Re: Good Morning! Checking in....

April 6, 2006

Hi Sharon,

If your daughter in law has bronchiolitis, the

inflammation wouldn't necessarily show up on a chest

xray. The best test would be a CT scan. I have

chronic cough that has lasted for 4 years. At first I

thought it was whooping cough because I had the

'whoop' sound in my cough. My doctor prescribed an

inhaler, and 3 different antibiotics over the course

of a year. After a year of not being able to get it

resolved, I was referred to a pulmonologist. I've had

a couple of CT scans, pulmonary function tests, xrays

galore. I've been on long acting and short acting

inhalers. Either the side effects were too much for

me to deal with or I did not get relief. The

pulmonologist continues to see me every 4 to 6 months

just to monitor the progression.

I hope your daughter-in-law gets well soon.

Donna in WA

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

--Chief ph

__________________________________________________

April 6, 2006

Well You certainly sound perky and chipper! And busy!!! It is good that you can do all that, just reading it almost made me tired

I've been blogging, if you want a chuckle read the last couple of entries...

The weather here is So much cooler then there! I don't know if I could do it, no wonder you want to go back to Alaska!! But I hear the desert in Bloom is a totally awesome sight!!! Do you have white sage around there? I want to get some for smudging.

Sorry you've got so many sikkies to deal with, that in itself can really take work...I hope they all (and your cold, too) get better soon with NO major complications.

I'm going to have a bust medical month, have an Ortho appt on the 13th, a GP on the 19th and the sleep study on the 27th.

Hugs to all y'all and Challis!

Peace and Blessings

~*~ Akiba ~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://yodamamma.blogspot.com/

-- Good Morning! Checking in....

Good Morning everyone

I hope you are all feeling perky and chipper?

I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is feeling. What are you doing? How's life?

I'm actually feeling pretty good even though I was awake at 3:30 a.m. for over an hour. I got up then and took two hydrocodone for my shoulder/neck pain and was able to go back to sleep, waking up at nearly 6 a.m. My legs hurt last night but not as bad as they have other nights. As Martha would say "It's a good thing". I had a big leg spasm in my inner thigh when I got out of bed but I've had worse.

I have a mild cold. Everyone in my house has been sick for a month with colds, then the 10 day influenza and now colds again. I have stayed well through all of it but it's finally caught up with me. My DIL has had a terrible cough and finally went to her doctor yesterday. It's alarming news. Her doctor thinks she has Whooping Cough. They sent her for some blood tests and a chest x-ray. The blood test will tell if it is Whooping Cough (pertussis) but will take 5 days. In the meantime she is being treated with pertussis-specific antibiotics. The chest x-ray was all clear (as it would be with pertussis, from what I understand). I'm going to call my neurologist today to see what their recommendation is for me as far as preventative treatment. DIL is home from work until she is all clear. She's the surgery scheduler for a high profile cardiologist's office here in Arizona. I'm taking care of her and the 4 kids.

Spring has definitely sprung here in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. It's springing rapidly toward summer in fact. The day time temps are mid 80's. by the end of April it is often 100 degrees. I'm certainly dreading summer. Before long it will be above 105, then 110 for days/weeks on end. When the heat hits I only go out before 9 a.m. or after it gets dark in the evening. I enjoy feeding the wild birds and love to watch the doves, wrens, sparrows, robins, crows and assorted 'tweety birds'. Those birds go through so much wild bird seed and lots of dried bread. We used to see a lot of quail here in the desert but it's so built up now. The quail don't come where there are so many buildings... there's no open desert any longer where I am. Sad. There used to be many farmers fields and citrus groves near here-- now all gone. Instead there are condos and high priced homes as far as the eye can see. Progress, eh? Anyone remember the late 60's/early 70's song with the words "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot"? Was that Joni ?

