First I want to say welcome to all the new people I haven't met yet. I have been trying to catch up on some of the threads I missed and I noticed a few new names. So welcome and I look forward to learning from you.
What a crazy few weeks it has been, you know from my other thread that we are grandparents again, he is so precious and his big brother is doing real well sharing the attention with him. I want to thank everyone for their prayers for DIL, her tests came back negative for MS. Now they just have to find out what the problem is.
I am looking so forward to getting back to a 'normal' routine and getting and sharing advice with everyone. Right now I am in a flare and trying to keep it under control until it gives up and goes away....giggle! I know what it is from, this past week. I had Thanksgiving this year because of the new baby, and I thought that would be fine as long as I started early and kept things under control. Unfortunately that is not the way things usually work in my 'normal' world. Last Friday (21st) the nursing home called about Miracleman (bluelakelady gave him that name, indeed he is at 69 yr.s old with severe cerebral palsey) he had pneumonia and needed to go to the hospital. So that day we spent the afternoon and evening at the ER and finally in a room. The following five days were spent dividing my time between baking the 8 pies, setting the tables for guests, pre peeling and chopping and going back and forth to hospital and finally to the nursing home. I was not alone in the visiting, my daughter, son and braveman (hubby) also helped in that regard.
Thanksgiving day started early, ended late and the food and company were wonderful. I had plenty of help with the clean-up, thank you to my dear friend. Now my body says what did you do to me! I foolishly thought one good day of rest would do the trick, but no such luck. Now I want to start putting up the Christmas decorations, the desire is there the body is not.
I am so glad to be back with everyone and maybe pick up some good tips on surviving the holidays. At my age and for as long as I have had FM you would think I would already have the secret.
Welcome back, Glojer! I have been mostly reading on the boards, not posting much, but have missed your words of wisdom and strength. Congratulations on the little one, and on forging ahead with Thanksgiving, too. I hope things work out health-wise for your loved ones, too.
I join you in your flare. Yesterday, I felt okay, took a long walk (long for me), did laundry, changed cat pans, vacuumed. Today, I'll be lucky if I stay up for 7 hours.
Yes, at my age, too, you would think I would have learned...but it's such a treat when we are doing things and active and not flaring.
I trust yours and mine will deliver sighs of frustration and get so tired of being flares that they will indeed decide to leave. I'm not as good at giggling as you, but I shall try.
Seaturtle sorry to hear you are flaring too! I have been doing something at night that I think helps a little, I put an extra cover on the bed. It is actually a heavier cover and for some reason I think the extra weight and warmth helps. I have plenty of cover on the bed anyway, believe me, but that extra little bit seems to help warm up the muscles better while I sleep. I have always liked heavy covers anyway. Problem is I don't want to get up in the morning.
Get some rest, take your vitamins, drink plenty of water and eat healthy. That is my advice, but don't check up on me cause I don't follow my advice like I should. Take care of yourself, I will send some giggle energy.
Glojer
PS. If I don't get words spelled right or sentences mixed up, I can blame it on this computer. Something is wrong with it and you can't do anything double without stopping and waiting for it to catch up. Do you know how many words have double letters in them or how many times you need to back up or even put double spaces after a sentence. I will be glad when braveman gets it fixed.
Hi Glojer, glad you're back on. I've missed you. I'm so glad that things are going well with the new little guy. You certainly have had a lot on your plate lately. I hope that everyone is feeling and doing better.
Holidays are a pain. My daughter does Thanksgiving, but I do Christmas. I've had boxes of decorations sitting for 3 days and I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere. I always say I'm not going to do it, but I do. I think the mistake this year was letting it go for days and trying to space myself and rest. Usually I start and when it's all finished I go to bed, it may be daylight the next day when I do, but it's done and I can lie around for a couple of days to recouperate.
Seaturtle........I'm like you, when I feel okay I do all the stuff and over do too. As I wrote above, if I don't I don't get anything accomplished.
Hope you both are getting over the flares
Glojer, about the double letters when you type....., when mine takes a while to catch up it's usually because I've l looked at too much beforehand. I have my temporary files history set to delete at midnight. If I open too much stuff and I experience the waiting for the letters to appear when typing I delete the temp. files again and it works fine again. You don't realize how much history you make looking among all the threads just on here.
welcome back girlfriend,
you did it!!! you get 2 cartwheels! no, make that 3. i am proud of you kid!
is miracleman okay? i care about him so.
kiss baby for me and you know i will keep dancing for new mommys health.
things here are going mostly okay. daughter 1 is doing her chemo and radiation now. alot of my focus is with her. i am painting to fill me up with love and joy. it also evaporates the pain for awhile, always good. actually i am possessed by the flow and paint 5 hours a day right now.
there's alot going on in family and with a close friend so my focus is with them.
sure good to have you back. sorry about your computer. crazy toys.
peace, stars, hugs, baby kisses,
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