Gina,
Your Grandfather does sound like a wild man.....and at 94!! Dang you must have some longevity genes in your family! I can see him in his fancy car, with all the jewlery, speeding down the freeway to the ocean! LOL That's quite a site! It sounds like you love him a lot.
I hope your mom finds a special friend so she doesn't have to spend the rest of her life alone......because that's not fun.
How are you feeling Gina? Are the pain meds helping at all??

Opps.....Typo.......I meant 84 not 94 LOL

Dakota:

Don't know if you know this, but you can bring a cell phone that can surf the net. They have them all over the place.

Now if you want to be incommunicado, then that's a completely different thing. Go and have fun and don't think about computers, the internet, anything. Just have family fun.

But if you need to be on the net for any reason, get one of those sidekick thingees that all the people on my block have. They can surf the net, text message each other (they do this when they are standing right in front of each other), I think they are nuts. I once said "you are text messaging each other right?", and you are standing a foot apart, right?" so why don't YOU JUST SPEAK TO EACH OTHER???"

They looked at me like I'm nuts!!!!! oy veh, the younger generation.

Mel

Hi all.

Remember, a few posts back, I described how my 63 year old lady friend is now learning how to use her computer, and she put in Splendor.com instead of Splenda.com.

Well, just now she calls me up and she says "I'm at the Shoprite website, and I'm looking at circulars, see if you see anything you like, we're going there on Wednesday". So I just said to her "what is the URL?" She said "what is the what??"" I said "look at the top of your screen, at your browser web address place, it will say "www, blah blah, and she goes "I don't see it". I then go nuts and I say "there has to be a web address at the top of your screen, because you are at a website". What does she say?" I'm not at a website, I'm at shopright circulars". I just said "oh my god".

Finally, I find it (on my own), and we are on the same page. I tell her, "Esther, at the top of my screen, it says "shopright.com, blah blah", and she says "oh, yeah, I know". I said "what do you mean, you know, I just asked you to give me the url for this website???" and she goes "Oh, I don't pay attention to that stuff, I just look at the website'.

I want to strangle her. Only I can't because she takes me to Shoprite supermarket on Wednesday.


lol
Mel

HI Mel!
What you described about your friend and the website problem sounds like Mike's grandfather. He has trouble with his computer because it only has Window's ME on it.....it's an old computer. So it has trouble with some of the high tech stuff on the bank websites. So he gets on the phone and talks to the IT people at the bank......I feel SO sorry for them! LOL First off.....he has trouble hearing. So he keeps asking them to repeat what they are saying. Then he doesn't understand what they are telling him to do......lol He'll keep those poor people on the phone for an hr going over and over and over the steps to get his computer problem fixed. Then the next time he logs in to their site......there's the problem again! LOL Some times he calls them once a week! He won't hear of getting a newer computer because "there's nothing wrong with the one he has now!" LOL I'm sure those IT people cring when they realize it's him on the phone with another problem! LOL

My
 

Stinking computer keeps crashes D have a nice trip to my favorit state.
hope this post goes out. My computer just bangs and clakes Whatever.
I would be lost with out the no good and rotten thing that that's better.
I hurt from head to toe. Hope everyone feels ok,,,:( Sue

Oh Sue.....sorry you are hurting tonight. Pain meds aren't working? Mine's only working so so......but at least it's not killing my stomach.....it's a trade off!
Hope you get to feeling better Sue! HUGS!

This
 

IS AWFULL NOW I GOT STICKY KEYS. yEP MY dR. OFFERED TO COME OVER
AND GIVE ME A MASSAGE,BOB SAID I YELLED AT THE POOR GUY,AND
BLAMED DRS. FOR ALL TROUBLES IN THE WORLD. HE CALLED BOB
ON HIS CELL PHONE TO SEE IF I NEEDED ANYTHING,BOB SAID I THINK,
A NEW COMPUTER. i TOLD BOB TO GET DOWN STAIRS WITH HIS LADY
FRIEND ONE OF 4. i GOT A FEVER BUT NO HOSPITAL I HOPE. MY AUNT
IS 91,PERFECT HEALTH BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AND CAN COOK,SHE WOULD'T
CARE IF MIKE'S GF CAN'T HEAR SO THERE YOU GO. JUST THINK WE
WOULD BE RELATED. HA SUE

LOL Mike's grandfather had the hots for the old gal across the street......then she found another boyfriend and married him!....Life just isn't fair! lol
I hope your temp goes down....is that from an infection? I too hope you don't end up in the hospital!

