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Skriven 2008-07-23 20:36:46 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 10947 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: summer gardens in ny
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Hi Ruth!

> -> > Uhmmm - ouch.  That sounds a lot like frozen shoulder, but transient.
> -> Yes, it does and it feels like it when it starts to travel.
> ->
> Traveling ... that sounds like a nerve whatsit.  A pinched nerve of some
> kind.

I'd thought about that but it went from person to person :(  That's why I
figured it was a virus.

 > -> It wasn't always in the same shoulder blade, but in one of them for sure
> -> where it started.  Very weird.. I'm trying to remember when I had it
> last.. it
> -> was years ago... perhaps it was a virus going around.

> More like a herniated disc you never knew you had.  They'll do stuff like
> that.

hehe.. could be I guess.. but it went through pretty much everyone in the
house.. :)  Ron and I were renting the upstairs of my mother's house at the
time when we first started getting it..  We'd started our software company
(Invisible Light Software - loved the name we came up with (grin)), sold our
house and commandeered the upstairs of my mom's 12 room house :)  My parents
already had a 3 room apt. up there, so we just opened up the rest of the
upstairs so we'd have room for kids, computers and Dog. Oh and Ron and I of
course (grin).  Ron no doubt did in his back one of the times when we moved..
he'd do things like put a refrigerator on his back :(  He's a big guy, but I
don't think anyone has a back that could that kind of thing...at least not for
long :)

> -> > I'm on Copaxone.   There's one side effect that's no fun whatever
- > every
> -> > once in a blue moon you get what feels like an anaphalactic reaction.
> It's
> ->
> -> Geez... and we've got so many allergies in our family.. I can see it now
> if I'd
> -> agreed to take it.. It is the only one of the CRAB drubs though that can
> be
> -> taken with the LDN that I take so I actually seriously considered it..
> just to
> -> shut the dr's up (bg)

> That side effect doesn't happen all that often.  I've only had it once in
> four years.  Some people never get it at all.

That's good to hear :)  How long have you had MS now?

> -> Hopefully it doesn't last too long - is the Copaxone helping with the
> plaque at
> -> least? I know it won't help with the MS symptoms (or one shouldn't
> expect it
> -> to).

> Kinda sorta maybe.  I don't know how badly off I'd be without it.

Ok, I can understand that.. they try to clip things as soon as possible with
the crab drugs, so it can be hard to know, I'm sure.

> Generally, once I get a symptom it's mine to keep. They get better or worse
> but usually don't go away entirely.

Probably a good sign really.  Mine was very much like that in the beginning and
for several years after I first got it.. Now most of those things are gone
completely - blindness in both eyes, deafness in one ear, legs
'telecoping' .. my legs and spine just 'crumbled', incredible intolerance of
Cold or HOT weather.. boy did I get the shakes in Sullivan County for years
when we'd visit Ron's parents in Winter.  All of those things mostly went away,
but always  lingered for a while as you mentioned, but eventually totally went
away. I did get some new symptoms maybe 10-15 years ago.. drop foot in my right
leg.. that stuck for a while but even that isn't there all the time.. just
sometimes.. and of course the parasthesia isn't there all the time... but as
this Topamax hit me so hard, that's why I'm hesitant to start any of the crab
drugs.  Anyway,  hang in there (guess we don't have a choice huh? :))

> -> > Not really. Not around here. > ->
> -> Yeah, you only see them generally in the early spring..

> Critters, or basil plants?

Sorry :)  Potted Basil plants.

> -> James Underwood Crocket's Victory Garden Book (greatest ever on PBS)
> still to
> -> this day to plant and maintain my garden :) I was so upset when he died.
> -> Brilliant man :)

> It's a thought, but a bit too late now.  The plants survived but they're
> not setting fruit yet.

I had one year where the tomatoes were all over the place on the plants.. but
it was that year that the summer was sooooo cold.. the tomatoes never ripened..
and they were early-girls :(  I had a TON of green tomatoes hahaha.. I'd bring
some inside and some would eventually ripen, but not like when they're outside
soaking up sun.

> -> > It didn't smell, so it wasn't that bad.  And no guts hanging out.
> -> Ah it's my mind taking over.. can't stand the thought of the critter
> buying it
> -> that way.. meanwhile, I can't think of a good way either. (g)

> I used a push broom and shoved it under the pachysandra.

That works.. :)

> -> maybe they think they are tigers Lol... Did Max fetch qtips if you threw

> They think they're lions, I think.  Or bobcats.  Max never fetched anything
> except critter body parts.


Ah.. I never would have thought to do it with Pete.. but his owner told me to
do it because he couldn't believe how much Pete loved to fetch them :) :) I'd
through 4 or five Qtips on the floor, and he'd pick them up in his mouth and
bring them back to me.. It was so neat to watch him do it.

> -> Tina, my current kitty, is about 1/3 the length that Pete was.. and I
> won't > -> even talk about tails :) :)
> ->
> Max was a runt, only about 10 pounds.  He acted like he was a giant cat
> though.

I think Pete weighed about 25 lbs.. boy that doesn't seem right though.. I'll
have to ask Ron if he remembers. He looked 'skinny', but that's because his
body and tail were so long.

> -> him when he was six.. Ron's boss couldn't keep him because of situations
> at
> -> home (probably allergies & kids). He told me Pete was more a dog than a
> cat

> That's a Maine Coon all over.  They're all like that.

Very very neat ;)

> ->  I'd like to get another Maine Coon someday.
> ->
> I still miss Maxie.  Unlike the two I have now, he had a brain.  I swear
> the cat was more of a bright two year-old than a cat.

Know what you mean  - Max sounds a lot like Pete.  Well, I was telling Ron
about Max (we always love hearing other people have Maine Coons) and he said if
I find a Maine Coon we'll get one.. He really loved Pete as well. I started to
say, Tina won't be real happy and he said, oh she'll deal with it Lol.. Hope
he's right haha.. well, have to find a breeder first, so Tina is safe for now
:)

Take care,
Janis

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