Put me on the list with stomach problems and meds. Just can't seem to handle them. Orudis did a real number on my stomach and from there just can't tolerate anything. Ibroprofen is the first one I ever took, years and years and years ago and I had the stomach problem with it as well, but it was for a bursitis problem and was not needed for long. I don't know if it is the tylenol extra strength or the Bextra or the combination of both, but boy I sure had to be close to the "throne".

I am in the throws of a flare and I am hurting. This has been going on for almost 2 weeks and I thought it was better on Sunday, but I guess that was my Mother's Day present, because it is back full force today. It sure takes a long time to settle everything down once it gets inflamed. I know they say FM is not an inflammation problem, but I don't think I believe that - why give us an anti-inflammatorie if it isn't! The weather has been fantastic since Friday - sunny and warm. We may have snow this weekend as it is usually around somewhere for the long weekend. It is the 'kickoff' weekend for campers and lakers. Everybody just knows to be prepared. Rain or snow is a given

I hope you got your car fixed without too much hassle Alley. I hate when something happens to my car, because I know NOTHING about them at all, except put in the key, put it in drive and go

Hope you are all well. Meme, remember, you are only as busy as you want to be!!! Try to be kinder to yourself.

Hello Girls- I finally got to the point of refusing to take anything that will flare up my stomach. I can deal with the arthritis but not the ulcers that flare up from the medications. I have had both for a long time.
It is hot in Florida now. It will be this way till about November. We are again needing rain in central west Fl. I have not walked as I should. I just can't seem to get motivated to do it. I may have to look for someone to walk with to get me back in the habit. The only problem is their schedules and mine are hard to plan at times.
Happy -get to feeling better. Are you a camper? My daughter and her hubby have been doing a lot of that this past year.
I am a cabin or apt. camper. I tried one time to go in a R.V. with my brother ,his wife and my sister and her friend. NEVER AGAIN!There were just too many people trying to sleep. Maybe I would go if it was just my brother and his wife.
I agree about cars..put the key in and go.
Bye you all...Joanne

Joanne, I'm so glad you'll soon get to see your grandson - at least one worry will be a little less.

Put me down for people who've felt sore and achy this week - all this rain and stormy weather, etc. So glad you fared well, Candice. So many people out there who have so much to recover from right now, I feel I shouldn't complain. We're supposed to have sun tomorrow - first and only day this week and I'm sure that's a big part of my problems right now.

I'm on Mobic right now and take a stomach pill (Protonix) with it. Still having some problems but didn't for a good while. (Have also tried many and had problems, either sooner or later, rashes, diarrhea, etc.) I think partly it's been my eating lately. My train derailed the last few days and am hoping to get it back on the track tomorrow. But tomorrow dh is to get the port out of his neck. I'm on pins/needles afraid something else will come up. He's been so good and I don't want to see him disappointed again.

We're going to be in the market for a car as well. I drive one that's only seven years old but has over 100,000 miles on it. His is an 89 and has less than 70,000 but problems. He loves it and I love mine and we've been debating which one to replace. So I thin we've finally agreed. We'll keep mine for me to drive locally (it's so comfortable and easy to get in and out of). We'll look for another that will replace his but be our travel and probably our together car. So it will have to be bigger, more comfortable for me than his current baby. No idea what we want. Basically I want something easy for me in every way. I dread the car search and told him I want to do as much as possible on the internet. I know I have to go see some and try some but I dread the whole thing, esp. if we don't find something before summer. He's not crazy about buying another car but looking at them in the heat doesn't bother him. I die. Why do we always seem to marry the opposite?

Candice, I've been planting too but surely only a pittance of what you've been up to. We dashed out yesterday during a sprinkle and I picked out what I wanted and I think it will work well. then the darn things kept calling me to come out and play. I'd do some, come in, hear them and go out and do more. Hope to do the pots tomorrow morning and then finish the impatiens bed off the patio. Then finish the mulching. And then it will be basically the darn weeds. But that's ok this year. I found a handy dandy long handled tool that's a combination shovel, hoe, rake and it's made a lot more easy for me. Had found a long handled small shovel the other year that helped but not as much as this year's toy.

Sorry about the novel. I missed a few days and was playing catchup. Bye.

Hi ladies,
Hope everyone is doing well. Meme, I just read about the stomach problems you've been having with the meds you're taking for pain. I had the same problem and went to see a gastro doc who did an endoscopy to make sure I didn't have any serious stomach problems. He put me on 30 mg of Prevacid once a day 2 years ago and I no longer have the severe pain anymore. I also take Inderal and Lexapro regularly as well as prescription strength Motrin. It's been a godsend.
Spring is finally here in Michigan too. Plan to do some yard work and get my flower beds ready for planting this week.
Enjoy and don't work too hard, don't want to be in pain afterwards!

