Re: When you're getting well...its really painful?

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I know you don't want to hear this.. but you just have to give your body time to adjust to things.... all the months and years that it took for your body to get so beat up... it's gonna take time for it to get better.

I know.. .broken record....

But that's what I ended up going through.... that period where the body just has to adjust to all the changes...

How long have you been on this dose?

I'll be quiet before you start throwing things at me...

*blush*

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:49:58 -0000 "lyongillespie" writes:

Hi All:I'm back with another question. It seems that the more "optimal" I get the more agony. I have terrible.....muscles spasms and aches all over...including the arches of my feet.Since they are in new since the last dose change...it means I'm on the right track....Right?How long does it take for the agony to go away? What is the best strategy to deal with it? ~E:)

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I know you don't want to hear this.. but you just have to give your body time to adjust to things.... all the months and years that it took for your body to get so beat up... it's gonna take time for it to get better.

I know.. .broken record....

But that's what I ended up going through.... that period where the body just has to adjust to all the changes...

How long have you been on this dose?

I'll be quiet before you start throwing things at me...

*blush*

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:49:58 -0000 "lyongillespie" writes:

Hi All:I'm back with another question. It seems that the more "optimal" I get the more agony. I have terrible.....muscles spasms and aches all over...including the arches of my feet.Since they are in new since the last dose change...it means I'm on the right track....Right?How long does it take for the agony to go away? What is the best strategy to deal with it? ~E:)

[Guest guest]

I know you don't want to hear this.. but you just have to give your body time to adjust to things.... all the months and years that it took for your body to get so beat up... it's gonna take time for it to get better.

I know.. .broken record....

But that's what I ended up going through.... that period where the body just has to adjust to all the changes...

How long have you been on this dose?

I'll be quiet before you start throwing things at me...

*blush*

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:49:58 -0000 "lyongillespie" writes:

Hi All:I'm back with another question. It seems that the more "optimal" I get the more agony. I have terrible.....muscles spasms and aches all over...including the arches of my feet.Since they are in new since the last dose change...it means I'm on the right track....Right?How long does it take for the agony to go away? What is the best strategy to deal with it? ~E:)

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: Thanks for the reassurance. I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days. Added just 4 mcgs. Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75 mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time. So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour. and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic. I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge. I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed.... my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath

or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out. Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out. I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track. The temp is going in the right direction at least! ~E:) topper2@... wrote: I know you don't want to hear this.. but you just have to give your body time to adjust to things.... all the months and years that it took for your body to get so beat up... it's gonna take time for

it to get better. I know.. .broken record.... But that's what I ended up going through.... that period where the body just has to adjust to all the changes... How long have you been on this dose? I'll be quiet before you start throwing things at me... *blush* Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:49:58 -0000 "lyongillespie" writes: Hi All:I'm back with another question. It seems that the more "optimal" I get the more agony. I have terrible.....muscles spasms and aches all over...including the arches of my feet.Since they are in new since the last dose

change...it means I'm on the right track....Right?How long does it take for the agony to go away? What is the best strategy to deal with it? ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

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: Thanks for the reassurance. I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days. Added just 4 mcgs. Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75 mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time. So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour. and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic. I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge. I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed.... my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath

or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out. Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out. I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track. The temp is going in the right direction at least! ~E:) topper2@... wrote: I know you don't want to hear this.. but you just have to give your body time to adjust to things.... all the months and years that it took for your body to get so beat up... it's gonna take time for

it to get better. I know.. .broken record.... But that's what I ended up going through.... that period where the body just has to adjust to all the changes... How long have you been on this dose? I'll be quiet before you start throwing things at me... *blush* Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:49:58 -0000 "lyongillespie" writes: Hi All:I'm back with another question. It seems that the more "optimal" I get the more agony. I have terrible.....muscles spasms and aches all over...including the arches of my feet.Since they are in new since the last dose

change...it means I'm on the right track....Right?How long does it take for the agony to go away? What is the best strategy to deal with it? ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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: Thanks for the reassurance. I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days. Added just 4 mcgs. Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75 mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time. So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour. and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic. I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge. I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed.... my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath

or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out. Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out. I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track. The temp is going in the right direction at least! ~E:) topper2@... wrote: I know you don't want to hear this.. but you just have to give your body time to adjust to things.... all the months and years that it took for your body to get so beat up... it's gonna take time for

it to get better. I know.. .broken record.... But that's what I ended up going through.... that period where the body just has to adjust to all the changes... How long have you been on this dose? I'll be quiet before you start throwing things at me... *blush* Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:49:58 -0000 "lyongillespie" writes: Hi All:I'm back with another question. It seems that the more "optimal" I get the more agony. I have terrible.....muscles spasms and aches all over...including the arches of my feet.Since they are in new since the last dose

change...it means I'm on the right track....Right?How long does it take for the agony to go away? What is the best strategy to deal with it? ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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Hang in there... let your body adjust...

Now, someone tell me to reread some of my posts....

I think I ended up over doing it on Friday... didn't hit me until about 2 this morning... super over tensed neck, upper back and shoulders. Ended up having to get up out of bed and sit in a chair and do head and shoulder rolls... took a couple of hours, yep, not kidding... a couple of hours to get it eased out and relaxed and then I fell asleep in my chair.

You know what really ticks me off? The blasted delay... it's not hitting me the next day... it's two or three days later...

I almost posted a pity party message but held off... I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow.

Small little soap box speech and then I'll bail.....

You guys, gals, women, men, however you want to refer to your individual selves. If you don't feel right, and the doc says that you are just fine, everything is normal, it's all in your head, or it's good enough... kick the dork in the shins and find a real doc. I blame all the misery that I'm still dealing with on the stupid jerk docs that I dealt with for all those years that wouldn't pay attention to my symptoms.... if they would have gotten their heads out of their butts... I wouldn't have gone for so many years underdosed and maybe I wouldn't be dealing with this BS every time I have a special event going on in my life......

Okay... I'm done.

I'm STILL enjoying my virtual vacation!!! The extra stuff that I did on Friday was to set the 'stage' for this virtual vacation and I don't regret it....

grins

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:24:22 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

:

Thanks for the reassurance.

I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days.

Added just 4 mcgs.

Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75 mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time.

So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour.

and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic.

I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge.

I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed....

my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out.

Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out.

I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track.

The temp is going in the right direction at least!

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Hang in there... let your body adjust...

Now, someone tell me to reread some of my posts....

I think I ended up over doing it on Friday... didn't hit me until about 2 this morning... super over tensed neck, upper back and shoulders. Ended up having to get up out of bed and sit in a chair and do head and shoulder rolls... took a couple of hours, yep, not kidding... a couple of hours to get it eased out and relaxed and then I fell asleep in my chair.

You know what really ticks me off? The blasted delay... it's not hitting me the next day... it's two or three days later...

I almost posted a pity party message but held off... I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow.

Small little soap box speech and then I'll bail.....

You guys, gals, women, men, however you want to refer to your individual selves. If you don't feel right, and the doc says that you are just fine, everything is normal, it's all in your head, or it's good enough... kick the dork in the shins and find a real doc. I blame all the misery that I'm still dealing with on the stupid jerk docs that I dealt with for all those years that wouldn't pay attention to my symptoms.... if they would have gotten their heads out of their butts... I wouldn't have gone for so many years underdosed and maybe I wouldn't be dealing with this BS every time I have a special event going on in my life......

Okay... I'm done.

I'm STILL enjoying my virtual vacation!!! The extra stuff that I did on Friday was to set the 'stage' for this virtual vacation and I don't regret it....

grins

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:24:22 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

:

Thanks for the reassurance.

I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days.

Added just 4 mcgs.

Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75 mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time.

So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour.

and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic.

I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge.

I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed....

my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out.

Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out.

I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track.

The temp is going in the right direction at least!

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Hang in there... let your body adjust...

Now, someone tell me to reread some of my posts....

I think I ended up over doing it on Friday... didn't hit me until about 2 this morning... super over tensed neck, upper back and shoulders. Ended up having to get up out of bed and sit in a chair and do head and shoulder rolls... took a couple of hours, yep, not kidding... a couple of hours to get it eased out and relaxed and then I fell asleep in my chair.

You know what really ticks me off? The blasted delay... it's not hitting me the next day... it's two or three days later...

I almost posted a pity party message but held off... I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow.

Small little soap box speech and then I'll bail.....

You guys, gals, women, men, however you want to refer to your individual selves. If you don't feel right, and the doc says that you are just fine, everything is normal, it's all in your head, or it's good enough... kick the dork in the shins and find a real doc. I blame all the misery that I'm still dealing with on the stupid jerk docs that I dealt with for all those years that wouldn't pay attention to my symptoms.... if they would have gotten their heads out of their butts... I wouldn't have gone for so many years underdosed and maybe I wouldn't be dealing with this BS every time I have a special event going on in my life......

Okay... I'm done.

I'm STILL enjoying my virtual vacation!!! The extra stuff that I did on Friday was to set the 'stage' for this virtual vacation and I don't regret it....

grins

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:24:22 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

:

Thanks for the reassurance.

I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days.

Added just 4 mcgs.

Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75 mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time.

So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour.

and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic.

I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge.

I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed....

my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out.

Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out.

I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track.

The temp is going in the right direction at least!

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Overdoing it? How did you do that? I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know.... ...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong. Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here. Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water? Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least. I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now. Then...I'm gonna watch House.. ~E:) topper2@... wrote: Hang in there... let your body adjust... Now, someone tell me to reread some of my posts.... I think I ended up over doing it on Friday... didn't hit me until about 2 this morning... super over tensed neck, upper back and shoulders. Ended up having to get up out of bed and sit in a chair and do head and shoulder rolls... took a couple of hours, yep, not kidding... a couple of hours to get it eased out and relaxed and then I fell asleep in my chair. You know what really ticks me off? The blasted delay... it's not hitting me the next

day... it's two or three days later... I almost posted a pity party message but held off... I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow. Small little soap box speech and then I'll bail..... You guys, gals, women, men, however you want to refer to your individual selves. If you don't feel right, and the doc says that you are just fine, everything is normal, it's all in your head, or it's good enough... kick the dork in the shins and find a real doc. I blame all the misery that I'm still dealing with on the stupid jerk docs that I dealt with for all those years that wouldn't pay attention to my symptoms.... if they would have gotten their heads out of their butts... I wouldn't have gone for so many years underdosed and maybe I wouldn't be dealing with this BS every time I have a special event going on in my life...... Okay... I'm done. I'm STILL enjoying my virtual vacation!!! The extra stuff that I did on Friday was to set the 'stage' for this virtual vacation and I don't regret it.... grins Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:24:22 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes: : Thanks for the reassurance. I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days. Added just 4 mcgs. Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75

mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time. So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour. and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic. I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge. I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed.... my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out. Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out. I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track. The temp is going in the right direction at least! ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

Overdoing it? How did you do that? I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know.... ...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong. Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here. Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water? Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least. I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now. Then...I'm gonna watch House.. ~E:) topper2@... wrote: Hang in there... let your body adjust... Now, someone tell me to reread some of my posts.... I think I ended up over doing it on Friday... didn't hit me until about 2 this morning... super over tensed neck, upper back and shoulders. Ended up having to get up out of bed and sit in a chair and do head and shoulder rolls... took a couple of hours, yep, not kidding... a couple of hours to get it eased out and relaxed and then I fell asleep in my chair. You know what really ticks me off? The blasted delay... it's not hitting me the next

