(12-02-2016, 12:55 PM)FirePlaces Wrote: Thanks friends, truly.  

Pops, we have missed you and where is Zander?

I like tofu as well.  Get it when we go out sometimes.  Someone told me a way to make it even better is to first slowly squeeze out the water in it, via a plate on top of it with a heavy can in fridge.  Then when you marinate it, it soaks up more of the marinade.

Weather-wise, I am gonna be in the lavender zone.  Brrr.  

Hey Cricket, I was thinking again about the fence you can't afford.  Even if you could afford one, wouldn't it be risky for you to let your dogs out, as you aren't supposed to have more than one?  

Linville, thank you dear friend for the lovely PM.  In terms of the new thread, I always kind of liked Shayna's thread at that other place -- Today I Helped My Wellness By thread.   Maybe I will PM/email her and ask if it's ok for me to use.  Not sure I have her email, but oh well.  

It sure has been a weird winter so far.  We have not had any significant snow yet which is odd so late in the year. Think ski areas out west.  I have a feeling once it starts, it is not gonna stop.  

Dancing Wolf, I am so sorry for your pain.  I have missed you and it makes me happy to know you are out there reading.  

Cricket -- best of luck with your doc visit.  Did you say it was today?  

Oops I just realized this is not in the Private RT threads.  

Let me just say that DD's first day at school went fine and her spirits seem good.

Love you,

Fire

---

Hiya Rose!  We were posting at the same time.

(12-03-2016, 05:25 AM)Orange rabbit Wrote: Aw cricket. Try not to get to worried yet. Why don't you try and get an appt as soon as your insurance will allow with the new physician so you will know if he will continue the same way as this last physician. He did give you a few names so that is good. He just didn't send you to the street, so to speak. I would get on top of it ASAP so you don't get totally stressed out waiting months for the next appt. I have to believe this will work out

(12-05-2016, 01:25 PM)TommyGun Wrote: That sucks cricket,folk in pain don't need all this messing around,not right at all,i cant face having that needle up my back,no way,it hardly does anything from what i have been told by others who have had it done.

---

Some good news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-denied-standing-rock

(12-05-2016, 06:30 PM)Spanky Wrote: Hi Cricket,

Best of luck with your new doc.  I used to have back trouble when I was younger, 40s, got it on film, etc.  I was in Florida at a pain clinic and the Doc there wanted to do some injections.  I just said no.  I'd already recently gone through the cancer treatment, and just didn't want any more poking. 

Right now I'm dealing with the long term residuals of radiation to jaw and neck, but backs can be very painful.  Mine was at time so bad I coudn't more, just lay.  No big pain unless I moved.  Eventually, I was able to solve that problem, without surgery or injections. 

I do hope hard for you that your new Doc knows the difference between constant pain and seeking behavior.  I know how scary it can be not to know where you will get help.  For the moment I found a friendly FNP in a regional health center in the middle of a small town in Arizona.  It's a rock hound town, full of RV parks and rock sales.  Our park has a "lapidary" shop on site and a class/use, once a week for a very small fee.  I don't know much about it, I guess it's like lap dancing or something, in which case I'm in of course. 

Feel Better,

Your pal Spank