Roslyn,
   A man I once knew would suggest that you get Cold Pressed Castor Oil  and soak a wool flannel wrag with it, and then place 
it on your thumb during the night, wrapped in plastic wrap.   Remember Edgar 
Cayce ?  I have seen it work for a lot of people, it's cheap, and it causes 
no fulther pain if it doesn't work........soooooo
   Chuckle, oh yes, now I know what a medical model is .  In So Calif they 
make the students actually check themselves in as patients and make them 
pretend as though they have a disease, and get treated by the medical staff 
so they have an idea as to what a patient goes through when they are 
hospitalized.  I think it's a good idea for them to deal with the 
embarrassment of having their bare rear hanging out while sitting in the 
hallway waiting for the X-ray or other procedures.......needless to say, they 
come out with a bit more comapssion !!
  I haven't heard of any workshop re: Women Who Run With The Wolves.....maybe 
I'm just leading a sheltered life.    I would assume that the 
Skelton Woman  would have something to do with sex.
   Gotta' run for now, it's midnight, and I have to be up at 8 and them work 
until 10 p.m. tomorrow night.  Guess I'll need all the beauty rest I can get 

                                 Patti
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