House hunting will be over soon. THEN you can relax. When you get in, let us know. We can drop off a meal, so you can skip cooking one in those first few furious days.
We close on 11/20 but won't be moving in til late December I think. We have to make some repairs first- there's a plumbing leak, and we have to do something about the hot water heaters (they are unsafely located in living areas & need venting- we're moving the one in the main house to the attic & enclosing/venting the other.) And we'll be ripping out the carpet, and patching cracks, and painting... work work work!
So we'll be over in your area a lot... we are both very excited about living closer to you two!
WOW! #1 the blue looks great on you, and the most important part...
#2 even i can see a HUGE difference in your facial structure and even neck and shoulders from the weight loss just from the icons and photos i ahve seen of you posted on here before in the past.. it makes me very happy to see someone else i think highly of heading in the direction of at least a partial recovery from their chronic illnesses..
oh and if you havent seen the post on the fibromyalgia lj comm yesterday. go to about.com and search for the terms fibromyalgia and XMRV and read the latest info that search should provide you.. tl;dr version is that CFS/FM/MS and possibly even other conditions have been tied to the presence of a retro-virus that triggers an auto-immune response that causes the nerve and receptor damage that presents itsself as our medical condition and they are looking at adapting current anti-virals used for hiv and such to help stop the progression and damage in the related disorders.
I read some articles about that virus thing! I think it is awesome that they finally isolated a virus, don't you? It super-annoys me that this could have been figured out years ago if the CDC weren't fucking embezzlers.
I think we're probably a long way from a treatment, but I would sure love to see a vaccine. I think that PFC/F would be taken a lot more seriously if CFDS/FMS was regarded like Polio: a terrible disease that used to happen to people.
One thing I worry about is the use of HIV-related anti-virals: those drugs have very very serious side effects, effects that could be as bad as having CFIDS.
And thanks about my face- it feels like my face is EMERGING from a layer of thyroid fat. My whole body is really, but of course I notice my face the most. When I was super-hypo my face looked all wrong, too round. Now I can see my jaw and chin again and that's awesome.
My calves and ankles and feet are also more defined, and eventually I hope to see more definition in my arms and torso... I think that will take time. I am investing in a hula hoop to tighten up my abs.
you are welcome to the compliment, i like to let beauty know that its there and you are apparently getting more and more attractive as your health starts to improve. not making a pass at you or anything as i am happy with my relationship of 15+ years, just pointing out that from what i have seen, you are very cute :) as far as the virus stuff, yeah there are pros and cons to the issue in all of its aspects.. and they are just starting to really flesh out the evidence on this... they have no clue if the hiv drugs will have an effect as they are or if they will have to be refined to target this virus specifically.. but yeah any time you are dealing with a viral or auto-immune system based illness, the treatments are like playing russian roulette with 5 rounds in a six shooter.. chances are one or one combo might work and not be as bad as the condition it is there to control, but you are a lot more likely to wind up even worse off until you get lucky and find that empty chamber
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The blue is lovely -- and I can definitely see the changes in your face! Best of luck getting your medication sorted out, good to hear that your doctor is willing to work with you on it :)
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House hunting will be over soon. THEN you can relax. When you get in, let us know. We can drop off a meal, so you can skip cooking one in those first few furious days.
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We close on 11/20 but won't be moving in til late December I think. We have to make some repairs first- there's a plumbing leak, and we have to do something about the hot water heaters (they are unsafely located in living areas & need venting- we're moving the one in the main house to the attic & enclosing/venting the other.) And we'll be ripping out the carpet, and patching cracks, and painting... work work work!
So we'll be over in your area a lot... we are both very excited about living closer to you two!
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#2 even i can see a HUGE difference in your facial structure and even neck and shoulders from the weight loss just from the icons and photos i ahve seen of you posted on here before in the past.. it makes me very happy to see someone else i think highly of heading in the direction of at least a partial recovery from their chronic illnesses..
oh and if you havent seen the post on the fibromyalgia lj comm yesterday. go to about.com and search for the terms fibromyalgia and XMRV and read the latest info that search should provide you.. tl;dr version is that CFS/FM/MS and possibly even other conditions have been tied to the presence of a retro-virus that triggers an auto-immune response that causes the nerve and receptor damage that presents itsself as our medical condition and they are looking at adapting current anti-virals used for hiv and such to help stop the progression and damage in the related disorders.
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I think we're probably a long way from a treatment, but I would sure love to see a vaccine. I think that PFC/F would be taken a lot more seriously if CFDS/FMS was regarded like Polio: a terrible disease that used to happen to people.
One thing I worry about is the use of HIV-related anti-virals: those drugs have very very serious side effects, effects that could be as bad as having CFIDS.
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My calves and ankles and feet are also more defined, and eventually I hope to see more definition in my arms and torso... I think that will take time. I am investing in a hula hoop to tighten up my abs.
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