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Good Morning! You can do this, Arlene! New start TODAY!! For me, too! TOPS weigh in was NOT good yesterday... up like 3 1/2 lb. I'm blaming it on med change and depression last week, but honestly.... think there is some Water weight, too because I just don't feel like I over-indulged. Definitely too much wine on Sunday and Monday, and birthday party Sunday, but I was very careful what I ate. Too many carbs that day, but didn't go crazy. Like 1/2 bagel, some casserole that was eggs, asparagus, cheese, chicken. 3 shrimp w/cocktail sauce, couple of bites of kielbasa and onions, and a small piece of cake w/ice cream. That was the only day I really blew it. OH, well... like I said... new start today. Spine doc went over MRI with me explaining pictures, etc. Severe disk disease at lumbar region, moderate in neck. I could have a 12 hr surgery that would involve multi-level screws and leave my spine unstable. I don't think so and he didn't recommend it! Pain is just not that bad and it's intermittent. Walked a LOT with Janet on Monday, but not able to walk too far the rest of this week. So, waiting for a call from pain clinic for epidural injection... nerve block, basically. And I have NSAID ointment to apply topically twice a day. Overall, I was not really upset over the diagnosis or the treatment plan. Did opt out of PT because to much of a nuisance to go in for that several times a week and I think the water aerobics is sufficient. I can change my mind later. Have to go back and see doc in a few weeks. No big plans for the weekend. Red Hats tomorrow, but "Queen" is sick and "Vice-Queen" taking a LOA so don't know if the meeting will go on with no one to lead it. Have to work in Activities for 2 hrs this afternoon... but last week when I went there was a sign on the door saying the office was closed for meetings. So... I'll show up and see! Then choir practice after that. Okay.... been keeping up with posts, but don't have any more time for further responses right now. Love you all. Have to get ready to go to the pool for water aerobics. Hope everyone has a GREAT day!

Good Morning. Busy day today.... I think.... Scheduled to work in Activities noon-2pm. Then choir practice 2:30-4pm. Don't know how this morning will go. Water is being shut off on our side from 9:30-11:30 a.m. which will screw up our showers after water aerobics. Used the NSAID ointment before I went to bed last night. But my pain is not usually at night, so that was probably a dumb time to use it. I can't see using it in the morning because then I'm going in the pool! Maybe after the pool is the best time. I can use it twice a day. Have to wait for pain clinic to call and set up appointment for epidural injection. I think I told you I declined PT. It would be a nuisance having to drive to Palm Desert or somewhere for that a few times a week. I think water aerobics is sufficient. So what are everyone's plans for the weekend?? I have Red Hats tomorrow afternoon. But that's probably up in the air because I had a call yesterday that the "Queen" is sick and so she didn't go to the Vets Day parade yesterday. And the "Vice-Queen" is taking a leave of absence, so don't know who will run the meeting if she's still sick. She sounded awful on the answering machine! We had fierce winds yesterday!! So glad to see it's calm today but the weatherman on L.A. tv station last night said the winds are coming back... today I think.

I don't think she actually swallowed any... cuz there were several wet, gooey feathers on the floor. Think she was chewing on them and spitting them out! I hope! But will watch her!

