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An ER doc I work with tells his kids the alternate term for "anus" is a medical term. Oh, the conversations at school LMAO!
 
Only took me twice Dexky :) Are you guys getting ready for baseball season? Jack has assessments on Saturday - moving up to the big field this year.
 
We are avoiding baseball
Last year they kept putting DS in as catcher . ( aka target practice since he can't catch)
The kid brushes easily from the Mtx or 6-mp
So lots of bruises .
Sticking to swimming
 
Jack's favorite position is catcher, he was the only kid who would do it back in his pitching machine days and it has kinda stuck although he didn't get to play catcher last year now he is at the point where they like to use the big kids. We never did get into the whole swimming thing. I've asked a couple of times but they never seemed that excited. Jack has been all about baseball since he was 4 years old.
 
Being bad parents we didn't give them a choice about swimming. They started lessons at the y at age 3 and did 6-8 week sessions every winter and summer .
So by age 6 they wanted to compete to get ribbons ;)
We just love the flexible schedule. Practice is 5 nights a week but you can pick which nights you want to go as well as which meets you sign up for . Perfect for crohn's -
Gi uses DS meet times to track his disease since we have times for the past three years.
It works for us .
 
I'm so glad Stephen's competitive hockey is over!!!!! There was many, many a time I wished he'd gotten involved in another sport like swimming, baseball, tennis!

I was truly worried sick at every game due to the hitting! Over the last few days, the news has been carrying a story about a 16 year old boy who was hit from behind and broke his neck! Luckily, he will recover but will never be able to play contact sports again. And it was a 'dirty' or illegal hit (at least if it were an accident, it might be a bit easier to accept)... the boy who hit him may be given a lifetime ban (at least in the youth leagues, until 18) but, even if not banned, his coach has said he's no longer welcome on the team (this obviously wasn't the first time the kid played this way). But, we had lots of this when Stephen played! :eek: There were games (specific teams) where I literally felt like Stephen was going off to do battle. It literally made me sick to watch but I was too worried to not attend! :yfaint: One less worry... whew!
 
My son is going to try lacrosse for the first time this year. He wanted to do it last year but he was too sick. I am a bit concerned because it is a bit rough. We'll see how it goes I guess.
 
My younger son plays lacrosse he played last year for the first time. He absolutely loved it and I was lost for the first few games trying to figure out rules and what was going on. I was worried about the roughness as well but they are pretty good about when you can check and how you can check and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and they are only supposed to hit the other stick with their stick not each other.
Lots of running though. He is playing again this year. He spent most of his time last year practicing how to cradle the ball. At that age it's a lot of dropped balls and scooping them up, not a whole lot of time to be rough
 
I don't think EJ'll ever play organized ball again. He aged out of little leagues and the poor boy is not the most physically gifted:). His athleticism clearly comes from his mother's side. He's ok with it anyway. Gonna stick with piano and guitar!
 
Dexky said:
I don't think EJ'll ever play organized ball again. He aged out of little leagues and the poor boy is not the most physically gifted:). His athleticism clearly comes from his mother's side. He's ok with it anyway. Gonna stick with piano and guitar!
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I am thinking basketball and soccer for our little guy.
 
Liam is football (soccer) mad which is good because unlike big brother he's not built for basketball.

In football stature isn't so important Lionel Messi is only 5ft 7" Maradona was 5ft 5". Liam loves that Messi is short, it makes him feel so much better about his height. Speed, agility, skill and ball awareness matters a lot more than being big.
 
Maree. said:
Liam is football (soccer) mad which is good because unlike big brother he's not built for basketball.

In football stature isn't so important Lionel Messi is only 5ft 7" Maradona was 5ft 5". Liam loves that Messi is short, it makes him feel so much better about his height. Speed, agility, skill and ball awareness matters a lot more than being big.
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Who??:)
 
Lacrosse seems to have caught on here in teh past few years. "Enrollments" in soccer are up, those in hockey are down
 
Dexky said:
Who??:)
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Lionel Messi is 25 years old player with FC Barcelona & Argentina, has won more awards than any other player ever (Has won the world best player award for the last 4 years). He is the hero of all small boys who love football.

