Re: Had a bad week

February 25, 2004

A belated welcome to the group, !

Sorry that you've had a bad week and that your knees are so painful. I

hope the swimming helps you.

You belong whether you know all the names.

Many people here have fibromyalgia. Some may not feel up to writing,

some may respond to you through the group, and others may choose to

contact you privately. We do also have a chat feature at our group Web

site:

/chat

You'll probably have to ask people to join you there at a specific time

though.

I'm sorry to hear about the death of your son. That's so sad.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Had a bad week

> Hi to all my friends,

>

> This has been a bad week for me.My fibro flared up and went into the

> knees something I haven't experienced before.It was painful going up

> and down the stairs.I read all the emails that I received from all of

> you to each other.It is good to know that all of you support one

> another.As I begin to learn your names perhaps I will feel like I

> belong to the group.Today I will try and go swimming and help these

> knees to move the way they should.The one thing I need to ask is

> there a way to use the chat to communicate with someone out there who

> is experienceing the fibro.It is the first time that I actually had

> it in my kness and this bothers me.Help me to understand that it is

> all apart of the fibro and it has just started with me.I had this for

> 10 years now and I never let it get me down but I have no energy to

> do anything this week .I had to force myself to get dinner

> together.Frustated because I used to going.Yes!I must consider my age

> for in reading your emails to each other I believe I'm the oldest one

> in the group thanks for listening to me.

>

> Please feel free to email me at claudiamcteach@...

>

> PS the lady that lost her son tell me how she is doing?I know it is

> hard for her right now and the rest of her life.Perhaps one day I can

> talk to her and tell her I went through the same thing.

> Love

>

February 25, 2004

I've been buying some easy dinner meals from Schwan's frozen foods. By buying a

little at a time and comparing prices, I'm finding the prices to be almost

comparable to our local grocery store. Their food is great and so far

everything I buy my family loves. My Schwan man is great. Yesterday I was

going to by some prepared soups and he told me it was too expensive, not to

waste my money on it. Schwans has come in very handy on those don't feel like

getting a meal together days. I started out buying egg omelets and French toast

sticks for the kids so they get a decent breakfast besides cereal all the time.

I have a friend who works a lot of hours and she buys all of her food from

Schwans, except bread and milk. She buys that at the corner quick shop. I

don't know if Schwans is all over the country or not but there is probably

something similar. They come to your door at a designated time every 2 weeks

and you can choose then (sometimes they are out of things) or order ahead of

time. They even bring it in and put it in your freezer for you! What a

service! I can also order online and have it delivered on the regular delivery

day. Here is their website: http://www.schwans.com/

Our school has something similar called Market Day but you have to pick it up in

the school cafeteria, not convenient at all for me.

Becky

[ ] Had a bad week

Hi to all my friends,

This has been a bad week for me.My fibro flared up and went into the

knees something I haven't experienced before.It was painful going up

and down the stairs.I read all the emails that I received from all of

you to each other.It is good to know that all of you support one

another.As I begin to learn your names perhaps I will feel like I

belong to the group.Today I will try and go swimming and help these

knees to move the way they should.The one thing I need to ask is

there a way to use the chat to communicate with someone out there who

is experienceing the fibro.It is the first time that I actually had

it in my kness and this bothers me.Help me to understand that it is

all apart of the fibro and it has just started with me.I had this for

10 years now and I never let it get me down but I have no energy to

do anything this week .I had to force myself to get dinner

together.Frustated because I used to going.Yes!I must consider my age

for in reading your emails to each other I believe I'm the oldest one

in the group thanks for listening to me.

Please feel free to email me at claudiamcteach@...

PS the lady that lost her son tell me how she is doing?I know it is

hard for her right now and the rest of her life.Perhaps one day I can

talk to her and tell her I went through the same thing.

Love

February 25, 2004

Becky:

What a great idea!! I will check it out and see if I

can afford it. I know I can barely get thru the day

sometimes at work let alone try to cook

dinner........and we know how healthy fast food

is.........

Thanks

Pat

--- natesmom4@... wrote:

> I've been buying some easy dinner meals from

> Schwan's frozen foods. By buying a little at a time

> and comparing prices, I'm finding the prices to be

> almost comparable to our local grocery store. Their

> food is great and so far everything I buy my family

> loves. My Schwan man is great. Yesterday I was

> going to by some prepared soups and he told me it

> was too expensive, not to waste my money on it.

