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#92300 - 07/22/04 11:13 AM
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BL
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I will have to check the Y to see if they offer yoga classes. I know it's supposed to be good for IBS, but will it burn calories too? I gotta get this extra fat off.
If you knew me, you would be laughing at the thought of me doing yoga. I have a hard time with anything slow and relaxing, since my mind (and body) are usually going 90 mph!!! That's why golf drives me nuts! I have to be going, going, going. (I would run from one hole to another, if I had it my way.) I have this incredible urge (and need) to race-walk or run. Too bad my feet are crappy, because I'd be running marathons. That's more my speed!
People are constantly saying to me, "Slow down! Whoa, here!" I feel like I'm gonna suffocate if I have to be still for awhile. Actually, I think I probably have ADD along with bipolar.
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I know you were kidding, but I don't have my "head screwed on wrong." Just because I have bipolar disorder doesn't mean I'm crazy.
I've had a pretty successful career, raised two boys, and I have a great marriage. I live a pretty normal life. I've never been hospitalized for it (close doesn't count.)
There are different types. I think I have the milder, gentler kind. Most people who meet me don't even realize I have the disorder. Please don't automatically think of me as some nut!
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I don't assume you are a nut at all. Sorry you misunderstood me completely. I was the one as an adult to help my Mother the most. We all just used humor alot to get thru Mothers rough times as she got older. She was a wonderful person and I loved her dearly. She would laugh with us, too. It just lightens the situation. Being bipolar is not really a laughing matter at all. I was just saying that Lithium for example helped Mother for yrs. then she had a emergency hystorectomy and after that developed scar tissue problems for the rest of her life. Numerous emergency surgeries because of scar tissue causing blockage in the intestines. They kept having to remove more and more of her intestines, then she ran into kidney problems caused by the Lithium. Then we had to test out new bipolar meds to screw her head back on.
I's just an expression , no offense intended at all....
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Hey BL,
That sounds like great news  .....a gastro & psychiatry doc......WOW. I'm sure they will have you feeling better in no time. Sorry about your hurting feet. 
Also, congrats on your son's great golf. Hope he wins today.
Take care of yourself
Barbie
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Well, my son finished SECOND in the junior golf tournament today. He was so disappointed, because it was so close! He was tied for 1st until the very end. Then he ended up in a playoff round to determine 2nd and 3rd place.
It was painful watching his lead slip away, knowing how much he wanted to win this one. I know it was hard for him seeing the winner walk away with this huge trophy while he accepted his small one.
But in the end, my husband and I were proud of him---he walked up to the tournament organizers and shook their hands and thanked them for allowing him to play. Gosh, I just wanted to hug him, sweaty body and all, but of course, a Mom can't embarrass her son, so that will have to wait until he gets home.
I love this kid! It's times like this that your heart just breaks for them.
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#92377 - 07/22/04 03:14 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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I don't believe you have no upper body strength. You told us you used to do weights. Furthermore, rowing is mostly leg work -- something most people don't realize. It's the thrust of the legs that propels the boat through the water (don't forget, you're on a sliding seat); the upper body just does the "carry through" or the "finish" of the drive.
Pilates is REAL popular. We talked about it at length here in the Living Room about 6 months ago. Do a search; you'll read everyone's raves about it. I bought the Winsor pilates videotapes, and tried tape 1. OY! I was sore for a week! It ain't easy!
Yes, a lot of gyms offer pilates classes.
Bev
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And I love it when I tell him I love him and (occasionally) he responds. He's 6 ft, 2 with the most gorgeous hazel eyes and when he looks down at me and says, "Ahhh, I luvvvv you too, MOM!", I just wanna melt! And I forget---momentarily---all the things he's done in his teenage years to drive me crazy.
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Hey BL,
I know how you feel.
I have two sons, one 6' and one 6'2". (I am 5'4") I just melt when the taller one tells me (only once in a while) how much he appreciates the things I do for him and when the other one (that doesn't live here) calls me on the phone crying thanking his dad & I for helping him out and doesn' know what he would do without us. AND.....it does make you forget all those teenage  things that we had to go through to get to this point. It's a great feeling though, isn't it?
Barbie
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#92411 - 07/22/04 06:20 PM
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BL
Reged: 06/01/03
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I didn't realize rowing was mostly leg work! Hey, I gotta check this out! I definitely need that.
I AM weak in my upper body---I can barely lift the minimum weight on the machines for the arms---and sometimes that just kills me. I guess I've always done a lot of leg work at the fitness center since the women in my family are all bottom heavy, if you know what I mean.
I will have to do a search on Pilates.
What I need is s personal trainer to come to my house. Don't think that's in my budget. Gotta pay college tuition this fall.
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