ANYWAY... (climbing off my soapbox)

I started taking Rx Omega-3 Factors Pharmaceutical Grade fish oil several weeks ago (EPA 400 mg/DHA 200 mg). I'm taking 6 a day now. I can feel a difference. A REAL difference. I'm still in pain but I have more energy and I'm able to work through the pain more. Yesterday I did laundry, cooked a big meal, washed dishes, cleaned my bathroom, walked the yard picking up trash and stayed busy all day. I have seen increasing stamina each day. At the same time I started a good Vitamin E 1000 IU and Vitamin D 1000 IU. I don't know if the change in the way I feel is just from the fish oil or from all three things. No matter what the reason is I do feel better. I want to get some other supplements next payday from IHerb.com Great prices on really good supplements, in my opinion.

Now I'm waiting for a report from YOU.

Hugs and love to all my fellow shipmates aboard Good Ship MS.

Sharon

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Hi Donna,.......what did they say is causing your cough then? I have

a lot of respiratory problems, and am dragging my heels about having

it checked out. I was told a few years ago that I had a mycoplasma

pneumonia, chronic I guess. It stays in the body and will

become active if I get runned down. [walking pnuemonia is the other

name for it]I tried an inhaler too, and I can't handle the side

effects either.

Where are you in WA? I use to live up on Whidbey Island, then I

moved down to Vancouver. Now I live in Oregon.

Smiles, Jackie

>

> Hi Sharon,

>

> If your daughter in law has bronchiolitis, the

> inflammation wouldn't necessarily show up on a chest

> xray. The best test would be a CT scan. I have

> chronic cough that has lasted for 4 years. At first I

> thought it was whooping cough because I had the

> 'whoop' sound in my cough. My doctor prescribed an

> inhaler, and 3 different antibiotics over the course

> of a year. After a year of not being able to get it

> resolved, I was referred to a pulmonologist. I've had

> a couple of CT scans, pulmonary function tests, xrays

> galore. I've been on long acting and short acting

> inhalers. Either the side effects were too much for

> me to deal with or I did not get relief. The

> pulmonologist continues to see me every 4 to 6 months

> just to monitor the progression.

>

> I hope your daughter-in-law gets well soon.

>

> Donna in WA

>

> It does not require many words to speak the truth.

> --Chief ph

>

> __________________________________________________

>

April 7, 2006

http://s99.middlebury.edu/BI330A/projects//Mpneumoniae.html#anchor716909

A bit gruesome and technical, but very informative. Medical articles are often like that!

The "complement system" referred to is the IgE, IgA, IgM, etc. system, a different def

ense than that mounted by most auto-immune diseases, more similar, but not exactly,

to an allergic reaction to the invasion the this delightful bug! I have had it and it finally

did go away! So, Hope Springs Eternal!

I LOVED Whidby Island, but then my memories of all the Puget

Sound and its Islands and the Islands between Vancouver and

Vancouver Island are from the fifties, sixties and even eighties.

Mycoplasma pneumonia can be a pretty big deal. I hope that you

are getting the very best of care for it.

Love to you, Jacki, and highest hopes for recovery! n

Re: Good Morning! Checking in....

Hi Donna,.......what did they say is causing your cough then? I have a lot of respiratory problems, and am dragging my heels about having it checked out. I was told a few years ago that I had a mycoplasma pneumonia, chronic I guess. It stays in the body and will become active if I get runned down. [walking pnuemonia is the other name for it]I tried an inhaler too, and I can't handle the side effects either. Where are you in WA? I use to live up on Whidbey Island, then I moved down to Vancouver. Now I live in Oregon. Smiles, Jackie>> Hi Sharon,> > If your daughter in law has bronchiolitis, the> inflammation wouldn't necessarily show up on a chest> xray. The best test would be a CT scan. I have> chronic cough that has lasted for 4 years. At first I> thought it was whooping cough because I had the> 'whoop' sound in my cough. My doctor prescribed an> inhaler, and 3 different antibiotics over the course> of a year. After a year of not being able to get it> resolved, I was referred to a pulmonologist. I've had> a couple of CT scans, pulmonary function tests, xrays> galore. I've been on long acting and short acting> inhalers. Either the side effects were too much for> me to deal with or I did not get relief. The> pulmonologist continues to see me every 4 to 6 months> just to monitor the progression.> > I hope your daughter-in-law gets well soon. > > Donna in WA> > > > It does not require many words to speak the truth.> --Chief ph> > __________________________________________________>

April 7, 2006

Hi n....... I don't get any treatment for the pneumonia unless it flares up. Then a course of antibiotics calms it down. Oh, I didn't know you knew about Whidbey? We lived there from 1976-1991 and were really dumb for ever moving from there. Its the old "you never knew what you had until you lost it" scenario. We thought we were missing out on all the great stuff a big city could offer, and moved back to be closer to family. Disappointing on both accounts. My MS got much worse once we moved too.

