Hi

[Guest guest]

> That is a great attitude Krissy!! Way to get back on track!!

> who's eating has been a disaster lately!

I seriously doubt that your eating is a disaster... at least compared

to what you used to do! Am I right?

I know that for me now, a disastrous day does not have the same

meaning as last year at the same time!

Janick

[Guest guest]

> That is a great attitude Krissy!! Way to get back on track!!

> who's eating has been a disaster lately!

I seriously doubt that your eating is a disaster... at least compared

to what you used to do! Am I right?

I know that for me now, a disastrous day does not have the same

meaning as last year at the same time!

Janick

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/15/01 4:31:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,

janou_pou@... writes:

> However, I have recently discovered

> something even better Soy dream " ice cream " sandwiches.

Yummy, I'll have to try those next time I decide to go off my plan!!

who feels like I need to " detox " from all the sugar in my system

and will be eating very low carb and drinking LOTS of water for the next few

days!!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/15/01 5:01:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,

janou_pou@... writes:

> Janick

> who's gotta get dressed for her outing tonight!

Have fun Jan!! I am going to eat another skinny cow. I need to get these

stupid things out of the house! LOL!

[Guest guest]

I have recently discovered " skinny cows. " They are big, yummy ice

> cream sandwiches with only 130 calories and 2 grams of fat! They

are

> heavenly! But, not exactly low carb so they don't fit in with my

eating plan.

> I ate two of those suckers for breakfast! Ugh! Oh, those of you on

WW, they

> are only 2 points each!!!

Although I love Skinny Cows (since we don't have them here, I have to

bring them back from the states), I find myself more satisfied with

the kiddie size regular fat ice cream sandwiches (which are lower in

carbs, cuz higher in fat). However, I have recently discovered

something even better Soy dream " ice cream " sandwiches. They are

about the same size as skinny cows, only 1 point and have more

protein! They are also more satisfying and delicious I might add...

even Jordan loves them!

Janick

[Guest guest]

> > However, I have recently discovered

> > something even better Soy dream " ice cream " sandwiches.

>

> Yummy, I'll have to try those next time I decide to go off my plan!!

> who feels like I need to " detox " from all the sugar in my

system

> and will be eating very low carb and drinking LOTS of water for the

next few

> days!!

I know what you mean! Although, I get a reaction from eating " high

protein " bars / shakes (ie headache and nausea), I think I do better

with protein food that also has carbs in it!

Janick

who's gotta get dressed for her outing tonight!

[Guest guest]

Hello Helen

Well, I'm still employed by the same firm, just no client to show up to

work for right now. Basically, I fax in my time sheet in from home and

that's it. It's strange not having an office (my office was at

Enron) but at least I still get paid and still have benefits.

Yeah, the meds are more or less straightened out, I tried to take

advantage of the insurance change to synchronize all the renewals so

that I'm not always renewing something every weekend; but what happened

was that the pharmacy would not have enough to refill everything, do

partial refills and not invoice the insurance company till they filled

the order completely so the renewal dates all got shifted anyway. I

really need to find out how to do that 90 day mail order thing.

I had thought of travel since the flights to Canada are relatively

inexpensive now and I can get standby tickets from my friends at

Continental if I want to travel within the US for pretty much nothing.

However when I mentioned travel to my mom over the phone, she freaked.

She's into the Chinese astrology stuff and apparently this year was

supposed to have been very bad for me job wise and travel wise. She's

taking the Enron collapse as proof of that. Also the last year was

supposed to be real bad health wise so she's taking my CHF as proof of

that. She's convinced that if I fly anywhere, the plane would crash.

Of course, it's not encouraging to be told that my luck is that bad

this year. Strange that my Mom still believes she can unilaterally ban

me from travelling (I guess parents will always be parents).

As it is, I'll have to stay put for a week. An old friend of mine

wants to fly over and visit. He's a bit of an idiot, he kept waivering

between taking a cruise and visiting me without realizing that anyone's

attitude toward that would be " If you want club med, don't visit me... " .