Messi was Argentina's best U12 but he was tiny, nicknamed the flea. Medical tests showed he was only going to reach 4"9'.

FC Barcelona in Spain signed him at 13 and paid for medicaal treatment. Following which he reached his adult size of 5"7' and 148 pounds however there is no controversy about the drugs used to get him to grow as it was done for medical reasons and he's still fairly small.
 
Oh I'm sure Matt knows! I bet when he starts talking soccer, you just hear "Waltzin' Matilda" and nod and smile a lot!!
 
I don't think my dad had watched a soccer game in his life until we visited last northern summer. Liam had him up at 2 am to watch European Cup replays! My experiences is boys small & bigger can be very good at getting family members enthused about the things they are passionate about.
 
Here's some "nothing" for ya'll...
It's after noon here. I'm still happily in my p.j's.
Feet up, slippers on keeping my toes warm, and laptop in lap.
I haven't had a weekend day like this in so long, I forgot what it feels like ! LOL.

I should be out preparing for Gab's 20th birthday dinner tomorrow.
However, she won't tell me what she wants us to cook, so she may not be getting anything! :D
 
actually, she sarcastically informed me of what a great birthday it will be while she sleeps the day away ! :voodoo:
 
Enjoy the lazy day Crohn's mom I think we all need those. And Happy Brithday to Gabs tomorrow. Wow 20 she is ofically out of the "teen" years reason enough to relax
 
This beautiful young woman, who happens to be my daughter, will be 20 tomorrow !! Wow !
Happy Birthday to my "baby girl"!
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Happy Birthday to Gab! :):):):):):)

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Are you feeling old Mummy? :lol:

Oh man T, she is smashing and no mistake! :kiss:

And best of all I have already posted on fb cause we are just so ahead of you lot!

Dusty. :heart:
 
:bdayparty: Happy Belated Birthday!!!! :banana:

Wow, what a beautiful girl you have!!!!
 
Didn't want to whine on the same post as I wished Gabby Happy Birthday! :lol:


Not a big problem, just really confused...

WTH is going on with my iron?!?!? Had a blood test yesterday, and my GP's new assistant (NP?) just called and said my doctor is seriously worried about my iron levels and wants to know what the gynecologist is going to do about the fibroids because the heavy bleeding needs to be stopped immediately!! I didn't know what to say:eek:... I thought she was calling to say that my iron levels were SO MUCH BETTER!! I told her I'd had the surgery in January (obviously GP didn't get report) and that I've had minimal, truly very little bleeding since then.

I admit, since the surgery, I have forgotten to take my supplements more often then not but, I wasn't too worried because I thought I'm no longer losing blood so... it'll all fix itself, right??:redface: A couple of days ago, I was even telling my husband how much better I feel, less tired, less moody... what a difference it makes to get iron levels back up, etc. Now, I find out they're not any better! :ybatty: (Unfortunately, NP didn't have my actual levels in hand, she's going to call back.)

I'm so confused???
 
Tesscorn

First thing get your hemoglobin level has it gone up?

Are the iron level actually worse?

If the hemoglobin level is up there isn't as much to worry about as the body has been using the iron to make hemoglobin.

Also if your not taking the iron supplements it not as much a concern either.

Just starting taking the supplements again and retest is 2-3 months.

If your hemoglobin is down that another story, and is cause for concern.
 
Tesscorm
I had the same surgery but different reasons.
I think Catherine is right on the ball.

