COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

I've been to Australia! Spent two weeks there. Mostly the gold Coast, up at surfers paradise. Thats the north eastern part. It was awsome!! We went in July and the weather was in the 70-80F. Went out to lightning Ridge to the Opal mines, saw a bunch of stuff and the people are so nice to us Americans! Go! You won't regret it! Oh and go to a rugby game they are more fun of an experiance than our NFL games!

Or Aussie Rules football. That makes Rugby look tame!

 

[CarolM]

Mine was a prolapse on L3/4 that turned out to be a double prolapse and needed a second attempt a week later to sort that one out. What's left of the disk is still there and, while not formally fused, it may as well be for the amount of movement I have.

The pain before the first op... And between ops left me unable to walk. I had pain particularly in my groin area due to nerve pressure. After the ops, it was long slow progress. I was signed off work for 6 months. I lost all feeling in my left knee which made walking a challenge and kneeling a bit difficult. It's surprisingly hard to control your legs when you have no idea what's going on with one knee! Over the years the sensation has mostly returned ... If I start to feel numbness then I know I have overdone things.

Your issues with upper back and neck are usually what I get these days. These problems with my feet and shoulders are new

@Laura1412 has endless problems too. I know she had another op before Christmas and I hope she's OK. Ed @zerohour also has troubles.

Okay I am not that bad. Sounds terrible and very painful. I can walk etc. The shoulders etc I can more or less handle as I can take muscle relaxants it's the feet that feel like they are boiling hot that I hate. I saw Laura's posts around Christmas time. Didn't know that Ed also had problems. I am waiting for someone to invent nanites that they can inject and they fix whatever is wrong or broken in your body. [emoji16] whenever I overdo things my whole body feels like one big mass of pain. That is what happened yesterday.
I really hope that the docs are able to help with your feet and shoulder. It is not nice when these things happen.

 

[CarolM]

I have 2 friends who feel MUCH better after getting rid of their gallbladder’s![emoji38]

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[CarolM]

I am lol I think it's due to my talks with some of the medical professors. They think that I should go into the medical field because I understand it quite well and can talk to them on a high level about a lot of things. One of them probably recommended me hoping that it would cause me to change majors lol.

The real reason I can talk to them like that is because I have had everything under the sun happen to me and I always do A LOT of research on anything that is affecting me. In Australia they do have some neat advances going on with Crohn's disease and some new implants that would replace the ostomy bag I have now. If I was to go i would probably try to get in touch with someone working on that.

That is quite an achievement though and something to be proud of. My sister in law has Crohn's disease. She has just gone on an injection drug that is apparently very expensive and good. I don't know what it is called so couldn't tell you if you asked.

 

[Kristoff]

Oh no. Naughty naughty meerkat. Lena has great experience in looking after children. I am sure she will have some great tips on how to sort out naughty meerkats too.

The best advice I can give re:naughty kids is... cotton in your ears, gin in your stomach. But Bea doesn’t drink, if I remember correctly? @Moozillion Lots of mint tea then??

 

[CarolM]

To answer your questions,
1. YES It all started after the meerkat arrived.
2. We’ll wait and see! [emoji12]
3. True! But I GREATLY doubt he would stoop to theft- even for cheese. He seems every inch a gentleman.
4. True- but to Spain. AND he has Wifey with him, and none of my chocolate has gone missing!
5. True. And he does not have an operational Tardis.

Probably.

Whats an operational tardis?

 

[CarolM]

The best advice I can give re:naughty kids is... cotton in your ears, gin in your stomach. But Bea doesn’t drink, if I remember correctly? @Moozillion Lots of mint tea then??

Lay a trap. Put some biscuits in one of those traps they catch stray cats with. @Yvonne probably has one she can loan to you.

 

[CarolM]

To answer your questions,
1. YES It all started after the meerkat arrived.
2. We’ll wait and see! [emoji12]
3. True! But I GREATLY doubt he would stoop to theft- even for cheese. He seems every inch a gentleman.
4. True- but to Spain. AND he has Wifey with him, and none of my chocolate has gone missing!
5. True. And he does not have an operational Tardis.

Probably.

Okay.
So we are waiting on a character reference.
Adam is ruled out.
And it started after Meerkat arrived. It is looking like it just might be the Meerkat.
There is no chance that either you or your husband could be sleep walking?
Also another fact we left out....the shrimp also arrived more or less the same time and you have stated in posts that they have an uncanny nack of being able to zip around. Lets also not forget the meetings they have been having.

 

[DE42]

That is quite an achievement though and something to be proud of. My sister in law has Crohn's disease. She has just gone on an injection drug that is apparently very expensive and good. I don't know what it is called so couldn't tell you if you asked.

There are a few they all biologics and suppress the immune system in one form or another. I took Humera and it was roughly $3,000 a shot but insurance paid all but $50 of it. I had to take it every two weeks. Some people do not have any noticeable symptoms while others can suffer things such as headaches nausea arthritis muscle pains cramping etcetera.

