Hi all,

I'm just checking in. My life has been crazy of late and I haven't done much
with messaging on the computer.

On Oct. 31st I started the job from hell. How this company gets away with the
things they do to the employees is beyond my comprehension. I won't go into all
the gory details but on the line between legal and illegal, they are sitting on
it dangling their feet over the side. We won't even talk about ethics as they
have none at all.

The good part *maybe* is that I now have health insurance. Going to the doctor
was interesting because I felt healthy *before* I walked into his office. I
found out my cholesteral is too high but not real bad, I have the bones of a
35-year old *BUT* my hip bones are thinning out and pinched nerves in both of
my elbows. Oh and he told me I'm overweight but I knew that already. I was
already taking a multi-vitamin so I planned on keep doing that. Now I'm taking
Omega3 for my cholesterol as well as other things, calcium with vitamin D for
the bones, etc and Evista for the hip bones. I fought the doc on the Evista
because I hate taking meds with all the side effects. So far, so good in that I
haven't noticed any of the side effects from the Evista.

Now I'm on short-term disability because I had my left elbow operated on to
unpinch the nerve there. The other elbow will be done in the future. I wasn't
out of the hospital a whole week when my one tooth started hurting. I didn't
need the Vicadin for the elbow but needed it for the tooth. I found that I was
sleeping constantly and not eating any food. I've only started eating the other
day but still feel weak.

Enter the dentist: I went to the dentist who sent me to an oral surgeon. This
is going on the 3rd week of a toothache. It seems that the rule is that the
oral surgeon has to do an evaluation (he looked into my mouth and said the
tooth needs pulled). This will happen this coming Tuesday. More days of not
eating right and probably sleeping a lot.

None of this happened until I started going to the doctor. hehehe

I'm going to try to get in here more often *after* I get this achy tooth
pulled.

I am looking for another job. I did learn one lesson though. It isn't good to
be looking for a job when you are desperate for one because you will take
anything.

Sharon



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