Shelley.....{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}

Shelley, Ramona said it best...{{{HUGS!!}}} You are such a dear person and I love you, regardless if you weigh 100 pounds or 500 pounds!

Sher, I'm sure your upset about Chris going, but it sounds like he really considered everything and thought it through. I admire anyone who decides to join the military, more so now considering how everything is. I willo be thinking of you.

Carol, I hope the legs get better soon! I'm sorry to hear your not feeling well. Prayers are sent your direction!

Sher & Shelley: Shelley mentioned the wet and dirty pants at school. Do you have alot of kids who still have bathroom accidents? Just curious since I have a kindergartener.

Well, taking a break from packing stuff up, I will check in later.

Sherry I have so much to say to you. You are so special. I don't think it is strange at all that you help my angel and said a prayer for me the day I had surgery. It shows me how much you really love me. The day that I had heart surgery far far away in another province a friend of mine drove to my house and sat in front and prayed for me while I was having surgery. That meant so much to me when I found out. The same goes for what you did for me. Thank you, I can't tell you in words how much that means to me that you shared that with me. I hope that you feel better soon. You body is telling you to slow down and rest so you can heal. Way to go on the weight loss. You are doing great a lose no matter how it happens is always good news. I am so proud of Chris's desision to join the navy. I know that you will have a lot of lonely and difficult times ahead but be proud. It is good that you know Ramona and she can understand exactly the emotions that you will go through. Thanks for the info on the pop ups. Does it take much ram or memory to run the program? My computer is old and maxing out.

Gayle I wish for you that everything that you bring to the sale this weekend will sell. Your crafts always look so awesome so I know that you will do well. What kind of computer did you buy? I can't remember if you told us. We will be in the market soon for another one. I can't remember if it was you that asked about if Dez is coming home this weekend, well she is. She hasn't stayed out there for one weekend yet. I don't mind her coming home but she is having boyfrind problems. She actually said that she hasn't talk to him since last weekend and that she is trying to get over him. I hope that she will be strong enough to do it. He is not a great person for her. He is emotionaly and verbaly abusive. He really doesn't love her as much as she loves him.

Shelley Hugs are going out to you. I am sorry that your work isn't going well. You are not fat I only wish I was your size! You maybe poor money wise but you are rich with friends and family. We love you.

Carol I understand the pain you are going through. Every steps hurts me too. I feel like a granny most days. Pain is a hard thing to cope with. You can do it for so long and then your tolerance goes down and you can get depressed when the quality of your life changes. Hang in there. We are praying for you.

Well I don't even know if I want to write this but it here it is:

Yesterday my doctors appointment was very discouraging! He thinks that I have permanent nerve damage. He said that I wouldn't necessarly be going to the grave with this pain but it was a chalenge for him. That is the story of my life. I never fit the doctor's mold for any illness, never have and probably never will. What he said causing the syatic pain could be a number of things. It could be healing and take up to a year to get better. Most people it would not take this long. Secondly it could be internal nerve damage. The nerve could have scar tissue inside and be causing the pain. He removed the scar tissue from the outside and hoped that was the problem Thirdly he said that he wanted a CT Scan to see if the syatic nerve was still rubbing on the bone. It is possible that he did not remove enough bone to make room for the nerve to be free from touching anything. In that case I will need surgery again. I am not sure when I will be able to get a CT Scan but he put a rush on it. For now he took me off the nerve pain pills I was on in exchange for some stronger nerve medicatiion. It is going to cause me to be come very woozy and confused. I will need a lot of sleep and may even get to the point that I won't know what's going on and who I am. That is pretty scarey. All because of the pain. At this point I am very discouraged and weepy. I am wondering if the surgery helped me or was the pain all in vain of a second guess. The other thing that it could be is that the disks are worse than he thought and they have to be removed and fused like he was suppose to do when I had the surgery. Unbeleivable this is one of the best nerosurgeon in the city. Please remember me in your prayers. If I don't post much in the next week it is because of all the medications side effects. I have to slowly increase the new medication until I am up to three a day. By september 30th I will be on the full dose. We will see what will happen.

On that note I have sat here to long so I have to go now.
I hope that you all have a great fall weekend.

Dee-I am praying for you! I can't believe all this pain you are going through. I wonder what the meds are that do that kind of thing to you. I really wish that you would have your operation in the states instead of Canada. If he is the best, I can't even imagine what the average is there. I do know about your pain, because Mike lives with it everyday.

