Does anyone else have trouble eating? I put some food in my mouth, chew a little bit and stop. I have to force myself to swallow. I’m just not interested in eating. I look at food and think “I don’t want to do this.” I’m not sure if I’m hungry or if it’s stomach pains.
I’ve never been this sick in my life. I have an endoscopy tomorrow morning. I’ve left a message with my primary care doc about weight loss.
I started having problems about three weeks ago. In that time, I’ve lost 6-7 pounds. I know that doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is when I’m 5’10” and only weighed 147 at the beginning. I’m struggling to eat, and no matter what I eat, my stomach just hurts almost all the time. I don’t eat anything bad, and at this point, I’m drinking a lot of boost nutrition drinks just to get the calories.
I have an endoscope tomorrow. I requested to see a dietician, but can’t get an appointment until November. I’m worried this will get so bad I have to go to the ER.
I’m currently having some stomach health problems. Gastritis? GERD? Ulcers? Cancer? I won’t know until after my endoscopy. I’m struggling to eat and have lost some weight. I’m currently drinking Boost high calorie drinks and supplementing with some soft foods, like oatmeal and sweet potatoes.
Can I get some recommendations for high calorie smoothies? My only limitation is I can’t do bananas. Last week I blended the boost drink with blackberries and peanut butter and it was like drinking sweet peanut butter 😕
Some mornings I wake up fine. Some mornings I wake up feeling like I’m going to vomit my whole stomach.
I take a Pepcid before going to bed, and I take another when I wake up, along with my 40mg panto and zofran.
I’m looking at getting ginger to make tea.
What are your go-to nausea remedies?
Can anyone recommend a housekeeping service for a Metairie home (near the Vet’s exit off the highway)? My health isn’t so good lately and I need some help about once a week. Just things like kitchen and bathrooms, so no laundry or bedrooms. Must be ok with dogs.
My questions are at the very end.
Background: For the past month, I’ve been having problems with my heart rate. Eating was making my heart go into palpitations and I ended up in the ER. Progressively, it’s been getting harder and harder to eat. I’ve lost about five pounds during this time. Sometimes in the morning I’m lightheaded and have tremors (might be a blood sugar thing, but it’s not really relieved after eating or drinking).
I’m struggling to eat. Eating makes me nauseas and I’m barely interested in it. It feels like a task right now. I bought these Boost nutritional drinks that are high calorie (530 per 8oz). I keep down liquids fine, but have to eat very small amounts at a time to not overdo it.
I’ve had two EKGs (both normal) and am echocardiogram (also normal). All my bloodwork is fine, though my B12 was a bit low. I’m prescribed zofran, propranolol (for my heart rate), hydroxyzine (because I think I started having panic attacks from all of this). I’ve been given a pulse ox, a blood pressure monitor, glucose monitor (waiting on strips to arrive from pharmacy). I’m waiting on the hospital to call me to schedule a CTA (a CT for my heart) and an endoscopy to check my stomach.
I already have mental health issues, including an uncomfortable relationship with the thought of death. I’m not convinced that I’m not dying right now. I’m already in therapy.
What testing should I ask for to confirm or rule out gastroparesis? My doctor is very open to looking into anything. Also, any suggestions to ease the symptoms?
I have more Endometrin than I would ever use. My pharmacy just kept refilling the prescription and sending it to me. I have eight full boxes. I don’t want to give one person all of them, of course. If you’re in the area (I live in Metairie) and are willing to come pick them up, you can have some. Please DM me. You’d have to come pick up no later than Wednesday.
My sister and her family are visiting in a few weeks. I’m looking for a pool we can go to that is not exclusively membership based and allows day passes. The ones I’ve seen, like the Y and Sunrise Community Club, seem to be membership only with maybe a guest pass. A few of the city pools are attached to bars, and I don’t think that’s a place to go for a seven and two year old.
Edit: None of us are residents of New Orleans (I live in Metairie). We can’t use NORD.
“NORD (New Orleans Recreation Development Commission) offers free pool access and swimming lessons to all New Orleans residents. To enjoy these benefits, residents need to create a profile and verify their residency through the NORDC Connect Portal.”
I spent nine hours in the ER last night with recurring tachycardia. My heart rate kept spiking to 130-150. It stabilized at 100 and I was released with meds and a cardiology consult. Right now, my resting heart rate is between 80-90. I’m exhausted and my heart aches in the most literal way. I’m not to do anything that will increase my heart rate until I see cardiology next week, so I get to sit on the couch all day.
