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She informed me today she is not coming to my baby shower. No explanation. The part that made me the most angry is my husband sent her a text message (because she didn't answer the invite) saying "if you love me you will come"... she texted him this morning saying she isn't coming.
Mind you on thuursday I am traveling two hours to be with them at 25 weeks pregnant so for her to not feel like it has just sealed her fate. This is the same woman who flew to Paris for some random kids wedding a few months ago.
She will not receive a phone call when he is born... she will not have anything to do with him or I. My husband can continue his messed up relationship with her if he wants but I no longer have anything to say about it.
Would love some advice. Right now I don't want to go Thanksgiving either.
EDIT-- my husband has never used "emotional blackmail" with me or his mother before. He is just sick of and hates me being upset and wants to make his and my life easier (my solution is to drop her but he loves his family). At the end of the day its not emotional blackmail anyway... its the reality of marriage and family. No matter how much you love someone sometimes you do things you don't want to do... my husband does all the time.
Oh and another edit... she is a cantankerous single mother with one child who doesn't even attend an event when she is there.
My husband does certainly have issues but trying to get his mother to love him is far from one of them. He usually just shuts himself off and then next time they see each other they pretend like nothing happened. I am not willing to continue that dysfunction of going to Thanksgiving and pretending like she and I are cool... thats where the biggest problem lies.


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Intro: C Em (x2)
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I've been led on to think that we've been Trying for too long.
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Every time we drift We're forcing what is wrong. At last that voice is gone.
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Long Now #72
There were several recent changes of numbers, and the main one is Chris Long, who switched to #72.Barry Waller
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So the Rams have a playmaking defensive lineman on the field wearing #72. Maybe this is the much-needed bridge between the Long and Dorsey camps!
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I hope no one ran out and got a 98 jersey made up already!!!
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72 is a huge upgrade in my book. 72 is a much sexier number than 98 in my book. 98 is kinda ugly (if a number can be ugly)
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98 is an overused number. I think 72 is much more original; it seems to fit him and he can make it his own number as a Ram.
-05-06-2008 #8
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I still think #79 would look hella sexy on Chris. Can't complain about the choice though, I never liked #98 too much.
-05-06-2008 #9
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(Jerry says, "You know George you can say another man is good looking and it doesn't mean you are gay." To which George responds, "Well, it doesn't help!" and then Jerry puts his hands in the air and states, "Not that there's anything wrong with that!")RnD
-05-06-2008 #10
Re: Long Now #72
Not sure if Long (or whoever might be advising him) is this calculating, but this is actually a smart move. Long will be playing on a line with a bunch of player who all have a # in the 90s:
Little 91
Ryan 95
Carriker 90
Glover 97
Adeyanju 94
Hall 96
Wroten 99
By selecting a # in the 70s, he'll stand out more to announcers and stat guys. Maybe get a little more notice for that occasional tackle or half-sack.
Just a thought.
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Re: Long Now #72
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Re: Long Now #72"Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning." --- Hesiod
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Closer Than They Appear
note This is not reassuring to the character who looks into the rear-view mirror and sees, say, a T. rex running after his car. Especially if said T. rex appears to be disturbingly close as it is. Truth in Television in some countries! Except for the T. rex part. For now... Compare Danger Takes A Back Seat. For a more metaphorical use of rear-view mirrors, see Past in the Rear-View Mirror. An interesting note: some examples of this trope (including the Trope Codifier) show this message on the driver's side mirror. In Real Life, it only ever appears on the passenger side mirror. In the USA and Canada, the driver's side mirror is required to be flat, so putting the warning message there would be inappropriate. In Europe, the driver's side mirror may also be convex, but the warning is not required. See The Other Wiki for even more detail.
- Jurassic Park (pictured above) is the Trope Codifier.
- Jurassic World gives the trope an encode appearance.
- Toy Story 2 parodies this, using the meek Rex's reflection in the mirror of a toy car. (It also puts it on the passenger side, correcting JP's error.)
- Ace Ventura: "Warning! Assholes are closer than they appear!"
