Re: Yet Another Intro...

[Guest guest]

hi jeanne are from ky i am from ky my name is donnie you ever want to talk i am

here donnieKY

Subject: Yet Another Intro...

To: Hugs-N-Pain

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 1:43 PM

Hello Everyone!

I hope one and all had a great holiday. I've lurked here for several

months now, so armed with my new X-mas laptop, I thought it was time I

introduced myself.

I'm a middle-aged Native mother of two newly grown children (20 & 22).

When I was 23 I was hit by a truck, had several broken bones, stress

fractures, and a memory loss. I had to relearn to do it all. I was

able to continue on with an altered but normal life until I had my

daughter. Within a month of her birth I had my first " episode " of

extreme pain and being unable to walk. And so it started...I would be

up for months or a year or two and go down. Like all of you I went

through doctors, painkillers, alternatives, some horrible, some great.

But as I've aged, I'm almost always in my " down " mode during the

winter months, with a " I can fight this " mode the rest of the time. lol

I had back surgery,my L5-S1 was cage, and I am refusing neck surgery,

since the BS just made it worse. Mm,I have tendinitis in the wrist,

and in the last 2 years I'm showing signs of more arthritis in my

knees and hands. (To make it easy), when I'm asked where it hurts I

pretend I'm putting on muscle cream on my back, neck, shoulders,

wrist, hands,and knees.

I am currently using a Fentyl patch, pain pills on the side, and

steroid shots, not counting all the herbs and vitamins I take.

Painkillers make things bearable, but never completely take away the pain.

There are a couple of things I have learned from my reading of this

site. 1. I am not alone. In fact, compared to what some of you go

through daily, I feel lucky. 2. What is it about Ky.? After noticing

my pain management office, statistics, and this site, I think 3/4 of

anyone here develops arthritis in some form. 3.I am not the only one

that has been through hell trying to find compassionate treatment.

I'm sure we all get a little snappy sometimes, especially with our

pains, but I for one am very glad and happy to have this site to turn to.

btw; An aside Thanks! to Lotsacats for taking my heated warning in the

spirit it was given. I was worried for her and a little abrupt, and

she stopped to see the caring in my message.

Hoping All Are Feeling Great!

Jeanne

[Guest guest]

Hi Donnie! Thank you my friend. And back attacha. I think this has

been my hardest winter yet. I've already warned my kids that I WILL be

moving to some place warm in the fall. (crossing fingers). It's helped

in the past, but maybe I'm at the point where a nice Galveston sun

won't do it anymore. LOL

Was it you that mentioned a handicapped plate? If so, in Ky., all you

need is a doctor's statement.

Nice to " meet " you.

Jeanne

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> Subject: Yet Another Intro...

> To: Hugs-N-Pain

> Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 1:43 PM

[Guest guest]

No, that was me about the handicap tag. Next time we go the 70 miles

to Fargo I'll stop by the dmv. I too am hating life with the cold. I

live close to the Canadian border in ND. The next couple months right

up mid April will be very hard. I have had more than one doctor

suggest I move to prolong my life as well as quality of life now, but

this is my home, my children are growing up here. We moved out here

for the boys. Crime and other city problems are close to non-

existent. The nearest town is 9 miles, about 700 people. That's where

my restaurant is. I can and often do go day as a time w/o seeing a

soul other than the occasional truck that might pass within a couple of

miles the farm over on the paved road. The temp gauge that went down

to -40 broke in January last year, the new stays inside with a sensor

outside, digital, we will see accurately how cold it gets.