Lets get started Tuesday's Roll Call~

[Fancylady]

I can't hardly wait for us to all meet and get started. So how did your summer go? It's a brand new day and we can do this. I have lost 34 pounds altogether. Some things in my life have change.If you have know me from the old BT, well my husband did pass away in July. It is hard to just pick up your life and start again. I feel I am still in the first stages. I was losing weight before that running so much, then my husband couldn't eat and keep it down, it's not hard to loose your apptite. After that everything was hard to do. I am selling land and wanting to move off our farm as soon as I can find a place to call home.With each passing week I keep hoping to find something.

Then I had another back surgery last month and I'm not up to par yet. In three weeks my doc ordered another surgery. I can't hardly stand the thoughs of that, nor a hospital. If healing didn't take so long it would be different, but this last one won't heal for a year. I keep trying to bend down to pick something up and I can't. So I must watch my diet pretty chose. For I sure don't get any exercise to speak of. I wish I could by some energy for with moving I don't know how to manage.

Have you lost sence we were together lastand how much do you want to loose? I would be s happy if I could take off another 34 pounds. I can see a difference, but it's not great.

Here's hopping we get off to a great start and start walking and drinking water. Good Luck to all who join in.
BC:)

[LynnW]

Hi Fancylady it sounds like you've had a tough time lately. Life is hard sometimes at its best but you've been down an extremely hard road.

I've had a hard time finding something for pain relief. My doctor would try me on some medication and I'd have side effects. To make a long story short the last thing he tried me on was a Duragesic patch and it has really helped my pain better than anything so far and that's like a miracle as I was suffering pain on about a 8 level for a long long time. There were days and nights I would cry with the pain.

It is addicting or can be but it has greatly helped the quality of my life and that is great. I cleaned my house from top to bottom Sat. and that's a first for a very long long time. I have more energy am not always thinking of the pain, etc.

As far as my summer it has slipped by in a fog of pain but thank goodness with the Fall that has gone away.

I hope all you girls are doing good. Fancylady will be saying prayers for you to recovery quickly from your surgery and that the upcoming surgery will go well also.

Love Lynn:)

[Fancylady]

;) Thanks a lot Lynn for your prayers. I never get enough of them. I've been doing a little better here lately. I go up and down. My pain level is high too. I think all I need to do is slow down and not lift nothing over 5 pounds. That's Dr's orders. I took my dog to the vet today and he is saying for me to wash him right away and I just did yesterday. H e weights 35 pounds and thats really a no, no for me. It seems I just can't get away from lifting him. I know I shouldn't but there is no kids out this way I could ask to help.

I would like to ask what is in your duragesic patch? I have so much trouble, like you, with side effects. I have pain meds, but I can't drive with them in me. I have tried and believe me I have to pray every step of the way, it's not worth getting in a wreck with. I keep thinking they will come out with a new pain pill for us that struggle taking them. I actully can take an Anasin and do fairly well. Cleaning the whole house, I haven't done in years in one day. Those patches must work for you. That's wonderful! I'll see what is in them, maybe my doc would write me a scritpt for them. Thanks!
BC:)

[NevadaNan]

Hi Billie - "Saw" you on BT2 and answered Roll Call there. It will be interesting to see how many people come back here, huh.

Lynn - I'm Nancy, now "NevadaNan" but I'm also known as "BS" which does not stand for what it usually means, but stands for "Big Sister". When this forum was going strong last Spring, (maybe Winter, too) I became a Big Sister to another member, Janster, who is "LS" or Little Sister. This has nothing to do with size, it simply indicates I am older than Jan. By just a tiny, few years. And, darnit, I'm proud to be a "BS" and I don't care who knows that I am 53. (Jan is really in her mid-60's but just play along with her.)
Hee hee hee. Chuckle, chuckle.

Stick around here, it gets to be quite fun. I, too, suffer from horrible pain from my Peripheral Neuropathy, Fibro, and disc diseases. Lately, my feet have been turning bright red when the pain hits so I don't know what is going on there.

Well, hello to all who sign in today. I will try to check back in.

Nancy

[joy]

Good afternoon. I'm checking in today with you all. FancyLady you have had a terrible time of it and more to follow. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as well. This computer is my only link to outsiders sometimes. I look forward to meeting with everyone.

[Fancylady]

We are so glad to have you join in. There are times I don't have anyone in my home either. It's nice to get to know one another. Are you on other forums? I am on this, cronic pain and Spinal Disorders on here and the other BT. It's kinda confusing, but both have a different personaility's. I can't say which I like the best.

Are you wanting to loose weight? Most of us do and if you don't you are welcome to just talk and encourage us! The more the better. We do get to know one another. Talk to you later.
BC:)

[joy]

hi barbara, is it (fancylady) and everyone. I have seen your name but can't remember for certain at the moment. Yes i am on several forums. I am on chronic pain, the peripheral neuropathy, and I really like to check in on the comic relief. I also visit the epiepsy not gonna worry about spelling, he,he, it's late. My daughter has seizures and i could join the trigeminal neuralgia and the menieres if there was one this time, lol. There are a few more but I thought it was getting ridicolus and was being way to gabby here at first. But I was so glad to have BT back up. I never wavered in my belief that it would come back online so that helped me and I do belong to other pn boards as well. I also recently joined a group of people that like to read Jean Auel's books on earth children. Do any of you read these books? She has published at least 5 and I have read them all. I lost the ability to remember things and would fall asleep so I had to stop reading. Then one day I picked up one of my paperback books by ms Auel and re-read it. Bingo, it did not matter that I could not remember it much anyway, lol. So I am slowly reading those books again while I wait for her 6th book to be published.

Makes me think, we celebrated our 39th annivesary this year. Hubby bought me a little pocket pc so I could install the Bible on it. It is neat, no more fumbling with pages. My hands are numb from the neuropathy and I am so slow looking up the passages in Bible. So it was a wonderful gift and serves as my memory as well. I put notes to myself in it and carry it in my pocketbook.

Yes, i need to start back losing weight. In 2002 I started to lose weight because of just stress I guess. So I went with it after awhile when I saw that I could cut back on my eating. My husband (I am so sorry about your loss of husband, it has been hard I'm sure) has heart problems and is a diabetic and needs to watch his weight and chloseterol so I was buying fruit, etc and eating right. He still would buy candy, cookies and eat ice cream. I did not waver for the longest but due to boredom and blah blah just a weakening I guess, I started back eating too much and eating some junk food. But I still have not gained it all back and hope to never. Many years ago I got down to 150 and my doctor wanted me still to lose all the way down to 130. I did get down to 150 again this last time and since I am 5 foot 9 inches, I thought I was skinney enough, lol. I don't really want to be that slim but don't guess I'll have to worry about it with this attitude. But I would like to get back down to 170 soon. So I will start trying. Do you all just do your own thing and report it or what? I used to peek into this forum some before it went down but don't remember much about it. I do remember some of the names, etc. so I don't feel like a stranger even now. Well it is very late and I need to try and sleep some. Hope everyone else has a restful night. We get to keep precious grandson tomorrow and also pick up granddaughter after school. Those children keep me going and are such a blessing.