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: In what may be a nod to the Jurassic Park scene, Decepticon 'Dreads' are viewed to be in hot pursuit in the (passenger!) side mirror of Autobot Dino (Mirage) (he's the red Ferrari).
- The Terminator didn't have the inscription, but Sarah glances at her driver's side mirror just as the T-800 fires at her reflection, shattering it.
- In the 2008 short film The German, a British fighter pilot in a dogfight glances in his fighter's rear-view mirror and spots a German fighter moments before the German fires his guns and blasts the mirror off with a near-miss. The mirror lacks the warning text, but having a machine gun bullet knock the mirror off is as about as close as one can get.
- The Eureka episode "One Giant Leap" has a brief closer-than-it-appears shot of a black hole in the mirror of Carter's jeep, right before it gets destroyed. Again.
- The Dawson's Creek episode "Sex, She Wrote" (s2ep11) has a closer-than-they-appear shot when Pacey and Andie kiss in her car after admitting their love for each other.
- Drake & Josh has the two sitting in their teacher's car which is parked in the classroom. Drake then uses the rear view mirror to check out a girl behind them while saying, "Objects in mirror may be hotter than they appear."
- MeatLoaf inverts the phrase as "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are," describing old memories that are nonetheless very vivid.
- Despite Rule of Drama it still doesn't sit right.
- Bobby Valentino - "Rear View Mirror": "I see your face and I miss you dear / Images in the mirror, closer than they appear"
- They Might Be Giants - "She's Actual Size" averts this for the subject of the song: "Squares may look distant in a rear view mirror, but they're actual size, actual size to her."
- Seen in a The Far Side cartoon: The rear-view mirror shows the passenger's eye magnified hugely.
- Played with in a strip of The Perry Bible Fellowship.
- As per trope in A Miracle of Science.
- "Objects may be less sexy than they appear" shows up on a high-tech clothes shop mirror in Futurama.
- Parodied in Codename: Kids Next Door, where the mirror on a vehicle says "Missiles in mirror may be closer than they appear''.
- Parodied in another episode wherein a mirror said "You don't wanna know how close this is".
- In "Hercules and the Gorgon", his shield says "Objects are closer then they appear".
- Used in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles with incoming plasma artillery in the reflection.
- Spoofed in Uncle Grandpa, where the mirror says "Objects in mirror may be Uncle Grandpa" It Makes Sense In Context.


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Will I never learn?March 18, 2012 at 9:11 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, doctor, fatigue, flare, flare-up, GP, joint pain, NHS, RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatology, sleep, stress, tiredness, work
No … probably not!
It's just possible, maybe, perhaps, that I've sliiiiiiiightly overdone it this week! The plan for this week was that on top of work (quite busy) I would also have: the dreaded surgery Patient Panel on Monday – bound to be acrimonious as they're introducing a telephone triaging system which has gone done like a lead balloon with most patients; my second Spanish lesson on Wednesday (a drive all the way in tew the ci'ee (aka Norwich); on Thursday morning a reunion meeting for a course I attended last year (again in the ci'ee); an Embroiderers Guild talk to attend on Friday night (in the ci'ee); a botanical drawing course all day Saturday (an hour's drive away); and finally taking mum out for a mother's day meal (in the ci'ee again) today.
I had also committed to growing a sour-dough started for 'Herman the German Friendship Cake', with the extra starter to be passed on to three friends on Thursday and the cake baked on Friday.
What I hadn't considered when taking all this on was the possibility that BOTH the 'junior penguins' might be off sick (there's a dreadful sinusitis bug raging around our wee town at the moment!) and that I'd therefore be incredibly stressed at work, trying to meet deadlines and earn money for three! Hubby suggested I needed a notice above my desk: 'Penguin: Working to earn your sick-pay.'
Something had to give – and unfortunately it was the reunion, which I was really looking forward to. I obviously couldn't have the time off work with the other two both sick! I went to the patient panel – and walked out after 1.5 hours, having spent the first 45 minutes wasting time discussing stuff we've been discussing since it started in 2008. It was just starting to get acrimonious when I said sorry, I had to go, but I'd made my points by then.