Smiles, Jackie

-- Re: Re: Good Morning! Checking in....

http://s99.middlebury.edu/BI330A/projects//Mpneumoniae.html#anchor716909

A bit gruesome and technical, but very informative. Medical articles are often like that!

The "complement system" referred to is the IgE, IgA, IgM, etc. system, a different def

ense than that mounted by most auto-immune diseases, more similar, but not exactly,

to an allergic reaction to the invasion the this delightful bug! I have had it and it finally

did go away! So, Hope Springs Eternal!

I LOVED Whidby Island, but then my memories of all the Puget

Sound and its Islands and the Islands between Vancouver and

Vancouver Island are from the fifties, sixties and even eighties.

Mycoplasma pneumonia can be a pretty big deal. I hope that you

are getting the very best of care for it.

Love to you, Jacki, and highest hopes for recovery! n

April 7, 2006

Smiles back to you, too, Jacky; Whidbey is a place out of time! Love, n,

whose whole family comes from Washington State and/or Vancouver, B.C.

Re: Re: Good Morning! Checking in....

http://s99.middlebury.edu/BI330A/projects//Mpneumoniae.html#anchor716909

A bit gruesome and technical, but very informative. Medical articles are often like that!

The "complement system" referred to is the IgE, IgA, IgM, etc. system, a different def

ense than that mounted by most auto-immune diseases, more similar, but not exactly,

to an allergic reaction to the invasion the this delightful bug! I have had it and it finally

did go away! So, Hope Springs Eternal!

I LOVED Whidby Island, but then my memories of all the Puget

Sound and its Islands and the Islands between Vancouver and

Vancouver Island are from the fifties, sixties and even eighties.

Mycoplasma pneumonia can be a pretty big deal. I hope that you

are getting the very best of care for it.

Love to you, Jacki, and highest hopes for recovery! n

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April 7, 2006

I know exactly what you mean. We sold our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona to move to Alaska. Now Alaska is wonderful and magical but I do miss our farm. I really wanted to be away from there and now I wish I was back. lol... hindsight is 20-20, huh? love SharonJackie Hanan wrote: Hi n....... I don't get any treatment for the pneumonia unless it flares up. Then a course of antibiotics calms it down. Oh, I didn't know you knew about Whidbey? We lived there from 1976-1991 and were really dumb for ever moving from there. Its the old "you never knew what you had until you lost

it" scenario. We thought we were missing out on all the great stuff a big city could offer, and moved back to be closer to family. Disappointing on both accounts. My MS got much worse once we moved too. Smiles, Jackie -- Re: Re: Good Morning! Checking in.... http://s99.middlebury.edu/BI330A/projects//Mpneumoniae.html#anchor716909 A bit gruesome and technical, but very informative. Medical articles are often

like that! The "complement system" referred to is the IgE, IgA, IgM, etc. system, a different def ense than that mounted by most auto-immune diseases, more similar, but not exactly, to an allergic reaction to the invasion the this delightful bug! I have had it and it finally did go away! So, Hope Springs Eternal! I LOVED Whidby Island, but then my memories of all the Puget Sound and its Islands and the Islands between Vancouver and Vancouver Island are from the fifties, sixties and even eighties. Mycoplasma pneumonia can be a pretty big deal. I hope that you are getting the very best of care for it. Love to you, Jacki, and highest hopes for recovery! n

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Hi Sharon,

I am doing well in Florida, it'll be 2 years next week. The weather is great from Thanksgiving to mid May. It really gets too hot from mid June to mid October. Still no meds other than LDN, no progression since I started it on 7/08/ 03.

Nothing like New England though......at least for me. It just got too expensive to stay there. Really cheap living here in Florida compared to Cape Cod.

All is well, good wishes to you.

