hiya everyone

[tmarie]

well i went to doc today..not good news..he has order all kind of test,that i can't afford,,ekg .mammograms,chest xrays,pap.pelvic,echocardiograms,cbc,urnalysis, tSH t4,cmp,lipid.1/2 of these I dont even knwo what they r,,but I'm way over weight wowzer,,lol,,and my blood perssue was threw the roof,,and I cant walk very far without having shortness of breath..he wants me to go to some baria center?,and speical GYN, oh and also a Dx for Depression,,lol,,just because I was crying in his office,,I knew I had some problems,,because of my weight and my smoking,,and all these test he wanted who wouldnt cry,,lol.. and he prescriptes all kinds of Pills too,,Think he his pill happy,,
Bumetanide-water pill..i knew I needed these,
Lisinopril -blood pressure
Carvedilol
miralax-Laxative..lol he ask me if I was constipated.and I said get that way soemtimes,,,,lol but do ya really think I need a pill for that ??,,,,,geeuz..
KCI -Potassium pill?..now i know when you take water pills it take away your potassium..and I also know if you eat 1//2 Nana a day which he didnt tell me,,I wont need these pills
and and also lexapro,,I told him Im not depressed and wont take these,,and they do more harm then good,,he gave me some free ones,,anyhow and a prescription for them too,,so yea now i am depressed,,,,,lol
other then that my day is good,,,,lol
how about yours..lol

[franklin]

Okay TMarie, been there, done that, so here is some advise!!!! I can help you with the blood pressure and the cholestrol, with the pill's you should be taking flaxseed oil pill's and fish oil pill's, Vitamin C. I have had surgery for a blocked corarited artery and was put in a study for the cholestrol and they told me to take these and do not eat anything that contain's hydrogernated anything (sp) try to walk some every day, my blood pressre was 200 over 100 and my cholestrol was at 352, it is now 200 and my blood pressure is at 128 to 138 over 70. I walk 1 1.2 miles 3 day's a week, I do take med's 3 of one kind and 2 of another and I take 2 liptor pill's every night. They do advise eating a banana to help with the potassium so it don't drop down to far. As for the depression can't help there, don't have it.

[joesmom]

Hi tmarie! Big huggie coming your way!!!!
Don't worry.....doctors always tell you all that stuff. Especially if you haven't been there in awhile. I go every 3 months (just so I can get the GOOD scripts!!!!), anyway, he still always tries to get me to have a million tests! (I just smile, and say, "No thanks, Doc, I'm just here for the scripts!!!!!" LOL! And he always says, "Well, if you change your mind, you know my number!!!!" LOL!
Yup, and if anyone else needs it, it's 1-800-Dr. Feel Good!!!!!! ROFLMAO!!!!!

[joesmom]

Hey, Look Ro!!!! We responded at the same time!!! How can that be? LOL! Look at the times!!!!!

[joesmom]

This is hilarious to me!!!!
Ok girls, this is a test, which one is motherly, and which one is a partier??

No, seriously, we both are both, just at different times!!!!!
I love ya, Ro! You're my sista!!!!!!

[franklin]

Well joesmom, might be cause I have 10 plus year's on ya!!
TMarie if you need to talk, please anything I am here, if I can help in any way more then happy to.
Pm me e mail me anything!!! Anytime!!!
Ro

[tmarie]

ok maybe we need to change this thread to heath class 101...lol
caz am going pick your brian Ro
I hate the ideal of poping all these pills,,and if I get off my butt and move around more my feet wouldnt swell up so much...but anyways,,I have heard of flaxseed and even got some once,,and put some in some muffin once ,,but I never used it again because I was scared I was using the wrong kind,,,lol I read where if you took to much could be just as bad and make you sick,,so i never used it again..lol . and I also have read about the fish oil pill's and heard it was very good for you...will you send me your lables off some old bottle..so i know what kind to buy,,i alway look at that stuff when i'm at the store ,but they have so many different kind i dont know which one to buy,,so i just walk away,,,lol
also was reading about hydrogernated,,which has also been renamed by some companies to mono- and di-glycerides...
www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/PartiallyHydrogenatedOils.html

looks like it would be easier to ask what you can eat..because most of our food has this stuff in it,,so what do you eat??,,,,,,,lol

Lynn your so funny.lol @ Dr feel good .thanks for the huggs hon,,,if you need any Lexapro I got some,,lol,,he says it takes the edge off ,,lol and people around me would notice the difference even if I didn't,,lol John says I dont need that stuff either,,and that he was a quack,,lol,,I wont be using it,,lol not depressed,,,,well just normal depression when ur hubby gets laid off and ur worried how ur going pay the bill,,, but I am and have always been a Ball baby,,,,lol..and dont think thats going change;-))

[franklin]

