Being prepared for colds and flus

[Jane]

Hello everyone: haven't been around for a while. nice to see familiar names and some new ones too (wish they were not here because of als).
carol, sis takes quinine for cramps and finds it works, so perhaps it will help henry. sis is considerably weaker, speech is gone most people can no longer understand her, seems to be sleeping more, and yawning a lot.
think i read somewhere that yawning indicated breathing problems, guess we'll find out at her next appt. she had a peg inserted a week or so ago. using it mostly for meds, pills are really troublesome for her.
also the drug trial she was taking part in has been cancelled, no one seemed to get any benefit from the drug. so............ back to the scientific drawing board i guess. take care all love jane

 

[Theresa2004]

This place is always hopping with news and activities. i read about the car crash into your fence carol late last night, but was too bagged to reply.
glad they are all safe and sound, but i had to laugh as you signed off saying you had to go because someone ran a car into your fence. then your description of the events later, the kid of the cell phone telling dad the car was fine....crazy kids. hopefully today was better which included a hot bath and some r and r. glad henry is much more comfortable with his new sleep wear. it can make all the difference. sounds as if you had more then a trying day. i am convinced some of it has to do with the full moon we had This week...nutty Things....for me, strange clients, and an overabundance of screw ups with staff errors. i Think we are all too exhausted to focus. it is rsp season, people are insulted when you tell them we have been booked up solid for weeks for appointments, why do you leave it always to the end.....a bit like getting a doctors appointment in the middle of sars.....

al, radical weather, just watched twister on tv with one of the boys, talk about living with irratic weather conditions. besides, you are just bragging cuz you have missed several snow storms up here, 20 cm last monday, and more to be dumped on us This monday again. monday's have been the curse of course, my normal day off, it snows or freezing rain, damn school buses don't run and everyone is friggin' home cuz even the teachers don't make it in. last monday i said "no way you guys staying home, get in the van, i'll drive you." soak up the heat you two, spring hasn't arrived yet. maybe you could bring it home with you....?

question to t-bear, and the other men here... what is the fasination with 'boobs'....really...hell, seen one, seen them all? just in various sizes?....you know if the ladies really wanted to start someThing, we could discuss the male anatomy..issues of size...but the moderator may boot me off.......i can picture the commentary....(i am kidding...don't take offence....i get punchy when i am keyed up and This time of year at work certainly adds to it)...

as a side bar to This coldflx, never heard of it until last night, then i heard it advertised on the radio This morning on my way to work......gotta look into it.

mike, if you are creating little or big display pictures, could you make me a butterfly, a very pretty one...

 

[Al]

Boy carol i thought my life was a train wreck some days. if it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any at all. i know i've been away and all but i seem to have missed the picture of the Boob job. you know my email so a large file picture would be appreciated.
we are in palm harBor near tampa with friends today. we were going to go to busch gardens but thunderstorms and tornado warnings put an end to that. never seen a tornado close up. that might be fun. but maybe not. good thing we are in a cement house. we'll try again tuesday.
we were joking around aBout who would get to ride the scooter at busch. me who can't walk far. doug and lee with bad backs or andrea who has a walking cast on after falling off her bike in nov. and severely breaking her foot and ankle. good thing they have monorail and cable cars to cut down on the walking. might try some roller coasters. doug says some of the steel ones are pretty smooth so shouldn't beat me up too bad.
gotta have some fun right guys?
sounds like most of the forum is staying pretty much the same which is good. i'll keep in touch. take care.

as to the Boob issue: some men like to look at old paintings, cars, their money or Boats or any other toys that might come to mind. some of us just like to look at Boobs. many diferent shapes sizes and even colors. they are fascinating if you look at in an artistic sort of way. and even more fun if you look at them in a dirty old man kind of way. which is the way most men look at them. but that's just my opinion. i could be wrong.

