Hello everyone out there is cyberspace!
I agree with J that it has been very very quiet out there. I too hope it
means that many are on vacations and not feeling lousy and too sick to post.
I had a question for everyone concerning pain management. I need some ideas.

Anyone else deal with this?  I constantly feel pressure on my eardrums.
Have for 2 or 3 years now. Every now and then (moments ago) I yawn or
something and one ear or the other opens up and I get a very brief
experience of what my hearing used to be.  it quickly shuts off again.  no

Replied to an email of mine.
He and Kip and kids are just not home a whole lot in the summertime,
which is a good thing!
So he's not spending as much time on computer these days.

Hi Everybody Pigmet here, remember me?
Mair is becomin sicker and it seems like she's gettin sicker every day.
What is causin this?  Oh how I wish I new!  I have come home from my pirate
adventures just so I can be with her.  I am not sad to have left my

I've been wanting to tell my boss (and friend) I don't want to work anymore.
So today things just fell into place. She called and asked if I'd come talk
to her for a while. So down I went. She wanted to know how I felt about
working with the way I feel and how many hours I wanted to ...

I miss a whole bunch of people posting.
Is everyone having a tough time this summer?
Or are some on holiday?
Anybody up for a roll call? If so, just snip out my post and plug in

Stacey,
Welcome to the group!!!!  Sorry to hear that you have to be here but you
couldn't find a better group of caring people to help you understand your
illness.

Another (maybe) tip about this
Gargle with (don't swallow) Maalox as needed.  It coats the sores
and makes it feel better.
(YMMV - since the sores might be different)

Dear friends:
Today, I saw my oncologist. And as that very educated expensive doctor
regarded me across the room, he said: "It seems like you have a cold."
Somehow, it struck me as rather funny.

Hi everyone. My mother who has had arthritis in her hands for several years
has been recently having an itchy rash on her hands as well. She went to the
doctor who did some blood testing and said her lupus count was high and has
referred her to a bone specialist. If it is indeed ...

Hi J,
I couldn't get my mind around snip, so I went this way. Tearing and searing
pain pretty much describes what I am experiencing. The anti-seizure drugs
don't seem to be working yet. The Tylenol #3 was totally useless, so I gave

My father (73) suffers from achalasia and has had a number of small
ops to widen his "tubes". These ops are becoming more frequent and
painful and he wonders if anyone has found a diet that helps ease the
symptoms.

Spacebar (on the keyboard) can (usually) be used to read each screen
of a (long) post.
At the end of a post, spacebar to the next post.
J

My tongue and inside my mouth is "sore", very sore.  Even water is making
the tongue burn and it is hard to eat, which is "GOOD" for dieting..but not
on all this medication LOL.
I need a receipe for the magic mouth wash.  YOU have to have a script for

Hi J,
Glad to see you found some bargains, and that you are cooking and burning
things again. <g> Pet Cemetary, indeed !! I am here, but suffering in
silence. I am not a happy campers these days. I miss everybody too. Hope it