Since when were 2 year olds so discerning? Load of ingrates if you ask me.
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30+ years is long time to carry a grudge. Tell him to get over it and remind him of the sacrifice you are making for chocolate science.
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OMG this is TOO funnyâŚtntlamb, I was so hoping youâd list a few of the acceptable chocolate bars so I donât have to do the research, which Iâm sure you already have a number of them you could recommend!
Sybil, you always make me LOL! I hope you make yourself laugh, too, because you know itâs the best medicine and since Humira isnât quite cutting the mustard for youâŚ
Thatâs getting to be my excuse, too, but then we arenât all THAT old, and YOU are younger than ME! It is unbelievable to me that you can still runâeven 60 or 70 pacesâgive yourself a pat on the back for that because I canât run 2 paces, and Iâm not sure a lot of healthy people âourâ age could run 60 paces, or could they?
Grandma_J, Iâve always thought a bit of good chocolate did not harm and might just do some good. Itâs nice to hear that what I assumed was wishful thinking is backed up by science. Looks like you can identify good chocolate if it lists cocoa butter in the ingredients rather than vegetable oil. And price is an indicator too, unfortunately.
As man (and woman) cannot live by chocolate alone (also unfortunate) I was pleased to be reminded of the Omega 3 v. Omega 6 issue. Itâs not something we hear a lot about though I suppose itâs behind the popularity of the Mediterranean diet. It can sound complicated but it isnât. If you check out tntâs list of foods rich in Omega 3 fatty acids (or google for a more extensive list) it is clear that such foods are the same ones we tend to think of as âgood stuffâ anyway. Bung more of those on your plate and youâre doing yourself a favour.
I donât think being able to so-called run is a sign of my moral fibre. More that my knees are not as knackered as I was led to believe they would be by now and I probably have Humira and even Mtx to thank for that. I am pretty sure that putting knees through their paces if we possibly can is vital. I did have a lot of muscle wasting in that area a few years back. I think that was caused by inactivity, some of which was unavoidable, and also perhaps by the disease at its worst.
In addition to cutting back on sugary treats (makes me sound like a flipping dog) Iâve been giving myself a good talking to. I find there is a good talking to and then thereâs A Good Talking To, i.e. when we really, really mean it. Iâve been pushing through the end-of-the-world feeling but gently and calmly. Trying to accept that the irritating slowness with which I do some tasks is 100% better than doing nothing. Trying to accept the disease and fight it at the same time and avoid large desserts and keep calm but not too calm - well obviously managing this disease is the simplest thing ever lol! But yeah, seems like Iâve dragged myself out of a bunker ⌠though could be coincidence who knows eh?
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It gets the best of me some days, too! (Most days, lately!) Usually when I first get up in the morning and then again when Iâm trying to relax in the evening and my feet or back are killing me, or I feel so damn weak I just want to curl up, fall asleep and never wake upâor should I sayâat least get one full nightâs sleep without insomnia??? (That hasnât happened in years and itâs just what it is and somehow I make it through the day.) Iâve been wondering lately, too, if Enbrel isnât working so well anymore, but then so many of my troubles are less than they were before Enbrel so it still HAS to be working! Then why do I feel so weirdâthatâs the only word I have to describe the feeling of not âbeing myselfâ anymoreânot happy, but not depressed, eitherâŚjust yucky WEIRD! You seem to be having that same problem these days, right??? Maybe we just need summer! You know, thatâs probably it, because I felt GREAT a couple weeks ago on vacation in Georgia where it was summer enough for me!
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It certainly sounds like sleepâs not working. Insomniaâs the pits. Did you sleep well while on vacation? If so, Iâm wondering whether thereâs anything specific you can identify that helped with that.
Oh yes summer ⌠canât wait! The longer days are good news too. When there are only 8 hours of daylight, much of that swathed in cloud, I feel as if Iâve got a shorter window in which to get stuff done regardless of whether daylight is actually required.
Also my eyesightâs getting worse, dry eye doesnât help but mostly itâs just due to ageing. I know almost everyonesâ sight deteriorates but a sunlit world helps so much with that, itâs not something you hear much about. I put off going to the optician till recently. Came home with my new glasses and peered at my husband with interest, did I cause those deep furrows? Not going to look in the mirror with those things on.
Yucky weirdness. I know it and I am sorry itâs getting you. Still thinking is there something you can do to get more sleep ⌠new mattress? Opening windows? Winding down before bedtime? Avoiding coffee? Youâve probably got all these covered but sometimes the little alterations which hardly seem worth it bring big results.
OMG you ARE LOL HILARIOUS!!! I swear we have the same thoughts!!! I always thought I looked better without glasses, but I realized it was because I wasnât seeing myself clearly in the mirror! (It took me awhile to figure that out!)
And, the eyesightâwhat the ****? I have the same problemâwith glasses on, thoughâŚmy left eye will go totally blurry and Iâll be adjusting my head all around trying to see far and close, first closing my right, then my leftâI must look like one of those newts or whatever they are jerking my head aroundâŚit totally drives me nuts because itâs annoying not seeing clearly out of one eye. On top of it, the eye doctor always says, âIâve got it so youâre seeing 20/15âthatâs better than 20-20!â What happens, though, every time I get new glasses I AINâT seeing no 20-15!!! GRRRRRRâŚitâs another one of those scary things what if Iâm going blindâŚmy sister was blind in one eye. I suppose if I had to I could get used to itâjust such a scary thought!
And the insomniaâitâs weird. Now that you asked, I did sleep better on vacation! Life all around was betterâweâre definitely doing that again! Hey, it was 62 degrees (F) in central MN today!!! Spring has sprung!
I hope youâre feeling better and getting more sunshine, too!
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