Good to hear from you ageoldie! Hope you're feeling well today.

Chrily...I do hope you're better.

Hello to everyone else! Have a great Wednesday!

Hey There
 

Hello Everybody- Well this last storm put me on the shelf for a few days..I can tell you you don't know what you have till you don't have it.. With no air conditioning for 3 days I thought I was going to get sick..I hope this is the end of it. We do still have 2 more months of hurricane season.
Angel- I have surgery Oct. 7. I will be away for a few more days.. My sister will be in a different hospital. Being in the same room would not be wise. We would be worrying about each other.We don't know yet when her surgery will be.. She may find out today or at least this week.
In the future I will try to make an effort to address all of you great ladies. I do read the posts and wish you well. Great on the weight losses..
Bye...Joanne

Good afternoon everyone. Hope you didn't forget about me.
:(
Have been so busy with moving, getting kids settled in new school... my sister had gastric bypass surgery and is having a rough time of it with complications. I haven't been around much lately.

I seem to be in the middle of a bad flare. I can't seem to get on top of it, I have a few good days, overdo it and them KABLAM, back at square one.

Anyway.. see a lot of new faces. Wanted to drop in and say hi, and let you know I haven't forgotten about this lovely community of folks.

Kim

Hi All,

Long time no post! My computer died and I just got a new/used one set up today. Monitor is so much bigger I feel like I should take my glasses off! lol. It's right in my face.

I'm doing okay. Bad flare up this week with my back....think it's the weather. Just taking it a day at a time now. Glad to see that my old friends are still here and that there are some new ones :).

Joanne...I'll keep you in my prayers.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Deb

Hey gals...
I am here and have survived the last few days. My hand in feeling a ton better and I'm almost back to my not-so-normal self. God bless Bextra!!!!

Tomorrow I get to do my Methotrexate. I made sure I got my pills refilled so that I'm not short on my dose this week. I think that's what set my flare off this time.

Okidoll-thanks for the PM. I hope all is well and wishing you a pain free day.

Hey Deb-I'm one of your newest newbies. I'm 33 and have had RA for 4 years now. I'm a stay at home mom of 3 girls...ages 11, 5, and 2. Glad to meet you.

Hey Kim...same goes for you. Nice to meet you.

Joanne-I do wish you well on your surgery.

Angel-I am definitely feeling better...thanks for asking.

ageoldie-Bunco sounds like my kind of game. I think the companionship would be my favorite thing. I really don't have any friends, except online. I hang around with my sisters and my mom.

RAR-Howdy. Hope your pain free as well.

I think I got everybody. I'm new to all of you, so if I missed anybody, please let me know. TTFN for now.
~chris

You just mised me, but that's ok :)

Deb - wondered where you got to. Hope the flare settles down.

Khewes - nice to see you back. Are you all finished with your move now? You moved to the country, right. I am sure you will enjoy that.

Joanne - glad the hurricane didn't get you too bad. I sure hope they are soon past. This has been a horror.

Hi Angel - hope things are going well for you.

Barb - would like to know more about BUNCO - like the rules etc. Sounds like something I would like to play.

Rita - Hope you are doing ok. Nice tohave you back with us.

Pam - it's nice to get back to normal. Hope you are feeling better.

Now, I am sorry I haven't been around. I have been struggling with a flare myself, plus a sinus problem going on. My son is getting married on 16 Oct., so have been busy trying to get an outfit together. The worst part was shoes, because they are all so uncomfortable. Maybe I should just were slippers with my nice new outfit :lol:

It seems we have been away every weekend and will be until after the 16th. It takes me 2 days after that to regain my energy, and then it is time to go again. I was looking after my granddaughter last week at her house, which is 2 hours away, so I was not even in my own bed. You all know how that one goes.

Anyway, I do hope you all have a great weekend.

Now Chris, I forgot you in the above post :lol: An FM moment or perhaps an almost senior moment! I am glad you are feeling better. I guess the best we can hope for is almost normal, but then again, who is "normal" anyway. Hope you have a good weekend.

Oh my gosh, I forgot my Canadian friend in my last post.

Happy Canuk-Hope those flares don't keep you down. I really hate the bad days, but for me personally, it makes the good days that much better. I've had a couple bad flares this week too. It started in my wrist and pressed on that medican nerve in my carpal tunnel and sent pain up to my shoulder and my hand swelled like a blown up rubber glove. I wasn't even able to sleep. I haven't had my hands flare for a long time. This time around, I didn't cry. My anti-depressants must be working. Anyhow, after my right hand started feeling better, by left one did the same thing. I'm not sure if that's a pattern with my RA or just the after effects of over-compensating for my other hand. Maybe both.

