Thanks for starting this Kelly.

Vonn........glad you got the car moving.

Sandy and JIm hoping they figure something out for JIm-NOW!

Frank and Deb......Im happy you are home safe and your boy is safe too.

Yeahbut.....Im glad you are feeling better , I hope a windfall lands your
way.

Fin........good new that the doc found some improvements. rest, rest,
rest, its good advice.

Tricia..........hellooo, where you be??

Barb.....Im sorry your leg was driving you batty. I hope that rest helped.

Good morning to the others here!!!!!

My UPDATE: just taking it easy here.........still not feeling great.
But on the other hand, weather is still amazing here, its already 70 degrees
but a nice balmy wind. I think Ill go lie on my covered swing and take a
nap with the dog.

OK - Wait just a minute!!!!! I am not that far north of you and it isn't even close to 70 degrees here! Rainy, cold and damp CRAPPY here!!!!!

ok, now that I have that out of my system!

Kelly thanks for starting the new thread! Hope you hear from the Neuro today.

Frank & Deb - glad you made it home safe. Sure sounds like your son has a good head on his shoulders. It is hard to be a parent seeing your children in hard situations and you can't take the hurt away. I am sure your support helped him alot!!!

Vonn - take care of that cold, you don't want to get pulled down by it!!!

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I am moving very slow this morning - as stated crappy cold rainy weather and it is taking a toll on the body. Didn't sleep AGAIN last night. This morning my eyes are very blurry. Gosh when will this end??

Maybe it is heading your way Char. It rained last night here and was
cloudy and damp at 6 a.m. when I woke up. Hope so.........

oh good! I know it is suppose to be a great weekend! so lets hope so!!

well, Char, ole buddy, ole friend ... I've only had *this* for a bit over a year ... and I LOVE the cool, rainy weather ... will our circles end?? probably not ... but, that's okay ..

ever since I was dx'd last year, my neuro said 'you need to listen to your body' ... and the funny thing is, that actually, I never really *listened* ... when I started REALLY listening ... I learned something about myself - it does seem selfish at times, but because of our illness, we can be - not to be ultimate whiney ... but, we can whine too .. it's in our *listening* ...

we may never fully understand ... we need to accept our new self - and be kind to ourselves .. it's tough!

I was raised, if you're not dead - you go to school! I had to learn to soften up and be nice to myself ... and it's okay!

I have also been told many times to "listen to your body". That and doing what is best for "Me" has been very hard.

I also grew up "if you aren't puking go to school"! I have lived by that my whole life.... along with there is always someone out there a lot worse than you are so get moving.

Learning to say "No" and "it is ok not to do something" is very hard for me but I am trying!!!

Good morning All!

Funny the topic of not listening to ourselves is the topic this morning. LOL I did not listen to myself and am paying the price. Spasms are driving me crazy!!! Went to Target the other night with DDs after a day of house cleaning and no resting/nap. Had a spasm from my foot right up to my butt that darn near dropped me to the floor. Good thing a rack was there for me to hold on to. My foot was contorted and my leg was stuck in a bent position.

In the meantime, DD18 was yakking, yakking, yakking about something I could have cared less about at that point but I ended up laughing at the same time. She was completely oblivious to what was going on. DD17 on the other hand was trying to help me yet there was nothing she could do. I just had to wait it out/work it out, do my deep breathing (thank goodness for La Maze classes) and try not to laugh.

We have been deep cleaning the house, mainly the girls room. The closets have been cleaned out (girls and linen), their walls are 1/2 washed and the walls in the rest of the house have been done, baseboards washed, etc.

Do I listen to my body? NOOOOO!!!! I just keep going and going. My mind still thinks my body is the Energizer Bunny. Mind and body are so out of sink. lol

Today, I hope to rest but I am not sure I can do that as I don't want to sit too long lest the spasms get worse.

Ok, that is my tidbit on not listening to what my body is saying. lol

I should take your advice, Vonn. I tend to be hard on myself...especially if I'm not feeling well or having troublesome sx.....I tend to think that some others have it much worse than me so who am I to complain. I shouldn't compare my illness with others all the time. I didn't choose this....just as they didn't choose to have their ailments.....but sometimes I just feel guilty because I feel as though I was spared somehow and others weren't. Probably not making much sense here but I hope I got my thoughts through OK.

Char...I hope you get to feeling better. I know how bothersome those sx can be. Especially when there isn't much we can do about them except wait them out.

Vonn, take care of that cold. Do you get a flu shot? I don't....never have.

Tricia, you're making me look very lazy!!! Washing baseboards.....I just took a look at mine and they sure do need cleaning!!!

LOL, Kelly ... I need to heed to my own advice ...

it's a new direction in our life ... just a new path ... but, I believe that we aren't given more than we can handle ... it's tough - but it's okay ... and sure - there will always be others worse off than we are .. but that's THEIR predicament ... and we need to care for ourselves and our needs ... and can't try to figure out others or compare ...

we are living examples at what we can do WITH an illness .. and an inspiration to others ...

we still had 200 post to go, before we hit 1000, that old thread was good for at least another 5 hours