Just checking in How is everyone
I've been very busy picking out my new apartment in Florida. The duplexes my dad left me and my brother (he's passed on) sold on Oct 6th! Escrow won't close for 60 days, but I don't mind :)
I know what you all mean about the cold, I'm so tired of being cold, now, I won't have to. I'll be living in Orlando :)
Take care
Lilli
I know what you all mean about the cold, I'm so tired of being cold, now, I won't have to. I'll be living in Orlando :)
Take care
Lilli
Hey Lilli,
I read that your building sold. Are you going to have to work in Florida since you won't have that income from the building anymore. I hated being co-owner with my sister after we got my mom's 4 plex. So, I sold her my half and used it buy a house. Are you buying a condo or renting an apartment, and you won't have to work, you can live off of the remaining money. You should do better in Fl since the weather is better, maybe working there will be easier and a lot less painful. Especially coming from SF, I could never live there................way toooooo cold. Good choice. Is your husband glad to be moving? Keep us posted.
Kristy
I read that your building sold. Are you going to have to work in Florida since you won't have that income from the building anymore. I hated being co-owner with my sister after we got my mom's 4 plex. So, I sold her my half and used it buy a house. Are you buying a condo or renting an apartment, and you won't have to work, you can live off of the remaining money. You should do better in Fl since the weather is better, maybe working there will be easier and a lot less painful. Especially coming from SF, I could never live there................way toooooo cold. Good choice. Is your husband glad to be moving? Keep us posted.
Kristy
Thanks for checking in. I totally understand the fatigue and cravings for carbs. I have the same issue. I have been terrible lately between the fatigue, stress, and cravings. I've gained back 11 pounds and I am over 200 again. Arghh! I feel like a total failure right now.
I talked to the dietician and she believes I will do better now that I am off all slider foods like yogart, cheese, peanut butter, milk. She wants me to eat my protein not drink it. It really has made a difference in how much I eat. I miss my milk and click, but I'll give it up to get this weight down again.
I am still weaning off the sugar again. It is hard because that is always my go to food when I am stressed and in pain.
I talked to the dietician and she believes I will do better now that I am off all slider foods like yogart, cheese, peanut butter, milk. She wants me to eat my protein not drink it. It really has made a difference in how much I eat. I miss my milk and click, but I'll give it up to get this weight down again.
I am still weaning off the sugar again. It is hard because that is always my go to food when I am stressed and in pain.
actually? I havent even set the date for my surgery yet. And, it's really not cravings. It's not being tired. I guess I can't explain it well enough. I will try again; please bear with me.
When I crash from doing too much (my functionality is extremely limited) , I mean that my blood pressure crashes for days on end. it stays at about 70/40'ish. The only way I can get relief (without going on the medication they would want me to) is to raise my blood sugar, or sodium levels. but blood sugar works best. I lost 2/5 of my blood supply once. It feels a little like that. Your barely conscious. You can barely move past say 20-30 steps without having to sit down. You cannot think clearly. I can only take that semi-consciuous state for so long. I lasted this time for 2 days before I was just going nutz. Raising my blood sugar levels is just temporary, but it relieves the semi-conscious feeling, if only for 30-40 minutes. I used to be kinda an extreme outdoors woman. I went from rock climbing competetions, skiing, mtn biking, backcountry hiking, swimming etc.. to slowly to a point where when I would go to the gym and workout for an hour, I'd be so sick the next day, I could not go to work. Long story short, I finally was too weak and too fatigued to work anymore. I mean, I couldn't brush my own hair. I couldn't raise my hands above my chest. I couldn't hold a phone for longer then about 30 seconds, then I 'd have to switch hands. Which was fine anyway, because taling on the phone was so exhausting, I would break out in a cold sweat and want to pass out. I was like that for 4+ years. But I am so much better now! But still, I cannot do too much or... the extreme fatigue again for days. Last week, after a trip to Steamboat springs (2 hours both ways) to see the cardio doctor, after coming home, I couldn't stand up long enough to do the dishes until 3 days later.
