The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[curlyfries]

Contemplating a makeover. Hair getting very long and new hairs are coming in grey (*GASP*) but curly which I like. Currently taking suggestions. Feeling frumpy in me forties- want new clothes, shoes and hairdo. Advice por favor?

Garage sale season is almost upon us....a great way to try something different without breaking the bank. When my DD was a teenager, I started asking her opinion about the way I dressed. Out went the jumpers, vests, pleated pants........I get middle school kids complementing me on my clothes, now! You need to rent yerselph a teenager I'd love to take you shopping!

I keep thinking I want to change my hairstyle, but can never decide what I want. I like having a curly perm cuz it's pretty much wash 'n wear, but it's not possible to have the size curls I want unless I curl it every day I have thought about getting highlights to conceal the intruding grEy hairs, but maybe not the typical blonde streaks.....maybe a copper.

Glad the dancing is cheering you :D Can you tango? I've always wanted to learn- so sexy and dramatic!

Dancing with the Stars? Methinks our Leesargh is a candidate!

Nope......can't Tango. Probably would be hard to pull off without the sexy high heels, cux I don't think I could dance in heels.

I've thought about competing, but it's too danged expensive.....entrance fees, traveling, hotel.....

[kareng]

Gah! Me, too! Bevel, let's enter each other in What Not to Wear. Man, could Stacey and Clinton ever have a field day with ME. I believe that it would have to be a two-parter.... .. . . . ..

Gluten....gluten.. . . . . ......

I think it looks like this:

Can I be one of the people that throw your clothes out? or is that a different show?

Also, THAT IS EXACTLLY WHAT A GLUTEN LOOKS LIKE!

Nope......can't Tango. Probably would be hard to pull off without the sexy high heels, cux I don't think I could dance in heels.

I've thought about competing, but it's too danged expensive.....entrance fees, traveling, hotel.....

....sexy tango partner...

[Darn210]

Hidie-Ho thar nabors . . . it's been a hell-a-shuss couple-a-days. Just busy, busy, busy. Too tired to even tell you . . . plus it's not exciting or nuttin', just busy.

Curly Lisa - so good to see you postin' . . . you, too, Bevel.

Smothering . . . . . . glad surgery went well.

Fluent Jestese . . .

Did they actually test her for gastroparesis? Has she had the gastric emptying study or the Barium swallow to rule out a sticture somewhere? About three years ago they did a GES and she was "slow". Initial doc thought it was caused by celiac. They never did another one.

Is she normal height/weight for her age? 25% for height and 35% for weight (or something close to that).

Any inner ear problems? Vertigo or dizziness? Not that she's ever complained . . . she's got excellent balance . . . always standing on her head while watching TV. I think that would be hard to do with dizziness

The one common thing I keep running across is "food allergy" over and over. If there is something getting into her system that she is allergic to, the body's defense is to get rid of it asap. Can be gluten, dairy, or anything else that she may be sensitive to.

Did you google CVS? What did you think?

I did google CVS . . . it seemed a bit extreme (I only know of twice in the last three years where she actually emptied her stomach when it wasn't associated with a stomach bug) but maybe she has that much control over her gag reflex ?? It does seem cyclic but not quite how they describe it. She seems to "ramp" up, all hell breaks loose and then she seems to "ramp" down. I think (and hope) we are currently in a ramp down. If so, I will expect another two day episode in a week or two . . . and so on with them getting farther apart and shorter in duration. That's what happened when she was diagnosed and then went gluten free. I asked about a follow-up GES but since she was no longer having issues, it was deemed caused by gluten and cured by gluten-free.

Here's two more items . . . she gets nauseous on the bus rid home and she gets nauseous in the shower . . . are they related? I have no idea. The bus thing doesn't surprise me, I have always suspected that she gets motion sickness. On long trips, she prefers to just graze/nibble through most of the trip - I think she's trying to give her stomach something to "work" on. I was wondering if the heat in the shower was a yeast/candida kind of thing . . . one of the reasons I started the probiotics. School nurse said her daughter use to get nauseous in the shower too and recommended having her shower with the doors open so the heat doesn't build up (we'll try that the next time and see if it makes a differenc.)

