angel you could always search for them i think theyd be really pleased that youve remembered after all this time and now that they are older would probably not be as embarassed as they would have done when they were teenagers glad they where there when needed and always nice to hear of the kindness of strangers well i lost another two pounds this week i dont have an after photo yet but the before one is in the gallery well ill pop in later and have a blether hope everyones absence is not because they are ill has anyone heard from khwewse ?hope she is okay
speak later kirsty

Hi all I am back.....For those that dont know , I have been over the pond to see my eldest son and his family, including my 8 month old Grandson who is so cute. They live in CT and the weather there this week has been beautiful. I also went up to NJ to see my youngest son who gets married on July 3rd, so I fly out again at the end of June. Dispite the lovely weather I have been in a flare for the last few days and hurt like crazy. With the pain comes the swelling and irritability. The Rheumy wont start me on another demard until I go back in May. I have been off Methotrexate since December as it caused major gastric probs having been on it for three and a half years. Khewes once suggested maybe injections of mtx but they dont do them in the UK for some reasons. On Wednesday I go into hospital to have surgery on my skin Cancers. Thats come round very quickly. Its very scary surgery. Have you notice that as sonn as one thing is diagnosed they seem to throw the book at you. :( Anyway changing the subject, yes I had a lovely week away although I tried to stick as near as I could to my diet it wasnt easy and I was determined not to miss out. I havent weighed myself today but I will tomorrow after a decent nights sleep. I am glad you all seem very focused on your weight loss. In fact I feel a bit ashamed of myself but I will get remotivated I am sure. There certainly are alot of new people on here but its nice that you have all taken the time to join us. :) Angel you sound as if your RA is giving you gyp of late. I do hope your remicade and Mtx kicks in soon.
I really must get some sleep as I feel wasted and seem to have been up for ages. Will catch you all over the weekend.

Good Monday morning, everyone.

I don't have much time...just wanted to post a quick one to say hello. Mondays are very long for me.

Iamgonnadoit...glad you had a good trip visiting with your family.
So sorry to hear about your skin cancers. I will be remembering you in prayer. I'm sure you're going to be alright. We're survivors!!! :coffee:

Linus....more weightloss! You go girl!! :cb: Bet that bootie's getting easier to shake. :lol:

I'm feeling a little better. The sun is shining now, so maybe I'll get better.

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undefinedHi how is everyone.undefinedundefined Angel lover,
undefinedundefined So glad to hear your injection went okay.. Oh you kbnow what when I was on the methotrexate it made me stop producing red blood cells, that why my rhuemmy stopped it, even though I am supposed to take it with my Humira, which is hardly working.undefined So I am going back to m7y doctor weds. to see what is what?
undefinedundefined I am so happy I have lost 10 lbs in the last 10 days, THough next week I am going to add 5 grams more of carbs, because this isn't the healiest diet their is, that okay it will slow my weight loss down a little but still 3 lbs a week sounds good to.
Gotta go for now take care laura
weight 185
next goal
175

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Hey girls,

undefined I REALLY goofed up in my last post. As you can see I forgot to delete underlined. I hope you can still read. Can't promise this one will be much better. I trying to get the hang of this. I pray everyone is having a good day with no pain. I am myself hurting bad today. I spent the night with my 6 yr old grandson and ended up slepping on a small loveseat so that was a bad Idea.undefined I really messed up on my diet too yesterday. But I back at it today. It is hard after I have eaten sugar because then I crave it the next day. I HOPE i CAN STICK TO MY WILL POWER.
Take care laura :coffee:

I will never figue it out. I did delete the word undefined but there it is again in my last post. Oh well. I will keep trying until I get it right.
Laura

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Hi everybody......
Hope all are feeling as well as you can, today. I don't know what's going on with me lately. Other ailments are a little better, but, I've had a TERRIBLE headache for 3 days now! :( I'm not allowed to take any meds other than what I already take. (which is enough!) I'm read to call my Dr & cry until he gives me something to stop the headache or knock me out, one! :coffee:

Well, the Managers of the TV station are out of town this week, so I'm working every day. That's why I'm so slow posting. Just be patient with me...between the headache & working....& a few more things going on :^: I'm having to just do the best I can.

