[lace-chat] Secret Pal ThanK you
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you very much for the lovely parcel that arrived today. I love the bobbins they feel so nice in my hands, and I have all tried the sweets and enjoyed then, the little fold up bag will come in very handy when I go shopping as will the mini address book. The postcard of all the regions in France bought some fond memories of my visit in 2002, (after the last OIDFA conference) and made my desire to go to Europe again next year stronger. Thank you again Regards Faye Owers Shearwater Tasmania Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Arthritis in thumbs
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I haven't kept any of the messages. My mum has developed arthritis in her thumbs which is stopping her from safely lifting pans etc and of course means she can't do any craft work. She is wearing copper bracelets, but I was wonder if there were any other ideas I could pass on to her Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Humour
As the airliner pushed back from the gate, the flight attendant gave the passengers the usual information regarding seat belts, exits, etc. Finally, she said, Now sit back and enjoy your trip while Captain Judith Campbell and crew take you safely to your destination. Joe sitting in the eighth row thought to himself, Did I hear her right? Is the captain a woman? When the attendants came by with the drink cart, he said, Did I understand you right? Is the captain a woman? Yes, said the attendant, In fact, this entire crew is female. My God, said Joe, I'd better have two scotch and sodas. I don't know what to think of all those women up there in the cockpit. That's another thing sir, said the attendant, We no longer call it the Cock-pit, it's now the Box-office. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Arthritis in thumbs
Sue, I sympathise with your mum. I didn't realise that RA doesn't affect the topmost finger joints, and, what I thought was a flare up in some of them that would settle, is developing osteoarthritis. I've also been told that I must come off steroids, which I've been taking for the past 5 years, so while my joints are starting to complain during the reduction and eventual replacement with an increase in one of my other drugs, I'm having a bit of difficulty gripping things because my thumbs are particularly painful. What I've always been told is to get pain under control by taking the maximum dose of painkillers to begin with. It's like coming downstairs with pain at the top. You take a dose of painkillers and the pain comes down two steps, as that dose wears off, the pain goes up one step. The next dose bring you down two more steps and gradually up one as it wears off. So eventually the pain will reach the bottom of the stairs, and you can start taking a maintenance dose, or stop altogether if the cause of the pain has been eased. Transferring load to a larger joint is wise, so, for instance, instead of trying to hold a cup and saucer with fingers, put it on a tray and rest the tray across your lower arms so your elbows are taking the weight. Put potatoes and other vegetables in the type of wire basket that you find in chip pan, and put that in your saucepan of water. When the vegetables are cooked lift out the vegetables in the basket, and then lift the saucepan and water - lighter than vegetables, water and saucepan. I don't believe in 'old wives tales' and alternative therapies - done't see how they can work, but the physio' who treated me after my knee replacement said that magnetic bracelets can work if you're sensitive to them, and not everyone is. She said that all cells have a positive and a negative end, and if they become misaligned you can experience pain. If you're sensitive to magnets, then a magnetic bracelet can realign them and ease the pain. I had a rigid open-ended one with a magnet at each end, and it worked. But I react to some metals, and the bracelet caused intense irritation so I stopped wearing it. However last week I found one made completely of magnetic beads on memory wire so there's no metal to irritate. That too is giving me relief. Crafts gloves can help some people - like tight fitting mittens. I have soft splints to wear during the day if I need to - they can be bought at disabled living shops - and rigid ones for night time, but I don't wear them because they make my hands more painful not less. There's no way I'd give up my crafts unless they were impossibe. I had to give up knitting and learned bobbin lacemaking instead. I pick the bobbins up by the spangles - that's most comfortable for me. My rheumatologist said last week It's your illness. How you manage it is entirely up to you. You know what you can do and what you can't. You know what you're prepared to sacrifice and what you're not, while still maintaining the quality of life you want. You also know that if something cause you pain, it's proably not doing you a lot of good, but again it's your choice. Hope your mum finds something to give her relief. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Weather