Well I only take the flaxseed oil pill's, use to eat the flaxseed in stuff but stopped that, I eat oatmeal each morning, well just about, I read all label's and try to get stuff without the hydrog. so it's a job going shopping and reading label's LOL Have to cut down of red meat's, lot's of chicken, turkey, fish (when on sale) and I only eat wheat bread. I use low fat cream cheese and cheeses. I know boring!!!! The walking is also the best medicine, little step's and work your way up. Well then darn must be really depressed as I am a crier, anything can set me off, tv, animal's, dreary day OMG!! Please don't add that to my every day life. I also have PAD which also was in a study for and they again the walking and keeping blood pressure low and the cholestrol under control. Believe me you don't want to go through the operation I went though so if you start now and do this you will save alot of misery. Will look up my label's and send them to you. wish I didn't throw all the literature away that I was giving at this study I would have sent it to you. I have been working with two friends who have the cholestrol and the blood pressure problem's, so they call me Dr information. LOL I hate the pill's too, that is why I take the vitamin's. I am a walking drug store, with the med's perscription and the vitamin's b, c, fish oil, flaxseed oil pill's and asprin a day.
I am here if you need more information.
Ro

[angelbrat]

So Sorry to hear this TMarie.. Will be praying for you.. I to am in the same situation and take a bunch of the ones you mention.. (Pills) And I hate it.. Water pill and one for depression and cholestrol and I think it stinks.. I to am over weight.. and trying to deal with that is Depressing enough.. It is to be a hot one here today.. Also I will try and get pictures of what I have done this month at Scrap club and Card club.. I am in a club with Close To My Heart Stamping.. and it is so wonderful I love it. Made some cards and a layout for the 4th of July... When I get pictures and get them loaded I will post here.. thinking about you..

Also I have been

[tmarie]

thanks Ro,,fr all your info and help,,been sitting here looking up low salt food stuff and food without that other junk in it..and trying to make a shopping list,,not easy...lol.

.thanks for the well wishes Angelbrat!! and welcome back hon!!!
sounds like your having tons of fun scraping,,wished more people on the board were into scrapping ..cant wait to see pic!!!

[franklin]

Oh TMarie lot's of kidney, black and all kind's of bean's, sure wish I had the brain's to hold onto that information, had recipes and the food's you could eat. Lime juice is good for the high blood pressure, I put it in my diet drink's like iced tea, lemonade help's to lower the blood pressure, just made a salad with black bean's, kidney bean's, onion, red pepper, brown rice, garlic, jalapeno pepper's, cumin, celintro and 2 limes the juice and zest, oh soooo good.
Want the recipe?
Ro

[tmarie]

sure I would love it thanks,,,,,
beans were on my list,,,..lol...for this week ..just going to do some beans and rice,,and I know brown rice is better but I hate that stuff,,so going do the white,,,lol for now,,,and tuna that I will rinse in water like a good girl,,lol..oat meal..some chix ,and tukey meats,,,,it would be a whole lot easier if it was just me I was cooking for,,trying to find something we both will eat is hard

[franklin]

Well see I am use to the different meal's, as some time's it's three different one's here, we all eat differently at time's. Oh I also know cheerio' will do alot to. As I think about things will let you know!!! LOT"S of WATER TOOOOOOO!!!! Okay do you want the recipe here or in the recipe section, it's really good so anyone can eat it!!!

[tmarie]

Ro you can just put it in the recipe section

John was telling me his Doc told him about cinnamon vitamins..that were good for you,,and candy think you can just used reg ground cin over ur food,,but not sure..But I would think anything in the natural state would be more for you beneficial..oh and green tea ..too I got some of that,,we shall she if I drink it,,,,lol

[franklin]

I have heard cinnamon good for you, and I do drink the green tea all the time. I just pm'd you the recipe, sorry!!! I use cinnamon and sugar on my toast!! LOL

[The Tincat]

Cinnamon counter acts sugar and cleans the blood.
Replace your sugar with honey or molasses.
I will send over some recipes from the diabetic cookbook.
My hubby has found them really good. And he is a sugarholic.
diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/

[conniekru]

OK I got to add my health woes to this list.
I have had really bad stomach and abdominal pain for the last 3 weeks-started earlier than that, but got really bad the last 3.
First saw 2 different internists and they did not know, so they sent me to a Gastrologist and I saw her today. She called in her superior and neither knew what it cause was, so I go for a cat scan on Friday and a colonoscopy next thur. and if that does not find the problems then they will do the test where they put a scope down the throat.
Not looking forward to any of this, but I have been in so much pain (close to the same kind as childbirth intensity) that I have got to find out.
Are we all just getting OLD. Yikes. I feel really good, except for my gut pain.
T-Marie-Hope you can find someway to do some of your needed tests. I also need to take off about a 100 pds. I don't feel that big, but my scale says differently.
Take Car
Connie

[The Tincat]

Connie Have they checked for an ovarian cyst ?