Anyway, he'll be arriving just in time for Houston's freeze. At

least, I get to blame him for bringing all the cold weather down with him.

Mind you, the buddy passes expire end of January and with my friend's

green card situation, she'll have to stop working in March for at least

a year so this is probably the last month for free travel for me. Of

course, it's all standby which is why I didn't use buddy passes too

often in the past cause I didn't want to risk getting stranded for a day

or so.

Regards,

angelbear1129@... wrote:

> Hi !!! Was just talking about you ) Thanks for helping Jessi..

> How have you been doing??? are you still working for the same

> firm??? Do you have all your meds straightened out now??? Are you

> heading back to Canada anytime soon ??? I know full of questions

> ) Take care have a Happy New Year !

> {{{ New Year Hugs }}}

> Helen

>

> ...

[Guest guest]

Hi john,

As long as your getting paid and still have your benifits thats good !!!

I don't know how to do the mail order for meds... Maybe someone else on here knows how ???

Yes, once a parent always a parent ) We Never stop worrying about our children, no matter how old ya get !!! ) So listen to your Mother !!!

Hope you and your friend have a good time together... Yes you can tell him he brought the cold, sounds logical to me )

I'm sorry your one friend will have to leave for a year... That's a shame... Hope she will have a safe trip back...

If you decide to take a trip, you be careful also, there are all kinds of crazy people out there that don't care who they hurt (

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

{{{ NEW YEAR HUGS }}}

Helen

Hello Helen

Well, I'm still employed by the same firm, just no client to show up to

work for right now. Basically, I fax in my time sheet in from home and

that's it. It's strange not having an office (my office was at

Enron) but at least I still get paid and still have benefits.

Yeah, the meds are more or less straightened out, I tried to take

advantage of the insurance change to synchronize all the renewals so

that I'm not always renewing something every weekend; but what happened

was that the pharmacy would not have enough to refill everything, do

partial refills and not invoice the insurance company till they filled

the order completely so the renewal dates all got shifted anyway. I

really need to find out how to do that 90 day mail order thing.

I had thought of travel since the flights to Canada are relatively

inexpensive now and I can get standby tickets from my friends at

Continental if I want to travel within the US for pretty much nothing.

However when I mentioned travel to my mom over the phone, she freaked.

She's into the Chinese astrology stuff and apparently this year was

supposed to have been very bad for me job wise and travel wise. She's

taking the Enron collapse as proof of that. Also the last year was

supposed to be real bad health wise so she's taking my CHF as proof of

that. She's convinced that if I fly anywhere, the plane would crash.

Of course, it's not encouraging to be told that my luck is that bad

this year. Strange that my Mom still believes she can unilaterally ban

me from travelling (I guess parents will always be parents).

As it is, I'll have to stay put for a week. An old friend of mine

wants to fly over and visit. He's a bit of an idiot, he kept waivering

between taking a cruise and visiting me without realizing that anyone's

attitude toward that would be "If you want club med, don't visit me...".

Anyway, he'll be arriving just in time for Houston's freeze. At

least, I get to blame him for bringing all the cold weather down with him.

Mind you, the buddy passes expire end of January and with my friend's

green card situation, she'll have to stop working in March for at least

a year so this is probably the last month for free travel for me. Of

course, it's all standby which is why I didn't use buddy passes too

often in the past cause I didn't want to risk getting stranded for a day

or so.

Regards,

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Hello Anne,

My son has a suspected IgA def., we have not tested him yet. I just wanted

to tell you that he didn't become ill until he was six years old. He

attended preschool and Kindergarten. It wasn't until Kindergarten that he

started showing signs of PID. His doc told me that he hopes this is a sign

that he will be able to outgrow it, since he was relatively well for several

years. I hope Sam is feeling better soon.

Sandi, Mom to , age 8, suspected IgA def., chronic sinusitis, chronic

ear infections (with tubes), severe allergies. Nine surgeries, one pending.