My Poppy is right over my head in the RV. I should have thought to wear it today. I saw one of the Canadians wearing one today or yesterday. Neighbors across the street, behind us and next to us.. 3 couples, went to Puerto Penasco this week. Earl looked it up on the internet and it said that was one of the prime kidnap areas for the drug cartels! WHY?? My feelings were kind of hurt because we didn't get invited, but Earl would've said "NO" anyways. He's really paranoid about going to MX, but I think he's okay about going to Algodones. In fact, I think he wants me to have some dental work done there this winter. Dentist here screwed up two teeth really bad and now insurance won't pay to work on those teeth until it's been 5 years... 2014!! One is a crown he didn't "install" correctly so it's not properly sealed. The other is an inlay he did when he should have done a crown. So my dentist in WA says they both need new crowns! If insurance doesn't help pay, it will cost big bucks. So will probably get them done in Algodones. Thanks... I was pleased with how those colors look together. I really like it. Haven't made the matching earrings yet. NO time yet! You gals tell me your wrist sizes. If I ever get caught up on my unfinished projects!!! LOL!! Definitely need to make one for Jacki before we go to Three Rivers. Today was her 9th chemo treatment in SF. About a 4 hr drive for them... each way! Three more and she gets a break. Then radiation EVERY DAY for 6 weeks except for weekends. UGH! She's lost all her hair now. She is a trooper. Chemo today.. 3 mile walk/run in L.A. on Sunday for Ovarian Cancer!! Spine doc was not real encouraging! Neck area... moderate degenerative disk disease... normal wear and tear for my age w/no nerve impingement. Lower back... scoliosis, severe degenerative disk in three lumbar disks, moderate at other levels, nerve impingement, etc. He said I was "lucky" I only had pain on one side!! Sweet! He could do surgery, but didn't recommend it because it would be a 12 hr surgery and they'd have to put in several screws! And my spine would still be "unstable"! No thanks! So.. options are NSAIDS: either topical or oral.. I opted for topical so I have a gel to apply twice a day to where it hurts. And... nerve block. So he is referring me to the pain clinic for that. He explained the MRI in great detail and showed me all the pictures. In fact, he gave them to me to take to the pain doc. Very interesting. I can see where the narrowing is, which is causing pressure on the nerves and responsible for the pain in my left butt and down my left leg. Was tingling a lot the past two days, and difficult to stand or walk for more than a few minutes. Day to day thing... walked for probably 3 hrs on Monday, huh Janet?! Did you see my Red Hat doll pictures on FB??? We had an "incident" this morning while I was brushing my teeth and my Red Hat doll now is missing half of her purple boa - see photo below. I fear some of it will be discovered tomorrow when Zoey poops! She was in big trouble. There was a purple feather explosion all over my living room! And the doll had been dragged down to the floor. I missed a chance to take pictures of the guilty party with purple feather dangling from her mouth! She was trying to eat more as fast as I could pick them up. And she tried to look so innocent.. but not convincing with those feathers hanging from her chin!

TOPS this morning, then water aerobics, then to spine dr for follow up on MRI. Don't want to go to TOPS. Wii board says I'm up 3.5 lb!! WHAT????? No way!! But that's what it said. Damn med change hasn't helped, and fighting depression, but.... there's no way! Supposed to go to Vets Day parade in Palm Springs with Red Hats, but I won't be done at dr's in time to do that.

Eva, Okay! Now I get the Chloe thing now! Got your beautiful card today! Thank you so much... and for the magnet. Did you do the drawing on the front of the card?? Very pretty! Earl is so pathetic!! He wanted some puppy kisses and Zoey wouldn't come over to him so he did the fake cry thing again!! It worked! She has a tender heart. She hears a baby crying when we're out shopping and she starts looking very anxious... like she needs to go fix it!

It's a great airport. Are you off the whole week?? I think I asked you that the other day but don't remember what you said. We can help with transportation.