My kids want to watch a dvd so I better go help them. TTFN

~chris

Hi girls
 

Hi
Its been a while since I have posted. Its stirfried. How are you all doing? I just wanted to say Hi.
I went to klamath falls in oregon and after I came home I ended up without a home. My aunt and me had gotten into a big fight and I decided it was better to leave, we have since made up.
My younger daughter Jenny got marriede. It was a beautiful ceremony, But things just got worse after that. My oldest daughter ended up losing her son for a while . She was doing poorly and had gotten into drugs, so bradys father came and took him. It has been awful for us here. but yesterday we had a intervention and finally got her into counsolling. She was trying ti kill herself. But she slowed down on the drugs thank god. so she is now working trying to get her son back. And with lots of therepy and n.a. she will do it.
I have been so stressed out worrying about her . I was certain that after losing brady she would try to hurt herself. But thank God now everthing seems tyo be going better as long as she fulfills her promise. sarah says she just wants to be healthy again so she can be the best mom she can be for her son. I sure do miss my little brady . I haven't seen in in 3 weeks and hge was only home a month before he was taken . But I am making plans to visit him. this month. n I don't know when I will be back in here to say hello again. I have moved to grants pass so I can be a little closer to brady and since IU don't have a computer that up and running It may take me a while to check in. I need a monitor for my computer. But my sister has one so I will be checking in about every week or so.
I finally lost more weight through dieting and stre3ss and am down to 178 now.
Hope to talk to you soon.

laura
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cw
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take care and god bless.

Laura This hugs for you and all the rest of you who need one! It's alazy Saturday afternoon and I'm just playing around "stealing" graphics from everywhere I can find them! I especially liked this hug.

Kim Tell me about the complications your sisters is having after her WLS. Maybe there is something I know of that will help.

Deb Have you decided about wheither you are going to have the surgery or not?

[B]Everyone else, hope you are all doing okay and enjoying the cooler weather. I know I am!!!

thanks
 

age oldie
thank you for the huig. I loved it. I am in so much pain and I am out of pain meds until the 6th . I think my sick daughter might have gotten into them while she was still using, anyway I cant get them fillede untill then.I tried going to a hospital hereAs I am not at my old town The DEoc treated me like A DRUG ADDECT , i was so embarrassed, the man did not even off er me a lousy ibuprophen or a torado;l show which isn't even a narcadic. I will survive. I can understrand I guess why that think that way about people. He tried to call my Doc to get a okay but I guess it being sat. doc ross wasn't home. But still made me cry and feel lousy. so I will just wait and deal with the extra pain by doing without.
Hello to Deb Anne Grasshopper , anne,charlotte and khewes and to all of you take care. Hope to post again soon
laura
weight 178

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../awwshucks.gif You forgot me too!!!! :( Only joking....Well I know for a fact I cant remember everybody so rather than miss anyone out i will send my post to you all. I am suffering major brain fog atm. I have started my new drug in place of methotrexate now. Its Leflunomide and I take a 10mg tablet every day. So far so good but its not a week yet so I must admit I am still kind of wary. I have had a virus all week but I actually think its moved on today. Most of you sound as if you have been through the mill this last week or so with flares and the like. My arthritis has been fine for a couple of weeks but thats only cos I had a steroid jab at the end of August. They usually last 6 weeks. Anyway feel better all of you ! I really must say while its fresh in my head that its lovely to see you back Laura. We had all wondered where you had got to. You have a lot to take on board and you know we all think of you when youre not around as we do one another I am sure.
It has been a really long day today, must be because I was up so early. We all have days like that I suppose. I have had a very active weekend for a change and spent alot of time in my field with the dogs and ponies. Havent done it for a while so it was smashing. We often "borrow" kids and take them with us and they help us groom and muckout and I teach them to ride. We took a couple yesterday and they had never touched a horse before. It was lovely. They rode (on lead rein obviously) and thought it was wonderful and they rain my dogs ragged which was great too. Then today we had to transport a pony thats going out on loan to another yard and that took us most of the day. Its been pouring with rain all afternoon too. I am exausted so I will be in bed pretty soon. I fell down a rabbit hole yesterday, I ask you , was that a sight or what? Theres me on all fours and the kids thought it hilarious. :lol: DH was the other side of the field. I didnt hurt myself luckily enough as it was on grass but do you think i could get up. Well I did in the end. it was quite funny thinking back, seeing the position I got up in but it wasnt at the time. Right I am off to bed catch you all soon......Warm healthy vibes coming out to you all........http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20GLITTERY.gif

Yep. Move finished. I love country life, now if I never had to leave my house and go to work, I'd be a happy camper.

My sister's surgery.... she has a bleeding disorder. Takes huge amounts of blood thinners. She formed a large hematoma underneath the abdominal wall. It became infected. She is waiting a C.T. scan today to see if it's resolving. If not, she'll have to go back to the operating room to have it out. Which will promote more bleeding/clotting/infecting.. etc etc etc. It' s just a huge mess.

I'm currently self medicating due to my incompetent insurance company. Ladies, think of yourselves just taking Advil daily, then you'll know how I feel. I didn't even want to get out of bed to pee this morning.
:(
This disease sucks.

HI!!!!!!!! Just wanted to pop in and wish everyone a pain free day havent got much of a chance to read the posts so have to go back!!! Angel hope that you are not still having problems with your back!!!!!!!!!well ladies got to get started for the day so have a good one Rita:dance:

Hi everybody!! I'm glad to get back on again. I've had MAJOR pc problems!!!!
Maybe I've got it taken care of. Went back to read the posts.

I had a treatment today, though.......so.......gotta sleep the day away. Talk to you all later.

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