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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 <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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