Debs: PAIN voodoo doll

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Hi Debs,

What came to mind this morning for the doll was one like those

old troll dolls that was such a big thing when I was a kid. You

know, short body, grimacing face and wild hair of various colors.

I am thinking that we could make it with a soft body though (the

old ones were out of plastic) so the needles penetrate deeply

and often! We could put scrubs on it with the logo PAIN and

include some toy needles for doing the dirty deed....... I think that

this is too funny!

Although in a serious note....a PAIN bear would be a good logo

too for the organization. Kinda like the care bear idea. The PAI

would stand for the organization and the N would have to be

something positive to show the pro-active role the organization

takes towards education and support. I suppose the N could be

for networking. So the PAIN bear could be Pancreatitis

Association International Network bear. With a little pancreas

shaped logo with PAI stitched on it. Cute I think!

The chart too, will be enlightening - like you said. We can call it

the hall of fame for DINKs (to borrow the phrase from that other

board). Actually another name for the doll could be DINK - that

would be very appropriate too!

NZ sounds so beautiful - the area that you are in would be

paradise to me. I am a farm country girl (dairy and sod) and

being in the middle of nowhere is my dream! Especially with

animals as the perfect companions. I haven't seen any of those

LOR movies but my husband has and I know that he would love

love to see that part of the world (me too!!). We have 12 years, 4

months and 4 days until retirement...so maybe someday we

really can hop on a boat and sail around the world.

Good news too that you are bringing a big strong male advocate

with you to the appointment. I have found that when there is a

male present that doctors tend to spend more time explaining

things and are much more polite. This shouldn't be but I guess

we are still in a very sexist world. In some ways I find that female

doctors are almost worst at this than male doctors.....maybe they

feel superior because they have survived in a male dominated

world or something and those of us who are " typical " women are

lacking brains or determination. Who knows? And males can be

intimidating like you said.......

I hope " mengeleman " behaves for you so Col doesn't have to

apply behaviour modification!

Laurie