Living with ALS

DanG (Oct 15, 2008 6:18:58 PM)
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Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 6:20:06 PM)
Hi Dan

DanG (Oct 15, 2008 6:21:33 PM)
Hi Jim How are you today

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 6:22:55 PM)
how are you call tonight I am great ty

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 6:26:00 PM)
have you heard anything

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 6:33:59 PM)
are you ok Dan

DanG (Oct 15, 2008 6:34:21 PM)
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redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:00:50 PM)
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redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:01:07 PM)
BOO

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:01:53 PM)
lol

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:01:58 PM)
hello jim

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:02:17 PM)
i hope i didnt scare you ...lol

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:03:23 PM)
Hi Julie how are you tonight

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:03:49 PM)
pretty good,

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:03:57 PM)
and you

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:04:44 PM)
glad to hear that

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:05:40 PM)
I am fine ty

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:06:12 PM)
I am looking forward to halloween, i am trying to think of what grizzly can be dressed up as

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:06:39 PM)
how is teddy

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:06:54 PM)
lol

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:07:00 PM)
wonderful, wonderful, wonderful

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:07:13 PM)
good

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:07:27 PM)
he fills in alot of void

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:08:19 PM)
i have been doing the grooming, and he has had some really fun and cute cuts

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:08:20 PM)
Jen is getting married

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:08:36 PM)
Jen who

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:08:59 PM)
nice

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:09:45 PM)
you don't remember Jen

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:10:06 PM)
no

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:10:19 PM)
did she go by jen in chat

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:10:25 PM)
or another name

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:12:23 PM)
she was on a vent dx ALS went to another doctor

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:13:22 PM)
and she is healthy now

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:14:52 PM)
i do remember now, you had mentioned her, how long ago did she begin to get well

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:14:58 PM)
yes Jen

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:15:44 PM)
couple of years

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:16:37 PM)
did they figure out what had been wrong

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:16:47 PM)
or over a year

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:17:32 PM)
yes

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:17:41 PM)
what was wrong

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:19:58 PM)
some rare but treatable condition

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:21:17 PM)
she really kept us informed

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:21:44 PM)
is she going to have a big wedding

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:23:22 PM)
like the first time she was able to get into heels again

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:24:44 PM)
She didn't say

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:24:55 PM)
that is so neat

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:25:38 PM)
I would not think so

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:25:43 PM)
are you going to your winter home or are you there yet

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:26:04 PM)
yes it is

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:26:44 PM)
not yet

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:28:22 PM)
sorry, i had to get my tea

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:28:33 PM)
it is that time of year again

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:28:58 PM)
i am so hooked on your tea people

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:29:18 PM)
I think Jen's hubby took off when she got sick

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:29:46 PM)
and i am just about done with my christmas shopping,

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:30:04 PM)
It is good

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:30:06 PM)
oh that is not good,

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:30:44 PM)
wow early

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:30:56 PM)
i hope she found a man that deserves her

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:31:43 PM)
she is better off

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:31:43 PM)
yes i got alot of gifts on line with a rewards program with my citi card

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:32:39 PM)
and spent hardly anything, i never knew i was earning points on my card and had years of points saved up

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:32:43 PM)
that is what I do

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:33:12 PM)
great

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:33:40 PM)
and my sister has always drank hot tea, so i am getting her some adiago

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:34:09 PM)
I only get 2 lol

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:34:34 PM)
that is nice

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:34:56 PM)
but i will need to make a spendy trip to the stores the end of november to pick up grocerys for cookies and candys and stocking

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:35:28 PM)
she should enjoy that

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:35:51 PM)
yummy

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:36:22 PM)
i know she will, she suggests tea when she is over all the time and usually has it picked out before i ask her to tea

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:36:58 PM)
I still eat a little

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:37:33 PM)
lol neat

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:37:57 PM)
what do you indulge in,

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:38:54 PM)
I like wine

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:39:23 PM)
and tea

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:39:30 PM)
i always asked steve if he wanted me to put just a little of whatever in his mouth just to taste it and he always said no,

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:40:06 PM)
we had both always feared he would asperate

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:40:13 PM)
dry red wine

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:41:06 PM)
I don't worry about that

