Jumping January 2011 Chat Thread - Page 2

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by changingseasons 

Heck yeah!  Oh wait... that's way too far of a drive for me.  

West coasters- how about renting a house on the beach for a weekend this summer?  

Yes. Yes. Yes. Only I wish it coud be for a month.

EVERYone's grumpy over here. I want to live outdoors. So does ds. Dh and dd? Not so much. They'll get used to it and then they'll love it.

Where's that intensity of life knob? I want to turn it down a bit, I'm afraid it's going to blow out the speakers.

This totally seemed like a reaction from dd, not just her general ups and downs. Now to figure out if it's coming from her or me. Or school. I wish there weren't quite so many things that went wrong yesterday so I could type them all out for you, but my computer time is too warped these days. This life is a joke.

[tanyalynn]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92 

The next door house is rented for the summer by the same family for the last 10 years. If people are there, there might be a nurse in residence (it's come in handy for me several times!).

Way to sell the concept Kathy.  We have a nurse nearby, she's really useful around here!  Lol. 

Wish I was closer.  Hoping I'm moving/settling in, cause Colorado is driving distance to the West Coast. 

[chlobo]

Quick question.

So DS has been moaning a lot in his sleep.  This is in the last month or two.  It corresponds to his adenoids enlarging.

Do you think its because he's not getting good sleep due to the enlarged adenoids or do you think its a food?

[changingseasons]

Hugs Shannon.  I would like to find that knob as well...

Carren- that's a hard one... I think it could be either one.  I know, totally not helpful.

Arg.  My eczema is SUPER flared up today; I was itching all night.  :(  Anyone want to place a bet on whether it's from eating crap (which I've really been doing all along, because I lose will power every few days to stay on my restrictions ), or because I started biotin and glutathione yesterday?

Double arg.  I got up early to get some work done... did less than an hour, and then ran out of work.  They've been short since the holiday weekend- I think they're just behind on getting stuff loaded into the system.  Sucks for me though, because it means that I'll have to cram at the end of the week to get my hours done. 

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by tanyalynn 

Originally Posted by kjbrown92 

The next door house is rented for the summer by the same family for the last 10 years. If people are there, there might be a nurse in residence (it's come in handy for me several times!).

Way to sell the concept Kathy.  We have a nurse nearby, she's really useful around here!  Lol. 

Wish I was closer.  Hoping I'm moving/settling in, cause Colorado is driving distance to the West Coast. 

I'm just saying. At least I didn't say her brother and father, who are also sometimes in residence, are undertakers. Because we really wouldn't want to need one of them! Were the marshmallows a better draw?
 

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Originally Posted by Theloose 
Yes. Yes. Yes. Only I wish it coud be for a month.EVERYone's grumpy over here. I want to live outdoors. So does ds. Dh and dd? Not so much. They'll get used to it and then they'll love it.Where's that intensity of life knob? I want to turn it down a bit, I'm afraid it's going to blow out the speakers.This totally seemed like a reaction from dd, not just her general ups and downs. Now to figure out if it's coming from her or me. Or school. I wish there weren't quite so many things that went wrong yesterday so I could type them all out for you, but my computer time is too warped these days. This life is a joke.

Sorry you're having craziness. Hope it settles down soon for you.
 

Originally Posted by chlobo 

Quick question.

So DS has been moaning a lot in his sleep.  This is in the last month or two.  It corresponds to his adenoids enlarging.

Do you think its because he's not getting good sleep due to the enlarged adenoids or do you think its a food?

Why were the adenoids shrinking before? And why are they enlarging now? Do you know?

Still sounds like a food reaction to me though (and I think the adenoids are also a food reaction, at least they were for us).
 

[tanyalynn]

Carren, it seems like any waxing/waning of immune system stuff is showing up in his adenoids.  How's the B12 going for you guys?  Seems like that may be a big lever for getting methylation going for y'all and then for getting immune function better.  But from what you've mentioned and what Deb's said, getting B12 ramped up in your situations seems, uh, challenging (understatement).

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92 

Originally Posted by tanyalynn 

Originally Posted by kjbrown92 

The next door house is rented for the summer by the same family for the last 10 years. If people are there, there might be a nurse in residence (it's come in handy for me several times!).

Way to sell the concept Kathy.  We have a nurse nearby, she's really useful around here!  Lol. 

Wish I was closer.  Hoping I'm moving/settling in, cause Colorado is driving distance to the West Coast. 

I'm just saying. At least I didn't say her brother and father, who are also sometimes in residence, are undertakers. Because we really wouldn't want to need one of them! Were the marshmallows a better draw?
 

