her machine back. Maybe that is why we have not heard much but it is not like her not to let us know what she is up to. I have not been on alot myself but I have been checking all the post and I have not seen but a few from her in a couple of weeks! She got the good news and was so elated and then we hear so little. I am just worried. Meg, if you read this, we miss your smiling face and your tales of all your mis-deeds in your wheels. Sure do hope you are doing great! Stick your head in and give us the heads up on what you have been sewing! Linda in Ga

by lflanders 24 May 2009

It does not seem like the same place without her antics and also her caring ways! Meg is really one for the records. She is always there for everyone that needs help even with all she has been through! She could make anyone smile no matter what was going on! Of course, I have found out that there are alot of very caring people in this group from all walks of life and all parts of the world. You get where you miss someone when they are MIA for a few days! This is just a great group of ladies and gents to get to know! Of course the gents do not get involved in personal things but they do not stand in our way when we do.heehee It is just about time for me to call it a night. Glad tomorrow is a Holiday! It puts off my weekly surgery on my legs for a day! This has really been hard! This will be my 4th surgery on my legs in 4 weeks.(Tues) When the topical pain killer wears off my legs, I go into fits for a couple of nights and days. I thought I would get used to it but it just gets worse every time. It goes deeper into the nerves each time they debreed them. All of this because of poor circulation in the valves in the veins in my legs. The blood will go down but it can not come back up by itself so my legs swell and burst open. The only way to stop it would be to stay in bed about 90% of the time. I can not do than with this awful arthritis. Within a month, I would no longer be able to get up and down by myself. At least, right now I do not have any blood clots. It cost me $1400.00 to find out that! Peace of mind sure is expensive! I have decided that it cost too much to get old! I think my 2 Pekingese are the only ones that want me around anyway! My son seems to think that I am too much trouble! But... We won't go there. It is too late for that! Goodnight! Linda

by cutiepie 25 May 2009

Well, I love you Linda, and want you to "stick around" as long as you can, ok?

by lflanders 25 May 2009

Thank you! That makes me feel so good! I am doing my best to hang onto these legs although it gets very painful at times. I just do the best I can and Pray for things to turn out okay. The Lord, the Dr's. and my little peke girls are what has kept me going for some time now. Of course, I do look forward to hearing from all of you on a regular basis. I do sometimes feel like I am fighting fire with fire when it comes to my son. I no longer know what goes on in his head. He is a real mystery to me. He has AADD but that is not what I am seeing or hearing most of the time. He tries to treat me like I have no brain at all and I am the one that has to look after everything. I just get so disgusted that I do feel like giving up at times but then I get my fight back and nothing is going to pull me down. I just find it hard to care when I am in so much pain. After that passes, then I can ignor him and go about my business and put his off the wall comments out of my mind. You do know that the older the children get, the dumber the parents get! One thing though, you will never see me without a smile unless I am really angry and that does not happen often. I was crying after surgery last week and the nurses got me tickled and I was laughing and crying at the same time. They were all laughing at me. I always lose the little cards they give me with my next appointment on it. I was sitting there crying after the Lidocaine wore off and in they came with a sheet of paper off the computer, with huge writing on it for my next appt. I broke down and started laughing and they all got crazy laughing at me. I had tears of pain running down my face and busted out laughing. "You want to make sure I don't lose this" and they all broke down! It was funny, even if I was hurting! My girls are asking to go outside so I guess I better get up and go. Do not want to have to clean up a mess. It has finally quit raining long enough for thing to dry up a bit. I have one that will not go out if it is wet. She is nice-nasty. OR just plain rotten but that is okay with me. You have a nice day..what is left of it. Linda in Ga