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Hi friends, Here is a poem I wrote at 2:00 this morning, January 1, 2009! I hope you are all happy and healthy and have a great day!
A New Year A new year has started. A chance for a fresh start. A new chance for hope, to breathe in life… Like new-fallen snow, untrodden, it lies ahead before us The choices we make will impact how it unfolds The people whose lives we touch will never be the same Because of us Each face our eyes meet is a human being that God made and put on this earth. To treat each one with kindness, giving a smile when we think we have no smiles left to give, brings us life. To acknowledge the importance of another, whom most would ignore, breathes life into our souls. What will happen in 2009? Some things we can greatly affect; in these we find our power… In others, we have no choice, other than how we respond to them… In these we find our humility, and our even greater power: Our response, our choice, manifests our strength. We may have pain; we may have troubles; we ache; but we have promise, we have hope, and we have the breath of life. As long as there is life, there is wonder in our souls. As long as there is life’s breath, we can choose to love others.
Happy New Year to all my wonderful friends here at the Daily Grind. You have impacted my life in so many wonderful ways! I cannot express my appreciation and gratitude enough for you caring and support. I hope 2009 brings us all relief from our pain, but most of all, hope.
A heavy rain storm came in last night, rained really hard and just pounded on the roof of the house, it was so loud on the skylites that it came over the speaker on the monitor in the bedroom and I got up twice to figure out where the sound was coming from till I figured out it was from the rain. The Creeks behind the house are flooding, so they are clear up in the back yard and instead of two creeks that intersect behind the house, it's so deep that they merged into one and the island is underwater too. WOW!!! It freaked me out just a little, but Sis says that it happens every now and then, but Debbie has been over twice to check and make sure the water is not dragging the pump down the river or getting into the basement and she says it gets high, but it's never been this high. Sis cannot see it, so she is pretty layed back about the whole thing.
Th storm & severe pressure change during the night was not too good for my situation, but I'm doing alright, got Sis fed breakfast, lunch & dressed and I'm thinking about going back in the bedroom to watch some tv and read.
2 hours later?????
I ended up tring to take a rest time and was going to finish this post, but when I told Sis I was going to come in here and rest, she decided she was going to start calling friends to wish them Happy NY's, that would be fine and great, but since she cannot see worth a hoot or dial the telephone correctly. Ever time I got her set up with the phone dialed and walked back here to lay down again, she'd make the call short and then need me to come back and look another number up, dial it and then do it over again. Then the neighbors were working on pulling the water pump out of the creek so it would not get washed down the creek/Raging River that's runnin behind the house, they kept coming to the door and ringing the bell, so I have to jump up and run out there to answer the door, even thought Sis is very able to do it her self, but just doesn't feel like it. lol The exercise would do her some good and help with the swelling in her feet & legs, but oh well, it's easier to holler at me. Then she has a phone right beside her chair, but when it rings she yells for me to answer it and I have to run out and get the receiver off the table beside her chair. LOL Such a deal! My pain is over the moon and I'm just pooped today, so I've got her dinner in the oven and I'm going to feed her asap and put my jammies on early and give up for the day.
It's so funny that when I tell her we will be having a quiet day today. Or that I'm oing to lay down. She always has to find things to keep me up and down or back and forth so there is no chance for any rest what so ever. Ya gotta laugh though, cuz it's just hysterical how she behaves like a young child and I can remmember my own kids acting just this same way. LOL I think it might be true that we resort back to our juvinlie ways when we get older. giggle
I hope your all enjoying your day today. Try not to think of depressing things or sad stuff. For some reason New Years can bring up some meloncholy thoughts and I'm trying to fight them off as well today. I better post this before it's time for my night time one.
Here's hoping for low pay day for all of us and that I'm able to sleep tonight. That sure would be nice. Talk to you all soon and I hope you found the new January grind and begin posting here.
ps Did you notice that I figured out how to move the posts for today into the new jan thread after they were posted in the December one?? Having this admin privliges sure comes in handy for this kind of thing
Hugs Betty
Posts: 1197 | Location: Home in Washington State | Registered: 11-07-2007
Hello all my dear friends hope New Years Day finds you all well and pain low. I feel I have let you all down by posting so infrequently. One of my resolutions is to post more often. Ellie what a beautiful poem. Inspiring and wonderful.
Our New Years party was mellow and just as well. I was tired and sore and some of the people at the party had too much to drink. I had hardly anything and was frustrated with those that did. We left shortly after midnight. Hubby went to bed and I was on the way as well and one of my daughter's friends had a big nose bleed. I went into nurse mode and we stopped the bleed. I stayed up a bit later with them and had some snacks and such.