[Guest guest]

I can't wait till it gets back in the 70's around here... I'm tired of being cold... Even though we have actually had a very mild winter for us ) We should have had over 30 inches of snow by now and we have had less than 3 inches to date ) I keep a window open all year long... I do close it at night, but open it everyday, even when it is zero out... I like fresh air to smell and it gets so stale in here in the winter time (

Never heard of your soup before ) Glad you did a good job with it... How about some homemade noodles with your broth??? That sounds good to me... Egg soup is good also... Kanepoli's (sp) would be great with your broth also, that's a poor man's meal I was always told by my Grama )

Oh poor ... That sure was some adventure for her and you... I'm Glad she didn't jump with her being pregnant... Good thing it is warm there also )

I like your idea of a present ) !!!!!!!!! Take care...

{{{ Caring hugs }}}

Helen

No snow here. The weather has been very nice, in the mid 70's for

about a week now. The wind blows in from the south so I don't really

get a breeze going through the apartment since all windows face south.

You really need at least one window facing in another direction to get

decent airflow going. I find that keeping the windows open helps with

the sneezing.

I've figured out a good approximation of the Thai soup Tom Yum Koong

last night, tastes pretty good though the shrimps are a bit bland.

Last night was actually quite interesting. As I was getting ready to

experiment with soup making (I had made a giant pot of chicken stock

over the weekend and now needed to come up with ways to use the broth),

I get a phone call from my British friend . She had accidentally

locked herself out of her house and needed someone with a key to open it

up. The incident turned out to be far more interesting than that, she

had locked herself in her backyard in her slippers. The side gate to

the backyard was padlocked and the keys to that padlock was in the

house. The fence along the street has thorny brambles growing along

the top which makes it virtually impassable. The neighbough behind her

place would probably shoot anyone knocking on the backdoor and the

neighbour to the side was out of town. She decided to prop a ladder up

against the small bit of fence along the side of the house and got to

the top of the fence behind trees and bushes so she wasn't visible from

the street, she couldn't jump down cause she's 5 months pregnant so she

ended up fetching another ladder to drop down on the other side. Then

she tried to ring the neighbours doorbell but all the neighbours had set

up security fences such that you couldn't even get to the front door and

although some had door bells at the gates, most did not work and none of

them answers the door bell but rather expect visitors to call from a

cell phone. Finally one of her neighbours garage apartment tenants

showed up and called her neighbour to let her in. Then she realized

that she did not remember anyone's phone numbers cause they would all be

in her PDA. She didn't know about 411 but fortunately her neighbour

did and she tried to call Mike and who have keys but live much

closer than I, unfortunately their number was unlisted. Fortunately

mine was listed so she managed to get a hold of me.

I think a hollowed out stone may be in store as a future present for her.

Regards,

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[Guest guest]

I can't wait till it gets back in the 70's around here... I'm tired of being cold... Even though we have actually had a very mild winter for us ) We should have had over 30 inches of snow by now and we have had less than 3 inches to date ) I keep a window open all year long... I do close it at night, but open it everyday, even when it is zero out... I like fresh air to smell and it gets so stale in here in the winter time (

Never heard of your soup before ) Glad you did a good job with it... How about some homemade noodles with your broth??? That sounds good to me... Egg soup is good also... Kanepoli's (sp) would be great with your broth also, that's a poor man's meal I was always told by my Grama )

Oh poor ... That sure was some adventure for her and you... I'm Glad she didn't jump with her being pregnant... Good thing it is warm there also )

I like your idea of a present ) !!!!!!!!! Take care...

{{{ Caring hugs }}}

Helen

No snow here. The weather has been very nice, in the mid 70's for

about a week now. The wind blows in from the south so I don't really

get a breeze going through the apartment since all windows face south.

You really need at least one window facing in another direction to get

decent airflow going. I find that keeping the windows open helps with

the sneezing.

I've figured out a good approximation of the Thai soup Tom Yum Koong

last night, tastes pretty good though the shrimps are a bit bland.

