It's good to hear that things are fairly smooth for you. Sounds like you
have a good family and a wonderful husband.
Bev

Just an update, I am enjoying spring as I do not tolerate summer well. Fall
is my favorite time of year.
I just came back from Calgary where I was visiting my daughter who just
turned 19. She is working and going to University to become a
physiotherapist. Maybe she will be able to help me when she graduates.
I am taking 25 mg of methotrexate sub cutaneously. It is helping and I just
started taking an extra mg of folic acid and it seems to be helping with
nausea. The biggest problem I am having besides pain is brain fog and
exhaustion. The  complete fatigue is horrible as sometimes I do not know how
I will make it across the room. I was feeling really good but I do believe
it may have been endorphins brought on by the excitement of my trip and
seeing my baby.
I am not doing a garden this year as my hands hurt a lot. There is only me
and my husband so it is not a big thing as there was when my son and
daughter were at home and I canned a lot. I am enjoying my pets; a sheltie
named Dutchess who is 11, 2 cats: Smokey 13, and fluffywho is 8. They are my
calming factor. It is hard to get stressed out patting a cat.
This August I will celebrate my 19th Wedding anniversary. We have been
together 22 years now. He is do helpful with my health problems as I have
bipolar as well. He encourages me tonap if I look tired and I must say it
was rocky at first but I am glad I stuck it out with him. He is my life
Well that is what is going on with me. I am enjoying the posts and feel I am
getting to know others in this group better.
Janice in BC

I know that summer sends many of us in different directions. So before
everyone leaves ... ... ...  how about a quick update?

We are in compliance with the city as of Friday morning. We still have the
final coat of paint to put on the porch but primer was enough to satisfy the
city.

I worked in the garden today and got many of my perennials and annuals
planted. I actually got some sun on my face and it looks a wee bit tanned.
That looks so odd for me. I did have my big western hat on but it still got
some sun somehow.

With the pressure from the city off of us it will take a little while for me
to catch up on every thing else that needs doing but at least the stress is
gone. My body still aches and I think time will fix that problem. The
neuralgia is still a factor and has not totally let up. I know without a
doubt that it is tied to a lymphnode in my neck. I wonder if they can just
remove a lymphnode. Would it cure the problem?

We are headed into hazy, hot and humid. Tonight (right now) it is 69F (about
20C)  degrees and 71% humidity. Spring weather in gone!

(((HUGS to ALL)))
Bev