Hello everyone
 

Doing ok down in the South except for 1. HOT and now have another pill to take...high blood pressure. Yippy.

One real good thing....No hurricanes..yet. I predicted they would not be here until the fall..little birdy told me I guess. I see that TS off Africa named Debbie. It may be the one. Did you see where the turned down all those Katrina victims from insurance coverage due to it being water not wind. Banks are in trouble in damage area cause so many are not paying there mortgages.

You know it will be three years this Dec. since my ACDF. I am doing well but lawd this pop thing has started below the fusion. Everyday in evening I move or twist and POP! Doesn't hurt but someone can hear it across a room. What's up with that ya think?

Little rain here and there is the only thing from saving us from melting in the sweltering humidity here.

Hope all is well with you.
jb

I heard that - about claims being denied due to "flooding" :eek:.


About you and that "popping": Possibly someone else who's had surgery may know what it is, JB. But, if you find out what it is, by all means, do tell.

Hi All
 

Hi Bobbi,
Thanks for the link I sent to as many as I ahd links for.
Hi JB,
do you think think it could be arthritis setting in, the degenerative one that we get after surgeries. The bone on bone does not glide in the fluid and rubs the bones out so they pop.
Hope it is resolved. I know I freeak out those with my neck popping and cracking along with my knee.
Be well
Di
PS any TOSers, I am trying to log on our forum but says welcome and then I am gone. Trying again before I leave for work.
I can read, see others are vewing but when I click to post it does not recognise and over and over try to get me to log in?????

Hi DiMarie ~

I will give it a try and let you know.;)

Shirl:)

Howdy all! :)

No time to chat tonight - but just wanted to let you all know I'm OK and will be around now and then....

Jim

Hi guys!
Alive and kicking! Good to kind of be home Toto........
Hugs,
Jan

Hi everyone
Janster ,dimarie ,bobbi and ej..Not sure if i recognize you jim and shirl..But hello to you too~
I previously posted under the name{alwaysrunnin}as well as this one.
I felt like i had found lost family members!!!
{{{{{{hugs}}}}}
I hope you all are having lowlevel pain days today...
I had surgery on my left arm..It ended up being rotater cuff and bone spurs..Only problem is that now..MY hand and elbow are going numb on me..So thats hurting quite a bit...I just had the surgery on july 17th.So i still cant even lift my arm yet..I hope and pray that i can get this fixed soon!!
Its been a really rough summer w/ out you guys!!!
I heard aboutthe insurance problems too..Its getting real scary anymore!!!
Just awful....
I am actually teary eyed just typing this...lol
I really missed everyone at BT!!!!
Take care each and everyone of you~
Kell

Greetings All
 

I never thought we'd see this day come. I wish John well and hope that he continues to be successful in bringing this baby up 100%.

Janster - I'll catch you later - I need wash some clothes since I haven't done a damn thing in almost 2 weeks!

Best Wishes to all old friends and I look forward to making many new ones once again.

nancy-h

Hi to everyone
 

It's sure nice to see some of the old gang coming back. I'm having back problems again. I'm going to have surgery Sept 5. Not looking forward to it, as I have two more fusions added to the 5 I already have.

For those of you who don't know I lost my husband five weeks ago. He had cancer and I miss him so much. life isn't the same without him. Thanks to all of you who have said words of encouragement to me and have helped in anyway.
It's good to be back.
Fancylady_2006

Hello Hello Hello
 

Wow, we are back together again! I was having serious withdrawl problems from missing everyone. My pain levels are down and I am OK right now so I am thankful. Nice to see yall!:D

Wow, It sure is nice to "see" so many that I have missed.
As the saying goes,"you don't know what you got til it's gone".
Going to try and catch up and then hope to get a chance to post to many of you and ck on everyone.
I have been having a flare up myself with pain and back symptoms, hope it will help being able to be with friends.
LindaM

{{{{{fancylady}}}}}}}
I am sooo sorry you lost your husband...
I will keep you in my prayers..
Also wishing you good luck on your upcoming surgery..
Take care~
Kell

Hi Fancylady, it is so good to see that you found us here. I have been praying for you. I am so sorry to hear the news about your Bob. Please know that I have had you in my thoughts all summer. your friend, Sue

Hi slogo, Billy, Jan and Nance
 

Hi girls its good to be back. I've had so many errands this week that I hadn't had time to do much posting but know that I always think of you girls even if you don't hear much from me.

Billy I send my sympathy to you and so sorry about Bob and will pray for your broken heart to be mended. I know its a hard thing to go through. My sister lost her husband 3 years ago, he was only 47 and dropped dead of a heart attack. She had an awful time getting over the and still at times cries a lot. Just know I'm thinking of you.

Hugs Lynn

Sorry for hijacking your thread jb, BUT it's just been WAY too long since:

There, now I feel better.
Hugs,
Jan

Billie I'm so sorry for your loss. It's a shame the site was down when you needed everybody. You and your husband are in my thoughts and prayers.

Linda

Thanks to all
 

It's so nice to know people have been praying for me, It's been the most difficult time in my life. I was told to have surgery while my husband was still living and I had to put it off until his passing and until I could adjust to life without him. The stress of makig decisions like, do I sell the farm or sell just tbe home and large pond and buildings is a diffulct one as so much stress will be put on me to move before winter. I'm wanting to move to town and have seen the smaller home that would be perfect for me and Bear my dog. Yet with surgery right away I won't be able to help in the moving process. Some say not to hurry and I do understand, for once I sell there is no coming back. I'm not use to town, having close neighbors or the noise of living near a highway. Yet this place has a big chain link fenced yard behind it and isn't a big home like I have now. I may sell the farm ground and yet it could help me to have an income for the future. You can almost always sell the farm ground when it is good ground.

