Guest guest Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 Oh Karma, I am so grateful that you are back. We missed you sooo much. The power of prayer in action once again! I am just thrilled about your weight loss. I hope you have a wonderful time this weekend. I will look forward to hearing from you soon. Love, Rashelle I Be sure to check out all of the great specials available on my web sites. Save $30 on the Large Body Wrap package. The sale has been extended until June 30th Visit us at http://www.lifelift.com or http://www.angelmagic.com. All other web sites belong to distributors, these are my personal web sites. > Hi Everyone! > > I wanted to thank everyone for your prayers on my behalf! I am glad > to say that your prayers have indeed helped and my husband officially > backed off my e-mail situation! YES!!! Thanks again to everyone who > added me to their prayer list. > > While I have been gone, I really focused on my own weight loss > situation. I am so proud to say that I am now 30 pounds lighter and > wearing clothes that I haven't worn for over 9 years! Yea, I know, I > know, you are suppossed to clean out the closet after 1 or 2 years of > not wearing them. But, I just couldn't, okay! I was in the middle > of my child bearing years and had to hold onto the idea that I > wouldn't always be pregnant! So, four kids later, I'm on my way back > to pre-children sizes!!! > > I know this isn't a very nice thing to do, but, I am going to " write > and run! " By that I mean, I am actually on my way out the door for > an extended weekend with my parents. So, I won't be back on line > again until Tuesday. > > I was just so excited that I had to come on and say Hi! to everyone. > > Have a great day! > ~Karma > > > > > Please use our list bookstore In Association with Amazon.com If you are looking for anything, please click on this link first! Thanks! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/karmasrecommerea/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 Wow Karma, 30 lbs!! I'm so happy for you and it's great to have you back!!! Love, Checking In! > Hi Everyone! > > I wanted to thank everyone for your prayers on my behalf! I am glad > to say that your prayers have indeed helped and my husband officially > backed off my e-mail situation! YES!!! Thanks again to everyone who > added me to their prayer list. > > While I have been gone, I really focused on my own weight loss > situation. I am so proud to say that I am now 30 pounds lighter and > wearing clothes that I haven't worn for over 9 years! Yea, I know, I > know, you are suppossed to clean out the closet after 1 or 2 years of > not wearing them. But, I just couldn't, okay! I was in the middle > of my child bearing years and had to hold onto the idea that I > wouldn't always be pregnant! So, four kids later, I'm on my way back > to pre-children sizes!!! > > I know this isn't a very nice thing to do, but, I am going to " write > and run! " By that I mean, I am actually on my way out the door for > an extended weekend with my parents. So, I won't be back on line > again until Tuesday. > > I was just so excited that I had to come on and say Hi! to everyone. > > Have a great day! > ~Karma > > > > > Please use our list bookstore In Association with Amazon.com If you are looking for anything, please click on this link first! Thanks! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/karmasrecommerea/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2003 Report Share Posted May 13, 2003 Holly, Congrats on making it to week 9! You are doing great. Enjoy your weekend and remember this is a life plan, so you SHOULD take time to enjoy the occasional splurges. The danger is after- just make sure to come home and hit it hard and clean again. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2003 Report Share Posted May 13, 2003 > i can't believe I am on week 9! Ya all I never finish anything!! But so far so good, I had a rocky weekend when it came to eating, and also didn't do my cardio on Sunday...BAD BAD!! But I am going to stick to it like glue this week! > Now I am finally getting coments on my weight loss! So something is happening! HOORAY! I know I have a lot to lose....but slowly and surely I am getting there!! Thanks to you gals! > I plan on weighing on Friday again, we are going out of town to a Harley Rally this weekend and I know the alcohol is gonna haunt me for the following month..But we look forward to this every year! i am really excited! > Well that's all for now! Holly, Great job so far!! Week 9...that's awesome!! A Harley rally...how fun! My husband drools every time we pass a harley and swears one day he is going to get us one. I tease him that he drives like a maniac in his truck so I'm never gonna ride a bike with him! Colleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Hi Toni,....I'm doing better, just taking it easy for now. I'm having stomach problems right now from the Motrin. So, your busy with your daughter's activities, that's cool. I'm glad your there for them, I'm sure they will do great. Wow Toni, Is that wise to go off all your meds? Is your pain better, and the RA is in remission? I still worry about you, because you know how the progression of the disease is. If you don't have coverage, you can get in one of the patient's assistance programs. I know when I'm ill, and have to go off the Humira, I'm almost totally down, and the pain is severe. I just don't won't to see you go