Re: New member((( )))

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Hi ;

I am impressed. You and your wife are very giving people. I salute you!

These children are indeed very lucky to have you both as foster parents. It must

be very gratifying to know you are making a difference in their lives, something

they will some day pass on to another generation.

I am sure that part of your will, not just to survive, but to make the most

out of life, has to do with these children. In a way, you help them, they give

you the motivation you need to " durer jusqu'au bout " live fully to the end.

Keep up the good work.

Kennedy <ikennedy2@...> wrote:

Hi .

I have used the Hemingway quote for a long time as part of my signature. You

are the first person to recognize it's signifigance. To me it means

surviving until I finish raising my adopted grandson. He is 15 and has some

special needs, Diabetes and a GI problem, but he will be a junior in high

school in the fall. We, my wife and I, also care for two special needs

foster children. A girl, age 9, with Cerebal Palsy and a boy, age 13, with

Autism. I help caring for the kids and do the grocery shopping and cooking

and what home maintenance I can still do. I do not have a lot of time to be

running to doctors with my incurable ailments. :-) One day at a time is what

works best for me.

2463

" il faut d'abord durer " Hemingway

Re: [ ] New member

> Hi ;

> I hope you find as much solace in " il faut d'abord durer " as Hemingway

> did.

>

> Sorry to read about all your trouble with RA. Unfortunately, we are all

> in the same boat ... some more in that boat than others. Welcome to the

> group, this is the place to vent and it feels good to know that other

> understand what you are going through. Hang in there and write often.

>

> Take care.

>

>

> Kennedy wrote:

> Hi all.

>

> I am a 75yo male and have had RA for a while but it is progressing to the

> point where it is greatly affecting my QOL. It is in my neck (where it

> started), shoulders, hip saddle, hands and feet now. It is becoming a

> severe aggravation in the morning getting out of bed but seems to abate

> with activity. Any heavy exertion, lifting, getting up and down from the

> floor, etc, is almost impossible.

>

> I take 200mg of Celebrex twice a day for the pain but no other n-saids. I

> have found that the otc meds have little efficiacy for me. I wasted a lot

> of money on Glucosamine/Chondroitin over the years and no longer take it.

> Mostly because it has been shown to stimulate tumor activity and I have

> PCa. I did not realize it was not helping me until I stopped taking it and

> nothing happened. :-)

>

> Looking forward to meeting all of you.

>

>

> 2463

> " il faut d'abord durer " Hemingway

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