February 25, 2003

• Quick Grammy Rant…

  
  

  Okay…I think that we Xangans all agree that the Grammy’s pretty much sucked this year.  Right??

  
  

  AND…that celebrities just have NO fashion sense.  I mean, do they look at themselves in the mirror before they go to award ceremonies??  If they do and think, “damn…I look good” when they look like this…

  
  

  

  
  

  something is TERRIBLY wrong with them!!

  
  

  Did she not even remember that she was at the Grammy’s????  OMG! AND…she couldn’t even read the teleprompter when presenting a lifetime acheivement award??? What a disappointment.

  
  

  I won’t continue on this subject…other than to say that the only performance I think was even up to Grammy standards was the Dixie Chicks.  There…now I’m done.

  
  

  Body Parts…

  
  

  I’ve been going to the chiropractor over the past couple of weeks because I’d severely sprained my right hand, thumb and wrist (still trying to figure out how and when I managed to do it).  Although, while I was there last week…the doctor and I were talking and I’d mentioned the problems that I’ve endured with my abdomen since giving birth to the twins in March of 1999.

  
  

  For those of you who don’t know my history on that…I’ll give you a brief summary.  When I gave birth to the twins, I had to have a c-section performed with one of them.  Since then, I’ve had many complications including staff infection, an abcess, severe nerve damage, swelling and constant pain.  I’ve been to many different doctors, specialists and surgeons in my area…but none would help me.  They even went so far as to tell me that it was “all in my head”.  Can you believe that??

  
  

  Anyway, so I was discussing this with the chiropractor and he suggested that he examine me and try a couple of treatments.  Well, after being in pain constantly for 4 years…I’ll try anything!  So, I went in yesterday and he examined me and asked me a few questions…including if I’d ever been tested for endometriosis.  Well, yes…I’d requested to be tested for that about 2 years ago because during my menstrual cylce…my abdomen swells up horribly (to the point where I look 4 months pregnant) and the pain is unbearable at times. 

  
  

  After examining me, he told me that I have adhesions all around this lump in my abdomen.  I already knew that…but then he also went on to tell me that I do indeed have endometriosis.  THAT was something I feared.

  
  

  On one hand I’m relieved to finally have an answer…and on the other hand, it was one answer that I didn’t want to hear.  So, now this is something that I will deal with…but it’s just so sad that for years I couldn’t get any help from people who are supposedly specialists in this field and I had to be diagnosed by a chiropractor.  He even gave me a hug and told me how sorry he was that no one has done anything about my situation for so long.  He told me that he would do his best to help me.

  
  

  It’s nice to know that SOMEONE is going to help me…finally.

  
  

  Okay…I had to get that out…I feel better now.

  
  

  More Answers To YOUR Questions…

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  I notice that you have a button for autistic children on your site. How did you develop your interest in autism?

  Posted 2/24/2003 at 8:03 pm by Nance1 My youngest twin, Caleb is autistic.  He was diagnosed when he was 2 years old.  Ever since then I’ve been researching autism and ways to help autistic children and those who don’t know much about it.  So many people are not aware of what it is or that so many children have it and that more and more are being diagnosed with it every year.  I think that the saddest part is that once people find out a child is autistic they treat them as if they are handicapped…but my son is capable of doing all of the things that his brother can do and in some ways, he is even ahead of his brother. Good question…thanks for asking! How can you like snow? LoL.   Kara Posted 2/24/2003 at 10:35 pm by dmbfreak02 LOL…I know, it’s strange.  Living out here though, we don’t get as much snow as some people think we do.  I grew up in Michigan and used to snowmobile a great deal.  Out here, that just isn’t something you can do just anywhere.  I miss that. How high was the highest snowbank you ever experienced? Posted 2/25/2003 at 12:11 am by ryoushi 18 feet!!  I was about 10 years old I think…but I remember that there was so much snow that even the big V snowplows couldn’t get through.  We had to go grocery shopping on the snowmobile!  It was cool!!! Okay…well, I guess that’s it for me today.  I’m sorry that I didn’t get around to everyone’s sites last night…but it’s report card time and I had to spend some time talking to my oldest daughter about her grades…unfortunately. I did visit most of you this morning and will try to to get around to the rest of you this afternoon. Have a wonderful Tuesday!! ~Maria

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