> Schwans has come in very handy on those don't feel

> like getting a meal together days. I started out

> buying egg omelets and French toast sticks for the

> kids so they get a decent breakfast besides cereal

> all the time. I have a friend who works a lot of

> hours and she buys all of her food from Schwans,

> except bread and milk. She buys that at the corner

> quick shop. I don't know if Schwans is all over the

> country or not but there is probably something

> similar. They come to your door at a designated

> time every 2 weeks and you can choose then

> (sometimes they are out of things) or order ahead of

> time. They even bring it in and put it in your

> freezer for you! What a service! I can also order

> online and have it delivered on the regular delivery

> day. Here is their website:

> http://www.schwans.com/

> Our school has something similar called Market Day

> but you have to pick it up in the school cafeteria,

> not convenient at all for me.

>

> Becky

> [ ] Had a bad week

>

> Hi to all my friends,

>

> This has been a bad week for me.My fibro flared up

> and went into the

> knees something I haven't experienced before.It

> was painful going up

> and down the stairs.I read all the emails that I

> received from all of

> you to each other.It is good to know that all of

> you support one

> another.As I begin to learn your names perhaps I

> will feel like I

> belong to the group.Today I will try and go

> swimming and help these

> knees to move the way they should.The one thing I

> need to ask is

> there a way to use the chat to communicate with

> someone out there who

> is experienceing the fibro.It is the first time

> that I actually had

> it in my kness and this bothers me.Help me to

> understand that it is

> all apart of the fibro and it has just started

> with me.I had this for

> 10 years now and I never let it get me down but I

> have no energy to

> do anything this week .I had to force myself to

> get dinner

> together.Frustated because I used to going.Yes!I

> must consider my age

> for in reading your emails to each other I believe

> I'm the oldest one

> in the group thanks for listening to me.

>

> Please feel free to email me at

> claudiamcteach@...

>

> PS the lady that lost her son tell me how she is

> doing?I know it is

> hard for her right now and the rest of her

> life.Perhaps one day I can

> talk to her and tell her I went through the same

> thing.

> Love

>

February 26, 2004

I just looked on the website and the prices seem much higher than what I pay

here. I didn't have much time to look through the whole site, though, so I'm

wondering if they have some type of mail order that I was looking at. My

favorites so far are the chicken pot pie and the pot roast. With the pot roast

we need 3 bags if everyone here is eating. I have three teenagers and a 21 year

old (only one girl in the bunch) so we are feeding 6 mostly huge eaters. If

it's just my husband and myself one bag is enough to have leftovers for the next

day. Yum! Kids love the omelets. They also have vegetables, pies, ice cream,

juice, and meet such as steak, pork chops, etc. Those prices seem a little high

to me but I have tried the steaks before and they were wonderful, much better

cuts than I can usually find at our local grocery store. I am going for

convenience and the ready made stuff works best for me. Something I also do

when I do feel like cooking is to freeze a lot of my own TV dinners. I started

that when my mother was ill and living with us and she would never eat right. I

bought those Rubbermaid and Glad divided containers and froze all of her meals.

I tend to overcook since we have such a houseful and always have something left

over to freeze. If I am making spaghetti sauce, I will brown 5 pounds or more

of ground beef, then freeze what I don't need. That way it saves time the next

time when I need to brown meat. Sometimes, though, just going to the freezer in

the garage to get a frozen meal takes too much effort......................

Becky

[ ] Had a bad week

>

> Hi to all my friends,

>

> This has been a bad week for me.My fibro flared up

> and went into the

> knees something I haven't experienced before.It

> was painful going up

> and down the stairs.I read all the emails that I

> received from all of

> you to each other.It is good to know that all of

> you support one

> another.As I begin to learn your names perhaps I

> will feel like I

> belong to the group.Today I will try and go

> swimming and help these

> knees to move the way they should.The one thing I

> need to ask is

> there a way to use the chat to communicate with

> someone out there who

> is experienceing the fibro.It is the first time

> that I actually had

> it in my kness and this bothers me.Help me to

> understand that it is

> all apart of the fibro and it has just started

> with me.I had this for

> 10 years now and I never let it get me down but I

> have no energy to

> do anything this week .I had to force myself to

> get dinner

> together.Frustated because I used to going.Yes!I

> must consider my age

> for in reading your emails to each other I believe

> I'm the oldest one

> in the group thanks for listening to me.

>

> Please feel free to email me at

> claudiamcteach@...

>

> PS the lady that lost her son tell me how she is

> doing?I know it is

> hard for her right now and the rest of her

> life.Perhaps one day I can

> talk to her and tell her I went through the same

> thing.

> Love

>

February 26, 2004

Dear , you are already one of the group and as far as being the eldest, I

will be 73 this Sept. You don't have to remember all our names, it will come

naturally to you as the days go by. Please feel at home here, we are rather a

nice bunch to get to know. Hope you get some relief soon from the pain.

Remember, age is only a number and not very important in the scheme of things.

Hugs

June