Re: mil - cute accupuncturist

[Guest guest]

Shari, stop worrying about it. Let it go. You are going to make yourself sick over it - which is definitely not worth it. Sometimes there is just nothing we can do. My MIL is completely exasperating as well so I know where you are coming from ;-)

Janet

----- Original Message -----

From: Shari Viger

health

Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:33 AM

Subject: mil - cute accupuncturist

She has the cutest accupuncturist availble to her - her grandson! He is an MD in the US Air Force and they have actually paid to have him study accupuncture! Too bad he's in Arizona and she won't travel.

We've talked accupuncture, naturopaths, osteopaths, until we're blue in the face. This condition has gone on for about 21 years and as I mentioned before, she won't do anything that is not covered by Medicare and besides, we are just kids (55 & 60) and don't know anything! We're not credible. Same with my parents and they both died of diet related diseases!

Shari

[Guest guest]

Oh, we gave up a long time ago. I still make all her birthday and Christmas presents because I like doing that. And if she doesn't use them, oh well, I'll have lots of neat things back when she is gone.

My mother was the same way when it came to diet and health. I had been talking with her for 7 years about her liver functions and not until 6 months before she died did she try going to a naturopath because her neighbor suggested it! And she ended up going to MY naturopath (she didn't know that). He told her to give up meat & milk, duh, what had I been telling her for 7 years? She "couldn't" and didn't and died.

I hope that if my children ever get their acts together in any field, I will be open minded enough to hear what they are saying.

Shari

[Guest guest]

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> I hope that if my children ever get their acts together in any

field,

> I will be open minded enough to hear what they are saying.

My grandmother once shared with my mother that it was natural for a

parent to want to help their children and shelter them from making

stupid mistakes.

Then she smiled and commented that its long about the time your

children are in THEIR 70's you realize they have never been listening

anyway.

My grandmother credited her long life, 105 years, with paying

attention to how foods effect her and always getting plenty of

exersize by walking.

Honestly, I think her real secret, besides lucky genetics, was being

open to changes.

In 105 years she got to see a lot of them;-)

Penel