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Originally Posted by Theloose 
Yes. Yes. Yes. Only I wish it coud be for a month.EVERYone's grumpy over here. I want to live outdoors. So does ds. Dh and dd? Not so much. They'll get used to it and then they'll love it.Where's that intensity of life knob? I want to turn it down a bit, I'm afraid it's going to blow out the speakers.This totally seemed like a reaction from dd, not just her general ups and downs. Now to figure out if it's coming from her or me. Or school. I wish there weren't quite so many things that went wrong yesterday so I could type them all out for you, but my computer time is too warped these days. This life is a joke.

Sorry you're having craziness. Hope it settles down soon for you.
 

Originally Posted by chlobo 

Quick question.

So DS has been moaning a lot in his sleep.  This is in the last month or two.  It corresponds to his adenoids enlarging.

Do you think its because he's not getting good sleep due to the enlarged adenoids or do you think its a food?

Why were the adenoids shrinking before? And why are they enlarging now? Do you know?

Still sounds like a food reaction to me though (and I think the adenoids are also a food reaction, at least they were for us).
 

Don't know why they went down before, just don't know.  He has a chronic Strep A infection so the going theory is that the Strep A is impacting his adenoids b/c he is constantly fighting a low level infection.  IF we can kick the Strep A (big IF) then supposedly the adenoids will go down.  However, we've been treating the Strep A for 7 weeks now and there is little to no change.  And it gets much worse when he gets a cold.  The ND said to give the treatment another 3 weeks and then we'll do a blood test to see if its been effective on the Strep A or not.  If its been effective but the adenoids are still enlarged then we'll know the adenoids are something else.

At this point, I would have no way to figure out what he might be allergic to.  He's been muscle tested by the ND & the chiro and the biggest thing they came up with is Soy.  And we don't eat soy.  So I have no idea what to remove.

And at this point we're all tired so its going to be a race to see if the adenoids resolve before we decide he needs to have them out b/c he can't breath and isn't sleeping well & isn't growing.

Originally Posted by tanyalynn 

Carren, it seems like any waxing/waning of immune system stuff is showing up in his adenoids.  How's the B12 going for you guys?  Seems like that may be a big lever for getting methylation going for y'all and then for getting immune function better.  But from what you've mentioned and what Deb's said, getting B12 ramped up in your situations seems, uh, challenging (understatement).

I have a hard enough time getting the vitamin B into myself, nevermind him.  He won't take pills.  I feel sort of stuck in that area.  Wish there were a cream.

[tanyalynn]

This sucks.  I am whiny, I admit.  I'm making popcorn, phone rings, it's DH, asks me to look for a piece of paper and is unhappy when a) I have a hard time figuring out where he's even asking me to look, and then b) it's not there, and he has no other suggestions on where it might be.  I should've ignored his attitude, but no.  Phone call ends, my popcorn has popped all over the counter and floor, so I try to fix that and knock the butter over, ending up with a lot of butter all over the counter, cupboard front, and floor.  Any point in eating the popcorn now?  It's going to be cold by the time I clean up the butter.  Great.  So I now have nothing to eat and a huge mess to clean up.  And I just hurt today, I am achey and tired and I want someone to take care of me.  Ain't gonna happen today.  Bah.  Days like this, I want pizza--if it weren't for the kids, I'd probably order, but it'd be too confusing to them.  And probably by bedtime, good sense will have reasserted itself.

[tanyalynn]

Carren, is the problem the B12 or other support supps?  I'm just using Deb's drops.  But other support supps would be a lot harder.  I haven't tried to teach a young kid with Deb's maple covered tiny capsules so I don't know how that would go. 

[deditus]

Feeling better today thanks for the hugs. I hope I don't become one of those people who can't go anywhere because they are sensitive to everything. Does the homeopathic principle of peeling off the layers apply if you aren't using homeopathy!? That would make me feel better, if I am just working through my old symptoms as I heal and getting better, not worse, lol!

Anyone want to come to the TwinCities in April? Cool conference, Dr. Bock is going to be there, Dr. Jaffe (I think he's the Perque guy), Dawson Church (the guy who wrote the Genie in Your Genes book), Dr. Tenpenny. Lots of great break-out sessions.

iMosaic
 

Originally Posted by changingseasons 

 And 5 weeks to complete the class.  

Wow - feeling ambitious I hope!!!

Hawthorn University's last webinar about basic lab tests was by a lady, Marjie C. Andrejciw that my friend said I should go see if we move back to MI. She owns gf store/co-op that I was member of when I lived there, is a holistic nutritional counselor and a DAN practitioner. I think it will be one the website soon.

http://www.hawthornuniversity.org/freelearning.html

Ok replying here to chlobo, I can't get under my quote box! So what are you using to treat the strep?

