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[CarlaB]

SO...Sarah....if it all goes belly up you can always move to Indy and rent a house off of Carla!!!!

Cincinnati. And, you have to pay your other bills.

[elye]

Cincinnati. And, you have to pay your other bills.

Gosh...I'm still flummoxed at the thought of surgery and a hospital stay being a big bill to pay...

Nikki!! What's the word from Alan? Is he Bippity-Boppity-Boo-in'?

[tom]

Oops

[tom]

PTaughmumn!!! Hows it going today???

Is there any way to put a positive spin on rooting thru the car ashtray for a lightable?

<not rooting like a snooty upscale poerquer de fran

[Green12]

I haven't tried to reintroduce them - except ElPolloLoco's pintos (not the refried) and have no known problem w/ those.

:o hope there's not a new legume problem for Susie .. . ..last time garbanzos were prime suspect?

Chick peas count as legumes, right?

I've had hummus all along too & always seem fine w/ it - the few right ingred ones.

Correct, chick peas are legumes.

If you are eating pintos and hummus all day long, with no gas bomb bloat or Janets darn tootins, I would say you are good to go in the legume department

[DingoGirl]

_EART_HQUA_KE!

Holy Crap!!!! . . . My First Ever!!!

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I'm late in responding but......welcome to California!

But I am SO struck by this notion of HAVING TO PAY for a doctor's visit. So it really does work that way? If you don't have the money, you cannot get medical help? Mygawd....this is so very wrong. Must you pay when you go to emergency, as well?

My kids have had a number of various doctor's appointments in the past few months, and I cannot imagine paying to get in the door. My mom had her knee replaced in the fall, and it cost nothing, but I hear joint replacements cost an American patient thousands upon thousands of dollars. And my dad's last month-long stay in the hospital recently--how can \Americans without large insurance policies manage this?

Sorry, very un-silly of me, but I hear the building panic in your words, Sarah, at the thought of not being able to see your doc because you don't have the money......incredible.

It's true. completely heinous. My two-day hospital stay in 2001 was almost $30,000. that's right. I made a few payments, but there was just no way to pay this....and after some big intense talks and some begging, I never had to pay the rest, and I don't know why.

If you are eating pintos and hummus all day long, with no gas bomb bloat or Janets darn tootins, I would say you are good to go in the legume department

Um........not sure here........but it's NOT been a good week at all, and there were beans every day.

I am in a complete fog today, as a matter of fact......just walked w/ Annie and felt slow-motion and very, very heavy, staggeringly tired. don't know what's wrong but I am definitely "off" - -

Sarah - - good news about moms and doc.....

Tom - - - hang in there..........

I'm goign to try to take a nap. What is wrong with me?

[Jestgar]

I'm goign to try to take a nap. What is wrong with me?

uhhh, bean week?

I can't eat them more than once in a while, and everyday would totally do me in.

[Green12]

Um........not sure here........but it's NOT been a good week at all, and there were beans every day.

I am in a complete fog today, as a matter of fact......just walked w/ Annie and felt slow-motion and very, very heavy, staggeringly tired. don't know what's wrong but I am definitely "off" - -

I'm goign to try to take a nap. What is wrong with me?

Susie Q!!!!!!!

I am so sorry you are feeling so funky

I would venture to guess you have a legume intolerance, given you have eaten them all week and how you have not been feeling yourself, plus all the gastrointestinal distress.....it's a very good possibility.

I'd say eliminate the beans, and all other legumes, and see if the fog clears.

If so, there is your answer.

[elye]

I would venture to guess you have a legume intolerance, given you have eaten them all week and how you have not been feeling yourself, plus all the gastrointestinal distress.....it's a very good possibility.

I'd say eliminate the beans, and all other legumes, and see if the fog clears.

Yep, Julie makes good sense. But OMG--I'll bet you'll be truly grieving, Susie, as I would be, if I discovered I had to stay away from legumes. Such a staple for me...Well, perhaps if you eliminate them, you can reintroduce them slowly, as people seem to be able to do with some intolerances. Fingers crossed for you!

