As Bettie West communicated to Wendy Apgar's starship:
 
 BW> your handling things better than most would Wendy...keep 
 BW> on, keeping on..are you the lady I talked with last year? I 
 BW> used to be on here quite a bit but cut back in the summer 
 BW> time..What is your pain caused by. I think the lady I was 
 BW> talking to had arthritis real bad and lots of pain that's 
 BW> why I thought you might be her..at any rate , nice talking 
 BW> to you, do take care and I'll say a little prayer your 
 BW> feeling  better soon.
 Thanks for the prayers. I know deep down that they help,
 although to be honest, sometimes I wonder where God is.
 My pain is due to fibromyalgia, arthritis in my knees,
 degenerative disk disease as well as chronic back pain,
 MCS, asthma, etc.  More than enough to handle.
 Thankfully I am learning to listen to my body when it
 comes to activities. 
 Now when I do my rubber stamping, when my back starts to
 hurt I get up and go lie down or switch to another 
 activity in a different chair. It seems to help a lot
 and I don't hurt for a week after I've sat and done
 rubber stamping for the day. It may take me a little
 while longer...stamping supplies out for 3 days
 instead of simply 1 depending on the number of cards that
 I am making, but overall I feel better and that is good.
 A small triumph....
 Today is the 9th day without sugar or any self-destructive
 activities. Doesn't sound like much, but it is a major
 accomplishment for me.  Decided that I really needed
 to stop eating the suger, and hopefully lose a little
 weight (or a lot of weight, but I can't look at this as
 a diet) because of the way I feel physically. Not to
 mention, the fact that I feel better about myself while
 I have been doing this. 
 I made a suger-free chocolate cream pie with instant
 pudding. I noticed that after eating apples and bananas
 for snacks, the pie tasted almost too sweet. I think
 that is a good sign.
 Well, gotta go. I have more cards to color and my back
 is beginning to hurt.  :-)
 Wendy
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... Too many hobbies! Too little time!
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