Love your last paragraph, especially! Good thoughts for the day!! That dress looks really nice on you. You'll have to have someone take a photo of you wearing that... with your boots, etc.! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! Lobster dinner sounds like a wonderful evening! Hope your rain doesn't last long! ood luck with that! Yep... have to plan "ME" time! And... I can relate to what you said a couple of days ago about needing to get away from the farm every few days. I Need to get out of the RV park every few days. If for nothing else than a latte!! LOL! Starbucks!! But, yes, a big part of that is getting away from DH for a little while, bless his pea-pickin' heart! Janet is right.... too much togetherness is NOT a good thing! :thumbup::scared2: My winter situation is a little different because there really is a lot to do here in the park. But... my distractions from eating are things like going for a ride on my scooter (handicap scooter), especially now that I have the dog because she LOVES that. And then I usually walk her at least once a day. Not today because hip is bothering me. Leg just went numb just standing long enough to make some seafood Soup. And then I have my beading... I just spent an hour or so sorting through my beading toolbox and seeing what projects I have to finish and sorting beads by color and planning new projects in my head! Then there is playing with my puppy.. throwing her toys down the hall over and over until she gets tired of bringing them back. Now DH is teaching her how to pick them up and put them back in her big bowl of toys. She's much better at taking them out than she is at putting them back!! Working on it! And, last but not least, I play computer games! They are addictive!! I may have missed something... just wondering if you've had another date with that last guy yet?? LOVED THE PICTURES!! Handsome couple, beatuiful boys!! Hmmmm..... I don't even know if I get food ads because I pretty much ignore those ads on the right margin! LOL I'm old... I already forgot that you called Zoey Chloe!! LOL I love getting my stuff organized! Unfortunately, I'm not often motivated to do so, and it never stays that way for long! My beading box will pretty much stay organized, though. It has to stay that way or else it doesn't all fit! I love making cards. I think I told you we do that once a month at "Primetimers" when we're home. I'm always surprised at how few of the ladies participate when we do it, and only an occasional man. But I always make as many as I have time to make. Yes, this group stays pretty busy here on LBT!! I don't do boot either. I can't wear the heels anymore, and my calfs are too big, too. Yes, we appreciate Janet, don't we! I'm feeling much better today. Thanks for asking. Having a little hip pain today and yesterday. But able to do water aerobics just fine. Couldn't get too far walking the dog yesterday, though. May try again this evening, but the wind has just kicked up to fierce level!! Neither of us likes walking in the wind!

I'm here!! Just quickly read all the posts I've missed!! Busy day yesterday. Then I got started playing this stupid cube game on FB last night... and got tired WAY earlier than my usual bed time, so... didn't post! My bad!! Made a bracelet that i LOVE yesterday. Teacher tried to talk me out of the pattern I planned... I wanted my butterflies two colors she suggested alternate colors... one pink,next one blue. I did it MY way!! LOL! After I had first two patterns done she sat down and said, "WOW"... or something like that!! HAHA! She said she was so glad she didn't talk me out of what I wanted to do. She has asked me several times if I was an artist (yeah! Right!) because she likes the way I put my colors together. Enough bragging! I have to get ready or water aerobics! I"m 5 minutes behind my schedule!! more later!! I love you all!!

You do need a new challenge... maybe the Canadian provinces next??! Our son has a friend who is a baseball enthusiast, so he and his wife decided they would go to a game at every major baseball stadium in the country. Baseball was even their wedding theme! You like football... you could do football stadiums! Go to a Bills game in the dead of winter!! I'll go with you!! Mmmmmm.... maybe not!! I remember going to one with family one winter a long time ago.... blankets, thermos bottles full of hot coffee, etc.! Earl has the heater on when I get up most mornings lately! I don't think it's cold enough for that! He seems to get cold easier than I do these days! Didn't know tomorrow is going to be even colder! And I DO NOT like going off DST!! I'd been taking Zoey to the dog park right after dinner every night. Now it's already dark by then! I walked her when I got home from beading today, but don't think we'll be going to the dog park later! Yes, it was very good to get out for the day with Janet. I think I need to plan one afternoon a week out by myself or with a friend. Too much togetherness here!! LOL Certainly understand your frustration having to wait for people who don't show up when they say they will!! So sorry for all the funerals/deaths touching your life this year. That has to be hard. Laura, sounds like exactly what I was experiencing last spring when they took all my fill out. They didn't give me a choice, even though I panicked like you did! My esophagus was stretched, and, yes, probably from eating too much at dinner. They made me "rest" for a month, then put back half, then a little more the following month. Everything was fine after that... no further problems. But, I'm not sure I"m tight enough now!

