Re: Hello All - Thank You!

[Guest guest]

YEA!!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK, QUEEN JILL! WE HAVE MISSED YOU SOOOOO

MUCH!

I will write more later!

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

It is wonderful to see you back Jill, we have missed you adn been so

worried for you. I hope you are on the raod to recovery at long last.

Take care and know I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers as

ever.

Love and hugs...Jo

xx

[Guest guest]

Thank you Lana, you are such a doll!

Jill

> YEA!!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK, QUEEN JILL! WE HAVE MISSED YOU

SOOOOO

> MUCH!

>

> I will write more later!

>

> Love Lana

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Jo, you have been so kind and generous and I can

not thank you enough! The kids have all so enjoyed the puzzles and

their arrival was so perfect, it really helped divert the children's

attention for a time and gave them somethign fun and positive to

focus on, I so appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Jill

> It is wonderful to see you back Jill, we have missed you adn been

so

> worried for you. I hope you are on the raod to recovery at long

last.

> Take care and know I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers as

> ever.

>

> Love and hugs...Jo

> xx

[Guest guest]

Jill,

I'm soo glad you are back! We've all missed you! I do hope your'e on the

mend now.Take Care and don't overdo it. I/WE certainly appreciate Beth

taking over while you were out! Give her a big THANKS! Welcome back!

Sincerely, S.

Hello All - Thank You!

> Hi all! I have returned! lol

>

> I am sorry that I have been so out of touch, I have been ill lately, too

ill

> to participate in much of anything at all.

>

> In December I had some surgery and the site quickly became infected. I

went

> on IV antibiotics and stayed on them for a month, with no improvement,

only

> worsening. Curious about why this was getting worse when the wounds were

> healing from their infections, doctors and nurses began to worry that my

> port-a-cath was infected (it's ten years old, it's past it's prime). I

had

> the port cultured and indeed, it was growing a most odd array of bugs, but

> it likely got that way because the surgical wound infection had gotten out

> of hand and entered my bloodstream before IV antibiotics began. So like

all

> septic people, the clinical picture was unpleasant and promised to take a

> long time to improve.

>

> I had my port removed yesterday and go back on March 3 to get a new one.

> During all of this time, and multitudes of tests later, it was also

> determined that there are areas of thickening in some larger arteries -

the

> subclavian and the brachial, so my left arm turns shades of blue and

purple

> during the day - there is a plan to tackle this that needs further

> assessment and treatment. As well, I had a mitral valve prolapse before

all

> of this happened and it is felt that this has been made worse by the

> infection, but that too will be assessed.

>

> Exhaustion has been a major issue and walking up a flight of stairs is a

> challenge most times, but having had a fever for 6 weeks and being on such

> large doses of antibiotics may explain a great deal of that.

>

> So, onward and upward now. It's good to be online after such a long

> absence - my ISP had to come into my home to do some repairs and this took

> time and planning as I was either not home or too ill to entertain their

> arrival! But, obviously that has been resolved now and for that, I am

glad.

>

> Thank you for your support and kindness. Your letters, cards, phonecalls

> and love have been so welcome and appreciated - what a wonderful family

this

> is!!

>

> Now I will start to go back and catch up on what I've missed, and see

what's

> happening in your lives!

>

> Jill

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> To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ceda.ca

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Jill ----

Welcome back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad you are now on the up side of things

-- so please take it easy and don't rush back into things. Yes, we have all

missed you very much, but we sure don't want you to risk getting sick again!!!!!

So glad you're back,

Love, Patti

Hello All - Thank You!

Hi all! I have returned! lol

To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ceda.ca