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Ainm, I glad your DH is supportive, but somehow he needs to understand that "this" will NEVER be behind you, no matter how well you are. There is always in the deep dark recesses of the mind the "idea"; you aren't over analyzing, you are looking at the problem from every angle! Hope the scan is clean & that the problem ends up being something simple like pulled rib muscles or maybe you coughed real hard this winter & popped a rib out of place-my sister has a tendancy to do that.
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Ainm, I am sorry you are experiencing the pain. In my first marriage, my husband was quite large, with large arms. I would often make my ribs to sore just by draping his arm acrossed me as he slept. It would hurt during the day as well. I haven't thought about it for years, and I don't get sore anymore either.
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Ainm, do you have a date yet? I ditto Joni that this will never be totally out of our mind, even if it does go into the recesses something can always make it pop its ugly head out. So continue to come here and rant as much as you want.
Hi to everyone.
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You are all such a wonderful support net - I really needed to get that 'out' . Had a heart to heart with DH and he says he does realise that I haven't put it all behind me and that he does appreciate that it's not that simple - he feels he should be able to help me but doesn't know what to do. We have agreed that it's a work in progress!! Then got a date for my DEXA scan and it was for the end of July and then another two weeks before results would be issued - I'd be a nervous wreck if I had to wait that long so I'm going to a different facility and they will do the Scan on 18th with results in 48 hours (they would have actually done it next week but Mum is due home to me tomorrow and I think that for the first week she's back I had better not change the routine). Next thing is I'm on the 'to do' list with my PS and I have been waiting for a date for recon. I had been told it would be about June and to check in with them early April so I rang them today and it appears I'm not on the list ????? I had been with the PS in Jan and had phoned the office a week later as advised to confirm putting me on the list but now it appears I'm back to square one - scheduled for a consult on 16th May and could then be waiting up to 6 months for the surgury GRRRRR.... It will just give me more time to chicken out!!!
I could keep going on but I'm not going to go there>>>>>..............
Suffice to say - the sun was shinning here today and that's what I'm thinking of - real spring weather !!
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Ainm, glad your DH is on board. I don't have one but men just think/react differently and we have to realise that and allow them to be led
Sorry for your delays. Frustration just seems to be part of the "new normal" we have learned to live with. So don't hesitate to rant anytime.
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Ainm, I am so glad your DH now knows how you feel. Or now acknowledges it. Where has your Mum been?
I love the lambs and their "birth marks".
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Joni, Patoo, Meece - thank you for your support and comfort.
I had been a bit swamped physically and emotionally and a health visitor visiting Mum noticed and got respite care for Mum for two weeks to give me a break. My DH has a lot to contend with at the moment as his brother (48 yrs old) has sufferred numerous strokes since the initial one in January - it's a long story, and our business has not picked up at all and the prognosis for both his brother and the business is not very good, it's just one thing after the other - very stressful for both of us really and me being so nervous about my health isn't helping either of us. Lately the support I've been getting from the people on this thread is the only positive aspect in my life.
Thank you
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I am so glad you got the break. So sorry about the business. I am jobless at the moment and know how that can weigh on your mind. You can always lean on me. Or we can make a teepee shape and lean on each other.
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Like this Meece???Jo - what you described sounds very similar to my rib pain although I do not have LE, I did have rads and my pain/discomfort is in a complete band around my mid section. I haven't been able to pinpoint what causes it to flair up although I know what you mean about slumping. Thanks for sharing this with me although it is a bit worrying that you still have this problem 7 years out. How do you manage the pain?Sorry about monopolising the thread!!0
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Yes, although it might look more like this:
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Don't worry about monopolizing anything. Anytime we can help one another it is fulfilling the purpose of the boards.
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I must be stupid.Where is "bump" or how do you do it??
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DocBabs - that's funny! Just by posting you "bump" the thread to the top of the Active threads so it's one of the first that people see.
Welcome. (and there's no "stupid" on BCo - or not among the posters in any case).
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Ainm-how's it goin' sista?
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Hi everyone. Joni, good to see you!
