peggyann:how is everyones garden,my tomtoes are almost ready to pick same as my cucumbers ,peppers not the eggplant yet .
This is the first time i did carrots so i dont know when to start picking them,does anyone know?
I've had green peppers for a while. I have had a few tomatoes from my little plant!
It has been years since I've harvested carrots.....from what my memory tells me, Peggy, you should have some. You go by the size of the green part......you will just have to pull some up to see if you are happy with the size. Make sense?
peggyann: Its been 7 days since my last cigarette
Good for you!! You go girl! 
peggyann: This morning i when to the bank and they have lollpops out and yes I took one and dont you know I broke my botton back tooth just what i wanted to do so when i called the dentist I got right in and now its all better!!
What a bummer! It's great that it is all taken care of now though!
peggyann: I only have 15 more days before my knee replacement so I dont need any more dentist appts.
I hope this doctor does a better job than the last one! Keep us posted? Good luck to you as you face your second knee replacement surgery!
peggyann: OK I have great news,back on June 26 I went for my SSD in from of the judge and today I got a letter in the mail from SS and I got it !!! I am very happy it only took 31/2 years
CONGRATS!!!
peggyann: Now I heard or read that it now takes up to 5 months to get your first check will just have to wait and see.
I can't remember how long it took. That's great news though! It seems to me that having more than just the fibro wrong with us makes a difference in qualifying for SSDI.
Sandy has a fun thread out on the Discussion boards.....check it out! Maybe even contribute! :)
I get a lot of health related articles in my e mail. Here is one written by a woman regarding her life with Fibro. Of course, her experience is hers.....we are each unique, but I thought you might enjoy reading her point of view.:
Living Well With Fibromyalgia
By LindaJHutchinson
Fibromyalgia and the Stress Factor
Stress.
It's everywhere we turn. But for Fibromyalgia patients, stress
increases our pain levels, muscle aches and general soreness and brain
fog.
My husband has been the major
breadwinner in our family since '04, when I became unable to hold down
a full-time job. He recently lost his job. He'd been with a good
company for several years. We enjoyed the steady paychecks and
benefits. Now we're without that weekly paycheck--and health
insurance.
Husband and son have
started a new company, Big Boy's Toy Transport, LLC. They're doing well
right out of the gate and I'm proud of them for what they've already
accomplished.
The stress of the job loss,
lost health insurance benefits, having both of them home for nearly a
month while they awaited registrations, legal authority, insurance
coverage, and everything else that goes with starting a
trucking/transport company, has taken its toll on all of us.
My
body has been in a continual state of Fibromyalgia-caused muscle
spasms, body aches, exhaustion, brain fog, and general malaise for
nearly a month. It's all due to the stress-factor.
Add
in the aching joints and buns-on-fire caused by osteoarthritis in my
spine, hips, and knees, and you have one big arse-kicking situation
worthy of a week-long combo of hot baths, cold packs, ease-into-it
stretching exercises, drugs, and bed rest.
I
feel a propped-up-in-bed read-a-thon coming on. That is NOT what I
should do, but it's what my body is telling me it wants to do.
Sometimes
I just want to give in to this dreadful disease and allow myself the
license to not do anything that causes more pain. I want to shut myself
away--and shut out Fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. I want to repeat
most of the things I've done in my lifetime over and over again.
Without limitations on mobility. Without aching. Without soreness.
Without the sizzling nerve endings that start in the middle of my back
and spread down over my buttocks and half-way to my knees.
If
I'd known I'd be disabled in my mid-fifties I'd have had much more fun
along the way, and certainly would have taken more risks. I'd have
overcome my fear of heights by skydiving. I'd have taken up scuba
diving and snorkeled with the sharks. I'd have ridden more
rollercoasters.
But, I didn't do those things because I didn't want to injure my body. HA!
Self-talk:
Breathe deeply. Several times per day. Practice stretching to increase
mobility. Several times per day. Rest when needed. Take pain medication
sparingly. Lounge in hot baths. Keep my mind active and on the goal.
I'll beat this raging flare of stress-induced fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. One bout at a time.
Published: 7/1/2009 8:27:00 AM by
LindaJHutchinson
I can relate........you?
Gentle hugs & Prayers,
Valerie
squabwithfibro
