That sounds so great, Meme. Well, we are waiting for another hurricane!!!Mike says he will leave if he has to. Been trying to get airline tickets for the kids but they are so expensive. Thinking about going down on the train and back on the plane. we have so many Amtrak miles, we could get the train free. Having company tonight-boy is my house clean. Was going to have a kielbasa boiled dinner but one of the guests doesn't like it so we are switching to ham. Bye for now-gotta watch the weather channel-where is Candice? Mima

Well good morning-sure hope Ivan stays west. What a time for hurricanes. It's lovely around here-getting cooler. I am still in pain from having those warts removed from my foot. Bye for now Mima

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Hello All..It looks like Ivan may pass me by.. That is the good news in this part of Fl.. I have a little medical problem that sent me to the E.R. last week.. They say I have a solid mass on my L ovary.. I say a GYN Dr. today and told him to take them out..I told him a 71 year old women didn't need ovaries. He agreed.As it would in a lot of mixups ,the office didn't send my records to him when they sent the referral.. He is going to check my records and call me in a few days...It is probably just a fibroid,but, I still don't want to keep it..
I hope you all are well. I see that no one has been here in a few days..
Bye,Joanne

Oh, Joanne, I'm sorry to hear that. Surgery is never good at any age or for any reason! The sooner the better, though. My prayers are with you girl friend! And for Ivan passing you by, too!!!

:goodscale I lost another pound ... don't know how ... I ate like a pig last weekend (I bet I ate 6,000 calories from Friday morning to Sunday night). But, got up this morning and it was gone. I was losing about a pound a week like clock work and then just stopped. But that's the first pound I've lost in over a month now. My friend made 'taco bake' for dinner after church yesterday and it was sooooo good. (Ground chuck, refried beans, Pace picane sauce ... topped with cheese and baked - add lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and taco chips) I was stuffed ... and then she made coconut cream cake for dessert. I bet I ate over 1,000 calories at that one meal. And I STILL lost weight today. I told hubby at dinner tonight that we were going to have to start eating at her house all the time! Evidently the calories in HER food don't count. :lol: I took a friend out for lunch at a Tai restaurant Friday and then we had a BD party Friday night with pizza and BD cake. My MIL cooked for me at lunch Sat. ... all fried foods with beans and okra, etc. (She was 'butterin' me up ... she wanted me to cut her hair) ;) Then Sat. night we went to a 'Fun Fest' up on the Cookeville Square ... They had it all blocked off and had singing in the streets and crafts and a cookoff. I had a pulled pork sandwich up there. Then we went back to our friend's house and had pie and popcorn and played cards. Then Sunday the taco bake and ate out after church Sun. night. I probably had MORE than 6,000 calories. Hubby had to have him a little lovin' tonight ... said he had to get it while I was still skinny. :p I think he's afraid if I keep eating like this I'll gain that pound + back!!! :eating2: But ... I'm back to normal eating today ... whatever that is. I just eat what I want, when I want it ... when I'm hungry and I stop when I get full. I only had ONE piece of pizza at the party and a small piece of the cake. But I had a large piece of the coconut cake because I love coconut cake. It's a give and take thing with me. I eat what I like and leave what I don't like and if I'm not hungry, I don't eat at all.

Where is everybody? Where's Anne and Candice??? The board has been awful quiet for the last week. I'm really missing Ally, too. I wish she'd get her computer at home working and get back in here. I'm going to try to be a couch potato again this week, had too active a weekend. But I'm going to work on the laptop all week so I'll be in touch.

Wow meme-Joanne, we have been watching the hurricane for days and are so glad its going west-too bad for the people in the panhandle-wish it would just disappear-I have a fibroid too but it doesn't give me any problems-you have a good attitude. Hpe you recover fast. Where is everyone? My foot still hurts from where the doc burned off the warts. And I am going with Auntie today but yesterday she couldn't walk because she has pseudo-gout from eating things with the red dye 40 that she is allergic too. She was a bad girl. We are a weid bunch in my family-pains from the food we eat!!!!And my cousin has fibro. Auntie thinks my grandmother had it too. Bye for now Mima

