From ken to Marina Troi...ttook your advice..thank you

[Guest guest]

Greetings...I want to thank you Marina, (and also

)..I went out and bought this hugely long body

pillow, and some " tiger balm " patches, and put one of

the patches on my left shoulder....when I went to

sleep last night, I had that pillow between my knees,

and I was kind of hugging it to me, and it did take a

lot of perssure off my arm and shoulder. thank you for

your help.

I was actually able to sleep thru about half the

night!Wonderful!

Right now, I am very sick, taking " thermaflu " ,trying

to break up this terrible congestion in my face and

lungs..I am coughing my head off, and just generally

feel like roadkill on a mississipi highway in

july,during rush hour! I.m so tired, I keep hitting

the wrong keys, and have to go back and correct the

mis spelled words, so I will close now.

Thank you for your friendship an help! Your

sugestins helped.! love, ken

P.S.Marina, do you think I am " wrong " to end all my

posts with " love, ken? " At heart, I am an ald hippie, a

Christian, and I just really DO love my fellow humans,

but a lot of times I will write to some one, ending

with " love, ken " and they never write back. Do you

think I scare them, or am I being " inappropiate??

The thing is, I am a wordsmith, and an artist, with

deep feelings for a lot...am I wrong? love, me

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Dear Ken: I know what you mean Ken. A lot of times I end things with Love

and I feel people take offense to it. Well, I still use it or

Sincerely, either one. If they don't like it then they are just too scared to

be my

friend, and that is their loss.

Love,

[Guest guest]

Dear Ken: I know what you mean Ken. A lot of times I end things with Love

and I feel people take offense to it. Well, I still use it or

Sincerely, either one. If they don't like it then they are just too scared to

be my

friend, and that is their loss.

Love,

[Guest guest]

Ken, The body pillow was an excellent choice. I have one too!! It

ie great for between the arms and between the knees. If you need to

elevate an extremity because of swelling, you can fold it in half

and it gives you the perfect elevation. It is also good to use for

your back. If you fold it in half and lay across it with the pillow

in the small of your back, it allows you to stretch the spine a

little bit. It works well on the bed or the floor (for those who

can get back up once they are down!!!). Heat is also good for that

shoulder. Don't coddle your shoulder too much, Ken. It is

important to do range of motion. If you have too much pain doing it

yourself then ask your wife if she would help you with it by holding

your wrist and elbow and going through the range of motion exercises

(that is considered passive range of motion). It is important

because if you don't exercise it you run the risk of developing a

frozen shoulder. The only way to fix that is to go to surgery (they

just put you to sleep so you are completely relaxed and then they

force your shoulder into the full range of motion. You go to sleep

because it is also painful!!). So, get that shoulder looked at and

keep it moving. At least a few times a day.

As for the " Love " . Personally, I don't think people say it enough.

I don't take offense to it. I think it's great that you put

yourself out there. More people should do that. Besides, when I

sign a card or a letter to family members, I sign it " Love,

Marina " . And, if you think about it (but not too hard, don't want

you to hurt yourself!!), the members of this group are just one big

family!! We support each other, we care about the pain each feels,

we listen to the stories of our daily lives, we talk about our

children, we make each other laugh, we make each other cry, sounds

like things families do!! So, Ken, pour on the LOVE!!!

I hope you get over that cold soon!! Believe it or not, but I have

been on plaquenal, steroids, methotrexate, enbrel (or remicaide) for

about 2 years now and I haven't gotten sick yet!! Not even my annual

bronchitis or the flu!! And I am exposed to this crud all the time

because I work in a hospital!! Boy, if I had known this, I would

have gotten on all this stuff a long time ago!! Instead of knocking

my immune system down, it seems to have boosted it!! Oh well. My

rheumatologist told me he didn't think I was typical!!

Take care, Ken. Email me too if you like!!....Blesssed Be....Love,

Marina!!

[Guest guest]

Ken, The body pillow was an excellent choice. I have one too!! It

ie great for between the arms and between the knees. If you need to

elevate an extremity because of swelling, you can fold it in half

and it gives you the perfect elevation. It is also good to use for

your back. If you fold it in half and lay across it with the pillow

in the small of your back, it allows you to stretch the spine a

little bit. It works well on the bed or the floor (for those who

can get back up once they are down!!!). Heat is also good for that

shoulder. Don't coddle your shoulder too much, Ken. It is

important to do range of motion. If you have too much pain doing it

yourself then ask your wife if she would help you with it by holding

your wrist and elbow and going through the range of motion exercises

(that is considered passive range of motion). It is important

because if you don't exercise it you run the risk of developing a

frozen shoulder. The only way to fix that is to go to surgery (they

just put you to sleep so you are completely relaxed and then they

force your shoulder into the full range of motion. You go to sleep

because it is also painful!!). So, get that shoulder looked at and

keep it moving. At least a few times a day.