The food allergy thing is very confusing. I have thought that, too and have gone off on what I'm sure my husband thinks are wild goose chases . . . she can be feeling just fine and dandy and eat the things she's eaten for years and all of a sudden she's not feeling well again. Plus, if we are truly in the ramp down portion (similar to when we went through this after diagnoses) we won't really be able to tell - especially as the episodes get farther and farther apart.

[celiac-mommy]

Here's two more items . . . she gets nauseous on the bus rid home and she gets nauseous in the shower . . . are they related? I have no idea. The bus thing doesn't surprise me, I have always suspected that she gets motion sickness. On long trips, she prefers to just graze/nibble through most of the trip - I think she's trying to give her stomach something to "work" on. I was wondering if the heat in the shower was a yeast/candida kind of thing . . . one of the reasons I started the probiotics. School nurse said her daughter use to get nauseous in the shower too and recommended having her shower with the doors open so the heat doesn't build up (we'll try that the next time and see if it makes a differenc.)

How frequently does she get nauseous in the shower? Does she get dizzy too? Can she feel her heart pounding and/or racing heartrate?

How does she do in heat? Standing and or walking around on a really hot day?

[DingoGirl]

GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so much here..........just read three pages and it took like.........two hours

(between phone calls, pet issues, other stuff)

and now I won't remember ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!

Just tryin' to catch up with me sills I have missed you all so much.....

Gave my heart JOY to read these last three pages.......many more pages to read.......

wondering how Skeeter is doing? what in HELL is going on? Good thing she has Gianknit as her mum

and WHOT is happening w/ Shroomie?

Em...........you wrote sumthin' funneee - may have posted the pic of what gluten looks like :lol: (a big, ugly green toothy thing?)

KaighreenG is TOO funny - can't remember why - pretty much everything she says - is she in Ta-hoe?

and speaking of Ho's......what is Geoss's Hoh?

(would LOVE to be sittin' on yer porch drinkin' Limoncello)

Leesargh's hubby's and son's one year anniversary I shall NEVER forget that message on my phone ......it's saved to my OLD phone (been replaced) - - SO HAPPY that you're dancing up a storm

Pads' son is flyin' home to be SMOTHERED!!! woo HOO!!!!!!!

Bevel has PHLUGHUE?? oh NO!!

Poeter was in there somewhere

Rachelle posted some numerical thing that made me CACKLE!! (or was that on FB???)

Nikker's post made me larph and larph - -

forgot everything else...........

must catch up............carry on Sills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mushroom]

Okay, this one's good for a laff, at my expense

After having parked at many places around town for varying periods of time today, I phinally fill up with gas at the service station, go in and pay the cashier, come out, and SOME VARMINT has stolen all my hubcaps

Go home and fess up to Clay that I was careless enough to let this happen, and he busts out laffin'. "You don't have hubcaps--you have mags!!!!"

But you said recently I had lost a hubcap!! "No, I didn't." Yes, you did.

Look at car. I have mags. So why did he say I lost a hubcap? Oh....Now I remember. T'was off the Toyota... at Tahoe... in July!!!

Lord save us from the technologically incompetent, like me

[elye]

Shrooomie! I, um. . . . .......have mags.. . . ...speaking of the mechanically/technologically incompetent - - wait for it... ........on my bedside table for night-time reading. .. . ...... . ..do I also have them on my car? .... .... . . . ...unsure. Whot in hell are they? You've got magnums of sumfin' IN yer car? Wodka?

What in hell. ......? I KNOW I've got hubcaps. Ugly, rusty ones to which anyone is quite welcome.

Do I also got mags?

