Posts by GoodFairy

I am into my second year of hot flushes as a result of menopause (I'm 49) and have really had enough. The doctors aren't able to offer any help because I'm a smoker and have Factor 5 blood clotting issues so HRT is not an option. I've...

A huge thank you for all your best wishes. You are a beautiful and caring community. I've been in a very dark place since my last post. My Chemo oncologist visit did not go well. He was very matter of fact and began the appointment by...

Gulp. After being healthy all my life (I'm 48), last week the doctors found long standing rectal cancer that has spread into all of the lymph glands in my pelvis and has also travelled to the lymph glands above my sternum. They said...

Awesome advice ladies. I love this community. : Soooo pleased to know about not using straws. Sincere thanks,I was starting to panic about what I was going to do but feel but more able to cope now I have some more ideas.

My son is having all 4 wisdom teeth out this week and I am looking for ideas about what to give him to eat afterwards. I've thought of clear soup broth through a straw and very soft mashed potato but then I'm stumped. I imagine he...

Hi Mamas, I have just started menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to hopefully stop or lessen the unbearable hot flushes. (I tried a lot of natural remedies from the health stores that didn't help at all). My query is - is...

I second all of the prunes advice. Stew the prunes so they are nice and soft and serve alone or with custard. Yum. My DS had terrible trouble with constipation and I tried all the doctors chemist preparations and none of them worked....

I found the worry stopped as I got older and busier. As a youngster (teens, early 20's) with time on my hands I worried constantly about how I looked to other people and whether or not I was good enough. When the kids came along and I...

You sound so overwhelmed my heart goes out to you. This should take less than a hour and would be my permanent solution to your problem: First - sort everything into Chuck, Give Away, and Still Using piles. Get rid of the first two...

My daughter spilled some liquid foundation makeup on her cotton doona cover on her bed. I never found out about it until it dried on there for a week and I had put it through the wash untreated and dried it on the line in the sun. The...