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I will never forget that morning!! I was 8 months pregnant & my twin 3 year olds were watching Dora the Explorer. My hubby had only been in the Army a little over a year. His Unit's Chaplain's wife called me & told me to turn on the news. After a brief battle over Dora I got on Fox news. I was instantly shocked, crying, calling my hubby. He was put on 24 hour alert & we were told he could leave without any notice & to go home & get his bags packed - we were at a rapid Deployment post (Ft.Stewart, GA) 3rd ID). I then tried to call our family that lives in NYC, but could not get through. It was days before we found out if they were ok, especially my sis-in-law who worked 2 blocks from the WTC. Being on post during that time was CRAZY!! They started making manditory ID checks to get off & on post which blocked traffic so bad it would take up to 5 hours to get on post if you left to go to the store or anything. We were on pins & needles knowing my hubby would be going somewhere, but not knowing when or where. Ended up he was in the initial invading force into Baghdad, but that was nearly a year later. It is always in our minds & hearts even now. I sat with my girls this morning (they turned 8 on Sat., my baby is now almost 5) & we watched the news & talked about what happened & why. Then we said a prayer & had a moment of silence before they went to school. God Bless the victims, the families, the rescue workers, Mayor Guilliani, Pres. Bush, and all the soldiers & other military deployed in the Middle East & their families. For the sake of those nearly 3,000 souls, we can never forget!!!

I was walking into work and there was a big commotion in the hall - they had the TV on and was showing the airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center. It just sent chills down my back. Ended up that one of the scientists at the lab 125 miles North of us found out his brother was killed in the Paragon. That really made it real. Now five years later and our boys are still going to war - my cousin just left for Iraq last week. Really makes me wonder where all of this will end up. The other main event I remember was from 1963 - the day Kennedy was shot - my mom was listsening to the radio in the kitchen and shouted "oh my God, the President has been shot" and sat down and started sobbing. Being two I didn't understand what was going on but I remember her reaction like it was yesterday! Diona

Hi twinny!!! You can get a special card for the airports, because I have one, I also got my surgeon to write me a letter on letterhead stating I need water and protein many times throughtout the day for the rest of my life due to my gastric bypass surgery and should be allowed to bring them onto the plane. I had hoped that after losing so much weight the pain would go away, but no such luck! My knees must hurt less than before though, but one still hurts even when not on it, as does my left foot , elblow, right wrist and arms. Oh well, I will live longer!! When I had my surgery, my Dr. wrote me a prescription for the pack, and I got it at a physical therapy place.( about $40 ) You could probably get one through a medical care supply place, too, but with a prescription hopefully insurance will buy it or part of it.

Pam hi Just read your profile and I think you may be my missing twin. I have been in ortho so much it never crossed my mind that they may not replace something. They have replaced so much on me already. Thanks for the heads up on the wrap around gel pack. Are they at Walmart??? I think every thing is at Walmart. I am already on liquid pain meds. I still have a hard time with any pill. Seems they all get stuck in my throat. With all my surgeries I never needed nausea meds before but this is a new day. I will ask about it. I'll be 56 Sept 23. They are going to run a rod through my arm bone like they did my thighs and legs then replace the ball and the cup. Every thing is gone and you can hear my bones crunching. I wish I could get a whole body bone transplant. Sounds too much like Dr. Frankinstien doesnt it. Oh and I stopped going in airports years ago after the first time I was beeping the machine and the hand warn and I kept trying to tell them it was all the metal inside of me. I don't want to be no accident. No one believed me until I showed them the keliod scars.