Melinda

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God bless you, dearest Connie. I appreciate it so very, very much.

Love,

Melinda

Re: Liz's Mon. Workout (Jenni)

>

>

> Aw Liz and Jen...two things about your thoughts here...

> Praise and worship...shame on me, I need to let go of my fears

and get

> my feet wet again. I play guitar and sing, used to do so in

central

> ohio for a Woman's Aglow. I have the guitar still, I just have

not

> picked it up due to my own fears of having to quit yet again. The

MS

> does a number on your mind.

>

> And as far as the grandkids!!! My dad at 81 was just telling me

> yesterday, that grandkids are the rewards of a long well lived

life...He

> says that seeing one or any of his grandkids on a daily basis,

telling

> them to give glory to God with their good decisions, (That was

his word

> for my two nephews who live with him...they are teens.), He says

it is

> worth so much and he is so thankful...At this rate he will easily

reach

> one hundred!

>

> He tells me this as I have 3 daughters...20, 23, and 24...the

oldest in

> med school. All three have boyfriends...no one married yet, and

it

> sometimes seems like they are just gone off the face of the

earth!

> Yeah, they call mom on an occasion...and I feel like I am so far

down on

> the priorities list...well...you can see how it is. I love them

> dearly. (My Daddy says it will occur so fast that my head will

spin so

> I should enjoy my time with my hubby now!)

>

> and I am so glad to have you and Lifelift!!!!!!! It has opened me

again

> to all that God wants for me...I just cry to think of

our " community "

> here, and how much I was missing.

> thanks to all of you!!!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

There sure is power in prayer, and it's so great to have so many caring souls on

this list.

Love and thanks to you, dear one,

Melinda

Re: Liz's Mon. Workout (Jenni)

>

>

> Aw Liz and Jen...two things about your thoughts here...

> Praise and worship...shame on me, I need to let go of my fears

and get

> my feet wet again. I play guitar and sing, used to do so in

central

> ohio for a Woman's Aglow. I have the guitar still, I just have

not

> picked it up due to my own fears of having to quit yet again. The

MS

> does a number on your mind.

>

> And as far as the grandkids!!! My dad at 81 was just telling me

> yesterday, that grandkids are the rewards of a long well lived

life...He

> says that seeing one or any of his grandkids on a daily basis,

telling

> them to give glory to God with their good decisions, (That was

his word

> for my two nephews who live with him...they are teens.), He says

it is

> worth so much and he is so thankful...At this rate he will easily

reach

> one hundred!

>

> He tells me this as I have 3 daughters...20, 23, and 24...the

oldest in

> med school. All three have boyfriends...no one married yet, and

it

> sometimes seems like they are just gone off the face of the

earth!

> Yeah, they call mom on an occasion...and I feel like I am so far

down on

> the priorities list...well...you can see how it is. I love them

> dearly. (My Daddy says it will occur so fast that my head will

spin so

> I should enjoy my time with my hubby now!)

>

> and I am so glad to have you and Lifelift!!!!!!! It has opened me

again

> to all that God wants for me...I just cry to think of

our " community "

> here, and how much I was missing.

> thanks to all of you!!!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

so many prayers needed for the group

Lord lift them all up!!

Blessings

R

Re: Liz's Mon. Workout (Jenni)

>

>

> Aw Liz and Jen...two things about your thoughts here...

> Praise and worship...shame on me, I need to let go of my fears

and get

> my feet wet again. I play guitar and sing, used to do so in

central

> ohio for a Woman's Aglow. I have the guitar still, I just have

not

> picked it up due to my own fears of having to quit yet again. The

MS

> does a number on your mind.

>

> And as far as the grandkids!!! My dad at 81 was just telling me

> yesterday, that grandkids are the rewards of a long well lived

life...He

> says that seeing one or any of his grandkids on a daily basis,

telling

> them to give glory to God with their good decisions, (That was

his word

> for my two nephews who live with him...they are teens.), He says

it is

> worth so much and he is so thankful...At this rate he will easily

reach

> one hundred!

>

> He tells me this as I have 3 daughters...20, 23, and 24...the

oldest in

> med school. All three have boyfriends...no one married yet, and

it

> sometimes seems like they are just gone off the face of the

earth!

> Yeah, they call mom on an occasion...and I feel like I am so far

down on

> the priorities list...well...you can see how it is. I love them

> dearly. (My Daddy says it will occur so fast that my head will

spin so

> I should enjoy my time with my hubby now!)

