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So I went through "Pool School" and I've been told i need algeacide, clearifier, muriatic acid, the chlorine tabs and of course jugs of chlorine.
The cheapest I've found for chlorine tabs is Sams... 40 lbs for $82 and we'll be buying the jugs of chlorine from Pinch a Penny.
What about the other stuff? Is Amazon or some other place cheaper?
And, I've been putting in the chlorine as scheduled and I have been keeping up with my tablets. But I ran out of the algaecide the pool school guy left me. So I have a blue pool with gray looking algea in parts on the bottom. My brother says I need to brush the pool and then put in a clearifier (to clump up the algae so it will scoot into the filter?) then once I do that, I keep up w/ my chlorine and algeacide on time, scoop out debris and it'll stay nice looking. Does that sound right? I do plan to go back to pinch a penny to ask questions but I have 2 teens in various parts of Alg 1, Shakespeare and British Poetry so that will be a while ...it took me 2 hours to piece together this post. ha!
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Rachael Ray has one that is nice. The protein is salmon.
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I hope you are able to get some answers soon. :grouphug:
Thank you :)
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I had it suggested to me several times that perhaps it was my iron levels causing fatigue but I couldn't believe that as I had always had great levels before and ate tons of iron containing foods BUT it was, it doesn't matter what you eat if your body doesn't absorb it and it is a vicious cycle with iron levels and thyroid. I finally went on supplements and have had to continue them off and on to keep my levels good. I'll be thrilled to be back in shape to absorb everything but until then I need it.
That;s a good point about absorption...........
And given the amount of stress I"ve been under since around June, I can probably attribute that to poor absorption to some extent.
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I did. Every single day around the time I crashed from bone-crushing fatigue my temperature would go up to 99.5ish, but never over 100. I brought in a spreadsheet documenting all of my low grade fevers, and the endocrinologist said it didn't matter a whit because body temperature fluctuates throughout the day. Funny - mine never does now.
Was this because of Peri?
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Have you lost any weight in the last few months without dieting? Do you have any low-grade fever, especially in the afternoon?
I have lost ten pounds in the last 6 weeks which I attributed to the anxiety. When it starts, my appetite shuts off. Low grade fever...I'm not sure about but overall afternoons are when I'm mostly symptomatic I've noticed. If its going to be a bad afternoon, it starts around 3 or so. I have felt an overall warmness a time or two in the afternoon.
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I was going to say it sounds a lot like possible thyroid issues to me and I would be surprised if a random ER dr. did the full panel and even if they did they may or may not be basing diagnosis on up to date info. Of course hormones do effect people differently and it could be hormone issues as well or maybe even both, just because some people don't have issues don't mean you won't. I also think there is some unfortunate bias against hormonal issues, like they aren't real. Coincidentally I was just reading about PMDD(pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder) and the info was that the actual hormones levels weren't different but how it effected different women was wildly different. Stress of course effects everything, unfortunately, I know it triggers for me as well.
I did put a call into the Dr to see exactly what thyroid tests she had done. I also doubted that an ER doc ran a full panel. But I do have a follow up visit scheduled with her and am going to ask for a full panel at that time.
A lot of those sound like Vitamin B12 deficency symptoms. Did the doctor check B12 levels? Iron levels? Folate levels?
I would get copies of your test results also. I had doctors tell me I was fine, but my results had 5 items that were flagged as out of range. I'm not sure how the doctor could still say I was fine, but they did. :(
No, I don't think those deficiencies were tested for but I'm definitely going to ask for them to be.
I had the same exact symptoms a few years ago and thought it was thyroid related, but PcP did a panel and it came back normal. I thought one item was borderline based on my research, and insisted on seeing an endocrinologist who did a couple more tests and said I was fine. I tried to increase my iodine for a while, took a complete multivitamin with full Bs, and started to feel better. My symptoms went away over about a year, and I was finally able to go off anxiety meds. It's probably been 4-5 years that I've been asymptomatic. I still think it was thyroid related. I believe normal lab values are averages based on most people, but that doesn't mean they are within normal limits for every individual, kind of like body temperature or circadian cycles.
I have ALWAYS said that about lab work and 'normal' ranges. I've never really believed my hormones have been...normal. The question is... how do we know? How do I get help if the doc says I'm 'normal'?
Also, given our diet here, I"m wondering how I could be deficient in some of those things. I take chlorella (tons of iodine) and we eat so many things that have the spectrum of B-Vit in them. I guess it could still happen...
