Thread: ANYONE LOADING on SEPTEMBER 24 & 25th?

OMG!!! Only you Fralline!!! I'm sitting here with my mouth hanging open! LOL

Originally Posted by fralline

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Natural Calm....but one must be careful or you could end up having one of these kinds of "never trust a fart" days
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Originally Posted by skinnysister

Girls, I am so sorry for being MIA, I am a terrible friend! My mom is still sick, but finally out of the hospital, thank goodness. The pneumonia just wasn't clearing up and it still isn't cleared up, she is still on antibiotics. They think that there is something also happening that is compromising her immune system... it's scary stuff for her. Once the pneumonia has cleared up then they are going to do a scope of the inside of her lungs to see what's the underlying problem. Anyway, it's been a super busy and very stressful time for my family, she was transferred to a larger hospital and I was the information person for all of the rest of the family and her friends so my evening computer time was neglected. So sorry to cause you guys to worry. I am so happy that January 2012 is OVER, now onto a healthier February!

Skinny!! I'm so sorry to read about your mom. I hope things are much better with her now. You've really had a rough end of of 2011/ beginning of 2012. I'm with you on claiming a healthy and happy February and entire rest of 2012. {{hugs}}

Originally Posted by ailuj

Hi there my beautiful friends! I'm sorry I continue to be so MIA. I'm glad we're all fb friends so at least we can keep track of each other there too. Well, I'm still hanging in here. I finally got an appointment scheduled with a gynecologist. I'm nervous to go to a new doctor, but she is at a location much closer to my house. My regular doctor, who's on maternity leave, is pretty far from me now since I moved. Also, she's a family practitioner. I just always went to her for my female stuff too. So as much as I'm nervous about my health and seeing a new doctor, it's definitely best I see a gynecologist for this issue. However, I couldn't get an appointment until 2/16. I'm going to call periodically to check and see if anything opens up sooner. More waiting in the meantime. I did end up going to an urgent care center on Thursday, but I didn't discuss my main problem. I already had the gyne appointment scheduled and was having another problem, so I just talked about the second problem. Without babbling too much, I was having some chest pain/discomfort that had been going on for about a week. I've previously had this issue and had my heart and lungs very thoroughly checked (the reason I'm still paying off medical bills) and nothing has been found to be wrong with me. So when it came about recently, I tried to ignore it for awhile, but then my paranoia got the best of me. My fear was that my first problem was a really, really bad thing and it was now causing other problems. Btw, try not to judge my paranoia too much - remember I lost a lot of people in a short time to health problems and it's made me slightly nuts! So anyway, that was my fear. So I went to the doctor about my chest pain. They did an ekg and chest x-ray and thank God, they found nothing. So that eased my worry, but I didn't get an explanation. Anxiety. Doctors love to use that one. And maybe that's all it is. I don't know. I hope. But I do have this original problem that I know I'm not imagining. I continue to pray that it has a benign explanation and hope I'll be able to get in earlier than the 16th. But at least I have something scheduled.

Once again, thanks for listening, my girls. I'll try to be better about posting more often. I hope we're all just on a temporary lull here and posts will pick up a bit soon. Love you all! xoxo

Julia {{HUGS}} I can't imagine waiting all this time to get to the doctor. I'm really praying TOM stays with me and you can get in there today with no problem. Also praying you get a sensible doctor who will put proper health care before insurance crap. I'm looking forward to hearing good news from you later on today. :-)

I gotta dash but I'll be back later because there were other things I saw as I was scanning that I want to respond to. Love you guys...

Hey ladies! Glad to see posts from fralline and teddi! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss all of you! Fralline, you're my stabilizing hero! Glad you had a great Vday! Teddi, I hope you get your hcg dose/meds all figured out. That can be such a tricky thing. This will be a quick post, but I had to stop in and give you all an update. Yep teddi, I am just getting to the doctor after all this time. It took me awhile to get insurance figured out. By that time, my doctor was on maternity leave so I found a new doctor closer to where I live. I had to wait 3 weeks to get in, but at least I got something scheduled. I ended up keeping my appointment for today, but as luck would have it, TOM showed up yesterday which makes today the absolute heaviest day of my cycle. Nice huh? So I went in, didn't have an exam, but talked with the doctor. I didn't tell her how long this has really been going on (insurance crap). I just played up the symptoms over the last couple weeks. I have an ultrasound scheduled for next Thursday, so that's good! Now I'll really be asking for good vibes/thoughts/prayers from you gals. I'm nervous, but relieved that progress is being made. I'm sad that P2 is being delayed though. I would be well into round 4 if things had gone as planned and I'd weigh less instead of more! My jeans are tight. No joke. I've been trying to stick to high protein days, but honestly, I'm so sick of no carbs!!!