Gail

Sounds like I must be the only one not able to do flower beds! I love flowers but they are too far down on the ground for me...can't get down there!!! Oh...I could get down there but I'd be on my butt and then I couldn't get back up! I have hanging plants and then half the time I have to get somebody else to water them because I can't get the water up there to them! I do have azaleas, hydrangea and roses across the front of my 50 ft. front porch though. Hubby set them out 14 years ago. He put down plastic and brown rock and he takes care of them for me. My kids have given me several other plants and bushes that he has set out around the back that have made it over the years, too. He weed eats and mulches around them. I also have 2 of the real 'old' lilac bushes. They are so pretty when they bloom and smell so good. They all know I love flowers so they get me plants, dish gardens, hanging baskets and fresh cut ones that don't take too much effort.

I don't know about you all but if something doesn't give soon I'm going to be in the bed doing NOTHING! I don't know if it's the weather (we're headed for more storms) - settling down after doing so much (from all the redecorating) - getting off the gold compound - or a combination of all three but I'm in one of the worst flare ups I've had in a very long time.

..my eating has been going well, only had 3 brownies today ..and still op.
D

Worked 4 hours hand tilling the patch in front of the garden for my large yellow marigolds...24 of them. I had take the cover off, then use a shovel to loosen up the soil so it could dry out, break up the clumps of mud, and fertilizer add some top soil and use a garden claw to mix it all up and then rake it even and recover it, then I planted the flowers. Too much work for me, my son usally does the hard stuff (digging) but is to busy looking for a new grilfriend and a job to help me! Now I have to do the same thing to the vegetable garden!!!!!!!!!! I must have earned about 4 pts!

Meme..wish my DH would help me too but he is too tired when he gets home! Buspar makes me nausiated, can't take it! Everything makes me nausiated

Anagram..I am interested int aht long handled tool you have found, where did you find it, not sure I have seen one before

Happy....thanks fo the hug..I think they give Fibro people anti inflam drugs becaus so many of them do have arthritis and do not know what else to give. All that stuff bothers my tummy too, can't even take asprin anymore, just a few tylenol.

Mima...How do you save your geraniums, I never had luck with them and the wind out here breaks off the blooms so I do not plant them any more.

Raven..how do like the Lexapro...any headaches from it. I have a bunch of samples in my closet but have been afraid to try it. Is it not too cold in Michigan to plant flowers yet?

Hi Ally..your chocolate bunnies sure are good

candice-i save my geraniums in the hallway all winter-can't have them insude because of allergies-they just stay the same but now they are blooming so when I put them out they will be gorgeous-I love geraniums-finally got an appt with the gastr......on June 24, colonoscopy to be scheduled. If I get bad when I work this time. I will cut down my days.What a day yeterda-ex-girlfriend was here to get Brad to sign off her lien on her house and they had me type up a promissory note to replace it-got a little hairy when she wanted the loan forgiven if something happened to him. i stuck to my guns. Also talked to brotherinlaw and we are going to help him with the will. He was very agreeable so I guess it is not a problem. Going to breakfast with friend's and taking Auntie to lunch-need a break from painting. Bye Mima

I've never had much luck saving geraniums either, inside or upside down in basement. Have had few in recent years but did put some in in front of the hostas and candytuft in front of house (only eight).

I got the tool in a garden shop (not at a chain store g.s.). I've been looking there for years for long handled stuff and had picked up a four foot (approx) gardening shovel last year which helps me put plants in. It's like the hand ones but this way I just had to bend to put in the plant and then I put dirt back around with long handled one and my feet. (I just don't do anything as neatly as I used to.) I'll try to find the name of my new gimmick. It really has been a help to me. Lots of weeds, etc. from two summers ago when I had my last knee replacement. Lots of grass growing up through plants, etc. Dh "helps" but just doesn't get it on lots of gardening stuff and can't help this year anyway. It's amazing enough he's mowing/fertilizing. Still not done the way I'd like but so much better....

Checked Mom's stuff when I took Mother's Day gift up yesterday. Found another that was overdue. She had gotten an "overdue" on her hospitalization last week that they called me about and also an e mail re her life insurance. I'm sort of disgusted about all that. I know she's 86 but I had asked two bros who see her regularly to check and make sure about this stuff and asked a sister to check on the brothers. Plus another sister spent two weeks there recently and apparently didn't bother to go through stuff. Mom is blaming her but actually the bills both came before she got there. This is obviously MY job and they're saving it for me. Not to mention the bank statements which haven't been rec'd since dh took sick. I'm sure Mom misses our lunches and dh keeps commenting on his cheating her out of them. She's lived with worse in her lifetime and has had lots of others who "visit". Will have more (houseful) next month so I should try to get up and get my work done before then. Obviously you can't get much done when there are all sorts of other people floating in and out. Most (but certainly not all) of these people do some work for her of one kind or another and it's not like I mind doing my share (and more). It's just I feel what they're overlooking can be massively important - if she were to lose her medigap insurance, etc. yikes!

Stepped on the scale for a sneak peek - yikes again! Hoping to lose some water before "official" weigh in tomorrow. Yes, I changed my weigh in day because it always seemed to be high on Wed and down a pound or so the next day. Hope it works that way this week.

Packed yet, Joanne? When are you leaving? Driving up? Or flying? Long trip. How much time will dgs have to spend with family?