I slept in until 1230 and got up. We had a relaxing earlier part of the day, watched a movie, and rested. I made a good inner of very tender steaks, veggies and roasted potatos. I somehow found some energy and did some laundry tonight and changed our linen's etc. My pain is about 7 now. I am in relax mode. Just wanted to pop in and say hi.
Love you all chat tomorrow Debo.
Posts: 95 | Location: Vancouver Island, BC Canada | Registered: 10-02-2008
Ellie, Your new years poem is so beautiful and inspiring. I can tell it came from your heart & soul.
I think each one of us will take something slightly different from your poem, depending on what we need in our own lives. I take hope from it. Thank you.
Happy 2009 to all of you. Each one of you contributes to this group in so many different ways and it touches me deeply, thank you.
I am a bit fragile today but that's ok. I guess some more grieving needed to be done. I know I will be ok, in large part because I know all of you will be there for me if I need it.
Bless you and have a super day. DS Deb
As you give love out, it's received and reciprocated--and it grows. ............ and eventually it comes back. —Hill Harper
Hi pain pals! I hope most of us are too busy to post, rather than hurting too much to post!
Deborama, Hi there, girl! Good to hear from you. Sorry some people didn't have good sense at the party and lacked self-control. That is too bad. I hope your pain goes down.
Betty, I'm worried about you! I think you are way over doing it again. I hope you can find some rest time so you don't completely wear yourself down. Please take it easy.
Mark, I hope you are staying strong over the holidays here. I hope you are finding some answers and relief for your troublesome symptoms. May the new year bring you some much needed relief, decisions, wisdom, guidance, and answers.
Chuck, I hope you have had a peaceful time with the holidays. How is your puppy?
Deb, thanks for saying nice things about my poem. I appreciate that. How are you feeling today? I hope the dogs are behaving themselves, especially Marco. He is so cute. I hope he is being good to his mama. Please be careful up there in the land of ice and snow.
Danielle, I know you are on your cruise, but if you happen to check in, I just want you to know we are thinking about you and hoping you are having a wonderful time!! Jealous? Maybe just a bit...Not that I don't want you to be on a cruise; I just want to be on the cruise too.
Razli, Citygrl, Adrian, Peppi, and everyone else, please be safe and have a happy, healthy weekend!! Look forward to hearing from you all again too!!
Take it easy, everybody. Hey, the good news is that I walked all around Hobby Lobby today. That's right, walked! The bad news is that I now have back spasms from possibly overdoing it. Who me? Overdo anything? Hmmm........
Hey, does anyone have any advice for weaning off of Morphine extended release? It isn't going so well.
Good evening everyone. I had an awesome day today. I went shopping with a friend and out for lunch. I left at 1100 and didn't get home until 4:30. I bought some sush when I was out and my daughter and I watched Mama Mia and ate the awesome sushi. My hubby son and stepson were on the mainland moving my stepson, so we had some time on our own which was so nice. Tonight I could'nt make it any more so I had a nap. I also got a call from the pain clinic today. I have an apt on Monday!!!! Wow the gyn said he would phone and expedite it and it worked!!This is so good I can get another injection or a nerve block. My pain will be better managed by a specialist while I wait. Wooo Weeee!
Ellie you sound so upbeat. Walking honey, Wow. This stimulator sounds life changing for you. Do you need to do physio with it to have guidance on what to do, Honey I am so happy for you.
BETTY: i am so worried about you. This is proving to be way too much for you. With Christmas and everything I think you wore yourself out. Is there anyone else that could come and relieve you? What about Deb'ssister that you mentioned before. Oh my gosh hon.... keep us posted if you can.
Mark it sounds like you have a good Doc. I am glad they are doing testing and you have a referral. Do you have to wait very long? It is nice to get to know you better.
Okay I am running out of gas again. I will post to everyone else tomorrow. Love to you all Debo.
Posts: 95 | Location: Vancouver Island, BC Canada | Registered: 10-02-2008
Hi everybody, Sorry I didn’t write yesterday and not much on NewYears Day. I was fighting the blues on New Years Eve and lost, but New Years Day and yesterday was fine emotionally but high pain wise. Thus, poor sleeping too.