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If what she tested was just TSH then yes. A full thyroid panel should be done.
(Sorry for missing in your first post that you'd already been tested -- I'm blaming it on an interruption whilst I was reading your post. ;))
Lol..
She didn't specify what type of thyroid testing so I think I will call and find s that out, thanks.
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My dad made me one. I texted him and he said he followed a YouTube video.
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I'd go in for some blood work. FWIW, many of the symptoms you describe are ones that I had. I kept blaming it all on peri-menopause (I'm 52). I told myself all women have to deal with it and I just needed to suck it up. But at my yearly check-up in June I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Once I'd been on medication for a few months almost all of my symptoms were gone and I was feeling like the clock had been rolled back ten years. These are the things you list that I also had:
Anxiety
Hot flashes (especially at night)
Brain fog
Muscle aches
Needing at least one nap to make it through the day
Dizziness/vertigo
Fatigue
All completely gone since my thyroid medication kicked in.
I'm not saying that's your problem. What I am saying is to not assume symptoms are "just" peri-menopause simply because of your age.
That all makes sense, but one of the tests my doctor ordered was a 'thyroid test' (blood) and she said it came out fine. Do you mean further thyroid testing?
FWIW: I've had 18 different tests since Saturday. Most have come back and I was told they were ok. I'm waiting on the results of 6 of them and have 2 heart tests scheduled for the end of the month (echo cardiogram and an event monitor). I have definitely not assumed this is peri but have asked for any and all tests available to me to rule anything out I can. So far, because of the tests (so far) coming out good, it;s a process of elimination, I suppose.
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I know that's pretty specific, but that's the one that keeps coming to the top of my list for being able to use on hardwood and carpets, lightweight so I can carry it upstairs, Hepa filters, being able to rotate somewhat and affordable. If you have it, just wondering how you like it?
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A few weeks back I posted that I was prescribed Klonopin for a sudden onset of extreme anxiety. I thought it was isolated until about 2 wks later, as I got ready for bed one night, I had very strong heart palpitations and I was having hot flushes going up and down my body very quickly. My heart was palpating so hard that I feared I'd have a stroke. At the TIME I thought it was another weird anxiety thing, did deep breathing, thought good things...etc. It ended an hour later and I drifted to sleep. The next day I googled 'heart palpitations and hot flushes' and got tons of hits menopause and thought............huh. Weird. I had no other symptoms except may the anxiety. Hard to tell at that point because I was (and still am) in an extended chronic high-stress situation.
Two days later I started having a ton of other fluctuating symptoms but the kicker was that one night I woke up so completely covered in sweat that it was trickling off of my forehead and arms. I got up and there was a complete body imprint in my sheets. :crying:
As I've started to do more reading, I do think this is peri menopause. But the reason I am writing this post is this: if you have gone through either peri or full menopause, can we talk about some of the 'strange' symptoms? I'm having many more symptoms than below, including some insomnia, but I'm just hoping to get a discussion going on the ones that seem more strange and worrisome.
These are the symptoms I'm having that seem very strange to me although Dr. Google agrees that it is symptomatic of peri:
-extreme brain fog sometimes accompanied by a tingling sensation in parts of my scalp and side of my face
-feeling fine during the day, then somewhere between 3pm and 6pm some days, I just start to feel BAD. My head swims, my muscles start to ache, sometimes just twinges, sometimes constant. I feel like I've completely lost my sense of well-being and something is drastically wrong with me. This LEADS to some anxiety but up until such an episode starts, I feel no anxiety at all. I guess I"m just saying, all this is not being BROUGHT ON but anxiety.
-episodes of dizziness that would prevent me from things like driving
-a strong feeling that I need to just lay down and can't finish whatever I was doing
-fatigue that rivals first trimester pregnancy
-complete loss of appetite but only during an episode.
-sometimes exercise BRINGS ON an episode
And the most worrisome of all, shortness of breath. I just had 9 days of shortness of breath that scared me enough to go to the emergency room on Saturday. That started a long round of testing there as well as a follow up visit to my doctor this week where more tests were ordered. They have done 4 tests for my heart (came out fine) and I have 2 more coming up this month. They've tested my kidney and thyroid function, tested for blood clots, took several chest xrays, tested Vit D levels, cholesterol, diabetes, adrenals ...all are fine. I'm scheduled for several more things throughout December just to rule anything else out. They will do a hormone test but the only one they do (military) is one to confirm you are menopausal, but I'm still having periods so I'm not sure what good that will do. Dr. suggested I visit a clinic in the area that specialize in saliva hormone testing for more accurate results and possible bio-identical hormone matching. This part is pending on my budget. And yes, now I realize the anxiety was probably my first symptom of all.