Have to go... I asked Grace to sit on the couch and she thinks the world is going to end.:ybatty: Oh, how I love the mood swings of pred.:ybatty:
 
Thanks Catharine :) Your explanation makes sense. I was also thinking that perhaps, there hasn't been enough time to rebuild iron (both stores and/or HGB?) since surgery and, as GP didn't know I'd had surgery, may just have been expressing concern at yesterday's low level while assuming that nothing was being done to fix the problem???

NP didn't call back with the numbers, assuming she was waiting to speak to the doctor.... If she doesn't call back by noon tomorrow, I will call.


Thanks FW... you made me smile! Sometimes miss having little ones around! :)
 
Tesscorm, as I read your OP about the iron I was thinking the same as you, maybe it just hasn't been long enough for the stores to build up. I hope they call with all the info tomorrow and don't leave you wondering for a couple of days!! Hugs!!!
 
Ummm Tess ~ you sound like my college kid ! :lol:
Take your supplements and wait for your blood results (and doctors!) to tell you that they're no longer necessary !! :D

Hope it's just a miscommunication between docs tho ! :)
 
:lol: Tracy, I was thinking the same thing... :redface: I'm constantly on top of both my kids to take their vitamins, etc. and then there's me... :ytongue:
 
Well I guess we will be clothes shopping this weekend and not for myself. Jack can't button any of his pants. These are the ones I had to have altered so they would fit him around the waist.
 
Awesome. Great problem to have! Better get some long ones cuz I'm praying he's gonna start shooting up soon too!
 
So we finally enrolled O in the Remistart program. We get a lot of correspondance from the Remicade people and EVERY time they send us a letter, approval, the card etc they also include their ginormous Medication guide with all that mice type and the listings of all the things that can go wrong and probability and such.

How come they take every opportunity they have to send you this thing? Is it required by law? If I wasn't a little skiddish before I certainly could become so now...it is almost like they are CYA'ing or something. And now that I think of it, when O first started infusions, I got all this same stuff in the office, then by mail from Remicade and then by e-mail.
 
Have to admit, I usually LOVE dealing with people/organizations who are efficient, offer lots of info, available to answer questions, etc., etc. but I have also found the remicade experiences just a little scary!!! GI put me in contact with a nurse from BioAdvance who has been super nice and helpful, dealt with insurance, etc., then the people from the infusion centre have been really nice, calling to schedule, offering info, etc., then the pharmacist called to offer information, give me their hours, run through all Stephen's other meds and supplements, said if I have questions to call them and they can reach the GI when necessary, etc., etc....

Hard to explain what makes me nervous about it but it's like they're all SO nice and helpful that there must be some reason for it?!?!? and, yes, I know I sound a bit stupid and paranoid! :lol: (maybe I'm just not used to such efficiency from our medical system :facepalm:)
 
Grrrr...H has been SO good about taking his iron supplement...and now he is back to fighting it again! Can't bribe him with dollars or BBQ chips. *sigh* I will lay off him for a couple of days and hope that he resumes compliance.
 
Tesscorm: feels a little cult like huh?

Henrietta: BBQ chips?! I would do ANYTHING for BBQ chips. ugh...maybe time to up or change the anty.
 
Crohnsinct - YES!! :lol: I think that is what it feels like! It may be because I never wanted into this 'club' but I'm there and now everyone's trying too hard to convince me how great it is to be there! :eek:

Since I am 'there', I'm certainly grateful that it's all so efficient and easy but just can't help that I'm not getting the 'warm and fuzzies'! :lol: (...Perhaps my hubby would just say 'Oh, she's never satisfied!' :rof:)
 
LMAO! Come off it. I am in that club and you know you practically begged your GI to let you in so you could be just like me:ylol:

Bet if they served you wine at infusions you wouldn't bat an eyelash.
 