I was already tired by Wednesday but determined not to miss the Spanish lesson, as it was only the second one, even though my brain was pretty fogged by the end of the hour and I'm not sure much went in! I must remember to say no to the generous offer of Spanish-strength coffee when I arrive; I didn't get much sleep that night due to caffeine buzz!
Nevertheless, the work got done, the cake got baked (and delicious), the talk got went to (see – told you by brain's fugged – can't do grammar proper at the moment) and the plants got drawn, but I have a nasty feeling I'm heading for a flare – or at least a fizzle! Well no, let's be honest, I'm HAVING the fizzle and hoping it's going to be a damp squib and not a flare!
At least mum's driving us into the ci'ee today for our Mother's Day meal so all I have to do is eat and pay. Think I can manage that!
Ouch … zzzzzzzzzzzz…March 4, 2012 at 10:40 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 4 Comments
Tags: aches, filing, RA, Rheumatoid arthritis, transportation, Wales
I have just got back from a short trip to Wales – or a long trip, depending on how you look at it. I was there for about 2.5 days – but I also spent 16 hours travelling! I don't know why sitting on your butt on a train is tiring, but it is! Fortunately I was fine RA-wise while I was there, even though I was visiting a friend with a dog and a bunch of mad cats that periodically had to be chucked off me, the bed or sundry bits of furniture, and even though we spent most of the 2.5 days filing.
I am NOT good at filing. First we cleared out a load of old papers from a filing cabinet, and then we cleared out a load of papers from boxes and put the ones she needed to keep IN the filing cabinet. The trouble is that neither of us are any good at filing – firstly thinking of suitable headings for things – like car insurance: do you file it under insurance, car insurance, motor insurance, auto insurance? 'Well, where would you look for it when you went to find it?' says I. 'Dunno,' says she … 'I'm putting under car insurance,' says I with a sinking feeling that EVERY time she's looking for something in future I'm going to get a phone-call asking what we filed it under.
Secondly the actual physical act of filing. It's a lot of hand movement for one thing, and my hands are rather sore this morning. Also, you know those cabinets with hanging files that you put papers in? Well I KEPT putting the darned papers in BETWEEN the hanging files so they ended up on the bottom of the drawer instead of filed. I'd only realise hours later when I went to file another car insurance document only to find that the car insurance file was empty. 'I know I filed some of these earlier … ah … there they are, on the bottom of the drawer …' It was biiiiig, deep drawer in quite a tall cabinet. I think this may be why my shoulders are also aching this morning.
Still, even with all that going on I was fine … until I got home. I think it's a question of when you stop you realise how tired you are. While I was there I did not stop! I have now ground to a rather achy halt!
Knee CosyDecember 17, 2011 at 12:13 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 9 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, cold, flare, flare-up, joint pain, knee, knee cosy, pain, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology, stiffness, stress, warm, weather
Oh crumbs – it's snowing! You may remember that in my previous post I was winging about the cold the other day; well, it's colder.
Yesterday the journey home was worse than I ever. I had a hectic day at work but I felt fine (if a little stressed) … and then I left the office to go home.
The moment my left knee found itself outside it started to complain, and the complaints got louder as I drove, to the point where I knew I wasn't able to concentrate a hundred percent on my driving. Not good!
Although I get the 'traditional' sore and achy hands and feet of RA, the worst affected thing has always been my left knee, and if I have a flare that's usually where it starts. This is the first year I've really noticed the cold affecting it though.
I've been trying to think of a way to keep that knee warm, specifically while driving. A lap blanket (Afghan in the US I believe) wouldn't be safe, as it might slip into the foot-well and get tangled with my driving foot. (Fortunately, considering the sate of the left knee, I drive an automatic!)
I've decided the solution might be a 'knee cosy'! I'm not quite sure yet how it would work. Perhaps a combination of a sports-style knee protector and a pouch that could incorporate one of those gel reusable hand-warmer type things?
I'm disappointed, but not surprised, to discover I'm not the first person (by a long, long way) to think up the neat 'knee cosy' moniker, but people are using it as a name for lap blankets, not for my cunning plan. I may have to make this my Christmas craft project!
