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Tuesday, August 1, 2006
8:19:09 AM MST
JUST FOR FUN!
Okay, since I'm OLD I'm allowed to tell OLD jokes . . . so feel free to laugh at these. I will have forgotten that I had a lapse of good TASTE due to my hypothyroidism . . . LOL! Okay. I think I got it covered!
YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO YUK IT UP!!!! LOL!!!
Have a FUN day, everybody!!!
SORRY IF THESE ARE REPEATS . . .
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she replied. "Two years older than me." "So you're 96," the undertaker commented. She responded,
"Hardly worth going home, is it?
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Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure."
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The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs.
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I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees. Fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my
driver's license.
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I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
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An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart.
"Wal-Mart?" the preacher exclaimed. "Why Wal-Mart?"
"Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week "
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My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
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Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
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It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.
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These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For fast relief."
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Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing.
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--- THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Saturday, July 29, 2006
4:47:02 PM MST
WON'T YOU HELP ME HELP OTHERS!?!
Hello and welcome!!!
You are such an encouragement to me. I have faith in you!!! I know J-Landers help one another . . . and I need your help, to help OTHERS!!!
It's been tough waiting with the very high levels of TSH in my body (the pituitary makes TSH and the thyroid gland uses it . . . only I have NO thyroid gland). I've had my thyroid irradiated . . . and then there was a lab mix up and I ended up in the hospital with WILD hormones about two weeks ago. Sooo .. . it's been awful. I'm forgetful, clumsy, blurred vision (my eyes have actually turned GRAY. They were baby BLUE . . . have been my whole life.) I won't even start talking about my battle with depression . . . I'll just get YOU depressed. (LOL!)
Okay, online buddies, Queeniemart has sent me wonderful TAGS for almost a year and a half and she stopped suddenly about a week ago. I'm not sure why. I know she's very busy . . . I'm sure she has her reasons . . . but now I have a problem! The beautiful tags she sent helped to inspire ME to encourage OTHERS . . . some of them suffering with depression (anyone whose had it knows what an awful thing depression can be . . . you just want to escape it . . . dig your way out of the deep dark hole and get into the bright SUNSHINE AGAIN!). ANYWAY, those WONDERFUL interesting and unusual tags helped me to find THEMES FOR MY ENTRIES!!! Now, of all times, I need some interesting tags to HELP me get started every morning!!!
SO . . . THANK YOU LISA JO, FOR ALL THE TAGS OVER 14 OR 15 MONTHS. YOU ARE A TRUE J-LAND FRIEND!
So, J-Landers, I am now combatting the usual back problems,plus this out-of-control thyroid condition while trying to figure out how to get lots of new interesting tags for creating two personal journals, plus my POSITIVE PALS JOURNAL AND DAILY EMAIL to cheer and encourage others.
Can you spare a few tags . . . especially interesting (not so much the cutsy), but inspirational, beautiful and classic would be SO appreciated!!! Could you please just EMAIL them to Cyndygee?
I'm not sure where you all go to get your TAGS. PLEASE don't say . . . MAKE them. I'm doing good to write THREE journals. I was a counselor, did social service work for years and did counseling and admissions into HOSPICE for five years. I did have a radio program . . . so hopefully I can be of help to those who are suffering. I WANT to do this. I've always been happiest when I was doing counseling and writing inspirational pieces. Sometimes those with the same problems can better relate to YOU! I hope so! I so badly want to help those that are hurting, alone, depressed, ill . . . . or just lonesome! I understand the pain and just want a chance to help!
Won't you help me help others by sending me some really POSITIVE TAGS??? I have NEVER asked for help before, but I know that J-Landers are AMAZING at coming to the rescue . . . and with your help and God's blessing, I can't be defeated. I have a strong feeling that THIS is what I need to do.
So, GOD BLESS YOU FOR HELPING ME HELP OTHERS!
PEACE, MY POSITIVE FRIENDS!!!
Cyn
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
11:19:29 PM MST
WEIRD DAY!
What a bizarre day. I had to get up early because I had that darn MRI at 8 AM!!!
I was trying to take SOME medication, but couldn't take much because I have to to go in on an empty stomach. Oh, finally, one of the doctors weighed me . . . 130 lbs. I haven't been THIS heavy in many years. Well, if that weight isn't proof of hypothyroidism, I don't know what is! WOW! Just call me salt lick. I must be holding a considerable amount of water to gain weight so quickly.
Oh well, that's the least of my problems. After the tests . . . we stopped by the store. My legs started aching so badly. When we finally did get home, I couldn't lift the front wheels of the walker up over the step to go into the house and in the process I fell and spilled my Coke all over me.
I felt like such a gaint uncoordinated mess . . . BUT . . .things are going to to get better. I'm NOT getting any heavier. I made up my mind! I'm going to start moving more and I believe the pain will very slowly begin to decrese . .. . I KNOW. I've got a long way to go.
So much to work on . . . it's a long way and a lot of work to a healther me!
Patience is a virtue . . . and this will all require a huge amount of that particular virtue! I pray that we all find the strength to take on whatever hardships we are facing. Blessings!
Have a good night!
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Monday, July 17, 2006
8:30:04 PM MST
Just SMILE and CLICK your heels and say, "Winter is coming!"
YUCK! Enough is enough. It's SOOOOO hot and it's humid, but we're not getting any of the moisture we normally associate with the Monsoon Season!!! So, the real Monsoon can't arrive too soon for me! Will the REAL MONSOON please . . . ARRIVE!
I don't know why my middle dog, Checkers is acting so strangely! It has been a LONG time since she came into heat . . . . I can only hope her behavior is not a preview of coming (pardon the expression) attractions!!!! She is so nervous and doesn't like ANY of her treats which she usually walks all over MY feet to get to. She also has a slightly grassy aroma . . . which is a little unpleasant . . . but everything SEEMS a little unpleasant when it's this hot any your have hypothyroidism.
She keeps bumping into my feet - Checkers does. I guess she wants my attention, but I still don't feel good. Remember, I'm still waiting for all the Thyroxin to kick in (they gave me at the hospital) and make me a normal human being again . . . . ugh! What is NORMAL . . . really??? I sure don't feel NORMAL. I feel itchy, grouchy, dopey . . . . . my symptoms are pretty much THE SEVEN DWARFS . . . SANS HAPPY!!! There is NO happy and NO normal . . . wait, NORMAL wasn't one of the DWARFS, right? Well, right? Answer me or I'll think you're ignoring me and get my feelings hurt! Was Mopey one of the dwarfs??? I decided yesterday that nobody was responding to my E-mails quicklly enough and started getting down about THAT!!! I'm NOT kidding!
I love ya, Checkers, but I'm not up for another one going into this "Fussy Time". Little Avie still hasn't completely finished hers. She LOVES to get the noisiest toys and just lay on 'em . . . . UNTIL they're squeaking so loudly I'm ready to yank out the rest of my hair, the hair SPARED, not ravaged by the cruelty of hypothyroidism.
I FINALLY am having my MRI tomorrow . . . I am sort of dreading it. I'm afraid my spine's much worse . . . and who likes getting that incredibly CLOSE FEELING one has while getting an MRI . . . and if that CLOSE impending doom feeling isn't BAD enough, then it starts making all those sounds - like it's coming apart!!! I hope this is an open one! I'm very WHINEY . . . Whiney wasn't a DWARF either, was he???
Well, one good thing. I am having lunch with Bill (my son) tomorrow . . . but this is the first time I've seen him since I got furious with everyone in the family . . . I thought they were all angry with me and talking about me . . . . LOL! Hey, paranoia is just a little bitty part of the hypothyroidism. Oh joy, the MRI appointment is at 8 AM . . . why are they ALWAYS early in the morning . . . it's just NOT easy to get up and get going when you've got this and you're tired. Checkers just bumped into me again. She thinks I don't know what she's trying to do . . . well, I'm NOT giving her MORE treats for making herself NOTICED . . . . I'm going to lay down. Yetp, that sounds like a plan!
I hope I'll someday reread this entry and LAUGH . . . I can't wait! Well, maybe I'll give Checkers a treat. Maybe she is going into heat and NEEDS more vitamins . . . probably not a lot of vitamins in BETTER THAN EARS! Note to self: Read BETTER THAN EARS package . . . Yep, she probably NEEDS more calories. That's probably why she's trying to get my attention.
