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RE: A life to cherish - 9/13/2008 1:58:56 AM
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I did have a post all ready, but I got logged out, yet again. 
Things haven't really changed much here. I'm sick again. It started off with a viral infection, but I don't know whether it's turned bacterial as well. In any case, I'm on antibiotics to try and clear everything up.
I've been trying to get things organised for Christmas. I know it's still a long way away, but I have friends and family who live overseas, and I need to get things in the mail early. I've got a lot of people's gifts organised already. Some I still need to work on, but on the whole, it's under control. I have the cards already, so it's just a matter of writing on them when the time comes. I find it really time consuming, so if I can get some of the gifts wrapped early, then I can use that time for writing cards. I have penpals all over the world, so it's handy having things done the way it is.
The car goes back to its owners on the 29th of this month. Just have to pray that we get another car to drive.
I see the rheumatologist again on the 23rd. Nothing new to report to her other than that the pain meds she gave me are a lot better than the over the counter meds I'd been using. Hopefully though I can get a stronger dose. Whilst it helps, sometimes it's still not strong enough. We'll see.
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RE: A life to cherish - 9/17/2008 11:54:56 AM
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Have you ever just wondered "Why?" I know I have. Sometimes it's been "Why me?" Sometimes, as I have a very curious nature, the question is just, "Why?" I have so many questions about so many things, as John can attest. I'm forever saying to him, "I have a question". Joan too, at times, but mainly John.
Tonight, John was playing, Chris Rice's song, "Big Enough".
Here are some of the lyrics.
BIG ENOUGH
None of us knows and that makes it a mystery
If life is a comedy, then why all the tragedy
Three-and-a-half pounds of brain try to figure out
What this world is all about
And is there an eternity, is there an eternity?
God if You’re there I wish You’d show me
And God if You care then I need You to know me
I hope You don’t mind me askin’ the questions
But I figure You’re big enough
I figure You’re big enough
I know that God is big enough to answer all my questions. Sometimes I don't hear the answers. Sometimes I think that God believes that I'm not ready for the answers. Some of the answers I won't know this side of eternity. Some answers, I don't think I'll ever know the answer to at all. Like the song says though, "Three-and-a-half pounds of brain try to figure out what this world is all about".
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RE: A life to cherish - 9/22/2008 11:30:26 AM
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Hi everybody.
I'm a little bit nervous about tomorrow. I've got another appointment with my rheumatologist. She's really nice, and it's not that I fear her. I don't. I guess I'm just a little disappointed that I didn't get as much achieved as I wanted to before I went back to see her.
Going to bed time is better than it was. I used to go to bed when I was tired, which used to be all sorts of crazy times. Now, I try to go to bed at midnight. There are times lately when I've been to bed a bit late. It's certainly better than it used to be, but I still need to work on that.
I've been sleeping during the day too, which is one thing she said not to do as it messes with night sleep. Part of the time since I've seen her, I know that my day sleeps have been due to having a virus. I think the new antidepressant that I'm on now is making me sleep more too, so I'm going to have to talk about that, either to her or my usual doctor.
I'm going to talk to her about a stronger dosage of pain med. Anybody who knows me well, knows that I don't like to take meds, but when it comes to having pain this bad, I don't think I could handle life without the meds. Sometimes it's pretty unbearable now, even with the meds, but I just have to keep on going.
As far as exercise goes, I've hardly been to the gym. Partly due to the virus. Some due to pain. She said, even if I just walk to the letterbox and back every day. If I can do that every day without pain, then that's a start. With me, I do do other things when I can. Instead of going to the letterbox necessarily though, my job is to clean up after Bailey every day. There are times when that can make me scream in pain. That's something else I need to talk to her about. Just fundamental things, I can have the most difficulty with. I seriously don't know how people can manage when they have work, families, etc AND have fibromyalgia. My hat's off to them...if I ever wore a hat.
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RE: A life to cherish - 9/30/2008 8:42:12 PM
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The trip to the rheumatologist went well. Just have to find the right dosage of pain meds for me.
Yesterday we went out for a belated Father's Day. Here it is the first Sunday of September.
Then we went to our favourite Christian bookstore, after dropping a birthday gift off to a friend.
This morning we have to go grocery shopping. The car goes back to its owners this afternoon, so after that, I have absolutely no idea what we're going to do for a car. All 3 of us have medical appointments of different kinds, not to mention, getting to church. We'll just have to wait and see what God does.
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RE: A life to cherish - 10/7/2008 11:33:46 AM
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Not much happening here. I've been sleeping a lot more than usual of late. Sleeping through the day. My rheumatologist would be having a fit about now. Sunday, I just about slept all the way through until 4pm. Monday I just about slept all the way through to 3pm. Today was until about 1pm. This is so unlike me. I'm not sure if I have a new virus, or my meds are having bad side effects. I'll talk to my doctor about it when I next see him.
No car. A friend is picking us up tomorrow to take us shopping. Hopefully we won't take too much of her time.
Perth had it's annual Telethon this weekend. We raised just over 7.5 million dollars. Not bad for one state. I think we did well.
Well, that's enough for now.
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RE: A life to cherish - 10/13/2008 9:10:42 PM
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I just want to say I'm sorry. It seems these days when I say something, I seem to be annoying somebody. I get too impatient, or I say something that I'm struggling with. People struggle with things harder than I do. I feel like I should just keep my mouth shut, or at least keep my fingers from typing. I don't know what to do. Part of me thinks it would be better for you all if you took a break from me. I know I'm getting upset and teary. I can feel the dis-ease in some of the replies, so I'll just have to pray about what I do from here. Stay or go. I guess you'll figure that out by whether you see me around or not.
