i'm so inclined to take most of my stuff. i like and use everything and the thought of selling it and having to rebuy...well, uh. there would only be a few pieces i'd do that with. i may very well change my mind.

cindy...the website was moving .org. it was suggested by clark howard on CNN. there's a great article there on interstate movers. he made a point to say 3 things:

1. use a CERTIFIED mover
2. get a BINDING estimate and
3. buy separate insurance to protect your items

i've been laying low this wk/e. next wk i'll be busy mon-sat.
i've been wearing the holter monitor and so far no luck in catching the arrhythmia. wouldn't ya know it. the good news is that i've been off the med for a wk and my BP has held at 122/80. so maybe i can come off it. i usually take it in the grocery store to monitor it.

tomorrow is the big game. i don't have a very good feeling about the bronco's this yr. we'll see. i still have to root for them tho.

take care all. hope you're having a good wk/e.

hey Judy...wow, your blood pressure is great. I just went to my new pcp.
good news...I have lost 26 and 1/2 lbs. bad news....my blood pressure
was pretty high, not borderline like it has been. got some blood tests
to do but Im pretty sure I will be going on meds in a month at my followup.

Both of my parents have high blood pressure so I am not surprised.

I gotta keep losing but havent found a way to excercise besides swimming.
My pool is closed so I might have to join the y or something. I have to
figure it out. Now the kids are back in school , I really have no excuse.

Wish your Broncos good luck for me Judy. We dont play until monday.

hugs to everyone.

sox...congratulations on your weight loss. that is fantastic!
sorry about your BP. hopefully losing wt will send it lower.

have you thought about just walking? it's so simple and can be very effective.

Yes , I think about walking everyday. I used to power walk 4 miles,
5 x a week, along with step aerobics, and weight training. When this
neuro mess started, it started in my feet and all the docs said plantar
fascitis.

Unfortunately as the years went by and it became worse and worse and
new things cropped up they realized it was more than that.

So anywho, my feet are my biggest problem, which gives me fewer
choices. I really loved my walks. Its been about 7 years without them.
And all Ive done is gain weight. Until now. I vow to gain no more.

If you have any other suggestions, keep them coming. I need all the help
I can get.lol

Enjoy your football day!!!!

hey, we won! the last 40 secs we threw a pass which was finally caught and run in for a TD. prior to that we were going to lose by 1 point. it wasn't a pretty game but it was a win nonetheless.

i finished the holter monitor test and took the leads and tape off (carefully) but my skin was blistered and red and raw underneath the leads. what the hey???!!! i'm going there tomorrow to return the study monitor and will tell/show them. i'm putting polysporin on it. don't know what else, if anything, i should do. now i can't do my pool PT tomorrow. i don't want to get in the water with broken down skin. too much risk of infection. plus they put chemicals in the pool.

i stayed in this wk/e and didn't get anything accomplished. i hope you guys did.

We had a reunion with old friends yesterday and it was great! I posted pics in the good news thread.

Judy, I bet the skin heals up fine. I think the glue they use is rough on the skin and they stick good don't they?

my skin is better this am but still raw and irritated.
i took the monitor back and the nurse looked at it. said i must have sensitive skin...duh. i'm generally not allergic to tape but that was extra strong stuff.

anyway, she said the polysporin was good. i could also use a 1% steroid cream. i cx'd the pool PT. didn't want to get compromised skin exposed to chemicals and ? bacteria. but, it's a lot better today than yesterday.

i f/u with the pain dr tomorrow so i'll see what he says. i think i could still be in a better place. the percoset makes me extremely constipated and i'm still having some serious muscle issues.

hope you all are ok.
anything interesting happening?

I lost two pounds! I lost two pounds! Then I gained it back somehow. I think it's water. lol

hi guys,

do you believe it's another fri again, well, tomorrow.
my massage was painful today. more than i would have liked. i came home and slept well. tomorrow will be better as usual. and, my new pain pills work.

i thought i'd check in early as SURVIVOR starts tonite. yay!
do you believe that Kevin Skinner won American Idol last nite! wow. i thought for sure barbara would win. but i'm so glad Kevin did. i think so many of the finalists will be offered gigs. they are so talented.

having lunch with a friend tomorrow at the bagel (deli). so lox will be on the menu i'm sure. i'm just going to run some errands. no plans again for the wk/e. i'm going to start a dedicated notebook for my moving info. my goal is to read that moving article and take notes. then i'll have a start of things to do and calls to make. this isn't going to happen in a vacuum so i need to get busy.

what are you guys doing?

Mazel tov! Aarcyn just reminded us that it's Roshashahnnahhannah again! This is year 5000 or so, right? I hope it's a good one!

All is fairly ordinary here, the skinny girl clothes fit but I just can't shake that bloody muffin top! What is going on with that?

Things ramp up for me every other day as my younger sister's marriage is ending and I'm the ear she uses to vent. It's hard to see all this when she has two little kids. I never liked the guy, so it's no loss here, but it's rough on the little ones and I feel for them.