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I thought I'd spend less time on the internet with high speed, but just got it yesterday and I can't stay away.
WOW! It's like some kind of wonderful magic.
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Donna
Stay safe
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I am not a medical authority nor do I offer medical advice. In all cases, I strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you. [3MG]
Anyone who says something is foolproof hasn't met a determined fool
ONE Second, ONE Bite, ONE Breath, ONE Pill, ONE Minute, ONE Teardrop, ONE Hour, ONE Sip.. ONE DAY! I will Prevail from this disease! IC Hoping for a Cure!
Meds For IC: Lyrica-25mg Glucosamine-500 MSM-500mg, Prosed Ds -When Flaring
Other Meds: Levlite- Continious Birtcontrol, Micardis-40mg for High Blood Pressure
Meds I have Tried:
Topamax,Tofranil, Elmiron, Atarax, Cymbalta, Elavil, Enablex, Detral La, Prydium.
Lexapro< Bad reaction to this med!
Intstills, could not continue them due to some kind of reaction after 3rd instill. Tasted the lidocaine in my mouth, tongue and lips went numb then went into what seemed like a panic attack. Shaking, racing heart, tingling face/head, blood pressure shot up..
Dx With IC in Nov 2006 with Hydro/Cysto
Hydro/Cysto Caused Bladder to Rupture.
Other Dxs-Vulvodynia,Fibro, Endo, IBS, HPV, Migraines, Spastic Colon, Mild Dysplasia.
ICN Volunteers are not medical authorities nor do we offer medical advice. In all cases, we strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.
I know, isn't it AWESOME??? I love my high speed Internet too... the best is having a laptop and a wireless router, so I can use my computer anywhere in the house -- in bed, on the deck, in the kitchen if I need a recipe...
High speed is great!!!
**** Jen
*Diagnosed with severe IC in 2004
*Also diagnosed with PFD, fibromyalgia, chronic myofascial pain, IBS, migraines, allergies/asthma, dermatographism
*Kept trying a million different treatments for all these things until I found what works, and I am doing okay these days with the help of a cocktail of medications and the InterStim, which was first placed in 2007. [I have had 2 revisions - one in 2010 when my battery died and had to be replaced, and one complete replacement (lead and generator) in 2012 after a fall on my stairs caused my lead to move.] *Current meds include Atarax (50mg at night), Lyrica (150mg twice a day), Xanax (0.5mg at night and as needed), Zanaflex (4mg at night), hydrocodone (10/325, every 6 hours as needed), Advair, Nasonex, Singulair (10mg at night), oral contraceptives, home instills containing Elmiron and Marcaine (as often as I need to do them).
**I am not a medical authority nor do I offer definitive medical advice. I strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.
LMAO!! Isn't it fun!! It's amazing how much you can get done, I agree, it's a strange and wonderful kind of magic! Cheers!!
Hugs,
Tracey How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time...
Harry arrived 2/23/09!
*IC Volunteers are not medical authorities nor do we offer medical advice. In all cases, we strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.
Dx's:
IC dx'd Nov 2004
Lymphocytic Colitis dx'd July 2005
Possible IBS Current IC Meds
Vistaril 25mg in the evening Previous IC Meds taken:
Cystoprotek - 2 caps 2x's a day
Elmiron, 100mg 3x's a day
Ditropan, 5 mg 3x's a day Others:
Wellbutrin 150mg 2x's a day for Anxiety/IBS
Pepcid 40mg a day for GERD
Zytrec for Nasal Allergies
Align Probiotic daily for IBS
meme, I am the same way now!! LMAO!! It cracks me up - I guess I need to have dial-up for a bit to appreciate that what I think may be slow now, is so not!!
Hugs,
Tracey How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time...
Harry arrived 2/23/09!
*IC Volunteers are not medical authorities nor do we offer medical advice. In all cases, we strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.
