On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 5:01:37 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Bryan-TGWWW" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 12:08:40 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2015-02-18 10:56 AM, jinx the minx wrote:
> >>
> >> >>> Which ain't gonna happen with only a 2 year junior college degree.
> >> >>>
> >> >> Yep, that was rather my point.
> >> >>
> >> >> Jill
> >> >
> >> > Not to mention no math, no history, no pre-college track classes in
> >> > high
> >> > school whatsoever. It's really no wonder why a career at KMart was a
> >> > better
> >> > option than college for her. Something has to give!
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Career? It was the best she ever attained, and it didn't last very long.
> >
> > Now she has a better gig than anyone here. She sits on her ass and
> > collects "disability" welfare.
>
> Hardly. I don't make enough to live on. Not in this area anyway. And I
> really do miss working. I am a people person. You don't see too many
> people sitting at home and there isn't much I can do to go out and interact
> with people since I can't stand up for long or walk very far. I can't even
> sit for extended periods of time without extreme pain setting in.
>
> I have had really extreme leg pain since Sat. I can barely walk and each
> and every time I have to get up or down, I have to really think about it and
> decide if it is totally necessary because doing so causes me to howl with
> pain. Driving a car is torture because to lift my foot from the brake to
> the gas causes me to howl like a wolf and getting in and out of the car is
> sheer torture.
>
> Worse still is lying down. You would think that would bring some comfort,
> but no. Only makes the pain worse. And nothing is helping. Not heat,
> massage, Tylenol or even trying to walk it off or stretch. I don't know the
> cause of it is but I may have to go to the Dr. if it continues. I had
> planned to do the spring cleaning now when Angela is out of school. I did
> manage to do a little bit but if things don't get better then not much more
> will get done now.
>
> Did not help that the front door knob fell off this morning at 5:00 a.m. I
> had to find a 24/7 locksmith then wait for him to come. I'm sure he
> wondered about me. I was still fully dressed but had a bathrobe on over my
> clothes to try to increase the warmth to my leg muscles. I could neither
> sit nor stand well so I was partway on and partway off of the unreclined
> recliner, thrashing this way and that trying to seek relief. Thankfully he
> was a fast worker so I was able to get to bed around 8::00. And while that
> didn't bring relief I was able to sleep for a few hours and when asleep I
> mostly don't seem to notice the pain. Although sometimes it is bad enough
> to wake me. Just takes a while to get to sleep because of the pain.
>
> My neck is also so stiff that I can barely move it and my right arm muscles
> are as the rheumatologist put it once, like iron. Normally when they are
> like this, Fibromyalgia is the cause but that almost always affects both
> sides equally. Right now it is only the right arm and the right leg is far
> worse than the left.
>
> I wouldn't wish this sort of pain on anyone. It's not a fun way to live.

Creative writing at its best, eh Julie? Way to go.