Marge, I run a support group for all WLS patients at The Community Church of Oak orchard , the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 7pm. I know Debbie has had DS and runs a support group in cambridge , Maryland once a month. If I can help you in any way let me know. You can reach me at : [email protected]  or 947-0417. See you lighter. Joanne

I am trying to find DS patients in Sussex County or near.by areas.  I would like to make contact with them and start a support group.  I certainly respect the other WLS patients, but it is definately nice to meet with others with the same surgery.  Thank you,  Marge

Deanna-- your son was fantastic and seems to be a really great person to me.  I had only met him that night but he and all the people from the firehouse are really good, i like working there part time.


Kathy---  I am so sorry your week has gone so wrong so quick.  I do hope things start looking up for you.   I wish you the best with your grandchildren.  With your love and dedication  for them everything should work out.  Hey i know the financial worry is there would it be beneficial for you to get cerified as a day care provider then if your daughter isnt working and can get purchase of care she could pay you with that and it would benefit both of you? That way the kids would still have the benefit of there loving grandparents but you would have some type of additional income. I thnk the rules may even be different for purchase of care if the children go to family but i dont know .


Joanne---  I hope your ankle gets mended soon and its nothing serious. 





so here is what happened this morning .....I left work at 7 went to  get labs for my surgeon that yesterday my pcp said since i am already getting what he needs then just get  the surgeons labs sent to him......yeah didnt work that way lab corps couldnt do that. So i run across the street to my doctors office my DR wasnt in until 1pm. I go back to  labcorps get my lab work and leave.  I make it about 1/2 mile up the road im in a turning lane and someone tries to get into my lane in the same space im occupying hence a crash happens. No one was hurt thank goodness and there is damage to my car but all in all i guess its not that bad so everyone says...its my car so it looks horrible to me...LOL.  UUGGHHH  I want a do over for this week and its only tuesday.



from what i read here a few other people could do well with a do over too. I hope things get better all the way around.
.calgon take me away!!!!!

Good Tuesday morning Joanne, and all the other posters and lurkers,  Monday was an eventful day for me and Ed. 

We started out with Ed needing to be in Georgetown by 8:30 a.m.  --  I had to be in Lewes by 11:15 a.m., and then in Philly by 2 p.m. so we knew we had a busy day ahead. His car has to be jumped every day until we get the money for a tensioner pulley, so he took my Pontiac to Georgetown.  I was afraid he wouldn't get back from his appointment in time for me to get to Lewes for -mine-, but he was.  We went to my PCP appointment and the doc ordered a whole sheet of labs and x-rays due to my increasing problems with bilateral small joint pain and swelling.  I pray it's not Rheumatoid Arthritis but chances are, it is.  I've also had this chronic but almost symptomless UTI, so another culture will be done.  By noon, we are off to Philly for my 2:00 dentist appointment.  We walked in the office at 1:55.  Whew.  I had 2 broken teeth, one that I have let go since August and the other one broke a month ago.  I sat in the chair for almost 3 hours and I am very sore today.  I will go back in 3 weeks and have 2 permanent crowns put in.  Any regular dentist would have cost me close to $1600 just for what was done yesterday but ours is family and we only pay lab fees.  My crowns will cost me about $80 each.  That's why we go to Philly for our dental care.  God Bless Dr. Wasko---he is Ed's cousin.

Heading back home, we always stop at the Valero on Rt.1 about 5 miles south of the AFB to top off the gas tank.  We didn't make it that far.  We ran out of gas right in front of the base, at the Old Lebanon Rd. overpass in Little Creek.  I called 911 and they sent a trooper, who called a tow truck to bring us some gas.  The tow driver gets there and says "no one said anything about gas, they just told me someone needed to be towed.  I don't have any gas on board."  CRAP.  He takes off to get a couple gallons and when he gets back, I write him a check for $62 for the gas; then he gets an emergency call so he had to leave us there on the side of the road, trying to get fuel into the lines....the car wouldn't start.  Needless to say, my Pontiac is still sitting there on Rt. 1.  It has to be something else other than no fuel...it still won't start and we drained the battery with the 4 way flashers running.  Our friend came and picked us up so all told, we left Longneck at 10:30 am yesterday and did not get back to the house until 11:30 last night.  We have to go back and retrieve the car today.  We already know what Ed's first paycheck from Perdue will be used for....getting both of the cars fixed. 

Bad luck comes in 3's so I am waiting for the third shoe to fall.  The 3rd shoe?  A family roundtable will happen here tonight to finalize the plans for us to take temporary custody of our 3 grandkids so my daughter and her husband can get any job, any shift, anywhere without worrying about child care.  Joanne,  I know you have your grandkids and I could use some advice here.  Mine are much younger....the oldest just started kindergarten.  I will have to stop working and that's the big shoe because I have only been at this job for just under a month.  We need anything I can earn but those babies need a home first.  God will provide for our needs, He always does but this one scares me.

I hope everyone has a better Tuesday than my Monday was!! 

Oh My...sounds like a hell of a time.  Hang in there.  Mother/daughter relationships are sometimes very difficult and time does often help.  Just don't follow her behavior, as the kids are watching to see how you handle it.  Concentrate on getting settled, the new home and the kids.  And be grateful for the 10 mile distance!
Barbara