Recent content by musclemom

45 lbs. (shorter bars can be 5 lbs. to the foot). Including the weight in the bar is kind of a gimme, you're lifting it, right? Also, if you use collars on the bar, instead of the clamp style, those are 1 lb. each.

Belated Holiday Greetings and Happy New Year, Nan! Haven't had a whole lot to say *shrug* The "atmosphere" of the board has changed enormously and my life is sort of in limbo until my hubby retires. How's life treating you these days? Ah, nevermind, just read the convo between you and...

Ah, i can beat that. My Platinum for Life is gone. 2016, awesome year, fucking awesome.

Look, this runs kind of long but if you can get through it, maybe it'll help. My husband has/had been on Xanax since before 1994 for panic attacks. Recently he's had problems getting the prescription, the doctor has just been not putting refills on it, hasn't been returning his calls...

I'm literally on the opposite end of the world, east coaster. I did a quick search. You want to find "direct to consumer blood testing" for lab work. Like I said, GPs (or PCPs, family doctors, whatever you call them) are ummm, kind of useless, especially when it comes to endocrine stuff, they...

You posted in Masters so I'm going to play Dutch uncle (or aunt) ... my husband will soon be 62 and I was the one that encouraged him to go onto TRT over 10 years ago for virtually identical symptoms to yours with nearly identical blood levels of testosterone. The big difference is that when...

A very old post but with some recent interest so I'll throw in my two cents. Unfortunately, women, just like men, can be prone to androgenic hair loss. I am. If you convert testosterone to DHT then you're going to get hair loss if your testosterone is excessive in comparison to other...

I developed fear of heights in my early 30s, no idea why, but it's gotten so bad I can't even stand watching someone else do something high up, even in movies. My husband was patching the back roof -- mind you, a flat roof, barely 10' off the ground that you climb out the kitchen window to get...

Cindy, rally the troops. Seriously. Take every bit of help and information you can. You can't inform yourself adequately PLUS hold down life PLUS be mom PLUS ... you get the point. I've heard of some near miraculous things for some children with medical marijuana. It's great you live in CO...

'80s music playing on the "oldies" station.

Well, first of all I honestly think her pediatrician should be up to speed with what's going on. They have more connections than anybody. If I had a patient who had increasing seizures I sure would want to know. Now you said epilepsy specialist ... pediatric epilepsy specialist? The thing...

Well, I'm not on Facebook anyway ... I don't understand something, where's her pediatrician in all this? Do you have a pediatric neurologist you're working with? With something like this, talking about a child, you need an involved advocate. That might mean you need a different specialist...

Franzia, white grenache. Tasty for such an inexpensive beverage.

Holy crap, Cindy I'm sorry! I'm off this board so much I had no idea. Nothing is worse than having a child with a health problem, and I honestly can't imagine seeing your kid have a seizure. You know there are assistance dogs that can tell when a seizure is coming on? Another thing you may...

Most people who die don't do so under the right circumstances to create the imprint. They die and their spirit shuffles off the mortal coil and goes on to the next plane. There has to be the right combination, that unknown element of whatever it is that captures the psychic impression, and...