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[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Ohh, so sorry Cheryl! My heart is with you. Lots of hugs!

x2...so sorry Cheryl. We are here for you.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I am so sorry for your pain. I know (from past posts you have done) that you have kind of a rough situation. you will be in my prayers tonight.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

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They go in, but they still huddle together on the floor. It doesn't bother me!

I bought a good-sized steel (?) trash can with a decent lid so I could store feed in the run. I'm already unenthusiastic about carrying scoops of feed across the yard from the shed. I like the leaves in the run; I'm keeping watch around the neighborhood for bags of leaves. And my toddler finally got brave enough to hold mealworms today, so I grabbed a couple of the more gentle chickens* and let her feed them. All in all, it's coming together and providing much entertainment.

*NOT the Sussex, who has become the most aggressive about mealworms!

 

[RustyHen]

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Oh Cheryl, I'm am so sorry!

X2

 

[RustyHen]

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You and yours are in my prayers

 

[justbugged]

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Do you run any spyware removers like sky bot http://www.safer-networking.org or ad-aware http://www.lavasoft.com/
Both have free versions. I run both on all of my computers.

I also use http://www.malwarebytes.org/ It's free and has worked better than I expected.

 

[TifsBroodyBabes]

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I really noticed the cold this year since I had LapBand surgery two months ago and lost 65lbs.Man oh man am I freezing.

I am considering Lap-Band, would you do it again, have you had any problems, outside of being cold?

I found out I can't eat my homemade tamales fast!!! lol. I would do it again in a heartbeat..No problems as long as you follow the program.I have so much energy-my teenage daughters get mad when we go shopping cause they can't keep up with me! I sleep better-almost don't need my sleep apnea mask anymore, I use to take 150 units of insulin a day and now I take 20 units-I've almost kicked that diabetes $%^.Yes get it done!!! It will change your life...I am having a life and enjoying every minute of it not sitting on the side lines anymore!!!! I have to stop now cause I'm crying...God Bless...

 

[justbugged]

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You and yours are in my prayers

X2

 

[justbugged]

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I am so sorry for your loss.

We lost my dear Son in Law's 28 year old brother early this summer. His heart just stopped while he slept. I think that one of the hardest things we ever face in life is, the sudden loss of a young healthy person. Your loss will share my grief.

 

[Chickielady]

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I know Jake has responded about BP, but it could also be a thyroid issue. I was getting really cold hands and feet, (and being very tired all the time) and at my annual checkup, mentioned it to my doc. He ran some blood work, and found I had really low thyroid levels. Now that I'm on meds, I'm back to normal. Well, I was never really normal.....

I'm fairly sure my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (what they tell you that you have, if your tests are otherwise normal even if borderline) is at least thyroid-RELATED if that's not the total problem

my HMO's range of "normal" leaves me .001 inside of the normal range, on the low side ... so my primary doctor (who is trained as an endocrinologist !!!) cannot prescribe thyroid meds for me

I suspect it is analogous to Type 2 diabetes, in that I produce sufficient hormone, it just doesn't attach to the appropriate receptor sites, consequently my temperature-controlling mechanism acts like a poorly functioning thermostat, I cycle between too hot (NOT menopausal hot flashes, had those, got over them, this feels different) and too cold; if I put my mind to it (biofeedback, sort of), I can get my body temp back into comfortable range, but it takes awhile and often overshoots to the other extreme

am sure my pituitary isn't working quite right either

metabolism very sluggish; I've always had low blood pressure, a somewhat slow heart rate, and a lower than normal basal body temp ... was an Rh baby and I'm sure my immune system was compromised by that -- at least I was lucky, my fraternal twin sister died at 6 months gestation .... they did a D&C, got her out, and 3 months later I was born

luckily no arthritis (not yet anyway), my clumsiness comes from having had a brush with polio when I was 4; wish I had had that post-menopausal surge of energy that Margaret Mead talked about, but no luck on that

anyway, I feel for you fellow sufferers ...

I have (among the rest) Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Auto immune diseases are applesauce.
They are watching me now for my adrenal levels.
Don't just look at the tyroid, look at the adrenal gland as well!
Just sayin'