Speaking of foggy heads, I had one of those as I was walking to meet my DD as she walked home from school. Then dizziness, then sweats....took my glucose spray out, shot it down my throat....not much better. Made it home, tested, and my blood sugar was 2.1.....

Sigh......But this is a whole other thread.....Ain't nuttin' Silly about it.......

Carry on!!

Ptaoughmn!! You've passed the 72 hour mark.....

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[Ridgewalker]

Welllll.... I'm back from the doctor. My doctor is awesome, I don't know what I'd do without her. She normally closes at 5, but they made my appt for 5-- and she stayed and talked to me for so long, I never felt rushed, and I knew she was listening to every word I said. I didn't get out of there till almost 6. She really is great.

Don't know where to start... My blood pressure is through the roof. 175/105. I was appalled, and so was my doctor. She thinks it's a combination of the stress/anxiety/depression and all the sinus meds I've been taking. Some people just cannot tolerate pseudoephedrine, and it looks like I might be one of them. She's forbidden me to ever take anything with it as an ingredient again.

I have to monitor my blood pressure every day and if it doesn't go down... well that wouldn't be good. (I have a blood pressure cuff here at home, from where she has me check my mom's blood pressure every few weeks. I love small-town family docs! )

It looks like my sinus infection is gone, but for some reason my hay-fever allergies (which have always previously been very mild) have suddenly gone out of control. She put me on 3 different allergy Rx's. (Gave me a ton of samples, whew.)

She made me take a pregnancy test, because of all the nausea I've been having lately. I apparently turned green right before her eyes. But it was negative (I knew it would be, but got scared while peeing in the cup anyways. haha.)

The nausea and light-headedness is probably from the anxiety and depression. She's doubling my dose of Effexor, stepping up over the next two weeks. She also prescribed a tranquilizer or something similar... I think it's called Visterin? She said it's a lot like Xanax, but non-habit forming. I'm going to have to look up info on it, because I've never heard of it. Out of everything, it's the only med I'm going to have to pay for.

I am also running a low-grade fever, and she doesn't know why. She said my sinuses are definitely not infected right now. So I have to keep an eye on my temp as well.

So that's that. I feel like complete crap, but I'm hoping to be feeling a lot better over the next week or so.

[Ridgewalker]

Correction-- it's not Visterin, It's called Vistaril.

[elye]

This all sounds good, Sarah, considering it could have been much worse. After all.....YOU'RE NOT PREGNANT!!

Your GP sounds terrific. Ephedra has always frightened me, and I'm glad to hear you are off it. Once that funny fever has dissipated, I'm sure you will feel much better. High temps make ya feel like crap!

[tom]

.. . Made it home, tested, and my blood sugar was 2.1.....

Yikes! <wait . ... ..is that a yikes? . .what's it supposed to be?>

Welllll.... I'm back from the doctor. My doctor is awesome, ..

Fantastic .. . .sounds like you got a lot done

Glad you could get in like that.

[DingoGirl]

uhhh, bean week?

I can't eat them more than once in a while, and everyday would totally do me in.

Bean week........OMG. So - - how would they do you in? Gas bomb, or in a mental/brain fog sense? Cause it ain't been a good week, pholks......

I would venture to guess you have a legume intolerance, given you have eaten them all week and how you have not been feeling yourself, plus all the gastrointestinal distress.....it's a very good possibility.

I'd say eliminate the beans, and all other legumes, and see if the fog clears.

If so, there is your answer.

Too bad I ate some today. This has been a terrible week, mood-wise.....I have felt this increasing fog and depression coming on. Actually took a NAP today, and fell asleep. Practically unheard of, falling asleep in the day. So.....I think it's just actual beans that give me problems - I can eat peanut butter, green beans, lentils - no problems at all with those......can legumes really affect a person mentally? <suppose I should know better than to ask THAT question>

Speaking of foggy heads, I had one of those as I was walking to meet my DD as she walked home from school. Then dizziness, then sweats....took my glucose spray out, shot it down my throat....not much better. Made it home, tested, and my blood sugar was 2.1.....

