Me be silent....? NEVER! I'm still here. It's been a round robin of doctor's appointments lately. And of course, it's the beginning of the year and it's all coming out of our pocket. Poor me...

I'm struggling with my eyes right now. Dry cold Texas air. I'm running humidifiers in every room in the house. Husband has gotten to where he hears "Honey" and he says "which one?" He keeps having to refill one almost every day. I'm sure glad I bought the large ones last year. Bad thing is I'm still on crutches and can't carry the blasted things to help him fill them.

I thought I was going to have to have the tear ducts in my eyes re-cauterized today. I saw a dry eye specialist in contacts last Friday in Dallas and he thought they had opened up again. So I made the appt. to see the local eye doctor to have it redone. His opinion is they are just sealed further down and open at the top. So it was a relief and a disappointment. A relief I didn't have to go thru the mini-surgery again and a disappointment that I wouldn't have more tears to see.

I re-made the promise to myself and my health to put myself back on the gluten-free diet this year and cleaned out my pantry, donated all the food with gluten to my little housekeeper with 3 kids she's supporting by herself. I just kept remembering in my mind something Cara said about "what if the gluten free diet was what was keeping my Sjogren's under control?". And it's out of control badly now. Neuropathy has advanced, eyes are much worse, burning in my tongue is ****!!! Gastric issues are not good. Sure wish I could go back to Mayo. But the trip just isn't possible with everything that has happened.

So I made a promise. I'm going to eat healthy, take all my supplements, cut gluten out of my diet, exercise when the bones heal enough to get me back in the wAter, see the podiatrist, gynocologist, neurologist, opthalmolgist, rheumatologist, orthopedist, gag, gag,gag and I'm not cutting my medicines down no matter who says it might be a good time to try it!

My lap top is my dearest treasure right now. You will all never know what a gift you gave me. My husband gave me a new cordless mouse for Christmas. It will actually roll on my leather couch. (nesting place for Billye and pooches).

I wrote a book didn't I? That happens when I'm silent for a long time. All gets built up and I spill.

Betcha, you're sorry you said something about silence, Cyclops.
Mel, I love your gadgets.

Love to all
Billye