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Skriven 2008-07-24 23:21:00 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
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-> > Allergic reaction to in-laws?
-> 
-> Lol - could be for Ron - nah, everybody seemed to get along mostly ok (g).
-> 
Hmmm - maybe it was Toxic Sticker Shock Syndrome - if that's when gas hit
the $2/gallon mark at the first time.

-> > Defintely true.  Then again, I've seen people throw their backs out by
-> > bending over to pick something up...like a piece of paper.
-> 
-> That's what happens now.. just one wrong turn.. When that happens, he
stays in
-> bed working on his laptop instead of at his desk.. he doesn't like
taking

At least laying down makes it let up.  

-> flexoril or whatever the doc suggests for muscle relaxant.. He finds
that if he
-> just stays in bed working for a few days, it goes away on it's own and
he can
-> still think straight.  When he gets a bad one, he could stay in bed for
week or
-> more though.. thankfully that doesn't happen that often.

Yuck.  Flexoril is as bad as Benadryl from what I can tell.  I won't take
the latter if I need to be awake.  I've never taken the other one, but have
friends who've done nasty things to their backs, shoulders etc.  
 
-> > Since 2002 that I know of, and there were some transitory symptoms
before
-> > that I just put down to being me and therefore weird.
-> 
-> Yes, that happens frequently and to me as well.. I was always just a
little
-> klutzy as a kid.. Acting helped that a great deal as I got older,
because of
-> the theatrical exercises actually.. a lot of them from Viola Spolin and
her son
-> Paul Sills.. but I'd had funny things happen when I was in college and
didn't
-> realize what they were until later.

My body's always done some weird, unlexplained things.  Sometimes I've
found the cause years later, but some ...?   I was always a klutz too, at
least when it comes to large muscle groups.  

-> > I don't want to find out the hard way.
-> 
-> Don't blame you one bit.  I'll tell you the one thing for sure Ron and I
have
-> found throughout the years ... Stress is the one big thing that you have
to try
-> to avoid.. It is hard since just having the darn disease can be 

Good luck with that. ;-)  You can try but life catches up with you one way
or the other.  

stressful in
-> itself til you realize it's not always so bad .. Once you can let crap
slide
-> off your back, it's better all the  way around. For years, we dealt with 

That's one reason God invented prayer; a lot of stuff that happens I just
say is His problem.  Nothing I can do about it anyway.

things
-> like housekeeping because obviously, there were times I couldn't do
squat, and
-> we couldn't afford a housecleaning service or whatever.. so dirt wins
those
-> days.. and it's not like it has to be that way every day..but I bet you
already
-> know all that (g).

In spades.  I'm allergic to dust mites to start with, and pollen.  I
haven't been able to mow the lawn for a good decade anyway without a gas
mask and eye goggles.  Housecleaning has never been high on my priorities
list.
 
-> Great - don't forget, I've had this since 1975.. And the copaxone will
probably
-> make quite a difference for you. When I was getting those symptoms, the
only
-> treatment was steroids and Immuran, a cancer drug that reduced your 

I've never even heard of Immuran.  Steroids are nasty suckers that do as
much harm as good.

immune
-> system so your immune system wouldn't attack your own body ... BetaSeron
came
-> out after I'd had it for over 15 years I think - too long to remember..
When I
-> started going to NYC for treatment, the prednisone treatment was short
but very
-> heavy high doses. But it worked.
-> 
They'd titrate you off of it.  Ever get stoned on it?  They tried it on me
once and that's what happened.  Needless to say I quickly figured I'd
rather deal with the symptoms than the side effects.

-> Ouch.  That sounds like steroids.
-> 
-> Nope, that was the disease.. before I went on Steroids (prednisone
generally).
-> After that attack, I asked my dad to find a "really good doctor" because 

The reason I said that is that steroids can do nasty things to bone
density.  

-> I said, "what about "The Headache"? I have to sit up in the car to go
home,
-> etc.." (most doctors tell you you have to stay flat for something like
24
-> hours..). He said, don't worry, you only get the headache if the doc.
doesn't
-> know how to do it correctly. (g).. and he was right.  I got up after the

They didn't do mine right then; I got the headache.

-> > Cold doesn't bother me much.  Heat and humidity on the other hand....
-> 
-> Ok - some people get it that way.. one thing you find is in many cases,
people
-> get it differently.  Some are bothered by heat, some cold, in my case it
was
-> any extreme.  Now, I can handle cold again just like before I got this..
but
-> heat is a killer still.  That's why I'd love to move to Hawaii or
Southern
-> Italy (g).. nah, I like NYS.. works for me ... :)

Hawaii would kill me in two weeks flat.  I'm all for moving to Yellowknife
with Jim, or would be if the ice road weren't the only way to get medicines
shipped in.  
 
-> >of the > crab > -> drugs.  Anyway,  hang in there (guess we don't have
a
-> >choice huh? :))
-> 
-> > There's one other option, but I don't own a .357. ;-)
-> 
-> Lol :)  Well you can always kick the cat.. I'm tempted some days, she can be
-> such a pia (g). Just kidding :)

I've got two.  Pest is an understatement.  
 
-> > I've seen a few tomato plants more recently, but no basil.
-> 
-> Yeah they sell it early on.. there are still seeds you can pick up
though.

If I didn't have an indoor black thumb, I might try it.
 
-> > Green tomato mincemeat and fried green tomatoes here we come.
-> 
-> Yep.. you got it.. :)

Luckily we like fried green tomatoes.  I found green ones in the supermarket
this spring once, in with some cluster tomatoes.  THese weren't a green
variety; they were supposed to be red.  I glommed the greenies - some people
must have thought I was nuts.
 
-> > -> bring them back to me.. It was so neat to watch him do it.
-> 
-> > Pete was half dog.  He was probably raised with them.
-> 
-> hahaha.. nope, no dogs in the house.. just people and IIRC, 3 main coons
(g)..
-> Pete was the last one to find a home.

Pete was a Coon Cat to the core, then.  
 
-> > -> have to ask Ron if he remembers. He looked 'skinny', but that's
because
-> > his
-> > -> body and tail were so long.
-> 
-> > He was just plain big.  Bobcat sized, pretty much.
-> 
-> Yes, sounds about right.. :)

I've seen bobcats around here about that size.  THey don't have the feather
duster tails though.
 
-> > Eccentric.  Mine liked to supervise when someone else worked.
-> 
-> Pete liked jumping on top of my dining room hutch (it was really high up
there)
-> from the floor, and just surveying everyone and everything below.. :)  
That
-> was shock the first time I saw him do it..

Max sat on top of the den door once in a while.  He liked the top of the
china cabinet too.  It was about six feet off the floor and flat.  Great
place for a cat perch.
 
-> > Maxie was the last kitten from a breeder who was shutting down.  She
-> > couldn't sell him due to his size, so she literally gave him to my
father.
-> 
-> That is really great... for him and for you.
-> 
Everyone who ever knew my father knew he was a sucker for cats.  The cats
liked him too.  
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