Stirfried.... http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Score-101010.gif10 lbs!!! WOW!! Good work! Be sure you eat enough, though. Don't want you getting sick. I'm glad you're going to add some carbs to your diet. A steady weightloss of 2-3 lbs seems to stay off better, anyway. Pulling for you, girl!

Yes, sleeping on a small love seat would be rough! I haven't done that before... :o We ARE getting to sleep in our own bedroom for the first time in 1 1/2 yrs.......sooooooo nice. :D

Only thing I know to tell you about the "undefined", is when you click to put something in that little box, it shows "undefined", until you start typing. You must have cleared it first, then typed. Just don't pay any attention to it, it'll get better. I'm still learning things on here myself. You're doing a good job.

Well....hope all others are doing well today. Hope to hear from all of you soon. Have a good "hump day"!
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http://www.timbuktu.eluria.com/hushb...busy_jazzl.gifJust wanted to drop in & say hello & hope all have a good day. It's been a couple of days since I've seen another post! Everyone take a minute ASAP & let me know how you are! I'll be back later.......
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[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue] Angel-Lover,[/ I am so sorry to hear you are in such bad pain. Why doesn't your Doc. give you something for the pain? I just don't understand these Doctors, It sound like you need a heavy duty painkiller Like vicodin, or fiorinal with codene, or something like that. Keep calling him until he helps you , if not take yourself to the hopital,I am sure they will help you. I am having a bad flare up with my R.A. The Doc. started me on methotrexate again along with my bi-weekly shot of humira. I don't know if I told you ; But the last time I used methotrexate my bone marrow stopped producing red blood cells. It was either the medicine or the that I was having agrevated R.A. symtoms, we never really knew. He has started me out on 2 mg for the first 2 weeks then he will check my blood count if it hasn't lowered than I am to push up the dosage to 4 2.5 mg every week and he will continue to watch my blood. I hope it works this time,because the humira alone isn't helping, I fill myself getting worsr albeit its slow but I don't want it real bad like last year. My sed rated was 134. COLOR]
Enough od medicine talk. I stayed with my daughter for a couple of days and went off my diet. Yeah I know DUMB!! Si I gained back some weight,I can't tell how much is weight gain and how much is water. The scale say 190,but I ate some salty ham also. I don't know? It doesn't matter I am back on my low carb diet again and Soon I will add 5 gram more of carbs until I end up losing 3 pounds a week.
Have you ever had really bad pains at the bottom of your feet? I had it so bad I couldn't walk Last year and now I am having the pain again. Not as bad but bad enough . I am afraid to workout I don't want to make it worse.
Let me know how you are? My prayers are with you :grouphug: :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:
Take care of you
Laura (stirfried) :)

hi everyone yes this thread is very empty where are you all out having fun i hope i wanted to pop in and let you know about a study that was printed in yesterdays paper it was a group of ra sufferers they where given a litre of deeside spring water to drink everyday and to take with there anti inflammatory tablets for three months almost three quarters of them reported feeling far less pain by the end of the trial the water is highly acidic and stops joints from swelling in damp conditions one lady said "i was in constant pain for five years it has made a dramatic difference " if i hear anymore about this i will let you know but they have reported that they are trying different fruit acids to see if they can get the same results Anyway had a slip this week and put on a pound and a half but the lovely lady that takes our group stated that it was my periods making me retain water well see next week hopefully it is as i feel really rotten i expected to put on weight at some point i just wasnt ready for it yet so im just going to have to be extra good and hope for the best
hope you all are all right and speak to you all soon
kirsty

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Hello friends,
Hope this Friday night finds you all pain-free....at least to sleep well tonight! Sometimes, that would mean a lot,wouldn't it?!