I have heard of using B12 cream to treat eczema, I wonder how that works?

greenmedinfo says echinacea for strep a.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/article/echinacea-may-control-symptoms-associated-bacterial-respiratory-infections

Originally Posted by chlobo 

Don't know why they went down before, just don't know.  He has a chronic Strep A infection so the going theory is that the Strep A is impacting his adenoids b/c he is constantly fighting a low level infection.  IF we can kick the Strep A (big IF) then supposedly the adenoids will go down.  However, we've been treating the Strep A for 7 weeks now and there is little to no change.  And it gets much worse when he gets a cold.  The ND said to give the treatment another 3 weeks and then we'll do a blood test to see if its been effective on the Strep A or not.  If its been effective but the adenoids are still enlarged then we'll know the adenoids are something else.

  Wish there were a cream.

[tanyalynn]

damnyouautocorrect.com saves the day, i am happy and getting ready to go to my DO.  let's see what she says about my knee. 

[changingseasons]

Yay for laughs Tanya.  :)  On days like those (which have been getting more frequent lately!), I have been ordering pizza...   Damn.  Now I want pizza.

deditus- I'm feeling motivated right now... but the last couple work days have been slow.  We'll see how long that lasts.  Did you listen to the webinar yesterday too?  It was pretty good, although I had a ton of questions afterward (they did cover a few of them though.)  Can't wait until I can actually interact with those and ASK the questions!  

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by tanyalynn 

Carren, is the problem the B12 or other support supps?  I'm just using Deb's drops.  But other support supps would be a lot harder.  I haven't tried to teach a young kid with Deb's maple covered tiny capsules so I don't know how that would go. 

The problem with the b12 is mostly me remembering.  And the fact that only so much gets absorbed at once so you have to multi-dose during the day.

The problem with the other supps is that he just won't take them.  I did try Deb's trick but he chewed the capsule (it was empty, thank goodness).  Will try again but he's very stubborn.  The only other things I can get him to take are his kid-e-mins, which is also a liquid and his probiotic (again, when I remember).

Originally Posted by deditus 

Ok replying here to chlobo, I can't get under my quote box! So what are you using to treat the strep?

I have heard of using B12 cream to treat eczema, I wonder how that works?

greenmedinfo says echinacea for strep a.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/article/echinacea-may-control-symptoms-associated-bacterial-respiratory-infections

Originally Posted by chlobo 

Don't know why they went down before, just don't know.  He has a chronic Strep A infection so the going theory is that the Strep A is impacting his adenoids b/c he is constantly fighting a low level infection.  IF we can kick the Strep A (big IF) then supposedly the adenoids will go down.  However, we've been treating the Strep A for 7 weeks now and there is little to no change.  And it gets much worse when he gets a cold.  The ND said to give the treatment another 3 weeks and then we'll do a blood test to see if its been effective on the Strep A or not.  If its been effective but the adenoids are still enlarged then we'll know the adenoids are something else.

  Wish there were a cream.

I can't tell you what we're treating the strep with.  Something the ND ordered especially for treatment of Strep A.  She said she's seeing a lot of his type of problem in kids now a days.  She did a lot of research before embarking on our course of action.  What she's said about progress (or lack thereof) is that initially, before the body mounts a good fight, the Strep A titers go up.  Then somewhere along the way the body finally mounts a response to the strep and it should go away.  At that point the adenoids should go down.  Of course, that's if that is what is bothering the adenoids.  If that's not what's bothering the adenoids, we'll wave the white flag and have them removed.  I just don't know what else to do at this point.  We've tried a lot of different things, including several different homeopaths.  And I have no idea what else to eliminate from his diet, which is limited b/c he is so picky, as it is.  Can you hear the frustration?

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by changingseasons 

Yay for laughs Tanya.  :)  On days like those (which have been getting more frequent lately!), I have been ordering pizza...   Damn.  Now I want pizza.

deditus- I'm feeling motivated right now... but the last couple work days have been slow.  We'll see how long that lasts.  Did you listen to the webinar yesterday too?  It was pretty good, although I had a ton of questions afterward (they did cover a few of them though.)  Can't wait until I can actually interact with those and ASK the questions!  

I want pizza now too.

Yeah for school.

[chlobo]

Hey everyone.  totally off topic.  One of DS's friends father's is a photographer & is entered into a wedding contest.  Can you help him win? He needs a few more votes & voting ends tonight:

http://topknotscontest.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1011000350

[kjbrown92]

You guys made me want pizza. So I've got two Namaste crusts in the oven. One for DS and DD2 (they don't like the pine nut ricotta anymore) and a whole one for me - sauce, pine nut ricotta, spinach, olives, and bacon - yum yum yum. I feel like the cookie monster but I don't know how to make his munching noise. And DD1 is having cheese ravioli (lucky dog). Oh, so this morning DD1 said "did daddy eat all the hershey's kisses yesterday?" I said "I don't think so. He went off dairy yesterday." So he woke up this morning after that (he's working late shifts) and I asked him and he said "yeah, I brought the rest to work last night because I wanted something sweet." I said, "I thought you were going off dairy..." He says "They have dairy?" Uh yeah, MILK chocolate ... it's not exactly a hidden ingredient in there. He's like "Well I guess I'm starting today then." What a doofus. I mean, c'mon someone in the family has been on and off milk for 10 YEARS, it's not like it should be new to him. Though it's sort of funny that he's still that oblivious. He was good otherwise. And so far he was good today (and he liked the Coconut Milk creamers in his coffee) and I saw him pack his lunch for work, so I think he's dairy free today.

