Hi

[Guest guest]

> On may 7th my husband asked for a divorce.He left 14 months ago but

> it was only suppose to be to take a job that offered free education

> and would be a great opportunity for him .and us .

> I discovered he took out a $5000.00 loan without my knowledge and

> most of what he told me about the job was lies .A year before he

left

> he finally admitted being a compulsive gambler .

>

> I had a car accident in october of 2001 and he was gone bt march of

> that year.

> I take Neurontin for nerve pain.Also on lexapro.My doctor put me on

> something else cause i could not stop crying during my appointment

> which happened to be the same day my husband finally told me he

> wanted a divorce.

> I had asked him a year ago if he wanted out but he assured me he

> loved me and all that .

> I'm a bloody fool .

> Anyway the new med is klonapin or something like that .

>

> I've been without the computer because a power surge did alot of

> damage.I just got it hooked back up tonight .what hurts is on may

> 27th it would have been our 8 year anniversary .But I guess i

should

> be happy at least now i know.but it still hurts .

> anyway ,

> hugs

> Lesli

I have been thinking of you wondering how you are! I am sorry

about what your husband did. Hang in there.

I am coping yet with my mother's death in jan.Mother's day was

hard.It didn't help that my husband and my 14 yr old had a huge

fight.I left and went to see a movie all by myself. It was an awful

day.

Life sure is a challenge isn't it? I try to tell myself,one day at

a time.

Take care lesli, glad to hear from you.

[Guest guest]

Hi

My name is and I'm from Brooklyn, NY. I have a Nucleus but let me

begin by saying that people are NOT moderated on this list because of the

implant they wear. It's because of the things that they say and their potential

for causing strife on this list. All three brands are represented here and we

all try to get along and be respectful.

I can only advise you about the Nucleus because that is all I know about.

But your sister is right to tell you that you should do your own research on

all the brands. If you go onto the Nucleus website (www.cochlear.com) then

you can find a clinic nearest you. At that point you would want to make

appointments with the surgeon and the implant audiologist so they can tell you

everyting you would need to do prior to having the surgery as well as dealing

with

what your expectations may be for hearing with an implant. They can show you

the three implants and give you whatever other information you may need.

is one of the greatest lists for support. We can all share out

experiences and give support when you need it. I have a journal of all of my

expereinces from surgery to the present and I would be happy to share it with

you; just let me know and I will send it privately (too long for here). There

are also files that you can access with plenty of information that others have

posted to further help you get started! This is the best thing I have ever

done for myself and I am sure you will be thrilled with getting an implant too!

Nucleus

2000

[Guest guest]

welcome to !!! we have some wonderful people who can help you with

your quest of CI. We have 3 different companies that have cochlear implants

here in the USA. All of them are wonderful .you can go to their sites and look

around and see what they offer for cochlear implants. They all offer different

types of speech processors but they all do terrific jobs. the 3 companies are

Medel at www.medel.com, Cochlear Corp at www.cochlear.com and Advanced Bionics

at www.bionicear.com. You can request information from them to persue at your

leisure. There should be an implant center near you. We have people from PA on

this site who would be glad to help you. You would need an evaluation by an CI

audiologist and CI surgeon to see if you qualify for one.

Hope that this is a good place for you to start!! YOu can go to links where

there are lots of information available for you to browse. :-)

--

Snoopy

N24C-bilateral

[Guest guest]

Hi Gale,

Glad to hear that you have been given a clean bill of health. Hope things

continue to improve for you as time goes on..

Wishing you well,

LadyCPhT

[Guest guest]

Gale,

Let us know how that helps or not.

Love ya J

> Thanks and I'll try the vitamin e orally and vitamin a I'm using

200 mg of vitamin e it was cheaper. twice a day on my hand hope all

is going well with you too!. gale(red)

>

[Guest guest]

If you're really tired you may try taking it at a different time of

day. I take mine just before I go to bed at night. Others have

figured out exactly how long after taking it they're ready to sleep

and take it that long before going to bed.

