Morning Angels,
I got a very late start today. So just making sure thread is started and I will be back shortly.

Love and hugs,
Lizzie
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Finally A new week!! Well I did pick up two pounds this week. I know why I did and they will be off by next weigh in day. Had a nasty bout with stomach problems and that usually causes a gain because of meds I have to take.

I am feeling much better this am and ready to face another week of eating right and dropping those pounds. Now with a gain it is not the time to throw away all I have accomplished in the last couple years. This week I really need to focus and stay focused.

MY son also turned 39 Sunday and we had a big party Friday night!! Only ate a small piece of cake and had some sugar free and fat free yogurt. Was almost taste free!!

My goals this week are:
1. stay on program
2. exercise 5 days/or 60 minutes on bike
3. drink lots of water
4. reserve time for me
5. spend time with Dh

Now let's get out therre and have a wonderful day!!!!!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Morning Angels,

I wanted to make sure that you all know that if you have a challenge you would like to do please post it and I will most likely join you. This forum belongs to all of us!! Got some thing you want to do. Let us know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love and hugs,
lizzie

Good Morning Ladies,

Well we had a great time on our little weekend. We went to a nice restaurant on the water for dinner and the next day we went to visit DH new house at the shore but just for a 1/2 hour and then off to lunch at an old time fav place. I used to go there when I was in college and haven't been there for years. Actualy I was there in 1980 when the US hockey team won the gold medal and yesterday we went and saw that movie "Miracle" about the team. We also had a lot of hanging out hot baths, reading and walking along the boradwalk. We decided to do that about 4 times a year we really needed it.

So today I am going to get with the program I have been reading Bob Greenes book and i like his theories. Today I get to go back to work Yippee! so I guess I will get a bit of exercise there. The rest of the week I hope to go for a walk each day. I will drink my water and have three meals a day. The actual full meals are helping me. I am still trying to find different foods and I need to prep more and plan more.

I guess I will take the girls to see my parents and then to the childrens museum. They have off from school today. I gotta run I will pop in to finish.

OK I'm back. Lizzie I am glad you are feeling better. Fo me I guess I would say my challenges are the water, exercising atleast three times a day and eating three meals a day, and not eating after 7pm. You guys are already doing the water and the exercising I just really don't post in those forums everyday. Too bad we couldn't create a graph to just put a check next to each accomplishment each day.

Hi Sharon,
Glad you had a wonderful time. I think we all need to get away once in a while. Been close to 3 years since dh and i did anything. But we are talking about going to niagara Falls for a weekend. We were so nervous about leaving while his cancer was active but now we decided was time to plan.

Just thinking about a graph. I might just be able to develop one. I use to make tons of data sheets for my students and always developing new behavioral data sheets. Sure I will do one that will have exercise, water and meals on it. Then all we have to do is check it! Will work on it today.

Yep I am definitely feeling better today!! Thank goodness. Now if we can get bren to feeling better and stop her attacks. Get well BREN!!!!

Okay now for coffee and aspirin. Headache moved in today!! Yikes nothing real bad just annoying!!

Have a great day!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Good Morning Ladies,

Lizzie I hope you got rid of that headache in a hurry. I hope it didn't turn into a bad one. I had one before we left Sun. and was so grateful I got rid of it.

Well I went back to work last night and my back seems fine. I still have some leg tingling and pain but very slight. I am going to the chiro this morning and will see what he says.

As far as my goals yesterday...

*Went to my parents... which turned into an all day affair dealing with my poor mom in pain and the crazy home care nurse and running a urine sample to the hospital and getting a prescription at the pharmacy. I will spare you the details. You know nothing has happened since I have been off from work and the day I have to be back to work all hell breaks loose. It all worked out I gpot to work on time. I will call my Mom right after i get off here and see how she is doing.

*Ate three meals ok maybe four. I decided to have a sandwich before I went to work at 4pm but hen I still had some pasta and meatballs when i got home.

*No sugary snacks matter of fact no snacks at all. So i think with four meals I am still better off than eating all day.

*Water I had about 4 glasses

So I would call yesterday a success as far as eating goes. Just more water today. Well I am off to get the girls to school and me to the chiro.

