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| This Christmas marks my 9th on sci.med. A lot has happened in 9 years in my
life. Thank you all for being a constant I've relied on through good times
and bad. I cherish ALL the friendships I've made here, even the ones I
fight with :-)
So I wish for you all a very lovely holiday season.... and may you be here
for me 9 years hence.
Bambi
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| jmorngstar@aol.com 2005-12-24, 5:55 pm |
| Bambi,
What a wonderful sentiment. My life also has had drastic changes since
I have been on SMT. Some I might not have survived without the support
of my internet sisters and brothers.
Janice
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| Judity 2005-12-24, 5:55 pm |
| Janice, I'll never forget your pep talks before my trip back to visit Mum.
I still have the angel pin and stuffed bee who currently is guarding my
printer from attacking cats.
I want to wish you all a happy holiday season, Merry Christmas, or Hanukkah,
depending on your religious faith or lack of it. As for me, I'm enjoying
this year more than I have in many years, partly because of all the nice
people I've met on SMT.
To quote Jimmy Stewart, "It's a Wonderful Life".
Judity
I is a writa @ Writing.Com
http://Writing.Com/authors/judity
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| RaeMorrill 2005-12-25, 1:06 am |
| What she said!
Not sure how long I've been on SMT, but I got on line for good sometime
in mid to late 1996.
Bam wrote:
> This Christmas marks my 9th on sci.med. A lot has happened in 9 years in my
> life. Thank you all for being a constant I've relied on through good times
> and bad. I cherish ALL the friendships I've made here, even the ones I
> fight with :-)
>
> So I wish for you all a very lovely holiday season.... and may you be here
> for me 9 years hence.
>
> Bambi
>
>
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"Bam" <dearcounselor@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:415m29F1dapjeU1@individual.net...
> This Christmas marks my 9th on sci.med. A lot has happened in 9 years in
> my
> life. Thank you all for being a constant I've relied on through good
> times
> and bad. I cherish ALL the friendships I've made here, even the ones I
> fight with :-)
>
> So I wish for you all a very lovely holiday season.... and may you be here
> for me 9 years hence.
>
> Bambi
>
Thanks, Bambi. Tenth year for me. In that time I've sold my business,
married off two kids, become Nana to five cuties, and had one hip
replacement (and anticipating the next on 1/6). And you're right - SMT has
remained constant through it all.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Kwanza to all, and to all a Good
Night!
Liz
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| Anne Carle 2005-12-25, 10:53 am |
| On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:07:03 -0800, "Judity" <Judity01@aol.com> wrote:
>Janice, I'll never forget your pep talks before my trip back to visit Mum.
>I still have the angel pin and stuffed bee who currently is guarding my
>printer from attacking cats.
>
>I want to wish you all a happy holiday season, Merry Christmas, or Hanukkah,
>depending on your religious faith or lack of it. As for me, I'm enjoying
>this year more than I have in many years, partly because of all the nice
>people I've met on SMT.
>
>To quote Jimmy Stewart, "It's a Wonderful Life".
>
>Judity
>I is a writa @ Writing.Com
>http://Writing.Com/authors/judity
>
>
I can't remember what year it was, but as one of the original signers
of the petition to start smt, I've been around awhile--even before
that on Compuserve, AOL and GENIE. What a host of interesting people
this computer has enabled me to meet! And I'm soooooo grateful!
Merry Christmas to all, believers or not...
Anne/OH
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Adding Christmas morning greetings from this area too -- snow nearly all
gone due to 40s and 50s temps, (a rarity in December in the Buffalo
area), and roads dry.
It has been perhaps 6-7 years for me, following the lives and
adventures/occasions/
accomplishments etc of folks here.
I am finishing off the year as a one-armed MT, after a nasty fall on
black ice and a dislocated dominant right shoulder last Saturday;
thankfully it was not a finger, hand, wrist, arm or collar bone,
because sitting in an armed-typing chair with the keyboard pulled close
allows me to work (not as productively as normaly, but work nonetheless)
and that would not have happened with any other hand/arm injury.
I hope that 2006 is good to all of us and I would share with everyone
the peaceful moments I am having this morning, reminiscing and
recalling years past when holidays were celebrated in different ways.
Lives change and that's what keeps us on our toes, I believe.
Happy 2006 to all!
Kath
--
KATH
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| Bambi, reading your post, I got very emotional. I guess thinking back to the
times when we fought and the better times when we became friends pulled up
some old feelings and some not so old.
I don't remember exactly when I came to SMT, but the oldest post I can find
is dated 1993, so that would be 12, almost 13 years. I see very few of the
"old timers" are still here, just Melinda, Julie, and a few others that I
can't think of the names right now.
Ah, the changes in my life.... many that were good, some bad, but all shared
with my good "cyber" friends. I have only met a dozen or so in person, but
either through another gathering or our retirement, I hope that will change.
The successes, the failures, the family problems and joys, the job changes,
and the nuttiness have been shared here, sometimes with me wondering "why am
I telling this??I have almost lost track of the number of MT jobs that have
come directly from friends online. Even my resume that was modified many
years ago by Annie, of MT Desk, is a result of online friendships.
My total knee replacement was a "lesson" for me in humility. I've always
been very confident in myself, can do whatever I set out to do, but waking
up from the surgery found me almost totally helpless. I could not move my
new knee, could not lift my right foot even an inch off the floor, and had
to be re-taught each everyday activity all over again.
Lying in bed, trying to hit the blasted urinal bottle when I had to pee was
a frustrating experience, I'm sure both for me and the hospital staff. I
usually managed to miss the damned thing and pee on the bed, the floor, and
even the wall, if it got going pretty good.
