Pigmet here, along with Mair !  Mair's been fighting a cold since the end of
December, and she's real tired of "lyin low." We are fightin her cold with
the time tested home remedies (honey & lemon drinks, and salt water nasal
rinses) and lots of relaxation... serene music, lighting candles, and the
magic healin stones. The goal now is to keep her from gettin bronkitis.
Bronckiteis.

So that's what's up

With all respect and devotion

Pigmet, and Mair

In message <47AE1B49.E925F56F@execulink.com>, J <russfer@ano.non> wrote

Fed up of the FF?

Bagel.

I'm just glad not to see the Usenet sporgers who say nothing about lupus
and related problems here of late. In some ways, quiet is good.

Marie is recovering from a bout of cellulitis again. Never fun to get
that with a lupus-weakened immune system. I'll try to get her in here to
say hi or something.

Thanks for running the roll call, J <g>
I wonder why new people don't come update us? Come on in; it's safe.

My new problems are a hole in my right elbow - since end of November and
it pains a lot.
It's too late to stitch it.
GP said it's not infected but has been prescribing antibiotic cream. Go
figure.
A few weeks ago, because of so mych pain,I went to ER for stitches and
they told me no and said it's infected, so prescribed me oral antibiotic.
Which did nothing at all.
I have some steroid cream and use that but I'm not supposed to.
I have some marcaine. shhhh.. I'm not supposed to have any, but it helps
..as long as i don't bend my elbow

The other new problem is dupuytren's contracture in my left hand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren's_contracture
The lump I have goes in the other direction (from what's on the picture
there) and my middle finger is affected - all except the little finger and
thumb.
So it pains to straighten my fingers on that hand and pains to turn a knob
or door handle.
To make bed and tuck in sheets, I have to use the edge of my hand, instead
of fingers.
Hard to grasp things like jars. So the hand is barely usable.
And tada...the GP congratulated me on self-diagnosis correctly BUT told me
they don't do surgery until it's much worse. ie when the fingers are all
bent out of shape.
I'll talk to a different doctor about it in a few weeks and ask her to see
the problems it causes.

okay, enough about me.
J

I am post Valentines day here, after reading everyone it became
discouraging to know everyone is in such pain, sure wish we could at
least schedule some moments and not feel all the afflictions.

I hope ya'll can grab a memory from the day that does take you from
being ill even if its just a moment.

I spent the day tweaking the computer, becoming too often for me. :(

Warm thoughts,
Zinn