welcome back, vickie!  i've missed you around here.  sounds like your family
is doing well.  glad to hear it.  wish your ra affected jaw and breastbone
and your fms were doing as well.

boy, my gut reaction to your manton road hike was profound.  i think my body
just told me that's one of my greatest fears.LOL  i'm glad you successfully
managed to accomplish it, but sorry you had to.

kate

Thanks for the update Vickie.   I know its hard but these are the good times
with your kids and when you turn around twice they are going to be gone and
on their own.   Its all about the sound of silence then.
Harv

Welcome Back, Vickie! You are one of the many who have been missed lately.

I do not envy you that hike...it sounds miserable! Great news about your
family, but sorry about the RA problems. I'm just mostly glad you made
your way back here.

Kelly C.

Welcome back, Vickie.  Now stay with us!
Gwen

Welcome home. Now if we could just get the others to
find different carriers. And kiss aol's tussie goodbye
for good then we would be back up to speed.
Duckie

Glad to hear from you Vickie. Think of you alot. Glad you were able to get
back to the group. I hope the medrol pack works for you.
good to hear about your children also. I bet you are so proud of them.

I wish I would have known you were out here in Calif. Maybe we could have
met up with each other.

You take care and know you are being thought of.

Sounds like you have your hands full.  I, too, was on Bextra and used
it all up.  Went to Celebrex, ehhh, not real pleased with it - still
got twinges in knuckles.  So she switched me to Arthrotec.  It seems
to be doing much better.  At least I don't seem to have the twinges
that made me want to stick my knuckle in my mouth!  

Your children seem to be such a blessing.  My first child that left
home was the middle one who decided he and a friend would share a
house at the ripe old age of 16!  Since the friend's father was
handling the rental and would keep an eye on the boys, we said
"Why not?  Let him get a dose of the outside world."  He moved back in
three months - too expensive out there, he said!  I found I could get
along without him.  Of course, I did have his younger brother who had
been hyperactive and got asthma from eggs.  Now, he kept me busy.
I think the oldest boy had left for the Army.  You'll make it, fine.
What is he going to take in college?  I would be awfully proud of the
son who has decided to work a year and think things out.  So many
children don't do and just plunge into college or the work field
without forethought of what they want to do.  I wished I had had a
daughter, but I wouldn't change any of my daughters-in-law for one,
now.
Blessings on you and hope your medicine works for you.  My husband
died 11 years ago in September.  The three boys were old enough and
doing well enough in the outside world so that I was ok.  My oldest
son, now back in civilian life, moved back in with me, bringing his
adorable dog (now mine!).  The year he moved to Myrtle Beach, my dad
died in January and my mom moved in with us until George graduated
from college and accepted the job there with the police department.
He got married the following August.  Mom is still with me and so I've
never been alone except when she's gone to visit my sisters, one in
Michigan and one in Conn.  Well, the dog's hinting it is supper time,
so will quite blabbing.  Enjoy your children while they're home.  If
it hadn't been for the ease of email, I doubt I would hear much from
either of the two boys that now live out of town.
Loujean

Loujean
Retired and love it.
Throw that FISH out and
put in an S to email me.

Hi Vickie.......{waving}..........so good to see you back!   We missed
you while you were gone!

Donna G