My inversion table (not for anyone who has had a fusion) really helps alleviate the hip and back pain (not so much the nerve pain yet) for half an hour or more BUT because I am also stretching my legs (the right leg hasn’t gone straight for a couple of years) I am getting Charlie horse type cramping in both calves and feet. This usually starts a couple of hours after I use the Inversion Table. The spasms have gone one for an hour or so but can come back easily if I move my foot or leg in the WRONG way (who knows what way that is). So, I didn’t use the table at all on Thursday and only once yesterday and my pain was much higher. My osteopath had suggested Tonic water because of the quinine in it, to stop any kind of cramping. So I bought some yesterday and drank it before using the table. It seemed to help a bit. I will have to figure this out.
In my analysis of my physical condition, I have been wondering………even if I could find some money to have the laser surgery, and it worked, how would my legs be after it? Would they cause my back to stay in a poor position? Is the nerve damage to my right leg permanent? Will my atrophied muscles be able to be rehabilitated?
In my osteo sessions, we gave up, a long time ago, trying to stretch my thighs because it always made my back go nuts. Maybe it is time to try again?
I have had a few very thought provoking replies to my sharepost. You might like to take a look. I was thinking of copying one of them to share with you here but I am not sure if I have to ask the persons permission. I don’t think so because their reply is in a public area but do any of you know? Just like, I want to share Ellie’s beautiful poem but this I know is Ellie’s decision. Maybe you could do a sharepost of your poem Ellie?
Debo, I am so glad you are able to do more but sorry that the pain is creeping up again. I hope your pain clinic, in western Canada is more responsive than mine. Each time my pain doctor has decided I needed a block or a spinal it has taken more than 3 months to set up. I hope that your doctor giving a push to the system for the appointment will carry through to a quick relieving procedure.
ADRIAN, PLEASE COME BACK TO US. I miss you and am worried about you. No matter what has happened, we love you here.
Peppi, I hope your pain is less. It seems you have been in really bad pain for a long time. I hope you get a break soon.
Mark, I am glad your doctor’s appointment went well and I hope you can find some answers soon. It is so hard not really knowing what is happening to your body. Hang in there.
Chuck, I hope that the holidays have been good to and for you and your family……….with low pain.
Razli, we haven’t heard from you for a while. I am sure you are recovering from a full house with excited children. Hope your pain has been controllable throughout it all.
Danielle, please soak up some warm sunshine for all of us. Enjoy!!!
Betty, I hope you get home today and sleep for 24 hours. I am always amazed that you can recover within a week from all that you do at Helen’s house. I hope the flooding there has stopped before it caused you a real problem. Take care of you, please.
Ellie, Wow, I am so happy about the walking. Why don’t you try some tonic water / soda for the spasms. It works quite quickly. Who knows, maybe we can all meet for cocktail hour with our tonic water? Lol
Hugs and warm wishes, DS Deb
As you give love out, it's received and reciprocated--and it grows. ............ and eventually it comes back. —Hill Harper
Afternoon All, Hope your New year has gotten off to a low pain start. Mine's been ok. My wife has been off for a couple weeks, she goes back tomorrow morning at 5am. Not too much goin, the temps have been mild mostly, kinda damp today but, not too bad. Just chillin til time to make chili later. Chuck
I'm doing alright. Sis had been really good at letting me rest. Debbie is very sick and all Iv'e had to do is take care of the basics and just made sure Sis has all her meals, meds, coffee, snacks, etc. I've not done anything, except for lay on my bed all day and I'm hoping Deb will be better by monday.
I'll talk to you all more when I can. My Fibro is just really flared up. Too much xmas activties and then 8 days here.
I'm in bed and gonna sign out guys Good Night Hugs Betty
Do not be dismayed by toil or suffering, nor by the meager fruit of your labors. Remember that God rewards not according to results, but effort.
Blessed Zefirino Agostini
Posts: 1197 | Location: Home in Washington State | Registered: 11-07-2007
the first time IT happened to me -I lost a really long message I had almost finished writing!! So from now on I'll be also writing my messages on Word first. Guess this had to happen in order for me to take that option seriously.
I have to apologize for not posting for a few days. I've been really sick and in bed. First, my pain has been way too high for quite a while, and then the nasty cold that had been lingering there for a while turned into some kind of a sinusitis-tonsillitis combo with fewer and everything. Hubby's been good and taking care of me, fortunately. He's been cooking a variety of "sick foods" that I've managed to swallow somehow. Today's the first day out of bed and after taking a 5-minute walk in the yard with my dog I was ready to go back to bed...so I guess I'll need a couple of more days to recover completely.
Seems it's been pretty quiet here over New Year's. Needless to say, we didn't do anything, just stayed home. Hope everyone is doing well and may the new year bring us all happiness, joy and relief from our pains!