So sorry to hear about the trouble you're having again. I agree with the others.... if I had to lose my band I'd convert to the vertical sleeve. Take care of yourself!! You can't get TOO BUSY to do that!! School... grandkids, etc... not as important as your health! So sorry to hear about your friend's Mom! Sounds awful! I pray my friend Jacki's chemo is working this time! She has three more sessions and then a few weeks off before 6 weeks of radiation... every day, 5 days a week... in SF.. 4 hours away, so she'll only be going home on weekends. You're doing great on your calories and exercise!! Spending the day with Janet was very therapeutic!! Had a great time, found a few good bargains. Feeling much better. Definitely needed some "girl time", as you said! Appreciate your concern!! Hugs welcomed and back at you!! Tomorrow will be a good day, too.... beading class!! We're doing another bracelet. Should be light attendance as two neighbors are gone to Mexico. So, maybe I'll actually finish a bracelet with less people there. Quicker to pick my beads, colors, etc., quicker for her to get our supplies doled out to each of us, and she'll have more personal time to spend. Every new pattern is a different challenge. Always takes me a little while to "get it"!!

No offense whatsoever! I totally agree. Talked to Janet about my meds today and decided maybe I need to double my anti-depressant for the time being. I know it would be okay with my doc because she had me on that strength for a while until I suggested we cut it because I thought it might be causing me some insomnia. Completely enjoyed my day with Janet today and our retail therapy!! We both found some good bargains, but not at Coach. Nothing there really called our names. Yes, our dogs would probably have a GREAT time. Zoey played hard with our friends' big basset yesterday and was thoroughly exhausted by the time we left. She seems to be more comfortable playing with big dogs than playing with dogs more her size. When we are at home in WA, we go to "Primetimers" at the church we used to go to. Once a month a lady who does stamping brings all her stuff and we make cards. She always has a certain design for us to do. It's great fun and I really enjoy it, but probably wouldn't invest the money in all that stuff to make my own at home. I'm content to do it once a month! WELCOME, Kelly!! I know EXACTLY where you live!! We have very good friends in Three Rivers that we usually visit twice a year.. .on our way south for the winter and again in the spring when we're headed back home to WA state. In fact, we'll be there for Thanksgiving in a few weeks. Jacki loves to drag me around to all the 2nd hand stores in your area. Have you ever been to "Grandpa's"??? She LOVES that place and I've been there with her several times. She carries "wet ones" in her car so we can clean our hands before we get back in the car when we go there!! LOL! Angelica Huston lives across the street from her and she's been told that "Grandpa's" is HER favorite place to shop, too!! The last couple of years we've timed our trip north so that we can spend the weekend of Jazzaffair in Three Rivers. We really enjoy going to that and buy weekend passes for both of us. It's great fun. And I LOVE jazz!! I have a birthday coming up in a few weeks... I think I'll adopt your strategy and start going backwards, too!! Thank you for not saying anything about "little old ladies"!! LOL Janet and I saw some "little old lady" shoes today that I told her I didn't think even little old ladies would wear!! We both found a few bargains! She told you about hers. I found a cotton pull-over sweater, royal blue, little collar and partial zipper at the neckline. Had $39.99 price tag and I got it for $12. Then I found a memory foam neck pillow and the Hanes-Bali store, and a pair of heather grey capris... just sit around the house type. As i was checking out cashier asked if it was my birthday month and when I said "yes", she said if I showed her m I.D. she could give me another 20% off! So my total w/tax was $15~~!! One of our last stops is always the Le Gourmet kitchen store. They have lots of pretzel and dip samples. She likes their dipping oil and my favorite is raspberry wasaba mustard. I bought a bag of the big dipping pretzels and a jar of that mustard plus a jar of bloomin' onion dip. Then we went to Starbucks and one or two more stores before we headed back to the RV. I did a LOT of walking w/very little discomfort, plus took the dog for a pretty long walk before Janet came to pick me up.