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I know some of you have great faith and I would ask that you keep my BIL in your prayers - he is critically ill and not expected to recover - we are just hoping he survives long enough for his wife to arrive as she lives abroad and is having great difficulty getting a visa as the rules have recently changed. Everything else pales into insignificance. He is only 48 years old - same age as me.
It's just been one blow after another since Nov 2007 for us - I'm running out of fight!
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No you are not, Ainm. You can't let it win! I will certainly pray for your BIL and your entire family!
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Meece - How ARE you - I keep missing you these days.
I'm just feeling sorry for myself - pay no attention. I tend to suffer from survivors guilt whenever I hear of a friend or relative who has died or is not doing too well.
It is a bit of a rollercoaster tho' - DEXA Scan on Monday, dentist on Thursday (root canal - yuck), trying to get a visa for my BIL's wife, trying to get suitable care accommodation for my Mum while I'm in hospital, consultant on 27th, surgery 4/5th May, blood tests prior to onc visit and onc visit on 19th May - easter in the middle of it all and who knows what the situation with BIL will be, and DEXA Scan results and whatever that might bring.
Tá gach rud ag cuir isteach orm!!
Thanks for being here.
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You just need somewhere for you mother while you have the DEXA or is there something else I missed?
Tá tú anseo cara.
I am doing pretty well. Didn't have the bx last week, but the NP still wants to see me to follow up on bllod work and the MRI. I have a job interview on Tuesday and will see how that goes before I schedule anymore dr. visits. Less than 10 weeks until I become a grandma, I am getting excited!
Ná mbraitheann síos. Beidh mé ag éisteacht.
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Have to find somewhere for Mum for a month while I'm undergoing LD Flap recon and recovery!!
You have your hands full too. Isn't it frustrating having to have these continuous tesst, and scans and surgeries - not to mention the aches and pains etc - it's the fact that each time I think that I am starting to get beyond it - it passes me out again!!
I'll be thinking of you on Tuesday and you'll do great - tell them your Irish friend says they'd be foolish not to give you the job!!! I can imagine how exciting the thoughts of a new baby in the family is - do they live nearby - will you be a hands on Grandma??
Well it's almost 11.30 pm here and I must go to bed - so happy to have 'bumped' into you tonight - I think it's Cocoa and bed now - I'll leave a jug of Cocoa out for anyone who wants to join me!!
Oíche mhaith!!
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Oíche mhaith!!
No, they live and 11 hour drive away. It breaks my heart to have the little one so far away!I have put off further recon for right now. I just don't have the time for it. I am to a place I think is tolerable. My vanity needs to take a back seat for awhile.
codladh maith!
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and hakuna matata to you two too!
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Sounds like a good idea. We were doing so well, then we slacked off.
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I guess we should start the 'tucking in' patrol again!!! We had a fairly impressive trans-continent roll call for a while - perhaps we should organise a 'reunion'??
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I am in. I will try to be around to tuck you in, Ainm. That would be late afternoon for me.
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All present and correct for tuck in duty!! Who's first??
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Ahh - Meece - that is soooo cute!!
Anyway - I'm here reading up on LD Flap recon and wondering am I mad to go ahead with it when there is soooo much happening in our family at the moment. Spent the day phoning residential facilities to try and get a place for my Mum while I recover after recon but so far I haven't found a vacancy. Good news is my SIL eventually was granted a visa so now she is trying to get flights to get here asap - BIL is still hanging in - he asks for her all the time - I think he is waiting for her. Life is so fickle - but we just have to deal with what we get don't we??? Well I'm certainly getting a lot of experience of that - LOL
It's soooo good to hang out here for a little while
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I got offered a job yesterday. I am to start on Monday and will be back at the same wage and benefits as those I left at my former job. One benefit is there will be about 17 ladies less in the office than my prior job. That will be about 100% less backstabbing and intimidation. I am so relieved!
How's you morning going, Ainm? I hope you find a place for Mum soon. I don't think you are mad. I think you will feel better about yourself, giving you a boost. I know it's exterior repair, but it does wonders for the interior, too. Believe me, I haven't stood in my closet and cried for quite some time now.
Have a great day!
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Meece
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