Car

Stephie-poo! I have sooo missed you!!! Have been catching up on your trials and tribulations on your son. Let me tell you a story....Get comfy now... Once upon a time there was a prepubescent boy (about 12 -13) who wouldn't do his homework, hated school, had bouts of depression, his work at school was always a mess, got sent home from a school outing/suspended for rolling basil and toilet reeffers. "Ah, ha" said the evil school head-master, "he's depraved because he's deprived (thank you West Side Story). You and your parents must go to a shrink (well, actually a child psychologist)". After a few sessions with nothing being brought to the sessions which accounted for this young man's behavior, the psychologist noted that the young man's handwriting was a mess. "Humm" said the shrinkette, "I wonder if that is significant? Off to the neuro-psychologist with you!" So this beautiful, but trouble young person was dragged to a neuro-psychologist, who tested here and prodded there, and questioned this and that. "Ah, ha" exclaimed the neuro-shrink, "what we have here is a case of a non-verbal learning disability (a type of mild autism). Return his head to his shoulders!" "Yippie!" said the boy, "I'm not stupid and there is a reason why I do some things differently from other children." Time passed and this young fellow turned into a young adult with a scholarship to the Colorado School of Mines, and Metro State College, and a free full ride for graduate studies at Penn State. So, the mother of this young adult looked at this boy's (just for giggles, let's call him Ted) YouTube friends' list and it stretched far and wide and the mother smiled and said that this was good. This engaged and engaging young person is living happily ever after. Not the end. The moral of the story is ...Hang in there!!! It only gets better. Love, Car

Good day ladies, It's been a long time. We just melted out from 56" on the weekend of the 18th to get sprinkled on to the tune of another 5" last night. Oh, well it's our snowy season. Decided to update my forum stuff. Hope you enjoy. The sweet face is either my pup Ruth Ann Magilicutty or my husband. Son just got a new automated glucose monitor to compliment his insulin pump. I guess it attaches like his pump does and monitors his levels constantly. Being young (27) and getting an autoimmune disease like Type 1 diabetes sucks big time, but son Ted is a real trooper. His endocrinologist is now through with him and has turned him over to his GP unless things change drastically with his sugar levels. Guess I had better take some time and see what the rest of the crew has been up to. Later,

Hi Ladies, This is Car, dropping in for a quick howdie! With managing the other house, work, playing with my new Aerogarden, training dogs outside in the snow, and getting set up for the dog competitions, I'm all pooped out. Well Janet, it looks like you danced a few dances. I'm so envious. And zipping!!! Sigh!!! So, how about some wall climbing? I need a partner. Steph, glad to see that you are in motion again. Slowly!!! Candice, are you counting down the days? I love that house, but it is a ton of long-distance work. Love to you all, Car

Steph, So does this mean that I should get rid of the hookah I bought you as a get-well gift? Luv, Car

Janet, Bon voyage!! Dance a dance for me. Steph, How are you feeling? EASY NOW ............... Just think on the long term. And the PT? I know that it is hard and hurts and scary, but be strong for just this little bit and I promise that it will get better. Now a tune....Step-by-step. Row-by-row.....dah dah dah. The rest isn't applicable. Every day you're getting stronger. Luv, Car

When are you going back to the PA with a good round of "Eat Dirt"! Think strong thoughts. Love, Car

Hi Steph, mon cherie! Oh, sweetie....I can only relate on the most superficial level.....But, just think how bad this would be if you were still carrying all the extra weight. When I had my back pain, work got me a zero gravity kinda' reclining chair and it went a long way to making the pain go away. I found out that all of us over 35ish have spinal degeneration of one sort or another. Your sort is just different and more intense than mine. For some reason, mine is manageable with yoga. OK!!!!! Let's hit this challenge as a team. GOOOOOOOO Steph! So, I'm into my research mode http://spinwarp.ucsd.edu/NeuroWeb/Text/sp-700.htm (seems to contain a really good analysis of the problems and is not influenced by the drug companies. It even has pictures). Luv, Car

Yea, I'm still here and waiting for the outcome of your orthopedics's visit......... Luv,

The insanity really sets in around wills, in the receiving and in the creating. My mother died a year ago, and I was amazed at what crazy things my mother could think up along the way. I could trace when I was in her good graces and when I was out....then, there was when my father's twin brother died and my brother wanted to question my aunt's investment advisers. Strange.....As I once heard "and this too shall pass". OOps, better run. Hubby should be here to pick me up from work in 1 minutes. Luv to all.

Sounds like you're close to the sweet spot. It's nice when you're there. LUV and HUGs,

Phyl, you're right on the snoot! I encountered the same thing, but it was well worth it. xxox

Yup. Some of the best are still in Vail and Aspen. XXox

POO-BAH!!(That's a big poo-bah, if you didn't catch it!!)(oops, was that too loud?). It is not all in your head! Getting to the real root of back pain is very difficult and can take real perseverance. We were never meant to walk upright and we pay for it many times over. My chronic back pain resolved itself into knees going down the tube. Don't give up!! Can you get yourself to a sports medicine specialist (yea, you're sporty enough for them)? The orthopedic specialists who were able to isolate my exact problem were from that area. Sooooo, if there is nobody up in MT, you can always come visit me in CO. We've seem to collect these guys down here. HUh, huh??? LOL and Big HUG,