A little bit of wine, a couple of Marines at the door, a little footrub... hmmm... I could be convinced! :kiss:
 
Haha! CIC just because you bring the bottle in your purse to the infusions doesn't mean they are serving wine!!:lol2:

I'm in that club, and get this I just let them give C an infusion at 3.5 weeks last month...I had valium for that though!:eek:

Joining sucks but the membership does have the benefit of all the other wonderful remicade Moms that will vent, cry and drink right along with me.:ghug:

Oh and I just made a new email address and let the hubby pick up the mail when all the Remistart precaution/reminder thingies started coming:eek:
 
We are terrible at picking up the mail! Thank God I never see the mailman, he must curse at us every time he tries to jam in MORE mail in our already overstuffed box!! :lol: so, I haven't seen all this literature you're talking about... hmmm, will make sure hubby picks that up... no worries that he will read it! :ybatty:
 
Thankfully- gi never gave us any of the pamphlets or booklets on remicade- maybe because I asked too many questions-He just briefly went over them .
They did give a minor 3 paged typed thing when Ds had his first infusion but nothing since.
Other than discharge instructions.

So the key is to keep giving the GI copies of research papers then they assume you know all the risks SO...you don't have to be reminded every single time with the big book of papers.

I want so BBQ chips but add doughnuts and chocolate -
I am going to need it
I am taking DS on Monday to get his infusion on Monday and purposely giving him
steroids in the docs words so if he does have a reaction it should be so bad.

The only thing keeping me calm is I have two epi pens strapped to him at all times
-and I have used them before .
 
Mmm, what are bbq chips? Sounds good, along with the chocolate and wine.
Just to give you guys a laugh - I have managed to pull a muscle in my back - while drying my hair :ybatty:
Have to say my husband has been very sympathetic - after he almost fell over laughing! :yrolleyes: So unfortunately no wine for me while on the muscle relaxants from the docs or it will be me falling over :ylol:
 
Bahaha! Sorry but that's hilarious! Hoping your back is feeling better soon and you can get back to self medicating with wine. BBQ chips are potato chips with BBQ flavor. Potato chips take up entire grocery aisles here...we have all kinds...it's pretty ridiculous!
 
Sascot - :lol: Sorry but had to laugh! I hope it feels better soon! (You may want to consider a brush cut going forward??? :rof:)
 
MLP - Good luck on Monday!!!!! :ghug: :ghug:

I hope ALL goes smoothly. Some chips and box of chocolate Timbits in hand won't hurt anyone! ;)

(In case you don't know, Timbits are the 'holes' of doughnuts! :lol: So, little bite size doughnuts!!:banana:)
 
Sascot! How much hair do you have and how thick is it?! See, you should have short thin bunny rabbit hair like me! No hair dryer necessary. Hope you feel better soon. Shall I send some cute medics your way?

Ang: whole aisle...ain't that the truth! And now there is that big contest from one of the manufacturers for a new flavor...I think there are 4 or 5 in the running. They are making them in limited production the one that sells the most wins. Can you believe th obesession...I avoid that aisle like the plague...you know what they say...can't have just one (bag that is!)
 
Oh no Sascot! :eek2: I hope the injury heals soon!

BUT! As the saying goes...there is always someone worse off...don't know if you have seen this before but it is hilarious, just don't pull a muscle!...

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:ylol: :rof: Dusty, my poor back hurt with all that laughing! A bit better today - hopefully back to normal wine consumption within a few days :lol2:
 
Have had a bit of an accident prone few days too Sascot!! Burnt my hand and had my hair pulled badly at work, now can't move my neck!!! Ooops, love BBQ chips though! :ylol:
 

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I opened the oven at work and it was just the steam!! This is a picture 24 hours after at minor injuries, they cut the blisters off! Now redressed and have to leave it for 4 days before getting it redressed. Doesn't hurt now, but hurt loads at the time!
 
Wow - that is some burn!! I am just impressed you managed to get the photo on there, never mind how big it is - still can't manage that myself :lol2:. Pity you don't live nearby - I could have fixed your sore neck! Too hard to massage my own back though :ylol:
 
OMG that burn looks awful...feel better soon!!

