I usually just lurk anymore but I had to tell you that all the talk of Chinese food last night caused me to order take-out Chinese!

I also wanted to tell DebbieD to ask for a sleeping pill while on the roids. My neuro always rx's Ambien if I want it to help.

Also, please note that many, many of us do not do a taper of prednisone after the IVSM. I did it once and once only because it was just harder on me and I felt better quicker after the withdrawal from the IVSM than with weeks of a taper. If you feel really crappy, call and ask about stopping the taper. I have done 2 years of 3 day IVSM pulse treatments every few months and did not once do a taper after the first one.

Also, do not despair if you do not feel really good right away. It usually takes me a couple of weeks after the IVSM to really feel different. All of a sudden, I will realize that some of the sx have improved.

Kay, Longaberger is not far from us. And yep, since they are a basket company - their adminstrative offices are in a building that's shaped like a big basket. Shocked me to see it the first time, lol :D

Sandy, hope Jim's appointment goes well. :hug:

Sox, glad you're feeling up to doing all you need to do today. Hope everything goes smoothly.

Debbie D, hope you feel better soon. :hug:

Kelly, not old and grumpy, just tired of the big to-do about something like that when so much else is going on in the world.

Trish, you overshot the goal with trying to send the warmth this way. It's really cold today. ;)

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Hi all. :)

Got maybe four hours of sleep last night. :( Left message at doc's office, so hoping they call back this afternoon.

Should find out by tomorrow whether or not I'm gonna be in an upcoming art show. Keeping fingers crossed.

Hope everyone has a good day. :grouphug:

Totally understand. Half tempted to ask hubby if he wants it for dinner tonight, lol.

Holly - Thanks for posting that. Very well said. I too don't taper after IVSM and it does take me a few weeks to notice any improvement. However, most of my flares have been due to spinal lesions and it takes a good 4-6 weeks to start feeling any better. Additionally, my neuro doesn't give IVSM for spinal lesion flares as he feels the IVSM doesn't help. I just have to wait them out.

not so much potent (80 proof), it's all about the *flavor*

:D

Żubrówka, (known in English as Bison Grass Vodka) is a brand of dry herb-flavoured vodka distilled from rye, 40% alcohol (80 proof). The raw rectified spirit is then mixed with a tincture made of Hierochloe odorata, often called bison grass. This grass grows in the Białowieża Forest, which is partly in Poland and partly in Belarus. A blade of this grass can be found in every bottle of genuine Żubrówka, but this is only decorative and is not the reason for its particular taste, aroma, and yellowish colour. Its name comes from żubr or zubr, the Slavic word for the wisent, which are particularly fond of the herb. The flavour is unique, and can be described as having vanilla, coconut and almond-like qualities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBubr%C3%B3wka

I agree completely, with you Finny, and Kelly.

waste of time, money, energy, and life in general.

my son had a HUGE poster of Britney on his bedroom wall... it was all I could do not to puke...

that was a decade ago, and thankfully, his taste in women has drastically improved... (lol, he was only 14... at that age, I liked Peter Tork :D )

Weave - This is positive! 1. He called you when he was upset at this co-worker. He called YOU for support. That is a good thing. 2. He apologized for waking you up. He was thoughtful and conscientious. This is all good. :hug:

Thinking of doing some dishes. Cleaning lady coming today and the little bit I can do I don't have to pay her to do. My daughter thinks I'm crazy to have a cleaning that she can do it but she never gets the time...hmmm walk past the dish washer...put a few dishes in...hmmmm...she just tells me that I should have no problems loading a doing dishes in the new dish washer since it will scrub all the stuff off....well, here I go...load of wash on the way...Moi, I'm thinking of you.:hug: I just usually can't find my socks because they end up at my daughters house...she then brings them home to wash then I sneak them out! What an exciting life.

:rolleyes: