Re: Responses Sunshine, Jenni & Nichole

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From: DeNicola

> I'm now engaged to a man who appreciates my abilities and limitations. He has my thirst for knowledge. He loves to join me on my rheumy visits so he can ask questions. On Sunday mornings he actually likes to fill my pill container for the week and he tests his knowledge of the drugs with their names, benefits and side effects. We have been dating for 6 months and he has been educating his family on some of the myths about living with arthritis and encourages them to ask questions.

Don't just sit there, let's clone the man!!

Nina

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I'll see what I can do! :)Steph in VA

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>From: "Nina " <ncampbell@...>>Reply-Rheumatoid Arthritis ><Rheumatoid Arthritis >>Subject: Re: Responses Sunshine, Jenni & Nichole>Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:32:32 -0500>>----- Original Message ----->From: DeNicola> > I'm now engaged to a man who appreciates my abilities and limitations. He has my thirst for knowledge. He loves to join me on my rheumy visits so he can ask questions. On Sunday mornings he actually likes to fill my pill container for the week and he tests his knowledge of the drugs with their names, benefits and side effects. We have been dating for 6 months and he has been educating his family on some of the myths about living with arthritis and encourages them to ask questions.>>Don't just sit there, let's clone the man!!>>Nina

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Let's hope the mold wasn't broken with this man!!!

I would give my 2 front teeth for a companion like this! Ok...maybe not my 2

front teeth but you know what I mean. hahaha

My husband thinks I should be out using the weed whacker! I can't even

straighten out my fingers! GGGRRRRR

Kathy

--- " Nina " <ncampbell@...> wrote:

From: " Nina " <ncampbell@...>

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:32:32 -0500

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Subject: Re: Responses Sunshine, Jenni &

Nichole

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

From: DeNicola

> I'm now engaged to a man who appreciates my abilities and

limitations. He has my thirst for knowledge. He loves to join

me on my rheumy visits so he can ask questions. On Sunday

mornings he actually likes to fill my pill container for the

week and he tests his knowledge of the drugs with their names,

benefits and side effects. We have been dating for 6 months and

he has been educating his family on some of the myths about

living with arthritis and encourages them to ask questions.

Don't just sit there, let's clone the man!!

Nina

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From: katshapug@...

> My husband thinks I should be out using the weed whacker! I can't even straighten out my fingers! GGGRRRRR

That's the way my husband is. Of course, it was different when he had bypass surgery last year. I was still expected to take care of him and that sent me into a major flare.

Nina

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Same here, my hubby had cancer surgery 3 years ago, a lump removed from his leg.

Thank goodness it has never shown up again....but boy did I have to take care of

him! I was laid off from work in Dec after working 24 years and have paid hell

for it from him ever since. I was diagnosed in Nov with RA. I knew I have had

this for years.....Seems it got worse in Jan after being laid off. Maybe the

stress of it all?

I think I do pretty good on the whole with keeping up the house, but according

to him, it's never enough...

--- " Nina " <ncampbell@...> wrote:

From: " Nina " <ncampbell@...>

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:03:02 -0500

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Subject: Re: Responses Sunshine, Jenni &

Nichole

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From: katshapug@...

> My husband thinks I should be out using the weed whacker! I

can't even straighten out my fingers! GGGRRRRR

That's the way my husband is. Of course, it was different when

he had bypass surgery last year. I was still expected to take

care of him and that sent me into a major flare.

Nina

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Ha Ha Kathy,

we husbands are strange creatures the amount of attion that we need verses the

amout that we cant aford to give out ! Then theres my wife she puts 0ut there with the weed

wacker then its two days im a sleep more fatigue and more pain to ! so LOL GGGRRRRR !!!!

later johnkatshapug@... wrote:

Let's hope the mold wasn't broken with this man!!! I would give my 2 front teeth for a companion like this! Ok...maybe not my 2 front teeth but you know what I mean. hahahaMy husband thinks I should be out using the weed whacker! I can't even straighten out my fingers! GGGRRRRRKathy __________________________________________________

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Before I was diagnosed w/RA we didn't know

what I had. My husband said I was just lazy and I thought I had the

flu. At the time I had been working at Toys R Us from 5pm til midnight

or 5am depending on the time of year. Our son was in kindergarden..and

they went to school from 8-11 am. Sometimes I'd get home in time to say hi and bye to my

husband and in time to get our son ready for school It was a vicious

cycle sometimes. Two years prior my

mom had died. Anyways......we finally found out what was wrong..and I

started treatment. Putting up with pain for years...he finally got to

be understanding and very helpful.

