Today I... (new thread)
 

dad & i assembled a project we designed. it is a gate topper. the fence & gate got whacked by the big oak that fell in hurricane ike. the new gate was a work in progress. we reinforced the posts on either side by connecting on top with a 2x6. we designed & decorated it with a 3 pines logo cut from plywood & has the house number, and some grass cut from fence boards. all designed to withstand hurricane force winds. then we cleared a corner of the garage to start building up the floor. we are building a 1st floor onto my house in the garage, and the garage floods in alicias and other heavy rains. we decided to build it up one section at a time with concrete blocks, 2x4s , plywood, hardiboard, and tile. we also bought a dietzgen transit to do the floor and yard levelling. bed now. bye.

That sounds like a project alright, hope it goes well and you don;t get too many sore muscles.:)

today I read a message from Broken Wings who was just kindly checking in on me. I realize I haven't been absent and will try to remedy this in coming days. Lots to talk about. Most noteworthy for the group is that I attended a talk given by Peter Edgelow and I have much to share!!
I've missed yall too!! :grouphug:

overdone - take me out of the oven
 

2 days ago i went out to a marsh to take some pictures. did not want to wallow in the mud so i built a bridge with some oak planks laying around the job site. felt great, till yesterday. now i believe i am cooked. take me out of the oven. the lifting of the planks has made my collarbone toast.

Proud of you...

Take care of yourself along the way, okay?

...Got dizzy.... @_@

:confused:
how come?

ate well & had a dig
 

today i cooked salmon with pan roasted potatoes and corn on the cob. it made me feel so healthy i could dance. dad had ice cream and i watched.

for lunch we tried out some hurricane food - triscuits and devilled ham. the tin provided an archaeological dig for my dog, who has recently learned that trash is a branch of archaeologocal study. maybe the dog will get a job, now he has some career aspirations.

dad has suggested some changes in my diet and to keep a headache diary to track the changes and other possible causes. tomorrow i try skim milk in my coffee.

Tied, I haven't been on alot recently and have just been trying to catch up. First I want to say your dinner of salmon and potatoes sounds great! Also, it sounds like you're doing alot of work. Hope you aren't over doing! Best of luck! Linda

noticed decreased sensitivity (not tingles or poor circulation) in all 10 fingertips.
:eek:

Today I wondered.... Where is everyone these days? Did yall get better? Fall into other social networks (facebook :P )? Hurt to much to get in front of the computer?

Please drop in and say "how do?" :D Miss yall!! :grouphug:

Howdy, Thursday

I was wondering why you were not active lately. So sorry you're painwrecked. Hang in there. We're still here. I'm doing much better but still try to read and post here. It's a win-win project for me. I get help and hopefully give a few bits of info that gives someone relief or inspiration.

Here's a :hug: 4 U...

today i
 

today i chronicalled my dog's attempts at sign language. this is something i do daily to try to understand him better.

every day i wear my five finger shoes a bit longer. it is strange, at the beginning the bottom of my feet hurt because they have little padding, but i have a lot of padding. with each day my feet hurt a little less, and my knees feel better. i feel like i can build up to walking a lot further in these than i could before in tennies.

each day i wonder how long i can keep this wonderful job i have. about 3 times a year now they ask for volunteers to leave. we had another one last friday. i am told i am on the short list to go if they don't get enuf volunteers. i stay calm about it and plot to start a home business making enamelware. i am going to call if "broncoware". it would be perfect for camping, and the market will be for people losing their jobs and their homes and having to camp out like hoboes.

I'll buy a set of those... :wink:

I am so curious to know more!! :)

Super cool! Glad you got those!!

His eyes follow you around the room
 

Thursday, the dog sign language starts at this thread:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post567568-22.html

We also discovered that the dogs eyes follow you around the room. See attached.

When I can't figure out what he wants, I get on all fours and immitate him. I will begin by facing him and then I will make a turn towards the door (means want to go out?). If he gets all excited that's probably what he wants.

Sometimes I give him a good belly rub, and if he is still stabbing me with his paw after that, it means he wants to go out (assuming I have not forgotten to feed him).

Thursday....
 

I'm here. Just living with pain. I hate mornings cause sleeping is a killer on the body & i wake up in pain.

This morning I said "God, i hate waking up...another day of pain" going on 11 years

Sound familiar?

Finally moving !
 

Hello to everyone ! I haven't been here in ages but I thought I would let everyone know of my adventures that are finally happening !

