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You all should know, conclusively, that AMN is the very best friend you could ever hope to know.

*dabbin' eyes*

Judy - total hijack here but . . .You chose the best avatar pic. I love it.

someone has soiled my good name
*judy whapping cindy upside the head*

CHECK THIS OUT FOLKS. isn't it fantastic??????
I LOVE IT!
thanks cindy

and, i've taken my oh inspiring one title back too

Judy

The reason I asked about Ambien is b/c the nights I take it, I eat...seriously! I have found that it makes me hungry! I just switched to Soma, a muscle relaxer for my night time leg pain/spasticity and it has helped a LOT for the sleeping issues I have (not sleeping!!) and I don't need the Ambien anymore! And I have cut down on the night time wake up snacking!

Just thought I would pass that along to you...I know there is some documentation of people eating (sleep eating is what they are calling it) who are on Ambien.... Of course, I am not sleep eating, I am awake. I know exactly what I am doing...I've not taken the CR, just the regular Ambien and only get about 4 hours of sleep on it and wake up hungry!

hey Judy,

Understand your struggle. I have about 30 more to go, and keep going up/down with the same 5 - at a plateau. I know water weight can be good for a few pounds difference, and the days I'm not great with the water, tends to be the days I eat junk too (like right now)!

journaling is great - I should get back to it. It helps too on days you know you have plans, like going out to lunch. you can plan lighter breakfast/snack and same with dinner. sometimes, small rewards can help, like after 3 lbs, can get a magazine I want, 5 lbs, a book, etc...

hopefully will join you on the exercise soon - loved the "dreadmill".

hang in there - you've already accomplished a lot! you have a lot to be proud of, so don't be too hard on yourself.

Kathy

thanks kathy. hope you will make progress soon.

cheryl, i see my dr in a few wks and will ask her about the soma.

heading to bed soon.
hopefully the scale will be good to me tomorrow.

Hi AMN,

This is NurseNancy's brother. I've joined the forum anticipating my forthcoming role as communnicator to keep the group apprised as Judy moves forward -- if it goes that far.

Trouble is, I joined on her computer. And now her auto login is "disconnected". The forum software is not recognizing her iMac's IP address as belonging to the NurseNancy account.

Can u fix this on your end? ... cos NN doesn't have her forum PW written down or otherwise stored accessibly.

Could be you need to call her w/the pw... She awaits the fix.

welcome brother.

we will get it taken care of.

you might have to PM (private message) me the email addy judy used when she signed up. we have to verify the account, then we can send a new password.

Hi, Bart! I'm glad you are joining us, we will all appreciate your first-hand input. I'm on the line with her now and we'll get it all straighted out.

and...

and...

She's in!!!!!!! I've been the keeper of her personal info. I also have her bank #s and have arranged for power of attorney.