>

> and I am so glad to have you and Lifelift!!!!!!! It has opened me

again

> to all that God wants for me...I just cry to think of

our " community "

> here, and how much I was missing.

> thanks to all of you!!!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Aw, shucks, Wanda, thanks!!!

Mom and my aunt are doing much better. I was just telling my husband this a.m.

how thankful I am to be 46 yo and still have both of my parents. Mom was out

walking in the sunshine and fresh air for a few minutes today. I think it did

her a world of good.

BTW, thank you all my precious LL friends for your faithful prayers for my

family. Believe me, I've thought of all of you often with a very grateful heart

for your care and concern.

Love,

Melinda )

Melinda

Hi Melinda,

I hope your Mom and Aunt are doing better.

And glad to hear you are heading back in the right direction. Keep

up the great work.

Love, Wanda.

>

> Very encouraging, Molly. We eat pretty healthy, too. I'm steadily

moving in the right direction. I've been a little off track the last

couple of weeks with my mom's and aunt's illnesses, and figuring

income tax (ugh!!), but I'm heading back in the right direction

again. I was doing very well, just eating my usual diet and LLing.

>

> Melinda )

> ----- Original Message -----

[Guest guest]

Hi Melinda,

I second everything that Wanda said below.

Please give your mom and your aunt my love.

Love always,

Pat

Melinda

Hi Melinda,

I hope your Mom and Aunt are doing better.

And glad to hear you are heading back in the right direction. Keep

up the great work.

Love, Wanda.

>

> Very encouraging, Molly. We eat pretty healthy, too. I'm steadily

moving in the right direction. I've been a little off track the last

couple of weeks with my mom's and aunt's illnesses, and figuring

income tax (ugh!!), but I'm heading back in the right direction

again. I was doing very well, just eating my usual diet and LLing.

>

> Melinda )

> ----- Original Message -----

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Thank you, Pat. I've been so thrilled to watch my mom and aunt recovering and

getting better by the day.

Love,

Melinda )

Melinda

Hi Melinda,

I hope your Mom and Aunt are doing better.

And glad to hear you are heading back in the right direction. Keep

up the great work.

Love, Wanda.

>

> Very encouraging, Molly. We eat pretty healthy, too. I'm steadily

moving in the right direction. I've been a little off track the last

couple of weeks with my mom's and aunt's illnesses, and figuring

income tax (ugh!!), but I'm heading back in the right direction

again. I was doing very well, just eating my usual diet and LLing.

>

> Melinda )

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Hello dearest Melinda,

I love your message. Every word in your message is a gift. I really loved what

you said about letting go of anger and learning to forgive. It is so important

to our healing and our success. If you hold on to negative feelings they become

like a poison running through your body, making you sick and weak. When you let

go and allow the goodness and the peace that comes from complete unconditional

love, for others and for yourself take over, your whole body begins to be

nurtured back into good health and a perfect state of well-being. When you

release anger you become free to be happy.

I am so excited to see that you are enjoying all of these great benefits. You

deserve to be happy, healthy, grateful and pain free. You are a love!

Be Healthy and take good care,

Rashelle

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ah hah!

Well, it just goes to show you that you must follow instructions.

I measured myself back in January...and I lost inches in the places I

wanted to lose the most...but, all of a sudden I felt I was in some

kind of plateau...

The last 6 weeks or so, I felt like nothing was moving along.

Last night I measured myself in my chest, and bust, and the

measurement right under my arms...Oh my gosh! 10 inches lost! I had

totally forgotten to even consider my " top " . My shirts were starting

to definitely " fit " ...I never had shirts that weren't tight...yep...

I looked at my tee shirts and was surprised to see that there was all

this " room " under my arms...

I'm so tickled about this.

And on the mention of Healing...I am a firm believer in our Lord, I

fully believe he wants us whole and healthy and fit. I also believe

that we must use what we have been taught, discern what is RIGHT and

and TRUE and just.

LIFELIFT definitely fits all these criteria! My MS has been in

remission for over a year now, and with the Lifelift I think I will

have an added boost in my immune system not to attack that which it

shouldn't! With MS, the immune system attacks the nerves.

I have Lifelifted myself to relax more and I am sleeping better, and

I fully believe that before this experiment is ever near completion,

(not that I will ever stop), I am sure I am going to be AMAZING.

Very fit for the first time in my life, without overworking my limbs

or over stressing my nervous system. That is one of things that I

love too about Lifelift. My muscles tend to cramp

involuntarily...not that much anymore. I am slowly learning how to

relax and breathe my way to nice loose limber muscles.

