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Good Morning Everybody,
I hope everyone is having a blessed day. I know I am. God has been so good to me. I am healthy, and being a somewhat productive member of society. I did make it to church yesterday. It was eye-opening. Our pastor, his wife and their teenage daughter took a short missions trip to the Phillipines and Vietnam. Their pictures and stories really helped me, as well as challenged me.
Anywho, today I have a meeting this morning, then I have my volunteer work, and then a meeting tonight. In between, I'll be stopping at a farm stand near here for the most deliciously fresh corn, picked today off the farm, as well as yummy watermelon.
Hope you all have a great day. Prayers for any and all who are struggling.
Hugs,
Trish
I hope everyone is having a blessed day. I know I am. God has been so good to me. I am healthy, and being a somewhat productive member of society. I did make it to church yesterday. It was eye-opening. Our pastor, his wife and their teenage daughter took a short missions trip to the Phillipines and Vietnam. Their pictures and stories really helped me, as well as challenged me.
Anywho, today I have a meeting this morning, then I have my volunteer work, and then a meeting tonight. In between, I'll be stopping at a farm stand near here for the most deliciously fresh corn, picked today off the farm, as well as yummy watermelon.
Hope you all have a great day. Prayers for any and all who are struggling.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Good morning sistas!
I have the headache and TOM from hell today. Second TOM visit this month. Is there any way to hurry this peri-menopause thing along? I am 55 freakin' years old! It's time for this mess to end.
I am trying not to take any Advil, although it's the only thing that works on my headaches. Tylenol does zip for me. I did finally break down and take 1/2 a pain pill this morning. (I have a tiny horded stash of Rx pain pills hidden in my room; if Christie found them, she would take them all for her migraines. I'm sorry she has the migraines, but I don't know when I might get to the doctor again. I have to save a few for myself.)
So, today I am dressed in a pair of Butch's old flannel pj pants and a loose fitting tee. I'm not stepping foot out of this house today, not even to feed the deer. Chris goes in to work at 1:30 p.m., so I'll have Benny for the rest of the day/night. Going to spend my morning in bed, hopefully I'll feel up to caring for the baby this evening.
Sorry to be a bummer poster today. Just can't think of anything positive to say with this headache.
Love you all!
I have the headache and TOM from hell today. Second TOM visit this month. Is there any way to hurry this peri-menopause thing along? I am 55 freakin' years old! It's time for this mess to end.
I am trying not to take any Advil, although it's the only thing that works on my headaches. Tylenol does zip for me. I did finally break down and take 1/2 a pain pill this morning. (I have a tiny horded stash of Rx pain pills hidden in my room; if Christie found them, she would take them all for her migraines. I'm sorry she has the migraines, but I don't know when I might get to the doctor again. I have to save a few for myself.)
So, today I am dressed in a pair of Butch's old flannel pj pants and a loose fitting tee. I'm not stepping foot out of this house today, not even to feed the deer. Chris goes in to work at 1:30 p.m., so I'll have Benny for the rest of the day/night. Going to spend my morning in bed, hopefully I'll feel up to caring for the baby this evening.
Sorry to be a bummer poster today. Just can't think of anything positive to say with this headache.
Love you all!
Vickie
Hi Vickie,
I am so sorry you are going through this bimonthly Hell. I was lucky. In my early forties, I started with the perimenopause, and my doctor did an outpatient procedure that basically turned my periods into one day of spotting. He burned out the lining of my uterus. It's called an endometrial iblation. Then, the month I turned 50, in 2007, my spotting stopped altogether, and my gynecologist confirmed I was done. He did tell me that if I were to get any breakthrough bleeding to call him immediately.
All I can tell you is that it does end. Can't tell you how long it'll be. I often wonder if I went through it early because I had my first kid at 18 and my second at 20. Don't know why some get lucky, and get it earlier than others.
Hang in there. I think many of us do empathize.
Hugs,
Trish
I am so sorry you are going through this bimonthly Hell. I was lucky. In my early forties, I started with the perimenopause, and my doctor did an outpatient procedure that basically turned my periods into one day of spotting. He burned out the lining of my uterus. It's called an endometrial iblation. Then, the month I turned 50, in 2007, my spotting stopped altogether, and my gynecologist confirmed I was done. He did tell me that if I were to get any breakthrough bleeding to call him immediately.
