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[houghchrst]

Glad to be back! Figured maybe we can start where we left off.Is cooling here so I am able to go out more often. Thinking if mowing the lawn it has gotten tall since all this rain we have been getting.Feeling depressed the last few days and not really sure why. Complete and utter boredom I am thinking.

[Mal L]

"Complete and utter boredom." Well, I know that I missed having these boards to access.

[joy]

Yes it is good to be back online. I cannot believe school started today and that we only made it to the lake about two short visits. About same as last year. The days of getting to go and stay 10 whole days as the kids use to yell when we were working and taking vacations have not happened once we quit working it seems. Weird but true.

anyway that and still in pain is my biggest complaints today. Just missing getting to see grandkids as much. Last night was the first Sunday night granddaughter did not get to spend the night with us in such a long time that I cannot even remember it happening in fact. All because of her starting the higher up part of school now. She is a big ole sixth grader in fact.

[dawnmn]

Whew, glad to be back. I have also been depressed with boredom. Not good for me to sit around and have too much time to think. Hope everyone makes it back.

[Mal L]

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[LeoX3]

I made it!
Believe me, the way life's gone the last few days, that's not a small achievement.... I couldn't do my MRI, I suddenly developed screaming claustrophobia (no joke, I was hysterical).... have to re-schedule....pain is creeping back now I'm off prednisone.... and my chiro is PO'd I tried traditional PT so won't help me out now...I have no time or energy for that kind of drama, so I'm just saying "Sayonara" and letting it go.... GOtta get my brain into a good place for the MRI. Got a lot to consider. We don't ahve open ones, just "big bores", and I need sedation, but with the epielpsy and the meds...

In other words, dear BTers, I am a hamster on a spinning wheel. Can't keep spinning, but can't seem to get off the da*n wheel, either!

There's a place in DC does MRis where you can sit watch TV, but they don't take my insurance. Grrr.

Enough rambling, have a good day, everyone.

[joy]

back to normal for me

I have just lost my post here. Might add that I did not even see Leos' post this morning for some reason. Good to see people drifting back in. I hope the whole group comes back. I especially am wondering about Julia and would have thought that Pati would be here. I am hoping she had such a good sale she is busy. That would be nice if she did. And right now won't name everyone just hoping things will get back to normal soon.

Thanks Mal, I am finding it easier now to navigate.

[Deedeelyn]

Great! I love the facelift of BT!!

Just stopping in to say Hi! Had an extra special time tonight. Our family got together tonight for pizza and smore's and then my sister surprised my mom with a 2005 toyota. Truly a nice car.

Anyway, I'm glad BT is going again. I'll be checking up on you all.

Deedeelyn

[LeoX3]

Still on my wheel, spinning away....
Hope everyone will make it back!

[LaBella]

I made it, took me long enough, glad to be back online. Hope everybody is doing fine. My baby starts classes at the community College on Monday and working today finally, now we need to see how to get another car, for now my hubby will be taking public transportation since he is the easiest fromt he 3 of us. My job takes 2 1/2 in public transportation versus 35 miutes driving, my daughter's college will be about the same to take the bus and train. And he can take a ride with slug lines in the mornings and and afternoons when my daughter does not work and the train when she does and take the car fromher job since it is around the cornes from the subway.

Please all keep me in mind to hope that we can get out of this finanical nigthmare and be on the raise again, my life is very bad $$ wise right now and not looking good anytime soon/

Again Glad to be back on line.

[tic chick]

hey everyone !

glad to be back!

i KNOW i posted up there, the 4th post, after joy's and before dawn's! i was NOT hallucinating. i wrote how i've been playing with the dogs and doing yardwork. i also wrote that when bt was gone for it's facelift (i like that deedee :)), i found i spent a lot less time on the computer.

so anyway, my yardwork continues. september will be bulb planting time and i want to mix some irises that bloom in the spring AND the fall with the ones i have now. i also am digging a trench to divide the yard in half...to separate my garden from the dog area. i ran into a HUGE piece of cement, which i realized was the ratwall for the garage that the previous owners of our house never built. and it's right in the way of my line of boxwoods. so my husband said to put a little gate there, cause i'm going to want to get to the backyard where the shed is without having to go up to the front of my garden and then way back into the yard. i thought that a stellar idea! i will be taking pics at the end of the season to show what i've done this year. my rose bush kind of stopped blooming for a week or so, now it's full of those raspberry roses again. i had to put a little barrier in front of my rhododendrons cause when nora plays ball, she runs over everything, she is just so intent on getting that ball.

so, the days are cooler, low to mid-80's, low humidity (for a change) and it is so nice to be out from about 6 to 830. it's already getting dark by 900 now...just a reminder that summer is waning.

i'm praying for all of you and your various problems. i do hope they sort themselves out soon. leo, for what it's worth...maybe you can join a beginner's yoga class to get some strength back. you have to get your muscles strong so they can support your bones. i would also get massages with a person who knows what they are doing and can get to the hurt muscles. then i would just start easily walking, maybe riding a stationary bike to get moving. yes, you will prolly have pain for a while, but the longer you sit or lay, the more your muscles atrophy from disuse. just my .

thank you all for sharing and caring,
jeannie

[lor]

I guess when I got back from vacation braintalk came back (I never knew it was gone). HI EVERYONE who sees this.

I forget, who wrote about hummingbirds? Was it you jeanie? I thought of that when camping. You see, I was sitting by the pop-up & a hummingbird buzzed my head. It went up to the orange & yellow novelty lights we put on the camper &I guess tried to get necter from the little flower shaped (a sun) plastic lights.

Christina, I thought of you when we passed Flint (went to Grayling).

[Buttons2]

took awhile!

took me a dozen tries to finally get logged in. now how do I get bold/larger print?

Joy, I had one of the worse sales in 10 yrs. will have to try again in a few weeks. people refuse to believe I'm closing my shop! (maybe that explains few sales?)

weather is perfect here. 70's & sunshine.

one of my lifetime friends called yesterday & we jabbered for 2 hrs. both of us agreed we should talk more often.

my back is worse than it's been in many years-hopefully will improve soon!

Leo,you are a strong & determined woman,now face that darn MRI machine & don't let it win. too bad you can't take a med. they should be able to come up with a solution!

glad I got into BT,was about to give up!and no I didn't get anything done while not here,can barely move.

[LeoX3]

Jeannie, LOL, I've done yoga for 15 years!!! Problem isn't strength or flexibility, the problem is something got injured and nobody realized it b/c the docs insisted for a month it was still my GYN issue.... then we tried PT and it made things way worse.... Oy!

I am trying to get my head into a place of thinking the MRI is no big deal. But I am still scared. Of what it will show, as well as the scary tiny space of it. I know it's necessary, it's just hard to find the mental strength after all these weeks (months) of unrelieved pain. I'm worn out.... DOc is going to give me Xanax and to he** with other issues, just gotta get me in that machine for 30-40 minutes and be done with it all.

I just keep hoping the MRI will show my spine is okay. If my spine is okay, I can focus on pain management and getting into the right kind of PT. If not...oh he**, who knows? Docs sure don't!

Sending everyone sunny vibes,
Leo

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