Only real question I have at this point, how in the world can you

possibly have to " back " off on the number of breaths you do when you

get to a goal weight? I cannot fathom that I will get to a goal

weight for the first time in my life, AND MAINTAIN IT.

Very beautiful message Virginia!

I'm going to dig up those positive affirmations to help me along.

How has this oxygen managed to make me feel more " together " and more

disciplined??? I would guess the BRAIN benefits the most...and here I

thought my brain was definitely lacking due to MS.

Love to all of you...

I only have about 50LL breaths to go...I usually manage 100 a day.

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Rashelle. You're instrumental in all these wonderful things

happening in my life.

Love,

Melinda )

ah hah!

Well, it just goes to show you that you must follow instructions.

I measured myself back in January...and I lost inches in the places I

wanted to lose the most...but, all of a sudden I felt I was in some

kind of plateau...

The last 6 weeks or so, I felt like nothing was moving along.

Last night I measured myself in my chest, and bust, and the

measurement right under my arms...Oh my gosh! 10 inches lost! I had

totally forgotten to even consider my " top " . My shirts were starting

to definitely " fit " ...I never had shirts that weren't tight...yep...

I looked at my tee shirts and was surprised to see that there was all

this " room " under my arms...

I'm so tickled about this.

And on the mention of Healing...I am a firm believer in our Lord, I

fully believe he wants us whole and healthy and fit. I also believe

that we must use what we have been taught, discern what is RIGHT and

and TRUE and just.

LIFELIFT definitely fits all these criteria! My MS has been in

remission for over a year now, and with the Lifelift I think I will

have an added boost in my immune system not to attack that which it

shouldn't! With MS, the immune system attacks the nerves.

I have Lifelifted myself to relax more and I am sleeping better, and

I fully believe that before this experiment is ever near completion,

(not that I will ever stop), I am sure I am going to be AMAZING.

Very fit for the first time in my life, without overworking my limbs

or over stressing my nervous system. That is one of things that I

love too about Lifelift. My muscles tend to cramp

involuntarily...not that much anymore. I am slowly learning how to

relax and breathe my way to nice loose limber muscles.

Only real question I have at this point, how in the world can you

possibly have to " back " off on the number of breaths you do when you

get to a goal weight? I cannot fathom that I will get to a goal

weight for the first time in my life, AND MAINTAIN IT.

Very beautiful message Virginia!

I'm going to dig up those positive affirmations to help me along.

How has this oxygen managed to make me feel more " together " and more

disciplined??? I would guess the BRAIN benefits the most...and here I

thought my brain was definitely lacking due to MS.

Love to all of you...

I only have about 50LL breaths to go...I usually manage 100 a day.

[Guest guest]

Hi Rashelle, I love your wonderful attitude and your beliefs about the

destructiveness of anger and other negative emotions. They do sap one of all

health and strength, and are so dangerous and so deadly. It's too bad that most

everyone in this world is afflicted with the terrible disease of anger!!!!

There is far too much anger in this world and far too little love, don't you

agree?

Love always,

Pat

ah hah!

Well, it just goes to show you that you must follow instructions.

I measured myself back in January...and I lost inches in the places I

wanted to lose the most...but, all of a sudden I felt I was in some

kind of plateau...

The last 6 weeks or so, I felt like nothing was moving along.

Last night I measured myself in my chest, and bust, and the

measurement right under my arms...Oh my gosh! 10 inches lost! I had

totally forgotten to even consider my " top " . My shirts were starting

to definitely " fit " ...I never had shirts that weren't tight...yep. ..

I looked at my tee shirts and was surprised to see that there was all

this " room " under my arms...

I'm so tickled about this.

And on the mention of Healing...I am a firm believer in our Lord, I

fully believe he wants us whole and healthy and fit. I also believe

that we must use what we have been taught, discern what is RIGHT and

and TRUE and just.

LIFELIFT definitely fits all these criteria! My MS has been in

remission for over a year now, and with the Lifelift I think I will

have an added boost in my immune system not to attack that which it

shouldn't! With MS, the immune system attacks the nerves.

I have Lifelifted myself to relax more and I am sleeping better, and

I fully believe that before this experiment is ever near completion,

(not that I will ever stop), I am sure I am going to be AMAZING.

Very fit for the first time in my life, without overworking my limbs

or over stressing my nervous system. That is one of things that I

love too about Lifelift. My muscles tend to cramp

involuntarily. ..not that much anymore. I am slowly learning how to

relax and breathe my way to nice loose limber muscles.

