HI! Everyone so sorry to hear that we are all having back problems that just dont want to go away got to blame this weather we are havingcant believe that it is raining in Flordia I thought you always had sun( just kidding) Candiace going to try your reciepe you saved me for one nightthanks been sick with the flu and the phone was dead for over a week so that is why I wasnt on Debbie welcome these are great girls that I am sure will help you so keep comming back memme hope thing are better for your daughter by now you sure have had a load lately mima hope you got or did something for your back to help it Joanne glad that you did enjoy the game and hope your back is doing better well girls try and have a great Tuesday as I better go out in the rain of course and get my work done Take care Rita

Hello Fibropals

Debbie, nice to see you made it over here. You mentioned in your one post that you had read where FM and ADD might be related. I have done a LOT of research on FM and have never heard this before. I also have Osteoarthritis in my back and hip and knee, and that seems to give more trouble than the FM, although at times they both get going pretty good.

Meme - hope you and your family are feeling better. It just keeps on and on for you, doesn't it?

Candice - hope your computer is working better. Keep the cookie monster away, girl!

Joanne - I hope your back is feeling better. It's been awhile now, perhaps you need to go see about it.

Mima - How long will you be in Florida for? I seem to have forgotten that. I hope you get to visit with Joanne. If you do, pleeeeease give her a BIG hug for me.

Rita - Hope your back feels better as well. I have been having a big problem with mine, again, since the early Fall. Hopefully it is starting to get better again.

Hi Ally, wherever you are!

Well it DID offend me and I wrote CBS, MTV and NFL and told them so. It wasn't just Janet but the whole halftime show. I don't think our kids should have to be exposed to all that crotch grabing and lesbian sex junk on primetime and especially during the superbowl. CBS should have expected something like that when they let MTV sponser the halftime show. I'd like to see them all clean up their act and they're not going to do it until some Christian parents get offended and tell them so!

Welcome debbie. Never heard that theory... where exactly did you read those studies? It's an INTERESTING theory, though... could explain why I can't seem to focus on getting my work done around here lately!!!

You'll never believe this - they kicked my daughter out of the hospital because her insurance refused to pay for her to stay longer than 3 days with what she has! Can you believe that? She is still on bed rest, has to give HERSELF injections in her stomach everyday ($100 a shot) and has to drive to the Dr. every day for blood work WITH A BLOOD CLOT IN HER LEG!!! I'm about ready to give up on the world. It's gotten out of control!!! I figure there are three groups of people: those wanting thrills, those wanting money and those wanting power. (And some wanting all three!)

We'll make it ... I'm a survivor (until I die anyway!)

Meme that is just my point...CBS is blaming the performers and they should have known that having Mtv put the whole thing on it would be like it was. CBS is trying not to take any blame...........I think the whole TV sceen should be cleaned up but it will never happen so if you do not want to get offended throw your tv out! I just figure, life is too short to get upset about something so stupid and the news media plays up all this stuff..they should be reporting on the great game and not the lowsy(sp) halftime show! Now beyonce (sp) did a beautiful job but you do not hear about that! Why do they always focus on the negative...cause it boost ratings I guess. I would like to see more of shows like lassie..but those days are gone .....

You are right, having MTV put it on just opened a can of worms. Course Mtv and cbs are both owned by Viacom. Alison has bronchitis-glad she got some med. My body is so stiff-swim today. The whirlpool was great but the chlorine wasn't. We are here til about the 15th of April-at least til after Easter. the baby will be born the first week in April. His last ultrasound-in color no less-has him looking just like his dad. Since Al looks like him too, it's sad for Jill. She does all the work. Anyway, Al was a beautiful baby-light blonde hair and blue eyes. He had his thumb in his mouth-another picture showed him holding his foot. I'll probably cry when he is born. Feel good everyone. Mima

Well girls the media found another story to pound on. The rapes amd murders were boring a long time ago.A young girl 12 years old was abducted this past weekend. Now that is something that needs to be told about,so they can find her..I hope an Angel is watching over her..
Meme- You are right..Things have gotten way out of hand in this country.I hope that your daughter can get the health care she needs. That is the way hospitals are doing things these days. Who do we blame? the insurance or the hospitals that can't get their money from the insurance companies. It all boils down to money...
Happy- My back seems better. I walked for the first time in a week yesterday. I hope to get to meet Mima.. It is exciting to think about meeting a computer friend.
Mima- Don't you get sick!!I know you are excited about your new G/child..
Candice- I was more upset with Chris Rock than with Janet J.. There were letters in the paper this a.m from families who have boys in Irag who stated that they were upset with his display of the flag.I think those careers are going to be in guestion.
Welcone Debbie- I have a Debbie.. She is a teacher in N.Florida.. She might weigh 95 lbs soaking wet.She is not 5 ft. tall. In really good shape.. She is very careful of her weight and health.I hope you have a good support group.
Hello Rita..Hope you are feeling better by now.. My son gave me some tiger balm..Let me tell you that stuff stinks. I am not sure how much good it will do..I might have to buy a gas mask.
Hello Ally..How is the love life??Take care of yourself..
Bye...Joanne

Hi everyone. Happy and Meme check out this website, www.add-fibromyalgia.com. Let me know what you think.

