MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Barbe as soon as I get fiished with my mamo tomorrow AM, bright and early, I'll hurry over and jump in your pocket... by then I'll be really hungry for the coffee cake.

ABuie, it seems as though BC has it's own language and others just don't get it. They really don't have a clue and most of the time they don't care, especially when we make them feel awkward and glad it's not them. Vent away, we all do it at some point.

I forget who asked but for what it's worth...  had to hyst/ooph but not at the same time. The hyst took quite a while to recover from because I have a "bikini" scar with it. The ooph was much simpler because it was done thru the navel with two small incisions next to the old scar. I don't remember having any bad reactions... but then I was 38 with the hyst.

Congrats again Claire, from the other thread....

Oatmeal, BUST!! I love oatmeal and have eaten it for 6 months now with an almost meatless diet. My cholesterol went UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND so has my weight!!! Can you say frustrated???

I'm holding the P....heheheheheehheehe ... cause I have to!

Abuie and Carrie welcome to you both and vent away all you want here. We will take it willing.

Yay Claire!!!!

Paula ~ When I don't feel like mashing my potatoes the old-fashion way, I use my mixer. I hope each day brings you less frustration & less pain so that you can again do what you love to do.

Claire ~ Oh boy, I love sticky buns! And no calories - yum-mmmmy! Hooray on getting the port out soon. You, too, Becca! Your party will be fun!! And, crowded!

ABuie ~ So happy you have found us. Please do not apologize for venting. We know just what to help - and we give great cyber hugs, too.

Carrie2010 ~ Nice to meet you.  

Janis ~ Great news on your thyroid biopsy! Keeping my fingers crossed that the potassium will be lower on the re-draw. My DH had to have his labs redone when the potassium & a couple of other things were way off - "a bit wacky" the nurse said - because the blood was not refrigerated soon enough after the draw. They were in the normal range after the re-draw.

Elimar, for me, the cardiologist that I just saw for the heart weakening wanted to test cholesterol and triglycerides. With the 10 million draws the MO has done, she has never checked it. I think if I asked her to, she might though. Cardiologist would have done it last time I was there, but she wanted it fasting.

Wow Janis, that is quite a change. Did you make any other changes besides oatmeal? If mine ends up being high, I guess I am going to have to give it another try. I have been believing the cheerios commercials and eat them for breakfast a lot.

I guess I will have to give oatmeal another try, with less milk and more fruit and cinnamon. I have McCanns Irish oatmeal (which my bil told me was good) and Quaker Oats in the round canister. Not sure if they're instant or not, but I will try them first since I think I've only eaten about 2 bowls of each of them. I do like the idea of having something hot for breakfast. I guess hot sticky buns won't do the trick?



Barbe, I am jumping in your pocket with the cappuccinos. You deserve answers, and you'll get them this time. Good luck, and thinking nothing but benign thoughts.

I would be one of the ladies standing in the back.

I tried, but I think I was in the bathroom for the shot. As for the biopsy, apparently they're not worried about the neck nodes on the right. I do have a 1 cm mass on the left side of my thyroid. That's what they went for. He really dug in good, told me I'd have a huge bruise and have a nice day. So now I wait. He said at least a week.

Oatmeal is so much fun! Get a trail mix and put that in as you heat the oatmeal. I use instant. I put water in a bowl at the level I want the oatmeal to be and then just add the oatmeal. Then I nuke it for 2 minutes. Perfect!! I use figs, dried cherries, trail mix and for a sweetener....try.....coconut flakes!!! I add a bit of milk to make it creamy and that's it. WONDERFUL!!