Hang in there kiddo!
KHG
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Ginny King wrote:
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> Sue Ann
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> 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
-- godfrey@doubled.com