Last night was actually quite interesting. As I was getting ready to

experiment with soup making (I had made a giant pot of chicken stock

over the weekend and now needed to come up with ways to use the broth),

I get a phone call from my British friend . She had accidentally

locked herself out of her house and needed someone with a key to open it

up. The incident turned out to be far more interesting than that, she

had locked herself in her backyard in her slippers. The side gate to

the backyard was padlocked and the keys to that padlock was in the

house. The fence along the street has thorny brambles growing along

the top which makes it virtually impassable. The neighbough behind her

place would probably shoot anyone knocking on the backdoor and the

neighbour to the side was out of town. She decided to prop a ladder up

against the small bit of fence along the side of the house and got to

the top of the fence behind trees and bushes so she wasn't visible from

the street, she couldn't jump down cause she's 5 months pregnant so she

ended up fetching another ladder to drop down on the other side. Then

she tried to ring the neighbours doorbell but all the neighbours had set

up security fences such that you couldn't even get to the front door and

although some had door bells at the gates, most did not work and none of

them answers the door bell but rather expect visitors to call from a

cell phone. Finally one of her neighbours garage apartment tenants

showed up and called her neighbour to let her in. Then she realized

that she did not remember anyone's phone numbers cause they would all be

in her PDA. She didn't know about 411 but fortunately her neighbour

did and she tried to call Mike and who have keys but live much

closer than I, unfortunately their number was unlisted. Fortunately

mine was listed so she managed to get a hold of me.

I think a hollowed out stone may be in store as a future present for her.

Regards,

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[Guest guest]

Hello Helen

I think that Acetaminophen goes straight to your liver and until your

liver processes it to make the various enzymes that does all the

wonderfull pain killing stuff, it's actually toxic to us. I guess it

just places a load on the liver which isn't good if you need your liver

to be working on something else.

Risotto is Italian creamy rice. You start with Arborio rice (you can

use other rice but they don't hold as much liquid), mince some onions,

lightly brown the rice and onions in olive oil just to get the rice

coated, toss in a half cup of wine and then stir in 1/4 cup broth and a

1/4 cup water in every now and then till six cups of broth is used up,

letting the rice absorb the liquid each time. Sprinkle 4 tablespoons

of parmesan cheese into it and serve. The consistency should be creamy

but still distinct grains of rice. I don't know the exact amounts of

everything cause my cook has borrowed my cookbooks.

I would guess that boiling would be as good as roasting, mind you with

boiling, the flavours seep into the broth and the longer you boil, the

less taste the meat will have.

I'm doing ok, My company suggested that I report to a client site that

was doing an email transition. It was a company that spun off a

company I once worked for many years ago. The fellow in charge really

wasn't ready yet to get anything done and wasn't delegating

responsibilities out, I guess he just liked having a bunch of

contractors showing up each day to make him feel important. I kept

asking questions like what's the timeframe for the conversion, has any

notices been sent out, has the other groups been informed yet and

basically got him to reveal that they've done absoultely nothing even

though they had plenty of time and hadn't interacted with any of the

other groups. Also I kept running into people at the site that wanted

to talk to me (not surprising since I probably worked with them in the

past) but these people were all unrelated to the email group but rather

were in the actual money making part of the business. Needless to say,

the little email dictator asked for my removal from " his " site. Mind

you, if I really wanted to, I could call up some old former co-workers

that are now with that company or soon will be (they're buying another

company that I know well) and his life could quickly become a living hell.

Tylenol is still better than aspirin for children with fevers. I think

that's because of Reyes syndrome.

Regards,

angelbear1129@... wrote:

> I love your advice on the vacumn !!! ) (gas mask)

> I'll have to try the misting of the bag and see if that works...

> I don't have any problems with my liver, but my one Doc told me to stay

> away from Acetaminophen... But I do not remember why... My Grand

> Daughter who's 6 I was told not to give Tylenol or Motrin to her, and if

> I had to give her one for fever, I was to use the tylenol

> sparingling...She has kidney problems...

> What is risotto???

> If I boil the chicken is it just the same as baking it???

> How are you doing ??? Take care my Friend...

> ((( Caring Hugs )))

> Helen

>

>

>

>

....