Today I am getting all my furniture out of my apartment .. I am moving to Florida !! I will leaving on the 12th and I can't wait for the warmer weather !
I have been in SO much pain here in Mass. since the temps started falling and now I am about to go where I have wanting to go for years !! This is a HUGE move for me and I am so happy !! Florida here I come !

I hope everyone is doing good and I will continue to "be in the shadows" once I am in Florida ! Hope everyone has a Pain free Sunday !!

ditto...

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mornings are rough for TOSers

Nice to hear from u BWings. My friend has always called me boo-boo. Now I have her call me "O HEALTHY ONE", just to change it in a positive. Sounds hokey, aye?

Today I am in a lot of pain. I have hit a real flare. I don't know what set it off. I wish I had an answer. The crappy part is that I am getting used to it.
That sucks.

today
 

continue to try to crack the fine art of washing dishes with one hand, which i never quite mastered when i broke my shoulder. right pinky is continuing in it's homemade splint.

one technique is to get them soaking, then when dad does them sort out the ones he failed to get clean and put them to soaking again. lol.

trix- my sentiments exactly most days! Why does it have to be sneaky?? Why are we used to it??

tied- I am with you on this too. I avoid heavy pot & pans, muffin tins, and any narrow cylindrical glasses. I use a dishwand after soaking http://imghost.indiamart.com/data/I/...nd_250x250.jpg because it keeps the wrist stationary and I have fine-motor probs. Scotchbrite is what I get cos its in all the grocery stores and Walgreens as well :D

In other news: Satur(day) I.... met all 16 of the BLUE ANGELS!!!!!!!! I'm over the moon :circlelove: :Melting 2: :Blush2::Heart: :Excited: :Head-Spin: They were even MORE handsome than I suspected!!!! The air show was even more special this year because I had shook the hand of every pilot as well as the operational team. AMAZING!!! And hot. With like 3 t's! HOTTT!!!
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Today I thought I would stop by to say hello... Haven't been around in months and months, but I was taking a quick break from a do - it - yourself bathroom remodel, with a super sore/numb TOS arm from painting walls and sealing grout on tiles, which made me think of you guys! You folks are the only people to understand why only 30 minutes of painting, requires an hour of rest....

I hope you all are doing well and the TOS symtoms are manageable. And here is wishing that none of you have to paint any walls any time soon! Ouch!:)

Take care all of you!

This pain flare is unreal. I don't have any pain meds, and I also don't have any money. I don't get money until a week from Friday. I am going to be a bed bound babbling mess by then.

pumpkin gnochi
 

today my pinky was better so i made pumpkin gnochi. sub'd oat bran flour and buckwheat for white flour.

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yummy boyz :D
i remember going to the admiral club *for officers only for dancing & libations a couple of times with my ex-sis n law at the Tustin AIR FORCE & Marine bases years back. A Canadian AF team had just flown in. The good ole times. Its manadatory to be HOT as with a paramedic or fireman. I grew up in California near the airforce base for the blue angels. They were always around.

Thursday
 

I got the most exciting & surprising phone call today from a one incredble far far away TOS patient I have admired & respected since joining. So shocked I/me was speechless! What a great & happy afternoon i had there on. I will go to bed with a big smile.

That giddy feeling I have been looking for, for so long came back today.

I haven't been around in a while.... I've been busy at work, which is great, except that that means more typing. Which means I don't type when I get home. Same old ups and downs pain wise, but when the botox wears off though it does so very quickly now. I thought my neck was hurting from shingles, doc did an x-ray, and it showed that the muscles on the left side of my neck were rotating my neck that way.

On the bright side of things, my daughter is 3 now :eek: I can't believe it!


Hope all are doing well!

she's beautiful :wink:

D a b b o
 

uR DAUGHTER IS such a cutie. OOOO I love to cuddle my grand grilz this age. So sweet, so energetic, so unpretencious & when they sleep like an angel.

My 3rd BOTOX Sept. Its already worn off, sigh. Does it decipate faster now & we get immune to it like meds? :eek:

I hope we don't build up tolerance- that would suck majorly.

About my daugter- htank you! :p she is sweet, and she knows it. She has me, my dad, my father in law, grandfather, and all 30-ish of my cousins wrapped around her little finger. She loves to give/get hugs, and it is sweet.

watched MOONLIGHTING with some girlfriends. Also worked on my annual spooky Halloween music mix :D

Cyn and others - on Botox:

My docs - about 4 now - have told me that the Botox works only 4 to 6 times, and then yes, your body builds up some kind of fight to it - remember it attacks us and yet some have the opinion that the attack itself helps our immune system to stop fighting ourselves and start fighting it - charging up and strengthen our immune system to identify the right things to attack. Sort of the bee shot theory.

