Hi Elly My knees are very bad also Impossible to get down and back up as I live alone. I have to hire ssome neighbr boys to do the big things for me. One thing I have done more of this year is container gardening--for instance all my annuals almost are in containers as the frost will get them and then I can reuse them next year. I use a lot of mulch to cut down on weeding And I use a plastic chair (the kind sold eveywhre to tote around to where I want to work and sit while weeding and even hoeing sometimes. I dont care what the neighbors think-it helps conserve my strength. I use a kitchen timer also to use so I dont overdo myself. I set it for 15 minutes and make myself change jobs in 15 minutes so that my knees get some exercise in moving about .I use a wheelbarrow to move everything so I dont have to carry so much and I use minitools when I can instead of large ones with full handles. And if I cant move on a given day because the weather has my knees aching I find something else to do for that day as a garden chore such as washing pots or flats or gathering eeds and drying them etc. Hope you keep gardening as long as you can.

justjude, Exactly, Here is a link to the patteren for the hat. It is on my list of things to do "next"...LOL Misty, I love it in varegated yarn too - now all I have to learn is the provisional cast on and the Kitchner(? sp) stitch.. Elly Here is a link that might be useful: hat with cable band on circuluar needles

You're right. I need absolute concentration when I do this. Took me seventy years to finally get the hang of it. oops, spotted an error between FPD and FK should be a - not=

I have used cypro but not mirtazapine. I do know that they are dosed completely differently, though. I also would space them (and any other meds) two hours apart from the Pepcid so that the Pepcid doesn't interfere with absorption. Neither cypro nor mirtazapine work on all cats. You may find that one works for your girl but the other doesn't. It'll be trial and error to find out which has the desired effect and at what dosage. I will caution you to start with a very low dose of either one, though. The recommended dosages of each have been associated with some rather nasty side effects in some cats. The safest approach is to start with one at a very low dose, then increase, if necessary, until you either reach an effective dose or start experiencing unpleasant side effects. If the unpleasant side effects occur first, then it would be prudent to stop that drug and try the other one at a low (and potentially increasing) dose to see how she does on that one. I, personally, would start with cypro, since it seems to have fewer and less potentially severe side effects than mirtazapine. You can read about dosing recommendations for both drugs at the following link: Here is a link that might be useful: appetite stimulants and other appetite strategies