moving
April 28, 2009 9:03pm
I am moving and there is no internet until trees are cut and lines are run through the property. It is primitive but we do get running water (ha ha …
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About Me
peaceful
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About Me
Middle-aged woman with a good sense of humor and occasional bad temper. Enjoy diverse humanity and sober minded people. Do not care for prejudice of any kind.
Middle-aged woman with a good sense of humor and occasional bad temper. Enjoy diverse humanity and sober minded people. Do not care for prejudice of any kind.
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Interests
Spending time with my sweatheart and family, puppies, horses, cats, gardening, and friends. Music has been my career but thinking of expanding.
Spending time with my sweatheart and family, puppies, horses, cats, gardening, and friends. Music has
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monday
March 2, 2009 9:06pm
Well, found a computer to use while mine is resting...(not working...ha ha).
Had a full weekend of things to do and fun...no work and parents ok. So, …
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tired or tired
February 26, 2009 12:50pm
Just a moment to release some engery. Too many changes in my life are getting more tiring. So, I am looking for the silver lining a little harder …
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smiling, at last!!
February 10, 2009 2:12pm
We are having Spring like temps and some sunshine right now. I took a moment to go see a robin calling from an overhead phone line. (it …
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tired of tiredness
February 4, 2009 12:21pm
Well, things are just dragging along right now. So much to do and little time to get it done. Also, extra snow and this means shovel and exersion I …
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I miss our friendship....Hope that you and your loved ones are well and happy. I had to move to Texas to live with my sister because of becoming very sick with my migraines and seizures, but I really love being here, so it has become a blessing too.
Flower
Thank you Peaceful. Things are about the same. Will await your message. Take care.
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Good Luck
I'd been thinking that I hadn't heard from you. It's about time, haha. Seriously, I missed you and wondered if you were ok. Good to hear from you. Will await your return (to this site). Good luck with the move. How's your partner? The weather here is going back and forth but not as cold as a month ago. Thank goodness for that. It will be sunny soon. C ya.
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Ray of Sunshine
> So, when is the caraboa concert?? Right now the Carabao tour is just a rumor, I have to call my Love (Thierry) or check elsewhere to find out what's going on. Hopefully soon other things will be over and life will be easier but whatever! We have to enjoy the moment we are in at the time and let everything else be what it is. I wish you and your partner are doing ok. Let me know what's happening when you have time. Best wishes.
Little Love
Thanks A, for the kind words and hug. The group will help I know it. Only went to one so far. Tonight is cancelled due to bad weather and many of us live rurally and dont have 4 wheel drive. I live up in the mtns..well for a bit longer anyway!(foreclosure) Lots of snow, ice & sleet, dangerous on these steep roads. I also ordered a few books on grief, one is fairly new, for lesbian widows, 1st of its kind! Anyway I hope you are ok and sorry I'm not real supportive or reading tooo many journals right now....it takes so much to focus and grief takes so much energy!Namaste, Jess
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Support Groups
Close Stress Management
All my life I have been told that Stress is the root of my emotional and physical being. It seemed like an abitrary comment about my personality. Physicians, family, and friends have spent 25 years telling me what stress can do to a person. One day, I just understood them clearly. Life changed!
Treatments
- Anger Management Working / Worked
- Call it "Frustration Management." It is helping me keep from over-reacting. This is a really big change for the good.
- Behavior Management Working / Worked
- If I had NOT been willing to change, life would have.....(been toughER)!
- Music Working / Worked
- Singing is a type of breathing exercise. It can be done in the car, shower, computer, etc..and let's off tension!! Best medicine ever!!
- Patience Working / Worked
- I am sooo NOT good at this for myself. Gets better with practice.
Close Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
This is my toughest and longest health issue. Drinking a lot of water, taking my meds, and watching what I eat helps.
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Chamomile Working / Worked
- At night makes the stomach calm
- High Fiber Diet Working / Worked
- Trying to use fiber to help a flare up with IBS-D. Too soon to know if improvement is a fluke or relief!
- Psyllium Working / Worked
- IBS-D was really bad. In a few days things became healthier. I also am eating smaller meals more often and foods that are found in most low glycemic routines.
- Probiotics Working / Worked
- Low fat low sugar: I eat one per day. WORKS!!
Open Diabetes Type 2
In much better control with only a few simple changes to diet and routine. I feel so much better!!!
Treatments
- Metformin Working / Worked
- Work for a while. Now taking double. Sugar is getting higher so will probably need different or additional meds.
- Psyllium Working / Worked
- With diet in check the numbers are great!!
- Neurontin Working / Worked
- Nerves in gastroi and feet are suspected of causing pain.Meds are helping sooo much. But I am slower getting around physically. It is ok. I am learning to be steady with this change.
Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
I had a stomach ulcer at age 8. I have had to limit certain kinds of foods. It was tough when needing to diet for weight-loss. I can not always digest the salads and bulk needed to lose weight. Exercise is a must for me but recent health is making this very hard to get back to. I am so unhappy about this aspect of my life and have lost my zest for just "doing" what is best for me.
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Works the best.
- Eating Healthier Foods Working / Worked
- This seems to regulate my life well.
- Eat Less Working / Worked
- If I am not working out, I watch the extra calories. This really keeps me from gaining weight.
- Weight Watchers Working / Worked
- It worked when younger and was a nice tool to learn about how diets work (or not).
- South Beach Diet Working / Worked
- It was a really strict diet for me. But I lost weight and felt really good. I still use part of the plan and have done well a long time.
Open High Blood Pressure
If I could only go back to the day my DR said "you need to excercise." Since then, I have taken BP meds and struggled with my diastolic numbers.
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Reduce salt, and no trans Fat.
- Metoprolol Working / Worked
- Not as well as the extended release ;ToprolXL but close... and cheaper! Saving $ lowers my BP anytime :)
- Diovan HCT Working / Worked
- This really helped.
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionWith my health and the meds, depression was bound to happen. However, with the right program, things really improved. I learned to be happier and life did get better for me.
Treatments
- Lexapro Somewhat Helpful
- It worked to control flash-backs after a car accident. Then, I began being hyper and the DR weaned me from it.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- This is my number one choice for depression and other issues. I did not like the therapist, but got the point of what I needed and it got me through.
Open Families & Friends of Gays & Lesbians
May I just say that diversity and sobriety were once new growth. Today I find established roots.
