Very creative Rrae, I like it. I would freely eat dark chocolate, Boston baked beans (these are candy-coated peanuts), chocolate-covered almonds, ice cream, pizza, fried shrimp, buttered garlic toast, hamburgers, french fries, Mocha Frappuccinos, and malts. And I would take long in the woods and in my neighborhood. Good luck and happy PNing everybody!
Electron

Chocolate it is!
 

............................http://dl.glitter-graphics.net/pub/4...tm2bg9ann8.giffor Electron!......but only if you share! :p
Good Lord! Look at the TIME! I CAN'T SSSSLLLLEEEEEEEP!!! :eek:

Oh Rrae, I was up all nite too....but stupidly stayed in bed. I have already seen all that satellite TV has to offer.....I think I drank too much soda pop, it was sooo horribly hot yesterday.....awakend to utter gloom!

Oh well, just another day in Neuropathyland....bring out the band!
Or is it Neuropathyville and bring out the still?

That chocolate looks good....I eat it anyway.

Coincidence ?
 

Well, Cy, i find it rather perplexing that we've both started on the trial of the same medication at the same time (Morontin)........
Soooo........ ?
Something must be kicking in?

I stumbled across a channel from the BBC on my DishTv!
My life will never be the same!
I LOVE Brittish comedy !
Just what this forum needs! :p A Monty Python Insomniac with too much chocolate to go around! :rolleyes:

par-tay!
 

It's been a month and a day since this post was last used... but I really think it's a wonderful idea and that we should keep it going. Not so much to dwell on the things that we no longer can do.. (though it's okay to grieve the "life you once had") but more so just to be silly and laugh and dream big, even if we are not able to physically live out those dreams right now.

So, I am going to add: If I didn't have PN, I would spend a weekend at some amusement park with all my wonderful friends, both here on NT and elsewhere. I'd ride all the spinning, twirling rides (like the octopus and the tilt-a-whirl), but NO roller coasters or other high rides because I am terrified of heights if I am moving at a fast speed! It would be great because, see, we'd all pool our money and rent out the whole place and so there would be NO lines except our fellow friends, so we could just sit and relax in the recliners we will put in the lines... and we will each be assigned a personal attendant that will bring us food, provide us with cold drinks (water, not the alcoholic type--unless you're into that, I guess!), and take lots of pictures so we can enjoy the memories forever.

So, I think we all know that this is not realistic and will not happen in this lifetime... but it would be fun!

What else would you crazy people do? No limitations!

:hug::grouphug::hug::grouphug::hug:

If I didnt have neuropathy:
I would go back to the gym and take off the 50 pds I gained!!
I would take my daughter to the mall a couple times a week like I used to!
I would be back in my old house and not living with my mother.
I would be back at my old job making GREAT money and being Happy.
I would be shopping for pretty clothes that I used to wear, not sweat pants and flip flops!!
I would wear AWESOME high heels!!

Most importantly I would be SOOO HAPPY that I would have my old life back!!! :):):):)

I would hang upside down on a tree branch...just for a new perspective on the world.

Can we hang with you?????:partytime2:

I would like to hang as well, the Elephant would come in handy to get us up and down from the tree.

I too would be doing lots of shopping, I dread going now.

Have a good spring clean of my house (it is spring here in Australia) but that is out of the question now, just tidying up is too much for me now.

I would also loose the weight I have gained.

There is so much we could do if we did not have neuropathy. :circlelove:

I would move to Australia for THEIR Spring and Summer and have the maid clean my house! and give the elephant a bath.:p

Hi leslie
 

I do not have NP, but I do have pain. Lots of fusions in my neck and I am healing. I want to hang too. I want to sky dive again. Something I can't do anymore. Anyone up for jumping out of a perfectly good airplane? I can relate to all of what these posts say. Leslie, I may be able to help with weight loss a bit, because I did it, when I never thought I could. There are alot of people who struggle with this, and I do have some tid bits that may help. ginnie:)

Go back to learning Tae Kwon Do (would like to think I can kick butt!)

Do a cartwheel! Just to see if I can.

Wear those really stylish shoes with the high heel I haven't been able to wear in forever.

And most importantly just love life!

Best of luck to all of us!

:grouphug:

I would love to bowl again, and play racketball/tennis.

But I would really like to wear fashionable shoes again.
(another failure at Famous Footwear last weekend made me pretty angry and frustrated!)

