Good Morning Carrie,

You are RIGHT ON!!! So true, so very very true. That TLC is so VERY important. To understand and ACCEPT the limitations of what we can do because of spinal issues is SOOOOoooo essential.

YES, TLC is essential. Think you are 18 again, or pretend you are 18 again and you will pay the price.

When my wife's uncle was in his mid 90's he said "Getting old isn't for sissies". So very true. Not a pleasant realization. Not something we want to accept, that getting older is not an easy path. Forget those glorified "retirement ads" that you see in magazines. That's not reality for most of us.

Okay, to the flip side of the coin. Just because our bodies have a few more "creaks" as we get older does not mean we can't enjoy life. You stil live life to its "fullest", BUT with the realization of your body's and mind's limitations.

Carrie, you have povided invaluable words of advice and wisdom.

Thank you.

RichT

Rich, you give me to much credit and I mean that. A jerk like me that ca'nt even remember a phone number should have sense enough to know that by overdoing was the wrapping on the package waiting to be delivered. Grrrrr....maybe I could have felt better sooner. This makes me very down on myself. I think from now on, I should take my own advice instead of giving it out anymore.

Your thoughts are to kind,

Carrie

Carrie,

You have been through more than enough, you are so strong, but I know it is a facade, I could hear it in your voice yesterday, you always see something postive, even when you are wracked with pain. You deserve so much Carrie, you deserve to be pain free & happy. Some people want material things, and you want some peace and health. I admire you more than you will ever know, I love you like a sister.

Love Linndie

Carrie,

You have been through more than enough, you are so strong, but I know it is a facade, I could hear it in your voice yesterday, you always see something postive, even when you are wracked with pain. You deserve so much Carrie, you deserve to be pain free & happy. Some people want material things, and you want some peace and health. I admire you more than you will ever know, I love you like a sister.

Love Linndie

Carrie,

You have been through more than enough, you are so strong, but I know it is a facade, I could hear it in your voice yesterday, you always see something postive, even when you are wracked with pain. You deserve so much Carrie, you deserve to be pain free & happy. Some people want material things, and you want some peace and health. I admire you more than you will ever know, I love you like a sister.

Love Linndie

Thank-you Linndie. It was nice to finally talk to you yesterday. But, unfortunaltly my friend, you too have over estimated me. I really don't feel justified or quailfied giving out advice anymore. Guess I have lost my own power of positive thinking. I am totally amazed how much better my back feels. Many I can get off of some of the medication now. I did not take my morning dose of Oxycotin either! Got my figures crossed.
Going back to bed now. I will take to ya soon.

Love ya sis,
Carrie

Good Morning Carrie,

And Carrie, I mean every word I said. You have shared a most important "lesson" to everyone, whether a spiney or not.

There is not a human on planet Earth who has not "kicked" their own butt for doing or not doing something that they knew they should have or should not have done whether to themselves or to another person. Not one!!

But after that "kick" we go on. We hopefully have learned a very valuable lesson and then cross over the bridge and take a new path. You have done that Carrie. But you have done MUCH more. You have shared your story with everyone who reads it. I know you will make others "wake up" and cross a bridge and take a new path.

Keep on sharing and giving advice. DON'T YOU EVER STOP!!!!!

I wish you the VERY best. You have a most wonderful "sister" named Linndie. Now celebrate together your new self.

Will you ever "cross over the line" again. Most likely. But each time you will better understand where that "line" is.

Carrie, be PROUD of yourself, not down on yourself.

I am so very happy that you now have much less pain, and I hope it will continue that way. You will still have one of those "bad weather" days now and then as I sure do. Yesterday morning I could barely walk when I got out of bed, but after some stretches and just moving around I felt better. Then I went outside and enjoyed the sunshine and getting my hands dirty working in our gardens.

WONDERFUL that you will be trying to cut back on your medication. But there again, go very slow. No "cold turkey".

Have a MOST WONDERFUL Day Carrie!!!

RichT

Carrie IS A VERY iNTELLIGENT LADY. As we both know:)


It will get better for her it has to! She has given so much useful advice to so many including myself. She has a lot on her plate right now, I just hope it gets better for her soon. Can't go anyplace except up!

Linndie

Rich and Linndie. Your words comfort me. Linndie has been a close friend for quite some time now and she has always been there for me and I for her. She has lifted my spirits more then you will ever know.

Rich, I know I can't go cold turkey. Lets see how I feel when I see my neuro next week and I will let him decide if I can go back down to one Oxy instead of two twice a day.
You also speak words of wisdom Rich T. Many words of wisdom.

Carrie