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Rachel--24

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
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Oh...I only have one line too but I actually figured out how to get past the not receiving calls part. I got call forwarding so all the calls made to my house go straight to my cell. Now I can be online and still talk on the phone. :D

Clever girl...

BTW you only need one phone line for DSL.

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Mango04 Enthusiast
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Be sure to keep up with us. Have a great time in Australia. May I ask why you are going? Didn't you say for five months.

I'm traveling through a work abroad program. So basically I have a work visa and I'm hoping to find a job when I get there and travel around the country as well. It's just something I've always wanted to do. It'll be a great way to shake things up a bit - after eliminating gluten I still suffer from cubicle induced brain fog. So...I needed to do something slightly drastic to force myself out of my current (not so exciting) situation :D It'll be a fun adventure if nothing else :)

Can you be my designated typer?? :lol:

wow... just took my first sip... almost forgot what it tasted like ^_^

Good luck with the wine. One sip can be powerful if you haven't drank in a while :lol:

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Can you be my designated typer?? :lol:

wow... just took my first sip... almost forgot what it tasted like ^_^

Sure, I'll be your designated typer....just pm me what you want me to say. :lol::lol::lol:

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I think at this point 3 sips of wine would probably get me drunk. When I got sick I totally lost my tolerance for alcohol. :(

Mango, I agree with Floridian...you're really brave!! I'm the type that wouldnt ever think of going to see a movie by myself or going to eat by myself....let alone going to a whole other country by myself. :blink:

No way...I'm chicken. :ph34r:

But... I can go shopping by myself....I'm really good at that!! :D

miamia Rookie
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Donna you probably look beautiful and healthy... I still look sickly... I hate it... the doctor said I'd start to gain weight but it's not happening as fast I would like it to.

Floridian-

I'm 5'5 and not even 100 lounds- so I'm sure compared to me you hardly look sickly!! I can't seem to gain weight no matter what I gained 3 pounds and got excited and than lost them within a few weeks.

So Donna feel free to pass any weight you don't want over to me- I need it!!!

Miamia

Okay... question.... should I try a glass of white wine? Haven't had a sip of ANY alcohol in about 4 months.

Hi... my name is Celia

I haven't had a drink in 4 months.

I'm not an alcoholic but was thinking it might be fun. :lol:

I was wondering the same thing the other day and didn't- god I miss wine!!!

If you go for it give a review of your reaction.

Miamia

Green12 Enthusiast
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OMG, you guys have added 5 more pages since I was last here late this morning :lol::lol:

Hi Mango! That is so cool you are going to Australia. Will you still be able to access the board from your travels? I hope so, maybe you can post pictures of your adventures??

I can also be a designated typer :lol: I don't drink at all.

miamia Rookie
miamia
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Oh Miamia... I can feel your pain SOOOO much!!! Isn't it hard to gain??? Drives me nuts!!

Floridian-

I just see how its possible I don't - even when I am having a reaction or a truly terrrible day I force myself to eat because I am so scared of losing weight and still I don't gain a pound it really is FRUSTRATING!! Everyone thinks I'm anoerexic- trying to explain malabsorbtion and food intolerences is a joke- nobody gets it. Well except those at the sleepover.

Miamia

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I have a doctor's appointment on the 17th and she's gonna ask me how I've been... thinking I should print out this thread and hand it to her :D

:lol:

I wonder how much paper you'd need to print out the entire thread. :blink:

I'm just imagining you plopping down this huge book and saying "Its all here...in black and white...this is how I feel". :D

And you're doctor's looking at you like this. :huh:

Rachel--24 Collaborator
Rachel--24
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I'm looking at all of these :lol: on my last post, thinking that might be the wine <_<

LMAO!!

Yeah...as the night goes on there will be miles of smiles!!! :lol::lol:

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Haha....that guy I've been hanging out with just sent me a text saying I should give him the name of this site that I'm always on. :huh:

Ummm....I'm thinking that would be a really bad idea....all my past posts would come back to haunt me. :ph34r:

My reply was...Never!!

This is an all girls slumber party. ;)

Clark Bent as Stupor-Man

:lol::lol:

Yeah....that cracks me up everytime!!

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Ha ha... oh gawwwdd you'd die for him to read all of this :lol:

OMG...I would die if anyone I knew read half this stuff!!

