Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 Tess, try to focus on the great progress you've made, OK? Remember when the biggest hurdle seemed to be getting up the nerve to do the surgery? You've done it! One major accomplishment down. I'm sorry about your sister, but it's great that your children and parents are trying to help you. Maybe your sister will come around. Don't lose hope. Please don't be so hard on yourself. The rate at which you are healing is not entirely under your control. Just be patient and give yourself time. Sorry you've had a setback, but I have a feeling that better times lie ahead of you. [ ] blue > Hi...I'm going through a teary blue streak. Two weeks from the surgery, > and I am better, but no where near pain-free, able to eat, etc. I know > it's probably sensible to expect someone not in the greatest health to > take a bit longer to heal. I feel disappointed in myself...not living > up to my expectations. I feel lonely & cut off...the truth is my kids > have been wonderful, so have my mom & dad, my sister has not reached > out, but that is the norm. Why should I expect it to be different this > time? Does she think I enjoy being the " sick " one? I want to feel > better in every way. I've got a lot of things I'd like to do, but I've > got a lot of hills to climb. > > I feel discouraged cause ever since last Friday I felt like I really > turned the corner, but the last 24 hours the cough & choking have come > back. Though I imagine it's probably normal to have ebbs & flows. I > see my ENT Wednesday, and have Remicade Friday. > > I don't mean to have a " pity party " , but some things are just sad. > > Love.... > > Tess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 Hi Sunshine! I am so sorry that you are not feeling like yourself yet. You have had a tough journey and look at where you are now. Yes, you still have some hills to climb over, but remember, you still feel a tiny bit better than you did the day before, remember? Unfortunately, the " blue " feeling is all part of the recuperation process, the one that the doctor's don't tell you about. Remember, that slow and steady is how to win the race! Now put on one of those pretty little nighties and line up those pictures that I sent you and imagine yourself being pampered by any one of those guys. Yes, I know it is a mind thing, but hey, anything that gets you thru these days. Continue to lean on the people who have been there for you and the rest, well, you know. I have a sister like that myself. Went a few rounds with her last night on the phone. Her husband has some type of abdominal problem and of course, for that the whole world stops. To this day, she has yet to ask about my blood condition, knee situation or anything else. For the first time in 7 years, my niece won't be spending the summer with us as " they now have money and have better things to do with their time " and this from a 13 year old girl. I cried myself to sleep last night and have not been able to keep anything on my stomach in over 24 hours. My niece is in the middle of a custody battle between her divorced parents and spending the summer with us was kind of a refuge and also when my Mom passed away, she missed her so much that she substituted me for Grandma and wanted to be as close to me as possible. Well, I guess, out of sight out of mind. I even took her in when Ron was out of work and it was hard enough to feed and cloth my only girls let alone an extra mouth. I took her in when her biological father threatened to come to my house and take her away, thus putting my own kids in danger. I guess all is forgotten when $$ enters the picture. I am sorry for rambling, but I have been up most of the night and my heart hurts. No sense in calling the doctor, there is no medicine for this pain. I pray that when you start your day today, things look a little bit better in that the pain is a tiny bit better and the coughing and choking has diminished some. Once you get your voice back and feel up to it, you better use my phone number, my friend! It is still gloomy here and more rain is expected (what's new!). I will light a candle for God to give you strength to get you thru these difficult days as he has shown His love on you up to this point. Hang in there, my friend, I am pulling for you!!!! Gentle, tender, healing angel hugs, Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 tess i truly know how you feel. i also feel totally alone. especially on the weekends. i don't like to bother my friends. they all have families. i know i am the one that needs to change, but i still don't feel well enough, or confident to do it. i'll go on the phone dateline and someone will ask me out and i will shoot them down until they hang up. i want to, but i am afraid of ruining someone elses time. so i cheat myself out of my own life. i can't wait to get this disability crap over with. i keep thinking that then i will go on with my life. but i haven't come up with any ideas or hobbies yet. hang in there. we will get through this. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 Oh Tess ((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))) We are here for you. Debbie Mc -- [ ] blue Hi...I'm going through a teary blue streak. Two weeks from the surgery, and I am better, but no where near pain-free, able to eat, etc. I know it's probably sensible to expect someone not in the greatest health to take a bit longer to heal. I feel disappointed in myself...not living up to my expectations. I feel lonely & cut off...the truth is my kids have been wonderful, so have my mom & dad, my sister has not reached out, but that is the norm. Why should I expect it to be different this time? Does she think I enjoy being the " sick " one? I want to feel better in every way. I've got a lot of things I'd like to do, but I've got a lot of hills to climb. I feel discouraged cause ever since last Friday I felt like I really turned the corner, but the last 24 hours the cough & choking have come back. Though I imagine it's probably normal to have ebbs & flows. I see my ENT Wednesday, and have Remicade Friday. I don't mean to have a " pity party " , but some things are just sad. Love.... Tess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 > > Tess, > It sounds like you are going through post-surgical depression, which is > completely normal. Feeling happy one day and blue or frustrated the next, > happens to many people following surgery of any kind. These mood swings are > a normal and temporary part of the post op recovery process. If you have any > peppermint oil, eucalyptus, or cinnamon, I¹ve read that inhaling these scents > may help. Probably an old wives tale, but some of those old wives were very > smart! > > Please don¹t be so hard on yourself. You¹ve been through a difficult surgery > that has affected everything you eat and drink for 2 long weeks. It¹s bound > to get you blue. You¹ve done very well and are now on the road to recovery. > Enjoy those around you that are supportive and try not to