Okay, gotta run for now. Sorry no personals right now. But teddi, fralline, jessica, tater, and skinny, I love you all. I'll try to check back in later, but I'm really into the Hunger Games books at the moment. I'm almost done with book 2, so will be jumping right into book 3. Hope you're all doing really well and I hope to see posts from all of you when I check back later! xoxo

Hey Tate
My thyroid med is Armourthyroid. I like it much better than synthroid thus far. I'm far less tired than I was and I feel less foggy. If you go to stopthethyroidmadness dot com they talk a lot about the issues with synthroid. I think it only messed with my hunger because I had been off medication for over a month.

What is the fat fast for P2 Tate?

I'm signing back off now. TOM is literally KILLING me today. I'm so miserable...I'll try to check back in later if I'm up to it. Xo

Hi girls! I am happy to report that things are going good with me, I'm busy, but life is fine! My mom had a chest x-ray on monday, and the pneumonia is clearing up, but they are waiting for it to be completely gone before they do the scope of the inside of her lungs... they think that what she has is an autoimmune thing called sarcoidosis (sp?!), and that is completely manageable with treatment. A huge sigh of relief for my family, we were all very very worried about her for a while, she has always been a very healthy woman, never smoked, healthy weight, excercises regularly, so for someone like her to be so ill has really been awful for us. Thank you all for your concern, support and understanding during this tough time.
Life for me has been busy as well, working steady (I am now working an extra day compared to what I was doing in the fall, so that's a bit of a transition for me!), plus swimming lessons for all 3 kids, figure skating 2x/week for the two girls, home reading, housework, etc! I am sitting at about 3 lbs over LDW right now, but I'm fine with that. I really should get back into excercise though, and am planning on starting that up very soon. I have even been neglecting my yoga lately! Anyway, I did flirt with the idea of another round but I am out of drops and I really am sick of having rules for eating! Once I start up with the yoga and working out my focus will be on toning up a bit and getting back into running with the couch to 5 K program.

Tate, I really admire you for jumping back into another round... Have you weighed in at all? It's going to be so exciting when you finally do! You are so funny with your fat fast days, they just don't work for me, but I probably didn't do it right! LOL!

Julia, I checked in today specifically to check on how your doctors visit went! Yay for the ultrasound next week! I'm not completely sure about what is going on, but you are definitely in my thoughts! Big hugs to you my friend!

Teddi, sorry that you are having a rough time at round 2. I know my appetite goes bonkers around TOM too, so that in addition to the new thyroid med and I would be the same way! Are you still sticking with your workouts through P2?

Jessica, will you start your round next monday? I hope you are feeling better!

Fralline, I am so happy you are sticking to your running! You are so awesome at sticking close to that LDW number too, way to go!

Hello everyone! Still a ghost town in here but I wanted to check in! I have read the latest threads but don't have time to touch on all of them.

Skinny - I am SO HAPPY for you & you family that your mom is getting better & they have a diagnosis for her!

Julia - Great you finally got into the doctor... when is your ultrasound???

Tate - how is P2 going??

As for me... I have been SUPER SICK.... AGAIN!!!! Ugh... Head cold galore & last night/today MAJOR gas cramps/diarrhea & bloating... I am not sure what brought my latest symptoms on =( I was going to start P2 tomorrow but I think I will have to delay a day... I have been bed ridden for the last few days & haven't been able to prepare with loading food let alone P2 food. Plus I only have Monday off this week =( So looks like I will load Monday the gorging non healthy fatty way then hit the grocery store on Monday as well & FFD on my day 2 of loading.

Anyway, I will check in with you all later!