, a, and Everyone, Happy New Year.

January 7, 2002

Hi Everyone:

Hope everyone had a nice Holiday and are having a good New Year. I haven't

written in a long time but I read the posts everyday. I guess I could say I

haven't written because to tell you the truth this illness has just gotten me

down and I didn't want to complain. I guess I need to just write and get

past this state I am in. I know this past year has been a bad year for many,

and I shouldn't complain. So many people have lost loved ones especially

with 9/11. I can't help feeling bad since I lost one of my best friends and

her husband on that day. They were on the plane 93 in Pennsylvania that was

headed for California. It is still so unbelievable to me that I just can't

grasp that it is really true and it really happened. They were such

wonderful people. They did so much for everyone who knew them and for me.

Getting back to the things going on with my body. I also can't believe all

the things wrong with me. RA, OA, Fibro, Asthma, Spinal Stenosis, Kidney

transplant for 15 years, Osteoporosis, and Severe Sciatica. I took a course

this past year at a nearby University but I am not going this next semester.

I just can't take the cold. Do people with Arthritis all hate the cold like

I do?. I also have a great deal of trouble breathing outside when it is

cold. So I am planning to go back to school in the summer and then next

September. I have 5 courses till I finish my BSN. Sometimes I wonder if all

this is worth doing. I am in so much pain yet I have been going to school.

I don't know if I will ever use this education, such as to go back to work.

I know it is good for me to get out and meet people. I do enjoy it even

though I don't like homework, I do like to read. I am glad school has ended

because I have had a terrible pain in my right hip and side. I went for an

extra and it isn't broke. However, my Doctor wants me to go for an MRI. I

think it is probably the sciatica. It really gives me trouble walking.

Well, that's about it with me. My Dad has Arthritis too and is starting to

really feel it too. Why can't they find a cure for this?

Sorry I haven't kept up with writing. I will try to write more often and try

not to complain too much. I know everybody has pain and many ailments to

contend with too.

and a you are the best. I just want you to know I appreciate how

much you have helped me in the past, especially when I lost my sister-in-law,

June.

Love and Hugs all,

Colletti

Anjillah@...

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