day... it's two or three days later... I almost posted a pity party message but held off... I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow. Small little soap box speech and then I'll bail..... You guys, gals, women, men, however you want to refer to your individual selves. If you don't feel right, and the doc says that you are just fine, everything is normal, it's all in your head, or it's good enough... kick the dork in the shins and find a real doc. I blame all the misery that I'm still dealing with on the stupid jerk docs that I dealt with for all those years that wouldn't pay attention to my symptoms.... if they would have gotten their heads out of their butts... I wouldn't have gone for so many years underdosed and maybe I wouldn't be dealing with this BS every time I have a special event going on in my life...... Okay... I'm done. I'm STILL enjoying my virtual vacation!!! The extra stuff that I did on Friday was to set the 'stage' for this virtual vacation and I don't regret it.... grins Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:24:22 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes: : Thanks for the reassurance. I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days. Added just 4 mcgs. Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75

mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time. So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour. and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic. I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge. I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed.... my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out. Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out. I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track. The temp is going in the right direction at least! ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

Overdoing it? How did you do that? I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know.... ...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong. Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here. Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water? Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least. I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now. Then...I'm gonna watch House.. ~E:) topper2@... wrote: Hang in there... let your body adjust... Now, someone tell me to reread some of my posts.... I think I ended up over doing it on Friday... didn't hit me until about 2 this morning... super over tensed neck, upper back and shoulders. Ended up having to get up out of bed and sit in a chair and do head and shoulder rolls... took a couple of hours, yep, not kidding... a couple of hours to get it eased out and relaxed and then I fell asleep in my chair. You know what really ticks me off? The blasted delay... it's not hitting me the next

day... it's two or three days later... I almost posted a pity party message but held off... I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow. Small little soap box speech and then I'll bail..... You guys, gals, women, men, however you want to refer to your individual selves. If you don't feel right, and the doc says that you are just fine, everything is normal, it's all in your head, or it's good enough... kick the dork in the shins and find a real doc. I blame all the misery that I'm still dealing with on the stupid jerk docs that I dealt with for all those years that wouldn't pay attention to my symptoms.... if they would have gotten their heads out of their butts... I wouldn't have gone for so many years underdosed and maybe I wouldn't be dealing with this BS every time I have a special event going on in my life...... Okay... I'm done. I'm STILL enjoying my virtual vacation!!! The extra stuff that I did on Friday was to set the 'stage' for this virtual vacation and I don't regret it.... grins Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:24:22 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes: : Thanks for the reassurance. I've been doing the same dose on the armour side now for just under two months and just bumped up the synthetic side a few days ago after being on same dose for 57 days. Added just 4 mcgs. Its a lot like what I was just doing...I had tried to add in the armour just 3.75

mgs...but I was getting racey/kicked out of my body every time. So instead of 113....its 108 on the armour. and insted of 45 its 50 on the synthetic. I figure I'll be going in pretty much the same direction without the T3 overcharge. I go to the chiro guy and the Osteopath nearly every day. As...soon as I go to bed.... my back gets all in knots again. Grrr. I'm in the bath or the shower..when I'm not at getting someone to iron me out. Last time I came near this dose...I was at the gym running and lifting weights....but was hitting the message therapist every other week too. As I my notes indicate..it took a couple months....to get the really bad spasms out. I'm hoping my sweet spot is just a few weeks away...and I'm on the right track. The temp is going in the right direction at least! ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet......

Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry.....

Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh

Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs.

But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven.....

BIG grin!!!

The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer....

.... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts....

You'd think I would have learned!!!!

I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you!

As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

Overdoing it? How did you do that?

I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know....

...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong.

Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here.

Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water?

Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least.

I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now.

Then...I'm gonna watch House..

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet......

Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry.....

Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh

Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs.

But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven.....

BIG grin!!!

The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer....

.... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts....

You'd think I would have learned!!!!

I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you!

As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

Overdoing it? How did you do that?

I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know....

...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong.

Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here.

Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water?

Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least.

I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now.

Then...I'm gonna watch House..

