Re: Darcy- Irene/ads for hgh-adopting

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--- -thanks for the chuckle. It brought back to mind a friend

who needed to make a decision between a hysterectomy and " do I want

kids? " I took my 4 to her for the day. They were a demanding

infant, a handicapped 2 year old, a nineyearold primadonna and a very

imaginative 11 year old when it comes to building homemade weapons

and incendiary devices from common kitchen ingredients (no, he's not

a terrorist now; he's a cook-next best thing ha ha). Anyway, after

my free day she scheduled the hysterectomy.

In @y..., " Blueberry " wrote:

> Irene, I got the same ad! Someone had emailed me about a 'post'

and thought

> that I 'should' try hgh. It was obviously an ad....next time i'll

pass it

> on to Missy.

> Darcy, back in the early 80's, I too, thought the disease was

> psychological...there was NO disease or syndrome that matched my

symptoms.

> I felt I had no choice but to accept this.....after years of living

with

> this, and plenty of 'flare' time to think about it. I'm sure that

it's NOT

> all in my head.....my husband is more anxious than I am....I know

that I

> really FEEL the pain for NO reason....not because I 'don't have

anything

> else to complain about today'. Articles like that make me angry,

and i've

> been on a mission the past few months to educate any one who

presumes to

> 'KNOW' that FMS or CFS is all in our head!

> I raised both my kids with FMS, and I certainly would NOT want to

try it

> again. I'm 37, and it was way too hard for me...and sometimes it

still is,

> to try and be a good mother to a 7 and 13 year old. I used to take

my 7

> year old into bed with me when I was having a flare with all his

toys and

> jars of baby food that he'd need for the day. I have no family -

so I had

> to make due...and my 13 year old daughter, she is getting to that

irritating

> age, where at times....I say something to her and she

says...whatever?, or

> some other sarcasm.....

> now that I think about it...you can adopt MY kids--they already

know how to

> deal with a mom in a flare--i'm sorry they've had to! (just

kidding)

>

> kmnewberry@h...

>

>

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territa58 wrote:

>

> It brought back to mind a friend

> who needed to make a decision between a hysterectomy and " do I want

> kids? " I took my 4 to her for the day.

I always think this is an excellent way to start when you're facing that

kind of a decision. Borrow someone else's kids for at least the day, if

not a couple days. Yes, it doesn't allow for the " it's different when

they're your own " (which not everyone does feel like), and it doesn't

allow for the " love you feel for your own kids " , but it at least lets

you get an idea of the physical work ahead of you. I think parenthood

is one of the toughest jobs there is. No time off unless you have

family members or great friends close by, no manual that tells you how

each different child should be raised for best results, advice from

people who are sure if you'd only listen to them the world would be

great, and a child that turns from a sticky fingered " I luv you mom "

toddler into a " I hate you mom " teenager. I think parents who do a good

job of it, don't get enough recognition for their wonderful efforts.

Yes, I do realize, you get a lot of love along the way, I'm just talking

about the work side of it.

Darcy