Dx's:
IC dx'd Nov 2004
Lymphocytic Colitis dx'd July 2005
Possible IBS Current IC Meds
Vistaril 25mg in the evening Previous IC Meds taken:
Cystoprotek - 2 caps 2x's a day
Elmiron, 100mg 3x's a day
Ditropan, 5 mg 3x's a day Others:
Wellbutrin 150mg 2x's a day for Anxiety/IBS
Pepcid 40mg a day for GERD
Zytrec for Nasal Allergies
Align Probiotic daily for IBS
i dont know how to start a new post so i ll just add them here if thats ok.... these are i.c. friendly and low in carbs.
crispy zucchinni
] 5 small zucchinni 2 eggs or equal egg substitute
2 cups veg oil
1/4th cup of romano cheese
2 cups herb flavored stuffing mix(or make your own with any i.c. friendly bread (how to in below)
wash zucchinni ,pat dry.l cut off ends,then cut in 1/2 and then in 3rds so you have 3 long strips.
put your stuffing in a blender, osterizer and pulse to form crumbs
dip zucchinni in egg then crumbs and fry ..turning them till they are golden brown
sprinkle with cheese or drizzle carb solutions jar cheese over top.
i serve them with a toss salad
but they would be good with just about any dish
low carb croutons.
you can use any bread to do this but i try to stay low carb
i use sara lee white and wheat bread
i remove the crust and cut them into squares stacking 4-5 pieces and slice
place them in a large bowl
add olive oil or veg oil just enought to coat the bread lightly. dont saturate.
sprinkle in parmesian if you can handle that
or dried parsly,a little garlic powder,
you can try any combination of seasoning you like
apread the bread cubes on a cookie sheet and place in 350 oven for about 10 minutes . keep checking they brown fast.
i bag them up and freeze them.
good on salad , soups, just for a snack, perfect for making your own bread crumbs.to add to meatloaf or bread fish or chicken
just remember if your watching carbs a slice has 7 carbs so measure it in acup when you cube them to see what one slice equalsso you dont go over board. dezcha
campbells makes the healthy requests soups ..like chicken noodle and mushroom, you know mushroom is good over chicken and rice etc well the healthy request has no citric acid, also progresso soups that are 50%less salt have no citric acid. like the chicken noodle and theres no msg valley fresh 40%less sodium chicken broth is msg free and no citric acid.i forget who said they would have to eat green beans for the rest of their life,, relaxx, go have some soup with nice homemade croutons
with the croutons you can make a nice stuffing for thansgiving and have broth for your mashed potatoes, !!!more recipes coming..dezcha
IC Volunteers are not medical authorities nor do we offer medical advice. In all cases, we strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.
Dezcha...Go to the Forum page where all the titles of the different boards are...click on one of the titles on the left inside the blue box...click on the place where it says start new thread or something like that. You will then be able to begin a new thread. Be sure you title it or it will spit back to you telling you to do that. I am not a Geek so I hope this makes sense.
Sharon
Shopping??? Did someone mention shopping? I'll get my hat... ;-)
IC Volunteers are not medical authorities nor do we offer medical advice. In all cases, we strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.
this is a easy recipe and low carb even with the potatoes if you have a slice along with another breakfast food .ummmmmmmmm like the quiche recipe.!
3 cups frozen shredded potatoes
1/3 cup margarine
1 cup (4oz) shredded cheese (your choice) i use cheddar
1/4 cupfinely chopped bell pepper
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 of pepper
i add 1/2 cup bacon bits but yiu can add 1 cup cooked sausage , real bacon, cooked and broken in small pieces, or chopped ham
thaw frozen hash browns and press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9'pieplate drizzle with butter
bake at 425 for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. ( this is when i chop the peppers or you can cube up your meat )cool for 10 minutes.
mix your meat, cheese and pepper together and spoon into the potatoe crust combine egg and the next 3 ingredients and pour on top of the
pie bake at 350 for 30 minutes. let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
this can be made the night before and just reheat in the microwave
or prepare it the night befire but dont add the egg mixture . refrigerate and add the egg ingredient in the morn for a fresh bake
a few weeks ago we went to A CABIN in the snow for my grandkids to go snow boarding. i made this and the quiche.this was breakfast for everyone and it kept and served up well . not freezeable
dezcha
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