And Dusty LMFAO at still looking at his thumb...I have seen that before but laugh hysterically every time!!
 
Niks! How did you do that?! Horrible! How did you get your hair pulled? You are not having a good week! Yikes!

Dusty! That was a real LOL! When I saw the picture of a thumb, at first I was wondering if it had to do with your post! LOL
 
Lol Carol, just having one of those weeks!

I work with Severely Autistic young people in a Residential College. They have complex learning difficulties and can be severely challenging. Having said that I love it and wouldn't work anywhere else! They are amazing :ybiggrin:
 
Ouch Niks!
but I love that you love your job ! It takes a special kind of person to do what you do :hug:

Dusty..oh Dusty....LMAO !!
 
Sascot and Niks...ouch! :eek2:

Niks, better go for a tight bun! They can't get ahold of that. I had my hair pulled once at the teen unit of the psychiatric hospital. I was taking a class at the University and had to work there. Guy pulled my hair every week!

:ylol::ylol: Good one Dusty!!
 
Ahhh, our guys will get you however you wear your hair.. Some people wear head protection, but it just makes some of them more determined!

If they can't get your hair they'll bite, punch, kick etc... :ybatty:
 
Just realise I was kidding myself, thinking I could understand my middle daughter math homework. She said she studying circles and starting telling pi =180 degrees, pi / 2 =90 degrees and from there it just more confusing.
 
I don't know what ^^^that means Catherine but I learned more from helping my kids with their homework than I did in 18 years of school! But math is a different story…in many instances, I can show them how I learned to solve problems but they have learned new methods so my old ways just don't cut it!
 
There are 3 types of math in year 11 & 12., general/further, methods, & specialist.

Sarah is doing further which I can kind of understand which is purposely the easy math.

Rachel doesnot do that well at that math but she is doing methods and specialist. This maths is well pass my understanding of math.
 
I don't remember learning radians at school. They're pretty straight forward and I'm sure you'd grasp the idea pretty quickly if you looked it up but I don't think it was something we we're taught.

I've noticed there is a much bigger emphasis on geometry in the maths the boys are learning than there was when we we're at school.
 
Right, maybe I could get that, but then you add cos & sin which I didn't understand the first time around.
 
khanacademy.org It is my math life saver. Videos, step by step on tons of math and it is the "new" way they are taught Dexky. We also like algebrahelp.com
 
At some point either during high school or university there are going to be some things they are stronger at than we are. If she's comfortable doing her homework without help and is getting good grades I wouldn't worry about not understanding the work.

If she needs help, it might be time to consider tutoring.
 
She has applied to be accepted into the tutoring program at school, the tutors are Monash uni students.

Specialist math she averaging 70%, managed to get almost 100% for one unit and bearly pass the other.

We has school interviews last night managed to complete 17 interviews in just under 2 hours.
 
The tutoring program sounds excellent. Hopefully she'll be accepted for that.
Be good to pull up her scores in those other couple of topics.

It's always a good sign when you get through interviews quickly, our interviews can be exercises in public shame, they are held in the halls with rows of teachers at desk, so there is no such thing as privacy.

I had a long wait to speak to Owen's history teacher because the school Superintendant (overall principle for both junior and senior school) was ahead of me in the queue and getting a serious blasting about his sons effort levels.
 
Our interviews were held in the classrooms but you know it's not going to be good when the teacher says 'oh, you're Emily's mom?!?' :yfaint:

I'm sure you've all found this but, very often, a teacher's style can make all the difference. The teacher (grade 9 history) above told me that Emily was constantly on her 'wall of shame' :eek: (lo and behold, Em's name was on the board! :lol:) because she was always asking questions and taking teacher off track of her lesson plan, didn't allow the teacher to finish the lesson before she'd start putting up her hand, would give her opinion on something being taught, etc. (Emily is not shy! :lol:), yet, during the same interviews, I met with her science and english teachers and they said 'great kid, always participates in the class discussions, encourages class discussions by offering opinions, science teacher said she'd gauge the class understanding of material by how often Emily was asking questions...