Michelle's currently in 22nd place. . . . .......crap, can you imagine... .. ... it's been six days, perhaps only halfway, with NO shower nor clothes change, sleeping in a hastily thrown-up tent on the barren snow and ice, -30, relieving oneself in the blowing snow, eating trail mix and twigs... . . . . .....and alone. You and your dogs.

What a nutty, phantastic lady. . . . . ..... . ....

[Jestgar]

it's been six days, perhaps only halfway, with NO shower nor clothes change, sleeping in a hastily thrown-up tent on the barren snow and ice, -30, relieving oneself in the blowing snow, eating trail mix and twigs... . . . . .....and alone. You and your dogs.

this is a lot like how i travel on vacation.....

anyone coming to spain with me?

[elye]

this is a lot like how i travel on vacation.....

Holy crap, Jyessss! We need to outfit you with a dog team! The hell with Spain - - if travelling like that is business as usual for you, get up to Nome next March and you could win a hundred grand!

[Darn210]

A Dingogirl sighting posting!!! Spruezee!! You must visit us more often!! Everyday!!! I AM the queen and I command it. Speaking of queenshipness . . . Lordy people!! Do you want me to be queen forevah??!! Get yer arses posting!!!!

Skeeter is doing an independent study project (ummm . . . . . . she's nine) . . . she has selected . . . go ahead, take a guess . . . yes, she has selected horses. Something like "the draft horse's role in history". She had originally narrowed it to Clydsedales but I convinced her to expand it to all draft horses so that she wouldn't be doing a presentation on Budweiser beer. As part of the project, she had to interview someone. Her interview was last night. We went to a local "living museum" and talked to the Animal Care Manager - he takes care of all the animals on the farm including 6 horses,two of which were Open Original Shared Link. What a couple of gentle giants (2500 lbs each). Skeeter's interviewee couldn't have been nicer. We were there for an hour and a half. I had a blast . . . Skeeter may have had a good time, too.

Schrume . . . so glad you didn't actually lose yer marbles hubcaps!

How frequently does she get nauseous in the shower? Does she get dizzy too? Can she feel her heart pounding and/or racing heartrate?

How does she do in heat? Standing and or walking around on a really hot day?

Does not complain of anything else in the shower. No problems on hot days. She regurgitated yesterday at the school four times. Sooner than I was expecting but didn't last as long either. Who knows?? Anyhoo . . . nurse told her to spit in the sink so that she could look. She mentioned mucus . . . so that got me thinking. Is she swallowing a lot of mucus. She does not blow her nose. I asked her if she ever feels stuffy and if she can feel anything draining down the back of her throat. She said that she does feel stuffy sometimes and that sometimes her throat feels "sticky" and that sometimes the back of her nose feels funny. I know that when I'm in the shower, it loosens up my sinuses. She has also said that benedry makes her feel better. (Haven't tried benedryl enough for ME to tell if it really makes a difference.) I'm leaning toward a sinus/allergy issue and the mucus makes her stomach upset. Watcha think?

[curlyfries]

this is a lot like how i travel on vacation.....

anyone coming to spain with me?

Don't I wish!

When are you going?

[celiac-mommy]

Does not complain of anything else in the shower. No problems on hot days. She regurgitated yesterday at the school four times. Sooner than I was expecting but didn't last as long either. Who knows?? Anyhoo . . . nurse told her to spit in the sink so that she could look. She mentioned mucus . . . so that got me thinking. Is she swallowing a lot of mucus. She does not blow her nose. I asked her if she ever feels stuffy and if she can feel anything draining down the back of her throat. She said that she does feel stuffy sometimes and that sometimes her throat feels "sticky" and that sometimes the back of her nose feels funny. I know that when I'm in the shower, it loosens up my sinuses. She has also said that benedry makes her feel better. (Haven't tried benedryl enough for ME to tell if it really makes a difference.) I'm leaning toward a sinus/allergy issue and the mucus makes her stomach upset. Watcha think?

