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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:25:02 -0800 (PST), Roy >
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>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.


Yep. It doesn't make any sense. Creative perhaps, but poorly thought
out.