While I was in the ER last night, my Kindle/tablet holder arrived. Today the page turner arrived. Maybe I knew I needed to rest.
You know where to find me 💜
I have problems with my wrist and so I thought getting a kindle case with a hand strap would help. It does not. How the heck am I supposed to use it without angling my wrist, which makes it hurt.
Now I’m looking at getting a mount for the kindle. The problem is that I will then need a case with MagSafe on it. But I can’t find one I like. Has anyone put a MagSafe mount (the adhesive magnetic ring) on the inside of a kindle case, where the hand strap usually is (inside the front cover)? That way when I open the cover, the magnetic ring is on the back, so that it can connect to the mount without having to leave the cover open. I’m worried it will damage the screen if I do it that way.
I will not buy a CoBak case as I already have (returned) and the magnetic closure is really weak and the cover does not connect to the back when opened. I currently have a Moko case, which I really like, except they do not have a MagSafe version.
I just upgraded to the new Paperwhite and am looking for a cover. I bought one, didn’t realize it didn’t have a kick stand, and now I want to replace it.
What I’m looking for:
Magnetic closure
Auto sleep/wake
Hand strap (preferably right-handed)
Kick stand
Plain case (no design)
I’d prefer a hard case, but that’s not a deal-breaker
I found one on Amazon, but am hesitant because it does not specifically say it’s magnetic closure, and there are a handful of reviews saying it doesn’t stay closed very well.
I’m looking beyond Amazon at this point, but the further I go, the less they meet my wants.
I’m new to raised bed gardening, so I had to buy everything. Three raised beds (only one has soil and is in use so far), two trellises, more than a dozen plants, soil, tools, seeds, fertilizer, etc. I’m fully guessing I spent about $500, without even looking. This is the first harvested vegetable, so right now, it costs $500.
Lately, I’ve been only buying meat from Aldi if it’s on sale. Today, I bought two packs of drumsticks labeled 50% off. I paid 45¢ a pound. Also, these beans are stellar!
First off, I’m a little confused and can’t explain. I bought a Kindle Touch in October 2011 and got a purple case to go with it. I used it frequently, but then stopped. I kept the thing for YEARS in a drawer. I recently pulled it out (still in the purple case) and have been using it again. In the process of seeing if I should get a new one, I see that my current kindle is a Paperwhite Gen 7, which was released in 2015. It’s not on my Amazon or eBay history, so I don’t know where it came from, but it’s connected to my account.
Anyway, I’m looking at the newest Kindle Paperwhite edition (says Gen 12) and wondering if there is any really good reason for me to get a new edition. I larger screen would be nice, instead of feeling like I’m reading a back-pocket book. I’ve been obsessing over this idea for the last few weeks, and I don’t know if it’s even worth it. I’ve been on a few “open box” ones on eBay, but honestly, I don’t want to pay $130 plus $15 in shipping to a random person when I could just pay the full amount and get it straight from the manufacturer.
I have one raised bed where the only soil is the Miracle Gro “raised bed” soil from the big box home improvement store. I am installing two more beds and want to get soil delivered from an actual soil company. I’m wondering if I can cut costs by doing the lower half of the bed with the bagged stuff and the upper half of the bed with the “real” soil. I could fill both beds completely with the bagged stuff for about the same cost I can do one of the real soil (especially considering that the bagged soil is on sale right now). The vegetables I have in the original “bagged” bed are doing well enough that I think it might be ok (I did add one inch of compost to it, which I would do to the new beds either way).
My husband and I have been trying for a long time to have a baby. We’ve done six rounds of IVF and only got three usable embryos. Two tested normally and one test was inconclusive. The two normal ones ended in miscarriages, giving me five total. We have one more embryo to try next month, and if I’m being honest with myself, I am not expecting it to work. We’ve very superficially looked at adoption, but I think at this point it might be the only option.
I expect some judgement for this, but, no, we do not want to foster. We want a closed adoption with an infant or toddler. We are willing to travel domestically.
We live in the New Orleans area, and I’ve noticed there are so many adoption agencies. We don’t really know where to begin.
Brioche swirls (sliced like a hamburger bun and lightly toasted). Berry cream cheese. Blackberry compote (made with Aldi blackberries).
I bought four variety bags of bulbs at Costco a few months back. This is labeled Mingus Alex and it’s a strong one! Most of these ones are budding, while the other variety are still growing. It’s much darker than the bag shows.