Split personalityNovember 21, 2011 at 9:44 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 5 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, exercise, fatigue, fibromyalgia, joint pain, knee, neck pain, pain, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), sleep, stiffness, stress, tiredness, weather, work
Well more split Penguin really – my right side is ready to take on the world this morning, but my left side just wants to go back to bed with a hot-water-bottle (or perhaps Enormous Cat on hot-water-bottle duty). This is not my usual pattern – usually I have, for instance, a bad knee and a worse knee, or a pair of bad shoulders, but this morning everything on the right is fine but my left hand, elbow, shoulder and knee are all stiff and painful!
I rather suspect that this has as much to do with fibromyalgia than it does with RA, because although the knee and elbow feel joint-related the shoulder is definitely muscular … well, when I say definitely it's actually hard to be sure I find, but it doesn't feel like the usual rheumatoid arthritis pain. I've had a few problems in the last few days with it, having foolishly swung round to grab something behind me on Saturday and then found myself curled up in a ball on my chair going, 'Ow, ooops, I really shouldn't have done that'.* Unbelievably I then did exactly the same thing twice on Sunday! It's such a dumb thing to do for someone who knows damn well they get problems in neck and shoulders! I blame the fact that they'd felt so good lately that I've been less aware of having to be careful … which I suppose is something I really can't complain about.
Oh well, I have a mountain of work to get through today thanks to the over-enthusiasm of a colleague on Thursday who, forgetting I was on my own for the first half of the week, may have bitten off more work than we can chew, so I'm going to have to let the right side rule!
*This is the expurgated version
There's no telling some people (Also ICK!)November 5, 2011 at 9:27 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, diagnosis, doctor, GP, joint pain, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology, stiffness, work
I met up with a friend yesterday who I haven't seen for ages, in spite of the fact that we work in the same tiny town. It was great to see her but I was somewhat dismayed when she asked me about my arthritis and then told me that her husband seemed to be suffering from what appear to be RA symptoms too.
'One of his fingers is permanently hooked now,' she said, 'and sometimes when he goes to open a jar or something he hand locks around it and I have to force the fingers open one by one. I hate doing that, it's gross.'
My immediate reaction was something like 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggghghhhggh!' This was partly for the grossness and partly because you MUSTN'T do that. 'Every time you force his hand open you're damaging the joints more!' I nearly screamed.
'Well,' says she with a shrug, 'what else can we do?'
'What treatment is he on for it?'
'Oh he isn't on any treatment. He's not been to the doctor about it.'
Did I mention Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggghghhhggh?
Well … erm … that might be your answer about what else you can do about it then! Now I know some people don't want to go on treatment and have some success with alternative therapy or diet, and the very best of luck to them, but he's not doing that either. He's just ignoring it and waiting for it to go away. What makes it worse is he has a very active, physical job and he really NEEDS to be able to do this stuff.
On reflection, perhaps that's why he's not going to the doctor – he's terrified of being told that he shouldn't/can't carry on working, so he's just trying to ignore it. I can kind of sympathise with that … but he's still crazy if you ask me!
I'm glad I've got the sniffles!November 2, 2011 at 9:55 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me | 1 Comment
Tags: aches, flu, flu jab, GP, medicine, neck pain, NHS, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), sniffles, sore throat
I have the post flu-jab sniffles, so presumably that means my immune system is going to respond and do its job in creating anti flu antibodies, which will be very handy if we have a flu epidemic this year … provided of course that it's the 'right' flu. I had a slightly sore throat yesterday afternoon, post flu jab, and distinct sniffles this morning, but at least the big red lump on my arm is now a big red pinprick with a small red rash around it, and much less painful.
All more than worth it though if it keeps flu at bay! If the Flu Jab had a Facebook page I'd sign up to be its fan. (Oh lordy, perhaps it does … )
Acceptance?October 23, 2011 at 4:23 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 4 Comments
Tags: acceptance, aches, arthritis, flare, flare-up, joint pain, knee, neck pain, normality, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology, stiffness, tiredness
I've been thinking a lot lately (although writing very little!) about what 'acceptance' of RA means, and also about redefining my idea of 'normal'. I hadn't managed, and still haven't managed in fact, to get my thoughts into words, but I think this afternoon I came as close to 'acceptance' as perhaps I ever will.