Make it a good one!

Hi Sharon,

Nope headache went away and day was great. I made a dish last night that was not the wisest choice but I thought it would be good for a change of pace. I browned chicken in a skillet with one talbe spoon of peanut oil. Then cut it up into small chunks and made a cheese sacue and baked it for my family. They loved it. I learned to make that dish when my son was in that horrible car accident about 13 years ago. We almost lost him but for some reason he pulled through. My neighbor who was a Professor at Notre Dame baked this chicken dish and brought it to me while my son was in the hospital that long month. Yummy dish. For myself I fixed the chicken with a very small amount of BBQ sauce and the family ate the cheesy chicken. Was kinda funny each son as they went through the kitchen added a dish to go with the chicken. Cliff even baked potatoes.

I did start to eat a potato and ended up giving it to the parrot! I brought it into the computer room and thought it was safe in here. But the dogs followed me. So they each got a bite and the parrot was yapping for a treat. Goodbye potato. Too funny.

Hope you mom is okay. Isn't that always the way? Everything waits for you to get well then all hell breaks loose. Happens to many time.

Well I am working hard at getting nothing done today. Got up so late that I am behind in everything. Usually when I get up around 5 I get on pc and do some work but this am I drank coffee and went back to bed and woke up at 12!! Cliff has already cleaned the kitchen and now I have to do my hair. We take turns with the kitchen and today was his turn.

I want to reread some chapters in Dr. Phil's book and try not to allow the stresses of yesterday get to me.

So hope you have a great day, Hope Bren gets better soon so she will start posting again. You hear Bren FEEL BETTER!!!!!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Putting a yell out for(((((((((( Brennnnnnn hope you are getting better each day!)))))))))))))))))))))))))

Lizzie glad you had a good day. Things continued at my Moms she is so weak that she fell Tues night. She is ok from the fall but still weak. I was there yesterday and her foley came out so that was a big thing and then dad and I had to help her to bed. She couldn't walk so we pratically carried her whole weight not good for my back. Hopefully my fatther did ok with her last night I just couldn't do anything else last night,. I will go down this morning.

Eating was horrible yesterday but that was yesterday. I have a wicked headache maybe from my neck or the horrible diet yesterday anywho hopefully my right side of my back will get back to normal today.

I am going to go get the kids ready early so i can get down to my parents early. I will bring my laptop and try to go to chat this morning.

Hi girls!
Thanks for the yell out.....I almost heard it! LOL!
I posted yesterday and as I signed my name , got my butt boo-hoo-ted off.:c(
I acted kinda ugly, called the computer a name usually reserved for men........BAD men.......not the good ones! I didn't call it honey bunch or sweet stuff!

Sharon, I am so sorry about your troubles and your poor Mom....They scare the daylights out of ya.....like the kids do....with sickness, the falling....things beyond your control.
My co-wrker has been off the past two days with her Mom in Lubbock.....she fell an broke her arm in two places.....they did surgery Tuesday.

Lizzie........NO........don't give up your tater! I would not be such an easy mark! LOL! Although I must admit when my Miss Muffin would slip her "hand" into my plate I didn't tell her no.....She was my precious Himilayan cat thet a friend kidnapped (uhh....rescued) and gave to me. She'd lay on the table........hey, welived alone, she could do that.....and she'd inch her way towards my plate.....watching me to see how far she could go without getting into trouble.

OH NO>>>>>>>>>the "signal"........I've gotta run before I'm thrown out again!
Have a blessed day! I'll be back!
Bren:tomato:

Hi Sharon and Bren,

Thought I would never get here. Been busy today doing a lot of what ever it was but have to think baout all I did.

Started a new program this morning but I think it is to rigid for me. Had a couple of low blood sugars and I can't have that. So tomorrow i will add back some foods.

Tried my baked or roasted veggies tonight and not as good as I thought they would be. So I will try again tomorrow with another mixture. I think I can make them better.

Sharon,
Oh no your mom fell. How awful! That just scares you so bad when that happens. My mom got she fell all the time. Sometimes because she wasn't looking where she was going and then trying to pick up stuff! Well thank goodness she didn't get hurt! I always worry about older folks breaking their hips.

