Angela G

I've put frozen buttercream transfers on the top of a cake before but never the side. They are smaller animal shapes. Can I put them on the sides of a square cake? Any tips?

I'm having WAY too many side effects that I am not willing to deal with. I've only been taking 37.5 mg for four days. If I just quit, will I experience withdrawl symptoms or no?

I had surgery back in May (NOT weight loss surgery). I had been at the same weight for four years. My eating habits since my surgery have improved but I'm gaining weight. In four months I've gained almost 20 pounds. Can surgery screw something up in the body in terms of metabolism, adrenals, thyroid????? I'm getting frustrated. I'm even exercising which I wasn't doing before surgery.

I'm making a fondant cake for my son's birthday. I need to dye it black. I am able to get the black color....but I can taste the dye, so I want to use not so much dye. Do you think I can make some fondant with cocoa powder mixed with the marshmallow and then just use a bit of black food coloring to get the dark brown so it turns black?

Mornings are crazy for us and my kids love smoothies. I love making them smoothies cause I'm able to hide all kinds of fruits and veggies in them. Usually I make them with: banana, blueberries or strawberries, scoop of protein powder, flax seeds, and greens plus powder. I know fresh fruit or veggie juice should be used immediately to get all of the nutritional value, but what about smoothies? Can I make them the night before and sticking them in the fridge without losing any nutritional value?

I am getting a breast reduction done, which I know is a pretty major surgery. Should I eat a diet high in vitamin K and iron? I do have a blood clotting disorder, so far my hemoglobin looks ok...but I MAY require a blood transfusion during the surgery. The surgery is in 8 days, so I don't even know if I ate a diet high in vitamin K and iron if it would even help.

Any recommendations?

I don't know what else to do.

My symptoms:

-Constantly tired. Can sleep 6 hours or 12 hours and still be completely exhausted.

-super heavy periods

-fair amount of bloating

I just had my hormones checked, thyroid, iron, hemaglobin, fasting blood sugar. All were fine.

Any ideas what to try?

It's horrible. I wake up in the morning and my stomach is flat, then by 9 pm, I look like I'm 9 months pregnant and I can't even button up my jeans. I have been doing really good with my eating and not overeating. I get this really heavy feeling in my stomach and my chest during that time as well. Any ideas????

I find my body feels really good eating low carb.....but I've pledged to go vegan for 30 days to see how I feel (as of right now I do NOT like eating meat, I don't drink dairy, rarely eat cheese). So I'm looking to go vegan and keep it relatively low carb. Any ideas?

In the month of november my just turned 3 year old pooped twice. He's had constant problems since he was born with constipation. Doctors have no idea. He's gone 12 days now without a poop. He's puked twice in the past 4 days. Doctor put him on colace and lactulose (together) 1 tsp twice a day. Today is the 2nd day on the meds, and still no results. If he doesn't poop by tommorow night we have to go back into the ER. Any idea how long it SHOULD take for these meds to kick in??

Is it better to walk at a slower pace to warm up, start going faster until going at a brisk pace, then slow down near the end

OR

Warm up, speed up to a brisk pace, slow down a little bit, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down.

I'm just wondering because I'm able to do a longer time if I do the 2nd option, but I want to get the most out of my workouts in terms of weight loss.

Wondering if those vaccines are mandatory when entering into Peru and Bolivia from Canada.

Hubby and I won a trip to peru. It's all expenses paid. In the SMALL print it says that the winner is responsible for gst, pst, and all other fees associated with this trip. I just wonder if they are going to ding us a huge amount for the fuel surcharge, airport improvement fee, and then GST and PST?

My husband and I won an all expenses paid trip to peru to go to the Heath River Wildlife center. What is peru like? Is it considered safe? Anyone ever been to the wildlife center? Would peru be appropriate for a 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old? ANY advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

I am 5'7, female, 186 lbs. I want to lose a fair amount of weight, but I also want to get some muscle (not ripped, but just muscle tone). Since I need to lose weight, should I focus mostly on cardio right now, or should I do a combination of cardio and weights? My hubby is starting P90X and I was going to do it with him, but don't want to get huge because I am gaining muscle but keeping the same amount of fat.

I have plantar warts on the bottom of my feet, an itchy pimply type rash on the top of my feet and on my hands that comes and goes, and I have got bad canker sores in my mouth since i was very young. Are all of these related? Possibly a weak immune system?

Long story short.

My son is 2 1/2. He has been off of dairy completely almost his whole life. He had mucousy stools, very very very very gassy, and extremely colicky. Symptoms improved when I (nursing) stopped dairy. Trialed dairy a couple times and symptoms came back. 4 months ago we had VEGA testing done at the naturopath and it came back as intollerant to dairy, wheat and eggs. We stopped all of those foods and have been strict for 4 months. Symptoms improved a LOT at first, but now we are back to the same thing going on.

I am frustrated, my son is frustrated and it's hard. We are getting nowhere except losing money because the food is so expensive and my son is having the same symptoms.

The doctor is no help so I don't know what to do. I've done some reading on digestive enzymes and I'm wondering if I should do that. Should I reintroduce dairy, wheat and eggs, and start the digestive enzymes?

My mom remembers that I started getting them when I was around 5 or 6. I get at least 3 every couple of months. They last for 2 or 3 weeks. I have three in my mouth now. One at the back of my throat on the top that is about the size of a dime and hurts like heck. One on the top inside of the lip that is about the size of a pea, and one at the front of the mouth about the size of a pea. I can barely even talk to my kids or eat. I've had them for about 5 days now, so I'll have them for another week or so. I've been to my docotr many many many times, been to a specialist and they all tell me that it's hereditary and it just happens. I NEVER got a single canker sore when I was pregnant with my two children, but any other time I get them. I use a non-sls toothpaste. I've tried ambesol and stuff like that, and it really doesn't help. I rinse my mouth with saltwater and it helps relieve the pain for a few minutes, but that's all. Anyone have any words of wisdom?

Something different than the regular shrimp dip. Has to be dairy, wheat and egg free because of my son's allergies. It's a frozen shrimp ring.

I've had a cold for a few days. A couple days ago my throat started hurting. Yesterday it hurt REALLY bad, so I grabbed a flashlight and there's white blisters at the back of my throat (I have no tonsils). It hurts to swallow, hurts to eat, hurts to talk. I went to the doctor yesterday and she did a swab for strep but I haven't heard anything back yet. She didn't think it was strep, just vital. What can I do to help it? I've been swishing with salt water, and it helps for about 10 minutes, but then it hurts again.