As I was relaxing in the bath (sorry, probably 'too much information, especially for those that know me!) and letting my thoughts drift along pretty randomly, I started to think about some of my friends and colleagues: one's still coping with the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake; one's recently widowed; one's, to put it bluntly, losing her marbles; one's spending this weekend picking up the pieces in her house, since large swathes of the downstairs flooring were dug up on Friday to find a leak.
Good grief, I thought – I'm bloody lucky! I have a loving (and all-round fab) husband, a terrific family (especially the nearest and dearest, including the recent addition of Mrs Mooseface), I have great friends, I enjoy my job, I have time (never enough time of course, but some time) to indulge my passions of messing around with textiles, drawing and pottering about in bits of nature, and although one could always be better off financially, the finances aren't a complete disaster! The interesting point is that at no point during these thoughts floating over the bubbles did I consider, 'Yes, but I do have this bloody disease to deal with, so perhaps not so lucky after all.'
It's not as though things are going great with the RA at the moment either. I wake up every morning in pain, although it often clears for the most part within the hour. I go to sleep most nights in pain. I have pain and stiffness during every day. This is perhaps extra frustrating because for around four months between a flare in March and sometime around August, I felt as though I was pretty much fine, almost symptom free, nearly in remission. And yet, in a way, this on-and-off low-grade (for the most part) pain has just become the norm for me. It's just another thing to put on one side and live with – and yes, I do appreciate I'm lucky that I can put it on one side at the moment, it's not so bad that it stops me doing all those things I consider myself lucky for, but what interested me was the fact that it was so far into the normal, everyday that I didn't even give it a thought when considering other people's problems and drifting into comparing my life to theirs.
I think I might have once ranted that I will never 'accept' this disease, and don't even mention the word 'embrace' in the same breath as rheumatoid arthritis, but perhaps this is acceptance, Penguin-style.
Tips on coping with RAApril 10, 2011 at 8:29 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 3 Comments
Tags: aches, coping strategies, RA, rhematoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), stiffness, stress, tiredness, work
Someone just posted a request on tips for coping with RA on the NRAS Healthunlocked site that I mentioned previously, so I thought I'd 'cross-post' mine here, although I'll add to them a bit because I didn't want to hog the post on that site!
Not saying all these will work for everyone, it's just what works for me!
- Make sure you take all your tabs and don't be afraid to use pain relief too! You're not proving anything by struggling through without paracetamol (or whatever). I also have a wax bath for my hands when I need it, a TENS machine and a front-fastening neck brace. Hardly ever have to use any of them but they're there if I need them! (So long as I remember I have them!)
- PACE YOURSELF. It's not good saying, 'I'm just going to battle through with my usual routine' because that'll just make things worse. On the other hand, to stay positive I definitely don't get into the thought pattern of 'I mustn't plan anything in advance, because RA might get in the way.' Yes, it might, and it often does, but you still have to make plans and have things to look forward to.
- ACCEPT HELP! – but at the same time make sure to stay independent as much as you can. So for instance I make sure I get referrals to physio when I need them and go and nag the doc if I need to. And make sure I don't turn away offers of help from good friends and colleagues. But at the same time I won't just sit about and let people run around after me when I feel fine – tempting though it might be sometimes!
- TREAT YOUR FRIENDS RIGHT: I don't think you can't spend all the time moaning to your friends or they start thinking, 'Where's the Penguin I used to know? I don't like this one!' On the other hand, a REAL friend will at least listen when things are really bad, offer to help and MEAN it! If they don't do that, then perhaps they're not real friends anyway! They expect the same thing in return of course. If they don't it then you're not a real friend either!
- In my case I'm extremely lucky to have a wonderful hubby who, bizarrely, enjoys housework, so that's one big burden taken away from me! I'd recommend a house-work loving partner to anyone with RA but I guess they're pretty rare!
- SLEEP! Really make sure that you get enough sleep if you possibly can, and if you need to then try a herbal or a prescription sleeping thing, because getting enough sleep makes everything else better!
