Karin

I work in a mostly female office too. Same thing! Hilarity ensues. Oh our ridiculous uteri. Good to know I'm not the only one with stress brought on seemingly random periods.

It makes no sense. Even when I think about hiking I will sometimes start spotting. It's the weirdest thing. I have a Mirena IUD so I don't ever get one normally but as soon as I hike, BAM! It forces its way in. Just today I was talking to my friends that we should go hiking the Catskills this summer and when I get home I start spotting. Anyone else notice any weird correlations with their periods and certain activities or is my uterus just being ridiculous?

Slightly wider but I don't usually have to buy wide shoes. Yeah, I wouldn't want to roll an ankle out there, it's very rough and steep terrain I'll be dealing with. I'll check those out, thanks!

Hey everyone, I plan on hiking the Devil's Path in the Catskills this summer and I realized I don't have good hiking shoes! So I'd like to know what your favorite hiking shoes or boots are. I'd prefer to not break the bank too too much if at all possible. Also, I will be camping half way so I'll be carrying a pack, so shoes that are constructed for backpacking are a must.

I had the Mirena put in about a month and two weeks ago and honestly it wasn't that bad. I did lots of deep breathing and while it wasn't the most pleasant experience ever, I didn't feel much. Mostly like a weird internal cramp and the cervical clamp thing I didn't even feel. I am 26 and have never been pregnant. I don't know how much this helped but I took 800 Ibuprofen the night before and then 3 Aleve about an hour before my afternoon appointment with a candy bar. I then drank lots of chamomile tea as I drove there because I had crazy anxiety over it and read all of the horror stories the internet could dish up. But I really think the deep breathing helped the most. Afterwards I had light bleeding for about a week and since then nothing! Maybe a uterine twinge here or there, but so minor I might just be imagining it. And two days after I had it placed I went bike camping and cycled 94 miles over the weekend. As of right now, no bleeding or cramping or anything, but obviously your mileage may very.

Cool, maybe when I talk to the health screening person in a couple days they won't be too alarming then!

Good to know, they left out the ratio thing. I'll look into that, thanks!

I think the LDL are the guys that float through and stick to the walls. So higher concentration means more chances of them getting stuck there and forming a block. But I'm no doctor!

A little too well! Gonna have to reread that one, but thanks!

Good to know, I'll see what they say! Thanks.

I'm going to talk with a health person next week (this is through work and our new health thing). No one has said anything yet, I'm just comparing to the range on my sheet. And you are probably right for measurements, though the sheet doesn't specify. I'm just curious I suppose if other people have similar numbers and aren't too worried, especially since the medical field is having trouble making up its mind again regarding cholesterol.

I just got my first ever blood work done (fasting blood draw) and my cholesterol is everywhere. Are these results as bad as I think they are (at least the LDL and Total)? LDL: 140 HDL: 63 Total Cholesterol: 223 Triglycerides: 103 Glucose: 77 About me: 25, woman, 5'5", 142lb, mostly low carb diet but I do cheat on the weekend, I drink very little alcohol, and I exercise a few times a week (mostly walking and yoga). Should I be concerned?

Spoiled milk is the worst. Good job with your first few days though, keep going!

You can do it!!!

Hey there, good set of goals. It's good to take it slow and easy for a while. I completely relate with the D word fears and just giving up and eating ice cream. It takes a while to cram new lifestyles into your head (I'm still working on it myself) but eventually something sticks! Good luck.