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04-14-2017, 01:40 PM | #1 | |||
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Something fun for me. A few years ago I submitted my DNA to 23andme. As an Ashkenasizi Jew whose family fled Russia in 1927, relatives were probably left behind. Many relatives also emigrated to the USA or to other countries in the early 1900's.
It has been interesting to discover cousins. I received a PM from a possible cousin in Ukraine. After a bit of correspondence, he requested my email address to send a possible photo of my grandparents. He sent me a well known photo of my family that included me when I was three years old with either my grandmother's or grandfather's handwriting on the back with my father's Russian name, previously unknown to me! It blew my mind! His English is rudimentary so DH is connecting me with a friend/coworker fluent in English and Russian to help Grygoryia and me correspond. |
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04-20-2017, 04:28 PM | #2 | |||
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I am still around from time to time, but nowhere near what I used to be. I am just so busy with work, 2nd work, taking care of my mom in the nursing home, etc. I am still working my day job cleaning up environmental messes for the defense department, and a couple of days a week, I teach spinning classes at the gym. I am currently training for the MS150 ride from Houston to Austin weekend after next, and have a 74 mile ride planned for Saturday as a final tuneup before the big day. It will be my 13th MS150, and the 11th since I was diagnosed in 2006. My MRI now says I have "innumerable" lesions, but other than some random fatigue, a few very minor visual issues with heat, and my everpresent hearing issues, I have no physical symptoms to go with them. I am sure at some point the physical side will catch up with what is going on in my brain, but for now I am just making the most out of life and trying to stay fit.
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04-21-2017, 08:18 AM | #3 | |||
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Remember the bandana we all signed and you took on one of your rides?! Gosh, that was eons ago.....
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04-21-2017, 11:05 AM | #4 | |||
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I still have it, and I take it with me every time I go to a meeting or event where there might be other folks with MS. I think I am up to about 40 signatures on it now and it still rides with me to Austin every year.
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04-21-2017, 12:11 PM | #5 | |||
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That's awesome!
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04-23-2017, 01:59 AM | #6 | |||
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I've been busy with my ms being annoying, and then there have been several family illnesses that I had to deal with. One of those is over. My father died friday morning.
I'm going through being diagnosed again, I was trying to get a new neuro, and he wanted fresh mri's, and he made a mention that he was suspecting that it was something else. So, I'm having to get a ton of mri's and other things for that. So annoying.
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04-23-2017, 10:52 AM | #7 | |||
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For those who are concerned about Sally, she's still in a nursing home--and not happy there but there seems to be no alternative just now.
She developed pneumonia a few weeks ago and hasn't been doing well enough to communicate. If I receive any more information, I'll post it here. I've sent her a note letting her know that people here have been expressing concern and missing her. I'm sure she'll appreciate knowing that she's valued here.
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04-23-2017, 03:24 PM | #8 | |||
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Erin, I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad. I remember how much you talked about him being a nurse and things he used to do. I really am terribly sorry. I hope you're holding up as well as can be expected. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.
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