Hey, y'all have a HOPPY DAY!
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Monday, July 3, 2006
9:05:01 AM MST
Up, Up, And Away!!!
 It's so great to be able to move around again. I LOVE IT!
Now, the bad news. My tiny Maltese has come . . . . in season . . . again! What is it with these tiny dogs!?! My Schnauzer that's not been spayed has NEVER come back IN since her sister was SPAYED probably almost a YEAR ago!
So, I'm out of bed . . . the thing that is most likely to put me in bed with my back is changing those silly little dog pants on Avie while we go through about ten days of THIS! Oh, the irony! We haven't spayed her because we want her to have ONE, just ONE litter of puppies. We both LOVE puppies SO much . . . and these would be SO tiny and cute . . . would also help with some of the expenses . . like having Avie spayed . . . not to mention food for three dogs for a couple of years!!! Also, we LOVE puppies!
The problem IS . . . I'm not really well enough to go through the birth . . . and caring for the puppies . . .. my back's worse than when we had puppies back about a year and a half ago.
Well, it's all rather ironic . .. anyway, I think we're going to go up to the cabin overnight. It should be nice up there. It's amazing that it's only about an hour and a half away and yet . . . it's like being in a different world! From desert to pines!
Well, wish me well. I haven't tried sleeping up there on that bed since my back got so bad.
Maybe the fresh air, beauty and serenity will make me feel so good that I won't require much sleep.
Y'all have a good short week. I'll be back by Friday!
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
5:25:08 PM MST
HERE WE GO AGAIN . . .
 A baby rabbit just keeps killing, trampling, ruining everything we plant in our flower beds. I am sure he has bunny HELP, but he's doing a lot of it himself because he's out there practically everytime I go outside. Well, I think that's the same LITTLE BABY BUNNY, but it could be a couple.
ARGH! AND . . . Steve's house has been for sale for almost five months. He's reduced it. It looks like NEW on the inside and it's in one of the best school districts in the nation . . . but it's vacant . . . and I haven't been much help and I don't understand why it isn't sold . . . . it needs to get sold NOW . . . between that house, his mother's, this one . . . and then there's the cabin . . . which I haven't seen in about six months. It's going to be awhile longer.
I just hurt my back when I started to answer the phone. I don't even mind the pain so much . . the hot/cold, hol/cold for the rest of the day. The hurting doesn't scare me. I am most concerned because I do three journals and a daily EMAIL . . . and my readership is DOWN. This will probably be the end of one of thise journals . . . maybe two and it makes me sad. Also, it scares me because the surgeon told me that with each injury I'm going to lose mobility . . . not come all the way to where I was.
BUT . . . I want the new EMAIL/JOURNAL to do well. I feel badly about that . .. I shouldn't complain . . . look how sick Lisa Jo's been . . . and she's home trying so hard to get well because she knows she HAS TO . . . I have been concerned about her.
I hope you're better, Ljo! I've had you in my thoughts and prayers. She has been a steadfast friend . . I appreciate that SO MUCH! I just had one appointment tomorrow and it's cancelled and I go lie flat on my back again . . and I cope with the pain (no biggie) . . . but I'm more concerned about all the folks that used to comment on this journal . . . what did I do to cause them to all leave? Lisa Jo still stopped by . . . thank you, LJo. Get well!
ENOUGH SNIVELING . . . so many of you have more serious problems.
Take care everyone! Not sure when/if I'll be BACK,
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Monday, June 19, 2006
8:39:32 AM MST
Feeling Frustrated
The NASTY DOCTOR STORY . . . We All Have One, I Know!
 Just wanted to let those of you that REALLY felt Dr. T should be reported . . . that he IS going to be reported in the form of a letter to the Medical Board of Arizona.
It might actually bother him a little when he hears about it . . . and then learns that the complaint has been filed to investigate him and this particular incident . . . and it's coming from a HARVARD EDUCATED attorney . . . oh, he feels he's SO protected by his brethern . . . up in his Ivory Tower, that it may not bother him at all . . . but when anyone contacts the AMA over the next couple of months and wants to know about good ole DOCTOR T, they MAY learn that HIS HIGHNESS, THE PUSHER IS under investigation . . . and that may be enough to send them on to the next doctor on the list.