[Guest guest]

Hi , I use to live on extra strength tylenol for my migrains... Then after a blood work up I was told not to take them anymore...The Migrains would get so severe, that if I banged my head into a brick wall, that would probably have felt better than my head did at that moment with the migrain... At least that is what I always felt like...

I printed out your recipe for Risotto, and will try it someday... it sounds delicious... I will have to try your roasting... I usually boil my meats or grill them...

You keep at them until they have you back into a job you do so well... ) Sounds to me like he didn't want your competition )

Glad you are doing ok... No more side affects from the new meds??? Take care my Friend and be careful...

{{{ Special Hugs }}}

Helen

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Hello Helen

I think that Acetaminophen goes straight to your liver and until your

liver processes it to make the various enzymes that does all the

wonderfull pain killing stuff, it's actually toxic to us. I guess it

just places a load on the liver which isn't good if you need your liver

to be working on something else.

Risotto is Italian creamy rice. You start with Arborio rice (you can

use other rice but they don't hold as much liquid), mince some onions,

lightly brown the rice and onions in olive oil just to get the rice

coated, toss in a half cup of wine and then stir in 1/4 cup broth and a

1/4 cup water in every now and then till six cups of broth is used up,

letting the rice absorb the liquid each time. Sprinkle 4 tablespoons

of parmesan cheese into it and serve. The consistency should be creamy

but still distinct grains of rice. I don't know the exact amounts of

everything cause my cook has borrowed my cookbooks.

I would guess that boiling would be as good as roasting, mind you with

boiling, the flavours seep into the broth and the longer you boil, the

less taste the meat will have.

I'm doing ok, My company suggested that I report to a client site that

was doing an email transition. It was a company that spun off a

company I once worked for many years ago. The fellow in charge really

wasn't ready yet to get anything done and wasn't delegating

responsibilities out, I guess he just liked having a bunch of

contractors showing up each day to make him feel important. I kept

asking questions like what's the timeframe for the conversion, has any

notices been sent out, has the other groups been informed yet and

basically got him to reveal that they've done absoultely nothing even

though they had plenty of time and hadn't interacted with any of the

other groups. Also I kept running into people at the site that wanted

to talk to me (not surprising since I probably worked with them in the

past) but these people were all unrelated to the email group but rather

were in the actual money making part of the business. Needless to say,

the little email dictator asked for my removal from "his" site. Mind

you, if I really wanted to, I could call up some old former co-workers

that are now with that company or soon will be (they're buying another

company that I know well) and his life could quickly become a living hell.

Tylenol is still better than aspirin for children with fevers. I think

that's because of Reyes syndrome.

Regards,

[Guest guest]

Hello Helen

I did leave out how much Arborio rice to use, probably a cup to 2 cups

(cook has my cookbook so I'm not sure). The packages of Arborio rice

usually have a risotto recipe on them, the only difference would be that

I don't use the 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese but rather just 4 tablespoons

in order to cut down on the sodium. It's also common to toss in a few

threads of saffron with the last bit of broth.

You may want to check to see if that blood work was a lipid panel and if

it showed high liver enzymes. It's interesting to note that years ago,

my blood tests showed high liver enzymes and the Doctor couldn't figure

out why, it would've been about the time my current Cardiologist

suspects that I suffered from a viral inflammation of the heart walls

and may have been indicative of that; indeed my Doctor back then did do

a " Hmmm, maybe it's a viral inflammation... " once, maybe he would've

figured it out in time but I switched companies hence changed Doctors at

that time. Goes to show that the problem is that the Doctors may not

be able to recognize early signs of a condition and you're much better

off sticking to one Doctor that knows your condition.

I got into the roasting cause when I was first diagnosed with CHF

secondary to DCM, I searched the web and found the web page of a guy

that also had CHF secondary to DCM and he had a whole bunch of recipes

on his website and he recommended roasting the chicken. Pretty sad

that it takes an end of life condition to get us guys into the kitchen.

