you might like this pattern, too:

Yes I do!! And you know, that might be something different to make – I never make pullover sweaters. Don’t know why – I just never do.

Kim

Now I have enough self patterning sock yarn to make every kid in Malone a Devan.
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you might like this pattern, too:
http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/johnny/johnny.html

I’m totally serious about buying the sweater, but I don’t want you to feel pressured. Take care of yourself, and when you get around to feeling better and have the time, let me know. You know my e-mail address. Thanks so much, take care and I’ll be around.

Gail

I doubt if this is news to you, but both your hi blood pressure & bouts of chest pain may be due to your lupus. According to http://www.homehealth-uk.com/medical/lupus.htm:

“Lupus can be a serious disease causing inflammation and damage to the joints, skin and major organs, such as the heart, lungs and kidneys. If lupus is severe the kidneys can become inflamed, this rarely causes any pain, though you may experience high blood pressure. If left untreated the inflammation can cause kidney failure. If the lining of internal organs, such as the heart and lungs become inflamed you may experience sharp chest pains, shortness of breath and coughing.”

Are you under *regular* care by a non-Malone physician for your lupus?

Stupid can happen outside of Malone. My first experience with a brain MRI, office gal calls and says I have White Brain Matter Desease. That they will call with the name of a neurologist. I wait for 2 weeks and never hear from them, all the while playing with google and thinking my brain was going into dementia. They never did call back and I found my own neurologist. The MRI was normal for my age, spots were so tiny you couldn’t even see them.

This week a spine xray and gal calls to tell me I have degernative disc desease. Was smarter and asked her if it was normal aging. Yup normal, so something else going on.

These doctors have got to stop letting the unkowning call us and cause more angst. Good for you getting him on the phone. It eludes me what is going through their heads or how the “doctor” business is really ran for the good of the patient. It is almost close the their needing a huge sandwich board on our body telling them what is wrong or smacking them in the head so they will listen to us.

And now I can’t get in to see my doc for a month because yesterday he fell down the stairs and broke his leg with surgery to insert a pin. No wonder he has all these signs around to inform his patients on safety matters in the home.

THANK YOU KIM! I’ll let you know the size soon as I can.

Etsy, I will have to check it out.

John Adams, not sure of the actors, not great at that kind of thing, but yes the one shown on HBO

http://www.hbo.com/films/johnadams/

I watched all 7 episodes, over and over! Block Buster has it now.

There was an article in our paper yesterday, announcing there is to be a special ceremony in Philly honoring a monument for George Washington’s 9
slaves, the ones he had working for him while he resided in our nations first presidential home, which was in Philadelphia. It noted, he owned over 100 slaves. Disgusting!

I note this only to point out John Adams never owned or wanted or approved of slavery!

John Adams was a true patriot! It was John Adams who insisted upon the three branches of government. Be sure to read the book, John Adams, by David McCullough.

-a real winner!

HAPPY ‘INDEPENDENCY’ DAY!

I imagine you already do this, but write down your questions. Can Val go with you as an advocate to ask questions? Your mind may not be as nimble as it needs to be as you are sitting on the exam table half-dressed. Bless Paul but I don’t think he’s much of an advocate …

How goes the search for a proper doctor, Kim? I worry about you there in the sticks with subpar medical choices

Well, actually I had a quite interesting phone call today.

The nurse called me from the “heartburn” doctor’s office. She said “You were supposed to follow up with Dr. Heartburn and you didn’t call – so he needs you to come in – one of your tests came back abnormal.”

Wow. Abnormal? Wonder what *that* could be??

So I say “Well, to tell you the truth, I wasn’t really in much of a hurry to follow up with Dr. Heartburn, beause I have no confidence in his doctoring. I mean, He gave me a prescription for some heartburn shit – and I really don’t think I have heartburn, but Thanks!”

She then says “Well, the test result was abnormal…”

I say “What test result? What was abnormal?”

She says “Well, The doctor has to talk to you about that.”

“OK – put him on the phone.”

Which she actually does – after about 5 minutes.

So he gets on the phone and after I explain that I really don’t want to “follow up” with him – he says “Well, I have some fairly alarming news – you have lupus.”

“Ummmm….OH MY GOD. DO I??? You mean the SAME lupus I was diagnosed with umpteen fucking years ago??? The same Lupus that’s in my fucking medical charts and that we talked about at the fucking hospital??”

You fucking idiot. Do You SEE why I am skipping the follow up appointment?

I swear to God.

Oh – and I have an appointment in Plattsburgh on the 29th. With a real fucking doctor.

I hope.

Kim