< =text/>_popupControl(); Good morning everyone. I can't sleep so I decided to start today's chat thread. Hope everyone has a good day!!! Rain, gusty winds, and storms are on my weather platter for today! And yep, believe it or not...I am stiff, very swollen, and in a ton of pain. Which partially explains the insomnia lol. All the pred doesn't help that either!!! I can't imagine what I would be like if I wasn't on the pred. Oh wait...I can!!! LOL!!! Oh well...such is life and guess what...life goes on!!!
Tonight is the big choir concert!!! Her very first one!!!!
Think I will go take 10mg of methadone and see what that does for me.
Everyone have the best day you possibly can!!!
Sorry you can not sleep. I was woke up by a bit of pain myself.
Sorry to hear about the pain everyone is having, I hope it doesnt last too long take care It's pouring here in MI too. My dog refuses to go out and do her morning business. She stuck her nose out the door and sat down on the floor with an air of great determination and gave me a challenging look. She sure is going to have a long day. Hope her bladder holds out. Not feeling too bad considering the weather. I had to quit naproxen for a week, but the tylenol arthritis is helping. Hope you all have a good day and I'm off to work! Laker Really i didn't sleep so well myself. I had this another flare so i new it was the flare. Tight chest exteme pain , jumpy muscle spasms. Last time my son sent me to the hospital. Still it is hard to condition yourself to ignore signs of a heartattack and get a good night sleep. My chest gets so tight i get a compression disorder that shuts my arms down to worthless. Makes you cry if you just lift your arm. Forget about closing the car door. Well i have better pain meds this time and more pred, maybe it won't be as bad. Hard to say as is this flare is worse. Liz how long have you had this flare? he's at night school now Rain, rain go away... come again another day. It is raining here, I did not even know it was to rain. Now I know why I was a hurtin so bad last night. I just thought the pred was wearing off faster
Ok... I am going back to bed. Laters DUDES! WEll, the wind is blowing as usual for change of season. Now, the wind has hit the bones. The bone splitting pain is BACK! Can't wait until the next infusion. Sorry Lizzie and Milly about the increase in pain. This stinks...and I wish I could do something to help you both. Take care and keep warm. Pinnie, sorry about the man flu...I would rather be sick than to have hubby get sick...such a big baby!!! But go to the doc and get treated, no, I'm the MAN! Laker...sorry about the Naproxem, hopefully the Tylenol arthritis will continue to work. Good Morning Hawkeye! Glad the paws have settled down. Joonie...get some sleep, and rest as much as you can. I can't wait until next week, for you to get your infusion!!! As far as I can tell, I bet it is still there, but I don't know. The flare has turned up a notch, so I don't think I will be up to substitute teaching today. Back to Bone Splitting feeling and pain. I look like a Marshmellow I am so puffy, but hey I have two weeks to wait for Remicade, and then it will be ok. Have a couple of errands to run...one I have to get some meds, and then most of the day I will be resting. Thanks for the prayers and for asking. I did get the lower spinal xrays so I should have the results tomorrow*fingers crossed*. One thing I know the exercises and stuff is NOT working. I just want something to work. Morning...It rained here all night..I HATE when it rains. A little stif today. Milly where in IL are you? Not sure what I have planned for today. Have a few loads of laundry to finish up then I get to put them all away.... oh yea...thats the part I hate..I love doing laundry but HATE putting it away. Owell...they aren't gonna put away themselves. Hope everyone gets to feeling better as the day goes on. TA DA! I'm here - aren't you all excited!!!! Things are about the same here today. Temps are a bit warmer, which is nice. All that rain you folks are having in the midwest is supposed to head in our general direction by tomorrow evening. Could you guys please leave some rain in those clouds for us? Shannon, I always hated to put away clothes too, so I got smart. I would fold my kids clothes and put them in a laundry basket. Since I had three kids, each kid had their own color basket that they picked. Then they were taught to pick up their basket of clean clothes and put them away, and put their dirty clothes in the basket and return it. Even now I put my hubby's clean clothes folded neatly on his dresser and he puts them away. YAY Karen is here!!! We can start the party
I wish i coud do that w/ the laundry...Kelsay does help me put her clothes away. But hubby?? Its a lost cause... He just throws clothes in drawers and it drives me crazy so I just do it...Id have to redo it in the end anyway so i just do it from the start
I hate laundry the kids do their own and I wash hubby's and minel. He does the folding most of the tgime and he does the ironing because all the shirts are his
I did hang 2 loads out in the sunshine today and that was kind of fun. I don't tend to go out in the yard as much as I should and when I was out there I realized that the first flush of roses was going great guns! They really are gorgeous Pammy- my hubby irons his own shirts too, i just cant handle the fiddly part of inbetween the buttons, we have lots of buttons that melted over the years
We have a wardrobe in the laundry and everything that comes out of the dryer gets hung up and the undies go in seperate baskets, at the end of the day they all take their baskets and clothes on hangers and put them away.it works quite well.