Emily, OMG! Um, yeah, what IS it supposed to be?

Sarah - I love your doctor - hope she gets things squared away for you....so much going on.

I feel, after this week, taht I must increase my Effexor also.......terrible things going on in my brain.

TOM! are you goignt to see some live music tonight? could be very challenging, in that environment.....to not light up............ zoigs..........

[elye]

Emily, OMG! Um, yeah, what IS it supposed to be?

It's a very low reading. Oracle Peter knows about this....

It drives me INSANE to be slipping off the tightrope that is tight blood sugar control--INSANE! However, I have complete health care, I'm not suffering the hell of nicotene withdrawal, I'm not depressed and fatigued....I am lucky...!

But I am also very unsilly all of a sudden.....

More effexor, Susie! Hey, this could turn things around for you....

I missed this about Ptaoughmn heading out to a club. Hmmmmm....big test, Tom, but you absolutely can do it. Keep texting us...we're here! Take some knitting, and count your breathing.....

[psawyer]

Emily, OMG! Um, yeah, what IS it supposed to be?

The number measures glucose in mmol/L, a metric measure. "Normal" levels are between 4.0 and 7.0, and expectations vary with circumstances. 2.1 is very low, and many people would pass out long before they got that low. I become concerned if I go below 4.0, but that is based on my experience with hypoglycemia in my pre-diagnosis days. My current family doctor thinks that 3.5 before a meal is okay, but I say "No, No, No!"

Well, on a positive note, we had a great day weather-wise. It was warm enough that after we got home from the store I cleaned and set up the table on the back deck, and we ate out on the deck for the first time this season. The last couple of years it has been well into May before we managed that. Saturday is expected to be another beautiful day, and we're taking the day off.

Monday, however, could be a day from hell. Toronto's public transit workers are threatening to strike at 4:00 am Monday. While we don't use the service ourselves, there was a one-day wildcat strike in 2006 and the city just ground to a halt. Our 40 minute commute could easily turn into more than two hours. Our store is in an area where parking is problematic at the best of times, and on-street parking on the main drag would be banned all day in the event of a strike. We are just off Yonge St, and have three private spaces, but in this situation the temptation for non-customers to park will be huge.

Sarah, it is good to hear that things are looking up for you.

[tom]

I missed this about Ptaoughmn heading out to a club. Hmmmmm....

Unsubstantiated rumoUr

<that was the 1st I'd heard of it too>

I'll wait a bit yet before testing, when it'll be a lot less zoigs-y.

[elye]

The number measures glucose in mmol/L, a metric measure. "Normal" levels are between 4.0 and 7.0, and expectations vary with circumstances. 2.1 is very low, and many people would pass out long before they got that low. I become concerned if I go below 4.0, but that is based on my experience with hypoglycemia in my pre-diagnosis days. My current family doctor thinks that 3.5 before a meal is okay, but I say "No, No, No!"

Yep. I feel best when I'm between 4 and 5, and I do not feel hypoglycemic symptoms until very low. Anything above 8 is rare for me. But what a tightrope....!

Peter, we ate out on our deck tonight, too. Beautifully warm...the tulips and crocuses are peeking up.

A transit strike? Heinous!!...Guess they're not an essential service, are they? For may, they really are....

[elye]

I'll wait a bit yet before testing.

Thank heavens! I'm glad you're not doing this yet, Ptaoughmn.

Gaaah!! I wanna wait to test, too! However, I cannot put off such things...

Think my readings will be just jake.

[jerseyangel]

It's true. completely heinous. My two-day hospital stay in 2001 was almost $30,000. that's right. I made a few payments, but there was just no way to pay this....and after some big intense talks and some begging, I never had to pay the rest, and I don't know why.

Hospital stays are frightfully expensive--my surgery and 2 day stay last year totaled $35,000. Thank goodness we had decent insurance and it was only around $2250 out of pocket.

Speaking of foggy heads, I had one of those as I was walking to meet my DD as she walked home from school. Then dizziness, then sweats....took my glucose spray out, shot it down my throat....not much better. Made it home, tested, and my blood sugar was 2.1.....

