Re: [TMIC] Happy Holidays to my good friends at TMIC
Jude, Please just keep in your heart the fact that we're here for you and we love you!! May 2006 be so much better!! Hugs (lightly), janh --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy Holidays Having been gone from the list for some time now, I was saddened to hear of the hardships and heartbreak some of us faced during this annual celebration of Love. Barbara, I am sorry to hear of the passing of your Mother. It is my belief that she is happy now, with no thoughts of pain or anguish. You will have a wonderful reunion when the time is right, as you mentioned. And, it is true that the pain eases with time. My Grace, What a time you have been experiencing! I am so sorry not to have been around for you in your time of need. Why? Is the biggest question in the Universe. Why Not? Is the only answer I can come up with. But, I am not very bright and someone else may have a more satisfying answer for us. I don't believe there is one. While I was in the nursing home, I made friends with a nurse who gave me the most beautiful prayer. It is somewhere in my bags of accumulated names, addresses and phone numbers of new friends made while I was there. To All ~ While carefully doing my usual stretching exercises on my feet and ankles, I somehow managed to break both ankles...the left one in three places and the right one fractured and cracked. I am in two hot pink fiberglass casts around my feet and to my knees. They are on for two weeks at a time, then re-xrayed and the skin checked for lesions before being put back into new casts in the color of my choice. The casts will remain on for a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks and hopefully will heal in that time frame. It's weird about the pain. I don't feel a thing on the outside, but way down deep in the bone there is a burning sensation that borders on extreme pain of a kind I cannot describe any better than I already have. Of course it is difficult to move or do anything. I have been plagued with bowel problems and cathing every three hours is precarious work. It was nice to have a foley in place while I was recuperating. While being moved from the hospital to the nursing home I was blessed with three broken ribs, one creating a nice big lump in my back to the right of my spine and I am told there is lovely extensive bruising to decorate myself. Better than a tatoo! Nursing home experience is something I have been petrefied about having to face someday, and now know that when the time comes, I will be able to handle it. At least a bit. I will be laid up in bed for the most part for the majority of my recovery. I am so angry at the doctors for not telling me about brittle bone syndrome lying in wait for me. I will now have to be very precise and careful about every move I make. I want to buy a tilt table so that at some time in the future I will be able to weight bear on my legs, even though I will never walk. So, that is where I have been and this is where I will be. I love you all and thought of you every day, but simply didn't feel up to dealing with the computer. Love and Heartfelt Thanks for your friendship ~ Jude
Re: [TMIC] ladies I need help
Hi Krissy, I'm definitely NOT an expert here. However, the first thing that struck me was the use of eye creams. I cannot use anything like that around my eyes. Some eye creams I think can cause swelling etc around the eyes. Maybe you have some sort of eye infection. I would be off to the family doctor right away if I were you. Also the activities surrounding Christmas and New Year's season have made me very tired myself. Heather in Calgary - Original Message - From: Krissy To: TM List Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8:46 AM Subject: [TMIC] ladies I need help the past 2 weeks, I have seen my eyes getting progressively worsewatery, VERY red and tired looking, sometimes they sting a little...bags underneath!! , so bad they look like elephants knees. And I am not kidding! This has only been like the past few weeks I have seen this get worse and worse...Now, I am not sure if it is a reaction to all the eye creams I have been trying, or lack of sleep or too much sleep..I don't know. I go to sleep about 12am or soI do toss and turn at night , switching positions for my legs and rear end numbness...but I seem to *sleep* a good 8 hours...but I feel I could still sleep more...I am not refreshed waking up either. I feel like I am suddenly starting to look very old and tired...I am 45 and a few weeks ago I looked smooth and rested :( help? No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.7/214 - Release Date: 12/23/2005
Re: [TMIC] ladies I need help
Krissy, I would stop using the creams as well. Maybe put some cool rags on your eyes and get to an urgent care NOW. Or maybe call an optometrist, but don't "wait and see". Ella Elyria, Ohio
Re: [TMIC] ladies I need help
Krissy, I second the vote that you stop using the cremes. If you really want to use something, maybe for awhile just use a little olive oil or vitamin E oil around the eye area until you figure out what you are allergic toif indeed it is an allergy. I use Burt's Bee's facial stuff and some other brands that do not use much in the way of synthetics. Look into the herb Eyebright and see if maybe you can make an eyewash out of it. I am not sure if you can or not. I guess I am just not one to go to doctors easily (sorry, Frank). I always try to treat at home if possible. Laura in NC
Re: [TMIC] Thank You All...I am much Blessed.
Hi Jude, Oh my, you having been going through a rough time. I hope and pray for you that this will heal quickly and you will be back to your old self again - hey - or even better! Wouldn't that be nice! Hugs and Blessings Linda in Bothell, WA -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would be much nicer and more appropriate for me to answer all of the lovely emails sent by my concerned TM family one by one, but the fact is that I am too tired to type that many responses and so am hoping that this one "thank you" will be adequate. Home nursing was just here and set me up for physical, mental and spiritual help. I don't know why I am having such a difficult time getting through this...it just seems like adding insult to injury. But, we have all been there at some point in our lives. Dave and I did no shopping for Christmas gifts, so this year seemed spare on our part, but actually a bit nicer in a way. The children have been lovely and grateful to have me home once again and didn't care a whit about not getting presents from us. We were Blessed with lovely friends who came on Christmas Eve to sing Christmas carols with us. They brought a small decorated tree and gifts for Dave and Me. Then, Dave went to their home for dinner Christmas Day and brought home copious amounts of wonderfully prepared food. Lots of "comfort" food for me, in the form of stuffing, mashed potatoes gravy, cornbread and pie. They did include turkey and other healthful foods, but who cares??? Thank you to those of you who sent kind regards and get well messages. It means a lot to me to know that you are thinking of me. When cursed with a disease such as TM and associated accompanying diseases, it is good to have friends who understand not only the broad picture of ill health, but the minutiae of details too. Peace, Jude
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