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elye Community Regular
..and no, I don't have any banshees........must get some! :P

Um......What are banshees? Thought they were part of the West Indian voodoo culture---dead people who can walk around, terrifying and cursing people....

Susie, you do not need one of those. You'd have to house him, perhaps feed him....and I don't believe these guys help one digest beans....

:lol:

Sillies........an important question and I may have to query the entire forum (leave Sillyville? *gasp* )

Can you all eat beans safely? Becasue......since going gluten-free, I really can't tolerate them well. :(

I've often read posts on here dealing with legume problems. I think it's not uncommon. Try searching it.... :)

Yes!! Where on earth is Patti?


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jerseyangel Proficient

Hi everybody :D

Susie--as regards your bean query....as I'm sure you know I have several other food intolerances that came to light after I went gluten-free. The last thing I identified (as I was STILL having problems after omitting dairy, grains, coconut, tapioca, citrus and soy) was legumes.

I found out that people with autoimmune diseases can have problems with legumes. I cut them out completely and not only did my stomach feel better, the eczema that I had for over 12 years went away and has never come back. Prior to that, I had tried every cream--both OTC and RX--known to man.

There was a sports doctor on here that used to post and would sometimes answer questions. I asked him about the legume angle, and although I can't remember exactly what he said, it made sense. There is also a good website on lectins that Ursa has on her profile page (I got a ton of info from that)

I seem to be sensitive to all legumes--even green beans :( I believe Bev is also intolerant to legumes...we kinda found out at around the same time, if I remember correctly.

jerseyangel Proficient
Ok,......the article about A's trip to Orlando in my local paper is Open Original Shared Link (A is next to Mayor in Red hat & blue T-shirt) :D

Nikki!!!! I saw others refering to this, but I musta missed it somehow :o

How cool! :D A is a guy after me own heart--I love me a good steak, too! :P I'm sure they're eating very well there. ;)

jerseyangel Proficient
WTH .. I did NOT expect such a persistent haha-you-cant-ignore-me type of headache .. . .maybe it's not lack of nicotine? Humaworm day16 symptom?

Eh .. .more likely the 30+ cigs I've skipped in the last 29hrs.

Soooooooo far under my R.D.A. of tar.

Yes .. .I'm tar-deprived!

Oh Phautaum.....you're having such a time of it :( It's gonna be SO worth it--and you CAN do this :D

30 cigs skipped already--think of how happy your lungs are right now. The rest of you will catch up--honest! ;)

jerseyangel Proficient
Just got some exciting/nice/panicking news to share . . .

A while back, I started a topic on what a sweetheart our school nurse is. Well, last fall, the local paper did it's yearly "nominate the best nurse" campaign (any kind of nurse, not just school). There was a drive at our school to send in letters of nomination for our nurse. I have now been informed that our nurse won "something". She is one of six nurses invited to be honoUred at a banquet. She is allowed to invited 9 guests to fill her table of ten. Her husband, son, and daughter are going. The school district superintendant and the principal are going. And four moms who wrote the best (read "made the selection committee cry") nomination letters (there were about 65 sent in for our gal). So . . . I've been invited to go. I've also been informed that I might be asked to speak . . . :panicfacewhatcanyourhypnotherapistdoformetom?:

Janet--this is fabulous news! :)

Why didn't I just do a multiple quote :blink: Gawd!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Sillies I am on my way outside for lunch. I cannot wait!!!! I hear it was 60 an hour ago, so it must be warmer by now. So exciting! Spring is here....finally!

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Sillies I am on my way outside for lunch. I cannot wait!!!! I hear it was 60 an hour ago, so it must be warmer by now. So exciting! Spring is here....finally!

Have a nice lunch, Amanda--it's beautiful today and it's to be even warmer tomorrow B)

Sorry the Mayor lost :angry:


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Why didn't I just do a multiple quote :blink: Gawd!

