Checking in !!!!

angy · Post by **angy** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:36 pm

Merry crimbo everyone!!!!!hope you are all well and had a lovely Xmas.

Srry haven't been in for ages....been a little depressed...now diagnosed with osteopenia and possible fybromyalgia...waiting to see a rheumotologist...now put on amytryptyline for pain .. But hey life goes on eh!!!!tex!!!u get my crimbo card???

Post by **tex** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:57 pm

Hey Angy!

It's good to see a post from you again - Merry Crimbo to you, too.

But I'm sorry to hear about the new diagnoses - that's not good at all. As you say, though, "life goes on". Sometimes we just have to downshift and keep on truckin'. (I've had to downshift more than once lately).

No, I didn't receive a card from you, but maybe it will be in tomorrow's mail. I'll keep a lookout for the postman.

Thanks for the update,
Tex

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:47 pm

Merry Crimbo Angy,

Sending good thoughts and prayers your way from Fergus Falls,

Love,

Joanna

angy · Post by **angy** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:04 am

Thanks for good wishes tex and joanna...
Here's hoping 2011 will be a good year wishing u all the best too...tex u probably will receive it soon...we had horendous snow here and it brought our services to a standstill for 2 wks...

Linda in BC · Post by **Linda in BC** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:26 am

Dear Tex;

About your comments

(I've had to downshift more than once lately).

and
"increasingly dizzy" from another post...
Are you Ok? What's going on? Worried about you..

Linda

Post by **tex** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:58 am

Hi Linda,

Not to worry. The downshifting I referred to happened after my colectomy last February, and again in May, when I had the TIA-like event and had to start taking a bunch of drugs to limit stroke risk, (even though I don't believe that I actually have an abnormal stroke risk).

I have no idea why I was dizzy yesterday. I will point out, though, that on every Christmas eve, a bunch of family members gather here, and for some reason or other, virtually every year, a day or two after that get-together, I'll have some sort of reaction - either hay fever, a cold, stomach virus, flu, or

. Besides feeling dizzy, I was also moderately bloated, yesterday. (And no, I didn't eat anything at all, at the get-together). I feel fine, today. I guess it's just traditional for me to feel "off" after those gatherings. Maybe I'm just allergic to some of my relatives.

Thanks for asking.

Tex

Linda in BC · Post by **Linda in BC** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:09 am

lol

Maybe I'm just allergic to some of my relatives.

Glad to hear you are a-Ok today!

harma · Post by **harma** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:17 am

Hello Angy I am sorry to hear about your other health problems, osteopenia I am familiar with, we can shake hands, last year I found out that I have brittle bones too. I hope you will get your fybromologia under control soon. Besided that the MC is behaving itself?

It is to late too wish a merry christmas, but not to late for the best wishes for 2011.

And what on earth is merry crimbo?

angy · Post by **angy** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:43 pm

Thanks for the kind wishes harma...:) merry crimbo means merrychristmas...scots slang ...

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:09 pm

Hi Angy,

I was wondering if you were affected by the snow. We've had a lot in our area this winter, too.

Like Harma, I can relate to the osteopenia - it's very common for women to get it. The fibromyalgia is a different matter; I hope the rheumotologist can rule it out.

I hope your depression lifts, too. Being sick can put you in the dumps. Once you start feeling better physically, you'll probably start feeling better emotionally.

Gloria

angy · Post by **angy** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:06 pm

Thanks Gloria!!you are so right!!!physical pain makes me miserable and depressed...

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:46 pm

Hi Angy! Newbie here...just wanted to say hello. I'm a third-generation Scots-American, one of the bloody MacFarlanes. My cousin has been over, met relatives and taken all sorts of pictures. It's sobering to look at a picture of the great-grand as a young man before he emigrated standing in front of the family homestead with his family, then to see modern-day pictures of the house half-standing with the roof gone...

Merry Crimbo to you. I'll have to tell my cousin that one... May the new year be pain free.

angy · Post by **angy** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:35 am

Hi mb...
Interesting story!!!!have u ever been to Scotland!!!if not u should hire a but n ben (lodge) in the highlands the view and scenery us breathtaking...it's like a pic out of the old days...Mcfarlane is a known scots name too...has it's own Kilt tartan

harma · Post by **harma** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:40 am

You english speakers and your different kinds of slang

, no joking, learned something new today.

I have been on a trip to Scotland two years ago (not that shocking of course "all the way from the Netherlands"). The reason was Burns Night. My birthday is on Bursnight. I joined a friend of a friend to a burnsnight party in Glasgow, than took the train to Oben and even went to Iona (hope I spell it correct, tiny Island with a very old church on it). From Oben I went to Edinburgh, where I see you are living. This was all pre MC time, never heard of this group or an angy living there. (Never heard of MC too). I am quite happy I have done this before the MC, othewise Burnsnight supper would have been a nightmare.

I had a great time there and was a bit shocked of the kindness of the people there. In shops asking me if they could help me (I was almost frightened me, this is not normal anymore in the Netherlands).

I would like to come back another time and than hire a car. Than I wasn't brave enough, it was winter, my nextdoor neighbor (who is brittish) told me about bad roads and snow. And of course there is the left part of the road driving. But since I have been driving in Amman (normal right side of the road), I feel much more self confident.

Well this was my scotland part I wanted to share with you.

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:59 pm

Hi Angy, I have never been to Scotland, but it is one of my life goals. Yes, the "bluidy MacFarlanes" have their own tartan and motto, "This I'll Defend." Many times what they were defending were their neighbors' cattle. The saying has probably fallen into disuse, but the moon used to be called "MacFarlane's Lantern" because the MacFarlanes went raiding at night. The Romans even built a wall north of Hadrian's wall to keep the MacFarlanes pinned as far north as possible. I'd tell you a story of what one of my ancestors did when he discovered his neighboring laird had been keeping company with his wife whilst he was raiding but it is pretty gruesome.

Hi Harma, I went to the Netherlands with my family in the mid-60's and visited Amsterdam. I was a little girl and don't remember much about it except that breakfast was delicious. That was the first time I had milk in my tea. Last Sunday I met a Dutch family which had immigrated to the States in 1962. We talked about how in Europe in the 60's it was a true cultural immersion experience (no MacDonald's) and what a hard time they had being put on a bus in New York headed for Portland an hour after they got off the ship, and not having a word of English.

My hat is off to you and others with food intolerances who bravely travel to other countries where the language is different. Have a wonderful New Year!!!