 

[TBear]

... but you're not!

t

 

[Theresa2004]

Very good al, you bailed yourself out of the boob discussion Very well...as a hobby...artistic? i suppose you have a point, look at all the famous painters who have painted females ala natural? there is beauty in the human body, but since us galls carry around the attraction, we get use to them being there. bucsh gardens, sounds like fun, was there many moons ago. tornado's? is this the season to relive the land of oz? funny after rewatching the movie last night. when are you and lee coming home? a piece of advice, hold on a few more weeks, although we could use you at the meetings, more snow monday and tuesday, so enjoy the thunderstorms, at least you don't have to shovel it! thanks for checking in while you are away.

t-bear....knew you would have that view point..i am laughing. us ladies do like to be admired and appreciated, and i love to stir the pot now and again to keep us smiling. nothing wrong with your opinion, as long as the men remember we females were born with a mind also, not helpless females. something tells me after all you have been through, and raising daughters, you know that and appreciate women as equals. we simply are built differently, for obvious reasons.

your contribution on this site is extremely helpful and shows whether male or female, you know others need support...not strickly "double d".

 

[Carol Deboer]

Hey tHeresa,

good one ! i guess you could "look" at tit as a hobby ! ooops, i mean it. ha. we must have boring lifes eh? i do not look at men for a hobby, but maybe i should take it up. men are work, not a hobby. just my opinion. your butterfly story is so nice. i can almost see it. so pretty. now that is a hobby, butterfly watching ha. have a good night sweetie, talk to you tommorrow. i am going to bed with a smile on my face, and believe me that hasn't happened for a long time. sweet dreams....

love, carol

 

[Timshelper]

Dear carol,
nice graphic but you look like a school teacher/librarian and we know thats far from being the truth especially with all the enhacements youv'e had done lately. all i can say you are going to have a sore back and i know i lived with big boobs all my life they just arn't as perky as yours right now. poor henry do you have traction for that extra weight hes carrying and did you have all 3 children at once because it looks like it could have done the job. lol. the day you had with all the little accidents i've had many especially with having the fibro half the time its becasue i dont remember to do things and then when i remeber i end up having some strange thing happen to me. then i remember how there are so many other people out there suffering from more than i have and consider myself lucky. most of the times these things happen when i' really stressed out. sound like someone you might know? as far as tim goes he still not ready for me and its getting really hard stayng in this house becasue the husband has decided to make a big turn in his life. yesterday was our 7th anniversary and we celebrated it all went well until today when he brought up some things i didnt want to hear so i' m stuck in my room avoiding everything.
new dilemma there has been this girl that has been coming over to tims every day and she is a really nice person. last time i was there i could tell that tim was very attracted to her i know him so well that i knew he had feelings for her. so i asked him and he said he was crazy for her but she wasnt that crazy. i guess what he meant was why would she get involved with someone who is wasting away and dying. theresa this pertains to you too. i dont think they have discussed anything but what if i called her up and explained the situation to her do you think i would be intruding , do you think shes just scared to let her feelings out. wouldnt it be wonderful if tim finally found a partner even though its this time in his life. she lost her husband to suicide 2 years ago which blew me away because they seemed like the perfect couple and i'm not sure if shes trying to get over her grieving process by being there or if she really does like tim. if she does she should be the one whos there for him not me. in fact when i was there and we talking about a few changes we were going to make in the house for me to come live there she seemed uncomfortable. what they do when i;m not there seems to be quality time and she spends a lot of time with him. she picks up all his groceries and takes him places and they talk for hours. so what do you think should i ask her out for coffee. i think it would be awesome for tim to find love especially if its reciprocated.anyway its just another one of my thoughts. when the nurses talked to me they told me i would be a watch dog i didn't care for the term too much.he tells me he still wants me to have a life does that mean when he has company i'm should go on my merry way and do my own thing. i'm really confused about all this because its taken so long and i have been ready but now again i just wait as my life passes on. somehow this just doesnt seem fair. am i being selfish but how long can i put my life on hold. anyway i think about you and henry all the time and i wish i could meet you. if i had the money i would be flying out to sarnia in a minute as long as it was ok with you. i've dug a hole so far into the ground that i dont even go out anymore. i'm still sleeping ridiculous amounts of my life away, its such a waste but i dont feel i have anything to look forward to. i still havnt found a job yet which is quite depressing because i've worked all my life and i havnt sold dads house yet. i wonder some times if als hadnt touched my life if it would have been different.i think sometimes being on the outside and looking in can sometimes be harder than actually knowing exactly what you are doing with the one you love. i miss you carol and hope you are doing ok you always sound so positive i wonder where you get the strength especially when other things in your life are still going on. how are the kids they to have been living with als for a long time but i'm sure they are fantastic.
love ya
kim from the prairies
als about loving someone