Re: Non PD: Computer turned off?

[Joan Hartman <jmh13@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi......unfortunately, .I'm with you in this osteoarthritis club as
well...what do you folks use that works for osteoarthritis......have a great
day!!!!               jmh13@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Grant <kglw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: Non PD: Computer turned off?


> Howdy Marjorie
> I am one of the lucky ones who suffer from
> Osteoarthritis as well as PD!!!!  The arthritis is in my feet and makes
> walking very painful!!!
> Kelly in Calgary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marjorie L. Moorefield <minx32@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 6:30 PM
> Subject: Non PD: Computer turned off?
>
>
> > Or is everyone afraid to post anymore?
> >
> > I feel as if I have accomplished something this week, which is
> > unusual, because I usually don't feel I have accomplished anything.
> > I took my husband to his Doctors appointment and was able to get
> > both of my legs into the car this time.  Better than last week, that's
> > for sure!!
> >
> > I took an all day computer class on MS Outlook, and even though
> > I learned how to use the email, I still decline to do so. Too many
> > viruses.  IMOHO, I think some hacker is after Microsoft.
> > But I loved the calendar, and the notes and tasks, so I
> > have my schedule set up through August.
> >
> > I did buy the Ver.6 (2000) of Nortons while I was there the
> > other day, and when I installed it, it asked if I wanted it to
> > scan my email before it was delivered, and I said yes.  Big
> > mistake, I had to completely re-configure Eudora because
> > I couldn't get any mail at all. Turns out Eudora has it own
> >   mail virus scan and it acted like a junk
> > yard dog when something else tried to invade its territory!!!
> >
> > Also I got 2 wall quilts ready and mailed to a quilting friend
> > who will machine quilt them, and I spent sometime searching
> > the Web and calling quilt shops to find a binding machine.
> > It took me 5 days to bind my family quilt, and it hurt my osteoarthritis
> > terribly. I found out I can only do anything like that for 2 hours,
> > and then the pain starts in.  If I push it, I really pay later!!!
> > Unfortunately, Tylenol is the only thing my stomach will tolerate.
> >
> >   So I'm either going to get an attachment for my Bernina
> > Sewing machine, which runs $150 plus another presser foot you
> > have to have for it, or I'm going to try to find a free standing binding
> > machine, if it won't cost too much more.  I'll probably be shocked
> > to my big toes once I find a free standing binder and price them.
> > Lets face it, my hands are NOT going to get any better.
> >
> > Also I ordered some quilt fabric from  The Calico Basket in
> > Edmonds, Wa. and it will be here by Wednesday.  Thank God for Webpages,
> and
> > Priority mail, because shopping is impossible the way my life is
> > now.
> >
> > I was thinking of my Mother the other day, she raised all of us
> > kids and only had an icebox for years, so she had to buy groceries
> > more often than I do.  But we lived in a small town in Kansas and
> > they had grocery delivery as well as ice delivery, so maybe it wasn't
> > as bad as I remember.
> >
> > How many PWP's have Osteoarthritis?
> > When my NeuroDoc filled out my paperwork for the ADA he made
> > me disabled in Osteoarthritis also, and I thought to myself that
> > I wasn't really that bad.  That was 5 years ago, and guess what???
> > I am that bad now!!!
> > I'd like to do a survey later, when I get my MS Access Database
> > set up, and find out how many of us on this net suffer from
> > Osteoarthritis as well as PD, my Neuro told me Osteo is a
> > side effect of PD. How about it Doctors?
> > Fact or Fable?
> >
> > Well, this should give everyone something to answer.
> >
> > As Ever,
> > just Marjorie
>