down, these meds help keep us active. Please don't get upset with me, I'm just worried about you, please take care of yourself, Tawny > Hello to all! Tawny so sorry to hear you have been sick. I have been behind > on my reading. I have been very busy with my daughters with band and school. > This is a very busy time of year for me. > > I am officially off of all meds now. I have run out of everything and > stopped all meds. I can no longer afford to keep this insurance coverage. > Hopefully we will have new coverage next year. I did call my rheummy's nurse and left > a message to let him know that I have stopped all meds. so far no response. > Its nice not to have to stick myself twice weekly or take a handful of pills > daily. I am thinking if all goes well I am not even going to bother to go back > to the rheummy. > > I have syringes for MTX and a bunch of alcohol wipes I will be throwing out > if I can't find someone to give them too. I also have a cooler for Enbrel and a > bunch of enbrel stuff they have sent me. I have no use for any of this stuff. > > Toni > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Hi Tawny, Glad to hear you are doing better. Sorry to hear aboutthe stomach problems. I hope your doc can offer you a solution. Motrin is good stuff but it is hard on the stomach. How is doing with school? I know she is keeping you busy these days. Yes, this time of the year is very busy for us with football season and band. I spend most of the fall travelling with the girls to the various contests and events surrounding the band. As far as my meds are concerned, no clue if its wise or not..but I have no more..so continuing is not an option. I really was not on a bunch of stuff to begin with as I had eliminated a lot of the meds he was prescribing. I really felt like he was over medicating!!!! So I was suppose to be taking Enbrel, Bextra, Methotrexate, Folic Acid and Luecovorin. Since he decided to restart the MTX a few weeks ago, it has been in short supply to I never started it. So all I was taking was Enbrel and Bextra. The less meds, the better. I was really tired of wasting money on all these meds and they really do nothing...but cause nasty side effects. I want to see what my labs look like off all meds over a period of time. I am wondering if I really have RA or not. So doc is going to have to find hardcore proof before I go back on ANY meds at all and then he is going to have to convience me. Pain levels are normal for me....I never really had terrible pain. I have a very high pain tolerance....so I tend to ignor most pain and take nothing for it. The only time it may become an issue is if it wakes me from sleep. I don't know what defines remission..so I really have no idea if I am there or not. I am not interested in any of the patient assistance programs nor would we qualify. I really am tired of the hassles. I will just wait and see what happens if or when we change insurance companies. Hubby has coverage but it does not cover much without my insurance in effect. My doc's office is so stupid....he probably won't even mention the patient assistance programs anyway. Shessh if you ask for samples, they act like you killed there dog! LOL As far as being active is concerned, I am far more active and alert off meds than on!!! Shessh...I did a major drumline competition with my daughter over the weekend. If I was on meds I would be asleep in a corner somewhere!!!! Which is the point I have been trying to make with my doctor. If the meds leave me feeling so bad that I do nothing..what is the point?? Its amazing how all my doc wants to do is cram pills or shots into me. He never listens when I tell him about whatever side effects I am getting and how it effects my daily activities. So I have done it his way and now I am doing it MY way....after all it is MY body. I could never get upset at you Tawny. Toni In a message dated 9/23/2004 7:10:19 AM Central Daylight Time, writes: Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:53:54 -0000 From: " Tawny " <tawnyokc@...> Subject: Re: Checking in! Hi Toni,....I'm doing better, just taking it easy for now. I'm having stomach problems right now from the Motrin. So, your busy with your daughter's activities, that's cool. I'm glad your there for them, I'm sure they will do great. Wow Toni, Is that wise to go off all your meds? Is your pain better, and the RA is in remission? I still worry about you, because you know how the progression of the disease is. If you don't have coverage, you can get in one of the patient's assistance programs. I know when I'm ill, and have to go off the Humira, I'm almost totally down, and the pain is severe. I just don't won't to see you go down, these meds help keep us active. Please don't get upset with me, I'm just worried about you, please take care of yourself, Tawny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Toni, I know this is an affordability issue for you, but how are you feeling? Are you going to stop cobra insurance now? If you have zero insurance coverage for a period of time, when you get it again next year they can call the RA a pre-existing condition and not cover it at all, can't they? I'm worried about you too. Jennie > Hello to all! Tawny so sorry to hear you have been sick. I have been behind > on my reading. I have been very busy with my daughters with band and school. > This is a very busy time of year for me. > > I am officially off of all meds now. I have run out of