As you well know, I HATE to journal, weigh and measure my food!! However, as you also know, I am BLESSED to have a husband who understands the importance of portion control. HE weighs and measures my food.... not necessarilly veggies, but ALWAYS pasta, on those rare occassions when I eat it (I LOVE spaghetti, but I'm content to have the sauce & meat on french style green beans). I can't tell you how much time he spends rewrapping meat/fish when we go shopping because that's when he weighs my portions. So pretty much everything is in the freezer in appropriate portion size, especially for me. He will have a larger piece of steak for himself... sometimes, but often has the same portion size as I do. As much as he sometimes frustrates me in other ways :biggrin::thumbup: (because part of that is he is a "control freak"), he has been instrumental in my success thus far!!

Got your email. I'll be ready at 10 a.m. And Earl will fix us dinner. Glad you had a good time..... sorry about the dogs! I'm glad you got away. Better make other arrangements for dogs next time! Max was a character, to say the least!! Like last year when he lost his pants in Costco! (That's when I got him the suspenders for his birthday!! LOL) And EVERYONE who shared talked about how he used to hit them with his cane! Yeah, he loved to do that! And finagle his way to be first in line at our pot lucks!! Yeah, I may be PMSing because of dropping the Evista. UGH! I've been really down! And now I'm so frustrated because the next door neighbors are moving to a park model two streets over and they offered us their spot... beautiful free-standing awning, extended patio, etc. for $5000 and Earl says NO! GRRRR!! Sounds like a really fun weekend!

You're a trooper!! Can't believe what you've been through with your mouth!! That stinks!! GEEZ!! Hope you can find a better job SOON!!! CONGRATS~~~!!!!! Sounds like you're having a GREAT time and making GREAT choices!! ENJOY!! Your Christmas table was GORGEOUS!!! Loved it! So sorry to hear you are still dealing with the aches and pain!! And so sorry to hear about your friend's DH! So young! So sad! You could never bore us with your farming stories!! It's so different from anything I've ever experienced. I find it all quite fascinating, really! I would have found a way to eat that shrimp even if I had to put it in the blender!!! LOL! I LOVE my seafood. Jodi... sounds like a good decision on the job offer!! Laura... sweet of you to give the toys to your cleaning lady. Her little ones will enjoy! Julie.... hope you're doing okay with the shoulder pain, etc. That's all I can remember gang!! Friend's memorial service was yesterday.. very nicely done. Wife asked me to take photos so some of you may have seen them on FB. Really fighting a bad case of depression this week. Maybe the med changes are taking their toll, I don't know. But I'm ready for it to be over!!

Memorial service for Max was very nicely done. HAHAHA!! Zoey is toooo smart!! She knows Earl always sits on the floor and plays with her every night about this time so she just dumped her whole bowl of toys on the floor and started barking at him! She has NEVER dumped her toys out like that before. She might pull out one or two, but she has never dumped the entire bowl! But he hasn't been to the pool yet so she has to wait until he gets back!

Cabazon sounds fun. Yes, retail therapy would be good. I can be ready by 10. Just will skip water aerobics. When will you know about work? Can you hang out when we get back?? Maybe an early dinner. I know you like to eat late. But love to have you stay if you like. So... today he didn't buy any tortilla chips for the salsa, and I was going to go grab some and forgot!! He only bought potato chips for his onion dip!! :eek::tt2::thumbup: AND... I couldn't get my Skinny Cow ice cream bars because he said we had to go to Costco LAST because he wanted to buy chicken and fish! Costco doesn't sell them.. have to get them at Walmart. I've seen them at Von's but I"m too cheap to pay their price. I think they're over a dollar cheaper at Walmart. So... maybe next week. But no more Hagen Daaz!! So only thing I have if I have another sweet tooth attack is pudding and I won't eat more than one. So last night I started on the Papaya tablets and that is NOT good. I finally had to put them away because I start eating them like candy. Hopefully, that craving has passed because Joy is having cookies and cake after the memorial service!! May have something to do with me quitting that Evista. I'll have to think that through, but a possibility.

