Thanks / Woe is Me

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the answer to my question about how to locate the drugs

list. Got it!

Tomorrow I meet with an ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat) specialist who is

going to cut off part of my nose (basal cell carcinoma.) I'm sure it

will be very minor, but I'm still not looking forward to it. That's

on my mind tonight, as well as the declining health of my 11 year old

Chow. She was diagnosed with severe osteo-arthritis recently and very

suddenly has deteriorated. Lost all bowel and bladder control and

won't eat. Ewok is my first dog (I'm a cat person) and has been such

a good watchdog and companion.

Besides that, my two surviving cats (I lost a younger one last month

in a freak accident) are both over 18, and the one has been diabetic

for almost ten years. She gets twice-daily insulin shots. The other

has developed hip dysplasia and both of them will haltingly walk into

the room I'm in and yell at me " it hurts! " or " feed me now! " I think

perhaps they are losing their hearing and that's why they yowl so

loudly. It will soon be time to put the dog and the cats to sleep and

on bad CP days I think of somehow trying to end it for all of us.

Just a passing thought, guys, I'm not serious. But I'm sure most of

you will admit to similar thoughts on occasion?

Anyway, I'm trying to be particularly careful of my diet since

obviously my stress level is high right now. And so far (fingers

crossed) I haven't had bad pain, just the usual daily ache/pressure.

I know many of you have much more serious problems, and I'm

remembering those of you in my prayers who have already or will soon

face hurricane force winds and rain. I don't post often but as you

can tell, I'm feeling a little sorry for myself tonight and rather

than burden my family, I'm dumping on the group. What a wonderful

outlet, to be able to put my feelings out there to people who really

do understand.

This message is such a downer, I'll close with the joke a Public

Health Nurse told at a recent meeting I attended: A younger man sat

on the bus stop bench next to an older man in obvious distress and

asked him " What's wrong? " The old man said, " I'm 75, my wife is 25,

keeps our house spotless, fixes wonderful meals every day, and wants

to have sex every night. " " So what's the problem? " asked the younger

man, curious. The old man started sobbing. " I can't remember where I

live! "

Here's hoping for better days for all of us.

Aloha from in Hawaii