I've had no weight loss or gain.

> hi i started 7 weeks ago taking lex and i dontknow what to expect i

> am only o 5 mg but i am ral calm and tired i had anxiety and

> depressio before if i feel tired does it mean i will gain weight

> etc. I am just worried about it affecting my metabolism Can

anyhow

> please tell me what to expect based on their own experince weight

> loss or gain I would really appreciate it

> Thanks

> Rosie

[Guest guest]

Hello Gemma! Welcome, This is a great site. It has helped me beyond words. Good Luck

na

[Guest guest]

Hello Gemma

I'm Kazz, I was diagnosed with Cholesteatoma in 1999 and it was removed

later that same year. Since then, I've had no end of ear infections and

perforations, but so far, no recurrence of the tumour.

I'm in the UK, too - down in Folkestone, Kent. Where are you?

Have you got your date for surgery yet?

Kazz

[Guest guest]

Hello Gemma,

You have picked the right group for whatever it is you need to know.

Let us know your questions and we will do our best to answer them. If support is what you need...also a wonderful thing I have found here.

Take care,

gembini <gembini@...> wrote:

Hi everyone out there.Im new to this site so i thought i would come on a introduce myself.My name is Gemma and im in the UK. I was diagnosed with a cholesteatoma 3 weeks ago.So Hi everyone.

[Guest guest]

---Hi Gemma,

Sorry to hear about the diagnosis. You have found the right

group to help in any way. There are extremely knowledgable folks on

here that can be of tremendous help. This is a great group of

supportive people. Hope we can help.

kimi

In cholesteatoma , " gembini " <gembini@y...> wrote:

> Hi everyone out there.

>

> Im new to this site so i thought i would come on a introduce

myself.

>

> My name is Gemma and im in the UK. I was diagnosed with a

> cholesteatoma 3 weeks ago.

>

> So Hi everyone.

[Guest guest]

Hello Gemma! Welcome aboard! I am glad to meet you. You are in good

hands with this group of people Gemma. There very helpfull, and

supportive. We all are in this together. Can you tell me how long

have you been having problems. What type of Doctor do you see? I am

glad your here, and look forward to your post. Happy Holidays!

> Hi everyone out there.

>

> Im new to this site so i thought i would come on a introduce myself.

>

> My name is Gemma and im in the UK. I was diagnosed with a

> cholesteatoma 3 weeks ago.

>

> So Hi everyone.

[Guest guest]

Hi Gemma,

Welcome to the group, sorry you have to be here, but its the BEST place for info, support, and advice. Everyone here is more than willing to answer any and all questions, so dont be shy...lol..Ask away....

Sincerely,

Renonda

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/4/04 9:26:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,

justwhims@... writes:

> .

> I am not a dwarf or a midget. I was born with little or no thyroids and

> lots of

,

What is the name of your condition? Do you know what a dwarf and a midget

are and what the difference is between the two of them?

Helen

[Guest guest]

.

I didn’t know you had a fusion. On

the upper is that a plate or did they use the stabilizers? Reason I ask is my

husband broke his neck in a car wreck in 99, they fused him from C4 to C6 and

he is in some big time pain. Other then the drugs he cannot get any relief. I

was wondering if you where experiencing the same issues?

Tiffinee

From:

Boobears11@... [mailto:Boobears11@...]

Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004

12:10 PM

To:

Joint Replacement

Subject:

HI

here

I feel just like

you same questions but different areas.I was injured due to a work injury .In

1987 have had 7 operation so far and this hip will be my 8 but on top my

main problem is my back which is going to be operation on after the healing of

my hip . Im fused already need fusion from C4 threw C7 not good and than the

lower below L 2 down .

I enjoy the

outdoors which has become a real big problem for me but hell you only go round

once in life and dam IM going till I can't anymore.

