intro :)

[Guest guest]

Welcome ! Hope you like it here. I took the same attitude about

asking people why they DO vaccinate and mostly I got the response " Because

it's the law!! "

I just respond " no it's not " and they look at me like I grew 5 heads!! Then

of course I get the old " well, they can't go to school without them " to which

I respond, " Of course they can! " AND, so it goes.....

Stand strong in your decision, whatever it may be

Nadine

in

Florida

[Guest guest]

Thanks Nadine

I got that " it's the law " bunk just last friday at the hospital. ugh!

Leads me to wonder where in the world these people stop learning!?

in Ontario *Hoser country *

> Welcome ! Hope you like it here. I took the same attitude

about

> asking people why they DO vaccinate and mostly I got the

response " Because

> it's the law!! "

> I just respond " no it's not " and they look at me like I grew 5

heads!! Then

> of course I get the old " well, they can't go to school without

them " to which

> I respond, " Of course they can! " AND, so it goes.....

> Stand strong in your decision, whatever it may be

> Nadine

> in

> Florida

[Guest guest]

HI ,

Welcome (and all other newbies!)

Congratulations on your forthcoming mommy-hood AND for being so amazingly on the

ball to start researching the vaccine issues before you have your first

wonder!!!!!!

We have a partially vaxxed

daughter......................................................................

no more from now on though!

Hope more and more parents-to-be become as aware and switched on as you and your

hubbie!

:-D

Suzanne

SAHM

dd Ruby 2.6yrs

South Wales

[Guest guest]

kismet0911 wrote:

> I know I jumped right into the group posting, and though I've been

> reading the posts for a while now, I don't believe anyone here knows

> who the heck I am.

>

> I started BFL in Sept. 1999, just a week before I turned 40. I'm 5'8

> and was 180 lbs and 40% BF. I've done three " official "

> challenges ... two BFL, one BodyLogix ... and I'm in the 11th week of

> my current challenge (haven't decided if I'm going to make it an

> official BFL by turning in my packet, though I did register). I'm

> currently at 157 with approximately 22% BF and am still on a path to

> my final goals. I'm one of those who fell off the wagon big time (8

> months off after surgery last July!!), where I gained back about 5-6%

> BF and almost 20 lbs. So it IS a never-ending kind of thing ... new

> habits ... truly a lifestyle. I did pursue and obtain my ISSA

> certification some time ago ... but I'm more drawn to the

> motivational side of things than I am with the " plan a workout and

> diet " side (plus the fact that I'm just NOT the competitive, sale-

> oriented type ... not good if you need to make a living at personal

> training).

>

> I've kept an on-line journal of this current 12 week challenge, and

> if you'd like to take a look, please feel free. (no photos posted

> yet ... I'll do that at the end) The link is:

> http://www.creatingmyreality.com There are archives for weeks 1-4,

> weeks 5-8, and weeks 9-12 is on the journal page at the moment.

>

> Deb

Hiya Deb and welcome to the group Congrats on your successes!

Serenity

[Guest guest]

kismet0911 wrote:

>

>

> I've kept an on-line journal of this current 12 week challenge, and

> if you'd like to take a look, please feel free. (no photos posted

> yet ... I'll do that at the end) The link is:

> http://www.creatingmyreality.com There are archives for weeks 1-4,

> weeks 5-8, and weeks 9-12 is on the journal page at the moment.

>

> Deb

I went to your website, Deb and I've just got to say that, although I

normally detest pages with mouse trails.. that's the coolest one I've ever

seen (I still hate them.. but yours is snazzy!)

Serenity

[Guest guest]

Serenity ...

Thanks ... you know, I hate them too! But this one WAS so cool, I

just had to use it. HOWEVER, I only put it on the home page so that

noone would have to be annoyed by it when they're trying to read.

Deb

> >

> > Deb

>

> I went to your website, Deb and I've just got to say that, although

I

> normally detest pages with mouse trails.. that's the coolest one

I've ever

> seen (I still hate them.. but yours is snazzy!)

> Serenity

[Guest guest]

Hello!

My name's (28), married to Matt(30), work at home,

homeschooling mom to Porcelain(6, LKS) and (3), living in St.

sburg, FL. I've found LKS to be incredibly baffling! Porcelain's

development had always been early or on time. She knew her letters,

colors, shapes, and could count to 20 in English and Japanese by 2!

Things started going downhill about the time turned 2 and was

talking more. At first our ped. thought it might be that she wanted to

" be the baby " or that the Japanese confusing her. So we cut back on

it. Didn't really change anything.. Then we mentioned we thought she

might have a food allergy because it seemed whenever she drank milk

she ended up kinda " spacy " . So she was on digestive enzymes for a

while and they did seem to help - I'm actually going to ask our neuro

if it's ok if she goes back on them. But then things started

regressing again so we took her to a SLP in July to see what she had

to say. Which did not go the best because Porcelain is not one of

those kids that will perform on demand! LOL! But the SLP said " it's

there, I just can't figure out why it's not coming out right. " Right

about a month later we were out shopping and she ended up having a

seizure. Kinda just stumbled back, sat on the floor, her lip trembled

and her eyes fluttered. It maybe lasted 30 seconds. We took her to the

ER and they did blood work and a CT. Everything came back normal and

they told us that " sometimes kids just have seizures " and if she was

conscious and it was under 5 minutes, then it wasn't probably anything

to worry about. So we went home and made an appointment for the ped..

Well a couple weeks later she ended up having another, and it seemed

like she might have been hyperventilating a little; but still

conscious and everything. Rushed her to the ped instead of waiting for

the appointment and got a referral to a neuro. We thought we would

have a 30 minute EEG appointment... it turned into a 3 day hospital

visit. When she was discharged she was status epilepticus. The neuro

was showing us on her VEEG that she was pretty much having continuous

seizures even though you couldn't tell at all. 2 weeks later at the

followup she was diagnosed with LKS. But at least we feel that we have

the answers now to what's really going on!! She's been on Depakote(500

mg a day), for the last 2 months and is doing somewhat better. Instead

of the continual abscence seizures, they've slowed down, but now she

seems to have more atonic seizures?! Her neuro wants to start her on

Lamictal next week as well. I want to put her back on her digestive

enzymes to see if that will help as well. Her attention span is better

and it doesnt seem like she's getting as frustrated when she can't

figure out what she's trying to say. The thing with her though is it

really seems like the level of what she comprehends at times changes.

Like most days when she wants a drink she'll say " I want a cup " , most

of her sentences are short.. but one day we were driving down the

street and she goes " let's go to target, they have ponies " as in my

little ponies. We're taking it day by day though and are hopeful

she can get back on track! Sorry this was so long, I really tried to

compress it! LOL! I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Blessings,