Anagram- My daughter still has not recieved a date of arrival. She recieved the tickets to get on the base but no date. G/son sorta said the 23rd.He isn't really supposed to say when. So I think it will be next week???? We will drive up. I will go to N/Fl. the day before we are to leave . I am anxious. Something could just keep that ship over there. Look what happened to the Lincoln?Watch Fox or CNN on or about that date and you will be able to see the arrival too. I watched the Lincoln.
New car ,huh. I keep telling my hubby we need a new car. He has never and will never give up on a car till it won't go another mile.
I am like Meme , as much as I like flowers I can't get up and down even though I have lost a lot of weight. My knees are too weak. With one knee replacement and another probably in the future,anything I do outside is standing or leaning over. I tried stools but they are usually too high to work or so low I can't use them.
Hello everybody...Joanne

Well, I sure am the exception here. I HATE gardening! I love flowers, shrubs and trees, but once they are planted they just have to grow. I have had such severe back pain for 29 years that I just could not do it! I hate getting my hands in the dirt - don't like that feeling at all, and then there are the bugs and spiders to contend with - NO THANKS!!!! My Mom was a real gardener. Even when she moved into a seniors apartment, she talked them into to doing a garden plot and all the people who wanted a few rows could do so. If you like it, it is great therapy.

I remember when my son was 2. We had just moved to a new house and the driveway wasn't yet finished. It was just gravel. I was out in the garden weeding when the disc slipped. I had to crawl on my hands and knees across that darn gravel and into the house and lay on the chesterfield until my hubby came home. Thank goodness my daughter was old enough to look after her brother. I can't bend to do it, and my hips and knees don't allow me to get down to do it.

Joanne - I bet you are getting some anxious. It will be a great homecoming.

Meme - You are right! We will ALL be in bed if this weather doesn't straighten out. I can't remember when I felt this much pain

I can't get down to do flowers either; that's why i like the long handled tool. With two knee replacements, I sort of swing one leg back while I bend from the waist (I know, usually a no-no). I do have some back problems (arthritis) as well which is why I only do a moderate bit of work at a time. Today, I mostly planted in pots for the patio - that's easy enough. And yes, now they pretty much must grow on their own. Dh has been watering them the last couple of years but I don't know if that will come about this year or not. If not, I probably can this year - I'm just not as faithful about it as he is. It was great therapy for me, Happy, when I was younger - loved to yank and pull and dig (of course I wear gloves - don't like kitty surprises). So they're all in now - as I said, I do such a small amount although more this year than the last two. Now it's fight the bunnies for them.

My hubby LOVES working outside. He has a fairly large garden at his mom and dads (just down the road...a field and woods separate our house and theirs.) Then he has a little plot of tomatoes and peppers here. He mows our yard and most of the time the yard next door (where the trailer is). He keeps the shrubs trimmed and keeps my flowers trimmed back. He'll water them too if I ask him to. If I want anything planted usually all I have to do is ask him. If he has time, he'll do it...unless I want it planted somewhere that he will have to mow around...he hates having stuff out in the yard to have to mow around and I don't blame him for that...when I used to be able to do the riding mower I hated even having to mow around the trees! If I had a flower garden and needed it worked up, he'd just use his tiller and do it for me. He'd help me plant, too. He's real good about stuff like that. Now...if I could just get him to pick up after himself I'd have it made! He's a very messy person! He's very sympathetic about my health problems and really good about helping out...like coming home and cooking... but I'd rather cook as to clean up his mess!!! At least he tries! He used to be totally different a couple of years ago... He's changed a lot! I think maybe my threatening to leave him woke him up!

I have my house all put back together except for 3 windows and I was going to have all 4 of the rugrats over for a 'sleepover' Friday night but I don't know if I'm going to be up to it or not! I'm going to have to talk to hubby tonight and see if he is willing to do most of the work! If he is we can but if he has other plans I can't do it. They haven't all been here to spend the night since December. I miss them!

Dh had port removed from his neck today and all seems well. It's been a very emotional day and I've run afoul of some dried pineapple that I bought with the idea I'd eat a few pieces at a time. Hah!

Hi guys-gardening hurts-don't do too much but what a reward!!!Biggest thing I do is water them I need a faucet outside. I want some window boxes for gearniums I think. Joanne , you must be so excited! Anagram-you sure have a lot on your plate. It's so hard when there isa an elderly parent. Take care everyone. going to paint today. mima

Mima- Yes ,I am excited. I am more excited that that ship is coming home. It was a anxious time when it was over there , although they were pretty safe you just never can tell what could happen.
Anagram- I hope your hubby keeps doing well. It is no fun when they are sick. When there are elderly parents in the mix it is that much harder. Been there done that.
Still hot here and no rain in my area. I walked yesterday and it just about did me in. I am going to try and at least do that walk (2 1/2 miles) 3 times a week. I was doing much more just a year ago. I can't seem to do that now. How can one year make that much difference?
Happy. We say on TV last night that there is still a lot of snow up there. Does it last all year in northern Canada?
Hello everybody...Joanne