bridgetgirl

Where are the San Diego regulars? Anyone have an idea on whats going on before I start calling folks?

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J.Bridget Fisher
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/155

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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared." - MaryKay Ash

VanessaSFL

Hey B, I have not seen a post from Jenni in a while, even for a walking gtg with other TT's.

Donna has posted a few times , just got a personal email from her yesterday but have not really seen her posting much here.Donna had mentioned she had a lot of Dr.s appointments last week and this coming week.

Hope this helps....

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Van


Lap RNY March,21 2005
280/130

VPA BEAR

bridgetgirl

Thanks sugar pea, how about Rain? I know Im missing more Well at least there hasnt been an uprising that ceased people from coming here, right?

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J.Bridget Fisher
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/155

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared." - MaryKay Ash

VanessaSFL

One never knows Miss B...One never knows....No drama that I am aware of..but I am the last to know and according to my Breed...I am a Highly sensitive Jack Russell....so I could have been in withdrawal when the drama took place.

Note~ I still find it hard to swallow that i am the ONLY JR on this site...lol

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Van


Lap RNY March,21 2005
280/130

VPA BEAR

sdgrrl

Yo Yo, Peeps, I am here! I have had a very busy month...as VPA said, I had a ton of Drs appts, including SI joint injections. My son, Jay, came to visit for a week, we had a week of recuperation, then more Dr. appts, then Josh came for a week. So, we've been busy! Trust me though, I am in extended exhausted mode for a bit, so I have been on here more. My depression has escalated (if you can escalate down, that is!), with the shrink trying yet ANOTHER antidepressant to see if it will work (beware folks with GBS and depression--they just don't work together!)

We have been doing all that we can to get Michelle the knee replacement she so badly needs, and with CMS, you know that is a sllllllllow process. We're hoping for some food stamps to help with the food bills, and I am in the process of applying for some help with P.A.W.S. (Pets Are Wonderful Support) to get food, litter, vaccines, etc for the gang here. It's a full time job juggling our meager resources and looking for ways to get the kind of help we need. I joke about having a cyber bake sale, but I don't know what else to do! I can't give blood, I have nothing worth selling, and I have been using my credit card to augment my social security and disability, and we all know that is a slippery slope!

It is also absolutely killing me that there is most likely no way on Earth that we would be able to afford the cruise in December. I have never been too excited about taking a cruise, but to be able to meet so many of the people I have grown to love, while sailing to Cozumel, the island of my heart, as well as Grand Cayman, a place I have always wanted to see, well, it makes me want to sit down and cry. (welcome to my pity party!)

I have actually been trying to think of good places to move to where I can get more for my buck than here in SoCal. It's hard, as I know my spirit and soul live here, and Michelle has never lived anywhere else in her whole life, but the fact remains we don't have enough money to live here. At least not until Michelle gets her knee and gets rehabbed and finds a decent paying job. That would help immensely, but there is no way she could work right now.

Sorry to be such a whiner when so many of us have such greater burdens, but you asked where I was.....this is where I am!

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Donna the SDgrrl
Happy to be a GrrzlyBear!

doing the best I can each day

Honor yourself, honor others, and honor the Earth...the rest will take care of itself

paige52

Hey Donna,

Norcal is cheaper at least for rent etc.... utilities tend to be a bit higher but not much. Sorry to hear things are dismal... been there nad slowly climbing out of it. You are sooooo right about the depression meds....

REally any meds at this point unless liquid are just not doing anything for me... do they they have the depression meds in liquid?

I tow two round of Cipro in pill form and very little help... one more round of the liquin stuff fixed me right up. I coudl do shots but I'm such a big baby

anyway hope things look up soon for you

Just a thought

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Open RNY 9/26/06 Height 5' 4"

Toony

Donna... I thought you were away, showing TT the town!

Sorry this is a rocky time for you --- hug the li'l guy and feel the love that was stuffed inside him at my house!

I empathize with your life... it's so similar to my DH's!

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TOONYbear/Katie
Lucky Duck Sack Club Member No. 7


Lap RNY: FAT TUESDAY! 02/05/08
300.1 / 252.0 at 14 wks (-48.1 pounds)
My Weight Loss Blog: http://ktoon.blogspot.com/

sdgrrl

I surely appreciate the loving responses you have sent my way. As a lesson for those who greet poor circumstances with a 'what more can happen?', I can share this one...
I have 4, count em 4, kidney stones--2 in each kidney. One is 9mm, and has doubled in size in just 3 months. I'd have had them smashed a while ago, but I've also had a killer kidney infection. It was resistant to everything but penicillin (deathly allergic to!), macrodantin (deathly allergic to also), and gentomycin. So, I had 3 ginormous injections of gentomycin, waited a couple of weeks, then had a UA to see if the infection was cleared up so I can get smashed.

The Urologist's office called me yesterday. The infection is NOT gone, and now is gentomycin resistant. Not only that, but the stones are starting to realllllly hurt, and for all my pain meds, nothing (!!!!) is touching the pain. Talked to the Pee man, and we agreed that it sounds like the big stone is starting to jostle into place to attempt the trip down the ureter express. And at 2/3", that just ain't gonna happen. Therefore, next Friday I am going to have the lithotripsy with a big ol' dose of vancomycin, with the hope it will be enough to keep things from getting worse. And it also seems that my kidney function is seriously decreased ! So not good! So that's what happens if you ask how much worse things can get.

So I'm in 10/10 pain, my legs and back are so spasmed that none of my muscle pills work (I hear them laughing as I swallow them, I swear), and I am even more depressed than ever. That's not even touching on the stuff with Michelle, her health, and her depression. I don't say that to devalue her trials by any means, I'm just sayin' where I am. I hate being a chronic boo-hoo-er, but folks, I need more help than my meds, my therapist, my loving partner, and my shrink can provide. The pain consumes every thought, dictates every move, rules me. The combo plate is keeping me from sleeping, so that's why some of my posts are from 3:30am n stuff.

*with proper pathos, tears dripping down cheeks, pain etched on my miserable face, along with limping and holding my low back* I CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS!

I absolutely know many many people have it worse than me. I know this and don't need to be reminded. I feel guilty enough complaining on the 'world wide web'. I just don't have any more bootstraps to pull myself up with, no more suck to suck up, no more man to take it like, well, you know.

I apologize once again for harshing everyone's buzz. I just am so damn needy and owie and scared and broke...I'm reaching out for help and support--something I am very uneasy doing. Goin' fer some kleenex now....

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Donna the SDgrrl
Happy to be a GrrzlyBear!

doing the best I can each day

Honor yourself, honor others, and honor the Earth...the rest will take care of itself

Jeanie

Donna sorry to hear everything that is going on with you. When my Dad's stones were really big they went in and pulled them out. Can't they do that for you? I wish there was something I could tell you to do to get rid of the pain, but I know how bad those things hurt.
I hope that you and Michelle get relief from all this crap soon!

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Jeanie
Lap Dr. Callery
July 7, 2004
Currently Pregnant with my 1st bundle of JOY! Due Oct 8

coptergirl

Gentle ((((HUGS)))) to Donna. I wish I could take it all away for you, sweetie, and sent that pain of yours and Michelle's right over Niagara Falls...

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Whitney
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GBS 3/7/06
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Hernia Repair/Tummy Tuck 3/9/07!!!!

148.5 pounds and 64.5 inches gone forever!!

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