First time I realized how the exact same characteristics/actions could be viewed so differently - positive by some teachers and negative by others. Needless to say, Em did not like that history class, nor the teacher and didn't do well in her marks!
 
Tesscorm, we were in a similar situation when C was younger. Apparently, C had a hundred questions about each lesson and the teacher was confused because she could tell by his questions he understood the material so she thought he was doing it to make trouble and gave him a set number of pennies, he could ask 1 question per penny and when he was out of pennies, questions had to end. But all of his other teachers enjoyed C and said his ability to discuss class topics and ask insightful questions about what they were reading was great.
 
That's funny about the pennies! That so would've stressed Emily to know she had a limit (she probably would've been asking me for pennies before school)! :lol:

I thought it was great that Emily wasn't afraid to ask questions BUT, to be fair to that teacher, I did tell Em that classes didn't revolve around HER questions and sometimes, she did have to let the teacher finish before waving her arm, jumping up and down in her seat and crying 'I don't get it!' :eek:

Funnily enough, once Emily was out of that teacher's class, that teacher actually loved Emily and was a great supporter of her in some extra-curricular projects/activities! (I guess as long as SHE didn't actually have to deal with Em! :lol:)
 
I think sometimes that how willing teachers are to discuss and debate there subject with students and respond to questions gives a lot of insight into:
1. How well they know and understand the topics they are teaching (above & beyond what's in the text book.
2. Whether or not they are passionate about the material that they teach.
For the teacher who loves his or her subject and knows it well questioning kids can be an absolute delight to teach for those who don't I think they can be incredibly hard work.
 
That's what I thought too Maree. This particular teacher of Em's was older and my impression was that, although she seemed to love history, she was very set in her ways and had a rigid lesson plan for each day. Em asking questions and, perhaps, taking the discussion in a different direction flustered or frustrated the teacher; maybe resulting in her having to change up the next lesson.
 
Yes, Maree. I agree with you!! My daughter had a math teacher that was absolutely awesome. And til this day, my daughter who is a junior in college will call this math teacher if she runs into a problem or concept that bogs her down. She says noone can explain it like this teacher.
 
izzi'smom said:
They *do* exist!
I took the kids to Ontario this week and almost fell over laughing when I saw this!!
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We went to Ottawa for an Ice Hockey Tournament years ago when my boys were young and played.

Beaver Tails are AMAZING!!! Lol, we did laugh though :lol2:
 
Niks, were you at the Bell Capital tournament? My son was in that years ago... it's a huge international hockey tournament held in Ottawa. There were teams there from UK, China, Russia, Finland, etc. that's why I'm thinking maybe it was the same tournament.

mmm, craving beaver tails now! I have a recipe for beaver tails using pizza dough, I'll see if I can find it and will post it.
 
Tesscorm said:
Niks, were you at the Bell Capital tournament? My son was in that years ago... it's a huge international hockey tournament held in Ottawa. There were teams there from UK, China, Russia, Finland, etc. that's why I'm thinking maybe it was the same tournament.

mmm, craving beaver tails now! I have a recipe for beaver tails using pizza dough, I'll see if I can find it and will post it.
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Ryan is nearly 22 now! We went there when he was 7! We played lots of little rink games, it was an amazing place and the Canadian people who hosted all the games were incredible! We all had so much fun :lol2: Jaime was only 4.

Our guys went and met the Ottawa Senetors, they were allowed to go in the locker room. We saw a NHL game too, I know Colorado Avalanche played with Patrick Roy between the pipes! Ryan's FAVOURITE netminder, he was beside himself :D.. Good times xx

I remember all of us skating the canal, which is where we found the Beavertails!!! Such an awesome experience xx
 

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