Headache was problem from your back and going back to work!! Hope it is better today and all else settles down! Gee you are sure having your time aren't you!!

I didn't make it to chat this am and I was going to try but laid down for a few minutes and fell asleep. Cliff said I needed it or I would not have fallen asleep . HMMMMM that is what I use to tell him all the time. Do you suppose we have exchnaged places!! I am him and he is me!! OMG what a thought!!

Hey bren,
Good to see you again girl!! Been thinking about you and hoping that you were doing better and the hearing was coming back!!

I can just see you calling the pc sweet stuff!! Like I call mine sweet stuff!! I have several names for mine just like I have for the scales. I call the scales ... hmmmm don't think I better say that word here but it does have 6 letters and starts with f and ends with r. I knew you would guess feeter!! Hahahaha

Anyway guess I don't haveto be too gofy course you now that comes natural for me.

Well best get busy and finsh the dishes! YIKES I hate dishes. But opened my big mouth and said I would do them!!
So have a good night and I will see you both tomorrow!!

Love and hugs,
lizzie

Good Morning ladies,

Well my Mom was better yesterday not so weak and my father did fine with her Wed night. She stayed in bed all night so he didn't have to worry about her being weak.

My back was real bad yesterday but is better today. It isn't the same as my back injury. This is my upper back. I pulled something while I was trying to get my Mom to bed and getting her settled into her bed. It affects my upper back chest and stomach everything gets tight and it is like my shoulder blade is out of place. But it seems better today. I really took care of it yesterday, ice and deep message and though it almost feels black and blue on my skin, my back feels like it is all relaxed and back to normal.

So I will go to my parents this morning and am glad I don't have to work tonight. I go back Tues night and i should be fine by then.

My eating and working on my self has gone out the window the last few days as I just try to get thru the day or the minute and take care of what i have to and let go of the other stuff. OK well I was taking care of myself. I do hope I can get back to some normalcy today or at least tomorrow.

I will eat light today and see how my stomach is. I didn't eat too much junk yesterday just too much food in general.

Lizzie when you get that roasted veggie recipe down to a science I want it! You are doing a good job fine tuning your diet for your diabetes and weight loss. I'm sure it is a fine line. Do you have the basic exchange diet from the diabetes assoc. I'm sure you have. I know for my mother she had to eat more food at each meal and was surprised that she lost weight. I know you have been doing this a long time and know more about it than me but I just wanted to mention that.

Bren great to see you. How warm is it in Texas? We are so excited.. it may reach 50 degrees on Sat. Hey Bren I think I need that signal on your computer to get me up and running around my house cleaning~lol.

Have a great day all!

Hi Angels,

I started my new rapid weight loss program for 14 days yesterday and quickly found out that if I don't eat on a more regular basis then I will really mess up my blood sugar. So today I will get my 3 meals in and 2 snacks and may add 1 snack more.

Boy those veggies were horrible! I need to try again with less and hope it turns out better. Going to try a different combination of veggies also.

Well I am just a little worried about my sis. She went to the hospital with blood clots in her left leg and they found clots in her lungs. Last time she had this she was on life support for a month.
What worries me is this rogue gene coming back and doing all the damage then settling down for a while. Her doc told me when I was out there that time is getting short for her and a full blown episode of blood clots could kill her next time. Well here we are with the clots and all I can do is pray she gets better.

My other sis who also has the blood disease is very ill with pneumonia. She now suffers from memory loss and seizures. I am afraid their time is really shrinking and at a pretty good rate too.

Hi Sharon,
I bet you pulled some ribs out of place. That sounds very much like my upper back did when I tried to catch a 300 lbs woman from falling. I pulled 6 ribs out from the spine. That hurts!!!!!!!

Keep taking care of your back cause you really need for it to not be messing with you. Wish I had taken better care of my back well all of me!!

Yep I have the diabetic exchange Program. I also visit the website pretty often too. I am working with my ww program/Diabetic Exchange/Dr.Phil combination. Gets confusing at time because I can have one thing one program and not on another. That is okay I just will keep tweaking it till I get it right!

