- sleeping hubby; Bill in the penal colony; Bill &Bob/Barb - record; Jean's report - citrucil;

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I'm not married, but I remember when I was; and I'd consider my husband not

willing to stick around (escape by death), grounds for divorce. A few

years after we split up, my X was diagnosed with sleep apnea (apparently

unusual for a man fit and under 45). All his emotional problems that had

marred our 20 year marriage cleared up (long-term sleep deprivation), if

he'd known sooner and slept with the darth vader outfit on we might have

fared much better. At least I got my friend back. No doubt you're sleep

deprived as well, read him the riot act.

I have a cousin in the penal colony (married a Ukranian and left the

Netherlands to escape the family). She won the Australian lottery some

years back, changed her address and phone number (again, the family) so

I've lost touch since she left Tasmania. As far as I know you can only be

deported to a country where you have citizenship (in my case?)

Some years ago I worked for the Plain Language Institute at Continuing

Legal Education here in Vancouver, all the precedent legal documents we

studied were from Australia, which was one of the first juristictions to

pass plain language legislation (so you're ahead legally, not so much

medically). The Plain Language movement died a silent death here. I'm

working my comments the other day into an editorial, out of curiosity to

see if anyone will dare even print it. For a while I had a website on the

state of medical care in BC (2 years ago), but got to sick to maintain it,

might be worth revising. One of the articles is on my current website. I

used my pseudonym on the other site, I really feel it can impact your

healthcare if you make public commentary. I'm still dealing with a

complaint with the College of Physicians, several doctors refused to treat

me after finding out. That is discouraging me from making noise, but

someone has to. The physicians I see now I'm hoping are above knee jerk

reactions.

Quit new meds today, enough is enough. I look six months pregnant and am

in excruiciating pain. From a hard wiring perspective, remind me, are

intestines and sphincsters on seperate or the same usbset of nerves? It

feels as though the intestines are moving better but everything else has

entirely snapped shut (as in cannot pass gas or anything). I'm taking an

extra sleeping pill tonight, the pain wakes me up all night. So caught up

in that pain I forgot to renew the Neurontin on time and ran out tonight,

hopefully the pharmacy will have it in stock tomorrow. Yes, that and the

toilet broke (most absurd system I've ever seen in a toilet and I could not

repair it, whatever happened to the rubber ball type switch?)

Bill, I can barely remember the most basic things, I doubt I could even

take my BP much less write it down and do it regularly. Occasionally I

take my temp (when something is very wrong). It takes all I have to do the

most urgent things whatever time is left I dedicate to things amusing, to

take my mind off the pain and illness. It might work if there was another

person helping you out.

Jean's report mentioned Citrucil - meaning that it is still sold in the

States, I can't get it in BC (anyone know if the rest of Canada has

any). They only have products containing psyllium, which is painful at

best. They did sell it for a while (when my doctor used to insist I not

use laxatives) and it worked well for me then. Shipping it accross the

border would no doubt be problematic what with the paranoia at the border.

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