Pretty weird, those medical terms like " end of life " , " end stage " and

" incurable " . I probably would not have heard them except that my older

sister is a Doctor and she started throwing them around in my presence,

I think that my Cardiologist would have been careful to avoid those

terms since it serves no purpose to say them to the patient. I think

that my current Cardiologist would only say " You're VERY VERY SICK. "

I probably shouldn't wait for the company I'm with to place me. I'm

more likely to find a good people mix if I look myself. Still they are

paying me and do deserve the right to place me somewhere where they can

get a cut. The problem is that when it's a placement firm like this,

the people that go to the placement firms are usually so clueless about

any actual work and are just looking for someone to punch in early, and

make it look like they are doing everything that they can. In truth,

that was the way it was at Enron, the group that first took me on wanted

prim proper and punctual and could care less about any actual progress

or expertise (they were the group that lost the billion dollars and hid

the loss in those offshore companies), they didn't like me much other

than I was able to fish out the data they kept losing. When they

folded, I was transferred to another group that was much more stable,

didn't usually go out to these contractor places for people too often

and they loved me cause I could jump in with info on virtually every

topic they had to deal with. They wanted me permanently which would've

been bad cause then I would've been caught in the collapse. Seems to

be a pattern, people who make money like me, people who just loose money

don't and I dodge total disaster by the skin of my teeth.

The punctual bit is what's hard for me, with CHF and DCM, I'm tired all

the time and it's hard to get to sleep which makes it worse so mornings

are real bad for me.

I'm not sure if it's a side effect but if I squint at certain times of

the day, I can make everything go green. One of the meds is supposed

to have the side effect of causing one to see yellow halos around people

and flames leaping from peoples heads, haven't seen any of that but

maybe this green thing is related.

Regards,

angelbear1129@... wrote:

> Hi , I use to live on extra strength tylenol for my migrains...

> Then after a blood work up I was told not to take them anymore...The

> Migrains would get so severe, that if I banged my head into a brick

> wall, that would probably have felt better than my head did at that

> moment with the migrain... At least that is what I always felt like...

> I printed out your recipe for Risotto, and will try it someday... it

> sounds delicious... I will have to try your roasting... I usually boil

> my meats or grill them...

> You keep at them until they have you back into a job you do so

> well... ) Sounds to me like he didn't want your competition )

> Glad you are doing ok... No more side affects from the new meds???

> Take care my Friend and be careful...

> {{{ Special Hugs }}}

> Helen

>

>

>

>

>

....

[Guest guest]

I caught that...I put a guess in for about 1 1/2 cups, so I was close ) Now that hubby is retired he helps in the kitchen ) Doesn't really cook, but helps me get things ready too...

I have had several lipid panels done, But I get them done to keep track of one of my medications I'm on that can interfear with the liver, that's the Depakote.

I was in the Same office building here in town for 30 years, and went through five Dr's. ) Two retired and the other three just moved on...But that is true though about staying with the same Dr. that knows what you are all about... As long as you get ALONG with that Dr. )

Back in 1968 I had a viral infection in the fluid around the wall of my heart, it was all infected and they called it Pericarditis...I also contracted Rhuematic Fever at the same time...I was in the hospital for four weeks and I was bedridden for six months and the next six months I was only allowed to get up to go the the bathroom and go sit in a chair in the living room...I almost died at that time...That stuff was nasty...I was just 17 years old...

I would mention to the Dr. about seeing the green things...Just to make sure its alright...

Don't let your sister get ya down with the fancy words...Just let the Dr. say yu are very ill, that sounds better anyway )

take care with the job...Maybe you can get something that you can work from home with and only check into the office occasionaly, that would help with getting up so early wouldn't it??? Just keep dodging the disasters )

Take care my Friend...

{{{ Special Hugs }}}

Helen

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I did leave out how much Arborio rice to use, probably a cup to 2 cups

(cook has my cookbook so I'm not sure). The packages of Arborio rice

usually have a risotto recipe on them, the only difference would be that

I don't use the 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese but rather just 4 tablespoons

in order to cut down on the sodium. It's also common to toss in a few

threads of saffron with the last bit of broth.