I keep talking to women who seem to be functioning quite fine through this period in their lives and I tell them......when I have (what I've been calling..and I'm guessing) a hormonal episode, I cannot function properly. It is having a MUCH bigger effect on me or something. And it was out of the blue and sudden. One day I felt good, the next, I was in a 5 day anxiety attack, having hot flashes, sweats, tingling, fog and low breathing. Yesterday and today are the first two days in SEVEN WEEKS that I've felt half-way ok and functioning fully. I'm nearing the end of my stressful situation and things are calming down so I'm wondering if stress brings peri on. I would imagine it can certainly make it worse.
I'm just confused as to why mine is so harsh feeling, incapacitating. And why some symptoms are just so "strange". I mean...shortness of breath for over a week??
ETA: my periods are still on time and of normal length and flow.
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Now that would be fantastic. Just getting to a point where I could have a salad at any restaurant would be fantastic. Thanks.
Then PLEASE read that book. If I didn't have so many notes in it that I refer to weekly I'd lend you mine!
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For a full scientific explanation of why probiotics might help in such cases, read Natasha Campbell's The Gut and Pscyhology Syndrome book. But there is so, so much more to it than just the probiotics. If you have a porous gut, they help to repair the gut wall and the enzymes in them help you digest things so it does ...help. But there is much more that needs to be done to 'heal' your gut so that it can properly digest most foods. Then again, there are going to be cases that the person will continue to always be allergic. Very individual.
My DD has a leaky gut and a wheat allergy......not gluten, just wheat. I give her a tablespoon of saurkraut I fermented myself about 10 min before she eats to get the enzymes going and she also drinks homemade kefir before breakfast. Both help THAT instance of digestion and if done regularly, she can even eat regular pizza if, say, we are at someone's house and there's no other choice. But even then, she can't eat wheat more than once or twice in a week before her digestion starts giving her problems and her migraines return. I'd say probiotics themselves are VERY helpful but can't, in themselves, cure a food allergy without the entire GAPS protocol. Even then, some cases can't be helped. That book is a fantastic, informative read.
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Id start with an inspection to show up any concerns that might devalue the house in any way. Then, to set a price, I'd get an appraisal done. That way the fair market value is set by a pro who uses comparable things like similar sales and homes in the neighborhood and your homes features to set the price. Neither party has to struggle or guess if the price is fair that way. Then go from there..
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Plus, red tends to turn the roots "hot" or, a color different and brighter than the color further down the hair shaft. My stylist taught me how to avoid that by treating the roots with a color a shade darker first, then covering the remaining hair with my red of choice. My hair color is a tad lighter than a true red so a cherry red would really worry me in the hot roots dept. For the first time I'd use a pro and ask her to teach you how to do it.
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There's a gift limit under which the realtor can keep and over which they have to give to their broker (who may give it back or may not). This varies by brokerage. The receptionist may be helpful with amount guideline and suggestions. If they are brokers, I would leave reviews and give them a thank you note.
Thanks for that reminder on a limit.
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Y'all do remember the commission is for the WORK the agent put into the sale or purchase of the house, right? Knowing laws, understanding the market, advising on repairs, staging, and strategy. Getting the deal all the way to closing. 7% would be a dream...
And...that the agent doesn't get all that...
What I hate is that we are required to disclose how much we make on the sale, but we are not allowed to disclose our expenses.
That commission is split with the other agent.
A big chunk goes to the agent's broker.
A sizeable chunk goes to the IRS because agents are self employed and must pay their own taxes.
Then there's the marketing expenses of the house sale. MLS dues, License dues, office fees, insurance, photography charges, showing service set up. Dues for the electronic keys, lockboxes, signs. Flyers cost something to be produced for each home listed...advertising expenses. Car expenses.
A listing usually costs me several hundred dollars BEFORE it even hits the market. All of which is simply the cost of doing business. I gotta sell the house to recoup that cost.
With what's left of that commission, I give to causes I care about, and pay MY bills.
I never expect my clients to give me a gift, but I'm delighted when it happens.