Yeah, Patti! Gawd...no wonder ya have fifty thousand posts! ;):P

Sillies I am on my way outside for lunch. I cannot wait!!!! I hear it was 60 an hour ago, so it must be warmer by now. So exciting! Spring is here....finally!

Yyyyyesssss!! It's 72 F here! :)B)

jerseyangel Proficient
Yeah, Patti! Gawd...no wonder ya have fifty thousand posts! ;):P

*snort* :P

jerseyangel Proficient

Susie, here's the thread I was talking about--

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I ask the legume question in post #27.

You posted on that thread, too :D

I just did it again :ph34r:

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
Have a nice lunch, Amanda--it's beautiful today and it's to be even warmer tomorrow B)

Sorry the Mayor lost :angry:

I sorry too, we had gotten to be pretty good email pals through this whole contest thing. I haven't talked to him since it was over though. Maybe I will shoot him out an email one of these days.

I made us a picnic lunch and you should see all the hospital employees out walking around the trails and sidewalks, it was nice. I didn't want to come in at all...I do think I will wear my sundress with a light sweater tomorrow. I love that dress.

DingoGirl Enthusiast
I seem to be sensitive to all legumes--even green beans :( I believe Bev is also intolerant to legumes...we kinda found out at around the same time, if I remember correctly.

Hi Patti :)

hmm....legumes.......well, I don't react to anything in that family other than beans. The gas bomb last night actually felt as painful as when my appendix nearly burst. :o I couldn't even stand up straight, was quite miserable w/ a gas bomb that would never leave, :blink: and a general fogginess/grogginess. I was much better when I awoke.........

BTW, Kissey sends his love and apologies for not being here......he is psychotically busy until June....and having some light meltdowns lately. :lol:

Susie, here's the thread I was talking about--

Open Original Shared Link

I ask the legume question in post #27.

You posted on that thread, too :D

I just did it again :ph34r:

thanks Patti..........you silly goose. :lol:

OMG - aphids have overrun my life - - taken OVER :huh: they are COVERING my roses and multiplying - - I tried the soapy water/tabasco concoction - - but now must go get some actual deadly spray - -

SPRING!!!!!!!!! I'm glad Spring is showing her verdant self to youse guys in other parts! :)

Green12 Enthusiast

Happy Spring everyone :)

It showed it's face here for a few days and then we got a small snow storm, crazy weather.

Amanda, enjoy your lunch outside, I am quite jealous of your picnic in sandals. Wish i was there!!

Good suggestion Janet for Tom to suck his thumb :lol::lol: Maybe we should send along a soft fuzzy security blanket to curl up with.

Hang in there Tom!

hmm....legumes.......well, I don't react to anything in that family other than beans. The gas bomb last night actually felt as painful as when my appendix nearly burst. :o I couldn't even stand up straight, was quite miserable w/ a gas bomb that would never leave, :blink: and a general fogginess/grogginess. I was much better when I awoke.........

Susie, lots of people on the board have problems with beans and other legumes. I think it's the lectins, the sugar-proteins in the legumes. Again, the damaged intestinal lining probably comes into play here like with casein.

For the gas bomb bloat I was going to suggest trying activated charcoal, it absorbs the gas. If you try it just take one to see if you can tolerate it first. If you do ok with it it will be great to have on hand when you do get those miserable symptoms of built up trapped gas like you had last night.

Ridgewalker Contributor

Hi guys... I'm not doing so good. I need to write about it for a minute. Maybe it'll help. I hope my mom doesn't see this. She comes here every once in a blue moon, but I don't think she's ever been in Sillyville.

You guys know I've been under a bit of stress lately... and yesterday afternoon was kind of that last straw I think. One of my best friends came over with her two youngest kids for a couple hours. Her middle child, a girl, is Ezra's buddy-- he calls her his sister. Both of my boys were at school though.

We hung out and she vented for awhile, and told me she was leaving her husband... they've been together as long as me and Brian, but their relationship has always been rocky, and now he's into bad things (drugs) again. While we were talking, her daughters were in Ezra's room mostly, playing. Then she left, because Ezra's "sis" had a dr appt for a wierd rash around her mouth.

