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Where did I put that warrenty?

nita

nita

Friday, August 31, 2007
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I was born with hip dysplasia. Pain was my life. I didn't know any better. I was told to wait until the last possible moment to have my total hip replacement, which I did at the age of 36, when I found I could not even make it to the backyard to show my nother my new house. A trip to the store fo...
  1. What? Sounds like my story...
    annebeckett
    Sunday, September 02, 2007 at 01:38 PM

    Though, different joints .. yes, I do have many problems (bulging and tearing and, basically, non-existant any longer) with the discs in my back but, my main problem has been my jaw.  And, If if can deal with the spine, usually, I can deal with it...

    And, let me be the first (here) to say, "YOU ARE NOT FAT!!!".

    Some doctors really can put us off;  believe me, the journey I have been through and on in the past year has been pretty awful and I don't know how much longer I can stand it, myself.

    However, I do press on;  it seems that you, too, do this.  Good for you!  Obviously, SOME doctors missed the classes about bedside manner.. or grew up with no manners, whatsoever!  What would their mothers think of their actions and their words?

    Anyway, the one thing I used to tell my favourite docs down in SanAntonio when they wondered how I could still have a sense of humor about all of this (after more than a few-dozen surgeries) was, "well, i'ts either laugh or die".. And, I meant every word of it!

    Personally, I am wondering just where my jaw-joints are;  know they're not in my head any longer, just do not know who ended up with 'em!  Hope that someone can "fix" your hips.. as well as they CAN be fixed!

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    re: What? Sounds like my story...
    nita
    Wednesday, September 05, 2007 at 08:40 PM
    Hi, Anne! Thank you for the comment...I can tell you have a great humour! Go girl! (Do they even say that anymore?) Anyway, I just wear my plain clothes now when I go to the doctor...Tongue
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