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Morning to everyone that has woken up while I was sleeping lol!!! Milly...I have had this particular flare about ohhh 2 weeks now I think? Karen or Katie prolly know better than I do since I can't really think like that right now because of the pred. I have been out of control tho for a year now. My girls do the laundry since we have 2 flights of stairs to muddle thru to get to the washer and dryer. They bring it to me from the dryer and I fold it and they put it away for me. I can't believe all this rain. Someone else can have all mine too. Right now we are getting a break from it and it is sunny out. That is not supposed to last too much longer. Danielle has an 11:15 CST appt. with the doc for her UTI. I am just green with jealousy of those who can sleep!!! Liz, I suspect you've been out of control most of your life!
So, clearly this is a great day in my life. I checked my email and I have an email from the wife of the former Prime Minister of Nigeria, and it seems she has chosen me, out of all the millions of people on the internet, to share in money her husband set aside in a special account in this country! Imagine that, little old me, picked to share in that money! Oh, but that's not all - it seems that I have won the Staatsloterij Lottery in the Netherlands too. It's absolutely true, I have the emails to prove it! But friends, that's not the best part! Seems there's a medication available to me on line that will enhance my man! Who knew such a thing? I didn't even know I wanted an enhanced man, but apparently all women do? I BOW IN YOUR PRESENCE KAREN O MIGHTY ONE! YOU ARE HONOURED AMONG SCAMMERS. Sleep, Whats that? its 2am, I can't sleep and I have pred munchies
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*Sidles up to Karen my new best friend
Karen...how well you know me...of course I have been out of control for a very long time. That is what you love about me!! Wow...what a day I am having. Those emotional side effects from pred are starting to hit. I want to curl up in a little ball and cry (yeah right curl up what a joke lol) and I also feel so angry about nothing!! Like any little thing can spark a major temper tantrum!! This is soooo not like me...I have to admit it is a little scary for me to be like this. I don't want to be all angry and snippy with my family. How can I avoid doing this? I really could use some suggestions. I have already told Danny that my mood is precarious at best. It's the kids I'm really worried about. They are only kids and ya know do kid things that I am worried will set me off!!! You could get a t-shirt that says "Im having a bad pred day...beware or you might loose a limb" ? I'm lost - what is "man flu"? Laker I love tornado warrnings!!! I'm all jealous!!!
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Now you're supposed to "hunker down" - are ya hunkering, Katie? Laker, I'm with you, I was wondering what the heck man flu is also! Liz, what is up with your posts? You have all these weird text things at the beginning and ending, and have for some time now? Is this a special code that I'm not in on? I want to be in on it, please??? But Katie this could be a great thing! Tomorrow they will be having a "HUGE BLOW OUT SALE" I just hope it didn't hit the part that has the pet shop. No one is saying right now. Poor puppies!!!
I notice you aren't worrying about the poor people working and shopping the mall, LOL!
Well they can move and take care of themselves. The puppies are in cages. :( Well, lets hope everyone is okay. Are they saying it is serious?
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Lol a blow out sale...cute one Karen. I will fix my pop up blocker later. I am getting just enough time right now on the puter from the warden to let everyone know how Danielle's doc appt. went. All I can say is glad that I didn't have to go with her lol. She got Nitrofurtonin 100 mg b.i.d. for the UTI..annnnnnnd drum roll please....3 vaccines!!! This poor kid!!! The hits just keep on coming for her!! She got her flu vaccine...meningococcal vaccine...and the first in the series of 3 vaccines of Gardasil. Her next ones are at 2 months and then at 6 months. Needless to say Daddy took her to McDonalds to get some lunch and is letting her stay home from school for the rest of the day. She is in a good mood despite all of this and looking forward to her concert tonight. I always wanted to teach my girls that you have to roll with the punches...but sheeeesh....it's time to cut this kid a little slack already!!! OMG! Poor baby girl, I am so sorry Lizzie. She is strong like her momma, and I am proud of her. Although keep tabs on the overdoing part, like her mom has to have too. I wish I had control of the slack thing! I would definitely cut her some! Suzanne is planing a take over RUNNNNN LMAO There are losers inner tubing outside........you have any idea how FILTHY that water is????