But back to Botox relief - I've had 4 I think, and the last one was effective for only like three weeks when it all settled in and began it's magic. Remember it just stops the muscles from shaking. So a lot of those goose eggs disappear for awhile. How long? Depends on you. Safety? Still questionable, but me being one of the MOST allergic and sickly of TOSers, I have to say I like it. It works for me.

I am currently trying ground up SOMA (by a coffee grinder) then mixed with a non-irritating cream - any kind - and then work in by my home aide to my muscles seems to be a help. A little grainy. But my doc said "anything to bypass your stomach and liver right now - that's our goal." Because I never eat - skim milk or popcycles - which I know is so bad.

I try the ENsure drink. But I just can't make myself eat protein which is what I should be doing to fight it all...

I have become such a vegetarian nut, too - I hate animal cruelty of ANY kind, so I don't want to eat the mediterranean way I used to, with roasted chicken, lamb, and free range grass fed beef...just doesn't taste right and I feel so BAD eating it, thinking about the poor animal's actual death...

And of course right now they are advertising real fur in the magazines - ugh - but fake fur is getting so good - Rachel Zoe has a line and on QVC and HSN they have some great fake fur options. I love the new vests with a shirt and long dark jeans and ankle boots....aaahhh, the good days when I lived in something other than underwear and in bed.

God bless you all.

Hey, TShadow,

Yeah, you are still in a bad shape. I pray you get some relief and start turning around for the better. It can happen. Maybe not completely but it can improve.

Nutrition is so important to healing. come on now. You've got to eat better. I promise you eating what you're thinking is bad won't hurt you as much as not eating. You have to make some changes in your diet. You can do it. There's so many goooood things to eat that are good for you. allow youself some of those good things in life.

Depression is an appetite killer too. Could that be some of it?

I was raised on a farm, with a rather large family. We probably raised at least 60 percent of what we ate. We even gathered walnuts and had fruit trees. A way of life, so to say.

Meats were a big part of that. I know death to anything is cruel and final, but our animals had to best of care, even medical attention, food and living arrangements we could give them. We did have favorites that hurt if it came their time, but the need to feed our family surpassed that thought and the sad feelings. Plus the manure provided fertlizer for the crops. It's a cycle of life, a balance. Nothing went to waste. and the dogs and cats loved the bones...sorry but that's true too.

If you dont eat better, you will not be strong and cannot get strong. I know you won't flip over today and start eating everything in sight, but you should partake in some of the better food groups to help yourself.

Food supplements and vitamins may give you a boost too, but not like a hot plate of good food. I've seen it give a many a sick person amazing strength to get back up on their feet.

People get a lot of pleasure enjoying good food and good company.

It don't have to be meats. Peanut butter is a good substitute. I love peanut butter on wheat crackers and an icy can 7-Up, or a bottle pepsi with peanuts in the bottle. umm-umm good.

Praying you have better days ahead. :hug:

and I agree with the Botox scenario. Too much is not good. It is effective stuff.

There's just no substitute for good health, no quick fixes.

We're here for you, for support and encouragement. :grouphug:

today i was given notice
 

i was given 30 days notice at my job that i am no longer required. i applied for two jobs (both in calif) and then i cried with my dad. my dad at 89 wants to relocate as bad as he wants to pull out his toenails, yet he says he will follow me like a circus.:icon_cry:

for halloween season the wind was scary at 50 mph.

So sorry about that bad news. It is a bad time to find employment.

I guess looking around at options is a good idea. Check out any assistance you and your father may apply for and take advantage of that help. It's not good but it'll be ok.

So sorry tied!!! :( May I ask ifs the layoff economy or TOS related? :hug:

economy related
 

laid off because of the economy. even with tos i did the work of about 3 people, so i really don't think it was a factor.

today i took my dad to the car dealer where he got what is probably a death sentence for his car. i advised him to tow it in and he penny pinched and probably has a cracked block from driving it in hot and idling for 30 minutes in a bad traffic jam. we will know more after he pays for a new radiator and they can do a compression test. he threw a hissy fit when i tried to take him home, and it was 4pm and i had not eaten lunch yet. so i went home and ate a sandwich and went right back. in the interim he had found out he could get $0 as a trade in on his '07 with 16k miles on it. what a blow to him. all to avoid a $60 tow. i have 2 vehicles but he just does not fit in the small one and the pickup is too tall for him. so he is probably going to pay some exorbitant amount to fix his and/or buy a new car.