I am so thankful I don't have to cook for my sons. They cook what they want and dh does to. Most the time I cook enough for everyone but they do the same thing. Whom ever start cooking for himself cooks for all of us! Sometimes it is just funny.

Have a great day!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Well must go lay down. I was up most of the night sitting up on the sofa. I guess i was worried about my sis and didn't realize that I needed to go to bed.

Hi Angels: Will do my weekly drop in.....

Bren: I am thinking of you...I hope yo do not lose your jo...That would be devastating to say the least...not being able to hear...being alone...and lots of responsibilities...You are in my prayers.

Sharon: Geez I really hope your back is ok.it may be a weak spot for sometime to come...am I am glad your mom is feeling better.

Lizzie: Sorry about your sister. Jut take it a day at a time....I will send you a money order anyway for those tapes your burned....to cover postage etc... I need to go inside a bank...I never go I do the ATM or send Ross....anyway you will receive payment not to worry...why they don't work I don't know...but your heart was in the right place...and that is what counts


All is grand in my neck of the woods.....I do not really have anything to complain about LOL

Hugs
Louise

Hi angels.......
Let's see if I can stay on long enough to post and actually get it in!
I saw Dr. DoLittle yesterday......he gave me anther scrip for my prednisone...10mg. WOOHOO! I asked my pharmacist couldn't she make a 2 out of the1.......a 4 would be even easier but crap....she would not comply. Dr. D. actually was SO friendly so the prayer for attitute adjustments helped....starting with MINE! LOL! He said I had to PROMISE to take them as reccomended.....did somone rat me out about "SAYING" I was gonna take 6 at a time since he'd only give me the 10 mg.?
Thre was a new Doc with him and he was telling him that of all his Meniere's patients I was the worst! That could be construed a couple of ways! Getting booted will be right back!

Good Morning,

Lizzie sorry to hear about your sister. I will keeep both sisters in my prayers. It is so hard to be so helpless and to see our loved ones suffering. A friend called yesterday and told me they diagnosed her dad with cancer and give him three weeks to live/. So sad.

I am doing better. My upper back seems to be doing better. Yes Lizzie I think it could have been a rib. My whole back and chest were messed up and my stomach was as tight as could be too.

The girls made us breakfast in bed a triple decker peanut butter and jelly sandwich and coffee/ Luckily they didn't burn themselves they aren't supposed to touch the coffee maker.

So eating wise I am a bit ahead of myself. there was hardly any peanut butter or jelly on the sandwich so I figure abou 8 or 10 points right lizzie 6 pts for the bread and about 2-4 points for the hint of pb and jelly.

I will have oatmeal for lunch. I decided to eat it everyday since all those commercials about lowering cholesterol. I love oatmeal so it is no sacrifice and it couldn't hurt even though at my last report my cholesterol level was good.

Well I am off to my parents to work on cleaning some things up and possibly cook something.

Hope everyone has a nice day!

I

Good Morning Angels

We had snow last night and everything looks so fresh and new. Not to cold but just right for sledding. However no amount of snow will get me out on a sled again. But I love to watch the little ones out and about.

Grandson came last night to spend the weeked with his dad but since dad is here until his home is ready I get to have him to. We decided that since we had been using the bread maker we would make some cinnamon raisin bread the old fashioned way. Just before we were ready to put it in the oven we decided to make cinnnamon rolls. They were really quite good for or first rolls.

However when I had one bowl sitting on the stove to raise apparently it was too close to the oven vent and it partially cooked in the bowl. Now that was fun!! We had to make a few minor adjustments.

Tried to call Teresa but she didn't answer the phone. Talked to my niece and she said Teresa was sedated so she probably didn't hear the phone. She was still holding her own so that is a relief. However I know she can be fine one minueand very very sick the next. Just have to keep hoping that part of the clots don't break away and do damage.

Sharon and Bren, Hope you are having a cool weekend so far. Talk to you all later!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Oh Bren we are posting at the same time. I am sorry to hear you are having such a bad time of it. Hope the change in meds helps.

Hi Lulu glad to hear things are going well for you.

Hey Lizzie all three of us were on at the same time.

OK......I'm on a roll here!

