I've decided I may have to get a papoose pack. This little dog makes every step I do. She just followed me from the utility room to the living room and is curled up on the rug beside me. I will be here only a few minutes and she will follow me back and curl up in her dog bed. She never gets more than a few steps from me. This dependency started out of the blue. I really don't know what to do to keep her from being so anxious. I've decided she is one of the little dogs "who love too much". Heaven help my husband if I have to be hospitalized for any reason.

I'm anxious for the rheumatologist visit this time. I suspect my sed rate is out of control again. My muscles hurt, my hand joints are hurting and I just generally feel bad. I know stress can do a lot to you but I did sleep well last night in spite of calls from family about the funeral service. My elbows are broken out in a rash too. My left knee is really giving me fits. The knee replacement on that side was messed up. There is an adhesion at the knee and veins break from micro trauma under the skin there. I cannot stretch that muscle. I've seen a vascular surgeon and the doctor who did the replacement. He says everything looks "fine" on the xray. The vascular surgeon does not agree with him. I can't cross my leg on that side due to the tightness. And I have a limp from it. I'm ready to go elsewhere for another opinion.

Billye