-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 04 Jan 14  04:02:30 <=-   
      
    DS> had to take these oatmeal baths for days...I swore I'd never eat that   
    DS> again. That was until I had to have all the teeth removed when I was   
    DS> 40...the soft stuff diet got old real quick. The disease was like   
    DS> someone had dropped me into a vat of itching powder. Pardon the   
    DS> bluntness above, but that shows what an extreme case of the chicken pox   
    DS> I had. The doctor noted that "it was the worst case he had ever seen".   
      
   Reminds me of one case of poison ivy I had as a child... I well remember   
   the itching and it being absolutely everywhere on my body... I think I   
   was 5...    
      
    DS> Another case had the bride speak up at the altar, instead of   
    DS> "holding her peace" (she got cold feet at the altar). Both families   
    DS> were furious...and, that's putting it mildly.   
      
   I suppose that after all the preparations, there would be a definite   
   backlash from the families... but, if it's the wrong thing to be getting   
   married to this person, at the altar is a better place to realize it   
   than after all the vows are said, and the commitment supposedly made...   
      
    DS>> The Grinch stole my Christmas...basically, when my dentures broke.   
    NB@>> That's a bummer...  :(   
      
    DS> I finally got a new set yesterday (Friday)...but I have to go in   
    DS> early next week to get a little adjustment on the left side of the   
    DS> lower plate. It was my birthday present from my Mom ($425), but still,   
    DS> you can't beat that for an upper and lower denture set. Any adjustments   
    DS> during the first 60 days are free of charge. I didn't care what they   
    DS> looked like...I just want to be able to eat. :)   
      
   I've known people that eat just about anything with just their gums...   
   but good dentures are probably easier... ;)   
      
    DS> There is a lot of flu going on down here. I went to the doctor   
    DS> yesterday for follow-up blood work. I had my female PCP check an area   
    DS> on my backside that had been there for over a year. While I "mooned" my   
    DS> PCP (they've seen it all before), she noted it was a "benign fatty   
    DS> cyst", and it was harmless.     
    DS> A sore that doesn't heal can be a sign of cancer or diabetes. I'm   
    DS> not  diabetic, but have the potential to be type 2. That cyst had been   
    DS> there over  a year, and the urologist was concerned about it.     
      
   That's a relief... fatty cysts are pretty common as one gets older...   
   and nothing to worry about...  I recently had what had been a deerfly   
   bite but turned into an "itchy scar" cut off... it had been on my arm   
   for over a year, and was starting to worry various of my health   
   providers... now I've got a mostly healing regular scar where it was...   
   And yes, that was the official name for it, "itchy scar"... there was   
   some greek name but that is the exact literal translation... :)   
      
    DS> The idea of getting naked for medical personnel doesn't bother   
    DS> me...even if I have to have females undress and dress me (especially   
    DS> considering that some days, the arthritis is real bad)...it's just   
    DS> another day at work for them. I still can't get over that female   
    DS> patient going ballistic with the lab tech, over asking her for a urine   
    DS> sample (I'm sure you remember that post).    
      
   Yup, remember that post...  some people are too (falsely) modest for   
   their own good...  :)   One just does what one must... when my   
   mother-in-law needed care, she accepted it from us as well as the aides   
   and such... when my dad did, he accepted it from his daughters... it   
   feels really weird to be giving intimate care in situations like that,   
   at least at first, but you get over it, because it needs doing... and,   
   when you are dealing with the health care professionals, well, that's   
   their job...    
      
    DS> I have only taken 2 Excederin Migraine tablets in the last 6 weeks,   
    DS> as my PCP told me to STOP all pain mediciation...as it was the cause   
    DS> of my constant migraines...basically, "rebound headaches". So, now...   
    DS> I just suffer...and only take a pain medication when I absolutely   
    DS> have to do so.    
      
   That's probably better in the long run anyway.  Most pain meds of the   
   analgesic sort don't work at all for me, so I've not been able to take   
   them for ages... my body got quite creative at times in finding ways to   
   cover pain so I wouldn't feel it.  ;0  I can take an occasional codeine   
   when I really need a little help...    
      
   ttyl          neb   
      
   ... Here I am again.  Rock - ME - and a hard place.   
   --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20   
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