DS DEb, thank you for answering my post the other day. I promise I'll write you back a bit later. You definitely did not overstep or bore me, in the contrary, I really enjoyed your writing.
Ellie, I loved your poem as well. Did you share it with your family too?
Will be back in a little while, have been sitting too long and need to lie down.
Hugs and love,
Peppi
"A merry heart does good like medicine" (Proverbs 17:22)
Posts: 48 | Location: Europe | Registered: 11-23-2008
It's proving to be a pretty tough week afterall. Debbie & 1/2 of Sis's family are so sick, I'm pracically fighting them away from the door to not let them come in here and get her sick. Sis Gets pnemonia so easily and she will find herself in the hospital or worse and I won't take that risk.
When Deb called this am and I heard how bad she sounded once again, I just said Stay home. She argued as usual and I just said NO! Yesterday when she argued with me, I just told her I was not going to argue about it and she was not to come near sis and when she continued to argue with me, I said good bye and hung up the phone. So when she began her tirade this am and said I won't breath on her or go near her, I said you'd be preparing food for her and touching everything in the house, so NO! we will see tomorrow. She stopped in her tracks this time and did not argue with me anymore and just said OK. So maybe I'll just have to start hanging up on her when she argues with me.
I just took care of Helen's basics yesterday and let her watch tv on her own. I came out of the bedroom at meal times and after I cleaned up the table, I went back and layed down. I'm pretty much going to have the same or simular day today. I wish I had some control on Fibro, but you just don't have any way to turn it off.
I think when the really bad fm flares come are when I really hate this chonic Pain and illness the very most. I seem to deal all right most the time with the regular days of pain and even the pain flare ups. But this crummy Fibromyalgia is really a horrible illness to have. I hope some day I learn to mange it better, it feels like it controls me and I hate that feeling.
I'm glad you all sound like you've survived the holidays, even with some excess pain, colds/flu, they seem to be going around pretty bad in the US, so I'm sure it's pretty much everywhere.
Mark; I'm glad to hear your getting some imediate answers to your new diagnosis quest, that always feels good.
Gimpy; I hope your pain is coming down again once you've rested.
Debo; I hope your resting up and can spend every moment with your daughter if she's still with you. I know how sad it is when they leave, as Matt left yesterday for college again and he spent a few hours visiting with Sis & I on Friday as his good bye visit. I cried after he left. This crummy fm adds to my eye leakage too for some dumb reason.
Deborah; Thank you for sharing more family pics with me on your MSM page. I really like our pages and want to add even more pics as I can. I just have to organize myself as Ihave a bunch of family pics on this lappy too. I hope your pain is not over the moon for you and I'm glad it was a pretty morning up in the waaaay NE. Your home pics really look beautiful where you live and I love your home.
Peppi; So good to hear from you today too hon. I glad your hubby is taking such good care of you. You deserve it honey and don't you forget it. Talk to you soon I hope.
Chuck; I'm glad to hear Bobby was off on vacation with you over the holiday. Rod takes a nice long vacation during xmas too and I really have grown to love having him home to help me and get to spend alot of time with Mattie when he's home too. Hope your going to have a relaxing Sunday and if you'd care to share your chilie rescipe, I sure would like to have it???
Adrian; I miss you sooooooooooo much and hope your able to visit with us again soon.
Well Family, I'm gonna go try getting dressed, and then make a short trip to the store. Helen keeps hinting like I need to go pick up cold meds & diahrea meds for her family members who are sick and go deliver them to the fam. I just told her I was not going near any of them as long as they are sick and that they had plenty of other family members right here close to go and get cold/flu supplies for them . UGH I can see that her allowing me to rest yesterday was short lived and she has all kinds of stuff she wants to have me run & do so she can offer my services to others too. GRRRRR
I better get movin and get back so I can rest Hugs Betty
Do not be dismayed by toil or suffering, nor by the meager fruit of your labors. Remember that God rewards not according to results, but effort.
Blessed Zefirino Agostini
Posts: 1197 | Location: Home in Washington State | Registered: 11-07-2007
It freaked me out just a little, but Sis says that it happens every now and then, but Debbie has been over twice to check and make sure the water is not dragging the pump down the river or getting into the basement and she says it gets high, but it's never been this high. Sis cannot see it, so she is pretty layed back about the whole thing.
My pain is over the moon and I'm just pooped today, so I've got her dinner in the oven and I'm going to feed her asap and put my jammies on early and give up for the day.
So from now on I'll be also writing my messages on Word first. Guess this had to happen in order for me to take that option seriously.
and I won't take that risk.
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