Well Debbie, I read some of what that said and it sounds plausible. I read the checklist but I only have maybe 3 things... have to have 6 to be ADD. And one of mine (forgetting where you put things) is more from getting older I'm afraid... didn't used to do that! Gee... I wish there WAS a magic pill I could take that would make all the pain go away and give me back my energy! I'm glad it is working for some people, though! If I even THOUGHT I had ADD I'd go to the trouble of finding the right combination of meds. It would be worth it if it works!!! But... Alas, I can sit through a 2 or 3 hr. movie without even going to the bathroom. I NEVER interrupt someone when they are talking to me. I can sit and read for hours ... basically I'm really a calm person and always have been. Do you think you have ADD?

Hi Debbie, that was an interesting article. Like Meme, however, I am not a hyper person. I don't have ADD - don't have any of the symptoms.

I was thinking in the case of ADD, FM can be a secondary illness to it. That is what I think mine is, with Osteoarthritis being the main culprit.

Interesting theory, and I think a lot of people that FM are Type A personalities, which could be ADD people.

Well Debbie, that stuff was interesting and glad it worked for that person but I really think it is a very individaul thing, find what works for you kinda thing. I have been the pill route and supplement route and it was not a pleasant experience! I do not have ADD (do not even fit any of the criteria) but I am a type A personality and do drive myself to get things done on occasion but don't we all? I do think what we eat plays a big roll.......but that is hard to control This is the first I have heard of the ADD and Fibro connection ...do you think you have ADD??????????

Joanne.....I just get so mad at the media for focusing on stupid stuff....it was not that way in the old days! Bill Clinton made O r a l S e X a causal thing to do for teens these days, they say they would rather do that than a kiss, a kiss is too personal...that is just disgusting to me...and the way the kids dress these day.....ridiculous, So seeing a breast on the tube was no big deal to me but the contnet of the songs and dress and movemnts now that's another sotry! Everyone is focusing on the breast is my point and that was not the worst thing..am I making any sense...they say it was family time and it should not have happend..well I say what was the family doing watching that kind of a show to begin with! The whole halftime was a big mistake if the Superbowl is a family function! When our kids were little if something came on the tube we did not approved of we flipped the channel or made them leave the room (there was alway something we did not want them to see and we do not watch "bad stuff") you just can't get way from it in this world so you pretty much have to live with it the best you can. The Bible says it will get worse!

Our local media is focusing on some priests, I do not like seeing that either, seems like they shattered many a life with their pedifilia(sp). I would just like to wipe out all the bad in the world (we all would I know)and seeing one breast seems like nothing. I blame it on the media is what I am trying to say..after all they did mess up the election Hope the find that missing girl!


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Ok..on my way to bed (on my medicine that makes me sleep eat) I made those PB rice krispie bars with choc on top to send to my son and others for a treat and I think I ate way too many...at least a days worth of pts ...and I still have some ont he counter! No wonder my stomach is upset!

We are getting up to 8 more inches of snow today...didn't make it to the store either...did way too much exercise yesterday so had to rest up abit!

Good morning-Going to be hot today . I'm going to the mall with my DIL-we have gift certificates from Christmas. I hope they find that girl-11 years old!!!Went to the pool-awesome. Nice warm water. Have a good day. Mima

Good morning well I guess I am in for more snow in Ohio this evening and have to go out work!!!!!! cant wait for some sun to come my way I really think I get depressed because the lack of itLOL Meme I agree with you it is a shame the way the health system is but since I work in the hospital they dont have a choiceif the insurance dont paythey take the loss and if it is a small and non profit they cant survive I find out our fate on the23 of this monthmight get a pink slip for my birthday!!!! Debbie read the article very interesting I really do qualify and I just thought it was arthritis of my knee moving around well girls hope everybody has a better day Rita

Morning.

Candice - I didn't watch the SuperBowl, so, of course, I didn't see the half-time show. I am sick and tired of watching all these singers and their "moves". I guess they all feel they have to have the "edge" to be known, and that is why they do it. You would think this would backfire, but the young ones don't seem to care, and they are the ones that buy most of the music.

I watched Oprah that day - the day they were talking about 11 and 12 year olds having sex. Oral sex was being performed in the back of the school bus. They don't even know each others name for heaven sakes. I don't know what this world is coming to. Like you, I monitored TV for my kids. I must live in a really different place than all these people, because I don't even know where these little kids ( alive for only 11 years) learn this stuff. It is just plain sick!!!

Right on Happy!

Hello Girls-I am so excited..I am meeting Memi tomorrow for lunch. My sister Eleni and I will meet her at Chillies. I have never done something like this before. Meeting a computer friend. I talked to her this evening. She sounds like a lovely person.I will come on tomorrow and tell you all about our day...Joanne