-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 04 Jan 14  04:02:30 <=-

 DS> had to take these oatmeal baths for days...I swore I'd never eat that
 DS> again. That was until I had to have all the teeth removed when I was
 DS> 40...the soft stuff diet got old real quick. The disease was like
 DS> someone had dropped me into a vat of itching powder. Pardon the
 DS> bluntness above, but that shows what an extreme case of the chicken pox
 DS> I had. The doctor noted that "it was the worst case he had ever seen".

Reminds me of one case of poison ivy I had as a child... I well remember
the itching and it being absolutely everywhere on my body... I think I
was 5... 

 DS> Another case had the bride speak up at the altar, instead of
 DS> "holding her peace" (she got cold feet at the altar). Both families
 DS> were furious...and, that's putting it mildly.

I suppose that after all the preparations, there would be a definite
backlash from the families... but, if it's the wrong thing to be getting
married to this person, at the altar is a better place to realize it
than after all the vows are said, and the commitment supposedly made...

 DS>> The Grinch stole my Christmas...basically, when my dentures broke.
 NB@>> That's a bummer...  :(

 DS> I finally got a new set yesterday (Friday)...but I have to go in
 DS> early next week to get a little adjustment on the left side of the
 DS> lower plate. It was my birthday present from my Mom ($425), but still,
 DS> you can't beat that for an upper and lower denture set. Any adjustments
 DS> during the first 60 days are free of charge. I didn't care what they
 DS> looked like...I just want to be able to eat. :)

I've known people that eat just about anything with just their gums...
but good dentures are probably easier... ;)

 DS> There is a lot of flu going on down here. I went to the doctor
 DS> yesterday for follow-up blood work. I had my female PCP check an area
 DS> on my backside that had been there for over a year. While I "mooned" my
 DS> PCP (they've seen it all before), she noted it was a "benign fatty
 DS> cyst", and it was harmless.  
 DS> A sore that doesn't heal can be a sign of cancer or diabetes. I'm
 DS> not  diabetic, but have the potential to be type 2. That cyst had been
 DS> there over  a year, and the urologist was concerned about it.  

That's a relief... fatty cysts are pretty common as one gets older...
and nothing to worry about...  I recently had what had been a deerfly
bite but turned into an "itchy scar" cut off... it had been on my arm
for over a year, and was starting to worry various of my health
providers... now I've got a mostly healing regular scar where it was...
And yes, that was the official name for it, "itchy scar"... there was
some greek name but that is the exact literal translation... :)

 DS> The idea of getting naked for medical personnel doesn't bother
 DS> me...even if I have to have females undress and dress me (especially
 DS> considering that some days, the arthritis is real bad)...it's just
 DS> another day at work for them. I still can't get over that female
 DS> patient going ballistic with the lab tech, over asking her for a urine
 DS> sample (I'm sure you remember that post). 

Yup, remember that post...  some people are too (falsely) modest for
their own good...  :)   One just does what one must... when my
mother-in-law needed care, she accepted it from us as well as the aides
and such... when my dad did, he accepted it from his daughters... it
feels really weird to be giving intimate care in situations like that,
at least at first, but you get over it, because it needs doing... and,
when you are dealing with the health care professionals, well, that's
their job... 

 DS> I have only taken 2 Excederin Migraine tablets in the last 6 weeks,
 DS> as my PCP told me to STOP all pain mediciation...as it was the cause
 DS> of my constant migraines...basically, "rebound headaches". So, now...
 DS> I just suffer...and only take a pain medication when I absolutely
 DS> have to do so. 

That's probably better in the long run anyway.  Most pain meds of the
analgesic sort don't work at all for me, so I've not been able to take
them for ages... my body got quite creative at times in finding ways to
cover pain so I wouldn't feel it.  ;0  I can take an occasional codeine
when I really need a little help... 

ttyl          neb

... Here I am again.  Rock - ME - and a hard place.
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