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet......

Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry.....

Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh

Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs.

But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven.....

BIG grin!!!

The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer....

.... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts....

You'd think I would have learned!!!!

I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you!

As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

Overdoing it? How did you do that?

I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know....

...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong.

Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here.

Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water?

Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least.

I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now.

Then...I'm gonna watch House..

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Oooh, I LOVE that wonderful fresh bed feeling! It takes all day to accomplish, but it's so worth it! And fresh donuts! Yum. I used to make those when I was little with my mom and sisters/brother. It was so much fun. We'd make powdered sugar ones (they were my favorite) and cinnamon sugar ones.

It's freezing cold here, I had to go rescue my cat from the camper where she was having her own little vacation, because it got down below freezing and her water and food were freezing! She has a little pet bed igloo thing that has a pet safe heating pad in it, so she was fine, but I felt that if it was cold enough to freeze her water, she should definitely be in the house. She's not used to the cold at all. I'm still battling allergies (finally decided that must be what I have, it's just my typical kentucky allergies, I forgot how awful they were).

Have a good vacation!

Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet......

Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry.....

Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh

Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs.

But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven.....

BIG grin!!!

The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer....

.... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts....

You'd think I would have learned!!!!

I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you!

As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

Overdoing it? How did you do that?

I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know....

...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong.

Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here.

Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to " thawing out " like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water?

Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least.

I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now.

Then...I'm gonna watch House..

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Oooh, I LOVE that wonderful fresh bed feeling! It takes all day to accomplish, but it's so worth it! And fresh donuts! Yum. I used to make those when I was little with my mom and sisters/brother. It was so much fun. We'd make powdered sugar ones (they were my favorite) and cinnamon sugar ones.

It's freezing cold here, I had to go rescue my cat from the camper where she was having her own little vacation, because it got down below freezing and her water and food were freezing! She has a little pet bed igloo thing that has a pet safe heating pad in it, so she was fine, but I felt that if it was cold enough to freeze her water, she should definitely be in the house. She's not used to the cold at all. I'm still battling allergies (finally decided that must be what I have, it's just my typical kentucky allergies, I forgot how awful they were).

Have a good vacation!

Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet......

Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry.....

Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh

Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs.

But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven.....

BIG grin!!!

The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer....

.... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts....

You'd think I would have learned!!!!

I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you!

As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

Overdoing it? How did you do that?

I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know....

...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong.

Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here.

Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to " thawing out " like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water?

Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least.

I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now.

Then...I'm gonna watch House..

~E:)

[Guest guest]

Oooh, I LOVE that wonderful fresh bed feeling! It takes all day to accomplish, but it's so worth it! And fresh donuts! Yum. I used to make those when I was little with my mom and sisters/brother. It was so much fun. We'd make powdered sugar ones (they were my favorite) and cinnamon sugar ones.

It's freezing cold here, I had to go rescue my cat from the camper where she was having her own little vacation, because it got down below freezing and her water and food were freezing! She has a little pet bed igloo thing that has a pet safe heating pad in it, so she was fine, but I felt that if it was cold enough to freeze her water, she should definitely be in the house. She's not used to the cold at all. I'm still battling allergies (finally decided that must be what I have, it's just my typical kentucky allergies, I forgot how awful they were).

Have a good vacation!

Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet......

Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry.....

Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh

Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs.

But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven.....

BIG grin!!!

The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer....

.... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts....

You'd think I would have learned!!!!

I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you!

As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes:

Overdoing it? How did you do that?

I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know....

...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong.

Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here.

Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to " thawing out " like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water?

Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least.

I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now.

Then...I'm gonna watch House..

