Guest guest Posted December 23, 2000 Report Share Posted December 23, 2000 Judith , I have a small farm, too. I have 15 acres and decided after my divorce two years ago, I was going to rent out the pasture. So, that's what I do -- to horses and cows in exchange for the cost of my irrigation and whatever fence fixing needs to be done. Works for me. Good to hear from you, Sunny Judith Sacks wrote: > My name is JUDITH. Sorry, I'm not yelling but on my most important > lists, which are Service Dog lists, many of us automatically capitalize > our names and then add our dog's name in lower case letters underneath. > We seem to remember dog's names better than people names LOL... that > sort of let's you all of you know about me, huh? :-) > > I developed chronic pain back in '92. It took a while to convince the > doctors that it wasn't in my head (AIMH???). I can't begin to tell > anyone how many times I heard my mental stress was manifesting in > physical pain! > > Anyway, I finally got someone to listen to me and it turned out I had > all the symptoms of Fibromyalgia. At least I had some verification that > I wasn't crazy! It was a big relief. I never thought that knowing I > was sick would be a good thing but it was. It took a lot of stress off > me actually. > > Well, then the fun continued when the doctors didn't know what to do for > me and wouldn't treat the pain or muscle cramps or spasms. They gave me > meds that were so mild I didn't know I was taking them! Then the drs > flipflopped on me and gave me heavy duty stuff which I reacted badly > to. Of course then they didn't want to deal with me at all because > doctors fix problems and they couldn't seem to fix me! > > After a while I found different doctors. They all have their > specialties, you all know (!), and each one will only prescribe certain > meds. So I ended up with a team of doctors! Thankfully after several > years of hard work on my part, I taught them what they needed to know to > help me and also how to work with each other. Yupper, I actually have > doctors who talk to each other on my behalf. > > I also have most of the secondary syndromes Fibro can give you. IBS, > migraines (visual ones, really scary!), sleep disorder, chronic pain of > various kinds (muscle, generalized, etc), the list goes on and on. > > I have also developed a chronic leukemia with its secondary problems (I > am not expected to die from it!) which took too long to diagnose because > we thought it was just the fibro. > > I have horses. Well, 2 horses and a pony. Amy, Stuff 'N, and Belle. > I was a serious competitor in dressage and trained horses and riders for > some 30+ years. I still do when I find a neat person who wants to learn > from me. > > I have dogs. Both are Boxers and the female is Dempsey, the male is > RockyToo. Right now my passion is training Service Dogs for the > Disabled. It is amazing what a Service Dog can do for someone who is in > a wheel chair, or walking but can't bend over to pick something up or > open doors, or everyday things like that. > > I live on a farmette and do the most I can and the best I can. > > I love flowers and gardening, veggies too. I love to mow which is good > because we have 6 acres of pasture that needs mowing even with the 3 > horses grazing. > > I try almost anything that is creative. I have been doing Bunka which > is a Japanese needlepoint/embroidery that uses a 'needle' that is thick > so my hands can hold it and it is fun and pretty. I am into photography > big time this year and have taken some great shots that have been blown > up into posters. > > I guess that's enough about me and what I like. > > There is tragedy and problems in my life, but heck, I'm not done living > yet although I can sure hollar and whine a lot! ;-) > > Looking forward to being a part of this list, > > JUDITH > > > Know someone who could profit from our list? Send our direct sign-up URL: /subscribe.cgi/chronic_pain or write us at: chronic_pain-listowneregroups > Manage your subscription with several special email addresses: > chronic_pain-owneregroups - Sends email to the list owners > chronic_pain-subscribeegroups - Subscribe to the list through email > chronic_pain-unsubscribeegroups - Unsubscribe from the list > chronic_pain-normalegroups - Switch your subscription to normal > chronic_pain-digestegroups - Switch your subscription to digest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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