JOURNAL.....BLOG.......PHYLLIS GRIFFITHS.......JANUARY 2005............
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From wo286@victoria.tc.ca Tue Jan 18 13:40:53 2005
Subject: checking in..  


Hi All.. sorry to have been MIA again. Sorry that I didn't greet the new
member to this wonderful group of people.

Physically, the last week has been a week from he*L for me. Brain fog,
brain lock, weak body, vertigo, exhaustion, belly cramps. Doing email has
not been easy. You probubly noticed the lack of even a joke many days. :-{
I had a few days with hot flushes coming twice an hour or more, anytime I
stood up or tried to walk belly cramps were added. 24/7. Almost no real
sleep for days. Too sick to go to the doctor or to sit in an ER for hours
and hours. I was at my breaking point and I was ready to pop as many pills
as it took to get some good sleep. Luckally it didn't take much more than
usual dose to break the cycle.. but I'm still weak and my belly is still
crampy. That would have been avoided if only my doctor would have not
refused to give me antibiotics for this current sinus infection flare..
and I intend to tell him so when I see him on Thursday morning.

 I am not having a good day at the moment. Morris hasn't quite finished
his antibiotics round, and this morning I found his brother Spot seriously
ill and we have no $ for another cat to the vet. :-( Spot was doing quite
fine yesterday and kept me company on the couch all afternoon, along with
all the other boys. I'm not sure what is wrong, but I have some ideas and
none of them are hopeful. Not much that the vet could do for him. All I
can do is cry, and nurse him the best that I can, and hope that I don't
collapse totally. Spot is looking less dead at this moment and has just
pulled himself up with his paws under his body instead of looking like
flattened roadkill.  [His momma Shadow's death as roadkill last summer is
as vivid in my mind today as the day she died] I pray that this is a good
sign, that he is feeling stronger. It is never a good day when one loses a
loved one.

 Meanwhile I worry about my son Chris who has a raw throat that has been
going on for the past two weeks. He saw the doctor this morning and I pray
that the doctor has some idea of how to treat this. Chris can barely
swallow fluids. He won't let me mother him.. but he can't stop me from
worrying. :-(

 So I may not be posting again for awhile. I will post when and what I
can. Prayers are welcomed..

Huggs
Phyllis

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...................c.Phyllis Griffiths. 2005.....................