Sharon........I hope you and the girls are much better today......My poor Mom falls a lot and recently outside her apt. A neighbor girl helped her up and I know the angels had to help, 'cuz that's so hard.....lifting another adult up. I had a tremendous time getting ME up when I fell a couple of months ago.

Lizzie.......you too.........lifting on someone else. It takes a second or less to do some serious damage. And we pay for years to come!
I am doing the same with my food list here. Tweaking! I have eliminated some major triggers and am putting together (again) menu ideas that will fit with my cooking style......fast and easy.
I just have had to MAKE me cook the past couple of months so I had a lot of oatmeal! Yummers!

I am doing 3 meals, two snacks if needed, 64 oz.water, and still gotta do the sign for the kitchen...........Closed 'till 6 AM. LOL!
The exercise will pick up with my recovery. I got in 3.25 miles walking by accident yeterday. 1.75 the day before. So it will get there.
Doc wants to do an MRI...........but me no money......:c( I told him of reading in an article aout possible causes of this condition.......head trauma, of which I had a lot living with the maniac for 12 years and falling, skating in the house........shhh..... and I whispered "syphylis".......since the other doc was there.....Doc. D laughed at that one! I did tell him about the maniac knocking me around regularly.
OK......I'l be back.....don't trust this machine!:tomato:

Hi Sharon,
Hey we were all posting at the same time!!!


How sad about your friend's dad. That breaks my heart. Cancer is such an ugly disease. One of my high school classmates got sick at work on Thursday. Felt really bad Friday and stayed home from work. Saturday morning the had to rush him to emergency with bad headache and couldn't walk. He had massive stroke on the way to hospital. They found an inoperable tumor in his head. It was too late for surgery and chemo. He died the next day.

That is so sweet your girls bringing you breakfast!! They just sound so cute!! The bread I would count as around 4 and pb and jelly perhaps a 2 especially if it was just a hint!

I am laughing about the oatmeal everyday. That is just what I told hubby yesterday that I was going to do. He already eats oatmeal every morning so I thought why not and it is a "good" thing anyway!!

Hope your back gets better and stays that way!!Whew I am so sleepy better go close my eyes a few minutes!!

Be back in a few!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

BOY are WE busy! LOL! All 3 of us posting at the same time! I got booted off again after # 2 and I wasn't done darn it. Gotta be quick t 'cuz I gotta go to work!

Lulu! Thanks for prayers in my behalf........I need 'em God hears 'em. My spirits are lifted today.....no vertigo and pray it becomes a habit. I also pray that I will recover fully and stay that way.....and job loss possibility become a distant memory. Along with the misery of this particular setback! ONWARD and UPWARD.......I am ready to feel JOY and HOPE again!

Sharon and Lizze.....that breaks my heart too........with your sisters both so sick Lizzie, The cancer........it's so freakin' sneaky
and like your classmate Lizzie, who within a few days was gone and had no idea that was going on in his body.
My XDH......the good guy, David, had a co-worker that they made fun of for acomplaining of stomach pains......(not manly to complain about a little tummy ache) he had stomach cancer and within 3 weeks was gone. Needless to say Dave and the crew felt really awful.

I think it would do us well to maintain an attitude of gratitude, compassion, kindess towards those who cross our paths in life. Some are so temporary. I thank God for each of you....... who add much to my journey. You are a blessing to me in more ways than you know!

Gettin' the "message" again....gotta boogy! Be well....be happy.....be GOOD to yourself!
Love and huggerooskis!........Bren:tomato:

Hi Bren,

that is too cool all of posting at the same time. I was so sleepy I had to get off computer and slept until about 5 minutes ago. Now I am behind in my schedule of doing nothing!!

I am so glad doc gave you your prednisone. I know that helps. I can't believe how it helps everyone and Cliff was so terrible on it. But then 150 mg a day will do that too you! We could not be in the same room and his own sons avoided him like the plague.
He still has a bottle full in his meds. Must be keeping them for an emergency. But they are the 20 mg that he was taking as the onc decreased his dosage.

My sis said when she takes them she is almost pain free while she is on it. Sure glad it helps you to.

