having a bad day

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<PRE>they can be quite the PITA eh?!?! mine is pretty good most of the time. he

is

also part 18 so i have told him i don't have to let him live here anymore.

you better learn to get along with me. hope the troubles ease soon. kathy in

il

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I have 2 kids ............the 17 yo boy lives with me and my dtr is 21 and on

her own. My kids both stressed me out horribly when I was first diagnosed

.......you learn real fast to prioritize the things that they do that bother

you. I used to get upset over some of the dumbest things , now I am just

happy they are healthy, drug-free, and have opinions of their

own...........amazing how with the second one I find things so much easier

.....he can drive me nuts some days .....those are the days when I find a

movie matinee somewhere ......or just go walk the mall. I find if I leave and

go and just get away ...it helps.................I thank God I only have

2....my mom had 6 of us.......Judy in AZ

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,

I don't mean to discourage you, but when your kids finally reach adulthood,

the worry doesn't stop. They sometimes make very unwise decisions that mess

up their lives; they go through such things as divorce; they might drink too

much; etc, etc, etc. I don't think the worry ever ends.

Sue

on 12/3/02 5:29 PM, motheran12 at motheran12@... wrote:

> Hello! Don't mean to whine but where is the teenage manual? This

> is the first time my RA feels pretty good and my teenagers are falling

> apart. Someone on the list must have teenagers what is the key to

> living with them in peace and good will. Who has to keep busy us or

> them??? Now I understand why wild animalas eat their young they don't

> want them to grow up into Teenagers!!!!!!! Thankyou for listening

> I needed that. Hope everyone had a good pain free day.

> E-mail:motheran12@... Thanks again .

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I'm with you Sue...the worrying never ends, it just changes focus.

Love...

Tess

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,

Nice thing about teenagers is that they grow up. My one and only is

now 25, and she rarely misses a day without telling me how much she

appreciates what her dad and I have done for her, and telling us she

loves us. I was feeling pretty low recently when I regained some

weight, and got this note from my daughter:

" Mom, you have always looked great, and I have ALWAYS been proud of

you. Your weight may fluctuate, but you stay the same beautiful

person I know is my mom. Remember that! "

I pull that out whenever I get down on myself. And I also remember

she is going to have 4 to raise thru the teen years, and is planning

to teach high school as well.

Hang in there!

Hugs,'

Judi

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Hi ,

I don't have any teenagers, but I have a 6 year old boy who can be pretty

active. I just have to laugh at your post.

Love and Hugs

Stacey in PA

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Sorry to dump my complaints here...

In addition to a pregnant wife and a son with serios poison ivy, I

fell on some rocks yesterday while my son and I were hiking and

broke my arm.

We were down at the bottom of linville gorge and had to hike out and

drive myself home. Not my idea of a good time. At least I didn't

have to cut my arm off with my pocket knife. ha ha.

I guess we have 'bottomed out' and things can only get better from

here. I hope...

Have a great day.

Greg

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sounds more like a bad week....looking on the bright side -- next

week can only go up. at least its only a broken arm (i realize that

a broken arm really stinks) - and thats all you hurt.

and as addy says, at least , in the midst of all this, you're

breathing is not compromised and your not on oodles and oodles of

pred! thats something to celebrate. =o)

good luck with the audit. we have the state in auditing the school i

just started working in. its no fun. too stressful. good luck

happy healing. to you and your son.

heather

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Sister -

thanks for the reminder that our local chapters of American Lung

Association are good places to get good info on asthma and for the

info on the asthma walk. Our area had its first asthma walk last

fall and I hope they do it again! Please let us know how the one in

Chicago goes - I hope the weather continues to hold out.

Got my Xolair yesterday. I do hope that someday it comes in pre-

mixed vials, although I can't complain. Friday and yesterday I felt

terrible with allergies and already today that has improved.

Greg,I hope you'll have time to post the good news when the baby

comes along.

Addy

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Hi Louis,

Try contacting a compounding pharmacy, & asking them if they know docs in your

area

who buy hCG & T. Some are listed in " Finding a Male Hormone Doctor " , located in

the Files

section here. I don't know if they know docs near you, maybe you can find a

pharmacy

closer to you.

Bruce

> Well, I went through all the lab tests and the MRI and was indeed

> diagnosed with hypogonadism. The endo wanted to start me on T therapy.

> When I told him I was interested in HCG as well to preserve fertility,

> he said he didn't know anything about that and referred me to another

> Endo in his practice. I firmly believe he did this just because I had

> the nerve to speak up. Let this be a lesson to everyone else. Get what

> you want one piece at a time. I could have easily started therapy and

> then transferred to another endo before the T damaged my onions. Now the

> person he referred me to won't see me until June, and won't answer

> emails. Believe me that if I ever find a person in Va. who knows his ass

> from a hole in the ground, he'll be on the group list in a heartbeat!

> Now to continue waiting until June... and hope that he will deign to

> talk to me then. I called all the doctors on the TuneUpYourT website in

> Va, but as you know you can't actually talk to the doctor. I'm near the

> point where I'd be willing to travel somewhere on the east coast just to

> get the ball rolling. Anyone know a doctor who'd evaluate the results of

> my tests and MRI and prescribe HCG as well as T?

>

> Regards,

> Louis