MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

okay - time for me to jump on the cheetos bandwagon.  When my daughter was younger, she would eat her cheetos dipped in (wait for it)   KETCHUP!!

She loved it - me, never tried it.

Have fun Faith, walking on the beach sounds like a little bit of heaven, as it is snowing here again.

I don't think I will try any of the new cheeto's especially dipped in Ketchup, kids LOL think everything tastes better with ketchup.

wasabi and mayo sounds truly awful.....

but kimchi could be tasty

Red wine and thin mint girl scout cookies sound like heaven.  Even at 8:55 am it sounds good but I'm sure my employer would frown on that - LOL.  I had the red wine last night with dinner but don't get my thin mints until next week : (

Faith, have a wonderful and relaxing time walking on the beach - enjoy.

elimar--a freind of mine has fibro, and she can see a decided link between stressors and flare ups, to the point that she can predict some of her flair ups.  Another freind was taking Cymbalta for anxiety and depression while he was preparing for gastric bypass surgery and had to stop because it shot his blood sugar sky high.  He was really upset about coming off it because it was helping him so much, and he wasn't gaining weight on it -- he was in the phase where he had to keep his weight unchanged right before the surgery.  I know a few other people who have found Cymbalta very helpful.  Babe is right--it takes a while for the full effect to be felt.

I'm not sure about Thin Mints and red wine, but I'm willing to give it a try!  Cheetos in Thin Mint ice cream sounds like a must-try combination, too! 

We girls, I have DS scouting out the CHeetos front in Okanowa, Japan.  He said he'd never seen them, but hadn't really looked.  If I know him, it will be his new misson to find Mom her Chocolate covered Cheetos.

 Carolinachick, yes, I do seem to be getting good care.  I went through quite a riggamarole today though.  I am supposed to get an MRI, Mammo and CT scan.  Each at a different time, and the Ct in a different location than the other two.  Today, I called to schedule them and found out that they can't schedule the MRI and the Mammo on the same day because they don't do that type of Mammo on Mondays.  The Ct can't be scheduled yet because I am allegic to contrast (iodine) and I have to get a rx from onc before they will allow me to schedule.  I got the rx planned out, called back to schedule CT and the schedulers were all helping other patients...for 15 minutes.  The receptionist got on the line and took my info and told me I would get a call back before closing.  When I hadn't heard by 4:40 I called, and the office was closed.  Called to confirm my onc appt, and she is unavailable on my scheduled day and I have to wait for someone to call me, to rescedule.  All this and I had to stay late at work to make up for the time I was on the phone, and I overheard my Manager's Supervisor telling her that I can't give such short notice about my appointments!  6 days is too short!!  I must take a deep breath and relax.  Thanks for letting me vent.

Thanks, Suzette.  I am dreading going in to work today, because I know I will "Get called in" to discuss my handling of doctor appointments.  If I am still under the stress of appointment making I might break down and cry, so I hope I can hold it together.

Oh, Meece, I understand that frustration!   Why are you calling to make all these appointments?  The office staff of the doc that ordered the tests should be making these appointments, not you.  If you want to rattle the cage a bit call the CT place and ask who to contact with a complaint and then tell them that you were told you'd get a call back before closing and didn't.  Ask them if this is how they handle reporting the CT results to the doctors/patients.  Ask them if there is another place you can get your CT done, someplace that is more dependable.  That will really shake them up and get you some action, I bet!  Of course, I've been told that I'm a vidictive b!$@h when I don't think I'm getting the treatment I deserve.  As to your manager's supervisor, well, you can't fix stupid.  Next time maybe ask him/her how much time the Americans with Disabilities Act requires for notice of appointments.  And how long he/she would be willing to wait if he/she was in the same position you are.  But then, that's the vindictive b-----iness showing again, I suppose!  Or maybe it's just the transition from flying with wings to flying on an uncomfortable broomstick. . .

I am making the appts because I have to travel 120-150 miles one way to get to them.  I want as many as possible on one day.  I have 5, and only one got sceduled yesterday.  This is all for follow-up for my biopsy in September, and my surgery from Nov.e

Hugs to you, Meece!  It's hard enough to have to handle all the scheduling and runaround that we seem to have to deal with, but to also have to take crap at work is just too much.  I hope that you can get your appointments scheduled today and that you won't have to deal with insensitive, callous remarks at work.  That just takes the cake!

Wait, did someone mention cake????  Now I'm hungry...

Thank you ladies for you words of encouragement and support.  The Rad. Dept for my CT called around 9 this morning.  Nope, they cannot schedule because it really has not been approved by insurance.  I called my Onc's office and told them that this is not the first time "Daisy" in the approval dept has dropped the ball.  I am told that maybe I will find something out in the next day or so.  Now I don't even know if the MRI scheduled for Monday has been approved.  More deep breaths and back to work.  Thank you again, ladies.  You are the BEST!!!