Anyway, sorry to try to explain it. But that's what I am up against at times. I think I just will need to do a calorie restriction thing instead of low carb diets. I don't really know. I guess it all depends on what my cardio doctor says. I mean, maybe the test will reveal something that is wrong with my heart, and thus, the answer to why I have been so ill since 1998+. I am kinda praying they find something. I have been told it was CFS, and was diagnosed by a top doctor at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver. I didn't start getting Fibromyalgia until 2004'ish. So, I guess I just still don't have a clue. I sure wish I did.
But I am hopeful to have the surgery! I have lost 12 of the 20lbs Dr. Johnell wants me to before surgery. ANd this week, after the sleep study and cardio testing, we'll know more one way or the other.
Thanks for listeneing!
When I crash from doing too much (my functionality is extremely limited) , I mean that my blood pressure crashes for days on end. it stays at about 70/40'ish. The only way I can get relief (without going on the medication they would want me to) is to raise my blood sugar, or sodium levels. but blood sugar works best. I lost 2/5 of my blood supply once. It feels a little like that. Your barely conscious. You can barely move past say 20-30 steps without having to sit down. You cannot think clearly. I can only take that semi-consciuous state for so long. I lasted this time for 2 days before I was just going nutz. Raising my blood sugar levels is just temporary, but it relieves the semi-conscious feeling, if only for 30-40 minutes. I used to be kinda an extreme outdoors woman. I went from rock climbing competetions, skiing, mtn biking, backcountry hiking, swimming etc.. to slowly to a point where when I would go to the gym and workout for an hour, I'd be so sick the next day, I could not go to work. Long story short, I finally was too weak and too fatigued to work anymore. I mean, I couldn't brush my own hair. I couldn't raise my hands above my chest. I couldn't hold a phone for longer then about 30 seconds, then I 'd have to switch hands. Which was fine anyway, because taling on the phone was so exhausting, I would break out in a cold sweat and want to pass out. I was like that for 4+ years. But I am so much better now! But still, I cannot do too much or... the extreme fatigue again for days. Last week, after a trip to Steamboat springs (2 hours both ways) to see the cardio doctor, after coming home, I couldn't stand up long enough to do the dishes until 3 days later.
Anyway, sorry to try to explain it. But that's what I am up against at times. I think I just will need to do a calorie restriction thing instead of low carb diets. I don't really know. I guess it all depends on what my cardio doctor says. I mean, maybe the test will reveal something that is wrong with my heart, and thus, the answer to why I have been so ill since 1998+. I am kinda praying they find something. I have been told it was CFS, and was diagnosed by a top doctor at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver. I didn't start getting Fibromyalgia until 2004'ish. So, I guess I just still don't have a clue. I sure wish I did.
But I am hopeful to have the surgery! I have lost 12 of the 20lbs Dr. Johnell wants me to before surgery. ANd this week, after the sleep study and cardio testing, we'll know more one way or the other.
Thanks for listeneing!
~ toad
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I read some of your profile, briefly, and I stopped in my tracks and my eyes popped out only to read "God gave me the perfect illness". I was shocked to see that. I am not giving a Bible lesson here, but God is a loving God, and wouldn't do this type of cruel thing to us. He loves us. The ruler of the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one "Satan". He is the one that causes bad for us. So, I just wanted to clarify that. Here are some scriptures right out of the Bible. The apostle Paul associates Satan with “the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places," and he speaks of them as “the world rulers of this darkness." (Eph 6:11, 12) As a governing force in the invisible realm immediately about the earth, Satan is “the ruler of the authority of the air." (Eph 2:2) In Revelation he is shown to be the one “misleading the entire inhabited earth." (Re 12:9) The apostle John said that “the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." (1Jo 5:19) He is therefore “the ruler of this world." (Joh 12:31) That is why James wrote that “the friendship with the world is enmity with God."—Jas 4:4.
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I hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected. I've been trying to get everything sorted out. my brothers daughter has been living in one of the duplexes and she wasn't too happy about me selling them. I have put enough money into a trust fund for her so she will at least have an anuity. She is going to have to make it on her own. Lots of stress with the move is all i've been dealing with.
Kristy, I guess dh is excited, his work takes him all over the country, mainly to NY & NJ, so I don't see him much anyway. I know at times he will visit me in Florida, but not until he retires will he move there for good. My brother tried to buy me out, but I wouldn't let him, it's a good thing too. His daughter would have just pissed it all away.
I hope everyone has a wonderful HALLOWEEN! It's my favorite holiday.
Lilli
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