IM lucky and have

alot of friends. They help me get about.

Thank god for

friends your life supports in my book. We all need them.

Bye the way IM 48

this was me and one of my helpers. Dixie This

past hunting season. enjoy all my best to you all

p.s IM the short one with

the dark hair

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[Guest guest]

Hello all;

My name is Mike, and I have one blue/green eye, and one brown eye.

It's been like that since I was born. In addition, my pupils are

quite different in size, which often causes doctors some alarm.

Although I haven't endured much teasing about it since grade school,

it's always been a factor in my life. I only recently thought about

it in an acadmic sense while researching something else, and I find

myself here.

What have your experiences been? Where shall we post pictures?

Curiously yours,

-Mike

[Guest guest]

Hi Mike, and welcome. You can post pictures in the photos section by

clicking on the photos link in the toolbar to the left. If you run

into any trouble or have questions please let me/us know!

> Hello all;

> My name is Mike, and I have one blue/green eye, and one brown eye.

> It's been like that since I was born. In addition, my pupils are

> quite different in size, which often causes doctors some alarm.

> Although I haven't endured much teasing about it since grade

school,

> it's always been a factor in my life. I only recently thought

about

> it in an acadmic sense while researching something else, and I

find

> myself here.

> What have your experiences been? Where shall we post pictures?

> Curiously yours,

> -Mike

[Guest guest]

Hi Ya'll

My name is Becky, and since birth I have had 2 different color eyes,

left one is blue, right one is green/brown hazel. If I am really

emotional it is extremely noticable, when I am calm without much

going on, it is harder to notice unless a person is right up in my

face.

I love the differences, although there have been a few times where

people tried to be mean about it. When I was five a lady told me it

meant I was cursed by God, and when I was 11, another 11 year old

wrote to Dear Abby because her classmates made fun of her about it,

so everyone at school asked me if it was me who wrote her - heck I

didn't even know what Dear Abby was at that time.

[Guest guest]

Welcome Becky,

I can't believe what that lady said to you about being cursed! What

a weird woman. I wonder if we are around the same age because I have

a vague memory of being asked about that Dear Abby column also.

Congrats on surviving the usual childhood wackos.

> Hi Ya'll

>

> My name is Becky, and since birth I have had 2 different color

eyes,

> left one is blue, right one is green/brown hazel. If I am really

> emotional it is extremely noticable, when I am calm without much

> going on, it is harder to notice unless a person is right up in my

> face.

>

> I love the differences, although there have been a few times where

> people tried to be mean about it. When I was five a lady told me

it

> meant I was cursed by God, and when I was 11, another 11 year old

> wrote to Dear Abby because her classmates made fun of her about

it,

> so everyone at school asked me if it was me who wrote her - heck I

> didn't even know what Dear Abby was at that time.

[Guest guest]

Weird, I don't recall ever being teased. It was a minor curiosity to

most, other then that it was more of an edge growing up.

I exploited it to make me popular...

Also, still, to this day if I am out clubbing and a gal notices it

she ends up waving all her friends over to my table to see and my

buddies just love this. Heh...

> Hi Ya'll

>

> My name is Becky, and since birth I have had 2 different color eyes,

> left one is blue, right one is green/brown hazel. If I am really

> emotional it is extremely noticable, when I am calm without much

> going on, it is harder to notice unless a person is right up in my

> face.

>

> I love the differences, although there have been a few times where

> people tried to be mean about it. When I was five a lady told me it

> meant I was cursed by God, and when I was 11, another 11 year old

> wrote to Dear Abby because her classmates made fun of her about it,

> so everyone at school asked me if it was me who wrote her - heck I

> didn't even know what Dear Abby was at that time.

[Guest guest]

> When I was five a lady told me it meant I was cursed by God,

She probably had heard of the Witch Trials. During the Witch Trials,

people started talking about how you could tell a Witch by certain

marks on the body. These were thought of as either a way to feed a

Familiar (moles, weird bumps on the skin, and extraneous nipples fell

into this category), or a stamp placed on the supposed Witch by the

Devil.