Regards,

Tom

Good Morning! Checking in....

Good Morning everyone

I hope you are all feeling perky and chipper?

I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is feeling. What are you doing? How's life?

I'm actually feeling pretty good even though I was awake at 3:30 a.m. for over an hour. I got up then and took two hydrocodone for my shoulder/neck pain and was able to go back to sleep, waking up at nearly 6 a.m. My legs hurt last night but not as bad as they have other nights. As Martha would say "It's a good thing". I had a big leg spasm in my inner thigh when I got out of bed but I've had worse.

I have a mild cold. Everyone in my house has been sick for a month with colds, then the 10 day influenza and now colds again. I have stayed well through all of it but it's finally caught up with me. My DIL has had a terrible cough and finally went to her doctor yesterday. It's alarming news. Her doctor thinks she has Whooping Cough. They sent her for some blood tests and a chest x-ray. The blood test will tell if it is Whooping Cough (pertussis) but will take 5 days. In the meantime she is being treated with pertussis-specific antibiotics. The chest x-ray was all clear (as it would be with pertussis, from what I understand). I'm going to call my neurologist today to see what their recommendation is for me as far as preventative treatment. DIL is home from work until she is all clear. She's the surgery scheduler for a high profile cardiologist's office here in Arizona. I'm taking care of her and the 4 kids.

Spring has definitely sprung here in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. It's springing rapidly toward summer in fact. The day time temps are mid 80's. by the end of April it is often 100 degrees. I'm certainly dreading summer. Before long it will be above 105, then 110 for days/weeks on end. When the heat hits I only go out before 9 a.m. or after it gets dark in the evening. I enjoy feeding the wild birds and love to watch the doves, wrens, sparrows, robins, crows and assorted 'tweety birds'. Those birds go through so much wild bird seed and lots of dried bread. We used to see a lot of quail here in the desert but it's so built up now. The quail don't come where there are so many buildings... there's no open desert any longer where I am. Sad. There used to be many farmers fields and citrus groves near here-- now all gone. Instead there are condos and high priced homes as far as the eye can see. Progress, eh? Anyone remember the late 60's/early 70's song with the words "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot"? Was that Joni ?

ANYWAY... (climbing off my soapbox)

I started taking Rx Omega-3 Factors Pharmaceutical Grade fish oil several weeks ago (EPA 400 mg/DHA 200 mg). I'm taking 6 a day now. I can feel a difference. A REAL difference. I'm still in pain but I have more energy and I'm able to work through the pain more. Yesterday I did laundry, cooked a big meal, washed dishes, cleaned my bathroom, walked the yard picking up trash and stayed busy all day. I have seen increasing stamina each day. At the same time I started a good Vitamin E 1000 IU and Vitamin D 1000 IU. I don't know if the change in the way I feel is just from the fish oil or from all three things. No matter what the reason is I do feel better. I want to get some other supplements next payday from IHerb.com Great prices on really good supplements, in my opinion.

Now I'm waiting for a report from YOU.

Hugs and love to all my fellow shipmates aboard Good Ship MS.

Sharon

Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

“One minute it's a giant cabbage and the next, ka-boom! You've got cole slaw all over you." V.R. , Palmer, Alaska, where Cabbages grow huge

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Hi Sharon we have been wanting to purchase a new Sheltie to replace our

Sheltie Riley and when I did search on the net to figure how we can get

one at a cheaper rate I ran across PetFinder.com

and then several Sheltie Recue services. This is one of them I had to

fill out an application for http://www.sheltie-rescue.org/

.. We then had visit from a lady to evaluate if we were deserving to

own a Sheltie. To us this is all crazy because we had one for 6 year's

and made a great home for us. I told the lady that visited us I also

filled out an application through a Resue center in my old home town of

Noblesville and she told me that lady is very

picky who she sales a dog to and sure enough she emailed us to let me

know she had concerns about giving us a dog.She did not care about our

back yard. She never paid us a visit so what does she know. My wife

told me to email her back and let her know she is nuts. We never had

any trouble with our dog Riley. The Lady who visited our home did give

us another lady in Cincinnati (http://www.pssr.org/)

and that we could probably easliy get a dog from her. I sent her an

application also. The woman who visited us is with a Sheltie Recue

center but she did not have any dogs at this time.

