BF>> Not really, they are worn out. No calcium left in the joints so the
 BF>> nerves get irritated all time and then her hand became stiff and almost
 BF>> unable to move. And they even get swollen and once when they should x-ray
 BF>> them the machine was almost unable to see through. They had to do it at
 BF>> max power.

 SH> Not a pleasant thought.:-(

X-rays doesn't hurt you know. :-)

 BF>> It's no treatment to go south, there is no treatment at all but the
 BF>> weather is more stabil there. She told me yesterday that a low pressure
 BF>> is coming and when we looked at the weather on TV she was right. She is
 BF>> better then the metrolog to tell the weather. And when the left big-toe
 BF>> hurts it will snow. And as I said, there are no treatment, no surgical
 BF>> operation, no nothing to do. It's just to live with it and go to a stabil
 BF>> warmer climate as often as possible.

 SH> Is "stabil" "stable' or 'consistent'?

Oh, sorry. Stable.
Here the low-preassures stands in que over England but the Mediterranean climate
is very stable in summer and even so at the Canary Islands.

 SH> My wife just had some accupuncture and she got very ill.  Even missed the
 SH> wedding she wanted to attend.

Should accupuncture have that side-effect?

 BF>> She can even apply at the regional social insurance office to let them
 BF>> pay for theese trips. They have a home on the Canary Island where they
 BF>> send cases like this for free and then only I have to pay for me.

 SH> Our social assistance is not as forward-looking and it is not as
 SH> well-funded.  We would be paying our own way.

And that is why our taxes are so high.
Now they have a "black" list of cases that will not be treated in
hospitals here such
as benign tumous and prostate disorder.
Wonder where this country is going.

//Bjorn

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