You are just the best at putting a smile on my face! Love the good news/bad news method of explaining your day! Glad the pain meds are working / sorry you have lost your mind! rofl.... I carry around a diary around with me to keep me up to speed. The memory thing does improve too, I felt like I was thinking through thick fluffy clouds! It did eventually turn to the wispy kind...then kinda retreated BUT when my pain is really bad ... Ha my minds runs away...it doesn't want to deal with my body! hehehehe
Here is a great web site for Shawn to find out some things about Australia. It has a great section on our slang/sayings recipes, stories etc. There is also a great section about Christmas in Australia. Everyone is usually intrigued, because we celebrate Christmas through the hosstest part of our year! If you look at the stories from last year, you will see an entry about how we celebrate with our families. http://members.tripod.com/virtaus/volume1/index.htm
Glad the remodeling is still progressing, when the next down pour happens...just remember Rome wasn't built in a day! *G*
Loves ya Nancy!
warm Hugs & cheers Jo (Australia)
>From: "Nancy E. Hale" <nanny@nbnet.nb.ca>
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Deb , Rose, Jo, and everyone else I haven't answered.
>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 21:16:24 -0500
>
>To all the Newbies on the Board:
>
>Sorry I haven't been on the ball enough to welcome you to the board yet,
>but I notice that several others have. Seems like all he** has broken
>loose up here in the East. I'll explain later in this e-mail.
>
>Anyway, welcome to your sanity. As Jo has said, there is always someone
>here to vent to, people who know what you are dealing with and have done it
>themselves. We are all willing to share what we have tried, what has and
>hasn't worked, and to give advice when it is asked for. And sometimes when
>it isn't asked for. You will find some excellent links, information, and
>support. Anything posted by Helen Dynda is bound to give you new knowledge
>or a better outlook on things.
>
>And to follow Helen Dynda's prescription to keep laughter in our lives, try
>this one:
>
>-Idiot Story-
>
>A 28-year old male was brought into the ER after an attempted suicide. The
>man had swallowed several nitroglycerin pills and a fifth of vodka. When
>asked about the bruises on his head and chest he said that they were from
>him ramming himself into the wall in an attempt to make the nitroglycerin
>explode.
>
>Rose, thank you for the compliment. Imitation is the highest form of
>flattery. And I really needed that today. Long story, I'll write you
>privately - one of those But First type of days.
>
>Millie, thanks for sharing your hubby with me on MSN.
>
>Jo, sounds like you had a wonderful birthday celebration. I really enjoyed
>our chats over the weekend, and I have to find some information on Oz for
>Shawn - he is really interested in learning more about your country since I
>started passing on your messages.
>
>Now - let me explain why I feel like I'm living in an altered universe or
>something strange like that.
>
>Good news - the Oxycodone is still working to control the pain.
>Bad news - my short term memory is going and I can't remember when or if I
>take my meds, so I have to write it down.
>
>Good news - my doc is supporting the manner in which I am taking my meds
>(1.5 tabs when pain levels are bad, 1 tab when they are "normal").
>Bad news - she has an intern working with her who is more concerned with
>the fact that I smoke, I don't exercise (which in her books means I'm not
>active, in spite of doing my own housework and keeping up with a
>9-year-old), and I'm not following doctor's orders to the letter on the
>Oxycodone doses (1.5 tabs every 4 hours, which leaves me in outer space
>some where).
>
>Good news - the new section is completely closed in and in use.
>Bad news - the roof leaks!
>Good news - it only leaks when it rains really hard, and we have no
>insulation or carpet installed yet, so nothing is getting ruined.
>
>Good news - I got the serial port changed on my computer, so that my
>digital camera will talk to my computer and I transferred the pics of the
>new section to the hard drive today. Anyone who wants to see them can
>e-mail me privately. Remember the interior is not yet finished.
>Bad news - I almost ruined my computer tonight - upset a cup of
>coffee. Luckily it only got the mouse, and I was able to scoop it up out
>of the puddle before it was damaged.
>
>I could go on like this for hours, but I won't. Sometimes, when things go
>wrong, I have to look really hard for the positive side, but it is always
>there. That's one thing I've found helps to deal with the constant pain -
>looking for the positive side. In the case of adhesions, for me the worst
>was that the constant agony made it impossible for me to continue
>working. The positive side is that I am home for my step-son, and my home
>is once again my pride and joy. I get excited about being able to vacuum!
>
>I hope we hear soon from Colette. And from Mary Wade and Jim too.
>
>Pain free days everyone.
>
>Nancy in NB
>
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