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Hi Kate

Welcome!!!!!

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>

> My Top Ten

> 1)Watching reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer--her life really sucks

> more than mine some times, but she always kills the bad guy and makes

> it all better again

> 2)using prednisone as my excuse for eating anything and everything I

> want whenever I want and being proud of it

> 3)watching Ellen and laughing harder than I have laughed in forever

> 4)listening to music

> 5)taking naps

> 6)enjoying not doing many chores while I can

> 7)doing word searches and getting really good at them

> 8)coloring--sounds childish, but give it a try, it is quite relaxing

> 9)getting a massage

> 10)and again--eating everything I want when I want--my mom is a great

> cook!

>

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>

> From: Lynn D

> Sent: Thu 12/23/2004 8:11 AM

> To: Stillsdisease Group

> Subject: Coping Strategies

>

>

>

>

> Hi all,

> I was thinking since we have so many that are suffering physically and

> mentally right now that maybe we could all share are personal coping

> strategies for getting though this dang thing.  Here is my top ten

> list

>

> Top 10 Things I do to beat the Dragon Blues:

>

> 1)Take anti-depressants

> 2)Eat naughty stuff

> 3)Play with my cats

> 4)Watch the movie " Tuesday's with Morrie "   over and over and over(my

> first

> Ah-ha moment)

> 5)Read the Spoon Theory-- for those of you that just joined one of our

> members posted this link a few weeks ago and I can say it has really

> changed

> my life and how I look at things.  Read it, print it, give it to

> everyone

> you know.  http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/spoons.htm,  (my third

> ah-hah

> moment)

>

> 6) Do more of number 2.  over and over and over

> 7) Read great exciting fiction and get lost in it, pretend I am the

> characters and not in my sick body!!

> 8) Read the book " Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired " by

> Donohue and

> Siegel. (my second ah-ha moment)

>

> 9) Watch Oprah, especially today, she will be revisiting the children

> in

> South Africa, most have lost their parents to AIDS and are living

> alone and

> many of them get raped as it is believed in this country that you

> can't get

> Aids if you have sex with virgins.  This show helps me get out of

> myself, we

> need to do that!!

>

> 10) Email your stills friends and vent, vent, vent!!

>

> Lynn in WI

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