I sincerely hope so . . . and we all know that nothing will happen, but now and then you've just GOT to speak up and say, "I was treated badly . . . and I'm ill . . . and this was unprofessional and just plain WRONG!"
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME NOISE WHEN BEING TREATED BY A MEDICAL "PROFESSIONAL" THIS FAR OUT OF CONTROL!!!
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Monday, June 12, 2006
7:43:35 PM MST
MINI RANT
 WHERE'S THE LOVE???
FIRST DOCTOR, DO NO HARM. It's one of the first things that a doctor learns. Don't walk in on a situation and make it worse.
I think some of you are aware that with my limited funds I had asked my GP to make a call to my lab ON MY BEHALF requesting that I have RE-tests on my thyroid function. One of the results came back EXTREMELY high, but it wouldn't be the first mistake this laboratory has made . .. there's always a per centage of errors. Not only would he not do it . . . . (even though this very lab has a small office within HIS office - he could walk down the hall and talk with them), but he kept saying that he was confused and asking WHY I would expect him to call the lab on my behalf . . .
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT MEDICARE WILL CUT THE PATIENT ANY SLACK AND ALLOW FOR A RE-TEST. IT HAD TO BE REQUESTED BY THE DOCTOR .
Well, because the lab says that's what the doctor needs to do - CALL THEM . . . so that I might avoid being charged again for retesting. The doctor is REALLY quick to require a RE-test and make sure they've done their CYA, but they don't want to make a SIMPLE PHONE CALL AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THE TEST!
Several months ago I had my thyroid checked and my doctor didn't think the test could be correct THEN either, BUT IT WAS . . . so I paid the $150 OUT OF POCKET for too-frequent-testing, and had a tough month and got through it.
Physician, first do no harm. Quit making me get re-tested . . . quit playing CYA on my dime!!!
This time I was not going to have another LEAN month without letting him know that he could fix this for me, with a simple phone call. I went to my doctor's office and sat down and said that I wanted to talk to my doctor face to face about this matter . . . I was facing another LEAN month thanks to him playing CYA . . again.
He left me cooling my heels in his empty office. The nurses ignored me for the first half-hour . . . Patients with incomplete forms were being called back to see the doctor so that they could look "BUSY".
FINALLY . . . . his back office nurse came into the EMPTY OFFICE and explained why I need to be retested. Yes, yes . . . I understand that the numbers are very high . . . so are the ones I will receive on that LAB BILL!!! Let's talk about that and how rude you've been to me . . . leaving me sitting out here when I've asked to see the doctor and watching them call back new patients that hadn't even finished filling out their paperwork but I couldn't have 5 minutes . . . as long as I've been his patient, as many $$$ as I've paid him over the years?
Hhhhm, let's seeee . . . the answer should have been . . . ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO SEE HIM FACE TO FACE as ANGRY as he is RIGHT NOW???
I got 'em . . . MY FIVE MINUTES . . . and they weren't pleasant. But not until his back office nurse had rushed out of the empty waiting room crying . . . I'd made the KING'S court out of sorts . . . I'd tampered with the forces of nature. I'd ruffled the demigod! The doctor looked furious as he entered the exam room, but kept his cool. He kept saying that their office does NOT call the lab and I kept saying that he was needlessly costing me a chunk 'o change.
I finally said that I could clearly see that he was entrenched in his views . . . and that I'd seen the REAL him. He said that he was sorry that I felt that way.
I said that I hoped he slept well . .. . and got up and left. Five days later I had a letter firing me as a patient. He said that I was confused about what the patient/doctor relationship should be. I was tempted to ask if Lilly made a pill to cure me . . but thought better of that. He said in the letter that he'd see me for the next month, but only on an emergency basis. I HAD BEEN FIRED AS HIS PATIENT! HHHMM . . . THE IMPATIENT PATIENT WAS FIRED . . . . I HAD THIRTY DAYS TO FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR AND "TAKE CARE OF MY THYROID ISSUES".
Well, since you're no longer my doctor, SHOULD YOU BE GIVING ME MEDICAL ADVICE?!?
I have an appointment to see a new GP, but that appointment is thirty days after he's offered to see me on an emergency basis. So, I'm without a GP for a month!
