I am in awe - that is so cool!

*Barbra

good for you for standing up for her - honestly those admins sound like asses.
and “ass deep in alligators while they’re throwing baby monkeys” is pretty funny!

stay away from the WW food - it is utter garbage.
try to eat as many whole foods as you can, nixxing processed food
once you give up sugar and get past the initial cravings it gets much easier - fruit starts to taste sweeter and is extra-yummy!
best of luck to you - I lost 60 lbs (1/3 of my total weight) over around a…

There is! Please study up so you don’t cause Herb Caen to spin in his grave.

Only a person who calls The City “San Fran” would think that storage lockers at a BART station is a good idea; the rest of us know that the residents of the station WOULD figure out a way to break and/or pee into them.

Also, if the cat is instead a kitten, it may be the play/attack instinct at work. When my late cat was a kitten she used to attack my feet every morning, too. Make sure the kitten has her own toys to play with, so she doesn’t think your feet (or hands) are playthings to attack. Listen to the Cat Whisperer and make…

Mine is 13, thanks, because I would have to be an absolute idiot to not take iron during my regular menses, let alone an extended one.

Thank you - thyroid and fibroids are both suspected, have already seen the GYN, and my GP ordered extra blood tests based on some results from test ordered by the GYN, so hopefully we’re close to solving the mystery. I see the GP in 2 days. Actually, I am pretty miffed that the results of the latest blood tests…

Well, I am not the one creating another small human with my body. Congratulations & enjoy!

I have been taking iron since it started, so I am not anemic - hemoglobin was fine on blood tests. Iron is the first thing I added. Am also taking a B complex, C, turmeric, taurine, flax oil, calcium, magnesium and zinc. Have also ceased dairy, eggs, gluten & sugar. Am in excellent health otherwise and I take care of…

the system sucks, and I am sorry that you had to go though all of that. The judge sounds like a piece.

I am confused about how else you would dispose of the bathroom trash? If this is really the reason she is gone one day a month, then she may need to grow up. A lot of adult women menstruate and it is nothing to be ashamed of. Also, you may be incorrectly interpreting why she is absent one day a month - it may have…

Ha! I know what you mean about work clothes. I was laid off 10 years ago and have never had an office casual job since, but somehow I think I need to keep those clothes, just in case...

This is soo funny because usually cats want to sleep on your pillow because that is where all of your scent is. Perhaps your feet are more scented than your head? That’s a good looking cat, BTW.

I will when I go back to her - will also be requesting a referral to the Naturopath for more herbs! I hate Big Pharma, I like to have my food be my my medicine and make radical changes there before taking pharmaceuticals.

How did you nearly die?!? That is scary! The doctors in the medical practice I see are all aware what is happening and none deem it an emergency. I have been blowing up their “patient communication portal” with requests for sooner appts., etc. but they don’t seem that concerned. They suspect fibroids.

Thanks for sharing your/your mother’s experience. In all the digging I have been doing, one of the things that is supposed to calm menstruation is, specifically, ibuprofen. I had never heard this before but found numerous references. I used to take what felt like a lot (huge horse pills of 800mgs for bad knees…

They can be made by enrobing Ritz crackers in dark chocolate, then left in a tin with a cotton ball soaked in a mint extract for a day or so. No cooking, except heating up the dark chocolate. You CAN NOT taste the Ritz. You’re welcome!

I wanted to tell you how much I admire your incredible strength. If all mothers went to the mat for their children like you do, the world would be a better place. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family, and I am so sorry for your loss.