everything and > stopped all meds. I can no longer afford to keep this insurance coverage. > Hopefully we will have new coverage next year. I did call my rheummy's nurse and left > a message to let him know that I have stopped all meds. so far no response. > Its nice not to have to stick myself twice weekly or take a handful of pills > daily. I am thinking if all goes well I am not even going to bother to go back > to the rheummy. > > I have syringes for MTX and a bunch of alcohol wipes I will be throwing out > if I can't find someone to give them too. I also have a cooler for Enbrel and a > bunch of enbrel stuff they have sent me. I have no use for any of this stuff. > > Toni > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Jennie, I feel fine. I have a bad case of kick butt allergies...but that is pretty normal for this time of year. I have already stopped my COBRA coverage. It was just too expensive. I had some major car repairs last month that just wiped me out. Hubby has insurance coverage, but its not very good. Besides going to see the rheummy, I go to the doc once maybe twice a year. I kept my insurance not for rheummy coverage but because I had weight loss surgical procedure and it covered all my follow up 100% until the end of the year. Hubby's insurance does not cover the weight loss care, nor does it cover most of the RA related meds I was on. so I will still have coverage..just not my very conprehensive coverage. I would be loosing the COBRA coverage at the end of the 18 months anyway, plus my company did not write if the option for me to switch to total self insuranced. So there was not option to continue this coverage at the end of the 18 months. Plus they do not write individual policies unless you have this clause. So I would be dropped off anyway. This is just sooner than planned. Quite frankly I am pretty tired of the whole RA thing.....so if they don't cover it, it really would not phase me at this point. These insurance companies are getting so fickled anyway!!! I was just greatful to get my weightloss surgery in during the time I could afford the coverage. Toni > > Hello to all! Tawny so sorry to hear you have been sick. I have > been behind > > on my reading. I have been very busy with my daughters with band > and school. > > This is a very busy time of year for me. > > > > I am officially off of all meds now. I have run out of everything > and > > stopped all meds. I can no longer afford to keep this insurance > coverage. > > Hopefully we will have new coverage next year. I did call my > rheummy's nurse and left > > a message to let him know that I have stopped all meds. so far no > response. > > Its nice not to have to stick myself twice weekly or take a handful > of pills > > daily. I am thinking if all goes well I am not even going to > bother to go back > > to the rheummy. > > > > I have syringes for MTX and a bunch of alcohol wipes I will be > throwing out > > if I can't find someone to give them too. I also have a cooler for > Enbrel and a > > bunch of enbrel stuff they have sent me. I have no use for any of > this stuff. > > > > Toni > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 I'm glad you are feeling fine. That is truly a beautiful thing. I would love someday to stop medication and remain in remission. But I know if I stopped now, everything would freeze up and I'd be in bed for at least 1/2 the day, maybe all day. I haven't been without medication since my symptoms started, but sometimes I forget to take it and I really feel it when I do. I hope this continues and you don't have to worry about RA ever again. Jennie > > > Hello to all! Tawny so sorry to hear you have been sick. I have > > been behind > > > on my reading. I have been very busy with my daughters with band > > and school. > > > This is a very busy time of year for me. > > > > > > I am officially off of all meds now. I have run out of > everything > > and > > > stopped all meds. I can no longer afford to keep this insurance > > coverage. > > > Hopefully we will have new coverage next year. I did call my > > rheummy's nurse and left > > > a message to let him know that I have stopped all meds. so far > no > > response. > > > Its nice not to have to stick myself twice weekly or take a > handful > > of pills > > > daily. I am thinking if all goes well I am not even going to > > bother to go back > > > to the rheummy. > > > > > > I have syringes for MTX and a bunch of alcohol wipes I will be > > throwing out > > > if I can't find someone to give them too. I also have a cooler > for > > Enbrel and a > > > bunch of enbrel stuff they have sent me. I have no use for any > of > > this stuff. > > > > > > Toni > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Jennie, I am so sorry that you have not gotten any relief from your symtoms. I hope that some day soon that you will. I am not the type of person that is long term complient with meds. I do fine for a short period of time but not for months or years. Not to mention if the med causes side effects, discomfort or inconvience you can forget me even bothering to remember to take it. This was the case with my RA meds. It got so bad that I was even forgetting to refill my meds when they ran out. The cost was always an issue as well. When I started on Enbrel I did notice a great improvement. Then it stopped working. I am sure skipping shots every week or two did not help much. Then there were a few times I forgot as long as a month or