WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2018

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  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :) good morning!
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    :)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Heather: Thank you for the insight into the British legal system. It seems complicated, but the law is complicated everywhere. Here in the US some attorneys are what I'd call general practitioners, and others are specialists. :flowerforyou:

    Wendy: I can't imagine any soul wanting an empty life, but your DH's comment makes me wonder if he is tired and feeling a bit burned out. :star:

    88_days0504: Welcome to a great group of supportive women. Stop by often. :smiley:


    Yoga today and I'm looking forward to it. I'm up and at it, but not well rested. We had sea lions barking on the docks in front of our house for hours last night. We replaced our front windows a couple of years ago. Next time I buy new windows I want them to be sound proof. If I ever buy or build another house, I'm putting that on my list. :grumble:



    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    "Live simple, love well, and take time to smell the flowers along the way." Mark Twain
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    I noticed a few comments earlier about Nexium. IMO Nexium is a horrible, evil drug.

    A Dr put me on it and told me I'd have to be on it for the rest of my life. 7-8 months later, I was a mess and couldn't figure out what on earth had happened. Then I did some research on Nexium, and made so many discoveries that explained why I was feeling the way I was feeling, and it set off so many warning bells.

    Getting off Nexium is a big challenge. You can't just quit. It took me about 4 painful months to wean off it, but by the time I was nearing the end of the weaning process I already noticed a difference and once I was finally off, I was a new person!!

    At that point, I joined MFP and lost my weight ... and part of the reason I was able to do that is because, once again, I had the energy and enthusiasm to do it! I was no longer weighed down by the drowsiness, fatigue, lethargy, depression, disorientation, dizziness, muscle spasms and twitching, muscle cramps, muscle weakness, etc. which I was experiencing on Nexium.

    Never again!

    Machka in Oz
  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    Oh the cut up jeans I saw had the rear pockets; you do need them for reasons unknown, maybe to help cover your @$$; but, maybe dayglow orange would be better (wearing the Grannie underwear) when I cut up Louis' hunting attire that way I could safely walk in the woods. He'd just have to wear a 'jockey strap' so that his "Johnson" would not 'hang out'. I'll have to take a picture of the first 'idiot' who pays that amount for the air-conditioned jeans.

    Michelle - We get carpenter bees because our house is cypress; they drill holes everywhere and the bug spray man sprays them; but, it just cuts down on them a little. They stay about 2 1/2 months around here. He told me that like spiders they are difficult to spray and kill them. They will get killed if he sprays one that is already in the hole; but, spraying the holes gets a few. Spiders on the other hand have pads on their feet and unless they spray them on their body it is impossible to get any but a few.

    Rye - and, maybe it was Lanette who also commented - See above comment. When I laugh, Louis thinks I need to take an extra Clonazepam. Especially, if I laugh at something he does not think is funny. Like a few days ago, someone posted a little boy trying to pour something into a cup and then saying, 'Ut oh, got to clean that up'; gets paper towel and cleans it up. Then stops in the doorway and drinks the little that had hit the first cup. Then he goes into another room and pours out something else to drink, spilling it and saying again, 'Ut oh, I've got to clean that up'. Goes out of the picture and comes back and has a paper towel in his hand to clean up his last spill. However, this time he takes the path where he had spilt the juice and not cleaned it up and his feet fly out from under him and he hits the floor. It was so like our Will; but, he did not see the 'funny' in the clip. He also was NOT happy that evening because a lot of what was getting posted were funny to me. He asked me 'if I was spiraling again' and I told him 'no'; but, if it would make him happy, I'd take the extra pill. I then stopped laughing - I wasn't prepared to have him call my doctor. Hope you read this when you're not at work. They might think you need an extra pill, or something.

    I guess I must start using a Word document so I won't forget those that I wish to respond to.

    My DDnL#1 has still not sent me a FB "Friend Request" ... I'm certainly not going to grovel and send her one. For all I know my DOS has again blocked me. Then my DDnL#2 had blocked me and I asked her the same question, 'had I said or done anything to be blocked'. She told me 'no, I must have hit the wrong button'. I guess I have to believe her. I certainly have not been doing anything much other than putting in an emoticon.

    Lenora
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    :p
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Katla- from my experience with my keto diet which is very similar to what your DH is on you do have more energy and you do go through times called "hangry" hungry and angry combined. I think without even realizing that we feel restricted from eating our normal diet we go through withdrawals and criticizing or getting mad easily happens during that time. I can now recognize when it is happening to me. It is a very real thing and people that are on this type of diet which is very similar to your husband's knows all about this behavior. I would mention it to your husband and talk to him about his behavior towards you.

