Re: to Louie

[Guest guest]

Hi there Louie. I should have said in the post I'm originally from

Youngstown (born and lived there for 35 years), but now live in

Wilmington, N.C.

I lived in East Liverpool from 1998 until 2000, when I left to come

back to North Carolina. I worked as a reporter in East Liverpool. I

lived in Charlotte, N.C., from 1995 until 1998 until I moved back to

Ohio. Small world, huh. My ex-husband was a truck dispatcher at

Weirton Steel for a brief time.

My dad died of pancreatic cancer and I know he loved the clinic and

felt like they took good care of him. I'm sorry I don't remember any

of his doctors names.

I would have thought Pittsburgh was a good place to go, but I guess

not. I'll remember that if I ever move back up there.

What kind of work did you do before disability. I may be going down

that road in the future if I can't get the pain under control. Tammy

[Guest guest]

Dear sweet Louie,

You said a couple things in your post that really struck home. The first was

when you were talking about your daughter's wedding - the one that you had

to see pictures of to believe that you hadn't missed it.....hahaha, that's a

laugh, I can see it, though, you lying there in the hospital all drugged up and

fuzzy from the pain meds....forgetting what you'd already done the wedding

two weeks ago! That would be me.

Then you said that you and Ed had imagined all these plans for yourselves

and things that you'd do now that you were this age and the girls grown, but

that " everything depends on how I'm feeling " and that " I wouldn't have

guessed that at this age I would be take it one day at a time " .....both of those

statements are so true of how I feel, too!

And, yeah, when I was younger, I never thought that this is what it would be

like for me at 52! I came from such an active, athletic, outdoorsy environment

and background that I thought I'd still be doing all those things, and more,

because I've got so much more free time. My eldest brother (56) is a sky

diving instructor, alpine and nordic skiier and scuba diver, the next elder

brother (54) is still spending weekends alpine racing in senior's events and

golfing every week, and here I am, hardly able to complete the vacuuming!

My husband even bought me one of those robotic vacuums that roll around

the house and do the vacuuming automatically, but I'm too sore to bend over

and plug it in......yikes!

It's not that bad, but everything seems to depend on the good days vs. the

bad days, and since there are so many bad ones I get resentful that I have to

use any of the good days playing catch up.

Oh well, that's 'nuff whining. I'm glad to see you back with us, and hope that

your better days are outnumbering the bad ones. Get out there with your

friends for lunch, or some quality " girl " time as much as you can, and enjoy!

It

sounds like Ed's doing the right stuff with his diabetes so far, and I'm glad

for

that, too. Take good care, Louie.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should never be

substituted for consultation with a medical professional.