Roxie:

I forgot to mention that when I was on the phone with my friend who was on her computer (by the way, it's only one year old, has Windows XP, and she wouldn't know what Windows XP was if you hit her in the head with it (lol). Anyway, I once told her to forward an email to me. Forget it. She couldn't do it. Then she said "It won't let me reply to anybody". I said "Who won't let you reply to anybody?" and she goes: "The computer"

I said "the computer won't let you reply to an e-mail???" and she goes, "that's right, I can only read e-mails, I can't reply to people".

I give up!!!!!

lol

Mel
 

That's So Funny,poor Lady 'm Only A Step Ahead Of Her.
No The Fever Is From The Nasty Leg,oh Geez I Don't Want
Major Sugery. I'm Getting Awfull Tired Of This. Now My
Neck Hurts And Arms,i Bet Stress. But Man It Smarts.
I'm Glad Your Meds Arn't Hurting Your Tummy,that's
Awfull. Help Bob Ice Pack. Ha Hugs To You All

LOL LOL LOL That's a hoot! I know it's difficult to learn how to use a computer. I guess we're just lucky it came fairly easy to us.
My friends dad only has a 7th grade education and he can't figure out how a computer works at all. He still thinks it's like a 2 way radio! LOL He said "Hey we can't tune in Texas on our computer!" My friend tried to explain that everyone is on the internet and you can look things up on it......he still can't grasp it. Poor guy!

I'M
 

GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM AS A NURSE,WRITING USE
TO BE FASTER,FOR ME. bUT CAN BARELY WRITE ANYMORE. YOU
DO HAVE A STRESSFULL JOB,HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU. SUE
WELL GOT TO ICE MY NECK..TAKE CARE SUE

Roxie...did you pass that
 

fever over this way? I know the mosquito population is horrible but we've had no West Nile reported yet. I've run a temp that I''m positive of for the last couple of days. It's been as high as 101.9 today and I was shivering before that. But I didn't think so much of it until my best friend asked me why I was shaking so hard. I was shivering so hard that it took both hands to hold a glass of milk. She made me take my temp. My normal temp runs 97.6 And my stomach is always messed up because of the neuropathy so I don't think too much about problems with it. Whatever I've got has been here a couple of days at least. I started out just sweating terribly but one of the meds sometimes makes me sweat if the doses are too close together. And I've just been so terribly tired. But then I've been pushing myself harder than usual.

The pain doctor gave me a prescription for some small Fentanyl patches. Only 12mg. I am taking so much medicine for the autoimmune problems and I didn't want to take it, but he told me that my pain threshold expression was just too high. Hard to concentrate, twitchy, looking at my husband hoping he'll finish sentences, etc. Seems he noticed all of that and suggested I try some of the small ones. I've used them for a few days. But I just think they don't do much good until I took them off. It took me a few days to get over the detox from them. And then I tried to turn over in the bed. My rear is still broken obviously. I couldn't turn from my back to my side. I was still able to get up tho with help from my husband. This is disappointing because I thought I was making some headway there.

But how in the world do you know when you are seriously ill? A fever for I'm not really sure how long, shivers seemed normal, stomach hurts but then it usually does, etc. How do you know when you are sick? I am to see the doctor on Thurs for my reg. checkup, and if my temp comes back this evening. I'll call first thing in the morning and ask for an appt. tomorrow if they can manage it. Dahlek said I was too quiet. Don't you all wish she'd kept her mouth shut now??!;)

Billye

HI Billye!
OH gosh I hope you don't have something serious with that temp! Temps make ya feel so dang miserable! I had such a headache and sick stomach with mine. I hope it's just a bug that will run it's course and get over it. My dr. was convinced it was from the Fentanyl patch but I don't know....maybe so.....maybe not. I was just glad when it was over with! Now if I can just get rid of the Ecoli......I'll be much happier! I seem my Gastro dr. on Monday.....I'm sure he'll want to do some nasty test on me. :(
Hope you feel well soon Billye!

