some good days
November 15, 2009 12:21pm
The end of this week was much better than the beginning making me hopeful that my meds will help afterall. Yesterday, I was almost normal! I probably …
Goal Completed on Feb 14, 09
cinaflower
12:00pm Sunday
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About Me
cinaflower
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About Me
I"'ve been married 22 years which is a freaking miracle and have 3 lovely kids. I teach special ed at an elementary school. I'm trying to stay healthy but seem to be continually falling apart!
I"'ve been married 22 years which is a freaking miracle and have 3 lovely kids. I teach special ed at an elementary school. I'm trying to stay healthy but seem to be continually falling apart!
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Interests
reading, cooking, gardening, exercising, yoga, hanging out with friends and family, art projects, decorating, laughing and enjoying the outdoors
reading, cooking, gardening, exercising, yoga, hanging out with friends and family, art projects, decorating,
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1 hug given, 1 journal post
Sunday
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cinaflower wrote a journal entry: some good days 12:21pm
The end of this week was much better than the beginning making me hopeful that my meds will help afterall.…
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cinaflower changed their mood to Good 12:00pm
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cinaflower updated their status 12:00pm
hopeful…
Saturday
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cinaflower gave purplemoon a rainbow 1:39pm
We'll be okay. hugs…
November 10
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cinaflower wrote a journal entry: Journal Entry for November 10, 2009 7:29pm
The husband came home with a red rose for me arranged in a vase. Sweet. I guess he doesn't suck after…
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Journal Entry for November 10, 2009
November 10, 2009 7:29pm
The husband came home with a red rose for me arranged in a vase. Sweet. I guess he doesn't suck after all. He's being sweet, I really need …
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sleep doesn't fix it
November 8, 2009 11:18am
I have slept as much as possible this weekend- last night I woke up three or four times to tinkle- I didn't even drink much yesterday- and I was …
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Journal Entry for November 6, 2009
November 6, 2009 10:55pm
It was a rough week and I'm so glad it's the weekend. I had a cold all week and it's still dragging on. I fell asleep around 4:30 this …
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Journal Entry for October 30, 2009
October 30, 2009 10:25am
I'm home today!!! Yay! I have two doctor's appointments today, so I'm going to do all of that and relax a little. I really can't do …
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thanks for your reply and sorry for your pain! yes I use to work full time and not ask for any money from him..sooo it's rough being dependent on someone.. especially when I could take care of myself. sometimes I just need to vent to people who know what I'm going through! hugzzzz
Ray of Sunshine
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sorry you are hurting so much! I know it's not much but it's all I've got...........................peg
I’m With You
Chicken Soup
Hope u start feeling better. But i do understand what
u are talking about the pain through your wrist and body! hugs nae'
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Support Groups
Close Breakups & Divorce
I've been married 22 years. About 5 years ago we hit a rough patch and were on the verge of divorce for a couple of years. It's going pretty good right now.
Treatments
- Couples Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- You have to be comitted to use what you learned or it's useless.
- Forgiveness Working / Worked
- forgiving your spouse for whatever it is frees your spirit up so that you can work on today, forgiving yourself and recognizing your wrongs allows you to have compassion
- Love Somewhat Helpful
- I didn't think I loved him anymore for a long time, I was wrong- it was there behind all the hurt feelings- I had to forgive and let go to find it.
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Helped me understand myself and what I do a bit more.
- Talking Working / Worked
- When we are able to let our egos go- and really listen to each other with empathy- it really helps a lot- it brings us together-
- Time Working / Worked
- I think sometimes if you hang in there and you both are honest and working on yourselves and the relationship it's possible to save things.
Close Eating Disorders
I've been a compulsive eater most of my life, I got up to about 240. About the same time I was at an all time high my daughter was diagnosed with anorexia. I was 240, she was 84 lbs. When I finally picked myself up by my bootstraps to take care of her and my family I realized that I needed to change, to stop sitting around feeling sorry for myself and just make my life better.
Treatments
- Outpatient Treatment Program Somewhat Helpful
- The nutritionist refused to keep seeing my daughter because she wasn't trying- but I kept up with the plan myself for her. Therapy helped us all.
Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Carbs! I try to stay away from the white stuff- it's like crack!
- Eat Less Working / Worked
- I just try to eat less, try to think about it being just enough.
- Weight Watchers Somewhat Helpful
- I lost and gained several times, but I wasn't ready when I tried this.
Open Fitness Goals
Type: Be the best you can beI was 240! I've lost 45 pounds so far mostly by just refusing to sit around feeling sorry for myself. I went from barely being able to walk a mile to being able to run a mile. I try not to eat white carbs and to not use food to make me feel better.
Treatments
- Running Working / Worked
- A year ago I started running. One minute at a time. One minute was hard! Can run a mile now without dying. It really transformed my body and my outlook on life.
Open Healthy Sex
cinaflower hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Stress Management
I am a working mother with 3 kids ages 19-9. My marriage has been iffy and I'm so stressed out!!!!!
Treatments
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- Running and walking helped a lot, right now my back hurts when I walk or run so I have to figure that out.
Open Hysterectomy
I had an endometrial ablation/tubal ligation/hysterscope in Nov. 2006. Was fine until fall of 2007, started having a great deal of pain. Had Adenomyosis. Got a Total abdominal hysterectomy in Nov. 2007. It was rough! In Feb. 2008 started feeling bad, got swollen and out of breath and really tired and achy- had to go in- my ovaries had ruptured and had adhesions everywhere. Took all that out. I'm so much better now!
Treatments
- Premarin Working / Worked
- makes things better down there- but it still gets dry and itchy sometimes.
Open Healthy Relationships
I've been married 20 years, which is truly a miracle after all we've been through.
Treatments
- Couples Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- it helped to have someone to talk to but it didn't solve any issues- the hardest stuff has to be worked out alone
- Patience Somewhat Helpful
- sometimes time and working through your own stuff brings enlightenment in the most interesting ways
- Talking Working / Worked
- it always helps to talk things out, to be honest and forthcoming with your spouse
- Writing Working / Worked
- I have to write, I'm the only one who listens to me
Open Smoking Addiction & Recovery
I'd smoked since I was 14- not a ton, maybe like 5 or 7 a day at the worst. It made me feel like crap and I hid it from my kids which was stressful. I quit January 2008 and except for the occaisional bumming from my friend when we've had a drink, have no desire to smoke again. I feel so much better!
Treatments
- Cold Turkey Working / Worked
- I just stopped. I stopped buying them, and talked myself out of needing it every day until it wasn't the only thing on my mind.
- Willpower Working / Worked
- just quit, period
Open Menopause
I'm 39. I had endometrial ablation in Nov. 2006, had a total abdominal hysterectomy Nov. 2007- had adenomyosis, thought I was healing slowly- had fluid in ab- went in for a lap and woke up without ovaries (hem. cysts, adhesions, etc.) and now about to hit menopause!
Treatments
- Estrogen Patch Working / Worked
- It's only been a week.
Open Rosacea
I had lovely skin until I was around 30. I had acne and my face got redder and redder and thick and just not nice. I've been using metrogel and other products for years and it's much better although not gone. Alcohol makes me flush. The blushing gets embarrassing too!
Treatments
- MetroGel Working / Worked
- been putting it on every morning for nearly 10 years- it helps a lot
Open Sexual Abuse
My husband was sexually abused as a child.
Open Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
I have IBS and it's really driving me nuts!!!
Treatments
- Acidophilus Somewhat Helpful
- don't know- I take it in hopes that it's helping or will help
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- trying to avoid fried foods, overeating, certain things- ice cream is a no no
- Bentyl Somewhat Helpful
- I'll take it when I'm really have bad symptoms- cramps especially and it seems to help sometimes
- High Fiber Diet Somewhat Helpful
- eating healthy in general seems to help- although sometimes fiber ends up making it bad some days
- Imodium Somewhat Helpful
- I take it when I'm going somewhere where I'm not sure about bathrooms- makes me constipated for days after
- Probiotics Somewhat Helpful
- trying it