Gosh Katie, that sounds bad, do you have something blocking the water from coming in the door? At least you still have electricity. The report on the radio said they were telling people to stay inside because of all the downed lines. Yup, they had a downed line earlier, around the corner from us. We have towels!!! LOL But the neighbors have a boat......I just keep thinking, I may have to make some fast friends!! LOL
Katie- take care. wheres your little kitties? If you get lost on the boat take the turning to the right, then left then straight , if you reach the thames pop in for a hot chocolate and cakeI just cringe when they show the kids out playing in all the water on the news when it's flooding somewhere in the states. Does the local news ever say later how contaminated the flood water is and if anyone got sick? Here, all the individual septic systems would overflow and I realize cities have huge waste systems that take it all away, but the water isn't clean even if it doesn't have human waste in it. Well they're all rednecks on this street, so I don't even think if the news told them it would matter.
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Well I am no longer jealous! We are under a tornado watch until 10 pm tonight lol. It is super windy out and the clouds are starting to build. This has been just the most insane weather I have seen for a autumn season in a long time. I can't believe you gals are happy to be under a tornado watch! Don't you know there is WIND associated with tornados and thunderstorms??? Katie you are just trying to worry me
Not lil ole chicken me Link! I like rain, which yippee we're getting some today, but not wind! Hey Katie, what kind of boat does your neighbor have? Maybe you can make friends and you two can make some money....ya know pulling the idiot people that are going tubing in the water, and bringing people back and forth to the grocery store...its like a water taxi.....Hope you guys are safe!!! Its windy up here, not sure it ifs soposed to rain anymore today or not. The dog is driving me crazy though, I have the kitchen window open so the wind keeps blowing either the plastic bags from the grocery store or a paper on my refrigerater...so EVERY time she barks...its driving me crazy!!!! I went in the basement a couple of times yesterday myself. The rain in southern Ill has finally seemed to let up. Please be careful Katie. I wonder how long it takes to get blood work back from mayo clinic? I can't have meds till it gets back. Has been three and half weeks already. Down to 10mg of pred for however long. And vicoden. The weather keeps fluctuating and i have no idea what the real temp is. I keep reminding my son to help me. My thermostate is broke it just reads wrong. Guess i need to get that fixed. Liz I wonder if the doctors know how to help Pred rage. I am more blue than raged as i am now at mantance dose. Well i don't have the energy to get rage at this point. Prayers for you hun Thank you for the definition of "man flu". You are absolutely correct. Women never get to be sick. It's not fair. Laker Mo...well, don't stay up so late tonight. chat isn't nearly as fun without you, but we'll sacrifice for your good health.
Milly, maybe your dad just meant that you shouldn't be worrying about everyone else because you need to be taking care of yourself. Love that one Deidre!!!
Katie stay safe!!!
Its supposed to rain here and my body knows it!!!! Hope everybody doing well..... Yep, that was funny Deidre. Mona...ok, so our winds have been about 35mph, and hmmm they have only issued a high wind warning for tonight. When they are supposed to be close to about 60mph. Yep, good ol' Cheyenne, if we didn't have wind we would never have weather. Thank God, as of this moment no tornado warnings...we shall see. Katie...where is Justin? Is he with you are trying to swim his way home???? YOu both stay safe and higher than the water. Make sure you are drinking bottled water, and not tap. Worried about you guys. Milly...maybe it is good they think you are broke. If this is their reasoning for paying attention to you than that is ok. I have also noticed with my family if I am depressed...they just don't want to talk to me, b/c I am not my usual self and I am definitely more self-absorbed. I do think the depression thing scares my family more than anything. Something that I have to watch and monitor not them. Do you have something for the depressive side of this???
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I love storms. I know that is kinda crazy...but I always have. I love to watch the lightning. Fascinates me for some reason. The only time the wind really bothers me is when it is soooo dang windy it whips around the corner of the house and makes a weird noise lol. Milly...sometimes when you are the person in the family that is "the strong one" people figure that you do not need any help because...well...you are "the strong one." So that means as many of us said before...that you have to ASK for the help when you do need it or you will not get it. Communication with family is really important with this disease. You will learn to balance asking for help with what you can do on your own. Trust me...it is more of a burden on your family if you do not ask for help. Hi angy!!! Ohhhhh Danny stopped and got me a Pumpkin Spice Shake from Culvers!!! YUM YUMMY!!! I can't remember which company it is that makes like Pumpkin Spice...Gingerbread...and a couple of other neat flavors of coffee creamer this time of the year. Katie knows tho lol. She always has to tell me who it is. Also yummy in the tummy this time of the year...White Fudge Covered Oreo Cookies!!!! Why is it that these companies only put this stuff out once a year? It is just not fair!! We should write letters of protest!!! LOL!!! I wonder if prednisone induced rage is a legitimate defense in a court of law. Here are a couple of pics of Danielle before she left for the concert!