I am not too sure about these rescue centers I told Judy we need to

just by a puppy and stop having to prove to people we are good to

animals.

Bill

Sharon Marsden wrote:

Good Morning

everyone

I hope you are all

feeling perky and chipper?

I just wanted to check

in and see how everyone is feeling. What are you doing? How's life?

I'm actually feeling

pretty good even though I was awake at 3:30 a.m. for over an hour. I

got up then and took two hydrocodone for my shoulder/neck pain and was

able to go back to sleep, waking up at nearly 6 a.m. My legs hurt last

night but not as bad as they have other nights. As Martha would say

"It's a good thing". I had a big leg spasm in my inner thigh when I

got out of bed but I've had worse.

I have a mild cold.

Everyone in my house has been sick for a month with colds, then the 10

day influenza and now colds again. I have stayed well through all of

it but it's finally caught up with me. My DIL has had a terrible cough

and finally went to her doctor yesterday. It's alarming news. Her

doctor thinks she has Whooping Cough. They sent her for some blood

tests and a chest x-ray. The blood test will tell if it is Whooping

Cough (pertussis) but will take 5 days. In the meantime she is being

treated with pertussis-specific antibiotics. The chest x-ray was all

clear (as it would be with pertussis, from what I understand). I'm

going to call my neurologist today to see what their recommendation is

for me as far as preventative treatment. DIL is home from work until

she is all clear. She's the surgery scheduler for a high profile

cardiologist's office here in Arizona. I'm taking care of her and the

4 kids.

Spring has definitely

sprung here in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. It's springing rapidly

toward summer in fact. The day time temps are mid 80's. by the end of

April it is often 100 degrees. I'm certainly dreading summer. Before

long it will be above 105, then 110 for days/weeks on end. When the

heat hits I only go out before 9 a.m. or after it gets dark in the

evening. I enjoy feeding the wild birds and love to watch the doves,

wrens, sparrows, robins, crows and assorted 'tweety birds'. Those

birds go through so much wild bird seed and lots of dried bread. We

used to see a lot of quail here in the desert but it's so built up

now. The quail don't come where there are so many buildings... there's

no open desert any longer where I am. Sad. There used to be many

farmers fields and citrus groves near here-- now all gone. Instead

there are condos and high priced homes as far as the eye can see.

Progress, eh? Anyone remember the late 60's/early 70's song with the

words "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot"? Was that Joni

?

ANYWAY... (climbing off

my soapbox)

I started taking Rx

Omega-3 Factors Pharmaceutical Grade fish oil several weeks ago (EPA

400 mg/DHA 200 mg). I'm taking 6 a day now. I can feel a difference.

A REAL difference. I'm still in pain but I have more energy and I'm

able to work through the pain more. Yesterday I did laundry, cooked a

big meal, washed dishes, cleaned my bathroom, walked the yard picking

up trash and stayed busy all day. I have seen increasing stamina each

day. At the same time I started a good Vitamin E 1000 IU and Vitamin D

1000 IU. I don't know if the change in the way I feel is just from the

fish oil or from all three things. No matter what the reason is I do

feel better. I want to get some other supplements next payday from

IHerb.com Great prices on really good supplements, in my opinion.

Now I'm waiting for a

report from YOU.

Hugs and love to all my

fellow shipmates aboard Good Ship MS.

Sharon

Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

“One

minute it's a giant cabbage and the next, ka-boom! You've got cole slaw

all over you." V.R. , Palmer,

Alaska, where Cabbages grow huge

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April 8, 2006

That's just nuts. Some people are so full of themselves! Tell Judy I agree with her and an email is in order. <grinning> Have you checked with the pound to see if they have any Shelties? I wish you luck (and speedy results) in the Sheltie Search. hugs to you and to Judy too! SharonMS-Bill wrote: Hi Sharon we have been wanting to purchase a new Sheltie to replace our Sheltie Riley and when I did search on the net to figure how we can get one at a

