CHRISTINA JOHNS/CINDI

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HI CHRISTINA,

YES, YES, YES, THE COMPUTER HELPS, SOME DAYS I THINK I AM ON IT

MORE THAN OFF OF IT. IT HELPS WITH RESEARCH, FUN, AND TALKING WITH

MY OTHER PAIN PAL THAT HAS BECOME SO CLOSE TO ME OVER THAT PAST

MONTHS SHE IS FLYING HERE AT CHRISTMAS FROM ARIZONA TO BE WITH US

FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I AM SO EXCITED AND WOULD NEVER HAVE MET HER IF

IT WERE NOT FOR THIS GROUP, SHE IS MY ANGEL BEAR. THERE IS NOT A

SWEETER, MORE CARING, SELFLESS PERSON I KNOW MORE THAN SHE IS, AND

WITH ALL OF THE MEDICAL PROBLEMS SHE HAS HAD AND HAS NOW, SHE STILL

GOES TO WORK EVERYDAY AND REALLY NEVER COMPLAINS AND AS MY PAIN PAL,

SHE IS SUPPOSED TO COMPLAIN TO ME !!!!!

I READ EVERYTHING THAT I CAN GET MY HANDS ON, I ALSO HAVE MY OWN

LIBRARY. I HAVE ALL THE CLASSICS AND THEIR CLASSIC PRICES ON THEM. I

ALSO LOVE MYSTERIES, ANYTHING ABOUT EVOLUTION, ANTHROPOLOGY,

ARCHAEOLOGY, INTRODUCTIONS TO ANY CULTURES, FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY,

THE FIELD METHODS AND HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,

HUMAN NATURE AND CULTURAL EVENTS, CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES,

COMPARATIVE RELIGION, ANCIENT LITERARY CIVILIZATIONS AND SOMETIMES

JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT A GOOD OLD FASHIONED TRASHY ROMANCE NOVEL OR

TWO IN ROW FOR FLUFF FUN. BUT ANCIENT CULTURES FASCINATE ME.

YOU QUESTION : AM I EVER OUT OF PAIN : THE ANSWER IS NO. I DO NOT

HAVE ONE MINUTE OF A 24 HOUR DAY WHERE I AM NOT IN PAIN. IT MOVES

AROUND, ONE PLACE WILL INTENSIFY, ANOTHER LESSEN, THEN ANOTHER WILL

START UP, I HAVE THE USUAL PAIN AREAS, FROM MY FEET TO MY NECK, BUT

THEY ARE NEVER QUIET, THEY ARE ALWAYS BUSY AT WORK HURTING ME. PAIN

LEVELS ALWAYS AVERAGE A 7 - 9. AT LEAST ONE TO TWO DAYS A MONTH I

GET THOSE IN ROW WHERE THINGS ARE JUST ACHY AND TURN IT INTO THE

HIGHEST GEAR I CAN A GO FOR IT ! BUT, I AM AT PEACE WITH MY PAIN AND

I DO NOT STRUGGLE SO HARD AGAINST IT ANYMORE. RELAXING ALL YOUR

MUSCLES AND TRYING TO BREATHE ALONG WITH IT, ALMOST LIKE BEING IN

LABOR, HELPS ALOT. CLENCHING YOUR WHOLE BODY MAKES THE PAIN WORSE,

YOU HAVE TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON THIS AND PRACTICE. IT TAKES ALOT

OF TIME, PATIENCE AND EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, I HAVE MORE THAN

HAD THE TIME....THE PAIN IS WRENCHING, I TAKE A DAY EVERY WEEK OR

TWO WHERE I KNOW I WILL NOT BE WALKED IN ON, BECAUSE I AM SO

STRICTLY SUPERVISED, AND SIT AND JUST CRY AND SOB AND SOB AND CRY

AND HOWL, UNTIL IT IS OUT OF MY SYSTEM FOR AWHILE.

HOW ABOUT YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS, DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE

FM? TELL ME ABOUT LIFE WHERE YOU LIVE AND THE SEASONS...I AM 44 AND

HAVE HAD RA AND FM AND NUEROPATHIC PAIN FOR 2 YEARS NOW. I HAD A

HYSTERECTOMY 2 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS ALREADY STARTING BEFORE THEN.

I AM GLAD YOU WROTE, AS USUAL I THINK I WENT ON A LITTLE TOO LONG,

WILL TRY AND KEEP DOWN NEXT TIME, HAD TO TAKE A TIME OUT BECAUSE

THERE WAS JUST A BLACK BEAR IN MY BACK YARD. ! CRAZY !

THANKS, CINDI