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I've been busy lately and haven't had much time online. Welcome to new members.

I am 47, have RA and 4 children ages 15-21. My 21 year old was struck by

lightning when he was 13 so he has medical issues we are dealing with at the

moment. He has been vomiting for no known reason and at times has black stools.

We were in the ER last night and they can find nothing wrong. The

gastronologist (sp?) and internist can find nothing wrong. Very typical of

lightning survivors, we just treat the symptoms. He now on some kind of stomach

med that relaxes his stomach muscles. Seems to be working. My mother, who

lived with us for 5 years until a few years ago, is having heart problems. She

had a 5 way by-pass 6 years ago and now her heart is beating irregularly so I've

had her in and out of the hospital and to the doctor. She is probably healthier

than my son and myself put together but she is a very me, me, me person. She's

83, I'm an only child, and she is and always has been an attention getter. She

is very demanding and we had to take her car away from her at the doctor's

request. Now she is trying to make me suffer by demanding to be taken places.

A few days ago she just had to go to the bakery and get cheese horns because it

was Wednesday. She probably had many undiagnosed disorders. I told her today

she gets one day that we take her places, bank, beauty shop, etc. She lives in

a senior complex and the senior shuttle can pick her right up at the door and

take her anywhere in town, including other towns nearby. It's not like we live

in such a huge area that she would get lost. She is making me crazy and I have

put my foot down. I put her doctor needs ahead of my son's last week and

because of that he is now too ill to even work part-time. That was a wakeup

call for me. Anyway, I am getting things under control here finally. My

husband is putting together a new desk for me so that I can have everything in

once place. We have a home office that he uses in between his St. Louis main

office and now I am sharing it. I am trying to get all of my files and

everything in one place. I think this will make things much easier. I'm so

scattered with everything right now that I can never find everything. Maybe

this will get me more organized.

Need to go rest now. I've been in a lot of pain lately, probably from sitting

in hard plastic chairs at the doctor's office and hospitals. It was also damp

here and the heat and humidity made the temp around 110 for a few days. That

probably didn't help matters any.

I'll try to keep up more now that it's settling down.

Becky