Night owl?

[Guest guest]

H'lo everyone. If you can't tell by now, I'll let you in on a little secret.

MY COMPUTER IS UP AND RUNNING! I will now be able to read all my mail over the

weekend and not go into work and find 400-500 emails on Monday mornings to weed

through. It is great also because I have been given more responsibilties in my

daily routine and it was going to harder to read and send an occasional email.

I will also have something to do at night when I can't sleep besides read(not

that I ever get tired of reading - I love to read)and I have never been a big

fan of TV. I have only the basic cable and then just watch it for the news and

a special program here and there. Late night TV is full of shopping networks,

info-commercials, and stale items of no interest.

I hope you won't get bored with me because I hope to contribute more to the

group. There has been many times that I wanted to comment or throw something

out to discuss or ponder but couldn't work the time in at work to do so.

For the others who are up tonight, I feel for you and hope you will get some

sleep and relief soon.

My next door neighbor who moved in a little over a year ago had an annual

birthday party for her 2 children and 6 fosters at a nearby park today. She is

a good friend and takes care of my grandson(8 on the 25th) while I am working.

He was included as one of the birthday honoree's as they think of him as one of

the family. There was a jump house, 2 ponies for rides, " Cruising

Critters " (hands on with many animals, bugs, and reptiles) plus games and lunch.

Richie was allowed to invite 6 kids and one of the kids was from my church. His

mother and I have been friends for a good 15 years starting with my

daughter(Richie's mother)babysitting her older kids when they were little. We

sat and talked and caught up a lot of things. I had known for years that she

was ill and was not always at church functions but never knew what the illness

was. I told her about my recent diagnosis of FMS and was supprised to find out

she has FMS for the past 10 years. Two weeks ago, I found out another friend

has had it for nearly that long. They kept it to themselves, much as I have the

pain and all because they too, had met with any understanding or compassion.

They have no support other than their husbands. I'll say it again. I'm so glad

I found this group! I will close for now as I probably could write a book now

that I have the means to do it. Good night - sweet dreams. Hugs and

prayers, Jan in CA +/:=)

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[Guest guest]

Jan, that's great that you have a computer at home now! We aren't going to

get bored with you. Good friends don't get bored with each other. It's just

part of the friendship.

What a shame that your friends with FMS have so little outside support.

Maybe because FMS, as a disease, is recently defined, there isn't as much

support out there. I'm confident that will change, though. Can you imagine

people who suffered with it before, and were told it was all in their head?

I think most of us before we were diagnosed went through some doubt as to

the validity of what we're going through. I spent years trying to fix my

symptoms on my own. I never realized that I was allowing joint damage to

occur in the meantime.

I'd better run. We start at 9AM. Have a great Sunday!

Love and hugs,

Carol

[ ] Night owl?

H'lo everyone. If you can't tell by now, I'll let you in on a little

secret. MY COMPUTER IS UP AND RUNNING! I will now be able to read all my

mail over the weekend and not go into work and find 400-500 emails on Monday

mornings to weed through. It is great also because I have been given more

responsibilties in my daily routine and it was going to harder to read and

send an occasional email.

I will also have something to do at night when I can't sleep besides

read(not that I ever get tired of reading - I love to read)and I have never

been a big fan of TV. I have only the basic cable and then just watch it

for the news and a special program here and there. Late night TV is full of

shopping networks, info-commercials, and stale items of no interest.

I hope you won't get bored with me because I hope to contribute more to the

group. There has been many times that I wanted to comment or throw

something out to discuss or ponder but couldn't work the time in at work to

do so.

For the others who are up tonight, I feel for you and hope you will get some

sleep and relief soon.

My next door neighbor who moved in a little over a year ago had an annual

birthday party for her 2 children and 6 fosters at a nearby park today. She

is a good friend and takes care of my grandson(8 on the 25th) while I am

working. He was included as one of the birthday honoree's as they think of

him as one of the family. There was a jump house, 2 ponies for rides,

" Cruising Critters " (hands on with many animals, bugs, and reptiles) plus

games and lunch. Richie was allowed to invite 6 kids and one of the kids

was from my church. His mother and I have been friends for a good 15 years

starting with my daughter(Richie's mother)babysitting her older kids when

they were little. We sat and talked and caught up a lot of things. I had

known for years that she was ill and was not always at church functions but

never knew what the illness was. I told her about my recent diagnosis of

FMS and was supprised to find out she has FMS for the past 10 years. Two

weeks ago, I found out another friend has had it for nearly that long. They

kept it to themselves, much as I have the pain and all because they too, had

met with any understanding or compassion. They have no support other than

their husbands. I'll say it again. I'm so glad I found this group! I

will close for now as I probably could write a book now that I have the

means to do it. Good night - sweet dreams. Hugs and prayers, Jan

in CA +/:=)

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[Guest guest]

Glad that you've got your computer going, Jan. I look forward to more of

your interesting posts.