Your Skeeter and my Maddie should hang out, sounds like they are 2 academic peas in a pod!

When you were talking about the mucus/sinus issue, I know it sounded familiar. I read the following in an article about CVS:

What triggers CVS?

Many people can identify a specific condition or event that triggered an episode, such as an infection. Common triggers in children include emotional stress and excitement. Anxiety and panic attacks are more common triggers in adults. Colds, allergies, sinus problems, and the flu can also set off episodes in some people.

Other reported triggers include eating certain foods such as chocolate or cheese, eating too much, or eating just before going to bed. Hot weather, physical exhaustion, menstruation, and motion sickness can also trigger episodes.

I wonder if it's all related....???

[Jestgar]

Don't I wish!

When are you going?

end of August/September. Between quarters. Anyone have any 'must see' places?

[happygirl]

Do you have a copy of the pathology report from when they did biopsies for EE, Janet? If not, could you get your hot little hands on it?

[Darn210]

Do you have a copy of the pathology report from when they did biopsies for EE, Janet? If not, could you get your hot little hands on it?

I've got it . . . . . . but where the hell did I put it? That was almost three years ago. It's funny you bring it up, because when she was slow to recover from this symptom (about 6-8 months into gluten free) the GI brought up EE again. On our first trip to him prior to any testing, that's what he thought she had.

[happygirl]

In your spare time , if you can get it and share (offline is fine) ... very few docs actually perform the testing correctly or interpret the tests correctly. Would hate for it to be ruled out if it wasn't tested accurately, ya know?

Thinking of you both!

[Jestgar]

... very few docs actually perform the testing correctly or interpret the tests correctly.

great.

Funny how I believe you, an anonymous being I have never seen, when it comes to questioning medical results.

<insert rant on health care system and medical education shortcomings>

[nikki-uk]

Afternoon peeps!!!!!!

As usual, loads I'd like to quote but canna be arsed

Hope you're all having a great weekend

this is a lot like how i travel on vacation.....

anyone coming to spain with me?

I'm IN!!

Meet you there??....Whereabouts are we going??

It cools down just a tad end of August/Sept..... niiiice

I'm sure no one will notice I've gone

Mothers Day here in blighty tomorrow!... wonder if my horrible lot will EVEN remember

Hope PadT's out having fab times wiv her boy(z) (Mark too!)

[Darn210]

Funny how I believe you, an anonymous being I have never seen, when it comes to questioning medical results.

Yeah, me too.

PM sent . . . I should probably start my own "what's wrong with my daughter" thread . . . I feel like I'm really bogging this one down.

GREAT NEWS!!!!!! Today is the worst day of the year . . . the annual school carnival . . . hubby has offered to take the kids by himself . . . . . . I can hardly contain myself. It was really hard not to jump up and down and giggle with glee. There was no one to do high-fives with.

I'm going to go buy some pansies instead.

[happygirl]

great.

Funny how I believe you, an anonymous being I have never seen, when it comes to questioning medical results.

<insert rant on health care system and medical education shortcomings>

Years ago (wow, years ago!) - my favorite quote, from a doctor I highly respect, when I asked him why doctors didn't do <insert multiple test names here> correctly: "They are lazy and don't want to take the time to do it right."

I have yet to figure out the point of doing something if you don't do it right.

Then, docs in general, please don't question me when I grill you as to 1) if you PLAN to do the test correctly and what the standards are and 2) if you actually DID the test correctly.

<end of rant>

Janet - will respond to PM. Enjoy your day "off"!

[DingoGirl]

Michelle's currently in 22nd place. . . . .......crap, can you imagine... .. ... it's been six days, perhaps only halfway, with NO shower nor clothes change, sleeping in a hastily thrown-up tent on the barren snow and ice, -30, relieving oneself in the blowing snow, eating trail mix and twigs... . . . . .....and alone. You and your dogs.