Sue,
I'm dreading all the paperwork we have to fill out for the ssi. Mike printed off a bunch of the forms today so we can start figuring out what we need to know and info to locate. fun fun!!
I have trouble writing any more too. I hate that cause I used to be a big time letter writer. I can still type......but my printer is on the fritz....always something!
Anyway, Nice to hear from you!

Saw the doctor today.
 

He thinks its my colon. He did the digit test for blood (don'tcha hate those things!). But I'm still running the temp of over 100 today, so that's 3 days. He has decided to put me on a three day course of antibiotics and have me drink lots of liquid and see what happens. My blood work for this last month came back showing me really anemic. That was taken two weeks ago. So he's repeating that with an anemia panel of work. Did that today. One thing that came back on the last bloodwork that marked as being too high was the comp.glucose. It was 115. I'll watch this on the list. This was fasting bloodwork.

Looks pre-diabetic to me.

Later, I'm going to lay down with my little dog.

Billye

billye
 

anything over 12o would be high,you have fever and maybe be infection,
would raise you sugar. So i think you are fine in that area. Get better
better soon. With my infection i always have to up my insulin,your high
thing was wrong. Sue

Roxie
 

I forgot to answer yes that paper work is awfull,and my smart son
was so young when he brezzed throug it. Yes are hands are are dignity.
They hurt,drop food all over me,but i think just do the best you can,
if they can't read it,honest i;ve just asked people to write for me. And
everytime you can't afford something you need i breaks,like printers.Ha
Iloved writng letters to. :) sue

HI Billye, Man you sound like you're feeling awful! I hope the antibiotics help you quickly. Have you had colon problems before?
I had IVIG #4 today and now I am just totally wiped out and I'm feeling that buzzing feeling again. My sister and her boyfriend are suppose to be driving through Houston tonight and I don't even feel up to seeing them at the truck stop :( (they drive semi across the US)
I hope you get to feeling better quickly!!

Hey Sue, How are you tonight? I'm heading to bed in a few min.....but wanted to say Hi.........Take care girl!

Billye, I'm sick with worry for you. I don't know why he said it was colon---did you have diarrhea? I hope he's right. I just don't like it. I'd think, if you don't have symptoms other than fever, that a kidney infection would be more likely. Don't know about this colon thing without diarrhea.

I do hope the antibiotics work for you, and quickly.

With love,

Oh Roxie i'm worrie about son in mn
 

Didn't hear about bridge until late at night and still can't get ahold of any
one,i am sick about it. I will be in hospital tommomorow don't know if i'll spend the night Sue.

For Liza Jane
 

I sent you an email, Yes there was some diarrea. Which is really unusual for me. I think he's probably right. He says there is something called ulcerative colitis and it goes along with lupus,RA and Sjogren's. So it's likely he's right. We'll see tho. He's treating me for infection first and said if I got to where I couldn't keep liquid down, to call him and he'd hospitalize me and call in the big guns. Don't worry. I'm on top of it.

Billye

Billye
 

Just saw your postings here .... take it easy! and hoping the anti-b's do the job.......:hug:

Billye,

Thinking of you in California. Looking forward to good news!

rose

Get one autoimmune condition--
 

--you're likely to get more, or at least the effect of more--is this possibly related to a Crohn's-like symptomology?

Hope you start feeling better, in any case.

Unfortunately, that's so
 

I'm actually not as bad as yesterday. Temps still over 100 but I think the thing whatever it is is burning out. Glenn, the doctor called it ulcerative colitis. He's not sure I have it, he's just speculating. And it does go along with what I have, Sjogren's and RA. He gave me Cipro to take twice a day, told me to drink lots of liquid, bland diet, etc. I just talked to Jane and I'm really not as bad as yesterday. I've only had the first round of anti-biotics so far. I hope to feel better and better.

Thank you all for your good wishes.

Billye

sorry, Roxie, I didn't mean to highjack your thread.:(

HI Sue, Any word from your son in MN?? Gosh I"ll bet you are worried! Let us know if you get any news from up there!! That whole bridge crash is so dreadful!!

Billye......no problem!! How are you feeling tonight?? Gosh I sure hope you get to feeling better with the antibiotics!