Only real question I have at this point, how in the world can you

possibly have to " back " off on the number of breaths you do when you

get to a goal weight? I cannot fathom that I will get to a goal

weight for the first time in my life, AND MAINTAIN IT.

Very beautiful message Virginia!

I'm going to dig up those positive affirmations to help me along.

How has this oxygen managed to make me feel more " together " and more

disciplined? ?? I would guess the BRAIN benefits the most...and here I

thought my brain was definitely lacking due to MS.

Love to all of you...

I only have about 50LL breaths to go...I usually manage 100 a day.

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Rashelle. I'm so glad to be part of this group!

Love,

Melinda )

Has anyone heard from PAT LUSHER ??? I miss her on our list

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Hi Rashelle and Melinda,

It is so good to be back and that is for sure!!

Love always,

Pat

Has anyone heard from PAT LUSHER ??? I miss her on our list

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The one the doctor had me start taking was Bio Adreno by Biogenesis. I've

ordered it online. Recently, when I ran out, I took some that was marked down

at our health food store - Adrenogen by Metagenics. I went to another health

food store today and the owner showed me several adrenal supplements. I'm sure

if you go to your local one, you could find one that would likely help. I

believe that the BioAdreno has been the most helpful. It's about $26.00 for

several months worth. If you do a google search, you should be able to find

where you can order it.

Love,

Melinda )

Melinda

Hi Melinda,

What did you say the name of the Adrenal supplement was called?

Thanks!

Liz

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Hi, Liz - I haven't been doing them before meals the last couple of weeks

because of our activities, but I still start the day doing them and generally do

another set before bedtime. I get at least one set in per day. It keeps me

sane *g*

Love,

Melinda )

Melinda

Hi Melinda,

Are you still doing 40 LL breaths before each meal?

Love, Liz

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Happy 1 year anniversary Melinda.

VC

>

> From: petspal2003 <petspal2003@...>

> Subject: [ ] Help with MRI & scoliosis

>

> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:09 AM

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi everyone,

> I'm just curious if there are other members here that have had

> surgery for scoliosis as a teenager, that are now having ALOT of

> problems as they age with the discs that were NOT fused?

>

> I have major double curve scoliosis. When I was 12 they put in a

> herrington rod in the top curve,(which was the worst one of the two

> curves) but did nothing about the bottom curve

> which is 76 degrees I believe. The reason for that, back then was

> the doctors wanted to stop the top curve from progressing with the

> hopes that the bottom curve would also stop.

>

> I'm 37yrs old now...and the bottom curve has stayed the same as far

as

> the degree of the curve, but I have had alot of increased pain over

> the last few years in my lumbar spine with ALOT of weakness and

> achiness in both legs.

>

> I had an MRI done friday and have the report, but I dont see the

> doctor again until aug 5th so I was wondering if you all can help me

> make heads or tails of it.

>

> Here are is what it says:

>

> *** Impression:

> The patient has a prominent rotatory double curve scoliosis.

> There is disc dehydration of L2-3 and there are reactive changes

> within the inferior endplate of L2 vertebral body. The patient has a

> minimal diffuse disc bulge present at this level. There is also a

> small diffuse disc bulge at L3-4.

> L4-5 shows a slight diffuse disc bulge with hypertrophic facet

disease

> at L4-5 and L5-S1 *********

>

> I also had a double cervical fusion in my neck on feb 28th of this

> year. I had spinal stenosis with mylapathy.

> This was the 2nd cervical surgery for me, (1st one was 8 years ago)

> the 1st one was a failure but we did not know this until he went in

> to do this second surgery and ended up having to redo the first one

> along with the one that he was originally going in to fix this past

> feb 2008.

>

> Anyway, is this a common thing with scoliosis patients as they

age???

>

> THANK YOU!

> Liz

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks and ! Congrats to you also. I feel really great. My 1 year appointment is August 7th and I have the honor to meet up with Alpine (my mentor) in Amarillo. We plan our follow up appointments together and always have some fun "girl time." I look forward to hearing about your appointment.

Take Care,

Melinda

From: rebeccamaas <rebeccamaas@...>Subject: [ ] Re: Melinda Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 10:08 PM

There were quite a few of us who had surgery in July last year and are having our one year anniversaries Unfortunately, my brain isn't cooperating with me to remember who everyone else was! Congrats Melinda! My second of the two surgeries was exactly one year ago today, but I'll give a proper update next week after my 1-year followup appt > >> > Liz,> > > > I had my original surgery at the age of 12. Today is my 1 year > anniversary for my revision

(done at age 40). I had to have my