[Sandrine]

Originally Posted by chlobo 

Hey everyone.  totally off topic.  One of DS's friends father's is a photographer & is entered into a wedding contest.  Can you help him win? He needs a few more votes & voting ends tonight:

http://topknotscontest.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1011000350

I did! Hope he wins!!!

Originally Posted by kjbrown92 

You guys made me want pizza. So I've got two Namaste crusts in the oven. One for DS and DD2 (they don't like the pine nut ricotta anymore) and a whole one for me - sauce, pine nut ricotta, spinach, olives, and bacon - yum yum yum. I feel like the cookie monster but I don't know how to make his munching noise. And DD1 is having cheese ravioli (lucky dog). Oh, so this morning DD1 said "did daddy eat all the hershey's kisses yesterday?" I said "I don't think so. He went off dairy yesterday." So he woke up this morning after that (he's working late shifts) and I asked him and he said "yeah, I brought the rest to work last night because I wanted something sweet." I said, "I thought you were going off dairy..." He says "They have dairy?" Uh yeah, MILK chocolate ... it's not exactly a hidden ingredient in there. He's like "Well I guess I'm starting today then." What a doofus. I mean, c'mon someone in the family has been on and off milk for 10 YEARS, it's not like it should be new to him. Though it's sort of funny that he's still that oblivious. He was good otherwise. And so far he was good today (and he liked the Coconut Milk creamers in his coffee) and I saw him pack his lunch for work, so I think he's dairy free today.

That's something my dh would do. lol

[DevaMajka]

I can't find any of the lurking smilies. Here I am. hehe

[Theloose]

Is there a slowly going craaaaaaazy smilie?

Didn't sleep last night (insomnia and tooooo snuggled) totally grumpy this morning, dd was yelling at me, cause she was reflecting and magnifying my grumpiness.  Ds was super fussy cause he's coming down with the cold dd is getting over.  Dh was grumpy cause he's stressed trying to do too much at once on top of switching jobs, not getting enough sleep, woke up sneezing...  Ds won't nap, I finally declared I was taking ds for a walk to the hardware store to get project stuff to focus my mind so I'd feel better.  Someone knocks on the door.  It's the housecleaner who comes once a month and we always forget when she's coming.  This was the first time I completely forgot. ... Walking home from the hardware store with dd, we stop at the euro market and the guy hands her a (gluten, artificial food coloring) lollipop.  She accepts it.  We talk about how it has gluten and chemical colors in it and how that makes her out of control, but if she wants to eat it anyway and see if she can stay in control, that's okay.  Says it's for her sister, Dora.  Unwraps it.  Stares at it.  Wraps it back up.  Unwraps it.  Licks it.  Whole thing in her mouth at once.  Stick breaks off.  Whole thing consumed.  On the way home, she starts losing it, in little bits - I can't sing or she'll yell.  We get home and the housecleaner is still there.  Dd makes friends with her (usually she yells and hides) and is hyper.  This is the start of the out of control hyper.  We both recognize it.  She has fun with it for a bit, then we all go upstairs for an epsom salt bath.  The rest of the day, she was fantastic, in a better mood, more focused, more rational than she's been for a long time.  We saw a peek of it right after her stomach flu, and now here it is again.  Bedtime was super sweet and easy, and then ds, the one for whom bedtime is a no brainer?  can't sleep.  HA.  Poor dh.  He wants to film new iphone commercials at my mom's, after kids are asleep but he can't catch a break, there's always SOMEthing.  And now I won't let him bring ds up to me (he falls asleep in a carrier on dh while I do bedtime with dd) cause this is the first two-handed, focused computer time I've had in weeks.  Feeling a little starved... 

Is there a B12 patch?  Chlobo, can you get even just a drop or two into him regularly?  Does he drink anything besides milk?

I'll be in the Twin Cities over memorial day, and maaaaaaybe earlier for a snow trip for dd.  Is there still snow (enough for a california girl to build a snowman) in April?  It'd be exciting if we had some free time and could meet up.

[tsfairy]

Haven't read anything, been busy having crazy reactions to something in my kitchen and then the allergy med I took to stop the sneezing, and then sleeping off the drowsiness of the allergy med. It's been a heckuva day.

Just wanted to make sure I got in on the January chat. :)  Will catch up tomorrow.  Need to get to bed now.