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Posted by Gloria
on 3/24/2008, 9:09 am
The music is still as beautiful as it was when I first got on the forum...Sue, thank you for your wonderful work on this forum..
Hello everyone, some of you will know me and some of you won't..I haven't posted for a long time. I was extremely busy working outside the home, plus doing a business on the weekends, so my time was limited to get on the forum.
We had to give up our business 2006 in the summer, mainly due to the high gas prices and all of our fruits and vegetables we needed to make our jams were raised in price. We all enjoyed it very much, but I can see now how it took a toll on me.
I worked 30 years for a company and was going to retire this coming Oct 2008, but my Mom got lung cancer, never smoked a day in her life, she is 82 and felt I wanted to spend time with her. So, I retired in Jan 2008, 30 years from the day I walked into the company I walked out.
On February 14, my body said, you took a big toll on me for many years and I am going to crash on you. On Feb. 14th, I tried to start my busy day at home, and by 9:00 a.m. I was in bed with such bad stomach pains and I stayed there all day till my husband came home (Will never ever do that again, STUPID) and he called the ambulance to take me to the hospital. They thought I had a heart attack (still aren't ruling that out), but what happen was a stone went thru the liver (I do not have a gallbladder) and the pain I allowed myself to go thru all day long put stress on my heart. I ended up in the ICU that evening, Catscans, x-rays, ultrasound, many EKGs, nitro pill and nitro patches all night long, many tubes of blood, you name it they did to me.
They found out I had on top of that a bad bacterial stomach infection, that got healed and they did the scope down the throat last Thursday and found my stomach is still very inflamed. I have been one sick lady, lost almost 20 pounds since 2/14, I can afford to lose. I am on a no fat diet that is helping lose the weight. I can't work to much around my house as I had planned when I retired, but I know that will come with time. I have to take care of myself first...that is hard for me as I am a person that does for everyone else and I sit back and watch how good I am taking care of them and forget myself. Well, that has changed...I come first or I will never get back on my feet.
Bob and I celebrated our 40th anniversary three days before I retired, so I was a busy lady that week. I didn't feel well that week and knew something was happening. Me, I just ignored it and kept on going. I guess the body has it's ways to slow a person down if that person won't slow down on their own.
I just wanted to say, Hello to everyone...Sue, you celebrated your wedding anniversary in January, I thought of you that day.How are the boys Sue, are either married by now..I miss our chats. Barbara, are you ever on the forum? I got a nice card from you at Christmas. Kathy, I haven't heard from you for a while, I pray all it well with your family.
Cody, my grandson with MPGN 3, ...he misses a lot of school and has fallen behind on his grade level, but he is doing as good as he can. He is as active as his body allows him to be and loves to ride his 4 wheeler...scares his Mother and I as he can't allow his body to get hurt as he won't heal like he should. BUT, he needs to be a 16 year old boy and they try and allow him to be as much as possible...we never know when the disease will take his life or if he will live to be an old man...I know his disease has taken a toll on me along with everything else.
So, everyone, I feel I am home again...I missed everyone I have met on the forum..
Love Gloria
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