I called my friend later to see how the appt went, and the little girl has scarlet fever! It's not as serious as it used to be, because we have good abx now. Even so, she was all over Ezra's room, and as constantly sick as Ezra has been... I'm gonna have to do a scrub-down.

Then last night I talked to my dad on Instant Messenger... he just recently got that, and he HATES talking on the phone, so I was like YAY I get to talk to Dad more. Well, all the sudden, my dad, who hates talking about anything personal, and who I have to brow-beat to get him to open up... starts venting about my mom and how bad their marriage has gotten. I knew they'd been having trouble, but I had no idea how bad it was. Mom's been hiding it from me. He spoke of divorce... after 30 years of marriage.

I couldn't sleep last night. I finally fell asleep around 3:30, and Brian's alarm went off at 4:20. I woke up, and my face was swollen, my eyes swollen nearly shut, from this sinus infection. Brian took the boys to school for me, but before he left, he yelled that I needed to call the doctor, and that's why I get so sick because I wait too long to call the doctor.

Normally, I would feel this is unfair and I'd get mad. But at this point, it just hurt my feelings. We're so broke right now, and I don't have insurance. He does, and the kids finally do, but I don't. I'm the one who pays the bills, and if I have to make the choice of going to the dr or paying the electric bill, well, there's really no choice. I have to keep the electricity on!

So I woke up around noon, and just feel wretched... My head hurts, I'm shaking, my heart is racing... I feel like I'm probably headed straight toward a panic attack. I keep thinking, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do...

I guess I'm going to go take some sinus medicine and a hot shower and see if that helps the headache. I'll call the doctor and see if she'll call in something for me without needing to see me.

It did help to write it out, but I'm still shaking, it's awful. And I've got less than an hour before I have to go pick up the kids. God, I hope they're having a good day, because if they're having a bad-behavior day I'm likely to break down into tears. (Never a great thing to do in front of your kids.)

Gotta go. Thanks for being here.

DingoGirl Enthusiast

Oh Sarah......my heart breaks for you. :( I know that feeling when the tide just seems like it's smashing against you......it's so overwhelming. Alas, I don't have kids to add to the mix.......even worse and harder.

I'm glad you vented.....lets me know how to pray for you. You are under such pressure, which opens you up to feel everyone else's pain and angst even more.....agh.

Is there any way you can beg, borrow, or steal to get yourself the high-powered antibiotics you need? You have just really got to get better - if YOU"RE not well, everybody suffers - it's the unfairness and domino affect involving the mommies.

Wish there were a magic wand to transport you for an entire week of rest somewhere, away from everything.

Your parents and their marriage????? :o:( Okay.......you'll need to have a heart-to-heart with your mom at some point.........but right now, I'm just really getting the sense that you need to take care of YOURSELF first, try to get well so you can deal with all the other crap that's going on.

Hugs and prayers, girl. Hang in there, things will not always be like this.

:)

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
Amanda, enjoy your lunch outside, I am quite jealous of your picnic in sandals. Wish i was there!!

Come on over and join us, we are at work but feel free to join in :)

Hi guys... I'm not doing so good. I need to write about it for a minute. Maybe it'll help. I hope my mom doesn't see this. She comes here every once in a blue moon, but I don't think she's ever been in Sillyville.

You guys know I've been under a bit of stress lately... and yesterday afternoon was kind of that last straw I think. One of my best friends came over with her two youngest kids for a couple hours. Her middle child, a girl, is Ezra's buddy-- he calls her his sister. Both of my boys were at school though.

We hung out and she vented for awhile, and told me she was leaving her husband... they've been together as long as me and Brian, but their relationship has always been rocky, and now he's into bad things (drugs) again. While we were talking, her daughters were in Ezra's room mostly, playing. Then she left, because Ezra's "sis" had a dr appt for a wierd rash around her mouth.

