NikkiB #21

[NikB]

Hey ST - I'll keep replying here til this one locks up, then I saw you found my post in MLC (thanks!!).

The one I tried was called "PB-8" - supposed to be a pretty good one, but they all seem to out-do each other in the "better supplement" category so it's hard to say. Agreed, the best is definitely through nutrition. I can drink the pure cranberry if I water it WAY down, just can't get a whole quart in per day. I have been drinking as much of it as I can, though. Yeah, the yogurt's definitely good too. I never really bought into the super-low-fat diet thing much. I always felt really crummy if I tried to do that, so I went with what felt better - which was almost no sugar, low refined carb, don't worry about the fat. Funny thing is my doc always talks about how my cholesterol is amazing... they'd be shocked if they saw my diet since I eat eggs, butter, etc. It's not ALL I eat, by any means, but I worry more about making sure I get enough veggies and protein.

Yeah, I agree docs probably wouldn't diagnose somoene w/Candida. I actually got that possibility from a low-carb site I was on a long time ago. If you have an actual yeast infection I think they will, but not with a general 'intestinal' type.

Good point about the more direct questions on the ML... need to work on that. I do think I need to cut it (the ML) out for now. Don't really WANT to but it seems like a very bad idea.. I dunno. Maybe even be really flirty and express that I want to but, not under the circumstances. I need to think on it more, but being paranoid the last few days that this whole infection might be STD related has really freaked me out.

Agreed it's funny how he talks about the latest EA. I think it's something like "Don't worry about her, I want out regardless of whether she's in the picture or not" - but hard to say. Yep, not going to find the magical happy pill from someone else.. took me awhile to realize it, and I think it may take him longer.

Tonight was pretty fun - was so glad we got a lot of trick-or-treaters. I always loved giving out candy, even more than going out trick-or-treating when I was a kid, so I was really hoping. We get 2-3 kids one year and 50 the next so it's always kind of a guessing game. We got around 30 this year. Yay!! Two of them said my pumpkin was the "coolest one" they'd ever seen, and one asked me if it was fake/store-bought... that was kinda funny. It wasn't THAT fancy, but I guess in comparison to the neighbors it must have looked neat or something.

We didn't talk much tonight. H came home and looked ready to talk but the doorbell kept rinigng.. I was so NOT in the mood to go through it again, either, so I said "Maybe later?" H said yeah and that was about it. We were much more relaxed the rest of the night. It wasn't "Let's never talk about it," just, "let's talk about it soon but not now." Think that helped.

I did drive around a few rentals / possible purchases tonight. Didn't see any promising rentals again but found a possible place to buy that I really liked. Not as much as where we are now - not even close - but a place I could see myself living and enjoying and most of all feeling safe. If things move quickly I'll try to buy there... not planning to push things quickly, but it's nice to kind of have that place in mind.

Thanks again ST for checking in! I hope they find out this is just a run of the mill thing.. probably is, just keep thinking "don't pile on more right now!"