[tmarie]

oh ouch!!,,, connie..none of the test you listed sound like much fun,,So sorry your in so much pain hon....I hope they find the cause soon.and you feel better..
i'm very lucky i dont hurt anywhere...well except when i walk,,lol it kills my back,,because of the weight..lol ,and breathing is alittle harder when i move around which is why i have put on so much weight,,lol,caz i dont move much,,,,,but been big gal all my life.

brooke do u know if reg ground cinnamon is has good as the pill form,if not better ,?

[joesmom]

tmarie, franklin, conniekru, angelbrat, Brooke, everyone.......I hope everyone feels better soon. I know the older I get, the more aches and pains I feel. T's and P's to all of you.

[The Tincat]

Tmarie.
The pill is OK .
I like the taste of Cinnamon.
I make Cinnamon and raisin rice .
Cinnamon Pork chops.
cinnamon applesauce.
Not for everyone but I like it.

[conniekru]

Brooke, I have had my ovaries removed-complete hysterectomy 10 years ago.
I have had my gal bladder removed- This pain is very similar to that kind of pain.
They did an ultra sound to make sure they had not missed a stone, none showed, but two different dr's have said it might be sludgy type stones and that does not show well in a ultra sound, but the scope down the throat would and they could clean them out if that is it.
Other possibles are pancreas trouble, but blood test taken early shows nothing, they did more extensive blood work today.
The other possible thing is scar tissue from all of the surgeries that I have had and there are many.
ectopic pregnancy, hysterectomy, 3 different hernia's and gall bladder-so that may be the problem to and the only way to help that is more surgery, that can cause more scar tissue-Yikes.
Only positive side is that I really can't eat, cause it causes so much pain, so I have lost 10 pounds. (and at least I have extra pounds to lose-smile)
Connie

[The Tincat]

Boy are we a fun group of health problems.
Should have a health section set up for us.
Witch cures and cheap healthy recipes.
Connie hoping it was something easy, same for tmarie but does not sound like it.
I have a list of 14 pills a day and can't stand any of them.
Did get my self off the diuretics and lowered the diabetes drug down.
Cholesterol and blood pressure pills caused drug induced hepatitis so I won't take them.
Wow girls were all falling to pot.

[redrooster]

Let me start by saying I hope you all are feeling better than the doctor makes you sound with all them test....I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers..... But just to let you all know last year as some of you all know that I went through quite a bit with my doctor's for several months, with lots of bad outcome first having a hysterectomy and was on lipitor for cholesterol/ lasix oral for a water and high blood pressure, and then two for my rheumatorid arthritis in my legs and arms, as well as several different kinds of pain medicine from my pain management doctor, and then one day I got tired of going to the doctor's to refill all the medicines and found out that I have a torn in my rotar cuff which will need to be operated on later this year since several visits to the physical therapy doctor for months... so I decided to go on a weight loss program and as of today I have gone from 282 and currently down to 247 and I started the program on the 20th of April this year....and I have started to take (1) omega 3 Fish oil tablet for my cholesterol as I think Ro has mentioned, I take (walmart brand) Naproxen sodium in the morning and (1) in the late afternoon for my arthritis, and (1) every Wednesday night Dulcolax- to keep me regular...and I take (1) Mega T green tea tablet 1 hour after I eat breakfast and (1) after lunch.....and when I went to my doctor's two weeks ago and had my blood pressure and cholesterol check, both of them were within the required standards, but showed alot of protein in my pea.... but since that was the only thing that they could find and the doctor stated that he was not surprised by that with my weight loss of being high protein and low carbs. So my idea with all that I have done, I think that alot of my problems were related to my obesity problem , now don't get me wrong I still have several more pounds to go and if anyone on here would like to start a weight loss topic and share ideas for recipes and plans for what your are eating maybe we could all give it a try to see if we can help each other.....

[The Tincat]

Rooster Absolutely start a weight loss topic.
I am 100 lbs over weight.
Always a very thin person after the accident gained 90 pounds.
Eat like a bird and can't get it off.
Eat the 3 or 4 little meals like weight watchers and pack on weight.
Mine is I don't move much.

[franklin]

I am game for this topic!! I am not obese and I only wear a size 10-12 but I do want to lose some weight and help with the other problem's, have to keep on top of all this and want to get off my med's too!!! Rooster, may I ask what is the mega green T for and do? I have a problem with the munchies between meal's, have been on WW but that isn't helping now also done the low carb, need a little assistance!!!
Ro

[redrooster]

sorry I didn't get back sooner, but I had to go to school last week for my job, and now I back to my day routine the grave yard shift where I like to be, got more time for my on-line friends...


Ro... mega T is a green tea pill that you take twice a day which helps burn belly fat, curb appetite, and stimulate metabolism... I get it at wally world, although I don't follow there plan as to a low caloric intake but a high protein and low carb recipes in which I will post some on the weigh loss topic thanks to Brooke for sitting it up

Here's a site if you would like to try it and I'm only providing it so if you are interested you can print a coupon to save a 1.00 or 2.00 off of the product... I paid 10.97 a bottle so it can be kinda of expensive: here's the site:

www.mega-diet.com/