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Meme- I think I gained weight reading what you ate.. I would be up in weight, I know, eating it.. I hate Dr. scales. They had me up 5 lbs. I came home and weighted the next day and was much below theirs..Yes ,thank God this storm may pass us up.. I will relax when it has passed out of Fl. My daughter lives in North central Fl.
Mima- I told the Dr. I wanted it out. Now I have to wait and see what he decides.. I think a lot of the discomfort I have been having is from this..
Hello everybody... Joanne

I just read an article in Woman's World that said if you drink 8 cups (or 8 oz glasses of iced) green tea a day you would lose a pound a week even if you did nothing else ... no dieting or exercise ... didn't change your eating habits ... just stayed the same (as long as you didn't add honey or sugar to the tea, just artificial sweether). I just had a cup of green tea (and a half can of pringles). :dizzy:

I drink green tea every day but only one cup. Plain. 8 cups a day has a lot of caffiene and caffeine takes calcium out of your bones. At least you are not supposed to drink too much cola. That I know. Anyhow-I broke my glasses and had to get new frames but the good news is they had some in the office and they were fixed on the spot which is good because I am going to work Thurs and Friday. Got an appt for my stress test in OCt and also am probably going to have cataract surgery. Insurance will pay if you have a good reason. Otherwise I will have to wait 4 more years and I can't drive at night. And I can't see good in the daytime-far away. Can't read signs until I am on top and then it's toolate. My friend had the surgery Monday and she is working tomorrow with me. Things have sure changed. Same thing happened to another friend. Joanne, I would have that out. Otherwise I would worry. Bye for now and where is Candice? Mima

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Meme-Mima and Everybody...I plan to do the best I can to get the mas and both overiers out. Just waiting for the Dr to call me.
I keep a pitcher of green tea(decaf) in my fridg all the time. I have at least 4+ glasses a day..
It is a little breezy here ,but the storm is passing us by. Thank God..
Back later...Joanne

Good morning.

Sorry I have been away. Had company all last week, and the computer is in the spare room, so when I had time the room was busy :)

This week, I have been down with a sinus problem. Just don't feel very good. Hopefully, it is on it's way out.

Mima - I hope your foot is getting better. That must be painful.

Meme - If I ate even half of that I would be a blimp. Hope you take the time to relax that foot some more. It must be helping.

Joanne - so sorry to hear you have a fibroid. That may be uncomfortable, depending on what it presses on and how large it is. I think I would be like you, and just want them to remove it and everything with it. I am so happy to hear that Ivan isn't coming your way and I am certain you are relieved about that. Boy, I couldn't stand to live there. Here it is cold, but after July/Aug we don't have Tornado problems anymore, and even during their peak months they are few and far between. I guess you just get accustomed to where you live and deal with whatever comes along.

Hi Candice, wherever you are. You seem to be gone even longer than me! Hi also to Anagram, who I hope is busy with her hubby, out enjoying life.

Everybody have a good day.

I have had that terrible pelvic pain again so trying not sit at the computer for too long....., it's been about 2 years now and my hips have been acting up so I deceid to seemy family doc.......Here is what he said and I am not a happy camper!

Had to vent! I went to my family doc to see if I had a UTI but seems he thinks all my pain is in my head!!!!!!!! He thinks I am depressed ( I don't think so, stressed and anxious but not depressed)..so he will not treat me for any more conditions unless I see a counselor to treat my psyco-symatic symptoms of Fibro!!!!!!!!!!!! That is why I do not go to the doctor very often, it has been two years since I was seen by his office. He ran some tests, just bloodwork and all was normal so he says I am depressed because I can't tolorate cold anymore. (thyroid is normal) I agreed to see a councelor but knew DH would have a fit because our insurance does not pay for it. (and he did) We have alot of stress with DH's family and I have tried to get him into counceling but he will not go. Yes I have stress(who doesn't these days) and I know stress makes my pain worse but I do not think stress is the cause of my pain. He thinks Fibro is not real and well all can be cured of our pain with medication or counseling. If that were true I would jump at the chance to rid my body of this. I just feel so bullied by him, I get tired of hearing it is all in my head. He would not order an xray for my hips either, says I have good mobility (which I work hard to keep) so must not be arthritis!!!!!!!!!!! Are we all really just a bunch of depressed people causing our own pain!!!!!!!!!! I do not think so what is your opinion!!!!!! Be honest please........I do not think I seem like a depressed person but if someone does not help me with my pain I'm gonna be ;)

Don't expect me to post much as long as I can't sit for long! (makes my imaginary pain wosre!!!!!!:D Now I am going to go shoot myself!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Oh he also said that if he sat around and watched TV all day( referring to Fibro patients) he would get depressed too. (he was saying that people that do not work and he does not consider my gardening, cooking, reading enough to keep me busy) are gonna get depressed! I'm pis*ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Celestial Seasonings makes green tea that is decaffeinated. You can buy a box of 40 tea bags at Wal Marts for about $3 and it's really good. Just add Splenda and you can drink tea all day long with no side effects and no calories.

