From my e-mail:

From: sharon
To: joe
Subject: Go gently with the flow
Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008 5:26 AM

Go Gently With The Flow

If the Sky above Seems Cloudy and You are Left Out in the Rain,
If You are Searching for a Rainbow, But the colors bring You Pain,
If Your World is Not Revolving, and there is No End in Sight..
If You are Looking for the Sunshine, But all You See is Night..
If all around are Smiling, But all You Can do is Frown..
If You are Tired of all the Living, when Life Just Brings You Down..

Then Look Beyond Your Tear Drops, at the Wonders of this Land..
The Beauty of a Flower, Like Velvet in Your Hand..
Feel the Air around You, the Smell of New Mown Hay,
Laughing Children in the Park, the Innocence there at Play..

I've been having a lot of trouble with my big toe and an ingrown toenail
for some time and yesterday it was all infected. I got all the 'stuff'
out but this morning it was still all red and purple, so I figured I'd
better go to the podiatrist. They fit me in (nice people that they are)
and it's a good thing I went as my nail was deeply imbedded in the skin.
He numbed my toe and took a big piece of nail out. He said once it
heals, I won't have the ingrown toenail problem anymore. But now that
the numbness is coming out, I'm thinking it's time for some tylenol. Or
maybe some wine and cheese :)) OK, I admit it, I just need some sympathy
:)))

Carole :)

Hi all,
I just got a new MAJOR ankle brace. There is a steel shank inside the
sole of my shoe (they cut the sole, then glued it back together). then
there's a channel cut into the sides of the heel of the shoe and a
metal bar runs through that and is attached at either side to metal
posts which run up the sides of my leg to a leather strap just below
the knee. couldn't find a picture of this, which would make it much
easier to explain!

A friend of a friend is going to have a hip replacement soon. I know there
has been mention on here of a group of 'hippies' where a person can get lots
of great info, but I cannot remember the address. (I found all the medical
sites.) Can anybody tell me? Thanks!

Leslie