I must not have tried that dip this summer. I don't remember it. Last night I was really craving something sweet and I wanted ice cream. I miss my Skinny Cows and it's always too hot to buy and bring home. Maybe today. Because I sent Earl over to our Cafe/store and he brought me a Hagen Daaz ice cream bar. Way too many calories. It was the depression craving something sweet! UGH! I have to shake this crap! I can't stand it. Bawling cuz the dog won't sit on my lap, etc. And now... today is Max's memorial service. I still can't believe he's gone. Okay... he was old.. 88. But maybe that's part of it... same age as my Mom. OH... and Earl was really grumpy Thurs. and was so nasty to me all day. His FB account was compromised so he started chewing me out as soon as my feet hit the floor that morning because for some reason it was my fault! Then he GAINED a pound and I lost, so he was mad about that. And THEN, he got so mad at me in the afternoon because he was getting some salsa and chips for a snack and I asked if I could have a little bit. WTH!! He slammed it at me. That was the last straw. I didn't speak to him for the rest of the day. Yep, Tracy & Jim will be here for Christmas. Hope you can get together with us while they're here. I have to meet lady this a.m. to give her a deposit. Not using the same place as last year because the lady didn't want dogs and they're bringing Gigi.

People who will rent by the day usually charge $50/night. This gal said $300 for a week and $25 for extra nights! So she is really reasonable. A month is $1100.

DGS is tough and pretty determined that he'll be fit and ready to play by the time spring Lacrosse starts! That's his next favorite sport. In fact, after talking to our son about it, I think DGS is hoping to play Lacrosse in college and not football, so I was wrong about that. Still can't believe his surgery was at 11:30 a.m., came out of recovery a little before 2pm and went to his football team end of season dinner at 5 pm. Granted it was just around the corner from the house, but.... gimmee a break!!! Graceland.... You were going to say "little OLD lady", weren't you!! LOL!!

Oh, my!! WTG on the workout but so sorry you hurt your knee!! And what's up with this GF???? Is she on drugs???? Or maybe a little Alzheimer's???? GEEZ!!! Did she hear anything you said??? I found a really nice park model to rent for Tracy & Jim when they come down for Christmas. Newer model park model w/full add-on and nice front porch. Small fenced yard on the side if they want to let Gigi out. I think they will like it.

LOL! Yes... our way of thinking does change, doesn't it!! Where's the air show??? Not that we have any time to go! Will have a few hours in the morning for shopping before Max's memorial service. Sunday, we're going up to our friends' in Anza for their daughter's birthday party... 30th, I think. That sounds like a good beginning! Yes... keep us posted! That sounds like such a fun trip! That is kind of pricey, but it's something you only do once. I'd probably grin and bear it. But then I DID grow up during the Elvis phase! I think I was about 12-13 when he began his rise to fame! I was down 1 lb at TOPS weigh in yesterday. Nothing to write home about, but at least I was down. And it was somewhat of an accomplishment since I couldn't exercise last week. Can't yet update my ticker, though. Almost! But, last time it was updated was last time I managed to slide under 200, which I hope to do again next week. It's tough to realize that's exactly where I was a year ago. Depressing! Sorry gang.... I know I'm ignoring a lot of your posts. Don't mean to. I've been keeping up with them, but feeling kind of down and just not wanting to post. Grandson's surgery went well yesterday. They put in a plate and 6 screws to hold his shoulder together! He's tough! DIL hosted dinner for the whole football team at their community center on base at 5 pm and Justin went for an hour!!!

Good afternoon! Sorry, gals... I've been keeping up with your posts. Don't know what's the matter with me.... Just don't feel like posting! Janet... Dr's name is Bahreini. I think you'd like her. Very sharp chick. 760-773-9750. They do all kinds of facial stuff at that clinic too. It's sort of w omen's health/spa combined. They do dermabrasions, etc. Kind of weird that the ob/gyn dr has her office there though, huh?! First time you see her you have to check in around the corner at Internal Medicine. Max's memorial service is tomorrow. Some of Joy's relatives arrived last night. I had a few of those pictures from our visit a few weeks ago printed at Costco and took them over yesterday afternoon. She cried. He was so happy that day, though. Karla... glad you decided to go to ID. Glad you're feeling better Candice! Linda... hope you're not running yourself ragged. I was down 1 lb at TOPS yesterday. Food has been okay this week. Exercise much better than last week.

