The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 4

[julia & nicks mom]

Paula - sending you prayers & !!!

Teresa - thanks for the EE photo tip - DDA trippers - you need to do that!!

Jen - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You should be very proud of yourself -that is a great hospital!! You didn't say if you turned them down so you could go to WDW!!

 

[Tammi67]

So I have to tell you all that I am crying while I write this, because I can’t get over what wonderful people you all. I only have a few good friends in town (in the military your friends always move away) and they are out of town right now. But you all have taken me in and befriended me and you give a rats ____(insert work for donkey) and we have never met in person. Thank you doesn’t seem to be enough, but it’s all I have for now.

This part brough tears to my eyes. I wish I could do this in person but it's the best I can do now.......

 

[kc10family]

Well, I know of several good camping spots in southern Utah. You could spend quite a few days exploring Cedar Breaks, Zion, Bryce Canyon, and maybe even a jaunt to the Four Corners region to see the Anasazi settlement and the Grand Canyon. There's also Lake Powell for great boating and water skiing. Not to mention the great Shakespeare you can see in Cedar City. Let me know if you want me to mail you a brochure. Then, you'll have to let me know when you'll be there, and I'll make arrangements to be there as well!

By the way, that offer is open for any and all members here! I'd love to meet you all and show you my neck of the woods.

If I ever make it to UT I will look you up. Thank you for the offer.
I will also open my doors to you all if you ever find yourself in the Napa/ Sacramento area.

 

[babytrees]

(I got the job )

WAY TO GO!!!

 

[triplefigs]

I couldn’t take it anymore and needed a break from the phone so I figured I would read a bit from the DDA.I want to say thank you all so much for the PD and prayers.



Some one give me authorization to slap my MIL!!! She is so on drugs!!!!!

First she didn’t want to go to MI because she wanted to wait for Easter break (she is a teachers assistant at a Catholic preschool) and its $200.00 cheaper if she waits 14 days to buy her ticket. (ARE YOU KIDDING ME!) Did she miss the fact that her daughter has a tumor and things don’t sound all that good. DH said it doesn’t surprise him, because we only live 2 ½ hours way and she doesn’t come to visit our girls but maybe MAYBE once a year.

We just got info that SIL in MI is not having the tumor taken out today; the surgery is for a shunt to relieve the pressure on the bladder and spine.

Everyone has asked her to come home so we can all see her and help take care of her. She said NO because she thinks everyone should come out to her and take care of her at her house. (Oh the Drama) I know she is drugged up, but is she crazy! Get real!!!! Oh, yes everyone will take time off work and spend lots of money to go to her house and take care of her. Please! She doesn’t have full custody of her two children and the fathers (yes that was plural) are being very nice about things right now. She could very well ask for special permission to bring the kids to California for a while during her recovery (if recovery is an option). I would think the courts and the fathers would agree to that.



Calgone take me away!

So I have to tell you all that I am crying while I write this, because I can’t get over what wonderful people you all. I only have a few good friends in town (in the military your friends always move away) and they are out of town right now. But you all have taken me in and befriended me and you give a rats ____(insert work for donkey) and we have never met in person. Thank you doesn’t seem to be enough, but it’s all I have for now.

Ok, you have me crying too. I wish I was closer so I could come over and help you out, go out to dinner, and have a couple of drinks. You and your family are in my prayers. Do what you need to do for your family first and foremost. They are your first priority and most important!

Hugs to you.

 

[kc10family]

I am off for now, thank you for taking my mind off things.

We are off to gymnastics for a few hours. I hope to catch up later tonight.

 

[Tammi67]

Paula - sending you prayers & !!!

Teresa - thanks for the EE photo tip - DDA trippers - you need to do that!!

Jen - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You should be very proud of yourself -that is a great hospital!! You didn't say if you turned them down so you could go to WDW!!

Well well well look what the cat drug in.....

 

[Linzybrooke]

KristinN,

Try baby oil to get the dye off; thats what we use in theatre to remove nasty stage makeup and paint from skin and it works like a charm, it also gets easter egg dye off of skin.

Marci,

Another pale freckly girl with tanning problems! A friend just recommended the new Jergens body lotion that has a tanner in it. It doesn't get splotchy and is really just a normal skin moisturizer with a little tint. After a week she really noticed a difference and it looks completely natural. I'm gonna give that a try!

 

[triplefigs]

What did the doc say, Kate?

 

[KristineN]

(I got the job )

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am very happy for you!

 

[triplefigs]

Marti, SOOOOO glad Paul's MRI was ok. Give him a hug for me, and tell Hunka to feel better soon. Enjoy "going to bed" early...

 

[julia & nicks mom]

This is what is wrong with my knee: Patellar subluxation

The kneecap is designed to fit in the center of this groove, and slide evenly within the groove--this is called patellar tracking. In some patients, the kneecap is pulled towards the outside of the knee.

patients who experience an unstable kneecap have a patella that does not track evenly within its groove on the femur.

