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I am still dealing with my chronic foot pain, and now my chronic hand pain has returned too due over use - so now my feet AND my hands hurt all day long. :-(
But I am trying to be positive and so am sharing the thing that made me smile this morning.
My 2.5 year old dcg sat and listed off for me everyone she knows who has a penis and everyone who has a vagina. Very informative! Lol
My 2 year old loves dancing, so we were spinning around and jumping, I was lifting her up and spinning her. Anyways, I had to stop and sit down, so I told her I was tired and needed to sit down for a minute. She pointed to the kitchen and told me to go drink my coffee! She's a problem solver. Haha
I hope you are feeling better soon!
Sorry to hear of your ongoing pain issue :( Way to change the tone though with the whole penis and vagina dialogue hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by AmandaKDT
Have you considered taking a turmeric supplement? It's shelf name is Curcumin....it is proven to be a stronger anti inflammatory than NSAIDs without any of the negative effects. Best used for arthritis sufferers and any chronic inflammatory disease. Might help!
Unfortunately no smiles here today. Another day of cranky kids and "handful" child is driving me crazy! Full moon I realize and for some reason it always affects my group.
My smile will be from 12:30-3 today (nap time!!!)
Listening to my husband and the 18 month old having a conversation while I was making lunch and she was visiting him in the computer room. I could over hear her telling him about her blankie, him telling her it was too cold to go out today (she was trying to put his shoes on) and him asking about her puppies at home. Than I asked them to clean up so we could go downstairs and she goes running back to him to tell him "all put away!!"....it always melts my heart when he has any interaction with them!!
We painted a couple light switch/outlet covers this weekend for the daycare and the 3 yo boy asked yesterday for a batman one....so my husband had one ready for the bathroom this morning!! The smile on the 3 yo's face was so cute when he saw it :)
You guys so need to have kids! You guys sound like you would be incredible parents. How is everything going on that end? I only ask because you brought up the fertility issues on here before.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5 Little Monkeys
Was thinking the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by torontokids
No, I haven't heard of that. I would be willing to try it. I avoid NSAIDS because I used to have a stomach ulcer. So I haven't been able to take anything to help with the pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by bright sparks
I have been told to go have a cup of coffee before too, so funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by superfun
You would also benefit from an anti-inflammatory diet...I could PM you the name of a fantastic book and the author is amazing..I've met her and made many changes myself which have really worked.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmandaKDT
haha, thanks!! Sometimes I think we would be great parents and than other times I think I'm okay being childless lol. It's a really tough decision for me and I turn 29 tomorrow so I feel pressure to decide soon :(
We've actually gone to a specialist but they are 2 hours from us. We had 4 or 5 different appointments with them but have only seen the dr once. She CONSTANTLY reschedules. As you all know, we don't really have that luxury in this job to take days off whenever we need. I felt terrible inconveniencing the parents that many times (some took days off and than I ended up staying open and closing another day) and knew that I couldn't keep doing that. We had a follow up appointment scheduled for Feb and she rescheduled back in Dec/early Jan maybe? We decided than that we could no longer see her as both of us do not have jobs that allow us to switch days off constantly.
We are still at the "if it happens, it happens" stage. I am PRETTY sure it won't happen naturally but who knows really. I will work with my family doctor and am going to see a doctor in my city, that many people have had success with getting pregnant, when I'm ready. She is a chinese doctor and uses traditional chinese medicine to my knowledge.
I am open to adoption (once we fully decide that is what we want) but my husband is still unsure on that route.
I don't have a huge desire one way or another so I find it very stressful at times because I feel I should have made a decision by now. We have discussed it and we both say we are okay with not having children....but than other days we are like "wouldn't it be nice to xxx with our child". I just don't want to turn 50 and than regret not having children you know?
Sorry for my ramble...
Amanda...I hope you feel better soon!! It was on here that I heard about turmeric (maybe it was you Sparks who told me about it too lol) and I took it in pill form for a couple months. It did seem to work for awhile but I slowly went back to my prescription pain meds. I try to cook with it every now and than but I have a terrible memory and usually forget lol. I hope it works for you....it's worth a shot!
We struggled to conceive at first. We tried for over a year then consulted a fertility Dr. The reason we never got pregnant was because I have psoriatic arthritis and I had to be off my meds to try and conceive (and as a result was on a lot of pain). I was referred to a specialist that specializes in autoimmune diseases and pregnancy and he explained to me that your body will almost never conceive when you are in pain because it is the body's natural way to protect itself (natural selection). He got me on medication that was safe during pregnancy, I felt better and quickly got pregnant. Just thought I'd throw that out there as I know you have back issues.
A friend of mine tried for 2 years to get pregnant, then went for sessions of accupuncture and got pregnant! Her cycle was totally messed up and the accupucture fixed it. It worked so well that their second child was an "oops" and totally not planned. That accupuncture and chinese medicine is so amazing. It helped my mom with her menopause symptoms too. I am a believer!Quote:
Originally Posted by 5 Little Monkeys
That's very interesting!!! I have OA in my back and have been on pain meds for at least 3-4 years. I went off birth control 3 January's ago now. That could very well be an explanation...I will talk to my doctor about it!! Thanks :)
Altho, if I have to go off my pain meds, I don't know what my decision would be. I already worry about getting pregnant and than not being able to take them for the 9 months.
I was on a couple of meds including NSAIDS. I can't walk without medication. The NSAIDS have to stop in your 3rd trimester but the other ones I was on I could take the whole course of the pregnancy.
I am currently off of the good stuff and on "safer meds" so we can try for number 3. I have to wait another month to ensure the other meds are completely out of my system.
Good luck!!! That must be exciting!!
I hope that you won't be in too much pain!
I don't know if any of you ladies struggling with inflammation have tried this...
Last summer I developed "water on the knee" which did not subside after 4 months and I had to have it drained and have a hydrocortisone shot put in to prevent it from coming back right away. I felt it returning recently and started looking up natural remedies for inflammation. I found information about beef bone broth, that it can be very beneficial... I bought some beef bones from my local butcher shop and made homemade broth in my slow cooker. It has a very greasy, gelatinous texture but tastes okay. Anyways, I found that after drinking the broth regularly that my knee pain went away. I am not sure if it's all in my head, but it seems to help. Just thought I'd share in case it can help you.