Jude, Please just keep in your heart the fact that we're here for you and we love you!! May 2006 be sooooo much better!!
Hugs (lightly), janh --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Happy Holidays > > Having been gone from the list for some time now, I > was saddened to hear of > the hardships and heartbreak some of us faced > during this annual celebration > of Love. > > Barbara, > I am sorry to hear of the passing of your > Mother. It is my belief that > she is happy now, with no thoughts of pain or > anguish. You will have a > wonderful reunion when the time is right, as you > mentioned. And, it is true > that the pain eases with time. > > My Grace, > What a time you have been experiencing! I am > so sorry not to have been > around for you in your time of need. "Why?" Is > the biggest question in the > Universe. "Why Not?" Is the only answer I can > come up with. But, I am > not very bright and someone else may have a more > satisfying answer for us. I > don't believe there is one. > While I was in the nursing home, I made friends > with a nurse who gave me the > most beautiful prayer. It is somewhere in my bags > of accumulated names, > addresses and phone numbers of new friends made > while I was there. > > To All ~ > > While carefully doing my usual stretching exercises > on my feet and ankles, I > somehow managed to break both ankles...the left one > in three places and the > right one fractured and cracked. I am in two hot > pink fiberglass casts > around my feet and to my knees. They are on for > two weeks at a time, then > re-xrayed and the skin checked for lesions before > being put back into new casts in > the color of my choice. The casts will remain on > for a minimum of 6 to 8 > weeks and hopefully will heal in that time frame. > > It's weird about the pain. I don't feel a thing on > the outside, but way > down deep in the bone there is a burning sensation > that borders on extreme pain > of a kind I cannot describe any better than I > already have. > > Of course it is difficult to move or do anything. > I have been plagued with > bowel problems and cathing every three hours is > precarious work. It was nice > to have a foley in place while I was recuperating. > > While being moved from the hospital to the nursing > home I was blessed with > three broken ribs, one creating a nice big lump in > my back to the right of my > spine and I am told there is lovely extensive > bruising to decorate myself. > Better than a tatoo! > > Nursing home experience is something I have been > petrefied about having to > face someday, and now know that when the time > comes, I will be able to handle > it. At least a bit. > > I will be laid up in bed for the most part for the > majority of my recovery. > I am so angry at the doctors for not telling me > about brittle bone syndrome > lying in wait for me. I will now have to be very > precise and careful about > every move I make. I want to buy a tilt table so > that at some time in the > future I will be able to weight bear on my legs, > even though I will never walk. > > So, that is where I have been and this is where I > will be. I love you all > and thought of you every day, but simply didn't > feel up to dealing with the > computer. > > Love and Heartfelt Thanks for your friendship ~ > > Jude > > >
