wishing you both the best possible results.

My whine for today is just that, a big whine. I hate being alone and not feeling well and in pain. Today was that kind of day. I needed a distraction or I would have gone crazy with worry of the pain and not feeling well. I mean, I only got out of the hospital yesterday afternoon and every time I get this stupid diverticulitis, the pain is worse than childbirth. Morphine just puts a dent in it. Of course, being a lightweight, I can only handle 2 mg at the most. But still, it only makes me feel the pain less and serves its purpose. I am really bad about minimizing my pain. Drives DDs and my family crazy as they can all see it but I pretend I'm fine. One of my nurses convinced me to just take the pain meds. She told me that my whole body is tensed up in pain. She said, "You are so tensed up on the outside, can you imagine how tensed up your insides are, including your colon?" She said that taking the pain meds will relax me and help my colon to heal. She's right and I know that but being a patient is so hard for me.

Anyhow, I went to my brothers. It worked out well for all of us and I'm so glad I went. It didn't make the pain go away, it just helped distract me from the pain.

Passing the whine and cheese . . . .

I wish you lived next door to me Trish, and you could come over and just hang around. I'm so sorry for all you are going through. I feel like hugs and warmth help so much for all of us but sometimes it would be nice just to be closer to help each other out.

Me, too. I wish we all lived closer to each other.

We could be the MS version of The Golden Girls! There would be more than three of us but we'd make it work!

Somehow I think that if we all got together in one place, that it could be the end of the world, as others now know it.

Imagine "well meaning friends, acquaintances and family" trying to wade through a gathering of 'mother bear-pit bull terrier' protective peeps...and their pets.
It might be a lot of fun for us...maybe not so much for others.

Sign me up.

With love, Erika

I agree, Erika. But, you know, we have all had to try to "fit in" in a world that we once knew well but now feel alienated from. I think it's our turn to be the "normal" ones in a room full of seemingly normal people.

I can see it now...a lot of us would be napping, and for those who share my recent symptoms, nearly face planting into our breakfast or computer keyboards.

The narcolepsy-dozing is really bad this morning; making it hard to concentrate or stay sitting up without nodding off, but if I go to bed, I'm wide awake.
Hmmm...the floor beside my computer chair is looking mighty inviting right now though...

Passing the cheese.

With love, Erika

Sign me up! Make room for Momma Bear! I'll bring all of
my hunks with me, to do all of your bidding!!

We are the new Normal. !!!

All of our Men are also welcome!!

Wait a minute, Kelly! I fit in my world. It's everyone else who doesn't fit in my world. You do have a point. At one time, many of us had better mobility, energy, etc. and were able to do what we needed to do and what we wanted to do. It's all a little different now.

It would be fun if we all lived close together. I would love it. Hey, didn't we have an MS commune thread on here some where? What did we decide to call ourselves, or did we decide?

I got out of my house today!!

Parents took me out for breakfast at our favorite breakfast place, and I might have had an overly chocolatey and caffeinated beverage with tons of whipped cream on it. (the coffee bar girl even added extra freshly-made-homemade-in-the-restaurant whipped cream to it after I ate it all off the top)

There was snow and ice on the ground in the parking lot, and I had to use the stupid rolling walker, but I'd rather use that thing than fall down.

Then, we went out again later tonight for dinner. (Chinese food, which I haven't had in MONTHS!). We'd parked in the handicap spot there, because for some reason they only have two spots in that strip mall, and it was the only place we could actually park. It was a cold walk into the restaurant, but at least it wasn't icy.

My dad didn't care for the cold air. When we left, I told my dad that I'd go out, and at least start the car for him so that it would be warm. So, I got into the car to start it, and looked around the parking lot which by that time was mostly empty. Said "what the heck? why not?", and I actually moved the car down to the door of the restaurant so my parents wouldn't freeze to death coming out to the car.

I was *almost* brave enough to drive home, but it was nighttime, there's snow and ice on the ground, and I've never driven an automatic on snow and ice, and am not quite sure of how it would handle in a slick area. Plus, not all that sure about the reflexes in the right foot. So I told my dad that he could drive us home, but at least he had a warm car to get into. He was pretty thrilled that he didn't have to walk all the way out to the car.

I really want to drive my car, but I'm just not sure of it on the snow and ice yet. I'm a stick shift girl. Loved driving the manual transmission of my old car on snow. I knew how that car handled, and I was good at driving it on snow. I just never really had that much experience with driving automatics on snow and ice. I just don't think it would be that good of an idea for me to try to drive it on snow, with numb toes and a recovering shoulder. Maybe I'll try to go to Burger King tomorrow. I don't have to get onto any big streets for that, since they're right on the edge of our neighborhood. Maybe I'll go pick up lunch for my parents tomorrow. (taking dad with me just in case I have problems)

or, I could drive my parents to Village Inn for pie. (it's next door to the BK)

Can you tell that I'm trying to take advantage of those 3 cortisone shots I had last week for my frozen shoulder? They're having a nice side effect of making me not feel as crappily MS-ish as I had been. (not being in pain from the shoulder is probably helping a lot too)