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Guess we were posting at the same time, Candice ... so I will add to what I posted (above).

No ... your pain is probably not IN YOUR HEAD! Although, some of may be caused by stress. Whose isn't??? Stress does bring on pain and health problems but then, the problems are real and the pain itself is real and needs to be treated. Fibromyalgia is a real disease ... as is arthritis. Your doctor sounds like a fool to me and if I were you I would be finding me a new doctor. As for your husband seeing a councelor ... I can see how that would be a problem. And your husband going into therapy probably wouldn't make your pain any better anyway ... I'm not the least bit depressed from my family, friends, home life, money matters, weight, looks, life or anything else except maybe my HEALTH and I'm still in so much pain I can't sleep at night. So what does that make me??? Seriously ... I have the perfect job for a person with arthritis and fibromyalgia, I have just enough to keep me busy and interested but not too much and I don't HAVE to work if I feel really bad because I'm my own boss on both jobs! I have a husband who cares about me and helps with all my work, does whatever I ask him to without complaining ... cooks, helps with housework, will even shop when needed to and takes me out to eat when I don't want to cook. He demands NOTHING of me. My son and daughter ask me to keep their kids now and then but they are great kids all in all and I have 4 beautiful grandchildren that I love dearly. Perfect in-laws who very seldom bother me and would do anything for me ... very sweet mother-in-law. I love my church and have many friends there plus have 2 other couples who are closer than brothers and sisters ... we go out and eat, go to each other's houses & eat and play cards, go to concerts and plays, etc. We ate out together tonight and we're going to the Boat Dock Restaurant (on the water) for catfish and then playing cards this weekend. We're always together. I have a huge host of other relatives that I'm close to in NC and I visit them, write them cards and emails and call them regularly. I live on about 80 acres of land and I love my home and my dog and my family and friends and wouldn't trade lives with anybody ... now ... I said all that to say this: I HURT. I hurt when I wake up in the mornings, I hurt a luch time, I hurt at dinner time, I hurt before I go to bed, I hurt in the middle of the night. WHY??? Because I'm depressed??? NO! Because I have Fibromyalgia and Arthritis. Depression makes you SAD. Fibromyalgia and Arthritis bring you pain.

GO FIND YOU ANOTHER DOCTOR!

Candice what a bunch of balony he is feeding you. I do think lot's of people are depressed, but I am NOT one of them. I had a pain specialist tell me the same thing. I told him I was frustrated and bored, but not depressed. He gave me an anti-depressant to take - I took one and it lasted me for a few days :lol: Anyway, my own family Dr. gives me 10mg of Doxipin and it seems to work well for sleep. He started me out on 25mg but I couldn't wake up.

Can you not go see a different Dr. That is what I would do, before going for counselling. I don't see how depression can make you cold for heaven sakes. Did he give you an internal? Also, my mobility is very poor because I can't walk all the time or be very active. I do have o/a in my lower back and hips and my knee. I am active when I can be and do my walking then, but there are more times when I can't do it. I wish it wasn't that way, but it is.

I don't think it's in our heads at all!!

Happy you are up late! DH is furious, I just do not want to have to start seeing antoher doc or go through this with another...he did this to me about 10 years ago when I was diagnosed with Lyme, said that doc was crazy and just wanted my money. I had a positve blood test for lyme and then was diagnoised with post lyme Fibro......I do not mind the couceling ( but the expense and time it takes )and it might help to deal with dH's family, but I did try it several years ago and it didn't.

Oh he also told me I need to stop taking my estrogen that women over 50 don't need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not think so!

We have outside painters here so I am not getting much sleep while they are scraping and banging around........I asked DH tonight if I could have my own room and he said no way again.........I'm gonna go live with Meme!