So I have to have physical therapy for the next four weeks - twice in the office and then a rigorous home routine - which he said will be pretty extensive and be ongoing

He said my knee buckles b/c my muscles decide they are sick of working so hard so they just shut down. I need to be particularly careful on steps as it is common to happen on steps and he doesn't want me to fall

No knee brace yet but I told him I was going to WDW for an all-girls trip at the end of May

now for the BEST part: he is a Disney fan and promised he would have me ready to go!!!

he said if my knee doesn't seem better at my next appt we will think about a brace for the trip

and he said it isn't a problem that they treat with surgery unless nothing else works after a long period of time!!

 

[UP Disney]

(I got the job )

Alright!!!! Party time tonight!!!! Congratulations!!!! and Best Wishes!!!!

 

[ellenbenny]

(I got the job )

Yay!!! Congratulations Jennifer!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Well well well look what the cat drug in.....

You know and I was out mailing your shoes today and this is what I come home to?!?!?

Kristine and Clare - I sent yours out too!!

 

[UP Disney]

This is what is wrong with my knee: Patellar subluxation

The kneecap is designed to fit in the center of this groove, and slide evenly within the groove--this is called patellar tracking. In some patients, the kneecap is pulled towards the outside of the knee.

patients who experience an unstable kneecap have a patella that does not track evenly within its groove on the femur.

So I have to have physical therapy for the next four weeks - twice in the office and then a rigorous home routine - which he said will be pretty extensive and be ongoing

He said my knee buckles b/c my muscles decide they are sick of working so hard so they just shut down. I need to be particularly careful on steps as it is common to happen on steps and he doesn't want me to fall

No knee brace yet but I told him I was going to WDW for an all-girls trip at the end of May

now for the BEST part: he is a Disney fan and promised he would have me ready to go!!!

he said if my knee doesn't seem better at my next appt we will think about a brace for the trip

and he said it isn't a problem that they treat with surgery unless nothing else works after a long period of time!!

Glad to hear no surgery usually needed. Physical therapy is a pain but is so much better than surgery. Also glad that it won't affect your Disney trip!!!! Woohoo!!!!

 

[Tammi67]

This is what is wrong with my knee: Patellar subluxation

The kneecap is designed to fit in the center of this groove, and slide evenly within the groove--this is called patellar tracking. In some patients, the kneecap is pulled towards the outside of the knee.

patients who experience an unstable kneecap have a patella that does not track evenly within its groove on the femur.

So I have to have physical therapy for the next four weeks - twice in the office and then a rigorous home routine - which he said will be pretty extensive and be ongoing

He said my knee buckles b/c my muscles decide they are sick of working so hard so they just shut down. I need to be particularly careful on steps as it is common to happen on steps and he doesn't want me to fall

No knee brace yet but I told him I was going to WDW for an all-girls trip at the end of May

now for the BEST part: he is a Disney fan and promised he would have me ready to go!!!

he said if my knee doesn't seem better at my next appt we will think about a brace for the trip

and he said it isn't a problem that they treat with surgery unless nothing else works after a long period of time!!

That sounds like good news! Maybe some "massage therapy" should be in the works.

 

[Tinkaroo]

(I got the job )

Congrats!!!!!!!

 

[Linzybrooke]

I couldn’t take it anymore and needed a break from the phone so I figured I would read a bit from the DDA.I want to say thank you all so much for the PD and prayers.



Some one give me authorization to slap my MIL!!! She is so on drugs!!!!!

First she didn’t want to go to MI because she wanted to wait for Easter break (she is a teachers assistant at a Catholic preschool) and its $200.00 cheaper if she waits 14 days to buy her ticket. (ARE YOU KIDDING ME!) Did she miss the fact that her daughter has a tumor and things don’t sound all that good. DH said it doesn’t surprise him, because we only live 2 ½ hours way and she doesn’t come to visit our girls but maybe MAYBE once a year.

We just got info that SIL in MI is not having the tumor taken out today; the surgery is for a shunt to relieve the pressure on the bladder and spine.

Everyone has asked her to come home so we can all see her and help take care of her. She said NO because she thinks everyone should come out to her and take care of her at her house. (Oh the Drama) I know she is drugged up, but is she crazy! Get real!!!! Oh, yes everyone will take time off work and spend lots of money to go to her house and take care of her. Please! She doesn’t have full custody of her two children and the fathers (yes that was plural) are being very nice about things right now. She could very well ask for special permission to bring the kids to California for a while during her recovery (if recovery is an option). I would think the courts and the fathers would agree to that.



Calgone take me away!


So I have to tell you all that I am crying while I write this, because I can’t get over what wonderful people you all. I only have a few good friends in town (in the military your friends always move away) and they are out of town right now. But you all have taken me in and befriended me and you give a rats ____(insert work for donkey) and we have never met in person. Thank you doesn’t seem to be enough, but it’s all I have for now.

You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Now, about that MIL...have you seen the new commercial where the DIL asks the MIL if it will "help you forget where I live"? It's hilarious...one of those things some of us dream of saying but never actually would. I know your situation is different but if you need a good chuckle its a good commercial.

Keep your chin up!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

I can't believe I missed

01:02:03 04/05/06 last night!!!