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  • About Me

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    CASMIRA

    Female, 39
    IL, USA
    Member since September 4, 2007

    • About Me

      Dx in Jan 06...NEVER GIVE UP..NO EXCEPTIONS NO RULES...NEVER EVER GIVE UP!!!!!

      Dx in Jan 06...NEVER GIVE UP..NO EXCEPTIONS NO RULES...NEVER EVER GIVE UP!!!!!

    • Interests

      researching MS, trying a recipe if I am not too tired, reading, watching TV, surfing the net, trying to sleep, family.

      researching MS, trying a recipe if I am not too tired, reading, watching TV, surfing the net, trying

  • Journal

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    • Gold Star

      From cryouz31 Friday

      Hello. How are you doing? I hope you are well. I'm feeling a little better and I'm just taking oneday at time. I hope you have a nice weekend and take care. Huggsss!

    • Celebration

      From rhonda1964 October 29

      ....and Mazel tov! He's HERE! Details details.....

    • Ray of Sunshine

      From cryouz31 October 25

      Hello. I haven't heard from you a while and I'm happy to hear from you! I haven't been here for a while either because I was in the hospital for a week. I have been going through some changes but I made it through. I have a new journey and I would like for you to read it when you get chance. How are you feeling lately? I hope to have a nice Sunday and take care of yourself. Hugss!!

    • Hug

      From SST October 8

      Don't know if it's true but it is funny!









      If you don't laugh out loud after you read this you are in a coma! This is even funnier when you realize it's real! Next time you have a bad day at work think of this guy.



      Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana . He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2 FM in Ft. Wayne , Indiana , who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest. Needless to say, she won.




      Hi Sue,

      Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.

      Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all
      Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.

      As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit. This time of year the water is quite cool.
      So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature..
      It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose.

      Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints.
      What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water.. It's like working in a Jacuzzi.

      Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. With in a few seconds my butt started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened.

      The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it.. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.

      When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt.

      I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically.

      Needless to say I aborted the dive.. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.

      When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber.

      The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days because my butt was swollen shut.
      So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt.

      Now repeat to yourself, 'I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.'

      Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is this a jellyfish bad day?

      May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day!!!!!

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      From SST September 26

      Penguins



      Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in
      Antarctica - where do they go?

      Wonder no more!

      It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which
      lives an extremely ordered and complex life.

      The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as
      well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring
      throughout its life.

      If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the
      family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using
      their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the
      dead bird to be rolled into and buried.

      The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and
      sing:













      "Freeze a jolly good fellow."





      "Then they kick him in the ice hole."

      You really didn’t believe that I know anything about penguins, did you?

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
      Type: Relapsing-remitting MS

      I was DX in FEB 06. Still kind of in disbelief that I got this but taking it day to day and living by the motto "carpe diem"

      Treatments

      Aqua Therapy Considering
      Copaxone Working / Worked
      I got off of the drug after an attack in July so I experienced more symptoms and decided a couple of days ago to resume the drug and thankfully it is working. I've had breathing problems on this drug and decided all I need is LDN.
      LDN - Low Dose Naltrexone Somewhat Helpful
      This has helped me with my gait...I don't really drag my lower leg anymore...I do still have tremors...still have sight problems...still have BIG TIME cognitive problems...BUT ldn worked for me..i have 15 or 17 lesions on brain which were active and currently after 7 months on ldn they are inactive....i am one happy camper and forget the "approved" therapy theory...if it ain't broke don't fix it rule applies here!!!! LDN IS THE STUFF!!!!!!!!
      Prednisone Working / Worked
      on a 30 day taper and worked like a charm!
      Solumedrol Working / Worked
      got feeling back into my arms and legs...feel really great after 4 day treatment
      Swank Diet Considering
      BEEN READING ALOT ABOUT THIS AND PROBABLY WILL TRY IT.
    • Close Bereavement