You may want to check to see if that blood work was a lipid panel and if

it showed high liver enzymes. It's interesting to note that years ago,

my blood tests showed high liver enzymes and the Doctor couldn't figure

out why, it would've been about the time my current Cardiologist

suspects that I suffered from a viral inflammation of the heart walls

and may have been indicative of that; indeed my Doctor back then did do

a "Hmmm, maybe it's a viral inflammation..." once, maybe he would've

figured it out in time but I switched companies hence changed Doctors at

that time. Goes to show that the problem is that the Doctors may not

be able to recognize early signs of a condition and you're much better

off sticking to one Doctor that knows your condition.

I got into the roasting cause when I was first diagnosed with CHF

secondary to DCM, I searched the web and found the web page of a guy

that also had CHF secondary to DCM and he had a whole bunch of recipes

on his website and he recommended roasting the chicken. Pretty sad

that it takes an end of life condition to get us guys into the kitchen.

Pretty weird, those medical terms like "end of life", "end stage" and

"incurable". I probably would not have heard them except that my older

sister is a Doctor and she started throwing them around in my presence,

I think that my Cardiologist would have been careful to avoid those

terms since it serves no purpose to say them to the patient. I think

that my current Cardiologist would only say "You're VERY VERY SICK."

I probably shouldn't wait for the company I'm with to place me. I'm

more likely to find a good people mix if I look myself. Still they are

paying me and do deserve the right to place me somewhere where they can

get a cut. The problem is that when it's a placement firm like this,

the people that go to the placement firms are usually so clueless about

any actual work and are just looking for someone to punch in early, and

make it look like they are doing everything that they can. In truth,

that was the way it was at Enron, the group that first took me on wanted

prim proper and punctual and could care less about any actual progress

or expertise (they were the group that lost the billion dollars and hid

the loss in those offshore companies), they didn't like me much other

than I was able to fish out the data they kept losing. When they

folded, I was transferred to another group that was much more stable,

didn't usually go out to these contractor places for people too often

and they loved me cause I could jump in with info on virtually every

topic they had to deal with. They wanted me permanently which would've

been bad cause then I would've been caught in the collapse. Seems to

be a pattern, people who make money like me, people who just loose money

don't and I dodge total disaster by the skin of my teeth.

The punctual bit is what's hard for me, with CHF and DCM, I'm tired all

the time and it's hard to get to sleep which makes it worse so mornings

are real bad for me.

I'm not sure if it's a side effect but if I squint at certain times of

the day, I can make everything go green. One of the meds is supposed

to have the side effect of causing one to see yellow halos around people

and flames leaping from peoples heads, haven't seen any of that but

maybe this green thing is related.

Regards,

[Guest guest]

Welcome Liz, i'm sure you will get to know us all. How old are your kids???,

and what country are you in??? all the best, Cheryl

Hi

I'm Liz, 38, autistic, abuse survivor and mother of three beautiful

children, two of whom are also autistic. Recent events in my life

have been *so mind boggling to me that I decided to find something

else to think about and went in search of intelligent life with

issues/interests I might be able to relate to/help with/learn from,

and found my way here.

Hi : )

Liz

http://yadablah.com

I Love Lucy in hell. On acid.

[Guest guest]

2) are your daughters having trouble gaining weight?

mine daughter (age 9 and aspergers) is over 4 feet tall and weighs 47 lbs.

she weighed 45 lbs from age 5 until this christmas, when she started Houston

HN-zyme and Peptizyde (digestive enzymes) and has gained 2 lbs in two months

since then.

If your daughters had/have troubel gaining weight, what helped?>.

I had trouble getting heavier, if that's what you mean...I was 4'4 " and 43

pounds when I was 10....I'm still a teeny little thing though.

Kassi

*19 and autistic*

[Guest guest]

Hi!

My daughter, , almost 13, has been on the Houston Enzymes since

August. She has improved slowly, but surely since being on them. We can now

try infractions on the w/g/c diet without having behavioral issues

associated with these food proteins. I'd reccomend them to anyone on this

list. Devin Houston is great to talk to and answer any of your questions.

