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« Reply #1100 on: October 10, 2009, 07:57:08 PM »
I've always had a tough spirit (my daddy says I'm a "fighter").  But, for years now, I've been worn down by the pressures, the stress, and the burdens of being a caregiver to a sick husband, being a home hemo partner to him, working full-time with hard-headed children (high school -- and, Good Lord! teen-agers have certainly changed in all the years I've been teaching), and trying to keep our house going, our bills paid, and our clothes clean.  I've seen my "fighting" spirit fading away the last couple of years, but I haven't been able to get a hold on it to hang on to it.

Today, however, I feel my old spirit back in me.  I saw what I thought was an injustice and I saw a friend of mine being unjustly attacked.  I stood up and said something.  This, to me, is definitely a positive because I think it's my fighting spirit that has kept me and Marvin going through some pretty dark days.  I'm glad a glipse of the "old" me has crept up.  I hope you friends here on IHD can take me like this.  I hope I don't get banned from IHD for speaking my mind.
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« Reply #1101 on: October 10, 2009, 08:10:16 PM »
Petey, if this "new" you is a positive, I am ALL FOR IT!

Oops! I shouted.  :clap;
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« Reply #1102 on: October 10, 2009, 10:24:34 PM »
Daily positive - Petey is BBBBAAAACCCCK and saying what she believes!  Go Petey.
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Diagnosed Nov 2007 with Multiple Myeloma.
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« Reply #1103 on: October 10, 2009, 10:27:01 PM »
Good for you Petey!!!!!! :clap;
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« Reply #1104 on: October 11, 2009, 01:39:43 AM »
Great news petey!
You are "coming back"
to be yourself again!
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« Reply #1105 on: October 11, 2009, 07:32:07 AM »
Daily positive:  Petey is my friend!
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« Reply #1106 on: October 11, 2009, 07:50:22 AM »

Quote from: dwcrawford on October 11, 2009, 07:32:07 AM
Daily positive:  Petey is my friend!

Be careful where and to whom you say that, Dan!
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« Reply #1107 on: October 11, 2009, 07:56:08 AM »
PETEY IS MY FRIEND


Think anybody can hear that.
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Nothing that I post here is intended for fact but rather for exploration into my personal thought processes.  Any slight, use of words with multiple connotations or other percieved insults are totally unintended.  I reserve my insults for private.
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« Reply #1108 on: October 11, 2009, 08:10:33 AM »
You're a nut, Dan!  :rofl; That must be why I like you.
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« Reply #1109 on: October 11, 2009, 10:13:45 AM »
Petey - "way" back when I started hanging out on IHD you were in fighting spirit and a great role model for us. 
Being a caregiver can take wear you down.  I've been the patient more than a caregiver - so my hat has always been off to my caregivers!!! 

Wellcome back Petey........ 

 :grouphug;
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« Reply #1110 on: October 12, 2009, 02:56:31 AM »
I really don't lke Mondays!!!!

Oeps.......
I love the weather today. Gloudy.. the heat is under a blanket
I had a fab weekend.
I saw my new iris flowering this morning.... BEAUTIFUL huge dark purple flower.!!!!
My constant headache is visiting someone else.
I have to admit I am enjoying the "new" job. AND I AM KEEPING MY OFFICE!!!! (for now anyway)
Things is just peachy!
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« Reply #1111 on: October 12, 2009, 03:58:09 AM »
Petey that is brillient. Hang on to the office. Mine daily positive to.day is "I am walking with only one crutch".
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« Reply #1112 on: October 12, 2009, 06:25:09 AM »
My positive: It is Monday! 
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« Reply #1113 on: October 12, 2009, 08:17:50 AM »
It is Columbus Day.  I use to live in Columbus Ohio and it was a big day there.  Not so much in Raleigh!  But, it is a holiday and I like any holiday   :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #1114 on: October 12, 2009, 10:04:06 AM »
not one     ----     honestly, can't come up with a single one
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Come to think of it, nothing is funny anymore.

Nothing that I post here is intended for fact but rather for exploration into my personal thought processes.  Any slight, use of words with multiple connotations or other percieved insults are totally unintended.  I reserve my insults for private.
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« Reply #1115 on: October 12, 2009, 11:24:57 AM »
When I left for "D" at 5:30 am there was a very heavy frost on the pumpkins and the weather guy said snow flurries! It is now 2:30 and the sun is shining and it's 50. Another beautiful fall day.

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« Reply #1116 on: October 12, 2009, 11:34:12 AM »
50 degrees sounds much better than snow flurries!  That is a positive!!   It is rainy and cool here today, but it is still a good day   :thumbup;
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« Reply #1117 on: October 12, 2009, 12:07:06 PM »
Today's positive - standing up and walking!
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« Reply #1118 on: October 12, 2009, 01:45:59 PM »
The UC Davis transplant committee accepted me for further testing as a transplant recipient, after turning me down as a risk!  Could it be that the emails my friends and family bombarded them with helped?   My next positive will be when I qualify. :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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« Reply #1119 on: October 12, 2009, 02:47:31 PM »
My positives for today....jbeany stood up and walked.  :cuddle;
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr.  2009
Second trx doing great so far...all lab values in normal ranges
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« Reply #1120 on: October 12, 2009, 02:49:21 PM »
Good news about JBeany   :2thumbsup;    and good news for Noduh.    :2thumbsup;   Both very positive   :thumbup;
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« Reply #1121 on: October 12, 2009, 11:35:01 PM »
My positive for today is that I had today. Once you have had a heart attack, every night when you hit the pillow, you pray for one more day. And I got it!!!!
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« Reply #1122 on: October 13, 2009, 10:03:22 AM »
Quote from: Jean on October 12, 2009, 11:35:01 PM
My positive for today is that I had today. Once you have had a heart attack, every night when you hit the pillow, you pray for one more day. And I got it!!!!

 :2thumbsup;    Always want one more day----I am glad you got yours, and many many more.
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« Reply #1123 on: October 13, 2009, 02:48:56 PM »
Not dizzy today, so I hiked up and down the hallway for a bit with the physical therapist.  They took out the #$%$#@%% foley today, too!   :bandance;
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"Asbestos Gelos"  (As-bes-tos yay-lohs) Greek. Literally, "fireproof laughter".  A term used by Homer for invincible laughter in the face of death and mortality.
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« Reply #1124 on: October 13, 2009, 03:33:19 PM »
Hurray JBeany!


My positive: I made it through a Tuesday. I looked good at the IEP meting in front of the psychologist and admins.
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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