As for the " Love " . Personally, I don't think people say it enough.

I don't take offense to it. I think it's great that you put

yourself out there. More people should do that. Besides, when I

sign a card or a letter to family members, I sign it " Love,

Marina " . And, if you think about it (but not too hard, don't want

you to hurt yourself!!), the members of this group are just one big

family!! We support each other, we care about the pain each feels,

we listen to the stories of our daily lives, we talk about our

children, we make each other laugh, we make each other cry, sounds

like things families do!! So, Ken, pour on the LOVE!!!

I hope you get over that cold soon!! Believe it or not, but I have

been on plaquenal, steroids, methotrexate, enbrel (or remicaide) for

about 2 years now and I haven't gotten sick yet!! Not even my annual

bronchitis or the flu!! And I am exposed to this crud all the time

because I work in a hospital!! Boy, if I had known this, I would

have gotten on all this stuff a long time ago!! Instead of knocking

my immune system down, it seems to have boosted it!! Oh well. My

rheumatologist told me he didn't think I was typical!!

Take care, Ken. Email me too if you like!!....Blesssed Be....Love,

Marina!!

[Guest guest]

Ken:

I think most of us would be insulted if you did not

end each post with love, ken...........we are all

family. I hope you get rid of that awful cough and

start to feeling better for the new year.........i

want to read some more of your poetry and

stories........we love hearing from you.

Love

Pat in So Ore

--- kenneth samuelsen <squarehead52@...> wrote:

>

> Greetings...I want to thank you Marina, (and also

> )..I went out and bought this hugely long body

> pillow, and some " tiger balm " patches, and put one

> of

> the patches on my left shoulder....when I went to

> sleep last night, I had that pillow between my

> knees,

> and I was kind of hugging it to me, and it did take

> a

> lot of perssure off my arm and shoulder. thank you

> for

> your help.

> I was actually able to sleep thru about half the

> night!Wonderful!

> Right now, I am very sick, taking

> " thermaflu " ,trying

> to break up this terrible congestion in my face and

> lungs..I am coughing my head off, and just generally

> feel like roadkill on a mississipi highway in

> july,during rush hour! I.m so tired, I keep hitting

> the wrong keys, and have to go back and correct the

> mis spelled words, so I will close now.

> Thank you for your friendship an help! Your

> sugestins helped.! love, ken

>

>

> P.S.Marina, do you think I am " wrong " to end all my

> posts with " love, ken? " At heart, I am an ald hippie,

> a

> Christian, and I just really DO love my fellow

> humans,

> but a lot of times I will write to some one, ending

> with " love, ken " and they never write back. Do you

> think I scare them, or am I being " inappropiate??

> The thing is, I am a wordsmith, and an artist,

> with

> deep feelings for a lot...am I wrong? love, me

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Ken:

I think most of us would be insulted if you did not

end each post with love, ken...........we are all

family. I hope you get rid of that awful cough and

start to feeling better for the new year.........i

want to read some more of your poetry and

stories........we love hearing from you.

Love

Pat in So Ore

--- kenneth samuelsen <squarehead52@...> wrote:

>

> Greetings...I want to thank you Marina, (and also

> )..I went out and bought this hugely long body

> pillow, and some " tiger balm " patches, and put one

> of

> the patches on my left shoulder....when I went to

> sleep last night, I had that pillow between my

> knees,

> and I was kind of hugging it to me, and it did take

> a

> lot of perssure off my arm and shoulder. thank you

> for

> your help.

> I was actually able to sleep thru about half the

> night!Wonderful!

> Right now, I am very sick, taking

> " thermaflu " ,trying

> to break up this terrible congestion in my face and

> lungs..I am coughing my head off, and just generally

> feel like roadkill on a mississipi highway in

> july,during rush hour! I.m so tired, I keep hitting

> the wrong keys, and have to go back and correct the

> mis spelled words, so I will close now.

> Thank you for your friendship an help! Your

> sugestins helped.! love, ken

>

>

> P.S.Marina, do you think I am " wrong " to end all my

> posts with " love, ken? " At heart, I am an ald hippie,

> a

> Christian, and I just really DO love my fellow

> humans,

> but a lot of times I will write to some one, ending

> with " love, ken " and they never write back. Do you

> think I scare them, or am I being " inappropiate??

> The thing is, I am a wordsmith, and an artist,

> with

> deep feelings for a lot...am I wrong? love, me

>

> __________________________________________________

>