[Guest guest]

Helen,

I'm always encouraged when people thank me....It helps keep me going. Sometimes running a list like this is very confusing...especially knowing when to change rules or enforce them. I've been doing okay, my stomach (IBS) has been acting up mainly due to stress. School is very demanding of me right now, with midterms and term papers, my time is stretched to the max. My sugars are okay at home, but at school they go wild. Again, I attribute it to stress. Don is doing very well, he doesn't get as exhausted as I do, but there was a day or two he was down too. For the last week I wasn't sleeping very well.....well, I never sleep as I should...insomniac I guess. I got some quality sleep last night, but darned if it wasn't raining this morning...makes me even sleepier. Thanks for asking!!!!! How have you and Ross been?

-- Hi

How are ya doing after that Dream Vacation ??? How's the sugar leval's doing??? How's Don ??? Is he exhausted too ??? I want to thank you for this list that you have kept going for us all... Being able to share with others that understand what we all are going through also is a blessing... ((( Happy Hugs ))) Helen

"Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet." Swindoll

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not in the hospital but still not feeling good and not able to really get out of bed

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My personal site - www.sandrascountrycloset.0catch.com

[Guest guest]

oh ... What were the Dr's. able to do for you this time ??? I'm so sorry that you are still unable to get around ( Been to your site... I like it ) Hopefully it keeps your mind active... Take Care my Friend and keep us updated about you... I do worry...

((( Many blessed Hugs )))

Helen

not in the hospital but still not feeling good and not able to really get out of bed

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[Guest guest]

sandra-hope you feel better soon. carol

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:13:02 EST sandrascountry@... writes:

not in the hospital but still not feeling good and not able to really get out of bed

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[Guest guest]

they didnt do anything for me... thats the bad part... kaiser is the devil i tell ya... lol... my neurologist is satans best friend...lol... they gave me IV steriods and other things but nothing works and doctor is anti pain meds... she will try every drug in the book (none work after 27 drugs this year alone) but refuses narcotics... acts as if the world is nothing but junkies... and that is so against the law, and we are real close to filing a lawsuit since my quality of life is so affected now and I am better off dead. Dont get me wrong, I dont want to be on narcs if I can help it but at this point in my life it has become a necessary thing to try. Life just really sucks and I am sure waiting for my break... I need to win the lottery... so i can find a new doctor... My vision stinks, my pain is bad, my movement is bad... when it rains it pours....

sandra

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[Guest guest]

sorry you have been feeling down ( Hope the IBS gets under control soon... That is nasty stuff..

Don't let folks stress you out... Isn't that what you keep telling Me??? )

((( Many Special Hugs )))

Helen

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Sometimes we’re just needed to hold a hand, whisper a word of comfort or even provide food or drink.

As one writer put it,

“If People were more like Angels, Earth would be more like Heaven.â€

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[Guest guest]

((((((( HUGS )))))))

I'm sorry that the Dr. just doesn't listen ( Isn't there another Dr. in your town that can help you??? Is the pain from your M.S. ??? Is that what is causing your vision problems also??? I do hope and Pray that you will be able to get a differnt Dr. A person shouldn't have to be rich to be able to get quality care...

((( Angel Hugs )))

Helen

they didnt do anything for me... thats the bad part... kaiser is the devil i tell ya... lol... my neurologist is satans best friend...lol... they gave me IV steriods and other things but nothing works and doctor is anti pain meds... she will try every drug in the book (none work after 27 drugs this year alone) but refuses narcotics... acts as if the world is nothing but junkies... and that is so against the law, and we are real close to filing a lawsuit since my quality of life is so affected now and I am better off dead. Dont get me wrong, I dont want to be on narcs if I can help it but at this point in my life it has become a necessary thing to try. Life just really sucks and I am sure waiting for my break... I need to win the lottery... so i can find a new doctor... My vision stinks, my pain is bad, my movement is bad... when it rains it pours....

sandra