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Hi dear sisters,

Jane, no, the anti-deps do not make you at all dopey or loopy.  They are Seritonin re-uptake inhibitors.  (Whatever that is) They are not on the government's Substance Abuse list because they do NOT make you sleepy or dopey.  They take from 3 weeks to 6 weeks to even work.  Then, one day, you find yourself humming.  It is quite amazing.  Now, of course, they do not work on a few people, and occasionally, as with all medications, there could be side effects for some, but I had none at all.  In fact, I was sure they weren't working until I had to give a speech, and sailed right through it like a pro.  I thought, sheesh, if I had had this when I was young, I would have been president!

The only caveat is, when you get off them, you must do so slowllyy, like 1/2 pill for 2 weeks, then 1/4 pill for two weeks and so on.  But you most certainly can stop them when the crisis is over. 

They have been prescribed by the millions world wide, and I have never heard of a single physical side effect.  They did think that teens might have a higher rate of suicide with them, but personally, I think they were impatient, and did not wait out the time it takes for them to work.  But I don't know.  I just know they do not give them to teens or younger ones.

Sue, you sound like you are doing a lot better.  Whew, I am glad, you scared me there for a while, little english rose.  I was worried you were fading a little.  But you sound so much better.  Life will be SO SWEET when this is all over.

Ulla, good to hear from you, and don't be too upset by feeling bad and sorta lost.  That is just part of this whole nasty, long, and painful journey.  We all got to that part sooner or later.

Love to you all, Shirlann 

I just had a lovely moment. I will be looking after Oliver this weekend (friend's cat) and was waiting for my friend to drop off her house keys to me. As she was in a hurry to get back to her work, I sat on the front step to wait for her. I thought I heard a cat sneeze in the shrubery beside the steps so I started making cat noises and calling "puss, puss" softly. Then I heard a rustle and a blue tongue lizard crawled up on the step beside me, his bright blue tongue flicking in and out! They are gentle creatures (a type of skink) and they eat garden pests. Anyway, I just happened to be wearing my blue Crocks and Bluetongue came right up to my foot and licked my blue shoe! Maybe they like blue! Maybe it liked my voice? Maybe it was escaping from a sneezing cat... He (she?) sat there for a few moments, looking up at me and then crawled slowly away. I still don't know if the sound I heard was Bluetongue sneezing, a cat sneezing or my imagination - hopefully not a cat because they eat blue tongues!

gb xxx 

Hi Ladies,

Thought you would get a kick out of this - would love to see YOUR answers: -

Four things about me that you may or may not have known in any particular
order.
I am sending this to you because I want to
get to
know you better......take the time to fill this out for me because I have
for you!


Four jobs I have had in my life

1  HEALTH & WELFARE ASSOCIATE
2  PAYROLL CLERK
3   RETAIL STORE SECRETARY
4. RETAIL ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER


Four movies I have watched more than once:

1. THE WIZARD OF OZ - no surprise there!!
2 . ON GOLDEN POND
3. SWEET HOME ALABAMA

4. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Places I've lived:

1 LINDEN, NJ
2 RAHWAY, NJ
3 METUCHEN, NJ
4 NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ


Four tv shows I watch
1. DESIGNED TO SELL

2. LARRY KING
3. HOUSE

4. MIAMI INK

places i visited
1. CARIBBEAN
2. KEY WEST,FL
3 . NEW HAMPSHIRE
4. WEST VIRGINIA

Four of my favorite foods:
1. RAVOLI'S
2. CINAMMON BUNS
3. BROWNIES
4. PIEROGI'S

Places I would like to visit:
1. ENGLAND - to see Sue, Valsul & Lucy
2. ALASKA
3. ANY TROPICAL ISLAND
4. PARIS

Things I am looking forward to in the coming year:

1. Good Health

2. A nice vacation
3. Moving
4. Losing some weight

Love you all,

AE 

Four jobs I have had in my life

1.Nurses aid

2.Daycare provider

3.Commercial cleaner

4Trainer/Specialist ,Electronics

Four movies I have watched more than once

1.Wizard of Oz

2.Christmas Carol

3.Sweet Magnolias

4.Fly away home

Four places I have lived

1.Cleveland Oh

2.McMinnville Tenn

3.Perry Oh

4.Geneva Oh

Four TV shows I watch

1.House

2.Two and a half men

3.American Idol

4.Seinfeld reruns

Places I've visited

1.Colorado

2.Florida

3.Michagan

4.Niagra Falls

Four of my favorite foods

1.Chicken Marsala

2.Pizza

3.Spagehtii

4.Summer Corn-on-the-cob

Places I would like to visit

1.Italy

2.England

3.Washington(state)

4.Cancun

Things I am looking forward to in the coming year

1.Uneventful , good health

2.Laughing as much as I possibly can

3.Seeing my family this month

4.Meeting Lisa

Hi ladies, don't you just hate that this road isn't a straight one? It full of all sorts of curves and juts, hills and valleys. I juat hit a bump...my glands under my chin swelled up over night and are sore. Got to cancel my medi-port inser tomorrow.

