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01/15/2009 07:00 PM
patty777
Considering this frigid week, I did pretty well by keeping my mind off my pain by reading fictional books. I use to love to read novels but somehow through the years I stopped. Well I picked up 2 novels before the Arctic air came in with 12 inches of snow. I did read slower than I use too. But I finally finished a 300 page novel. It felt wonderful to put myself somewhere else in my mind. Im glad I didnt stop to dwell. So I think Im at stage 4. I will start my next novel this weekend. It was also hard this week not only due to weather but a bad upper respiratory inf. I can't get rid of. But reading was good for me and kept me on track of my daily chores as well. Have a blessed night Everyone
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01/16/2009 04:20 PM  Top
GimpyZebra
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i love to read, too. Lately I've been dealing with a lot, including a fractured wrist, and a calcified granuloma in my lung. Waiting for results of the chest xray. But, anyway, with the wrist being out of commission (I have a hard time holding books anyway, I want a BookButler), I've been listening to Audiobooks on my iPod.
~Kerrilynn

"Everything in life has been figured out, except how to live." ~Sartre

01/16/2009 08:08 PM  Top
mitzigirl
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Sorry to hear about your wrist and your lung problem. Keep us posted on how the x-ray turns out..I would like to have a BookButler to if I could afford one..I just read The Tenth Circle it was good..

Hugs and Blessings,

Viv

Hugs and Blessings,
Viv

Live everyday as if it might be your last.
Let go and Let God!!!
Be Kind and Compassionate to others.
Understand life can be hard but you can survive it!
Good Friends make all the difference in the World.

Even though I am a leader of depression, OCD and MRSA I am just like the rest of you..I have the problems. I have no medical training.

Previous discussions I participated in:
Very depressed today!!
When Miles = love
Need Support.

01/16/2009 08:43 PM  Top
Drpatty
Hi everyone. I am not much of a reader. I love to do research and I am trying to better myself on the computer. I feel that in the past 10 years since starting on the computer, I have leard a lot. It is fun to be challenged.

I hope that you both start feeling better soon. Please take care of yourselves.

Vivian, this doc in the house (wow that sounds like jack in the box...) says you should pace yourself and make sure you have your you time.

Post edited by: Drpatty, at: 01/16/2009 20:44

01/16/2009 11:11 PM  Top
mitzigirl
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Alright doc I will try to do just that...Glad to have the doc.back!!

Hugs and Blessings,

Viv

Hugs and Blessings,
Viv

Live everyday as if it might be your last.
Let go and Let God!!!
Be Kind and Compassionate to others.
Understand life can be hard but you can survive it!
Good Friends make all the difference in the World.

Even though I am a leader of depression, OCD and MRSA I am just like the rest of you..I have the problems. I have no medical training.

Previous discussions I participated in:
Very depressed today!!
When Miles = love
Need Support.

01/17/2009 01:46 AM  Top
skittle0407
 
Posts: 613
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You tell Viv drpatty......she does not listen to me.......we all need me time and the mind does too! Have been feeling too stressed to concentrate on a book, and like Gimpy said I too have difficulty holding a book for any length of time. But, I must listen to the doc also, and try and destress my life by pacing myself and giving Denise the opportunity to enjoy "me time".
With Blessings and Friendship,
Denise

By Remez Sasson

"Success in various forms and degrees,
whether in material matters, self improvement or spiritual growth,
is within reach of every one of us,
provided we earnestly desire it, do our best to get it,
and do not give up on the way."

01/17/2009 06:36 PM  Top
fluffyluggage
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I LOVE to read, but it's really hard for me to find time anymore, cuz I tend to stay really busy or really cold. My fingers hurt or my head hurts almost all the time anymore. So life has started to sorta suck. But I figure it's not forever. I have hope that when the Lyme is better treated or better under control, or maybe in remission, whatever the case may be (I have a hard time feeling that I'll ever be cured, but I do hope! Smile ), I feel that I will be better, so I do what I can for now, and then I know I'll have lots of exciting stuff waiting for me when I can read again!!

*hugs*

jen Smile

Just because it's impossible doesn't mean it can't happen.

I'm not a doc, so anything I say is my opinion only. Nothing I say is meant as offense, I offer what I can as help. I believe in educating myself on all my medical issues and being my own advocate, for no one else with do that on my behalf. I recommend we all do the same!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Perhaps I truly am insane for expecting these docs to listen to me when I say the same things repeatedly to no avail? LOL. I am tired of seeking out new docs and getting the same result time and again...Forgive me if I seem bitter some days.

Something has changed within me/Something is not the same/I'm through with playing by/The rules of someone else's game/Too late for second-guessing/Too late to go back to sleep/It's time to trust my instincts/Close my eyes and leap...I'm through accepting limits/Cuz someone says they're so/Some things I can not change/But till I try I'll never know/Too long I've been afraid of/Losing love I guess I lost/Well if that's love/It comes at much too high a cost/I'd sooner buy Defying Gravity/Kiss me good-bye I'm Defying Gravity/I think I'll try Defying Gravity/And you won't bring me down...
--Defying Gravity (Glee Cast version)

01/17/2009 07:01 PM  Top
mitzigirl
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Alright ya'll I do get the message i just have a really hard time slowing this body and brain down..I will try to pace I did reread Hinds Feet on High Places..It was so good it is about a little girl who is crippled and named Much-Afraid and after many trails and learning to listen to Gods plan for her she turn into Grace and Glory..It was truly uplifting..Makes me feel even with this crippled up body that is reaked with pain that I still have a place here and a reason to be here...

Hugs and Blessings,

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Post edited by: mitzigirl, at: 01/17/2009 19:01

Hugs and Blessings,
Viv

Live everyday as if it might be your last.
Let go and Let God!!!
Be Kind and Compassionate to others.
Understand life can be hard but you can survive it!
Good Friends make all the difference in the World.

Even though I am a leader of depression, OCD and MRSA I am just like the rest of you..I have the problems. I have no medical training.

Previous discussions I participated in:
Very depressed today!!
When Miles = love
Need Support.
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