Oh Liz Danielle is a doll! You must be so proud! Hope the concert goes great for her
Milly your family hates to see you suffer but you're right they should br helping you out! Let em have it! And cut the purse strings.
Oh i had my bath i feel so much better. Are you alright katie. I fear the water is still coming down. It started here again.
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Thanks Moana!!! I am very proud of all my girlies!!! For Danielle being such a tomboy...she does clean up nicely lol. No, I did not go. I don't think I would have even survived the car trip 5 minutes across town to the high school lol. Danny and Arielle are there with her. Neato vids Katie. I was part of the rescue phase for a tornado once when I was a paramedic. Our town wasn't hit but we were mutual aid for the town that was. I just noticed that I have Hershey Kisses stamps from the post office. OMG Katie that video scared me to death! You be careful and stay inside til all this is over. Heck you don't have basements, and I doubt you would go in one if you didPred talking there?
Katie, those tornado video's were spectacular! Never having seen or been around a tornado, it was cool to see, but SCARY! You be careful girl! Liz, Danielle is a cutie for sure! Milly, glad that bath made you feel a little better! Mo'Nana, whats up? I'm doing the happy dance cuz I'm off work tomorrow, and NO MORE JURY DUTY!! Poor you Katie! Stay safe! Woohoo Brisen, no more jury dutyNo, I've never seen it this bad. Except during a hurricane!
Molly is doingmuch better, but still not eating or feeling quite up to par yet. She is drinking, so we're just keeping an eye on her. If she doesn't eat by tomorrow, back to the vet she'll go. It's so weird to hear you say you're watching Grey's when it's only 6:15 pm here!
Ok commercial break, Want me to tell you what's happening gale?
Katie is Justin home with you? I want a tin roof, I love to hear rain on a tin roof. Gale Grey's is making me cry
How do you like Private Practice Mo? I'm TRYING to like it, but it sure isn't as good as Grey's or ER. Hey I watch Jeopardy and Boston Legal.
No I'm not telling til Gale gets a chance to watch
Are you blaming all the spam on me, Katie????? Hey Karen
Gale and Milly...heres you one clue..."You traitorious bitch"... insert where applicable
Hey, you can enhance yours - I got an email about enhancement pills I could forward to you, LOL! I just don't know yet if I like the people or the storylines. Guess I'll give it another chance. OMG this was the best Grey's ever! It was good from beginning to end! Karen I tried to watch the Daisy show but it's kinda over my head
I bought two bags of candy corn and some p-nut m&m's, I'm good! I know why I am depressed...I am getting so freaking fatThey smell sooooooo good when you burn them, and they last for hours!Haha you're addicted to little soy balls.....
I am! Soy tarts and soy beads are the best!
I thought you meant real food Gale, I was thinking you're carrying this veggie thing way too far
No kidding, I must have 20-30 bottles of different types of lotion that I use on a daily basis. Soy tarts and beads are like wax. You put them in simmer pots or tart burners and they make your house smell yummy! And they're much cleaner burning than wax. How in the world can you use that much lotion in a day? Do you take a fizzy bath in it?
Whats your favorite, mine's Cherry Blossom I like lotion better than perfume most of the time, I like anything with shea butter in it Hair stuff is my big splurge too Milly.
Poor you Gale, go slash his tires tonight or something. Is he driving? Well thank goodness for that! He'll be all right, try not to worry...oh and I got a Magic Bullet too and have made two milkshakes for hubby and me. Trey wants it to make dacquiris but I said no go buy you a .00 blender, this stoopid thing I never use cost a hundred bucks
Holy Moly! Why didn't you insist on going? WOW! Where's Joonie? I haven't seen her post lately...hope she's ok That was funny Karen.Aww that's sad. But sweet of them. I hope he has a good time. *hugs* Don't be nervous! He'll be fine :)
I haven't talked to joonie in days! Seems when I'm on, she's off...or vice versa. I am heading off to slumber land ladies. Try not to do anything I wouldn't do!Yeah she's only posted a few things here and there. I dunno. Maybe the kitten ate her?