The first time I was able to walk (using the walker) to the bathroom by
myself felt like a major accomplishment! I was very proud of myself, but who
the hell could I share this good news with?
It's Christmas morning, I have just finished my 3 sets of 10 exercises for
my leg and upper extremities; Martha is starting preparations for dinner,
and I better go take a shower.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Neal
~Keep Your Words Soft And Sweet - Just In Case You Have To Eat Them
"Bam" <dearcounselor@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:415m29F1dapjeU1@individual.net...
> This Christmas marks my 9th on sci.med. A lot has happened in 9 years in
> my
> life. Thank you all for being a constant I've relied on through good
> times
> and bad. I cherish ALL the friendships I've made here, even the ones I
> fight with :-)
>
> So I wish for you all a very lovely holiday season.... and may you be here
> for me 9 years hence.
>
> Bambi
>
>
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| Sandi 2005-12-26, 10:53 am |
| Ten years for me here, and yes, lots and lots of life changes.
I'll have to second what Neal said about being humbled by surgery or an
illness. Fortunately I haven't had to be hospitalized with this kidney
stone business, but finding myself in the floor of the bathroom unable to
get up and making a fool of myself at the Immediacare from the pain
certainly does put things into perspective - for my family as well as for
me.
Here's to a healthy and happy 2006 for everyone here on sci.med.
Sandi
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| Ed Chait 2005-12-26, 5:55 pm |
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"Sandi" <sanditypes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41ahbgF1dr4abU1@individual.net...
> Ten years for me here, and yes, lots and lots of life changes.
>
> I'll have to second what Neal said about being humbled by surgery or an
> illness. Fortunately I haven't had to be hospitalized with this kidney
> stone business, but finding myself in the floor of the bathroom unable to
> get up and making a fool of myself at the Immediacare from the pain
> certainly does put things into perspective - for my family as well as for
> me.
>
> Here's to a healthy and happy 2006 for everyone here on sci.med.
>
> Sandi
The first kidney stone I had was the most painful. I remember a nurse in
the ER asking me if I could be quiet because I guess in her opinion I was
moaning too loudly.
This, of course, before they had given me any pain medication.
Still pisses me off when I think about it.
ed
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"Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1pYrf.3134$R84.2447@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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> "Sandi" <sanditypes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:41ahbgF1dr4abU1@individual.net...
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> The first kidney stone I had was the most painful. I remember a nurse in
> the ER asking me if I could be quiet because I guess in her opinion I was
> moaning too loudly.
>
> This, of course, before they had given me any pain medication.
>
> Still pisses me off when I think about it.
>
> ed
Oh, there was no "being quiet." I went through labor and delivery
relatively moan-free, but on Friday I was flat-out hollerin'!
Sandi
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| Anne Carle 2005-12-26, 5:55 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:29:49 GMT, "Ed Chait"
<edchait4remove@earthlink.net> wrote:
Well...would being "pissed off" increase the chance of ridding
yourself of the stone sooner? ;-)
Anne/OH
>
>The first kidney stone I had was the most painful. I remember a nurse in
>the ER asking me if I could be quiet because I guess in her opinion I was
>moaning too loudly.
>
>This, of course, before they had given me any pain medication.
>
>Still pisses me off when I think about it.
>
>ed
>
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| Ed Chait 2005-12-26, 5:55 pm |
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"Anne Carle" <acarle@munge.com> wrote in message
news:e9p0r1lfkhdtj8rtuvm40qp74ndm9ajsro@4ax.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:29:49 GMT, "Ed Chait"
> <edchait4remove@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Well...would being "pissed off" increase the chance of ridding
> yourself of the stone sooner? ;-)
>
> Anne/OH
PADA BUMP!!!!! (rimshot)
lol,
ed
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| In article <e9p0r1lfkhdtj8rtuvm40qp74ndm9ajsro@4ax.com>,
acarle@munge.com says...
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:29:49 GMT, "Ed Chait"
> <edchait4remove@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Well...would being "pissed off" increase the chance of ridding
> yourself of the stone sooner? ;-)
>
> Anne/OH
ROTFLMAO!
Bob/Texas
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| RaeMorrill 2005-12-27, 12:55 am |
| Imagine how all the women in history have felt when a man tells them
labor can't hurt that much. Sure puts it in perspective.
Ed Chait wrote:
> "Sandi" <sanditypes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:41ahbgF1dr4abU1@individual.net...
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> The first kidney stone I had was the most painful. I remember a nurse in
> the ER asking me if I could be quiet because I guess in her opinion I was
> moaning too loudly.
>
> This, of course, before they had given me any pain medication.
>
> Still pisses me off when I think about it.
>
> ed
>
>
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| Ed Chait 2005-12-27, 12:55 am |
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"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
news:j63sf.56038$XC4.55659@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Imagine how all the women in history have felt when a man tells them labor
> can't hurt that much. Sure puts it in perspective.
>
I have never come close to expressing that either before or after having my
kidney stones.
Uh uh, not me.
ed
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| Phyllis Nilsson 2005-12-27, 10:52 am |
| That's because you are a wise man.
Ed Chait wrote:
> "RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:j63sf.56038$XC4.55659@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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> I have never come close to expressing that either before or after having my
> kidney stones.
>
> Uh uh, not me.
>
> ed
>
>
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| RaeMorrill 2005-12-27, 10:52 am |
| LOL. No intelligent man would - or certainly not more than once!
Ed Chait wrote:
> "RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:j63sf.56038$XC4.55659@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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> I have never come close to expressing that either before or after having my
> kidney stones.
>
> Uh uh, not me.
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> ed
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