Sounds like you and Richie really had a good day. Great!

[ ] Night owl?

>

> H'lo everyone. If you can't tell by now, I'll let you in on a little

secret. MY COMPUTER IS UP AND RUNNING! I will now be able to read all

my mail over the weekend and not go into work and find 400-500 emails on

Monday mornings to weed through. It is great also because I have been

given more responsibilties in my daily routine and it was going to

harder to read and send an occasional email.

>

> I will also have something to do at night when I can't sleep besides

read(not that I ever get tired of reading - I love to read)and I have

never been a big fan of TV. I have only the basic cable and then just

watch it for the news and a special program here and there. Late night

TV is full of shopping networks, info-commercials, and stale items of no

interest.

>

> I hope you won't get bored with me because I hope to contribute more

to the group. There has been many times that I wanted to comment or

throw something out to discuss or ponder but couldn't work the time in

at work to do so.

>

> For the others who are up tonight, I feel for you and hope you will

get some sleep and relief soon.

>

> My next door neighbor who moved in a little over a year ago had an

annual birthday party for her 2 children and 6 fosters at a nearby park

today. She is a good friend and takes care of my grandson(8 on the

25th) while I am working. He was included as one of the birthday

honoree's as they think of him as one of the family. There was a jump

house, 2 ponies for rides, " Cruising Critters " (hands on with many

animals, bugs, and reptiles) plus games and lunch. Richie was allowed

to invite 6 kids and one of the kids was from my church. His mother and

I have been friends for a good 15 years starting with my

daughter(Richie's mother)babysitting her older kids when they were

little. We sat and talked and caught up a lot of things. I had known

for years that she was ill and was not always at church functions but

never knew what the illness was. I told her about my recent diagnosis

of FMS and was supprised to find out she has FMS for the past 10 years.

Two weeks ago, I found out another friend has had it for nearly that

long. They kept it to themselves, much as I have the pain and all

because they too, had met with any understanding or compassion. They

have no support other than their husbands. I'll say it again. I'm so

glad I found this group! I will close for now as I probably could

write a book now that I have the means to do it. Good night -

sweet dreams. Hugs and prayers, Jan in CA +/:=)

[Guest guest]

Jan,

Someone is usually lurking around here sometime during the night. Actually,

you might be surprised just how many!

I know that I am a frequent flier of the Night Owl Club and so have others.

Now don't get into too much trouble with TV shopping!

Gentle, tender, Mr Sandman angel hugs,

Debs in FL

[Guest guest]

Hi it's 3 in the a.m. and guess who is lurking around, checking out the

group? wide awake; but had a good 3 hours of sleep..hope that is not all

for tonight...have a busy day at work tomorrow....would be great if Mr.

Sandman visited Michigan tonight...marge

Re: [ ] Night owl?

> Jan,

>

> Someone is usually lurking around here sometime during the night.

Actually,

> you might be surprised just how many!

>

> I know that I am a frequent flier of the Night Owl Club and so have

others.

>

> Now don't get into too much trouble with TV shopping!

>

> Gentle, tender, Mr Sandman angel hugs,

>

> Debs in FL

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

OK Marge,

It is my turn to be a night owl! My knee has gotten me awake about an hour

ago and even with a pain pill, I can't sleep, the pain is still too much. I

don't see the ortho surgeon until Friday @ 7:45 am. I went and got my hair

cut and had to do one of those wax things. It is getting so bad that they

used a trowel to put the wax on and then something on the order of a bed

sheet to rip off the hair. Ron had to drive me as I can't drive yet and he

couldn't imagine what was going on back there. I tell ya,that whole face wax

or letting my eyebrows just grow out and comb them back is looking better and

better. My tummy is also bothering me around the adhesion area and I pray

that this is not something brewing. Oddly enough, I had an appt with the

general surgeon today to make an appt for the lysis of adhesions procedure to

be scheduled and there is no way I can possibly do this right now. NOTHING

until that knee is healing! Of course, if I totally obstruct, then it is a

totally different story. At least, now I know that my surgeon is back and

the problem should be taken care of correctly.

I fell asleep at 1:00 am and at 3:300 am, the pain pills wore

off and that was it for that. I am hoping that with a little quiet time

activity and a pain pill, I still may be able to get a little more shut eye.

Vickie starts college today, so she will be getting up early. Oh well, I

guess the word for my day is going to be NAP.

Well, I have just taken some tylenol to help the pain pill. One of the ER

nurses told me that this sometimes help the pain medication work better and

longer. I dunno know. I am pretty desperate right now. It has been two

weeks today since the surgery and I thought I would be much further along in

my recovery. Ron and Vickie say that the swelling is getting more

pronounced.

Sorry I missed ya last night Marge, but I am hoping that Mr Sandman makes a

southern visit real soon!

Gentle, tender, sweet dreams angel hugs,

Debs in FL