more, plus I was off my meds for surgery. When I restarted the Enbrel it did nothing. So I didn't bother refilling it. Its very expensive. I also began to get bumps and swelling when I restarted and the shots started to hurt. I wish there was a biologic pill or patch..cause the shots get pretty old pretty quick. I am greatful that I am not diabetic....cause would probably be dead from not taking my medication. Then again diabetics have the option to use a pump...too bad we don't have the option of a pump. I a going to wait it out and see what happens. I plan to tell my doc nothing!!!! He is a bonehead and never listens anyway. I want to see if my labs change any. I am not even sure if I really have RA. I was not diagnosised by this doc I currently use. I wish there was some test that would definately say we do or we don't have RA. Toni > > > > Hello to all! Tawny so sorry to hear you have been sick. I > have > > > been behind > > > > on my reading. I have been very busy with my daughters with > band > > > and school. > > > > This is a very busy time of year for me. > > > > > > > > I am officially off of all meds now. I have run out of > > everything > > > and > > > > stopped all meds. I can no longer afford to keep this > insurance > > > coverage. > > > > Hopefully we will have new coverage next year. I did call my > > > rheummy's nurse and left > > > > a message to let him know that I have stopped all meds. so far > > no > > > response. > > > > Its nice not to have to stick myself twice weekly or take a > > handful > > > of pills > > > > daily. I am thinking if all goes well I am not even going to > > > bother to go back > > > > to the rheummy. > > > > > > > > I have syringes for MTX and a bunch of alcohol wipes I will be > > > throwing out > > > > if I can't find someone to give them too. I also have a cooler > > for > > > Enbrel and a > > > > bunch of enbrel stuff they have sent me. I have no use for any > > of > > > this stuff. > > > > > > > > Toni > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Toni, I thankfully do have relief from my symptoms... as long as I don't stop the mtx or Humira. I just know that if I did stop them, I would be frozen completely stiff and not able to work or take care of my daughter or do anything. It's happened before and I feel it coming back if I forget to take my medication. Jennie > Jennie, > > I am so sorry that you have not gotten any relief from your symtoms. > I hope that some day soon that you will. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 -mamabear, Way to go on another pound gone. Doesn't it feel great to see that scale drop? Checking in!WooHoo, another pound gone this morning. I was so pleased. Mostly because I knew I had a really good day yesterday, and I felt like I got rewarded for it. It's good to get that positive feedback from the scale.-mamabear282/278/200100-Plus Files page 100-plus/files100-Plus Links page 100-plus/links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 WTG on another pound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 wtg. a pound at a time. NH... Mom to Abby Liz 10/94 Anne 7/99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Hello everyone! I hope that you are all doing well and are having a good go of things! I haven't been able to get on the computer in quite sometime and I am sorry to say that my 5 year old erased all of the messages from my inbox before I could read through them....it is always tough to get caught up with everyone if you miss a couple of days but I have missed you all for a month or so now. I am gearing up for surgery sometime in February...UGH! But I am hopeful that it will be helpful in my recovery with my foot situation. I'll let you know! I look forward to catching up with you all!! SuzieQ Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, more on new and used cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Hey Suzie....Good to hear from you. What are your surgery dates...I would like to get them on the calender. What exactly will you have done and who will do it and where will the surgery take place? You probably know this...but if you go to the site you can read all the back messages...they stay up indefinitely! / Glad you are back in the loop. Take Care, Cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Suzie, What is a Sympathectomy? Whatever it is, I surely hope you find relief from it. Bonnie Re: [ ] Re: Checking in! Hi Cam~ I am going in to have a Sympathectomy done....I am have a terrible time with my foot and leg again and we are hoping that this will work again. I will know better next week when the surgery will be done. I am consulting with another doctor to be sure there isn't something else that can be done first. It has been a bummer of a peroid of time so I have kind of kept to myself. How are things up there? Great, I hope!! Well, I better get off of here the kids are getting ready for bed.... Suziecammaltby <cammaltby@...> wrote: Hey Suzie....Good to hear from you. What are your surgery dates...I would like to get them on the calender. What exactly will you have done and who will do it and where will the surgery take place?You probably know this...but if you go to the site you can read all the back messages...they stay up indefinitely! /Glad you are back in the loop.Take Care, Cam What are the most popular cars? Find out at Autos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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