    <3

    Mary from Arizona
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :)
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    Lenora As Rita mentioned the Do Not Call registry might help. In case your number isn’t on it, here is the link: https://www.donotcall.gov/register/reg.aspx

    I had it handy as we just put my MIL home phone on there last week.
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Rebecca -- Heard this story on OPB on my drive to work this morning, and thought of you. Best line: "It's hard to be mean when you're naked."

    https://www.npr.org/2018/05/04/607764107/this-love-story-started-at-a-nudist-park

    Felicia, not a nudist, but LOVED this story
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    lisas118 wrote: »
    hello Ladies. i'm 56, married with two grown children. i'm not working due to health issues.

    i've been on MFP for quite a while but just recently chose to start reading and writing on boards here. i was originally here for Keto when i was diagnosed with stage four small lymphocytic lymphoma (no treatment as of yet - as this cancer is a wait and watch type, diagnosed in Dec 2016), and lost 17 lbs on that diet. now i'm officially low to moderate carb and am still somewhat able to maintain my weight of 133 (i'm 5'7")

    i have other health concerns too, currently bad lower back pain which i've been rushed to hospital for a few weeks back. i try to keep as active as i can but sometimes i get back into sugar etc again out of emotional eating, and i know it's so bad! i'll eat small amounts of fruit sometimes like blueberries and honeydew melon when i'm feeling righteous, but when i'm not, the icecream my husband and son eat call to me when i'm feeling a little low ! ugh.

    any support and chat and sisterly cameraderie is most appreciated - xo Lisa~

    Hi, Lisa. Welcome!

    I have Celiac Disease, so I know the feeling of having food all around that you can't (or shouldn't) eat. Over time, I have learned to resist, and it hardly bothers me any more.

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon

  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    ryenday wrote: »

    Machka, like you I love to travel but I am certainly an introvert.

    Rye -- That's one reason I love swimming so much. You have to be comfortable with yourself in order to endure that time under water alone. And with goggles and ear plugs (I can't tolerate the water in my ears), I really can't talk to anyone. Bliss. :smiley:

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon

  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    Only problem with the Federal "Do Not Call" List is that you have to have both the name and telephone number that someone is calling you from. If you tell them NOT to call you again or to put your number on their 'do not call list' they just roll over to the next person to harass you. I never ever say 'yes' to anything, 'such as can you hear me'. NO! Hang up! But, I just don't answer them, I've called Windstream no less than 3x to change the number of rings before my voicemail picks up from 10 down to 3. THAT hasn't been done yet, so if not today; will call this afternoon. I think they might have fixed it because while the phone has run, I haven't seemed to get nearly as irritated about it. I delete about 36 - 40 calls a day! That is ridiculous. Now, they seem to be calling cellphones. My GYN was talking about it the other day because I told him that we no longer even answer the phone, if someone wants us enough, they'll leave a message. He said that someone told him that for $2 a month; you can stop the robocalls. He said that he can't just 'ignore' his phones because of women calling to say they are in labor or the hospital calling that they are admitting a patient. I'd think that would really sux.

    My most desired exercise is walking in the pool. I work up to where I can walk around it 45x each way; and 45x across twice. Trey's step-brother-in-law is going to get our spa and then trade out fixing Trey's pool (maybe even a 'new' filter system ... it depends. He is trying to talk them into going ahead and replacing the liner at the same time and let him dig it deeper in the middle (leaving a shelf around the perimeter at the present depth. I guess it will all depend on how much work he has to do on the spa. I know it needs 5 new filters which are terribly expensive; and it has been sitting up for a year after a hailstorm damaged the top. I will just be happy to get it out of here.

    Traffic in Atlanta makes me happy that we moved; traffic in Jacksonville same reason, traffic in Macon and Albany; but, even around here you have to deal with running up on or into a tractor driven slowly with the wings out and a farmer in the 'air-conditioned' cab not paying the least bit of attention to what is coming up (front or back). Normally, they sit sideways so they can watch the road; and, the ones that are driving one that doesn't have a cab can hear you coming up behind or ahead of them and they will pull over so you can go around them. I usually come up on one when I am already running late to an appointment.

    I'm feeling better now that I am not taking the Nexium; but, still having issues with my esophagus (Barrett's Esophagus). They will do one more test on me before doing something a little more invasive; but, the MD says they had very good luck with it.

    Hi to all the Newbies - sorry that I have not been addressing every post that I would like to. Trying not to spend too much time on computer.

    Have a great weekend!
    Lenora

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