I called my friend later to see how the appt went, and the little girl has scarlet fever! It's not as serious as it used to be, because we have good abx now. Even so, she was all over Ezra's room, and as constantly sick as Ezra has been... I'm gonna have to do a scrub-down.

Then last night I talked to my dad on Instant Messenger... he just recently got that, and he HATES talking on the phone, so I was like YAY I get to talk to Dad more. Well, all the sudden, my dad, who hates talking about anything personal, and who I have to brow-beat to get him to open up... starts venting about my mom and how bad their marriage has gotten. I knew they'd been having trouble, but I had no idea how bad it was. Mom's been hiding it from me. He spoke of divorce... after 30 years of marriage.

I couldn't sleep last night. I finally fell asleep around 3:30, and Brian's alarm went off at 4:20. I woke up, and my face was swollen, my eyes swollen nearly shut, from this sinus infection. Brian took the boys to school for me, but before he left, he yelled that I needed to call the doctor, and that's why I get so sick because I wait too long to call the doctor.

Normally, I would feel this is unfair and I'd get mad. But at this point, it just hurt my feelings. We're so broke right now, and I don't have insurance. He does, and the kids finally do, but I don't. I'm the one who pays the bills, and if I have to make the choice of going to the dr or paying the electric bill, well, there's really no choice. I have to keep the electricity on!

So I woke up around noon, and just feel wretched... My head hurts, I'm shaking, my heart is racing... I feel like I'm probably headed straight toward a panic attack. I keep thinking, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do...

I guess I'm going to go take some sinus medicine and a hot shower and see if that helps the headache. I'll call the doctor and see if she'll call in something for me without needing to see me.

It did help to write it out, but I'm still shaking, it's awful. And I've got less than an hour before I have to go pick up the kids. God, I hope they're having a good day, because if they're having a bad-behavior day I'm likely to break down into tears. (Never a great thing to do in front of your kids.)

Gotta go. Thanks for being here.

Sarah----(((((((((HUGS))))))))) I am keeping you in my thoughts. If you ever need anything just shoot me a pm. I can be a good listener....now cook....well not so much!

elye Community Regular
Hugs and prayers, girl. Hang in there, things will not always be like this.

Oh, Sarah. I'm SO sorry. :(

You must be getting tired of hearing how sorry we are and how it'll get better. But we are, and it will! I agree with Susie--YOU must be first priority, because you cannot be the great mom and daughter you are and need to be when sick. Take care of your kids, but take care of yourself. Are there heavier-duty antibiotics that you can beg, borrow or steal to obtain? I'd go this route--get in to see your doctor, dump everything on him/her that you've told us, and I don't see how he/she can let you leave without helping somehow. I'm so sorry about your parents....what a shock. But deal with YOURSELF now!

Ridgewalker Contributor

Thank you so much, you guys. I can't tell you how much it helps to be able to talk to you all about these things. Writing it out-- and knowing that people who care will read it-- actually helped stop me from going into a full-blown sobbing panic attack. It's winding down a little now.

I cannot spiral down into a depression. I've been there before, but I have to many people depending on me now, and I can't afford to let that happen.

I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and actually see the doctor, like Em said. I can leave her a message by calling, but I don't think that's going to be good enough.

Will write more later... I have to go get the kids.

I love you guys.

jerseyangel Proficient

Sarah,

I wish I could do more than say "I'm sorry" that all this is hitting you at once. That had to be like a kick in the stomach when you heard about your parents. :( I would imagine right about now that you're all over the place with that news alone.

I had a thought, though, about the antibiotics. Perhaps your doctor has some samples of them? I know every doctor I've been to has a closet full of stuff from drug reps. If you let her know about the money/insurance, maybe you could ask for a course of what it is you need. It's worth a shot ;)

It's like a vicious cycle, I guess....the stress and the illness...it's just all coming at you, but we need to get you feeling physically better, at least.