You know bren doing your own research is one of the best things you could do. Good for you. Sure helped both of us when Cliff was so sick. When the onc asked us what we wanted to do ( since he had given Cliff a death sentence) we were able to tell him exactly what we wanted. Only because I had spent all those long long hours on the computer finding and following all the new research. Then being so active with the nhl group were we able to say exactly what we wanted. The group was so helpful.

I know a lot of people say the internet is a joke but I have found wonderful friends and support groups that have sure made my life easier. I wouldn't trade the friendships I have here for anything in the world.

I just hope and pray that you get well and stay well for a while. a long while. Hey we all eat oatmeal and we may become Super Angels!!!

The MRI are very expensive to say the least. I think my cost 1500 dollars just on my knee. I have had 2 on my back and one on the knee. Course I have to be claustrophobic but thankfully they gave me a sedative and a shot so I wouldn't remember the experience. Of course I remembered everything! I think I lived 2 lives with all the things I have done. I even have had 14 operations in my life and all after 30. Anyway on to brighter things.

I tried to make baked veggies again but I messed up. I don't like brocolli or squash cooked that way. So I am thinking carrots, onions,sweet potatoes, white potatoes, cauliflower and sweep peppers some folks call them sweet peppers. Didn't care for the eggplant so I wil have to work on it! I think the first one I fixed was probably tooooooooooooo ripe and the second one
too green. So I threw them out!!!!! Dogs wouldn't eat them either. The smell made my sons sick!~! Yep need to redo the veggies. This time I will use butter squash. Just have to keep tweaking.

You have a good day gf and I willcheck in later!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Morning,

Well yesterady was a good day i think it kinda just disappeard. I went to my parents in the mornig to start getting their papers organized and got a little bit done before I needed to help Mom ready to go to the hairdresser. Yes, she is doing much better.

Then I came home a bit and DH and I cleaned off the kitchen table. I have been trying to get it cleaned off for a week and I just couldn't get it finished so I asked DH for help. Have to continue today. I will go right now and star after i surf here a bit. I am best in the morning and I waste so much time just on the computer or sitting in front of the tv with the kids shows. Now i'm not saying I am not spending any time with the kids I won't miss my morning snuggling with Brielle but I can have my second cup of coffee while I am getting something done.

Foodwise yesterday I
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I will pick myself up today.

Lizzie and Bren I hope yesterday was a nice day. OK, I love winter but even I am hoping for no more snow or cold weather. I am ready for spring. We got a brioef hint yesterday almost 50 degrees and a cloudless sunny sky. Of course by the afternoon it was cloudy, windy, cold and rainy.

Hi Lulu:wave:

Make it a good one!

Good morning angel buddies!

Weren't we trippin' yesterday! All of us up and on at the same time and ALL of us talkin' about oatmeal! LOL! I love the old fasioned kind with it's grainy texture. Since I tend to be a "part time" cook....I do a pot and divy it up so I can nuke a bowl as wanted...which has been a lot lately. I actually bought the big box his time!

I am going to work on my PM binge thing...I've gotten back in the habit since being ill and now do it without thinking.
I DID get the sign done for the kitchen! LOL! I have it in one of those clear plastic pcture frames and will set it on my table after dinner tonight. I will also have an alternate activty planned....for after dinner. Even if it's just cleaning somethin' or taking a walk around the block! I have my ironing tub in there...hint hint! Been there since Thursday morning! I DID drag the ironing board out of the closet so I'm like two steps closer to actually ironing something.

I got word last night that my favorite ex BIL is in the Hospital, Jasper AL....possble heart attack. He's a precious guy and I love him bunches.His wife is my closest friend and they have been my biggest supporters and favorite people for 32 years.

Getting that freakin' signal again so better boogy....I'll be back!

OK.....
Anywy, if at ALL possible I would be there in a heartbeat. Like you and your sisters Lizzie.......so much seperates you when there is such need and it breaks your heart to be unable to physically DO something. BUT.....where we can't, God can and I am SO thankful to know He is with my Homie and Dee right now.
I coulda been Dee's SIL again had I married her brother when he asked me to.....but I was too in love with David.....who became my hubby # 2. My freak was Homers brother and thank God they were nothin' alike!