I hope she does well with it. For some people it can work for several years.

One caution is that all of them increase her risk of infections and the severity of them. So if she starts feeling sick or having pain that could be related to an infection she would need to see a doctor as soon as possible.

 

[CarolM]

There are a few they all biologics and suppress the immune system in one form or another. I took Humera and it was roughly $3,000 a shot but insurance paid all but $50 of it. I had to take it every two weeks. Some people do not have any noticeable symptoms while others can suffer things such as headaches nausea arthritis muscle pains cramping etcetera.

I hope she does well with it. For some people it can work for several years.

One caution is that all of them increase her risk of infections and the severity of them. So if she starts feeling sick or having pain that could be related to an infection she would need to see a doctor as soon as possible.

Thanks I will tell her. I think she has to take it every week for 4 weeks to start off with then it changes not sure if it changes to every two weeks or once a month though. They had to go on a higher medical aid plan to cover the cost. So it is very expensive. Your $3000 is hectic.

 

[CarolM]

Thanks I will tell her. I think she has to take it every week for 4 weeks to start off with then it changes not sure if it changes to every two weeks or once a month though. They had to go on a higher medical aid plan to cover the cost. So it is very expensive. Your $3000 is hectic.

I think she did mention something about being at risk as far as germs and infections are concerned.

 

[DE42]

Thanks I will tell her. I think she has to take it every week for 4 weeks to start off with then it changes not sure if it changes to every two weeks or once a month though. They had to go on a higher medical aid plan to cover the cost. So it is very expensive. Your $3000 is hectic.

It's not the one I had then. But again there are several different ones.

 

[Moozillion]

The best advice I can give re:naughty kids is... cotton in your ears, gin in your stomach. But Bea doesn’t drink, if I remember correctly? @Moozillion Lots of mint tea then??

I like the Formosa oolong teas, and Earl Grey, of course! [emoji4][emoji4][emoji4][emoji4][emoji106]
(I am not above an occasional glass of Pinot Grigio! [emoji5])

 

[JoesMum]

Whats an operational tardis?

The TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space - note the capital letters!) is Dr Who’s transport/time machine.

Adam may have a TARDIS, but it’s not a functional one.

 

[Kristoff]

I’m still feeling somewhat miserable, so I’m heading to bed early. It was a hard day today, with the extra kids, and tomorrow is potentially worse — waiting in bleak corridors for three hours as daughter has her dancing, singing, and acting lessons, in Russian. Carol asked earlier about this. Back story — my first language is Russian, so with her Russian, Turkish and now also English daughter is growing up trilingual; she doesn’t study Russian specifically, but her extracurricular activities are in Russian, in a culture center. I should remember to bring a book tomorrow to have something to do as I wait.
Good night, roommates!

 

[CarolM]

The TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space - note the capital letters!) is Dr Who’s transport/time machine.

Adam may have a TARDIS, but it’s not a functional one.

Ohhhh. That would explain it. I must still watch Dr Who. Lol.

 

[CarolM]

I’m still feeling somewhat miserable, so I’m heading to bed early. It was a hard day today, with the extra kids, and tomorrow is potentially worse — waiting in bleak corridors for three hours as daughter has her dancing, singing, and acting lessons, in Russian. Carol asked earlier about this. Back story — my first language is Russian, so with her Russian, Turkish and now also English daughter is growing up trilingual; she doesn’t study Russian specifically, but her extracurricular activities are in Russian, in a culture center. I should remember to bring a book tomorrow to have something to do as I wait.
Good night, roommates!

Good night Lena.
Your daughter will be quite talented. My children moan terribly that they have to learn Afrikaans. And they only have two languages. Good luck for tomorrow.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hm-m-m-m. . . three pages to catch up on. I see Adam is going to have fun when he gets back.

 

[CarolM]

Hm-m-m-m. . . three pages to catch up on. I see Adam is going to have fun when he gets back.

We thought that we would make it interesting for him.

 

[Moozillion]

Okay.
So we are waiting on a character reference.
Adam is ruled out.
And it started after Meerkat arrived. It is looking like it just might be the Meerkat.
There is no chance that either you or your husband could be sleep walking?
Also another fact we left out....the shrimp also arrived more or less the same time and you have stated in posts that they have an uncanny nack of being able to zip around. Lets also not forget the meetings they have been having.

Yes, I think Adam is safely ruled out.
No, I do not sleep walk. And hubby was out of town at a convention for a week; he only got back last night.
I'm SO GLAD you mentioned the SHRIMP!!!! I had not considered them!!!! That would explain their meetings: they're PLOTTING!!! Jacques would have great difficulty getting out of her tank or climbing on counters etc, but the shrimp can JUMP like you wouldn't believe!!!!! I think our suspects are now either the meerkat or the shrimp!!!!