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naftee
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response 41 of 318:
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Jan 9 06:12 UTC 2006 |
pants off to you, sylvia.
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fitz
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response 42 of 318:
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Jan 9 13:33 UTC 2006 |
Oh, I would have done the dishes anyway: It's what I do. There ain't no
sense of sex role reversal when my mom had me doing dishes since I was five
or so. (The counter was very high.) So, put your hats back on. Doing dishes
means that I will know where utensils are when I cook. I wasn't really
*helping* around the house in a situation where my effort would be noticed
or appreciated.
Of course, I was surprised that it caused such irritation. I sort of wonder
if something else irritated her before I did, but I'll show my respect and
take what she complained about as something I can do something about next
time.
Listen me complain! And I didn't even buy you guys a beer.
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tod
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response 43 of 318:
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Jan 9 16:58 UTC 2006 |
You can't help it if the kid won't sleep while you do dishes. They've gotta
get done so that's how it goes. We do dishes after my kids are in their beds
and sometimes my 3 year old wanders out into the hall 2-5 times but eventually
he falls asleep. Its wrong to blame a spouse for child mischief. And in the
case of a baby, they don't call it "sleeping like a baby" for nothing. If
the baby doesn't sleep through your dish washing then there's something else
going on.
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mcnally
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response 44 of 318:
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Jan 9 20:00 UTC 2006 |
I'm bummed because a refrigerator problem in my downstairs apartment
caused all the frozen food I've been storing down there to thaw. It
was still refrigerator-compartment temperature when I found it but I
have no idea how long it's been at that temp and I just returned from
a couple of weeks' absence, so I decided that it was safest to throw
out everything in the freezer that might have spoiled, which included
a substantial amount of halibut and salmon, some tasty Cajun sausages
a guest brought from Louisiana, a bunch of handmade lumpia (kind of
like a Filipino egg roll) made by a bunch of little old Filipino ladies
and given as a gift to Cathy and I, and a bunch of other stuff I was
saving..
I'd actually been planning to serve a fair amount of this stuff at a
party soon, so having to chuck it all or risk food poisoning my guests
was depressing.
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happyboy
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response 45 of 318:
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Jan 9 20:38 UTC 2006 |
that sucks.
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tod
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response 46 of 318:
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Jan 9 20:55 UTC 2006 |
:(
Damn it all! I hate when food spoils!
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scholar
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response 47 of 318:
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Jan 9 21:06 UTC 2006 |
I'm 6'1" or so and used to be about 150 lbs but then I was on a bunch of
medication, some of which had the effect of making me gain weight.
I'm now about 185 lbs, and, uh, just today I noticed I have STRETCH marks on
my hips and biceps.
Kind of annoying!
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tod
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response 48 of 318:
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Jan 9 21:27 UTC 2006 |
TUBBY
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scholar
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response 49 of 318:
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Jan 9 21:28 UTC 2006 |
:(
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jep
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response 50 of 318:
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Jan 9 22:34 UTC 2006 |
My real-soon-to-be future step-daughter is in continuous pain in her
foot, and it seems to be spreading now. She's going in for surgery on
Friday, but it's getting harder for her to bear the pain.
She's been diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, an incurable
and so far inexplicable nerve condition. I mentioned in December that
she was having spinal block surgery. I guess that one was some kind of
diagnostic procedure. I am hoping the procedure on Friday provides her
with more relief and hope.
It seems terribly unfair to me that someone so young and with such
great potential has to have something like this happen to her. If I
was religious, I would be looking for the appeals procedure.
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twenex
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response 51 of 318:
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Jan 9 22:53 UTC 2006 |
My best wishes for your future stepdaughter and your family. That does suck.
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richard
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response 52 of 318:
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Jan 10 00:13 UTC 2006 |
re #50 have they got her on oxycontin, or valium, or morphine even?
There are a lot of good painkillers out there.
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mcnally
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response 53 of 318:
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Jan 10 01:03 UTC 2006 |
The ones you've mentioned are highly addictive and very tricky to use
safely, except over relatively short periods. This girl may have to
deal with this condition the rest of her life, from the sound of things.
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jadecat
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response 54 of 318:
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Jan 10 13:56 UTC 2006 |
Jonh- I hope everything goes very well for your soon-to-be-step-daughter. :)
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edina
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response 55 of 318:
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Jan 10 16:07 UTC 2006 |
John, good luck with everything!
Dave has a lot of pain due to an ankle injury, so a pain specialist is part
of our lives. He has found that lyrica (a nerve medication) really seems to
help.
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jep
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response 56 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:42 UTC 2006 |
She's a beautiful girl, a 4.0 student, and nice besides. She's had
such a great attitude... but it's been 9 months now. Either the pain
has gotten worse or she's finding it harder to deal with the problem.
Goodness knows she has reason enough to be upset; it's forced her to
cut out all of her high school activities; marching band, track, and
cheer. And the pain is constant.
No, she cannot be put on morphine for a condition which may last the
rest of her life.
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edina
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response 57 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:46 UTC 2006 |
I hope you're seeing a good pain specialist.
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jep
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response 58 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:49 UTC 2006 |
She's going to the Mott Children's Hospital Pain Center as I understand
it. I'll be going along on Friday, but haven't been involved up until
now. I've been hearing it all 2nd hand from my fiance and so I am sure
I am confused about some of the details.
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edina
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response 59 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:58 UTC 2006 |
I hope all goes well.
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slynne
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response 60 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:00 UTC 2006 |
Chronic pain is a really terrible thing. I recently had a long talk
about it with a friend whose wife suffers from chronic back pain. He
worries that she is learning to be helpless and that he is enabling
that by doing everything for her. But, on the other hand, he doesnt
want to make her do things that cause her pain.
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edina
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response 61 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:12 UTC 2006 |
Being married to someone with chronic pain, I consider myself blessed because
he *hates* being tied down with it, so he works hard to do what he can. He's
far from helpless.
My sister-in-law, on the other hand, has bad knees and enjoys her
helplessness. Which makes me want to beat her with a bat.
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scholar
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response 62 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:13 UTC 2006 |
I'm not sure people enjoy helplessness.
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edina
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response 63 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:19 UTC 2006 |
That's because you haven't met my sister-in-law.
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twenex
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response 64 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:33 UTC 2006 |
Sounds like she's trying it on, which happens. My problems are worse than bad
knees, and I'm hardly "helpless".
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tod
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response 65 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:52 UTC 2006 |
DITTO
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