Yesterday...

[dbiker2]

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[Carole]

Darrell,
Thanks for sharing; that's what this board is good for. I'll repeat a little something I cut out and taped by my computer to read when I get near the "zone." Goldie Hawn was overheard to say, "Sometimes you hug your pillow and cry at night, but this doesn't mean that life is bad. It just means that's the way it is. Life is rich."
Remember the baby showers and how wonderful it will be when that baby gets here. I can get sad if I think I won't be able to hold my grandchildren, I'll be too weak, etc., but then I read a book by a young PWP who had her 4th child in the middle of of finding out she had PD. She was in her early 30s!

On a lighter side- I have two branches on my christmas tree put on (I wrap lights on as I go; about 100 per branch - takes a while) Already, my cat is trying to climb the tree - just two branches! He's pathetic!! Time to get my stinky "Off Kitty" spray (not the nice pine smell I prefer!!) My sweet kitties and my wonderful dog (she was lying on her back last night, with her front legs up in the air, head back, grinning at me, and asking for a smooch! She's a pointer mix- pound pup Pattie - she just got a Wiggly Giggly ball and loves it - these little things will get you out of the zone!) I giggle all the time!
Carole

[dbiker2]

Thanks Carole
I can see your cats now, they think you put up the tree just for them. We have a American Eskimo, Snowflake who loves to be chased. I can't do it as much as I used to. Sometimes I woner what she thinks. She's laying beside the computer desk now, on her stomach, head on the floor between her front legs, just laying there watching me.
later...DB


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[Bruce]

Darrell, yes, I have "been there" to. I think I have made the adjustment where I don't think about all the what ifs anymore. I am looking at two major surgeries and it's going to take awhile to get through all of it. But, for reasons I can't explain, I am not nervous, stressed or worried about the surgeries. Actually, I feel an inner pease, and just very motivated to get it done. Hopefully, in the future I will be free from pain and have some relief from the Parkinson symptoms. This is a radical change in attitude for me, because when I was younger they would have to drag me into surgery. Like I have said before,their are a lot of people in the world that have worse problems then myself. Even Dr. Lieberman said anxiety could make the pd symptoms worse and could be worse then having pd.

[Carole]

Is Snowflake feline or canine? My dog, Pattie, is totally devoted to me. She won't go outside unless I open the door. She sleeps with us in bed now (all 55 lbs of her) and she won't get up until I get get up. I AM the one who adopted her. I got her on St. Pat's day '99. (thus the name Pattie, my mother-in-law's maiden name; my sister-in-law's name who thought we were picking hteir family for names; We'd adopted a golden retriever named Brett, their son's name. He's passed over, too.) Went to the pound to look for another dog I'd heard about, who'd already been adopted. Pattie was about 10 months old, and just sat there looking at me with big eyes while all the other dogs barked and jumped on their cages. I called several times more to see if she'd been adopted, and when she was down to two more days, I decided she needed me and I adopted her. That was a great move evem though my whole family thought I was nuts! At the time, we already had a Sheltie who has since died, and 5 cats, one of which has also passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Pattie loves my husband so much but like I said, she still defers to me most things.
Carole