Wow Emily--that sounds awful. It sounds so difficult to keep track of everything that you have to with the diabetes. And on top of the Celiac-- Are you ok now?

Welllll.... I'm back from the doctor.

That doctor is a real keeper! Glad you got some answers and hopefully things will start turning around for you now. Great news that the sinus infection is gone!

can legumes really affect a person mentally? <suppose I should know better than to ask THAT question>

Yes, but I won't harp on it

Saturday is expected to be another beautiful day, and we're taking the day off.

Well, have a good one, Peter! Hi to Jacquie!

I went to my new Chiropractor today--and he offered me a job! (Long story short ) It would be perfect for me--3 days a week, 10 minutes from the house and a 3 hour break in the middle of the day!

This is the nicest, most caring, and friendly office--I think I'd really like to work there....but I haven't worked since I had to quit the school (which I loved) and I'm torn between excitement and anxiety.

Anyway, I'll keep ya'll posted.

[Mtndog]

Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA since????????? I didn't feel good 2 days ago and yesterday was very stressful. I was starting a new IV antibiotic and NO ONE (not my PCP's office, either of the local hospitals with infusion units, or the visiting nurses) would come for the first infusion. It's supposed to be supervised because of allergic reactions. They're rare but since the PICC line ends in your chest..uhm.....not good. I was so angry and upset all day. My sis and Kurt sat with me while I did the first infusion with Benadryl in one hand and the phone in the other. Obviously I was fine, but it was so stressful :(

sarah- My :wub: goes out to you. I'm SO glad that your appt with the doctor went well yesterday- my GAWD sweetie- I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Siouxie do you have any Banshees by chance??

SCREAMING banshees!

I had/have? problems with legumes too. Peanut butter (GRRR!!!!!), chili with beans. I cut them out totally for awhile and am now slowly reintroducing them to see what happens. So far OK although I got jacknifed by a gas cramp too! Thursday night- haven't had one like that in aeons and it killed. I finally gave up and went to bed. I now make chili sans beans!

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Holy Crap!!!! . . . My First Ever!!!

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OMG- so crazy- I've been in a few when I lived in CA and they are weird!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you're OK.

I WAS very busy, but had to go back on meds a few weeks ago and have been very NOT busy since then. Grrr.

Oh Carla- POOPY PANTS!!!!!!!!! Darn spirochetes!!!!!!!!!

So I'm feeling very lucky that I have my moms!!

Moms are so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bev and I met during spring break . . . first week of April.

Panera's . . . I had the asian chicken salad and she had a strawberry smoothie.

My best buddy that used to live by you now lives by Bev.

SHE LIES!!!!! We were out all night drinking absinthe!

I hope that everyone in Sillyville gets back to normal soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps some Jack Daniels and Uncle Ray?

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution for a client who was due to be hanged for murder at midnight. His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed.

As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him about, 'What time

of night to be getting home is this? Where have you been?' 'Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it'. And on and on and on.

Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he went and poured himself a shot of Jack and headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself up the stairs

While he was in the bath, the phone rang. The wife answered and was told that her husband's client, James Wright, had been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be hanged tonight. Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had, she decided to go upstairs and give him the good news.

As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.

'They're not hanging Wright tonight,' she said. To which he whirled around and screamed,

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?

[elye]

Hallo, Sillies!

Ahhh! 26 degrees C today!! Sun! Blood sugar is 4.8!

I was so angry and upset all day. My sis and Kurt sat with me while I did the first infusion with Benadryl in one hand and the phone in the other. Obviously I was fine, but it was so stressful...

Bev!! Oh, my heart goes out to you. Incredible how much we humans can tolerate...I SO admire you getting through the HEINOUS treatment of this horrid illness.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?

Uncle Ray....

We want Uncle Ray to become a Silly! You have asked him, haven't you? Tell him we'll make him honoUrary King for one hundred pages. Oh... I've put forward a kind of official edict that I perhaps do not have the power to do....We shall vote on it!