Bittersweet visit w/your sis. I'm glad it went well, but that would be SO hard, thinking you may not see her again! Some times I could choke my sisters, but I love every one of them and I would hate having to face losing one of them. I can't imagine what you must be going through. I worry about Shirley... she's the youngest... your age... And she's smoked since she was about 15, too heavy and carries it all in her belly, borderline diabetic and does NOT eat healthy. She was dieting for a long while and lost 25 lb but, I think she put it all back on now. She has a lot of trouble with her back and her knees and may be facing a knee replacement soon. She's really the one I'm closest to. I must have missed the part about you falling last Friday. How did that happen?? Tail bone any better today. That can be very painful and not much they can do about it even if you break it. I guess I've been on maintenance, too, for the last year! Cuz I'm sure spinning my wheels! I was down last week. Lets hope the scale goes down again this week. Tomorrow is weigh in. Doc I saw was gyn at Eisenhower on Country Club. She looked over my list of meds. Wanted to know if I'd ever been on hormone replacement.... I said, yes, for 10 years and then they switched me to Evista. She says I don't need it. And she wants to get me off the Detrol LA that I take for bladder control.... leaky teaky. And she wants me to quit these vag suppositories I've been on for years. She has some kind of cream she wants me to use instead which she says will also treat the bladder problem. I loved tossing the Evista in the garbage this morning! She said "Why are you taking that??" I didn't have an answer!! Because they told me to???! She said she sees no reason to continue it. I think one time when I ran out of it for a few days, I had very tender nipples so hope that doesn't happen again since I'm quitting it. Okay... now you know all my intimate secrets. Well, almost all! LOL Okay... here's a blurb on Evista. The only thing that concerns me is that my Mom had breast cancer.. the type that likes to feed on estrogen and this drug is an estrogen blocker. The downside is that there is an increased risk of developing blood clots and that's why this doctor wants me off of it. Raloxifene is used to prevent and treat osteoporosis (condition in which the bones become thin and weak and break easily) in women who have undergone menopause (change of life; end of menstrual periods). Raloxifene is also used to decrease the risk of developing invasive breast cancer (breast cancer that has spread outside of the milk ducts or lobules into the surrounding breast tissue) in women who are at high risk of developing this type of cancer or who have osteoporosis. Raloxifene cannot be used to treat invasive breast cancer or to prevent invasive breast cancer from coming back in women who have already had the condition. Raloxifene also cannot be used to decrease the risk of developing non-invasive breast cancer. Raloxifene is in a class of medications called selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). Raloxifene prevents and treats osteoporosis by mimicking the effects of estrogen (a female hormone produced by the body) to increase the density (thickness) of bone. Raloxifene decreases the risk of developing invasive breast cancer by blocking the effects of estrogen on breast tissue. This may stop the development of tumors that need estrogen to grow. Maybe you need another dog!?? Yes, went to water aerobics last two days. Worked very hard today, too! Think I have my strength back and neck is just a little tender now. Then I took Zoey for her ride. Went up to the office... finally the winery in NY sent me the bottle of wine they owed me for the bad one they sold me!! We were still on our way here when she promised me she was mailing one. I think they had to wait for another batch because the whole batch was bad. My sister had one too. It was "sparkling" like champagne, and i wasn't supposed to be! Now we're sitting inside with the a/c on because it was 97 degrees inside with all the windows and door open. Zoey and Candy were in the back by our bed trying to stay cool. But I guess Zoey got a little too close for comfort because I heard a "disturbance" back there and then Candy came strolling up here and got in the front window. YES!! And I need to get to work on that bracelet I didn't finish yesterday!!

Where in Mexico? LapBand? What doctor? I had my surgery at Virginia Mason but know people who went to Mexico