~E:)

[Guest guest]

I am glad that I am not alone in all my "wierd" thoughts about this condition. I would love to share my story someday....It is filled with many emotions and racing thoughts with highs and lows that I felt would never end... I thank GOD it is over for now and I pray for those that have not been diagnosed correctly. It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care Mark Cline Fredericksburg, Vatopper2@... wrote: Well, I stripped the bed down to the mattress and washed

everything, including pillows and big bedspread, which I hung outside to dry.. the raced like an idiot to cook and bake food and get the kitchen all cleaned up as quick as I could so that I could spend as much time out on the deck as possible.. it was our last day of nice weather, today we have sleet...... Then, as if that wasn't enough I drug out the horrid people eating canister vacuum to vacuum the mattress... the point was to make my bedroom all brand new shiny clean looking and smelling to go with my virtual vacation... but it was too many trips up and down the basement stairs hauling laundry and moving stuff from washer to dryer... and the bedspread, all wet, weighs as much as an elephant and I had to haul it up the stairs and drape it between the deck rail and the chairs so it could dry..... Then.... to go outside I had to haul table and chair and computer stuff and set it all up.... to enjoy the nice day... then

haul it all back in when it got dark, along with the bed spread, which was MUCH lighter dry!!!! heheheheh Then... when I was more than ready not to do anything more that day.... I had to reassemble the bed... and that's when I realized the pillows were still in the dryer... so another trip downstairs. But... it was worth it... crawling into that summery fresh bed that night... in the cool house... was sheer heaven..... BIG grin!!! The Saturday, after having such a GOOD sleep... back in the kitchen to bake... and haul that stuff down to the basement freezer.... ... and, the final straw, I think... was thinking on Monday that I was doing just fine and deciding to make raised donuts.... You'd think I would have learned!!!! I'm here in the hopes that others won't have to

deal with as much of the grief that some of us have already dealt with... and I were talking about that in IM this morning.... amazed that the group has continued to grow.. that we're coming up on our third birthday in January.... That the domain name on our website was renewed for another two years by our benefactor, without her we wouldn't have the website that we have or the domain name... we'd still be on a free site with all the popups.... I'm sworn to never say who she is... but THANKYOU!!!! you wonderful unnamed person, you! As for House, I have it on right now!!! hehehehehe Topper () On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:38 -0800 (PST) E Gillespie writes: Overdoing it? How did

you do that? I know how pissed you are at the medical bull. I am too. I tell myself...I'll attend to those folks after I attend to myself. I know...its not easy to put that aside...I know...I know.... ...You are already doing a lot to change things with your little website full of 1000 members. I saw that today...and thought for a moment I was reading it wrong. Take heart...you are doing your life's work right here. Do you think when one is getting close to optimal like me...its akin to "thawing out" like when you run your frost bitten hands under warm water? Mentally...I'm a lot better at least. Coordination...better at least. I bought a genoa salami grinder for dinner and am gonna go eat a canolli right now. Then...I'm gonna

watch House.. ~E:)

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mark cline wrote: It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care Mark Cline Fredericksburg, Va ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark: That is so interesting...being a Therapist and feeling like that. WHAT must have you been thinking about the doctors? You must have been shocked by their "unhealing" and ruthless ways. I know I am. I was more

grounded...than the hardest rock before this hit...( VERY sort of proud to be such as well ) and to become something I thought only "crazy" people did has been an excutating eye opener. I now know hormones...aren't a laughing matter -- the perfect punchline to a joke. I'll never forget how right around the time I got diagnosed with the thryoid cancer... this guy was chatting with me on the phone saying "There is no such thing as bi-polar or a chemical imbalance...God wouldn't do that to people." I remember..agreeing with him and thinking how PROFOUND that sounded. And...of course I know how very ignorant it really was. ~E:)

~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th

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Quite true...... :)E Gillespie wrote: mark cline wrote: It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care Mark Cline Fredericksburg, Va ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark: That is so interesting...being a Therapist and

feeling like that. WHAT must have you been thinking about the doctors? You must have been shocked by their "unhealing" and ruthless ways. I know I am. I was more grounded...than the hardest rock before this hit...( VERY sort of proud to be such as well ) and to become something I thought only "crazy" people did has been an excutating eye opener. I now know hormones...aren't a laughing matter -- the perfect punchline to a joke. I'll never forget how right around the time I got diagnosed with the thryoid cancer... this guy was chatting with me on the phone saying "There is no such thing as bi-polar or a chemical imbalance...God wouldn't do that to people." I remember..agreeing with him and thinking how PROFOUND that sounded. And...of course I know how very ignorant it really was. ~E:) ~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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[Guest guest]