Stirfried...thanks for caring. Yes, the Dr would give me something. Several months ago, though, I was complaining about pain & he was writing prescriptions for me. I never could fill them, though. They were too expensive. See...I'm not only on Methotrexate, & Remicade...but, several other medications for different things. RA & OA is the only thing I tell about. My meds cost so much I can't afford any more. Medicare doesn't pay for my meds. The medicaid only takes care of the Remicade treatments ($2500-$3000 per treatment!) So, I just stopped asking for pain meds. I'm not allowed the over-the-counter stuff because ingredients in most of them are against the Methotrexate. :^: I fall into the category of deciding whether to pay a bill, or buy medication! Don't worry though...I'm ok. My headache is over. Only rainy weather right now, making my OA act up...but, not bad.
Yes, I have a lot of trouble with my feet. Pain in the bottom AND top of them. If I try to walk outside on the ground, it's very rough on them. Going up a little hill, is getting hard to accomplish. But, still....I have people say...but, you don't LOOK like anything's wrong with you! :^:
I hope the Methotrexate works for you...took my injection tonight....it pulls my white blood cell count down extremetly low. In fact, Dr gave me presc. for anti-biotics in case I get infection over a week end....to help till office opens. That's kind of scarey. Keep a close watch on it.
Hope it works for you this time. Don't worry about the weight gain...that salty ham probably did it. RA retains fluid....& the salt REALLY retains fluid! Take care of yourself. Gotta go...I'll answer Linus soon..... :) http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/.../1_teapart.gif

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Hi Linus....

I couldn't sleep,http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Count Sheep.gifso I'm back.

Thanks for the info on the Spring water.http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Glug.gif Sounds very interesting. I'd like to know more about it. I read in a magazine a few days ago, that water is one of the best healers there is. That people found increasing there comsumption of water had helped with a lot of different ailments.
Yes, when "Aunt Flo" leaves, I'm sure that tiny bit of weight gain will leave , also. Glad to hear from you....have a good weekend.

Ok....everyone else....let's hear from you!....http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Helloooo.gif
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Linus,
Hi, Thank You for the imformation on the spring water, I hope there is more info on it.
I would have to agree with that woman about the weight gain being caused by your period. I am always retaining water. I really don't like that, because its hard to know which is water retention or actually weight gain. It takes a couple of days to get rid of the water gain.
Linus, I hope you are pain free this sunny Saturday morning here in Oregon. Its on the west coast if you don't kk=now, its not a real popular state But, we like :cheer:

Angel -Lover.
Hi, Glad to hear your headache is gone. It been ! day since I went back to eating right and the scale says I now weigh 189, I am going to give it another day to see if I lose more water. Either way I am going to stick to this diet even if I fall once in a while. I haven't aworked out in 4 days. My feet are hurting so mu;ch that its hard to my cardio, I am going to use my rider like bike machine for my aerobics if it doesn't hurt my feet to much. I can't explain what my cardio machine is. I am sure once you saw ir you would know what it is. :spin: That is me trying to think. LOL.
I have some more mesical problems also that I take meds for. I suffer from depression and sometimes anxiety attacks. I take prozac and trazodone for that. I guess thats about all of my major medical problems. Last yr when I wasn't making the red blood cells they thought I had this disease called Mylio something ,can't remeber the name , but It can be fatal, soooo glad that it turned out not to be. That is funny how the methotrexate affects both of us and our blood. I know it is a veryy dangerous drug to be taking. Along with the blood problems it can cause lukemia, and other terrible things. I think it is a kemo drug Not sure though. My Humira can cause lupis like symtems, in fact its called medically induced lupis.
Well thats all for now. I hope you and linus have a good pain free day. If not then Just take care of yourselves.
Hey are there any other people that write on this thread I thought there was.
Love laura (stirfried) :coffee:

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I hate it when I see how I screww up when I write my post. I really gotta start checking them before I send the post. Oh heck Maybe it amuses someone.

Forgot my stats
stats
started
195
lost
10
ganed
4
current weight
189
goal130

I can do it!! I will do it!!!! :tread: :grouphug: :cool:

hey well just keep things ticking over till the rest come back has any one heard from khwes i hope she is coping with her loss a bit better i really feel for her when youve got medical problems it doesnt take much to push you to far and a loss like shes had must have pushed heres hoping she is a very strong person and can help herself and her family anyway im off and ill speak later
kirsty