What a nutty, phantastic lady. . . . . ..... . ...

this sounds..........like sheer, utter, unabashed TORTURE..... Indeed, nutty AND fantastic - can nae imagine doing this!

A Dingogirl sighting posting!!! Spruezee!! You must visit us more often!! Everyday!!! I AM the queen and I command it. Speaking of queenshipness . . . Lordy people!! Do you want me to be queen forevah??!! Get yer arses posting!!!!

Was wondering if I was invisible again, no one else said anything?

Gianknit......glad you got Dr. Laura (Hi !!!) in on the case here.....poor Skeet! But LOVE the horse report (independent study? in fourth grade??? good Lord ) she's doing - beauts, they are!

great.

Funny how I believe you, an anonymous being I have never seen, when it comes to questioning medical results.

<insert rant on health care system and medical education shortcomings>

Yup, I believe we're all in agreement with you on this, Geoss.....

hi everybody! FREEZING (well, for a Californian) windy, cold spring day here......have to go outside soon and brave this....must walk the Weez.......Nik would be out tanning in bikini in this crisp, clear, sunny 50-something degree day.........I don't want to leave my bed

[elye]

Soooozle's here! Been wondering about you, Soooze.. .. ...hope all is well!

Wish I had something, anything, to contribute to the pow-wow on poor Skeeter's mystery diagnosis. Must report, however, that I had a sudden Skeeter moment this morning when I was standing in the shower -- I looked down at my winter-pummeled body and suddenly felt quite sick.. .. . ...

[mushroom]

Must report, however, that I had a sudden Skeeter moment this morning when I was standing in the shower -- I looked down at my winter-pummeled body and suddenly felt quite sick.. .. . ...

The solution to that is not to look, a technique I use all the time Mebbe I should take a peek, though Could be why I'm having a bit of a problem with my clothing

Hooray, a couple of Psoozle visits; she must be feeling betta. Good to see you Suze. Now get your butt out in that lovely 50 degree brisk dog-walking weather and give the Weeze a treat. Find a park, take a Frisbee, and have phun, phun, phun.

Me, I'm just going next door to clean out the old house so Barb, my housesitter, can move her stuphh in on Tuesday. I'm also getting ready to fly to Auckland to visit with my sisters next week, see some friends and have a good time. I've got my gluten free sister lining up restaurant options and we're going to go to Waiheke Island for my birthday celebration. Should be phun.

[Jestgar]

PM sent . . . I should probably start my own "what's wrong with my daughter" thread . . . I feel like I'm really bogging this one down.

Hey!!! She's our kid too!!!

[jerseyangel]

SOME VARMINT has stolen all my hubcaps

"You don't have hubcaps--you have mags!!!!"

Shroom

Michelle's currently in 22nd place. . . .

What a nutty, phantastic lady. . . . . ..... . ....

Yes--the best of luck to her! I can't even imagine.....

I've got it . . . . . . but where the hell did I put it? That was almost three years ago. It's funny you bring it up, because when she was slow to recover from this symptom (about 6-8 months into gluten free) the GI brought up EE again. On our first trip to him prior to any testing, that's what he thought she had.

Glad Laura has some insight fer ya, Jan-it. Yer in good hands

Funny how I believe you, an anonymous being I have never seen, when it comes to questioning medical results.

<insert rant on health care system and medical education shortcomings>

Sadly, true dat

Mothers Day here in blighty tomorrow!...

Hope PadT's out having fab times wiv her boy(z) (Mark too!)

Happy Mum's Day tomorrow, Nik!!

It's great havin the boy here!

Was wondering if I was invisible again, no one else said anything?

Hi Sooz--I've been MIA but so happy to see you posting!!

Must report, however, that I had a sudden Skeeter moment this morning when I was standing in the shower -- I looked down at my winter-pummeled body and suddenly felt quite sick.. .. . ...

<snort>

I have a pheeling I'm about to be emoticonally busted.....