The word " dissimilar " in the following quote most likely refers to

someone who is unlike other people, but you can see where someone

with Heterochromia might also fit into this category:

" It was generally agreed that any woman with dissimilar eyes was a

witch. Where most people had dark eyes and swarthy complexions, as in

Spain and Italy, pale blue eyes were associated with witchcraft. Many

claimed any woman with red hair was a Witch. This may have been

because red-haired people are usually freckled, and freckles were

often identified as " witch marks, " as were moles, warts, birthmarks,

pimples, pockmarks, cysts, liver spots, wens, or any other blemish.

Some witch-finders said the mark could resemble an insect bite or an

ulcer. "

--Witch: http://home.att.net/~gentletouch/witch.html

Someone once told me my eyes were one of the '13 Signs of a Witch',

but I couldn't find any specific information on this online. The

person speaking was not trying to be insulting.

Anyway, just a bit of information there in case anyone was

wondering...

-- Kathleen

[Guest guest]

Yep, and Dr. ph Mengele(angel of death), after rounding up his

jewish " patients " for experimentation, considered heterochromiacs

mutations as well.

> > When I was five a lady told me it meant I was cursed by God,

>

>

> She probably had heard of the Witch Trials. During the Witch

Trials,

> people started talking about how you could tell a Witch by certain

> marks on the body. These were thought of as either a way to feed a

> Familiar (moles, weird bumps on the skin, and extraneous nipples

fell

> into this category), or a stamp placed on the supposed Witch by the

> Devil.

>

> The word " dissimilar " in the following quote most likely refers to

> someone who is unlike other people, but you can see where someone

> with Heterochromia might also fit into this category:

>

> " It was generally agreed that any woman with dissimilar eyes was a

> witch. Where most people had dark eyes and swarthy complexions, as

in

> Spain and Italy, pale blue eyes were associated with witchcraft.

Many

> claimed any woman with red hair was a Witch. This may have been

> because red-haired people are usually freckled, and freckles were

> often identified as " witch marks, " as were moles, warts, birthmarks,

> pimples, pockmarks, cysts, liver spots, wens, or any other blemish.

> Some witch-finders said the mark could resemble an insect bite or an

> ulcer. "

>

> --Witch: http://home.att.net/~gentletouch/witch.html

>

> Someone once told me my eyes were one of the '13 Signs of a Witch',

> but I couldn't find any specific information on this online. The

> person speaking was not trying to be insulting.

>

> Anyway, just a bit of information there in case anyone was

> wondering...

>

> -- Kathleen

[Guest guest]

Interesting stuff about the witch signs. That reminded me a person from

Ireland told me that heterochromia was a sign of a person being a

Donegal fairy in human diguise. Donegal fairies are supposedly to be evil

nasty things and ladies do protective gestures if they happen to see

someone with heterochromia.

It's been a long while so I don't remember all the specific details about

this. Tried Googling for it once but didn't find anything about that either.

[Guest guest]

> Interesting stuff about the witch signs. That reminded me a person

from

> Ireland told me that heterochromia was a sign of a person being a

> Donegal fairy in human diguise. Donegal fairies are supposedly to

be evil

> nasty things and ladies do protective gestures if they happen to

see

> someone with heterochromia.

>

> It's been a long while so I don't remember all the specific details

about

> this. Tried Googling for it once but didn't find anything about

that either.

>

>

Hmm I found lots of things on Donegal fairies, but nothing refering

to different colored eyes. Have to look again later.

Cool

[Guest guest]

I'm from Manitoba Canada

Kenderdine (Armstrong)

From: " Alison " <missalim88@...>

dwarfism

Subject: Hi

Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:06:21 -0000

Is everyone in here from America because i am not and i was just

wondering pls email me thanx