Lizze, you are SO right! I have found such amazing, helpful sites and information on the net. I let my doc know I'm doing research an doing what I can to help myself and guess what! He actually gave me 1 refill! Halliluiagh......well where's spell check? No wonder he said take as he directed.....I checked my bottle this morning!
They help with my pain immediately! My back/hips/knees.......yep I'd be a maniac on high doses too! Wish I had 'em! JK!
There are advantage to living alone...no one but me hato deal with my rages! Well.......ya'll HEAR about some of 'em but you are MILES away!
I've had just the 20mg and that's as high as he'd ever go. I am so thankful for the refill in case I need 'em! WOOHOO! Treasure!

Sharon, I am so glad your Mom is doing btter. It's so hard to see them sick. I need and want to spend more time with mine and will very soon. I am sure that I will stabalize in the days ahead and Lizzie, I too, pray for an extended remission once I'm in it!
I'm so glad to feel better and the depression is lifting. That will improve also with proper care and feeding. I'm like a prize plant......I need air, sunshine (come hither Spring!), water and proper feeding.......and positve talkin' to!

God does have a sense of humor........I'm glad he gave me one! LOL! Our bodies are like a lot of other things.....cars for example.

Have a wonderful day my friends.....I will down here as well. I'll try to get in touch with my friend Dee from work, to check on the Homie.
Muc love and many huggies.......
Bren:tomato:

Morning Angels,

Found a new game to play on the computer. Just what I needed. It is on MNS and called Bejeweled. It's a simple game but takes visual abilities since I can not think of the word. Had fun playing the game but gee sue get nervous playing. So I caan't play very long tends to aggravate me.

Talked to sis last night. Sis in Texas is really vey sick with pneumonia and of course the blood disease it taking its tolls aal the time. Sis in New Mexico has clots in both legs now and in her lungs. She is running high fever of 103 and kidney aren't working like they should. She is getting worse everyday. I know and so does she that she is in for the fight of her life again.

Her doc wanted her to sign a DNR and my sis at 52 was very upset by that. So she will remain a full code unless there is no brain activity. Then they shut down the machines. She has pulled through so many times and believes she will again that she will not sign a DNR. I told her not to. Even my mother was on the brink of death many times and recovered.

This is just tearing my heart apart but I can not go there. She knows that. So I will call every day like I always do and try to keep her spirits up.

I sure could have used a ton of food last night but settled for a piece of chicken and peas. What I wanted to do was the mindless eating of bygone days but those days are not around anymore. So I took my meds and fell asleep while Cliff was talking to me. I woke up still on the sofa with 2 dogs with me.

On Feb 1 I set a goal to lose 25 lbs by May 1st. I am happy to report that I have lost 6 of those 25!! So I have 19 to go before May 1st!!

However I am off the bike until the new pain goes out of my knee. Don't know why it hurts like it does but it does hurt. Think I zigged when I should have zagged.

I did bake a peach cobbler for my son last night!! He loves my peach cobbler and I make it from scratch so I can leave out lots of sugar and other nasties. I did eat some and it was good. The peaches were from the ones I canned my self. So they don't have all that sugar and preseratives that you buy in the store. They taste just like fresh peaches.

Anyway I ate all I could hold I mean a small piece and it did taste good. Son and hubby were happy so that was ok. Now we are all set to jump back on the healthy balance d diet wagon.

Well Angels I have to go eat breakfast and take meds then I will be back to finish my post!!

I too am waiting for my new favorite time of the year to arive SPRING!!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Hi Angels: Nothing much to report her...except to say hi to everyone
Sharon :wave: I know you will get back on the wagon today..I am sue you have your hands full helping out your Mom and spending quality time with your children..

Bren: I love my oatmeal too..an I eat it nearly every morning with some wheat bran sprinkled on it for extra fiber...and a cut up apple and some cinnamon....I like the old fashioned stuff too...
You are fortunate to have a sense of humor with everything you are going through....I know you will keep that chin up..I find the internet for searching info...I just need a life outside in the world beside cyber friends and sitting in a chair...LOL

Lizzie:wave:

Hope everyone is having a great Sunday...I know I am

Louise