All I can tell you is that it does end. Can't tell you how long it'll be. I often wonder if I went through it early because I had my first kid at 18 and my second at 20. Don't know why some get lucky, and get it earlier than others.
Hang in there. I think many of us do empathize.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Awww, thanks, Trish! You're a sweetie. I am going to talk to my OB/GYN about having the ablation done, but I have to wait until my annual appointment, and that's not until the end of October. Insurance won't pay for more than one appt a year, unless it's something other than well woman. Besides my GYN is 6 hours away in Nac, so I guess I'll just have to tough it out a few more months.
Pain pill has kicked in and my headache is easing up a bit. If I didn't have to keep Benny, I could just stay in bed with my Nook all day. LOL.
Vic
Pain pill has kicked in and my headache is easing up a bit. If I didn't have to keep Benny, I could just stay in bed with my Nook all day. LOL.
Vic
Vickie
Hi inTrish and Vickie and my OFF family:
Glad you are doing well, Trish. There is a farm stand on the way into work that I always want to stop at. ... I always say "tomorrow" ... maybe today, I don't know. I want to get some zucchini to make zucchini bread and muffins, but just haven't had the energy to stand that long.
Vickie, sorry for the extra periods. Glad I've been done with that for two years now. I was on hormone replacement therapy when I was going through perimenopause, made a big difference. I had heavy periods most of my life anyway, bad cramping and headaches (they say those with fibro have bad periods)... and I have migraines, too. So I was on HRT patches for about four years, took myself off of them in 2010, still have some hot flashes and night sweats, but not as bad. Antidepressants help with the mood swings. Don't have meltdowns like I used to. I guess you can't do anything with the gyne until October, but could your PCP help until then with some meds? Sometimes the antidepressants help with perimenopause.
I'm watching last night's Olympic gymastics. Good routines, until the floor exercise, which is what's on now.
Anyway, have a good day.
Glad you are doing well, Trish. There is a farm stand on the way into work that I always want to stop at. ... I always say "tomorrow" ... maybe today, I don't know. I want to get some zucchini to make zucchini bread and muffins, but just haven't had the energy to stand that long.
Vickie, sorry for the extra periods. Glad I've been done with that for two years now. I was on hormone replacement therapy when I was going through perimenopause, made a big difference. I had heavy periods most of my life anyway, bad cramping and headaches (they say those with fibro have bad periods)... and I have migraines, too. So I was on HRT patches for about four years, took myself off of them in 2010, still have some hot flashes and night sweats, but not as bad. Antidepressants help with the mood swings. Don't have meltdowns like I used to. I guess you can't do anything with the gyne until October, but could your PCP help until then with some meds? Sometimes the antidepressants help with perimenopause.
I'm watching last night's Olympic gymastics. Good routines, until the floor exercise, which is what's on now.
Anyway, have a good day.
Eileen,
When I had trouble standing, I would break up baking projects into steps. Like I would measure my dry ingredients one time. Cover it and go sit down. I would do my grating of the zucchini while sitting down. I'd also measure the liquid, like the oil and eggs, and put them in a bowl with a cover and put them back in the fridge till I was up to combining everything and throwing it in the oven. I need to get some zucchini this weekend and bake some bread. I use Splenda instead of sugar, and I like walnuts in mine.
Hope you feel better.
Hugs,
Trish
When I had trouble standing, I would break up baking projects into steps. Like I would measure my dry ingredients one time. Cover it and go sit down. I would do my grating of the zucchini while sitting down. I'd also measure the liquid, like the oil and eggs, and put them in a bowl with a cover and put them back in the fridge till I was up to combining everything and throwing it in the oven. I need to get some zucchini this weekend and bake some bread. I use Splenda instead of sugar, and I like walnuts in mine.
Hope you feel better.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
I have a cookbook that a woman who had surgery about the same time as me wrote; she converted a lot of her favorite recipes to WLS-friendly recipes. The ones I like are the quick breads and muffins. All use Splenda instead of sugar; most also use applesauce instead of oil and sub whole wheat flour for some of the white flour. I have two zucchini recipes I like from there, a couple of apple bread/muffin ones and a couple of blueberry bread/muffin ones. just don't feel like baking, it's been so hot and I am having problems standing ... plus, my kitchen is so small and I don't have my table put together in the dining room so I would have to stand for the whole time. But maybe I'll do it anyway if I get the zucchini.
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