I strongly suspect that one could help oneself by being tidy and having a place for everything and everything in its place. This would negate the need to try to kneel down and search under the bed with bad knees, and then find whatever it is isn't there anyway … However, as I'm the messiest person I know and was doing just that scrabbling under the bed thing only yesterday, I can't put that in as a personal recommendation really!
Polly Pulls It OffMarch 14, 2011 at 9:34 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 9 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, doctor, exercise, flare, flare-up, GP, joint pain, medicine, methotrexate, NHS, pain, physio, physiotherapy, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), steroids, stiffness
This perfectly innocent post title, no double entendres intended, is supposed to set the 1950's scene for you. Maggie (friend and frequent commenter on this blog) has always said that the town where I live is like stepping back into the 1950s, and generally I reckon this is a pretty good thing. The 1950s is a pretty nice, cosy, friendly place to live; that is until you get hit by … da da da daaaa, 1950's Doctor Man.
Alas, the knee has continued to flare and I decided, after having a lot of stiffness and pain yesterday, that I really should go back and say a) the steroids worked but they ain't workin' no more and b) can you ask the physio to have a look at the knee please? So I did. Of course, as I've mentioned before, if you make a 'same day appointment' (and the choice is same day or 2.5 weeks away if you're lucky) then you can't choose your doctor; you just see whoever is available.
Now when I did this two weeks ago I hit the jackpot with Dr Locum Eye-Candy, but alas, this week my luck ran out and I got 1950s Doctor Man. Now don't get me wrong, he was pleasant enough in a dried-up old stick kind of a way, and true to his 1950s roots he did listen patiently and he did actually bother to examine me properly (two things you certainly can't count on these days in the NHS!), but then the downside of being in the 1950s kicked in, and I got the 1950s lecture about RA. I thought things had come on a lot since this kind of thing: 'Well, that's the nature of the disease. It's a progressive disease I'm afraid and it will flare now and then. Now, I'm not trying to depress you but really that's just the way it is and there's not a lot you can do about it. You're on a high level of methotrexate and other medication already, so … ' And so on, and so on, for about five minutes.
I'm not actually saying he's entirely wrong, by the way – fundamentally that's probably true, but he didn't make one single suggestion about sensible things I could do. OK, I wasn't expecting him to suggest Reiki or a gluten-free diet or anything else that your average 2011 British GP would consider a bit 'far out', but what about, for example: exercise … or rest, apply heat … or cold, consider a steroid injection in the joint, come back if it gets worse, have physio, get hubby to do all the cooking, washing up, shopping etc. for the next few weeks. <Grin – of course he wouldn't suggest that! Not the done thing at all in the 1950 to have a man doing all that!>
I must admit I wasn't feeling very 'with it' and I damn near forgot to actually ask what I'd gone in to ask, which was since I was doing a 50 minute round trip every week for ultrasound treatment on my shoulder at the moment with the physio, could he please ask the physio to treat the knee too? Finally I did remember, and, give him his due, he agreed immediately and not only that but he actually wrote me a note (with his very smart 1950's fountain pen) to take in with me, hopefully circumventing the need to wait five weeks for the next official appointment for a knee referral, by which time the flare will probably be over.
I did also ask him whether I should be exercising it or resting it, and he said definitely resting it … but is this right, I wonder, or is this just more 1950s medicine. Not that long ago the only recommendation for RA was 'bed rest'!
The knee bone's not connected to the shoulder boneMarch 12, 2011 at 9:37 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 5 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, flare, flare-up, joint pain, NHS, pain, physical therapy, physio, physiotherapy, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatology, stiffness
I posted a while ago about how the physios at the hospital 'in line with the private sector' were limiting appointments now, and generally becoming officially less flexible and less helpful. Well I had further proof of how in line with the private sector they aren't on my last visit.
When I previously went for physio I had been referred for my shoulder, but when the knee flared up, knowing it was all RA, she did some work on the knee too. Now, and this is no way the fault of my physio herself I should add, it's a typical NHS 'powers that be' decision, even though I couldn't bend or straighten my knee fully, had been to the GP, had got oral prednisiolone and had had it confirmed that my knee was flaring, she couldn't do any ultrasound on my knee at all. Because it was too inflamed? Nope. Because she wasn't sure it was the right treatment? Nope. Because I had been referred only for my shoulder!