Anyway, here's my list:

Four jobs I have had in my life

1.  Telephone operator (high school/college summer job)
2.  Art assistant
3.  Studio manager/art director
4.  Senior design manager

Four movies I have watched more than once:

1. Lawrence of Arabia

2. West Side Story
3. Star Wars

4. The Wizard of Oz

Places I've lived:

1.  The Bronx, NY
2.  New City, NY

3.  New York, NY
4.  Marietta, GA

Four tv shows I watch
1. Lost

2. House
3. Medium

4. EastEnders

Places I visited
1. Florida
2. Southern California
3. Germany/France (same trip)
4. England (London- never got out of the city)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Roasted chicken

2. Mint chip ice cream

3. Dove milk chocolate

4. Asiago cheese bagels

Places I would like to visit:
1. Ireland
2. Hawaii
3. Italy

4. A country randomly picked from a hat

Things I am looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Having my treatment behind me

2. Good health
3. Gettin my daughter ready for college

4. Losing some weight

Melody, thanks for posting the sweet pic of the bluetongue. It's always good to see them in my garden and  to know that next door's cats aren't inflicting too much carnage on them.

I am going to the mountains in the morning, just for the day (It would be nice if we heard tomorrow that the owners of the house we want to buy there have accepted our offer but if not, we will continue looking at other places). We will spend the night in Sydney, and the next morning, I'll come back to spend the rest of the weekend with dear old Oliver. 

AE - great idea of yours to learn more about each other. Hugs to you and UB. 

Wren - what does WIC stand for? Have you trained as a lactation consultant? I would love to do that!

Lisa, good luck on the child support hearing. I only hope that there are teeth in the laws to make him pay the support. I fought for support when my xh left me with a 3 month old. We would go to court and he would pay enough to get him out of trouble for a couple of months then stop paying again. I ended up filing termination of parental rights when my son was 3 because I was tired of going to my lawer to take my xh to court when he was not going to pay. Sorry to tell my bad story regarding child support but maybe the laws have changed over the past 20 yrs.

Sheila

AHA, my turn, but I am so old, so my list is long.

I have lived in:  Montana

                         California

I have visited:  Egypt, Greece, Israel, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Alaska, Canada, the Carribean islands, Azores, Norway, Scotland, China, Japan, Russia, Finland, Austria, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Roratunga, Bora Bora, Tahiti, Moreea, Hawaii, Tanzania, going to Brazil on the 29th of March.  We have been to England many times, and France.  London is my favorite city, for amazing things to see, Egypt.

I like:    Filet Mignon, cheesecake, butterfingers, almonds covered with cocoa, that you get only in Europe, hamburgers, spaghetti, not a huge fish lover, caught too many of them.  We had a commercial fishing license for 20 years.  Owned 4 different boats, had two motor homes.  Rode the Luge in Calgary, went to see the grizzlies in Alaska, got within 20 feet of a mama and her cubs.  Twice have swum with the big rays, in Thailand, I got to sit next to a Bengal tiger and I picked up her paw, it was HUGE.

I have been,  Record's copier

                      Secretary

                      Amin Asst. (glorified secretary, haha)

                      Travel Agent

My pencil is not working, hugs to all, Shirlann

TV shows:    The real E.R.

                    Amazing Race, Survivor, American Idol, Little People,  Big World, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, sometimes Mystery Diagnosis, to scare myself!

Books:  A Rip In Heaven, The Rape of Nanking, A Million Little Pieces, Blackhawk Down, all Stephen King's until he got nutty, Bastard's of Bataan, Icebound, all of James Herriott's, All Creatures Great and Small, ( got to meet him in Thirsk) ,Mountains Upon Mountains, 3 Cups of Tea, Between Hello and Goodbye, James Pattersons, Dean Koontz, I am into Mormon women getting out of Polygamy right now.

Again, while my pencil works, hugs, and love to you all. Shirlann 

Lisa, My DH is not too happy, he is heading up to the frozen North again! He was up in Chicago area Valentines day, Michigan the following week, Pennsylvania last week, now Northern Ohio this week. He said that he has seen enough snow to last until next winter. Here in the Sunny South today, we have temps in the 70's and the spring flowers are blooming (my crocus bloomed 2 weeks ago and the jonquils are blooming now), though the weather man said that there are chances of snow in the upper elevations this weekend .

Sheila