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:41:33 PM)
i have indulged in a few cocktails latly,

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:42:17 PM)
it is different on a vent

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:42:35 PM)
i like wine, but i always seem to get a head ache after

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:43:14 PM)
that is not good

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:43:29 PM)
you know that steve could not move at all, not a muscle, and his ox level never got really low

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:44:33 PM)
a shame

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:44:35 PM)
i think it was congestive heart failure

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:45:05 PM)
could be

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:45:11 PM)
he went so quickly

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:45:54 PM)
that is not unusual

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:46:11 PM)
it doesnt even seem like he was sick that long,

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:47:26 PM)
and i do not like it when people say at least he doesnt have to suffer, i and i know steve never felt like he suffered, he loved every day

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:47:55 PM)
he wasn't really

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:48:16 PM)
I know

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:48:19 PM)
no only three years

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:49:42 PM)
people have no idea

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:50:11 PM)
some people will live there whole life and never feel what true love is

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:50:43 PM)
i feel so lucky to have him as long as i did

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:51:44 PM)
I have a spot that looks like melanoma to me

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:52:11 PM)
where is it, and is it a open sore

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:52:32 PM)
or a scabby looking one

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:52:54 PM)
how big

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:52:58 PM)
you are so right

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:53:41 PM)
under my arm

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:54:28 PM)
3/4 x 3/8

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:55:02 PM)
not. open

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:55:44 PM)
bump or dent

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:56:32 PM)
I am going to a skin doctor

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:56:53 PM)
does it look like a hickey

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:56:55 PM)
bump

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:57:03 PM)
eww

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:57:21 PM)
lol

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 8:58:18 PM)
dark at one end

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 8:58:39 PM)
one of the guys i work with(out of state)i never saw but once or twice a year, got terrible skin cancer on the back of neck and on his face

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:00:21 PM)
and he was not doing anything about it the one on his back of the neck was terrible it was open and i yelled at him because he had not went to the doctor

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:00:44 PM)
yes my oldest son had some on his neck

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:01:09 PM)
i told the boss on him and he got it taken care of, LOL

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:01:36 PM)
you cant put something like that off, it only gets worse

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:01:39 PM)
good for you

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:02:25 PM)
I told my son

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:02:34 PM)
it was bad he had to have several surgerys to get it under control

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:03:38 PM)
sure enough he had skin cancer

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:04:12 PM)
some times it is really bad, and they have to cut deep to get them out

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:05:06 PM)
he only had 1 op

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:06:12 PM)
he will have to watch always

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:06:34 PM)
get them before it gets bad

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:07:07 PM)
yes I told my friend across the street

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:07:16 PM)
i have been in and out of the dr. with my stomach or gall bladder, dont know which

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:07:50 PM)
ouch

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:08:17 PM)
and i made it thru another harvest, made some serious cash, yahoo

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:08:42 PM)
64 to 70 hours of work a week

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:08:47 PM)
for 4 weeks

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:09:39 PM)
spent the last week and a half trying to spit shine my house after not cleaning for a month

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:10:07 PM)
they cut the tip of his nose off

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:10:39 PM)
ouch, the guy across the street

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:11:50 PM)
yes and replaced it with a$$

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:12:31 PM)
aww some plastic

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:12:42 PM)
surgery

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:13:52 PM)
lol it looked funny for a while

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:15:20 PM)
you have to look very close now

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:15:26 PM)
i bet

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:15:56 PM)
to see it

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:16:26 PM)
some people think that plastic surgery is awful, i dont think so, i can think of alot of thinks i would like to have done

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:17:42 PM)
the first thing i would have done would be my butt, i swear it has fell 2 inches, i can lift it up and it falls right back

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:19:00 PM)
I like that Joan Rivers commercial

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:19:14 PM)
lol me too

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:19:25 PM)
lol

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:19:43 PM)
well jim i need to get going, you take care

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:20:07 PM)
she is crazy

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:20:56 PM)
ok take care ttyl

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:21:02 PM)
i will try to pop back in some time

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:21:06 PM)
see you

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:21:38 PM)
yex do

redcountry (Oct 15, 2008 9:21:50 PM)
ok bye

Jim_VA (Oct 15, 2008 9:21:52 PM)
gnight

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