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Lisa, Thanks for the article link! Kathy

My girls: Chula up on her favorite perch, Anela laying down. (Chula is Spanish for cute, Anela is Hawaiian for angel

And I forgot: I was 60 in August. Kathy

Evening, ladies, See, I knew there was something off. Someone I know showed me how to reset some things on my goals, and VOILA, there was a 500+ calorie difference. I think an update that I wasn’t aware of shifted things on me: that’s happened before. Maybe a blessing—this horrible cold is killing my appetite so I may be…

Lisa and Shannon, I, too, have been in the fog and gaining lately. It’s kind of an angry fog and I’m not sure what to change: gained 4.5 lbs but going to water aerobics 4x a week (burns 500 calories each time) the whole month of April. That’s nuts! I don’t add in the calories that they give you back from exercising, kept…

Barbie, my struggles with step counters— I have such a terrible time with step counters, I can’t wear one on my wrist because they are so inaccurate. It might still be something about me, but I’m Polish, and I talk with my hands so much they count it as steps. I usually wear it on my ankle. Right now that one has a broken…

Michele, you are a wonder! If I could get to that level of motivation and exercise, I’d die of amazement! Was running amok yesterday, so I read and caught up. The dietician and I are teaching and learning together on things, neither of us having worked with mast cell diseases before. Breakfast is my favorite meal, and has…

Steff, ah the joy of peri-menopause, at least, that is what they tell me. I did not behave that way. I was totally regular to the end, and the next month it just never came. But for 14 months after, had the worst migraines. My mom was completely different and at 63 ended up needing several D&Cs to stop. My sister was a…

Cheryl, I got the typo, I almost didn’t even see it! We are in Bowling Green since 1992. Fond memories of many summers at Great America. We also lived in Bloomington, when DH finished his training, and LaSalle/Peru. Love living in college towns! Kathy

Barbara, you can do it online (I am) or in the classroom (which my husband is). Tuition is variable. I only have 5 semesters after this introductory session because of all of my transfer credits from my degrees, John has none, so he will go a total of 3 years. We are both getting tuition reduction for being 60+. My…

Barbara, I am going to get my associates degree in medical billing and coding, so is my husband. We can still work for awhile, online from home or wherever we have internet access. Great for us since we love to travel. My sister loves it! Lots of work out there in this field. I have a spelling test this week on medical…

Checking in while I take a study break. You can get behind so fast but I’m glad this is such an active, supportive group of gals to be with. We had sun and no rain today!!! Just in time to have more rain tomorrow night. I was looking at some of the videos they had on TV for the 5 year anniversary of the gigantic sinkhole…

Welcome Nicole in NH and 1985 nurse! I’m a nurse too, graduated in 1981 and married in 1985. Time flies! Sue-table is so pretty! From the picture, your dining room furniture looks just like mine. One more day of solid rain to go. We are already 3 inches over our usual monthly total for rain, and it’s only the 11th. Sheesh!…

Playing catch up again. Still struggling with this vertigo, but maybe I finally am turning the corner—no vertigo lying down at bedtime. Fingers crossed. But for the first time in many many weeks I was all hot and itchy from my mast cell activation—I think I overdid the pineapple during the week. Usually I’m okay with it…

M in Oz: I saw that website, thanks. This is not my first go-around with vertigo, and that time it lasted 5 months. A physical therapist friend was my best help, nothing else worked. I happen to be on one of the recommended medications because of my Mast Cell problem, it’s not working but it didn’t work the last time…

🎂🎂My 2nd son’s birthday is today. I wish he wasn’t so far away in southern CA, but that was his dream to live out there. Some of the kids in my online classes thought I was kidding when I said I had kids older than half of the class, but it’s true. It boggles the mind how much trouble people get into driving out here in…

Viv: I think she is less in denial than beginning the grieving process. She is overwhelmed, tired, maybe even upset that she is giving over control to caregivers even though she knows she needs help. She is angry that he will leave her, doesn’t appreciate what she is doing and protecting herself from grief. Neither one can…

Rebecca, I am just giggling away at your picture of the cornbread! My daughter does the same thing to everything in a pan, from where that came, I’ve no idea, but I always know who’s gotten into it!

I have been recently diagnosed with MCAS, had biopsies on Halloween, of all days! I also have TypeII diabetes and have to be gluten free because of a wheat allergy, not celiac disease. It is a challenge to say the least! The nutritionist/dietician here is good but has no experience with this or such a combination so I feel…

DrKatie: sounds like my husband! I just keep giggling! We are in the middle of this goofy January weather. Good thing the kids were off school yesterday or they would have gotten a snow day (need an emoji that rolls its eyes!) Our little 2.25 “ (or major, depending on where you hail from) snow is melting. After 3 nights in…

Auntiebk—I love my Withings tracker, I have the old one called Go, but they do not make it anymore, but something like it is $69 (they used to be part of Nokia). I need a new one and I think I will splurge on the new model that’s thinner. I need one that does not go on the wrist, I use my hands too much and it is always…

Ah, KJ, I completely understand. There were 3 in my house with 3 different kinds of ADD and 3 of my nephews. It is a challenge. It is a full time job to get them through school and be their advocate against the world. My sons and husband made me a better educator. And I still want to take my one son’s bachelor’s degree to…

Children!!! Now I know my thyroid and mast cell problems keep me cooler than the rest of the bunch, (unless I’m reacting to something) but I was freezing a bit ago so I go to check the thermostat and what do I find? My daughter has the air conditioner on at 65°F and it’s pretty cold outside. Just the last straw in a bunch…

Iamauntbeth: Hi neighbor and welcome! I’m just down the road a piece in Bowling Green. Don’t psych yourself out, and there’s plenty of support here. SweetiePie: welcome to you too. Balance is a great word, and I’m in the midst of finding some with school just starting again. It’s always a juggling act, isn’t it? But you’re…

Yes Michele, just table salt and water

How’s everyone this evening? Kylie—the snow keeps missing us, so I’m missing the snow—those hard little ice pellets just don’t cut it! I’m rather tired of the rain every day the last few days. Unfortunately, since nobody knows how to drive in the rain around here, we were were without internet, TV or phone half of the day…

What a lazy day today was, didn’t do much but study and go to church. Needed it, I guess. I didn’t realize that tonight was the first time we have been out to eat in 10 days, not like us at all. Maybe it was all of the traveling. More home cooking this coming week? More water? Hopefully, I’m getting back into the swing of…

Hi everyone! I’ve been running amok for weeks but now I’m back home and catching up with all of the postings. I was back last week but have been busy this week with doctor appointments and school started Monday. I think that it was almost easier traveling in Guatemala than Chicago with this crazy mast cell activation thing…

Anita, I’m glad I saw this as I was looking around the community. Count me in. This seems like a good way to establish a new habit. I have goals to get working on from the dietician. Looking forward to being with all of the group. Kathy

adkhiker63 and Almagreatness: welcome and what corner of the world do you call home? DrKatie, was just thinking about you and your mom. Hoping it was a better day. Hugs I was off to the dietician this morning, to catch him up on the latest round of doctor visits and make a plan for the next few weeks, especially since we…