dwell on those that > are distant. Feel free to have a pity party any time you like. I hope your > ENT visit is good news of how well you are doing. > hugs, > a > > > > > Hi...I'm going through a teary blue streak. Two weeks from the surgery, > and I am better, but no where near pain-free, able to eat, etc. I know > it's probably sensible to expect someone not in the greatest health to > take a bit longer to heal. I feel disappointed in myself...not living > up to my expectations. I feel lonely & cut off...the truth is my kids > have been wonderful, so have my mom & dad, my sister has not reached > out, but that is the norm. Why should I expect it to be different this > time? Does she think I enjoy being the " sick " one? I want to feel > better in every way. I've got a lot of things I'd like to do, but I've > got a lot of hills to climb. > > I feel discouraged cause ever since last Friday I felt like I really > turned the corner, but the last 24 hours the cough & choking have come > back. Though I imagine it's probably normal to have ebbs & flows. I > see my ENT Wednesday, and have Remicade Friday. > > I don't mean to have a " pity party " , but some things are just sad. > > Love.... > Tess > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 >Hi Tess, I am really simpathize (sp?) with you, I had what they call the H-flu and my throat was so sore and swollen. It swelled so bad that I didn't even swallow my own saliva. It took a couple of days to convience the doctor that it was as bad as it was. He gave me liquid motrin and antobiotic, as soon as I took the motrin it closed of what airway I had left and up to the ER I went. Just quit breathing and see how they move, any way it was quite interesting. I now have panic attacks any time I get a little stuffy. Not Fun!!!! Hope you are feeling better soon, some days we would just like to hide under the covers and everything is supposed to go away, wouldn't that be nice. in WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 I have cellini blue mica and it's lip safe. I haven't tried it, but I thought about it. Traci Message: 3 Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:41:49 -0700 From: " Am " <am@...> Subject: Looking for I'm looking for blue lip balm dye and a 3D dragon candle/soap mold. Anyone have any ideas or sites? Also, if anyone needs a website, email me off list. Thanks! Am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 If I remember color classes correctly, think it can be traced in literature and language. Most languages had several words for red, also words for yellow, white & black but none for blue (or they would use black for blue). Oddly enough, this coincided with pigments, red earth and yellow ochre, black from coal + some kind of white being available for a very long time, but blue not until they ground lapis lazuli (from the other side of the sea = ultra mare) and found cobalt. Names for violet, and violet pigments, appeared even later in history. If this means we couldn't SEE blue before, I have no idea. It's possible that it was just too rare, apart from on the sky and on the odd flower, gem or butterfly, for anyone to bother mentioning it. Hm, but Krishna was blue, wasn't he? Those books were written many thousand years ago (5?) so I'm assuming there must at least have been a word for this color in Sanskrit? Perhaps someone else knows more about this? Inger Re: Blue > Rainbow: "Blue is our newest color. We have only been able to see it for the past ten thousand years or so." > Kate: "Uh ... how do we know this, exactly?" Science? Intuition? Trust? Or, maybe any combination of the above. I have a photographic memory, combined with a passion for colors. I'm very busy at the moment, but I'll attempt to recall just where I read it. If you are more comfortable with not accepting this idea, feel free to delete it from your mind. Rainbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: > I doubt those pictures are 10K years old (but they could be if > they had really good cameras back then). The pictures of Krishna I've seen (I don't know their dates) look like paintings or drawings, not like photographs. If a Hindu god or goddess (or someone looking like one of the Hindu gods/goddesses) ever arrives on Earth and poses for photographs, let me know. ASAP. ;-) Yours for better letters, Kate Gladstone Handwriting Repair and the World Handwriting Contest handwritingrepair@... http://learn.to/handwrite, http://www.global2000.net/handwritingrepair 325 South Manning Boulevard Albany, New York 12208-1731 USA telephone 518/482-6763 AND REMEMBER ... you can order books through my site! (Amazon.com link - I get a 5% - 15% commission on each book sold) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 On 13 Mar 2006 mikecarrie01 wrote: > I don't know if animals have anything to do with it, or if this > is at all relevant Definitely animals, since blue vision was a mutation that occurred with old world monkeys, or at least some old world monkeys. Our great, great... grandfathers. > but I know for sure that my dog could see red > and blue (and possibly purple)--the opposite ends of the > spectrum, but only those colors and not green, yellow or orange. When I was a kid, the father of one of my classmates, who was an optometrist did the colour experiment on his dog. (The father was an optometrist; not the kid or dog.) He of course demonstrated that dogs (at least his dog) could distinguish colours, including red. We now know that dogs, or at least most dogs, have binary colour vision. That's also in TG's book, including which colour receptors. - s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thank for the info that: > ... blue vision was a mutation that > occurred with old world monkeys, or at least some old world > monkeys. Our great, great... grandfathers. The monkeys among our ancestors lived far more than 10,000 years ago. This makes me question the previous assertion here that we only started seeing blue about 10,000 years ago. Yours for better letters, Kate Gladstone Handwriting Repair and the World Handwriting Contest handwritingrepair@... http://learn.to/handwrite, http://www.global2000.net/handwritingrepair 325 South Manning Boulevard Albany, New York 12208-1731 USA telephone 518/482-6763 AND REMEMBER ... you can order books through my site! (Amazon.com link - I get a 5% - 15% commission on each book sold) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 > Kate: "This makes me question the previous assertion here that we only started seeing blue about 10,000 years ago."I'm sorry for the inaccuracy!As others have concurred, my point was that "blue is our newest color".Whether 10,000 or 100,000 or 1,000,000,000.Whatever!It's all relative and waaaaaaay before our time. Rainbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yes, please. That's very interesting. Raven > Rainbow: " Is this what you had in mind, Raven? Shall I go on and on? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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