cheaper rate I ran across PetFinder.com and then several Sheltie Recue services. This is one of them I had to fill out an application for http://www.sheltie-rescue.org/ . We then had visit from a lady to evaluate if we were deserving to own a Sheltie. To us this is all crazy because we had one for 6 year's and made a great home for us. I told the lady that visited us I also filled out an application through a Resue center in my old home town of Noblesville and she told me that lady is very picky who she sales a dog to and sure enough she emailed us to let me know she had concerns about giving us a dog.She did not care about our back yard. She never paid us a visit so what does she know. My wife told me to email her back and let her know she is nuts. We

never had any trouble with our dog Riley. The Lady who visited our home did give us another lady in Cincinnati (http://www.pssr.org/) and that we could probably easliy get a dog from her. I sent her an application also. The woman who visited us is with a Sheltie Recue center but she did not have any dogs at this time.I am not too sure about these rescue centers I told Judy we need to just by a puppy and stop having to prove to people we are good to animals.BillSharon Marsden wrote: Good Morning everyone I hope you are all feeling perky and chipper?

I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is feeling. What are you doing? How's life? I'm actually feeling pretty good even though I was awake at 3:30 a.m. for over an hour. I got up then and took two hydrocodone for my shoulder/neck pain and was able to go back to sleep, waking up at nearly 6 a.m. My legs hurt last night but not as bad as they have other nights. As Martha would say "It's a good thing". I had a big leg spasm in my inner thigh when I got out of bed but I've had worse. I have a mild cold. Everyone in my house has been sick for a month with colds, then the 10 day influenza and now colds

again. I have stayed well through all of it but it's finally caught up with me. My DIL has had a terrible cough and finally went to her doctor yesterday. It's alarming news. Her doctor thinks she has Whooping Cough. They sent her for some blood tests and a chest x-ray. The blood test will tell if it is Whooping Cough (pertussis) but will take 5 days. In the meantime she is being treated with pertussis-specific antibiotics. The chest x-ray was all clear (as it would be with pertussis, from what I understand). I'm going to call my neurologist today to see what their recommendation is for me as far as preventative treatment. DIL is home from work until she is all clear. She's the surgery scheduler for a high profile cardiologist's office here in Arizona. I'm taking care of her and the 4 kids. Spring has definitely sprung here in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. It's springing rapidly toward summer in fact. The day time temps are mid 80's. by the end of April it is often 100 degrees. I'm certainly dreading summer. Before long it will be above 105, then 110 for days/weeks on end. When the heat hits I only go out before 9 a.m. or after it gets dark in the evening. I enjoy feeding the wild birds and love to watch the doves, wrens, sparrows, robins, crows and assorted 'tweety birds'. Those birds go through so much wild bird seed and lots of dried bread. We used to see a lot of quail here in the desert but it's so built up now. The quail don't come where there are so many buildings... there's no open desert any longer where I am. Sad. There used to be many farmers fields and citrus groves near here-- now all gone. Instead there are condos and high priced homes as far as the eye

can see. Progress, eh? Anyone remember the late 60's/early 70's song with the words "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot"? Was that Joni ? ANYWAY... (climbing off my soapbox) I started taking Rx Omega-3 Factors Pharmaceutical Grade fish oil several weeks ago (EPA 400 mg/DHA 200 mg). I'm taking 6 a day now. I can feel a difference. A REAL difference. I'm still in pain but I have more energy and I'm able to work through the pain more. Yesterday I did laundry, cooked a big meal, washed dishes, cleaned my bathroom, walked the yard picking up trash and stayed busy all day. I have seen increasing stamina each day. At the same time I started a good Vitamin E 1000 IU and

Vitamin D 1000 IU. I don't know if the change in the way I feel is just from the fish oil or from all three things. No matter what the reason is I do feel better. I want to get some other supplements next payday from IHerb.com Great prices on really good supplements, in my opinion. Now I'm waiting for a report from YOU. Hugs and love to all my fellow shipmates aboard Good Ship MS. Sharon Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) “One minute it's a giant cabbage and the next, ka-boom! You've got cole slaw all over you." V.R. , Palmer, Alaska, where Cabbages grow huge New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

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April 8, 2006

The lady that came to our home said she would share her info to people

with those shelters who want to know us since she visited us that way

several won't come out again. She did warn me about the Noblesville

lady. I will email her and be nice especially word gets around in that

circle. I think she was happy with what she saw at our home. I told her

we just want to give a dog a good home. It depends on them how badly

they want to help those dogs.

