I'm sorry to hear about your dogs. I have four. All goldens. I ended up with that many because I did some breeding (dogs, not me) and couldn't stand to sell all of them and ended up with one from each litter. Needless to say, I don't breed them anymore. I have allergies as well, but to cats and dust (which I will never get rid of) but fortunately not dogs. The loss of a pet can be devastating. They can be such a comfort especially for those of us who suffer with chronic pain. I hope the allergy shots work well enought that you can at least postpone more surgery. I don't think of your post as a blatant cry for pity but a normal response. I threw a pity party myself not too long ago but everyone here was so supportive and no one was critical. I think we all can understand what you are going through to an extent and I hope by reading the posts that you can find some comfort. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Ginny
At Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Sue Ann Murray wrote:
>
>>Hi Sue Ann,
>>
>>I'm glad the gel seems to be working. Maybe it will hold up for you and
>>at least help with the adhesions. Did I see that you had MS? Bless your
>>heart if you do. You must have a lot of strength to handle all that you
>>are going through! If you have kidney stones as well then I would worry
>>that they could be causing you additional chronic pain. Have your
>>doctor's ever recommended doing anything for you for your stones? Take
>>care and keep the faith. Ginny
>>
>Yes, I have MS, although it has stayed mostly in remission for the past 15
>years or so and when it does act up, it has been relatively mild. The
>ironic thing is that I was diagnosed with it years before the endo, and I
>used to blame the MS for a lot of things when it turned out to be the endo,
>which I probably had before the MS. But it has been a rough summer, and
>stress can sometimes bring on flare-ups.
> The kidney stones just recently made their appearance and I see a
>urologist this next week to see what he says. Don't really know much about
>this.
> I also started allergy shots Monday which I'm hoping will help me delay
>sinus surgery which was recommended a couple of weeks ago. It was the week
>after my follow-up surgery when I saw the allergist and as soon as he said
>the word surgery, I kind of freaked out and didn't even want to talk about
>it. Told him two this year was enough. I was expecting the diagnosis of
>chronic sinusitus, and it did turn out to be chronic pan-sinusitus (meaning
>every single sinus is involved, as opposed to one or two), but I wasn't
>expecting the word surgery. My septum is apparently deviated as well, but
>from what I read, a little deviation is normal. Need to get some more
>details from the doctor but really didn't want to deal with anything else
>right now. And then Monday, I had my dog put down. She had a bad week-end
>and I didn't think either one of us could take it anymore. She was
>diabetic, mostly blind and mostly deaf, and 14 years old, and had gotten
>much worse in the past few months. My other dog died last year of natural
>causes. I wanted to run out and get a bunch of puppies, but one of my new
>allergies is to dogs, so am going to wait until the shots take effect.
> Anyway, been just a little stressed out lately. (everybody say Ahhh -- is
>this a blatant cry for pity or what? :>)
> Oh, well, such is life, or at least my life, anyway.
>
> Sue Ann