Fortunately the knee is actually very nicely on the mend by itself, and equally fortunately the ultrasound on the shoulder (actually the acromoclavicular joint, but I can't keep spelling that!) has helped enormously, so not THAT much to whinge about. Also I have a cunning strategy up my sleeve if the knee doesn't mend fast enough or gets worse again. I don't know if it'll work but my cunning plan is to phone the GP, explain the situation and get them to give me the referral letter, so that I can walk into the physio next time and say, 'Here's the letter – can you do my knee now please?'
Otherwise it'll be the usual 'five weeks from referral' and I'll be going in for six sessions for my shoulder, which will be over before the referral for the knee is officially through. This is not only a problem because if the knee needs doing it needs doing a.s.a.p; it's also an issue because it's 50 mins to an hour driving time to and from the hospital IN WORK TIME! So glad the NHS are working towards keeping everyone in work! HAH!
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Join the Chamberlain Forum, Councillor John Cotton (Birmingham City Council Shadow Cabinet member for Local Services and Community Safety) and other guests for a discussion of the future of localisation and devolution in Birmingham.
We'll be looking at how devolution of decision making and the localisation of services in Birmingham could be revitalised in the context of: neighbourhood planning and community budgeting; the Localism Act; community organising, and an increased awareness of how community groups contribute to local well-being. What are the roles for councillors and for community groups including neighbourhood forums?
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Bubba Watson made a couple of double bogeys to negate his five birdies. Rory McIlroy couldn't believe it when one approach shot came up a couple yards short, funneled down a slope as if finding a vortex and trickled into a deep bunker.
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The great mystery that is Chambers Bay revealed itself in the first round of the 115th U.S. Open, and it got ugly at times, with the predictable gripes and puzzled looks. But there were some who put together the pieces just fine. In fact, spectacularly so.
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These Pimpstar rims are programmable using a Wi-Fi equipped laptop and can display images as you roll down the street. The LEDs are full color so there is no limit to what you can display on them, and the software allows you to rotate through a series of six different images per wheel. The wheels are carwash-safe and… »


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Membership Application 2015
Welcome to MOSAIC Community Land Trust, Pottstown PA. We are delighted you have chosen to become part of our organization.
Membership is open to individuals 18 years and older. Please return form to: David Garner, 10 S. Hanover Street, Pottstown, PA 19464.
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Mamie Whitesides Elementary School
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In 2011, Mamie Whitesides Elementary School had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The South Carolina average is 16 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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My brothers and I all attended Mamie P. Whitesides. My husband and I have 4 small boys. They are fortunate enough to be in the Whitesides school district now. We are able to walk/ bike/ and scooter :) to school. There is ample parking for the children to be able to use their mode of transportation, and we feel safe doing so. The principal, vice principal, teachers and staff are friendly and helpful. The school building is very new and clean, with pretty flowers out front. I am very pleased to see some of the same Teachers I remember from when I attended the same elementary school, which was located down the road from where it is located now. (My oldest son has Mrs. Fallon for 2nd Grade, and I had her also, as a 4th Grade teacher!). We all feel safe, happy, and at home with Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary! We are looking forward to many more years there :)
I have had my oldest son atWhitesides since he was four. I have enjoyed the teachers here. The staff is curteous and helpful when a situation arises. We had a problem with bullies and when I had gone to Mrs. Cindy Perez, she was very helpful with fixing it. When there was a problem that my child had caused I was notified in an appropiate manner. The teachers are all terrific and I can not wait to see who my boys have the following year.


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Extended Lifespan In The Trek Universe
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Therin of Andor wrote:
USS Intrepid wrote:
Wasn't Jameson dying from a disease? Perhaps that prematurely aged him.
Intriguingly, that episode was supposedly pitched as a "return of Kirk/Shatner" episode, IIRC.
Yep, and it shows too with the whole "reversal" of the outcome of "A Private Little War".
Remember this was written during S1 when GR was busy disavowing as much of TOS philosophically as he could.
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