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RE: A life to cherish - 10/21/2008 11:50:31 AM
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I'm finding things emotionally and physically tough right now. If I don't post where I normally post, please don't be offended. Sometimes I just don't know what to say and need to be in lurk mode for a while. Having said that, I'm really thinking that I'm going to have to cut back on the number of threads that I'm subbed to. There are times when I see how many subs I have waiting for me and freak. I have to lower my stress levels.
Tomorrow on, there's things that are going to be keeping me busy. I have to see the rheumatologist again in the morning. After that are errands and shopping. Thursday and Friday we will also be out again. Saturday morning, a friend of ours is having a birthday breakfast. Sunday night, a friend who was supposed to have been coming over last night for dinner, will be coming for dinner then. Joan hasn't been well, and neither have I, and we didn't think it would be a good idea to infect him.
I'm trying to get things organised for Christmas, not just for the community exchange, but for Christmas for friends and family here in Australia and overseas as well.
It's only early spring here, and already my body isn't liking it. I've got hayfever really badly. The heat is already too hot for me. It's in the 90s. I prefer the cooler temperatures. Not cold, just cooler.
Well, I'd better close this for now. Take care and God bless.
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RE: A life to cherish - 11/2/2008 9:10:21 AM
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Hi everybody. It's been a while since I last posted in here, so I thought I'd better spend some time in here.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a doctor's appointment to go to 2 days after we were all talking, (John, Joan and I). We were just saying that John and I were going to have to take the bus to get to my doctor's appointment and have to walk the rest of the way. By the time we were due out of his office, we would have had to catch a bus to the nearest big bus station, (as the returning bus would have stopped running for the day), go into town, catch a train to our nearest train station, and then catch a taxi home. I wasn't really looking forward to that. Anyway, midway through the conversation, the husband of a friend of ours called. His wife had just left to go interstate for a couple of weeks. I whispered to John and Joan, "wouldn't it be funny if he offers us her car?" Sure enough... But she's back again now, and again we are without a car. I've got a medical appointment on Tuesday and he's the kind of guy that you never get to see him on time and you always come out of his office late. I don't get paid until Wednesday, so getting to and from his office is going to be interesting. It's a really long walk, especially for somebody in my situation, and John has medical problems with his feet, meaning he can't walk long distances either. We'll have to see what happens.
My pain meds have been put up to maximum amount by the rheumatologist. Still in a lot of pain. Tonight I was doing something and again, I was just about screaming. I made sure I took some pain meds, and laid down to read for a little while. I just couldn't take sitting up. That's what caused the pain.
I've got lots of things on my mind and I'm feeling really pressured. I think part of it is that I put too much pressure on myself. I'm a perfectionist by nature. I'm working on some projects that have time frames that things need to be completed by and I don't work well under pressure.
Organising the Community Christmas card exchange is working out easier than I thought it would. I'm thankful for that. Now, if only I could be at ease with all the other projects I'm working on. That would be good. I know that I'm supposed to be working on lowering my stress levels.
I get paid Wednesday, and my money is pretty much already spent. I don't mind though because it means that my bills are paid and I'll have some money that I can do things with that I want to do. I still have some Christmas/birthday shopping to do, so that will make a good start on that. November through February is an expensive time for me. Seems everybody has a celebration then. Oh well. It's all good.
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RE: A life to cherish - 11/4/2008 9:27:10 AM
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Today something happened that I never wanted to happen. Some of you know that I'm a diabetic. I don't know what's been happening, but lately my blood sugar levels have been higher than they should have been. Some of them I can account for. I'd been a naughty girl or something. I know that I've had infections etc which can push your blood sugars up too. The last few times that I've been to the specialist, I've been threatened with insulin. I don't know why, but for some reason, I really haven't wanted to go on insulin. I still don't. However today, the doctor showed me how to use an insulin pen and to inject myself. I'm not happy with it. I really wish that I didn't have to use it. Oh well. Hopefully one day they'll tell me that I don't have to use it anymore.
Thankfully a friend of ours was able to take us to the appointment. Having no car is proving difficult. We need to go grocery shopping tomorrow and I have to pick up some things from layaway, and it would be so much easier to put it in the boot of a car, and not to have to try and carry things away using bus, train and taxi.
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RE: A life to cherish - 11/11/2008 9:38:30 AM
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I've been pretty emotional since the last time I was in here. Very teary and really down. Somebody suggested that diabetic medication can make you more emotional than usual. It got so that I was thinking about taking a long time out from CW. Still thinking on that one. In any case, I won't do it until after the people doing the community Christmas card exchange get everything they need to do their cards.
I hear it's 6 more weeks until Christmas. I didn't want to hear it, but I guess it is what it is. It's starting to look a bit more like Christmas.
Each year, we pay a small amount of money every fortnight, and this time of year, all the groceries that we've paid for come. All of the boxes of food etc came today to our household. It's a time of year that we look forward to. We get to restock our cupboards and the freezers. We also get to put aside boxes of food to take down to the church so that they can be made into food hampers for those who are doing tough. We've got some school chaplains in our church, so they take most, and some go to people within the fellowship that aren't fairing so well. It's a part of the year I enjoy.
I'm slowly getting Christmas projects done. Things that I've decided to do to bless others with. With the reminder of how long it is until Christmas though, I think I'd better hurry, otherwise they won't get to their recipients on time.
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