Tai Chi-I recommend Tai Chi for seniors-on video-that you see advrtised for very little money. There are some great warm up exercises on it. We follow it closely so I can do it at home since I have those videos and never used them. You only do what DOESN"T hurt-no pain. My ribs don't hurt and neither does my knee and my sciatica is better. Also bought a couple of outfits at Bealls. I love to get my summer clothes here because they are so much cheaper and prettier. We are going on a boat ride this week-son gave us 2 for Christmas which he got at an auction at Al's school. Bad news-our accountant says we owe money!!! It's not final yet. Say it isn't so. Yes, we will be home in a bit more than a month. Was starting to get homesick but ok now. We are always so busy. Brad is itching to get to the projects he planned-he wants to make an apartrment downstairs so we will have someone to watch the house. Bye for now-hope you are getting stronger Meme-I would go in the hospital and get all done at once-Mima

Get all WHAT done at once??? I'm not going anywhere unless absolutely necessary! I'm tired of fooling around with doctors and medicines that only make me sicker than I already am.

My husband and daughter talked me into taking a prescription that the Dr. gave me a couple of weeks ago for my cough. The reason I stopped taking it in the first place ... you guys are going to LOVE this ... it was the weekend I got so sick ... with the "virus" ... I took one pill on Thursday night and got up on Friday morning with diarrhea. The Dr. had warned me that was one of the side effects so I thought ... the pill. Ok, I took Imodium and went on to my daughter's to take care of her - then I started throwing up from the "virus", then came home and the rest was history. On Monday I called the Dr. and told him what happened over the weekend and that I thought I needed an antibiotic that wasn't as strong ... didn't think I could take anymore major body excretions for a little while ... so he prescribed something else. So looked the other medicine up on the internet, figured out it was ok to break one in half and take 250mg every 8 hrs instead of 500mg every 12 hrs. then, since I'm still coughing from sinuses, last Friday night I took hubby and daughter's advise and I broke one in half, swallowed only half a pill and went to bed. I woke up at 3:30 throwing up. I did that all weekend AGAIN! It wasn't a virus I had before ... It was a medicine reaction. Once again, I have been sooooo sick. I was in bed all weekend. I had just gained back 2 of the 8 pounds I lost from before and last weekend I lost 5 more ... a total of 11 pounds and 0 energy! And I had just begun to be able to do a little housework and laundry and stuff ... now I'm back to ... NOTHING again! Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium is going on my Poison list!

I have to go to Nashville to have a MRI on my ankle tomorrow and now hubby has to take off work to take me because I don't even have enough energy to walk from the parking garage across the street to Radiology.

Wow Meme. glad your husband is taking you tomorrow. Brad and I have , had, a virus. He feels better, I feel mostly better, Mike had it over the weekend. Nothing bad-achy etc. So we did nothing yesterday but I am hand sewing the quilt and ripping out the stitches on the binding, Now it looks beautiful. Weather is gorgeous.Maybe we will go to the dog beach for a while-actually have a ton of wash but......I have to work on my tan. Have a good day everyone. Mima

HII everyone Meme sounds like you have had your share of being sick hopeing that you start to feel better soon and everything turns out ok concerning your ankle had the virus a few weeks ago and thought I was a goner still havent got all my energy y Happy hope by now youir back is feelin better hubby was down for 3 weeks with it well everybody have a great day I am going to bedet the only good thing is I did loose some weight and havent gained any of it backwell have a great day I am going to sleep for the day Rita

Bad few days for pain but better right now....damp and rainey here but a tad warmer so that helps some I'm sure. Washed my hair the other night after DH had put iron out in the water softener and it made it smell funny! Like a perm or medicated powder...so I washed it again tonight......Can't stand smelly hair!

Good morning-news yesterday was that the baby could come anytime. I kind of thought he would come early. That would work out good for us to go home April 1. We'll se. We are going to dog beach today-yesterday I did 3 loads of wash. Tomorrow we are going on a cruise to one of the islands-a gift from Christmas. Hope you do well at the doc's Meme. We are having a string of warm days here and at home. Hope it doesn't turn at the end of the month in MA. Bye for now Mima

HI! everyone hopeing that everyone is having a great day,Mima hope you have fun on your adventure like you washing clothes which is a never ending job hopeing that Meme has a good repot from the DRCandice hopeing that by now the smell is out of your hairjust wanted to pop in and say HI and have a great day just drank my mid morning coffee so that means I got to get started for the day have a good one Rita

Good morning. I had a great dream-I got 4 million dollars and I was giving it all away. Ot true. We are still feeling virusy but not all day long. We are going on the cruise -have to leave early and take the dog to my son's house. It was nice at the beach-so many dogs!!!Cassidy doesn't go in the water but he will wade and he can't keep up with the other dogs but it's good exercise for him. I always need 2 cups in the am to get started Rita. Warm again!! Hope you are well Meme-. Hi to all. Mima

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Unless I am in a great hurry I am a 3 cup in the morning. My daughter says just infuse us with coffee to get started.
I turtled at Tops..Maybe if I am real careful I can get down next week.I always seem to have good intentions.
Mima- Enjoy as much as you can before you go back.. My sisters birthday is Monday (Eleni). Mine is wednesday..We plan to go out on Sat. I told my son no birthday till after Thrusday.. I don't want to mess up another week with a gain...
Ally,Meme- I hope you are both well...Hello Everybody I missed Later...Joanne

I'm feeling a little better. Still can't eat much but a little stronger. Put a color on my hair last night and then I got out today and had my nails done... that made me feel better! I'm going out to eat tonight ... will get a well done steak and a dry baked potato. That sounds good ... we're going to Ryan's and they have the steaks cooking on an open grill all weekend. Hubby went to the Dr. Monday and he told him to lose 35 pounds ... diabetes. I have my work cut out for me there!!! That's why Ryan's tonight. I'll have him eat a salad and steak tonight. But he'll have to cut his yeast rolls down to ONE! :lol: He usually has 2 or 3!!!

My brother has elevated blood sugar too-and we don't have diabetes in the family.We had a nice time on the boat trip but it did take us a long time to get home from Captiva-one lane traffic at rush hour. The dog was going nuts last night from the salt at the dog beach so we gave him a shower at 8:30 at night and he didn't even mind. We have an outside shower that is very nice. Hot and cold water. Well Joanne, you can do it. Watch out for the salt before the weigh in -that used to mess me up. Our birthdays are starting too. The 15th is my oldest son , the 21st my nephew's, and the 25th, my middle son who is the same age as my nephew-4 days apart. That reminds me of taking my sister-in-law to the hospital because my brother was working out of town and I was 3 weeks over-due. They thought I was the one to deliver. I have a small sinus infection-going to try to get rid of it myself before I get a prescription. Bye for now. Mima
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