I have to say, I'm another who loves hearing about the weather in other places. Where I live in Michigan, we had a very wet spring, and the Grand River near where my parents and brother live reached its highest level since the 1960's. Lake Michigan recovered several inches of depth --we've been having low water levels, and some people who bought waterfront property on rivers that feed the lake found themselves looking out at mud flats these last 5 years or so. I forget how many millions or billions of gallons they said it took to add an inch to the level of Lake Michigan. This affects Lake Michigan shipping, and the ore and cargo freighters have been loaded less heavily to avoid scraping bottom in the harbors and channels. Lots of money has been spent on dredging the channels deeper. Last year we were adding on to our house (a geodesic dome-room with a little bunker basement), and it seemed like every time the contractor put his hand on the back hoe, it began to rain! Today it's an overcast and steamy day, but we are still going to the beach for our son's 5th birthday. Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Weather
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:34:50 +0100, Jean wrote: Although he's 65 he's just bought his third and most expensive mountain bike. Not that he rides on mountains, it's just that it's got front fork suspension and suspension in the frame so it's vey comfortable, and this one is very light (not on the pocket though) so he can use his energy moving himself rather than the bike as well. Every fine day that's fine throughout the year he's out in the morning and cycles about 25 miles with a break in the middle. He meets up with a group of similar aged men at a coffee stall on the cliffs (must be a bit like Last of the Summer Wine). Your husband is my nemesis - the cycling stealth pensioner. They look quite innocent, but there are us younger cyclists toiling up a hill puffing and panting, while the cycling pensioner cheerily overtakes and chats with the breath we don't have. It's that doing it every day that gets them fit. I'm just hoping that when I retire I too can become one. Jean might be pleased to know that regular cycling adds about 10 years to normal life expectancy, for men and women. -- Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him. Henry Louis Mencken Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Cycling
Steph wrote: It's that doing it every day that gets them fit. My husband had a heart attack in 1995, and since then has exercised for at least 40 minutes a day for a minimum of 5 days a week. We have a motorised treadmill, magnetic resistance exercise bike, and a continuous rowing machine (he's finding that difficult now), which he uses if he can't get out on his bike sufficiently. Strangely enough, he decided he wanted to live after the heart attack, and has the discipline to keep exercising. I haven't, even if arthritis would let me. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Arthritis in thumbs
At 10:44 AM 7/20/2004, you wrote: Sue, I sympathise with your mum. Me, too. I have arthritis pains in my thumbs, off and on. The initial attack was very painful. I had to stop doing anything that put pressure on the thumb joints. That was when I stopped knitting, crocheting, embroidery type crafts--anything that required constant tension by the thumb. I could pick up the lace bobbins between my fingers if the thumb was too sore. Lace has become my main hobby/interest in the past ten years. With mine, I knew that it would eventually ease off some, though it never goes completely away. If it hurts too much, I take an aspirin, but I don't like to do so if I can get away with it. So far I only use aspirin and moaning. For temporary relief, I have a spray-on pain relief that I put just on the joint that's hurting. It will ease the pain for a couple hours. Usually it has subsided by then so I don't have to reapply it. My habits have been re-formed to use my fingers and palms to a greater extent. Knobs can be turned with two palms if the thumb hurts. Fingers can hold a pencil or mixing spoon. Though I haven't figured out how to work my mouse without the thumb. There must be a way, somehow. Must get back to packing. I'll be gone for 5 days. My email will just stack up until I get back. Probably DH will prune out the spam for me, but it will take a while to catch up then. Happy lacing and less hurting, Alice in Oregon -- in the middle of a heat wave. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: kangaroo meat
Hello to all lacemakers, Jean could begin with kangaroo tail soup! Barbara, Parkes Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] show Tell
Oh Jean! That is priceless!! However did you refrain from falling over laughing?!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