:lol::lol:

Lets see I've talked about all my exes, my bowel movements, my ovaries, even the color of my urine!! :ph34r:

I would definately hide out for a very long time. :lol::lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I see the slumber party has been going on without me :angry::D ! I came on to see if anyone else was here, and I see it's been non-stop for 5 or 6 pages! Floridian, I had a glass of wine with Easter dinner--the first on in 2 years. No problem at all--but I haven't had another....How are you feeling now--or have you gone to sleep :lol: ?

Hey Rachel--no problem with the pinning--I have more time during the day than you do anyway!

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Well we can all see what kind of affect the wine's having on Floridian!!! :lol::lol:

She's laughing at her computer screen and doin alot of editing. :o

Hehe....miles of smiles... :lol::lol::lol::lol:

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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Jeebus Cripes! I was gone for what, 2 hours and y'all add 4 pages?!?!?!

I can't keep up :rolleyes:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Actually I'm feeling pretty darn good! :D No tummy troubles yet, I think I really needed to relax a little after everything.... Tony thinks I'm funny when I drink... I haven't even had a 1/2 glass yet... boy am I a cheap date :lol::lol:

Well then--bottoms up!!! At least you'll sleep good tonight :lol:

Rachel--24 Collaborator
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OMG...I would die if anyone I knew read half this stuff!!

:lol::lol:

Lets see I've talked about all my exes, my bowel movements, my ovaries, even the color of my urine!! :ph34r:

I would definately hide out for a very long time. :lol::lol:

Oh yeah....and I talked about him on here too. :ph34r:

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Oh .... one symptom so far.... I got the munchies... digging in a bad of potato chips :D

Time for another edit.... :lol:

I'm jealous...you get to eat potato chips!!!

jerseyangel Proficient
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This is our private place (from people we know)--I wouldn't use my sister's computer while I was there cuz I didn't want anyone to be able to come here and read what I post! I talk too much about my bodily functions here :D:ph34r:

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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This is our private place (from people we know)--I wouldn't use my sister's computer while I was there cuz I didn't want anyone to be able to come here and read what I post! I talk too much about my bodily functions here :D:ph34r:

Amen!

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This is our private place (from people we know)--I wouldn't use my sister's computer while I was there cuz I didn't want anyone to be able to come here and read what I post! I talk too much about my bodily functions here :D:ph34r:

exactly. ;)

The only one who can read my posts is my Mom....cuz well....she's my mom...and I have no choice since I'm using her computer. :)

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Oh yeah... bag of chips... chips are not bad, well except for Rachel.

Yeah...for me chips are really bad. :(

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Floridian--be careful now--your avatar tomorrow will be of you with an ice bag on you head :lol: Yep--potato chips have potatoes in them--actually, they are them :blink:

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Yep--potato chips have potatoes in them--actually, they are them :blink:

LOL...they are?? :lol::lol:

Ok...I'm gonna go get my neck massage and then get to bed.

Nite everyone. :)

jerseyangel Proficient
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Ooh--a neck massage sounds nice...good night Rachel! Good luck tomorrow :)

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OH gawwwddd Rachel... I'm sitting here laughing at you so hard and my Tony comes in ... oh Tony my hubby... and he goes "maybe it's beddy bye time" and I go "why"... and he goes "cuz your sitting here staring at a computer screen laughing your (you know what) off.... he just smiled and hugged me and went to watch TV

I've been doing the same thing. You women are very funny.

I had two doctors appointments today, my GP asked why I was there to see her and I told her it was because her office had called me to come in and talk to her about the letter from the Gastro. :huh:

So then she read the letter and had nothing to tell me I didn't already know. The next doctor I saw was a surgeon who is determined to take out the fibroid cyst I have in one of my breasts. In the midst of the Celiac crisis this winter I discovered the lump and had a month or so of wondering if I had breast cancer but I don't. :P They all thought I did though, I kept hearing the, well you are 51 and it is an irregular mass, worried looks and such. I have a CT scan scheduled this week too because I have a cyst or something in one of my kidneys. :( I am really wondering if there is a connection between all the soy I consumed in my twenties and estrogen and these cysts. Has anybody else suddenly been "cysted"?

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