My Physician's Assistant that cares for me at THE PAIN CENTER called it reckless abandonment and suggested that I write a letter to the State Medical Board. He said that given my medical problems and the meds I'm on . . . I shouldn't have been abandoned . . . not to mention the way I was treated.
This is one of those times that it's nice to have a son who attended Harvard Law School. I was humiliated that day in his office as I was ignored and leftto sit in an empty waiting room cooling my heels. All the girls in the office really hoping I'd leave . . . like a sudden small zit on their otherwise perfect chiny chin chins! I was treated like a complete nusiance by everyone in the office.
I'm a chronic pain sufferer with some anxiety issues . . . and now I've been abandoned by my doctor . . . I'll have a month or so with no GP . . . oh, I don't really have a GP NOW anyway! A SIMPLE PHONE CALL THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN FIVE MINUTES WOULD HAVE SAVED ME $150, BUT NO . . . THEY DON'T GET INVOLVED.
They hoped that I'd go away . . . I did, but like that zit that disappears and sometimes reappears . . . I'm coming back. We have rights! Doctors and their nurses can't be rude to us. They are expected to behave in a more professional manner. They kept looking around the corner of the desk to see if I'd given up, if maybe I'd left . . . I probably should have, but I couldn't believe that he wouldn't make a simple call for me.
They need to think about what they're doing when they leave a chronic pain patient with additional issues . . . GP - less . . . and now my PA feels I've been treated improperly and a son with a law degree is listening to what my PA has to say. Can you say, "under investigation by the state board"?
I'm sure my doctor can, too!
I still have to change doctors . . . who knows if this one will leave my meds, which have me fairly stable, alone . . . or if they'll want to change something . . . or ADD something to the mix. I get to wait a month to see if this is one of those doctors that talks to you with their hand on the doorknob . . . or one that does very little and just lets their staff actually run the office . .. or let it run WILD! Because if I don't likethe office or the doctor and need to find another one . . . can you say $225 first visit, out of pocket!?! Neither can I!
Thanks a lot, Doctor T!
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006
4:27:31 PM MST
Feeling Sad
BYE FOR NOW, CELESTE!
Dear Celeste,
I can't say that I knew you well or we had lots of little inside jokes.
Many would probably be wondering why I am writing about you . . . well, because you have to leave us for awhile to live life and not be in ours. That makes me sad, even though it's selfish, it's TRUE.
I liked all your little jokes and sarcastic remarks. I even enjoyed reading your uh-oh . . . . poems.
You were the one who encouraged us to send gifts to Pam and I'm SO glad that I did. You were the one that suggested we send cards to Bon and Mal and to Kasey and another sweet woman who just lost her dear husband.
Maybe I'm the PERFECT one to write you this THANK YOU note for your involvement in J-Land. You seemed to always know a little about EVERYTHING that was going on. You encouraged us to encourage our fellow human . . . and for THAT, Celeste, I thank you.
It's too quiet without you. You were always a spinning top . . . I don't know if you drank too much coffee or were just hard wired that way . . . but you showed real concern. You CARE about people.
I will miss your funny short entries, your sarcastic remarks, your Emails telling me things I should have already noticed myself . . . but most of all, I'll miss the way you held us together . . . you helped to organize J-Land, . . . and you were a friend.
I will not say "GOOD-BYE," just "See you when you return!"
"WE MISS YOU . . . IT'S TOO QUIET . . . COME BACK AS SOON AS EVERYTHING IS HANDLED. We will keep a place for you, CHICA!"
Hug,
Cyn
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Sunday, June 4, 2006
1:51:20 AM MST
SIGNS OF SUMMER
SUMMERTIME IS:
Kites, frisbees, and dandelions blowing
It's beach trips and lawn mowing.
It's June brides pictured under trestles.
It's park picnics, bike rides and arm wrestles.
Summertime is slower easy living
Fish have been restocked and corn's knee high.
It's too much giggling in Sunday school
It's socials with homemade ice cream and pie.
It's barbecues, iced tea and summer beaus.
It's fans, lawn furniture and pantihose.
It's first loves and trip photographs.
It's best friends, late nights and epitaphs.
It's moving, straw hats and having a pool.
Summertime is berries, hikes, and staying cool.
~ Cyndy
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