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Could the foods you are eating be causing you pain?
- By nanascorner · Posted 2:09 pm
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- When dealing with the reality of living with chronic pain in my life, I never consider that some of the food items that I was consuming on a daily bases , could be a contributing factor in causing some ...
Mad and thankful at the same time
- By sacarver · New reply November 5, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- I first have to say I am so thankful I don't have to have a Jtube like a lot of people on here. Was supposed to have one placed 3 years ago, but because of blood clotting reasons, I was not a candidate ...
Reaching Out
- By nanascorner · New reply November 4, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- It has been said; A human being requires at least eleven hugs a day to feel complete! I have no idea whether that figure is correct or not, but I do know that a baby can not survive with out human touch ...
Flu Shot
- By Pawndy · New reply November 4, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- I have four doctors and so far I have called three of them and they do not have the flu shot medicine. They have told me that the government has made it to difficult to get it. Monday I geuss I will call ...
New sensitive stomach Recipe
- By nanascorner · New reply November 3, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Pumpkin Muffins 3 cups bread flour ( or gluten free) 2 cups sugar or ( you can replace sugar with I small can carrots adds extra calories and nutrition) 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup vegetable oil 3 ...
shaking off the hater-ade
- By zendisney · New reply November 2, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- I had some pretty yucky interaction yesterday with people. The funny thing is these people don't really have anything to *DO* with me... they were just being plain ugly. I also know my part in all this ...
When Life Gets Hard
- By nanascorner · New reply November 1, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- I was thinking about so many ladies I know that are struggling with some tough situations, chronic pain and illness. I was thinking about some certain situations that I am struggling with as well. I was ...
Ice Cream Sandwiches
- By Pawndy · New reply October 31, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- I really and totally blew my diet today. Over the course of the day I ate a box of ice cream sandwiches. I really expected that my count would be totally high but 10:00 I took my count and it was only ...
Setback and moving forward again...
- By mplcreative · Posted October 31, 2009
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- I was all set to start exercising (walking) when my right knee made me change my plans. I must have twisted it somehow and, right away, walking was a problem. My doctor filled it with cortozone last week ...
bad food day... Confession
- By zendisney · New reply October 30, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Yesterday I had a very bad food day... I ate a happy meal and then proceeded to eat a bag of m&m's. I was not proud of my binge. That's what it felt like... junk food was like crack... I wanted it real ...
The word compassion
- By nanascorner · New reply October 29, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- The word compassion comes from two Latin words, suffer and with . To show compassion means to suffer with someone, to enter into a persons situation and become involved in that persons suffering. Compassion ...
New Research
- By nanascorner · Posted October 27, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Everything that I have read about CD/UC points to new research information.. Some researchers are suggesting that there is a link between chemical sensitivities and auto-immune diseases like lupus, type ...
Compassion Does Matter
- By nanascorner · New reply October 25, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- I have been asked; why do you send out these poems? Some of my friends understand, some think I am weird. Some answer with a thank you, some dont answer at all because they dont have a clue of why I do ...
I gained 4.6 lbs this week
- By zendisney · New reply October 23, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- Yikes. I am not sure how that happened. I drank more water and have added exercise this week. I am NOT giving up. We are going away on a retreat this weekend. I am looking forward to convening with nature ...
Initial Information...
- By mplcreative · New reply October 23, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- My name is Mindy and I have worked with the State of Missouri for 18 years. I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes in November 1999. Next month is my ten-year "anniversary" as a diabetic. I won't have ...
Insulin pump problems
- By glitsagirl · New reply October 19, 2009
- Discussion in Monitoring blood sugar · 3 replies
- Hi, My hubby has been on the Medtronic insulin pump for 3 years and has now received the pump that has a sensor that tells you what your sugar is at. He has had a couple of weeks where he is low or very ...
Finding a purpose when you battle a chronic illness
- By nanascorner · New reply October 17, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- I loved my grand mother very much. She was to be an example of a strong self-sufficient women. Widowed at the age of 35, she went back to school and became an RN. She has to knee surgeries , in order ...
Issues with Diabetes
- By goofygal1975 · New reply October 13, 2009
- Discussion in Living with diabetes · 1 reply
- Hello, I found out I had diabetes a couple of years back. Right after I found out my father had terminal cancer and it was just too hard to follow a diet plan. My husband and I want to have a baby next ...
And so...
- By zendisney · New reply October 13, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- There is little doubt to me that the themes I keep reading here on inspiration are related to... getting back on track and being happy with the small changes. We are so dawg gorn hard on ourselves. I ...
Friday's weigh in
- By zendisney · New reply October 12, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- I gained 1.2 lbs last week. Just thought I would put it out here. I plan to have a better week this week. I am going to move more and drink more water. Hope everyone is off to a good week. Peace ...
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