Hi, my name is Heidi and I love to scrapbook. I just went on a trip to Disney World and will be scrapbooking the pictures this Saturday with a friend. She sells Creative Memories and offers classes, this one is just friends getting together. Its hard because I want to buy everything now! I just started scrapbooking about 1 year ago and I have tons of stuff. I work with a group of young girls and I have them addicted too. They are always begging me to scrapbook with them. I'm looking forward to getting new ideas from this site! ~Heidi~

ll, I went to my PCP today and my BP was normal (120/78) and my EKG was normal. She listened to my heart and lungs, normal, normal, normal. She is referring me out to a cardiologist to do a stress test - I did that pre-op - so am not too worried about that. She doesn't think it's my heart, but wants to make absolutely sure. I'm all for that. She also felt around my abdoment and the area where my gallbladder is is very tender when she pressed down on it. She was not sure if it was my gall bladder or tenderness because that's where I was cut for operation. However, none of my other sites were sore/tender. She then pressed against my upper abdominal area - just under my sternum and that was tender too. So I have to go and get an ultrasound of my gallbladder. They also did some blood work today. If both my heart tests and ultrasound tests come back negative, then she'll have me do an upper gi and maybe an endoscopy to see what's going on. She wants me to go ahead and start taking "the little purple pill" prilosec to protect my esophagus and such just in case it is GERD or something. So I'm going to buy that tomorrow and get started on it. Other than those two scary episodes (Friday, Tuesday), I've been fine. What's reassuring is that she doesn't think it's my heart, which is great!! Ugh!! Gallbladder is fixable, even though I dont' want another operation or anything. But hopefully whatever is wrong will just go away and not come back. Thanks for your words of encouragement and prayer. I appreciate it! I'll keep you posted as I find out more. Hugs, Trisha

Hi all, The Creating Keepsakes anniversary show just went off the air. I am pleased that I only ordered 2 items - such restraint. They had some really cool twill stickers, foam puzzle-piece stickers, etc. If I used half of the items I have, I could probably complete albums for my whole neighborhood. Cheryl

Trisha, NEVER - NEVER - NEVER take chest pains less than seriously! They usually are from something minor but you must check. A blood clot in the lung causes excruciating pain (stabbing); it isn't usually pressure. It is checked easily with CT scan or VQ scan. Isn't it wierd that you are doing so wonderfully losing weight and seem to have a health problem arise? Go figure. Take care. Hopefully, you won't have to deal with that again. Cheryl

Amanda, Welcome to the board. The more the merrier!!!Luci