Please keep venting here with us, we care about you :)

nikki-uk Enthusiast

Oh Sarah you poor girl!!!!!! :(

Big {{{{hugs}}}} hun - GADS ....I do know that feeling of slipping under the quicksand <_<

Such alot for you to deal with (really hoping your little fella doesn't get the scarlett fever :rolleyes: )

..And your parents :( that is a blow.....do you have any siblings you can 'offload' onto???

At least your hubby is one of the good guys ;)

I wish we could all rush round - pool our resources - hands on help....god knows you could do with a break

Hang in there :)

nikki-uk Enthusiast

OMG, I was wondering where Patti was and then theres a thousand posts by her :lol:

<_< jealous of Amanda's warm day AND Emily's 72 degrees!!!!

Me want some heat.

Em, is that your fair Will in your av???

Okay......I understand the hard candy concept - obviously we have tons of those......but........rhubarb and custard boiled sweets hard candy? um......what in hell? is that a.......flavoUr, or another name for boiled sweets? and........aniseed twist? :blink: Ours are just normal flavoUrs, like cherry/lemon/lime/orange/etc. or peppermint......but I suppose you call those peppermints.......

What?!?! :blink:

Your hard candy madam is frankly ...er....BORING!!! :lol:

Oh my gaaawd...you haven't lived 'til you've tried one of Open Original Shared Link :P

Darn210 Enthusiast

Hang in there Sarah!!!

My advice is to take care of yourself first!!!! I'd unload some/all of this info on the doc . . . that's what they are there for. See if she/he can help out with at least some free samples or in my kids' case, once a doc gave me a $20 coupon towards the prescription and 20 bucks is 20 bucks!!!

Hugs & Prayers . . . hope things get better soon.

jerseyangel Proficient
Oh my gaaawd...you haven't lived 'til you've tried one of Open Original Shared Link :P

Those look delightful :D Especially the chocolate mint ones!

elye Community Regular
I cannot spiral down into a depression. I've been there before, but I have to many people depending on me now, and I can't afford to let that happen.

'Atta Goil!!

I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and actually see the doctor, like Em said. I can leave her a message by calling, but I don't think that's going to be good enough.

I don't either! When I was in the absolute depths of post-partum depression and suddenly having trouble functioning, my husband marched me into my GP, no call, no appointment, and after taking one look at me, the nurse pushed me through and I saw him within about ten minutes.

Sometimes you feel so overwhelmed, it's just too much work to imagine getting yourself to the doctor, the calling, the waiting...I would never have considered just walking into my doctor's office and throwing myself at him. But you can--and it can work!

Just something for you to consider, Sarah.....I'm really thinking about you!! :):)

Em, is that your fair Will in your av???

'Tis my fair bro. He was here a couple of weeks ago when we still had snowbanks piled up to our roofs. He's in Toronto, where there is always much less snow. So, when he got here, he yelled something like, "Woo Hooooooooo!!!! Now THAT'S snow!! The winters of my childhood! How I've MISSED THIS!" Gawd....then he ran out and rolled around in the snow like Gus. I grabbed my camera, wanting to capture this mid-life insanity, and when he saw me out there, the snowballs began to fly....

:lol:

Oh my gaaawd...you haven't lived 'til you've tried one of Open Original Shared Link :P

Nikki! My kids tried a few acid drops while we were across the pond. Uh....NOT drops of acid..... :o<_<

Green12 Enthusiast
Hi guys... I'm not doing so good.

So sorry Sarah you are dealing with so much right now. I agree with what everyone else suggested, take care of YOU and get yourself well.

Hugs!

Oh my gaaawd...you haven't lived 'til you've tried one of Open Original Shared Link :P

Thanks for the lesson on boiled sweets Nikki, I was picturing soft boiled plums and yams or something :lol:

Great link, I do have to point out however the American Hard Gums :blink: , the Acid Drops :blink::blink: (acid dropping means something entirely different here :lol: )

....and the Altoids, where is Karen when you need her?!?!?! :lol::lol:

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