Bill

Sharon Marsden wrote:

That's just nuts.

Some people are so full of themselves! Tell Judy I agree with her and

an email is in order. <grinning> Have you checked with the

pound to see if they have any Shelties?

I wish you luck (and

speedy results) in the Sheltie Search.

hugs to you and to Judy

too!

Sharon

MS-Bill wrote:

Hi

Sharon we have been wanting to purchase a new Sheltie to replace our

Sheltie Riley and when I did search on the net to figure how we can get

one at a cheaper rate I ran across PetFinder.com

and then several Sheltie Recue services. This is one of them I had to

fill out an application for http://www.sheltie-rescue.org/

.. We then had visit from a lady to evaluate if we were

deserving to own a Sheltie. To us this is all crazy because we had one

for 6 year's and made a great home for us. I told the lady that visited

us I also filled out an application through a Resue center in my old

home town of Noblesville and she told me that lady is very

picky who she sales a dog to and sure enough she emailed us to let me

know she had concerns about giving us a dog.She did not care about our

back yard. She never paid us a visit so what does she know. My wife

told me to email her back and let her know she is nuts. We never had

any trouble with our dog Riley. The Lady who visited our home did give

us another lady in Cincinnati (http://www.pssr.org/)

and that we could probably easliy get a dog from her. I sent her an

application also. The woman who visited us is with a Sheltie Recue

center but she did not have any dogs at this time.

I am not too sure about these rescue centers I told Judy we need to

just by a puppy and stop having to prove to people we are good to

animals.

Bill

Sharon Marsden wrote:

Good

Morning everyone

I hope you are all

feeling perky and chipper?

I just wanted to

check in and see how everyone is feeling. What are you doing? How's

life?

I'm actually

feeling pretty good even though I was awake at 3:30 a.m. for over an

hour. I got up then and took two hydrocodone for my shoulder/neck pain

and was able to go back to sleep, waking up at nearly 6 a.m. My legs

hurt last night but not as bad as they have other nights. As Martha

would say "It's a good thing". I had a big leg spasm in my inner thigh

when I got out of bed but I've had worse.

I have a mild

cold. Everyone in my house has been sick for a month with colds, then

the 10 day influenza and now colds again. I have stayed well through

all of it but it's finally caught up with me. My DIL has had a

terrible cough and finally went to her doctor yesterday. It's alarming

news. Her doctor thinks she has Whooping Cough. They sent her for

some blood tests and a chest x-ray. The blood test will tell if it is

Whooping Cough (pertussis) but will take 5 days. In the meantime she

is being treated with pertussis-specific antibiotics. The chest x-ray

was all clear (as it would be with pertussis, from what I understand).

I'm going to call my neurologist today to see what their recommendation

is for me as far as preventative treatment. DIL is home from work

until she is all clear. She's the surgery scheduler for a high profile

cardiologist's office here in Arizona. I'm taking care of her and the

4 kids.

Spring has

definitely sprung here in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. It's

springing rapidly toward summer in fact. The day time temps are mid

80's. by the end of April it is often 100 degrees. I'm certainly

dreading summer. Before long it will be above 105, then 110 for

days/weeks on end. When the heat hits I only go out before 9 a.m. or

after it gets dark in the evening. I enjoy feeding the wild birds and

love to watch the doves, wrens, sparrows, robins, crows and assorted

'tweety birds'. Those birds go through so much wild bird seed and lots

of dried bread. We used to see a lot of quail here in the desert but

it's so built up now. The quail don't come where there are so many

buildings... there's no open desert any longer where I am. Sad. There

used to be many farmers fields and citrus groves near here-- now all

gone. Instead there are condos and high priced homes as far as the eye

can see. Progress, eh? Anyone remember the late 60's/early 70's song

with the words "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot"? Was

that Joni ?

ANYWAY... (climbing

off my soapbox)