Nite Karen!Boooooo!!!!!!!!! Wussy!!
Havn't seen link all day. She did seem tired last night. I hate to be a party pooper too, but I think I'm going to go get comfy in bed before Grey's comes on. C-ya'll tomorrow! Love ya's! I got kicked off lineI'm here!!!!!
Me also got kicked off page went down.Is anybody still here????I am here. was on the phone.Hey Milly.....how are ya? Hi Katie, I'm checking in real quick. Been reading this darn thread for HOURS!!(seems like it anyway). Went to Costco today. I use my little red scooter and my Sweetie pushes the cart. I always get tired out after a Costco trip. Then Sweetie took our 17 year old granddaughter to get a new pair of pants. For job hunting. He's so good to all the "ladies" in his life
Anyway, I am having surgery on my left hand, again, on Tues. so I'm trying to get everything that I usually do, finished before then, 'cause I'll be in a cast for about 6 weeks after. So did Costco, paid bills, laundry this weekend. That's about all I can still do. But I grateful that I can still do what I do, most of the time anyway. Katie, be very careful out there with your flooded streets. Do you have any sandbags for your door? If not , maybe you can pick up a few for next time. How's Justin doing? Hope he's feeling better. Are you holding up okay? Hugs to you both
Okay, I'm getting really tired and sore. I forgot to mention that I fell pretty bad on Monday. Actually I look like I got hit by a truck. Went face first into a window sill, then, for good measure, I took out a wooden t.v. tray on the way down. Hit the tray with such force that I broke a table leg in half. Bruised ribs, sm. cut on nose, bruised nose (cute, huh?) other people get get a black eye...I get a black NOSE
Well, sorry, but I must go to bed, too. Good night. Stay safe! Hugs, Nini Oh, sorry, Hi Everybody else that is still here! I thought everyone went off and left Katie. Hope everyone is bearing up to the weather. It's beautiful here, but seems like raining everywhere else. Sleep well, all. Nini Nini, Take care of yourself and we'll be thinking of you. Sending you big hug. are there still people here? I have to type a paper for my son, because he did some stuff for me today. Well guys I guess I will go and TRY to sleep..... My kids get up to get on the bus at 7:15.
Love you guys Good night sweet Milly...I am trying to resist the curve too. I am short enough by golly!
Oh, and they have lizards and bunnies too!!
I was unaware they had a basement....it's a wonder the thing wasn't flooded!!!!
The worst part about this all, is that we MEANT to get groceries last night, and did we? Nope.
Why is Suzanne signed in five times? Planning a takeover of the Board. Suzanne?
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was impossible for a whale to swallow a person because even though it was a very large mammal, its throat was very small. The girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated the teacher repeated that a whale could not swallow a person. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah." The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him."Yes ,but i can't take care of myself i can't walk or stay awake. I can worry about myself for about an hour or two but i will just fall asleep.Oh, so you're saying that he meant you shouldn't be asking for help? Hopefully the feeling isn't mutual amongst your entire family. Bet it's just him.
And they come in bottles that look like penguins, and gingerbread men, and snowmen....
We are still flooded in! 7 hours later! Sheesh. It goes down a little, and then it starts pouring again and it comes back up. The neighbors put their car in neutral and rolled it out of the water up to their door. Poor guys. There's a car on the next street that washed into a ditch, nose down. Another one in the paper from a few blocks over that's up to it's seats in water. Icky icky!!!!
I SWEAR there's a street under all that water. LOL You should have seen all the garbage floating. It's gone now. To where, I have no idea. Down stream! It just started cracking again, and pouring down. Sheesh. Can we get 5 minutes???
Wow Katie, that's scary! Do you get storms like this all winter?Oh and my sun roof is leaking, and my back brake light. JOY! My car smells like wet dog. *gag*
SHEESH!
I'm sitting here munching on crackers and being generally bored. *sigh*
I'm generally bored and hungry. I feel like enchilada's. OMG! The string of burglaries that had me all freaked out back in Sept??? They just caught the KID. Yeah, KID. 13 years old. Jesus. And to think if he'd hit my house, I was going to shoot his ass...........
my house has a new metal roof. it extends 20 feet out on both sides to keep water from getting in the basement. i used to have to go dump water buckets when it rained like this. Didn't get a drop. I did think my roof was going to blow off this morning for a minute or two. I mean it was flash flood strong rain for over 24 hours. I new that was going to effect someone.Milly where do you live?
The spam on this site is getting worse by the day...I know, we need to stop talking about penis-es and sh*t....
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