Sail - balance on a heeling deck- wind in my face. :D
closest I come to that is to stand with my face in front of a fan:rolleyes:

Hike- wander trails in the fall. :wink:
Now I'm lucky if I make it from the car to the front door.:(

Ski- shuss downhill & play in the snow. :)
I'm lucky if I can shovel my short 18 foot sidewalk
in front of our row house.:cool:

Dance - be able to boogie at parties and venues !.:p
......... Forget it !:eek:

Couldn't resist passing this along after reading Bob's..... :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfI_F...eature=related

never come to know you - dear friends.
 

Also - my English would stay as it was at the time I graduated highschool.
Also - i would know nothing about nerves and EMG, NCV, SFSN and all those vitamins that I take now.
Also - I probably stay working at the same place, doing the same old things. But the neuropathy - opened some new options for me, including new hobbies.

i would walk and run on our beautiful bike path we have here everyday.
I would wear high heels again.
i would be working and making good money again.
I wouldnt be using a cane .

Hi cycleops
 

I have been reading this thread and love hearing what people would do if they could. I was wondering where you, and others have found that cute big smiling head jumping up and down on a trampolene (spelling). The icons to my right don't show it. Thanks Ginnie

Hi Ginnie
 

At the bottom of the box of smilies on the right, click where it says 'more'.... maximize the page and it'll open up a whole HUGE BOX full of crazy fun smilies!!
:yahoo::Crowded::Popcorn::boy(music)::Wave-Hello::Trapeze 2::Bow::trampoline::yikes:

I would.......

Iceskate at 60 mph and spin and spin and spin like I used to.:Head-Spin:
Be a soccer mom on a Saturday morn instead of sending hubby:winner_first_h4h:
Shop until I drop.:crazy:
Wear killer heels.:Slip:
Go back into a science lab and find a cure for PN.:idea:


Visit Malawi again and get some humility,my life ain't so bad after all......

I have a lovely family
I have a lovely warm home
I have lovely friends here...:circlelove:

thank you
 

:Excited::Excited:[ Thank you for showing me where to find these icons. These are a hoot! ginnie

Hike, Bike, Travel, Dance, Go to the Gym! Oh and go skiiing again.

Sitting here in this cast reminds me of the last time I went skiing.....:p

I would stand in the cold mountain streams near me, casting flys to wary trout, not really caring if I caught any, the scenery is enough

I would go to Steeler games again but the climb to the seats is to much now,

Go shopping through the whole mall
Go back to school
Work
Wear normal clothing
Take longer walks possibly by the ocean
Go to NY again and walk around and see shows

On so many responses I see so many simple pleasures that I hope many of us can do again one day.

train for a triathalon.

I still toy with the idea of doing the STP "Seattle to Portland" one day if I can get a hand cycle.

My church has a group that does it every year, would be nice to join in even if I dont make the whole trip.

Hi mere
 

H ,mere, Your post awhile back, I did review, and it reminded me of this dissability we all have. I think the hardest part is giving up something you worked so hard to get. I was disabled at 53, DJD DDD. I had to give up a thirty year career, and it hurts to this day. I wish all of us could do those things we EARNED. Hope you are doing ok. ginnie

beautiful and fun topic
 

ah..., if theres no Neuropathy in my life...
i certainly would wear high heels and go ou to celebrate dancing samba and salsa, :Head-Spin: spinning all night on!
just having energy levels up would be great, wake up cheerful every day and just go out and enjoy life!
working, studying, travelling, exercising, expend time with friends, and elephants too:) isnt all that what plenty of people having in their lives out there and how come :shocked: they are not happy with!!!! :shocked:

NO MORE PAIN KILLERS AND SIDE EFFECTS!!!!! :trampoline:
and of course, i would never forget how was my life with Neuropathy... just remember these day and realise that I am happy and fortunate in being healthy and fully recovered.
But even living with PN, CRPS and loads of problems, i am thankful :Thanx:
THANKFUL for everything i have, specially the ability to LOVE and still LAUGH

I would go back to tae kwon do and learn to kick serious butt!:yahoo:

I'd take a lot more trips (driving). And I'd go back to Europe (after they thaw out) and spend more time seeing the sites.

And I think I'd finally get around to hang gliding. Been wanting to do that since I was a kid!

Best of luck to all of us!:grouphug:

Not be so ****** off.

Oh boy
 

I would Run down the hsall of the huge halls of the hospital i use to work at in Detroit..This time I'm old enough and onery I would run into a few nasty Drs.. Hmm if I only knew what my future would be like ,,,,,L just might go after a few Nuro's :):) Well shoot I have to go shopping now in my wheelchair,at least it goes fast even over snow and ice...Ski climb mount Rainier ect. ect.
Many blessings to all. Sue

Did I say triplets??? Uh, scratch that. After 6 months of raising one....that is enough, more than enough!

Happy Holidays to all!