Quite true...... :)E Gillespie wrote: mark cline wrote: It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care Mark Cline Fredericksburg, Va ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark: That is so interesting...being a Therapist and

feeling like that. WHAT must have you been thinking about the doctors? You must have been shocked by their "unhealing" and ruthless ways. I know I am. I was more grounded...than the hardest rock before this hit...( VERY sort of proud to be such as well ) and to become something I thought only "crazy" people did has been an excutating eye opener. I now know hormones...aren't a laughing matter -- the perfect punchline to a joke. I'll never forget how right around the time I got diagnosed with the thryoid cancer... this guy was chatting with me on the phone saying "There is no such thing as bi-polar or a chemical imbalance...God wouldn't do that to people." I remember..agreeing with him and thinking how PROFOUND that sounded. And...of course I know how very ignorant it really was. ~E:) ~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

Quite true...... :)E Gillespie wrote: mark cline wrote: It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care Mark Cline Fredericksburg, Va ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark: That is so interesting...being a Therapist and

feeling like that. WHAT must have you been thinking about the doctors? You must have been shocked by their "unhealing" and ruthless ways. I know I am. I was more grounded...than the hardest rock before this hit...( VERY sort of proud to be such as well ) and to become something I thought only "crazy" people did has been an excutating eye opener. I now know hormones...aren't a laughing matter -- the perfect punchline to a joke. I'll never forget how right around the time I got diagnosed with the thryoid cancer... this guy was chatting with me on the phone saying "There is no such thing as bi-polar or a chemical imbalance...God wouldn't do that to people." I remember..agreeing with him and thinking how PROFOUND that sounded. And...of course I know how very ignorant it really was. ~E:) ~EG Connecticut Total-T 16 months ago / 37.5 mg Synthetic/120mg Armour since August 7th Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

[Guest guest]

We love to hear each others' stories. It helps us to be more determined and not so alone with all our quirks. This stuff transcends across all models and makes, lol. Many yrs ago, I was treated as "bipolar", and it was a really long trip. I was hyperthyroid Hashimoto's then, but sometime after it titered out and crashed, I looked back and said "WHO was THAT???" That's just an inkling. I call it more of the yo-yo syndrome, when that part is highly involved.

Re: When you're getting well...its really painful?

I am glad that I am not alone in all my "wierd" thoughts about this condition. I would love to share my story someday....It is filled with many emotions and racing thoughts with highs and lows that I felt would never end... I thank GOD it is over for now and I pray for those that have not been diagnosed correctly. It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care

Mark Cline

Fredericksburg, Va

[Guest guest]

We love to hear each others' stories. It helps us to be more determined and not so alone with all our quirks. This stuff transcends across all models and makes, lol. Many yrs ago, I was treated as "bipolar", and it was a really long trip. I was hyperthyroid Hashimoto's then, but sometime after it titered out and crashed, I looked back and said "WHO was THAT???" That's just an inkling. I call it more of the yo-yo syndrome, when that part is highly involved.

Re: When you're getting well...its really painful?

I am glad that I am not alone in all my "wierd" thoughts about this condition. I would love to share my story someday....It is filled with many emotions and racing thoughts with highs and lows that I felt would never end... I thank GOD it is over for now and I pray for those that have not been diagnosed correctly. It has taken my professional life a step closer to my clients since I am a therapist but there were times when I felt like my clients were more stable than me. I can laugh some now but I shed more than one tear and anger outburst while going 3 years undiagnosed. Okay, enough for now. Take Care

Mark Cline

Fredericksburg, Va