[DingoGirl]

This is the nicest, most caring, and friendly office--I think I'd really like to work there....but I haven't worked since I had to quit the school (which I loved) and I'm torn between excitement and anxiety.

Anyway, I'll keep ya'll posted.

Patti! a job! This sounds phabulous......but.........will it interfere w/ your silly time? You must inquire about this on your interview..............OMG - - *I* want that job, tell them you've got someone in California who will take it if you don't....... It does sound good, but I could see how it would cause anxiety....working, not working, they BOTH make me intensely anxious.....

Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA since????????? I didn't feel good 2 days ago and yesterday was very stressful. I was starting a new IV antibiotic and NO ONE (not my PCP's office, either of the local hospitals with infusion units, or the visiting nurses) would come for the first infusion. It's supposed to be supervised because of allergic reactions. They're rare but since the PICC line ends in your chest..uhm.....not good. I was so angry and upset all day. My sis and Kurt sat with me while I did the first infusion with Benadryl in one hand and the phone in the other. Obviously I was fine, but it was so stressful :(

aw Bev. This is heinous. Thank God you're okay. Um, can't ANYONE come over for this procedure? gads....

We want Uncle Ray to become a Silly! You have asked him, haven't you? Tell him we'll make him honoUrary King for one hundred pages. Oh... I've put forward a kind of official edict that I perhaps do not have the power to do....We shall vote on it!

Yes! Uncle Ray, honorary Mayor of Sillyville!!!!!!!!!!

Well silly, I'm better today........going to have a bean-free day........get some things done before Kissey comes over later.........

Happy Spring!

[Green12]

Happy Spring everyone

The sun is out here, the remaining bits of the snow we had a few days ago have melted.....I think, cross fingers, spring is here to stay this time

Patti, that sounds like a wonderful job opportunity and could not be a better fit for you! Not only are the hours set up for you to ease back into the work force, but how exciting to be working in a chiropractors office, you will have much to share from your own experiences on your health journey.

If you don't take it, I will I would love to find something exactly like that, maybe 10 hrs a week, a few days a week, preferably in the health field.

Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA since????????? I didn't feel good 2 days ago and yesterday was very stressful. I was starting a new IV antibiotic and NO ONE (not my PCP's office, either of the local hospitals with infusion units, or the visiting nurses) would come for the first infusion. It's supposed to be supervised because of allergic reactions. They're rare but since the PICC line ends in your chest..uhm.....not good. I was so angry and upset all day. My sis and Kurt sat with me while I did the first infusion with Benadryl in one hand and the phone in the other. Obviously I was fine, but it was so stressful :(

Uncle Ray

Bevie wevie, sweetie pie, I am so sorry about your traumatic day yesterday.

I can so relate as I have all these strange, bizarre, freak of nature, allergic reactions to.....air I have such anxiety to even take an epi that is for the allergy for fear I will react to that as well....I can only imagine the intense range of emotions you were having yesterday

I am just so glad everything turned out ok, and that Kurt and your sis were there for comfort and support.

Susie, good news you are feeling better today

Hope you have a great no-bean day, and you must find those Banshees of yours

Have fun with kissey, you smoochy faces!

[elye]

Patti, that sounds like a wonderful job opportunity and could not be a better fit for you! Not only are the hours set up for you to ease back into the work force, but how exciting to be working in a chiropractors office, you will have much to share from your own experiences on your health journey.

Yes! Patti, this job opportunity could be terrific, and it sounds ideal for just about any and all of us! I'd lurrrrve to work in a medical office, I think more than I like teaching, actually. So, put me on the list as candidates if you turn it down. I'll need a travel allowance as I'll be flying down for each shift, and I can only work after twelve, and I'll need to be home for supper....

I can so relate as I have all these strange, bizarre, freak of nature, allergic reactions to.....air I have such anxiety to even take an epi that is for the allergy for fear I will react to that as well....I can only imagine the intense range of emotions you were having yesterday

Oh, man....I am so lucky. You guys with serious, multiple sensitivities....I feel for you. I don't feel your pain, and this is why I'm so fortunate.

Note to self: Count blessings far more regularly.....