Guest guest Posted April 13, 2000 Report Share Posted April 13, 2000 June, Yes, was trying to warn you. Dogs are amazing creatures. They sense danger and convey their fears to us, sometimes in strange ways. I feel very safe with my Jawsie Girl at my bedside. I hope that fire is put out soon. It is so scary. When my knee was acting up, I waited almost 2 weeks before I went to the ortho because I was afraid he would say that surgery word. Please go see your doctor. It worries me that you are taking so many Tylenols. I can't diagnose you LOL! I can only tell you that your pain sounds exactly like mine when my sciatic nerve goes nuts. Yes, that jury system is a terrible waste of the judge's time. I hope enough people complain that they have to go back to the old system. Now June, you KNOW that cane is not heavy. It MUST be in your mind. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr! a ----- Original Message ----- From: " JUNE " <juner24@...> < onelist> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 4:12 PM Subject: [ ] June's update > Hi a,it never occurred to me that it might be sciatica but now I am > thinking you are probably right. I was so afraid the dr would say that I > had to have my other knee done to stop the pain that I had put off > making an appt. Now I can make the appointment and even tell him the > diagnosis. Gosh a,you made my day with this one,now I will insist on > something stronger than Tylenol 3. > As to the jury thing, at one time you had the option of getting a > doctors letter but now if atall possible you have to show up for 3 days > in a row,if you are chosen,you can then tell the judge your reason for > not serving. It is really a dumb system. My sister went with us and > while Don was in the jury room we sat in on a couple of murder cases,one > of which they jury was being chosen. Out of 25 interviewed,16 had a > reason why they couldn't serve. What a waste of taxpayers money! > I stayed home today,yesterdayn was too much for me travelling by subway. > I never climbed up and down so many steps in all my life. Our system is > definitely not for the disabled. > I will keep looking for another cane,one that is lighter. While shopping > for the last one,I told the girl it was too heavy and her reply was, " oh > no,it is very light,just try it again " . Why do people assume you must be > stupid as well as disabled? I better get off this subject it is a touchy > one for me lol > > The big fire is supposedly over,but it is still burning underneath. It > was the biggest fire to ever happen in Toronto. Because was on the > scene he kept phoning to give me updates as to whether we would be > evacuated or not. Now this is really a strange thing that happened. At > 2am this morning girl came in my room and started to pull on my > arm. I kept moving over further in the bed but she was insistent. I > finally got up and she ran to the side door,so I let her out but she > kept looking back waiting for me to join her. There I am in my housecoat > following her out back and she rann to the back fence and put her nose > up in the air. It was then I realized she was smelling smoke and I could > see the clouds of black smoke again. Apparently the fire started up > again. Was she trying to warn me?? > Hugs > June > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 1.6 Million Digital Images! > Download one Today from Corbis.com > 1/3356/4/_/478567/_/955647450/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > URL to change your membership options: /group/ > RA-support website: http://www.rasupport.webprovider.com/ > Our chat room: www.delphi.com/RheumatoidArth1/start > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2000 Report Share Posted April 16, 2000 Hope you are going to the doc soon, June, and I hope that it is sciatica or that something can be done to relieve that pain aside from more surgery. Sorry about the hassle with Don and jury duty. That is quite a nuisance and a waste of time and money for everyone. Your cane story is upsetting. People really have a hard time understanding all of this. Sorry that it was such a maddening experience. This is the right place to vent about it though. Hope the fire is over by now and that is OK. Take care, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2000 Report Share Posted November 19, 2000 June, Great to hear from you. Glad that your meds seem to be working and helping you to feel better. Happy to hear that your arm is healing nicely. Thanks for sharing that good piece of advice on pain management. I'm really glad you got involved in the Patient Partners program. It is a wonderful idea. Do you have any snow yet in Toronto? Hugs back to you, ----- Original Message ----- From: " JUNE " <juner24@...> " onelist " < egroups> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 9:50 PM Subject: [ ] June's update > Hi everyone,my computer was down for 2 days and any mail that was sent > from Thurs noon until today disappeared,never to be found again. > I am almost afraid to tempt fate by saying I am feeling better on the > Arava/Celebrix meds but I really am. My rheumy is making me go every 2 > weeks for blood tests and so far so good. No hair loss,no side affects > as yet. I go next week to get the stitches out of my arm,it is sore but > I think it is slowly healing. We have a new rheumatologist at our local > hospital and I attended a forum where she was a speaker and I was glad > to hear her confirm that if you are planning to go out or tackle a job > you usually have pain doing,take the pain killers at least 1/2 hr before > and don't wait until you are in agony because it takes that much longer > for it to kick in when you finally do take it. > > If I waited for my feet to be pain free,it just would never happen,so if > I am going to be walking I take 2Tylenol 3 every 3 hours if needed. > > Last Thursday we were teaching 90 Physio students the MSK examination. > They were a great bunch of young people and there was a lot of > interaction going on the whole time. Next week we are back at our > regular hospital with the 3rd year med students. I just wish I had > found this group 10 years ago.All instructors have RA and we agree it is > the first positive thing that has come out of such a negative disease. > > I will try to catch up with what is going on with all of you as my mail > seems to be coming through regularly since this morning. > > Thinking of each and every one of you with healing thoughts. > > Hugs > June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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