On the other hand, a empty home will go down fast without people to take care of it. I don't like the idea of renting because of the upkeep. My good memories are here, but the maintenance of such a place is expensive. I probably will move if I can buy a home in town that is right for me. Thanks to Kell, Sue, Lynn, Linda and Wendy for keeping me in your thoughts & prayers. I do need your suport as I don't want to be to hasty & regret it later. Also thanks to Jan who has helped with adivce on buying a home. Thanks for just listening to me just letting off steam in my many desicions.
{{{{Big Hugs to all}}}}
Billie (Fancylady)

Hi Fancylady & Slogo
 

Hi Billy,

I've been praying for you since I knew your husband passed on and hope you can get settled in the small home before winter. Maybe you should get settled in your little home before you have the surgery then you won't have to worry about all that this winter.

Its good to see you on here.

Gail,

Glad to see you also. I sent you several E mails while BT was down but never heard back. I didn't know if I had the right E mail or not. I hope all is going well with you and am glad to see you on here.

Hi Jan and Nance,

I'm going away on a camping weekend with our church group for the Labor Day weekend so will be back on here Mon. or Tues. You girls take care. Hope you're both doing well!!

Love Lynn

Janster, Billie wants me to send this Brain Talk 2 to her and I don't know how to do it? I could do that kind of thing easy on AOL but not with what I have now. Can you sedn it to her please. Something is wrong with her "puter" and she is using another one. Now my "puter" is fine...my brain is NOT! LOL :)

Hugs,
HC

I hope this helps. When I want to send a link I highlight the link in the address bar, click on EDIT then on copy. I open an email to send to the person of choise, then click in the message's body and then click on EDIT then on paste. Then the link is in the body of your message.

Thanks JanM I will try that.
I sure don't have a very good brain for "puting". LOL


Hee, hee, hee, I think I just stole a frog!:D

Well I stole him but he did not land on my post. LOL

OH boy, I stole another one! GC :D

Hi Lynn, I meant to say HI the other day and with my memory forgot. I have changed my e-mail address. I use the Yahoo one. Hugs, GC:)

I see you guys are back at again stealing each others frogs. I missed all of you so much over the summer. It sure is nice to have a new home to hang out in. Things are good at this end. We made it through another long hot summer. Still fighting the good fight but have not given up yet. Well, I am tired so I better get off this thing, catch ya'all on the flip side...Sue:)

SueBabe~
It's SO good to see another family member here!! We missed you too honey!!! We're glad to see your smiling face again!! :D


I'm glad you made it through the summer without too much trouble! That's about all we can ask for!! Pain sucks! Hang in there!
Hugs,
HC

Hi Jan, yes it is really is starting to get that homey feeling here isn't it.:p I didn't know what happened, geeeze I go fishing and come back and its all gone...just gone. Talk about feeling lost. But hey we did catch some mighty big fish:D . So it is good to be back amongst friends. (amongst--is that a word???:confused: ) hee hee hee...Sue

Hi Gang
 

Good to see you girls back together on here. Through the time we were apart it was a part of my day I really missed seeing all my friends. Gaye I have been calling you Gail forgive me for that mistake. I also know a Gail and I guess got the 2 mixed up I'm very sorry. Also I wasn't sending your mail to the yahoo addy so that could have been the mix-up. Anyway its good we're all back together again. How is your dog and parrot. I love that bird. Do you care to post that picture again as the old braintalk had that pic on there.

Billy you will be in my prayers for your surgery and hope all goes well.

Nance and Jan how are you girls. Jan I owe you an E mail and will write soon. I spent Labor Day weekend camping out with our church group, didn't get a lot of sleep so have been doing a lot of resting since yesterday.

Take Care

HUGS Lynn:)

Hi Lynn, wish I could send pics of Paulie and Zoe but alas I don't have them on this computer. Jan has always been the one to put stuff on here for me.
My paulie is a character, he was so happy to see me home this afternoon (Iwent off all day) that he would NOT get off my shoulder and kept saying mama, mama, mama and laughing. He also sat on my lap and ate my dinner along with me, right out of my plate, while I gave Zoe some bites too. sometimes I feel like I have to fight for my food! Of course if I had eaten at the table it would not have been so hard to get something to eat. LOL
I am used to people calling me Gail so I did not mind. :)

Sue, glad to see you here. I am getting really bad about stealing, now I stole someones angel too, tonight. Oh , I am a cleptomanic (spelling). Or maybe I am a pic-omanic. I think I got problems. LOL

OK folks, I am 30 lbs smaller than I was and so proud of me! I can still be a cheerleader! GC

I just could nt help stealing it...the Angel was so sweet!

How did you all find this? I have missed BT so much!

Billie, I am so sorry about your husband. I am sure you miss him terribly, and the loneliness is very hard to deal with. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!
Also, I hope you do not have to make too many decisions too soon. You have enough to deal with!
I am also glad your surgery went well. Since today is my 1st day back, I do not know what you had done. But I do wish you a speedy recovery!
Carolyn

bobbi let me know about it and here we are

Just a quick drop by to say. Glad to be back/good to see all of ya'll/back to catching up.

Deborah

Not used to this but great to have found it. Is this J.L.'s baby? I was out to supper only tonight, and saying how I missed the other place, and that I really did not know what had gone wrong, but I learned a lot, had some fun, and missed it when it went. My husband couldnt really understand it, because he reckoned its two dimensional, but for many people especially disabled it opens up doorways. Anyway nows not the time, I need my bed I'm just so pleased to see some familiar names again!:) :)