What on earth did you have to take your husband to the ER for? I hope he is all right.

gerrbeck, hope your husband is okay.

I've never heard of a Christian karate shool. That's interesting. Is it affiliated with a church?

Oh, I keep walking and gaining weight. I've about had it!

Anne I can remember how you once mentioned that you can't do any physical work anymore. Have you ever considered working as a social companion for the elderly?
I heard good nannies get over $100 000,- /yr. in Hollywood.
I wonder if that is true. And all these rich people have parents too. I bet they would pay big bucks for them as well. Just a thought.

HAnnelore, that might be so in Hollywood, but unfortunately, in most of the states it is not a very high paying job. Most of these caregivers work for agencies and once the agency gets their share, the caregiver gets very little. It's sad, and it's going to get worse as the boomers climb the ladder of years.

Hi ladies! I am so busy during the week now with work that I don't get time to check in as often as I'd like. I haven't been able to walk all week and I'm not liking that.

About my husband, I took him to the ER for chest and abdominal pain that had been progressively getting worse over a couple of weeks, (he didn't tell me until it became severe)along with other things, nausea and a couple of other things I'd rather not mention. He thought it was all related again to the complications from when he broke his ribs, he had to have blood drained from his chest twice. Anyway, they did x-rays, MRI, CT Scan, EKG, Echocardiogram, checked gall bladder, kidneys, bloodwork, chemical stress test, etc. Did not find anything. They said the ribs were healing fine, no fluid in his chest cavity, everything seemed normal. The only bad thing was his blood pressure which of course was high. After I had a talk with the doctor, they really felt like he is suffering from stress, depression and anxiety. Since he lost his job, he has sank into a deep depression, he doesn't do much of anything, once in a while a good day, but most are spent sleeping - A LOT. Going to be a difficult road ahead. Then he had a bad reaction Thursday night to the klonidin (anti-anxiety drug) they prescribed him, it was scary!

Dotsie, about the karate school, there are a lot of christian karate schools around, it's a wonderful ministry. We are part of a tournament circuit called Black Belts for Christ, if you get a chance, check out their site, Blackbeltsforchrist.com. Not only do we have competitions, but usually there is a demo team that does an incredible and very inspirational performance their Sensei choreographed to tell the story of how she came to know Christ and how we have to fight off demons and temptations every day. The first time I saw it, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

On another note, back to walking, you mentioned all the walking and not losing any weight, I know exactly what you mean. I don't know if it's a mid life thing, but I was eating better, walking and at the karate school, I am on my feet most of the time, always on the move, it's like I'm stuck at this weight and it aggravates me.