      MY MOM DIED WHEN I WAS 9 AND A HALF WEEKS PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD. DEVASTATION AND SHOCK DON'T SEEM TO DESCRIBE IT. MORE LIKE SURREAL AND UNBELIEVABLE. I FIND THAT EVERYDAY IT GETS BETTER. I ALSO FIND THAT NOT DWELLING ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND FINDING THE NEW NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IS WHAT HAS AND IS WORKING THE BEST. GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING REGARDLESS OF IF YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

      Treatments

      Crying Working / Worked
      Crying is good when I feel I need it but now I feel it is a waste of my time. It won't change the reality and I have everything to live for.
      Keeping Busy Working / Worked
      Husband and kids. Enough said.
      Music Working / Worked
      I am a music buff so music is my crutch.
      Prayer Working / Worked
      I pray constantly and that has been my mainstay.
      Reading Working / Worked
      When I am not doing family stuff I try to sneak in reading.
      Remembering Working / Worked
      I remember all the time. Everyday however there are times where one can remember too much and bring their self down.
      Scrapbooking Considering
      I AM TRYING TO DO THIS IN MY SPARE TIME.
      Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
      THIS HAS HELPED ALOT.
      Support Groups Not Working
      never been interested in joining one. feel no need.
      Talking Working / Worked
      I ta lk about my mom all the time and that seems to help alot.
      Time Working / Worked
      TIME IS THE ONE THING THAT HAS HELPED ME ALOT. I AM WORKING ON THE 4TH YEAR WITHOUT MY MOM AND EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY......THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT TIME.
    • Open Homeschooling

      I am homescooling my 3 year old and 1 year old....the schools have failed "our" children with being exposed to pedophilers and other criminials and not providing enough security....I am the BEST person who could teach our children as my 3 year old can already locate countries on a globe by herself, recite abc's, 123's, color's, putting sentences together better than a 4-5 year old and identify planets and other things in her environment.she even knows what an octagon is and has since she was 2.

    • Open Healthy Sex

      I am dealing with MS so that affects me more than I would like physically.

      Treatments

      Patience Working / Worked
    • Open Caring For Aging Parents

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Diabetes Type 2

      MY FATHER HAS THIS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE DISEASE

    • Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

      Treatments

      Dancing Working / Worked
      I have limited mobility but I still try to dance and move to increase endorphins in my system.
      Eating Healthier Foods Working / Worked
      I am a vegetarian and unfortunately that means I have no choice to exercise unless I want to get bigger.
      Eat Less Working / Worked
      During the holidays I pig out but 10 months out of the year I have a strict diet.
      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
      Yoga and housecleaning and general moving about making sure I am putting my body into motion.
    • Open Fitness Goals

      Treatments

      Dancing Working / Worked
      I dance all the time when I am not too tired.
      Martial Arts Working / Worked
      used to do all the time...still know it but.....don't practice all the time but that may change.
      Pilates Working / Worked
      love my yoga.
      Strength Training Too Soon to Tell
      I am in the early stages of strength training sooo I don't know if it is working.
      Swimming Considering
      Getting back in the pool soon.
      Weight Training Too Soon to Tell
      I am in the early stages of working out with my husband...he is my great motivator.
    • Open Financial Challenges

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Healthy Relationships

      Treatments

      Patience Working / Worked
      Talking Working / Worked
      Writing Working / Worked
    • Open Healthy Eating

      Treatments

      Organic Diet Working / Worked
      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
    • Open Immunizations

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Medicaid

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Medicare

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Vegetarians & Vegans

      Treatments

      Raw Food Diet Working / Worked
    • Open Autism / Autism Spectrum

      I have a child who is about to be tested however we believe after her vaccination and seizure response to DPT innoculation I said NO MORE!

      Treatments

      Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
      I have her on a vegetarian diet.
      Early Intervention Too Soon to Tell
      Just read about it and doing more research about it...will let you know how it turns out.
      Floor-Time Therapy Working / Worked
      Patience Working / Worked
      Picture / Word Schedules Working / Worked
      Play Therapy Working / Worked
      Vision Therapy Working / Worked
    • Open Pregnancy

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Sensory Integration Disorder

      I have a 28 month old dx with this disorder. Trying to see what helps.

    • Open Sleep Apnea

      CASMIRA hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
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