Last fall he fell 15ft from a tree when hurricane Ivan was coming

here...he's had bad shoulder pain and found he has a torn rotator cuff

and has pain often. He got a depo medrol shot and he thought he was

going to die LMAO. I said welcome to my world...I've had shots for

years and I'd prefer the shots over constant pain. So he's so much more

understaning now.

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katshapug@... wrote:

Same here, my hubby had cancer surgery 3 years ago, a lump removed from his leg. Thank goodness it has never shown up again....but boy did I have to take care of him! I was laid off from work in Dec after working 24 years and have paid hell for it from him ever since. I was diagnosed in Nov with RA. I knew I have had this for years.....Seems it got worse in Jan after being laid off. Maybe the stress of it all?

I think I do pretty good on the whole with keeping up the house, but according to him, it's never enough...

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From: katshapug@...

>Seems it got worse in Jan after being laid off. Maybe the stress of it all?I think I do pretty good on the whole with keeping up the house, but according to him, it's never enough...

I got laid off in 1998 and was already sick, but didn't know what with. The stress definitely made things worse. It will set me into a flare of gigantic proportions.

I just tell my husband if he doesn't like the way the house looks, to get the cleaning stuff out and get after it.

Nina

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I have a great husband and support from him there is alot of things

I can't do any more around the house and he works all day and comes

home to help me clean the house my son who lives at home does chips

in and helps to so between them I do very little around the house

any more Sherrie

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> From: katshapug@n...

>

> >Seems it got worse in Jan after being laid off. Maybe the stress

of it all?

> I think I do pretty good on the whole with keeping up the house,

but according to him, it's never enough...

>

> I got laid off in 1998 and was already sick, but didn't know what

with. The stress definitely made things worse. It will set me into

a flare of gigantic proportions.

>

> I just tell my husband if he doesn't like the way the house looks,

to get the cleaning stuff out and get after it.

>

> Nina

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My wife and I have our 27th anniv this week. I joined this group just

so I could get her some good info about her RA pain, treatments, meds,

etc. (she has computer phobia, lol).

Anyway, I can honestly tell you that when she is in pain, " I'm " in pain

too - and I don't mean that sarcastically. It really hurts to see her

suffer. I guess that's one of the prices of love.

So, I hope you gals with ornery hubbies won't put up with " too " much crap!

Thanks for all the help so far,

Don & Eileen

katshapug@... wrote:

> Same here, my hubby had cancer surgery 3 years ago, a lump removed from his

leg. Thank goodness it has never shown up again....but boy did I have to take

care of him! I was laid off from work in Dec after working 24 years and have

paid hell for it from him ever since. I was diagnosed in Nov with RA. I knew I

have had this for years.....Seems it got worse in Jan after being laid off.

Maybe the stress of it all?

> I think I do pretty good on the whole with keeping up the house, but according

to him, it's never enough...

>

> --- " Nina " <ncampbell@...> wrote:

>

> From: " Nina " <ncampbell@...>

> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:03:02 -0500

> <Rheumatoid Arthritis >

> Subject: Re: Responses Sunshine, Jenni &

> Nichole

>

> ----- Original Message -----

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> From: katshapug@...

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>> My husband thinks I should be out using the weed whacker! I

>

> can't even straighten out my fingers! GGGRRRRR

>

>

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> That's the way my husband is. Of course, it was different when

> he had bypass surgery last year. I was still expected to take

> care of him and that sent me into a major flare.

>

>

>

> Nina

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