Thanks everyone for the hugs.

Oh Dee: My heart goes out to you along with all my prayers. No one should ever be in that kind of pain. You are doing a wonderful job of coping and you even still come and post to us. You are a very strong woman and I am proud to know you. Hang in there. {{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Hello :wave:

You'll never believe what happened to me this morning. Remember I said that the Dr. said I couldn't go back to work until Monday? Well I woke up this morning and my face felt like it was on fire. Wayne asked me what the heck was wrong with my face. I jumped out of bed and looked in the mirror.My whole face was swollen and blood red!!! After talking to the Dr., I found out that I was allergic to the cortizone shot she gave me yesterday. I had to take benadryl all day. If it wasn't better by 3:00 she wanted me to come in for a shot to counter-act it. But by 3:00 I looked and felt better. Now on my chart at the Dr.'s office I have "No- cortizone" wrote in RED!

Shelley.....You need a real big hug! :grouphug: I know exactly how you feel! That's one of the reasons why I went a while without posting. I've been real depressed too. I feel fat & look ugly. I hope you realize soon how small you really are and how pretty you are. You have so much going for you. Keep smiling and know we're all here for you!!

Carol,
I know exactly how you feel with your legs & feet. Most mornings when I try to get out of bed, I walk like a 100 yr. old woman. Once I get going I start walking better. The pills the Dr. gave me works some night and some nights they don't.I'm so tired of hurting and I know you are too. Please take care hon and know I do feel your pain and I'm so sorry you're hurting. Love you.

Gayle,
Most of the little kids at school have a change of clothes on hand and some don't. Yes, it does go through spells where they are all peeing on themselves. We do have a few donated clothes that helps but they are never sent back to school when we need to put them on the kids w/out clothes.So usually we are calling Parents to bring down a change.Has Allison had any accidents yet?

Dee,
I'm so sorry that you're going through so much. I wish I knew the answer so you wouldn't hurt. Please know that there are many prayers going out to you and we love you so much. If you need anything, let me know. Love you so much. :grouphug:

Better lay back down. Still don't feel that good yet.

Hugs To All........

BTW:

Carol....I keep forgetting to tell you....I love your cheerleaders for the lbs. lost!! Too cute!!! ;)

Gayle-Our accidents are kids of all ages. We are a uniform school, and parents expect us to have uniform changes! We are running out of clothes. Some of the bathroom accidents are caused by abused kids also. We have one child that keeps pooping in his pants--I am told that is a sign of abuse. Like Sherry says, the clothes changes never come back. Half of the numbers that we try to call for changes of clothes never work. Our school is in a poverty area of the city.

Sherry-Have you ever taken cortizone shots before? That is so strange. I'm glad that your face is better now.

I had a major binge last night. I was horrible. Went through the kitchen after dinner and not only had my normal bowl of lite ice cream, but I also had Skittles, Twizzlers, cereal. I am still bloated this morning. I guess I needed to get it out of my system. I am going to try today to be very good. Actually I am supposed to be fasting for Yom Kippur-Becky is, but I never do. She hasn't had anything since dinner at sundown last night. I wasn't going to even try, since I have to eat enough to be able to run my 10 miles today.

Hi :wave:

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I have rested most of the day and I do feel much better. The shots & meds have really kicked in, which is a good thing because we have a football game tomorrow. So if I don't post tomorrow you'll know where I'll be! :D

Wanted to share this with you........

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:


1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.

2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.

3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.

4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.

5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.

6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.

7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.

8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.

9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.

10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.





GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:



1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

2) Wrinkles don't hurt.

3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.





GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD



1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.

4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.



THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:



1) You believe in Santa Claus.

2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.

3) You are Santa Claus.

4) You look like Santa Claus.





SUCCESS:



At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.

At age 12 success is . . . having friends.

At age 16 success is . . . having a drivers license.

At age 20 success is . . having a girlfriend that thinks you a really good looking

At age 35 success is . . having money.

At age 50 success is . . having money.

At age 60 success is . . having a girlfriend that thinks you are really good looking

At age 70 success is . . having a drivers license.

At age 75 success is . . . having friends.

At age 80 success is . . not peeing in your pants.










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Sherry-Cute!