I know each of you would grouse about how much your doctor, lawyer, auto mechanic, pilot, waiter, or hairdresser makes IF you knew the exact total. :)
A gift is like a tip--for a job done exceptionally well. The HIve believes in tips, right?
This is not an argument. Consider this a public service announcement....some people only look at some big numbers without knowing what else is behind them.
This is my thinking, but I do respect those who differ in their opinions. When I hired the Realtor, a % was going toward them regardless, right? I mean, that's a given. I have given my fair share of that SAME % to at least TWO Realtors who were not professional or as helpful as I thought they should be, and I had no real say in that matter. They weren't bad enough to fire, but it was more difficult because of them, instead of feeling taken care of.
So this time, as I sit 4 hours away from my future home, unable to do things like....collect a water sample from the well to be tested for the picky lender, they went and did that for me, drove it across the town of Jacksonville to drop it off 45 min away from the house and then told me later. Paid for it, too. These things have happened weekly. The other Realtor happens to be the homeowner and now lives out of state, so my Realtor has had to pick up her slack as well. Even though many will say these types of things would fall under their job description, I have picked my jaw up off the floor more than once in the way they've handled things. They were ALREADY getting a pay check that I was already prepared to pay. But I am definitely going to give them a little something to show them my appreciation for the extras they didn't have to do. I've been a buyer/seller enough times to know this was special.
I will also gladly offer to write a review (thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't thought of that) and will try hard to send people their way.
Lot of good ideas here in this thread. Keep 'em comin'!
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Our house is supposed to close next week. My husband-wife Realtor team have been fantastic. They are true pros of the trade and have gone above and beyond regularly. I want to get them something when it's all done but a nice flower arrangement just doesn't seem to do my gratitude justice. But I just can't think of what else to do. A gift card to a restaurant seems so impersonal and I don't even know what they like to eat. I'm drawing a blank and need suggestions!
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i dont use amazon prime unless im getting a good deal (as opposed to family members that just use it for everything because they have it). that being said, DS was begging for the Pixels movie, which was $20+ everywhere else. i ordered it for 12.99 shipped from AP. He was also in the market for an RC helicopter and after much research he ordered it from AP for $35 shipped. nearest price otherwise was around $55. for house hold stuff its more hit and miss for me because i shop at the Commisarry on base which is the cheapest thing anywhere so i dont get anything paper wise on AP except cases of toilet paper and a case of sevēnth generation dish soap. if youre a careful shopper, you will be able to use it to get good deals on things with the free shipping. my cranky old father absolutely insists "they get you somewhere.... either coming of going!". And without ever having used AP before, he insists they raise prices on the products to compensate for free shipping. well i never find that to be so. just be a comparison shopper i even buy clothes on Amazon! . oh and my sister, mother andd I went in on the price of the membership so for $33 a year, i am coming out way ahead. i always check amazon first,. i looked into Jet and some of those other sites that are similar and wasnt impressed. maybe once theyve been around a while and build up more stock.
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The only people I know with a 15 year mortgage in this area are DINKs who bought a small house and are planning on upgrading later in life.
We always do 15 yr. Our current house is closing Nov 25 and it's the biggest house I've ever owned. It' needs no improvements at all and has a ton of upgrades I never thought I'd ever have. I'm not sure what a DINK is, but I am thinking I'm not one LOL We've just always done 15 yr loans because it made more sense to use and we could swing it. This time, our house will likely be paid off in 10, when DH is 50, which sounds great to me.
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We are new to the area and this weekend is our anniversary. We thought we'd try Clark's Fish Camp since we heard the seafood was so good there. But then Seasons 52 was suggested for us. Seems like opposite ends of the spectrum. lol I guess I just really want a great meal and an atmosphere that isn't super loud so that we could hold hands and reflect on our past year. Suggestions? Even if they don't exactly fit my description..I'll take all ideas!
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Monster Factory is perfect for those ages.
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Thank u so much, every one! So glad to hear its not as fussy as I imagined.
new pool owner, cheapest place for chemicals? and other questions.
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What is a SWG?
The filter was cleaned before we bought the house. We run it for 6 hours from 9-3 right now. We are shopping for a pool vacuum this week.
I'll look up that forum, thanks.
Yeah, I know I waited too long to put more chlorine in. It's been so warm lately and I didn't stay on top of it.
I shocked the pool today. But I haven't had time to scrub it. Once I do, will the algae just filter out on it's own?