Guest guest Posted January 1, 1999 Report Share Posted January 1, 1999 Okay, I know better than to claim I know the cause everyone's RLS. I know better than to claim I know the cause of MY OWN RLS, all the time. BUT, there's one thing I finally know for sure, and NO ONE can argue this with me!!!! Here it is folks: My father-in-law causes my RLS to flare up. No kidding!!! He's here, visiting for four days, and he loves to talk...CONSTANTLY. He's got one of these low gravelly voices, and talks steadily, no inflections, repeating a lot of phrases, wondering off the subject, etc. etc. I can NOT listen to him without my legs going NUTS!!!!! It's a start. I'm starting to narrow down the causes. LOL Go figure. LOL Jill, 46 Payson, AZ http://www.netzone.com/~gunzel/rls.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 1999 Report Share Posted January 2, 1999 Hi Jill, I am so sorry your legs went nuts, I thought it was not just the legs though Your father in law is the cause, is that what they mean it runs in the family? Maybe you can get partially healed by putting a sleeping pill in his coffee . Or tension tamer, to put his restless mouth at ease. Marleen Jill Gunzel wrote: > > > Okay, I know better than to claim I know the cause everyone's RLS. > I know better than to claim I know the cause of MY OWN RLS, all the time. > BUT, there's one thing I finally know for sure, and NO ONE can argue this > with me!!!! > Here it is folks: My father-in-law causes my RLS to flare up. > > No kidding!!! He's here, visiting for four days, and he loves to > talk...CONSTANTLY. He's got one of these low gravelly voices, and talks > steadily, no inflections, repeating a lot of phrases, wondering off the > subject, etc. etc. I can NOT listen to him without my legs going NUTS!!!!! > > It's a start. I'm starting to narrow down the causes. LOL > Go figure. LOL > > Jill, 46 > Payson, AZ > http://www.netzone.com/~gunzel/rls.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 1999 Report Share Posted January 2, 1999 Hi Jill, I am so sorry your legs went nuts, I thought it was not just the legs though Your father in law is the cause, is that what they mean it runs in the family? Maybe you can get partially healed by putting a sleeping pill in his coffee . Or tension tamer, to put his restless mouth at ease. Marleen Jill Gunzel wrote: > > > Okay, I know better than to claim I know the cause everyone's RLS. > I know better than to claim I know the cause of MY OWN RLS, all the time. > BUT, there's one thing I finally know for sure, and NO ONE can argue this > with me!!!! > Here it is folks: My father-in-law causes my RLS to flare up. > > No kidding!!! He's here, visiting for four days, and he loves to > talk...CONSTANTLY. He's got one of these low gravelly voices, and talks > steadily, no inflections, repeating a lot of phrases, wondering off the > subject, etc. etc. I can NOT listen to him without my legs going NUTS!!!!! > > It's a start. I'm starting to narrow down the causes. LOL > Go figure. LOL > > Jill, 46 > Payson, AZ > http://www.netzone.com/~gunzel/rls.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 1999 Report Share Posted January 2, 1999 Kind of like listening to a boring sermon or speech isn't it Jill! Been there done that!!!:-) :-) All you can do is get up, move around, hover balancing first on one foot then the other, offer a cup of tea or coffee or beer or whatever, excuse yourself and go to the bathroom where you can silently scream into the mirror, rattle around aimlessly in the kitchen, dust around him etc etc. Just try to keep from yawning.................... CHEERS! Jeanne and Mr. Biggles in Poultney, VT P.S. or be like me and keep your hands busy, crocheting, knitting, embroidery, weave doing something that needs concentration yet keeps you connected so you can nod your head or mumble incoherently when needed................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 1999 Report Share Posted January 2, 1999 Kind of like listening to a boring sermon or speech isn't it Jill! Been there done that!!!:-) :-) All you can do is get up, move around, hover balancing first on one foot then the other, offer a cup of tea or coffee or beer or whatever, excuse yourself and go to the bathroom where you can silently scream into the mirror, rattle around aimlessly in the kitchen, dust around him etc etc. Just try to keep from yawning.................... CHEERS! Jeanne and Mr. Biggles in Poultney, VT P.S. or be like me and keep your hands busy, crocheting, knitting, embroidery, weave doing something that needs concentration yet keeps you connected so you can nod your head or mumble incoherently when needed................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 1999 Report Share Posted January 4, 1999 Geeze Jill, you've to the perfect solution along with the cause. Now you can just say " Dad, I'd love to listen to you , but my RLS is driving me nuts and I have to take a walk. See you next century " . Bang, you're out of the room and in blissful silence again. Seriously, it is amazing how our wonderful older folks can repeat the same thing 5 times in an evening. Hang in there and just keep walking . . . Sweet Dreams. O, Medford Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 1999 Report Share Posted February 14, 1999 Poor JIll! Someday I want to invent a new board game called " Conversation. " The play would go something like this: The first player draws a card with a topic of conversation on it, like " Good books. " THat player must then initiate a conversation about books, using no less than 2 complete sentences and no more than 4. Each player must then support the conversation, each with the same sentence limitation. A player who exceeds the sentence limit loses points, a player who wanders off topic loses points, any player who makes snide remarks loses a turn (unless they've drawn a snide comment card ;^). Of course, the point of the game is to encourage civilized conversations, hopefully teaching people the fine art of conversation in the process. If I ever follow through on my idea, I'll send you a free copy for for you to play during visits from your father-in-law. In the meatime, keep all-day suckers in your candy dish :^D Kate ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 1999 Report Share Posted February 14, 1999 Poor JIll! Someday I want to invent a new board game called " Conversation. " The play would go something like this: The first player draws a card with a topic of conversation on it, like " Good books. " THat player must then initiate a conversation about books, using no less than 2 complete sentences and no more than 4. Each player must then support the conversation, each with the same sentence limitation. A player who exceeds the sentence limit loses points, a player who wanders off topic loses points, any player who makes snide remarks loses a turn (unless they've drawn a snide comment card ;^). Of course, the point of the game is to encourage civilized conversations, hopefully teaching people the fine art of conversation in the process. If I ever follow through on my idea, I'll send you a free copy for for you to play during visits from your father-in-law. In the meatime, keep all-day suckers in your candy dish :^D Kate ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 1999 Report Share Posted February 14, 1999 Poor JIll! Someday I want to invent a new board game called " Conversation. " The play would go something like this: The first player draws a card with a topic of conversation on it, like " Good books. " THat player must then initiate a conversation about books, using no less than 2 complete sentences and no more than 4. Each player must then support the conversation, each with the same sentence limitation. A player who exceeds the sentence limit loses points, a player who wanders off topic loses points, any player who makes snide remarks loses a turn (unless they've drawn a snide comment card ;^). Of course, the point of the game is to encourage civilized conversations, hopefully teaching people the fine art of conversation in the process. If I ever follow through on my idea, I'll send you a free copy for for you to play during visits from your father-in-law. In the meatime, keep all-day suckers in your candy dish :^D Kate ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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