good morning ladies,

dixie, sorry jacob has some pain, but i doubt it will last long if he just eats on the other side. good luck with your cleaning. it's better in phases anyway.

thanks for asking. my tummy is still a bit sensitive and i'm eating only mild foods, but i am having my morning coffee!

the computer repair lady finally showed up last night. we talked about all the options and the cost sounds feasible, but she has to get into each one first. saturday she'll bring me a loaner, so she can work on the desktop and she took both laptops.

i got most of the fridge clean out done. i have a bunch of containers to wash and i need to wipe down the inside. also i have to prep some fruit for smoothies. lastly, i have to do some computer work for the state inspectors who are coming monday and tuesday to document the constant flooding which is still going on. at least some of it is sitting.

carly, i'm sorry the hypno therapy didn't work. disappointing. don't give up. big hugs and hope.

wishing all the best day possible!

Hi hens : )

Exhausted! i just finished cutting that tree down. The sky has come very grey, so just in time by the looks of it.
I received a letter from the breast screening pple, good news, no sign of cancer.

Dix, can jacob have a little pain relief with some ibuprofen? Hope you get that cleaning done without too much effort.
seren, sounds like you have a busy day, go easy on the smoothies, the fruit might pinch your tummy if youve have a tummy bug.
carly i missed a few posts so i dont know what the hypno therapy was for, but i hope you find a solution or relief in some other form.

hugs

so glad its friday, i love fridays : )

Thank you Dixie, I was really disappointed and maybe I was counting on it too much. I thought I was going to walk out of there and drive through the nearest Burger King and chomp down (and swallow) with no problem. :-) But since I was having more problems with just swallowing water or saliva I asked to be hypnotized first for that. I needed it to go away!!! But that didn't work either. It took me forever to find a Hypnotherapist. I never thought that I could have just gone to a regular therapist for results.

They want me to do a different treatment called EMDR. Eye movement Desensitation and Reprocessing for the food swallowing anxiety. But trust me when I tell you it is much easier to deal with and navigate how to swallow food than it is when you can't swallow in your own throat. Especially when I'm driving. The EMDR is suppose to help with PTSD, panic attacks stress reduction, pain disorders and addiction, just to name a few. It was founded in1987 by a psychologist and was reported in a 1989 Journal of Traumatic Stress and reported the success of using EMDR to treat victims of trauma.

I hope Jacob's pain has gotten better. I can imagine why it should still be hurting him, especially with a sharp pain when he eats. That just doesn't seem right. I hate that you are having to worry but maybe a call the the doc...if you've not done it already.

Hope the storms coming are not too bad. And that you didn't over do with the cleaning. It's going to have you feeling those storms coming even more. :-)

seren, hope your tummy is feeling better. Mild foods are good. I'm not a coffee drinker but I do know that when I drink too much soda with caffeine it can upset my stomach. Have you tried to go to caffeine free coffee? I think I know the answer before I ask it. lol

I wish my hubby would let me take my laptop to the shop again. It worked like new when I got it back. I DON'T want a new one. I what this one back to it's old self. It is giving me so many problems and I think all it needs is a tune up but DH won't hear of it. GRRRRR!!!!!

I love cleaning out all the old containers in the fridge. But I don't like cleaning them. I never put them in the dishwasher. For some reason I feel like plastic containers don't get that clean unless I wash them by hand in hot water.

So sorry about the flooding. I hope you get a good report from your inspection.

Thank you for your concern about the disappointing result from the hypno therapist. I will keep trying; just don't know what else to do.

Empathy, that is great news! No sign of cancer is wonderful!!!!

Good you got that tree cut down.

I'm having some swallowing issues so I thought the Hypnotherapist would help. I know we all miss posts, I'm often late. But thank you so much for your concern. xoxo

Hugs to all the wonderful Hen's here.

carly, i've read about EMDR and it's supposed to be very good treatment for PTSD and related issues. fingers crossed for that to work.

yeah, i'd never drink decaf, but i do drink a lot of herbal tea when coffee isn't an option. i'm the same way with containers. they're still soaking :) yesterday was a computer and phone call day, so today i'll focus on the kitchen stuff since i finally have some energy again.

as far as your computer, do you have a good anti-virus program? i bet it just needs to be cleaned which would be so much than starting from scratch. i hope you can reason with hubby (or pitch a fit).

keep us posted on all fronts.

Thanks seren, seems like I have no choice than to try it. What the heck else can I do??? I am sooo frustrated.

I do have a very good anti-virus program on my computer. And it gets cleaned every week. But for some odd reason I keep getting this pop up everytime I try and open an alert from DS. Maybe I should blame it on them....but they would only tell me to send a feedback form....which is always a joke.

I have pleaded with him to let me take it back to the guy that made everything right. But he won't hear of it. I soooo dread starting from scratch and learning a new computer. He has never really been a fix it guy....he is more of a throw it out and get a new one type of guy. And that goes with everything and with every move we have ever made. I have put my foot down and pitched a fit and sometimes he does listen.

I will keep you all posted on all fronts as soon as I know what front I am going to take. :-( And again, thank you so much for being there.

xoxoxoxo