Happenings

Charlotte invited me over yesterday, and I stayed until I fell asleep in the guest room around eleven. A couple of hours earlier, I had spoken with Adam, who'd said there was a good chance he might be home tonight, but we had still been looking at Saturday. So I was surprised when I was woken up at two in the morning by someone shaking me. It was my husband. But I was so exhausted and sleepy that I didn't move. He took offense and left for home. A few minutes later I woke up and realized what had happened and called him to come back to get me. In the car, a senseless argument led to my having several auras in a row (which is unbelievably frightening, actually), and then... I don't remember much. The complex partial seizure lasted a long time. It was like a dream. I remember feeling like I was in a dream.
Adam told me that throughout the night, until about four, I was wandering aimlessly, mumbling and twitching and very tense. When I was lying in bed, my left side was spasming and tensed so hard he had to massage me for a long time. The seizure hold finally broke, and after I recovered, we made love and fell asleep and woke up around noon. Went shopping, bought several months worth of food both canned and frozen, and fresh. Ate hash browns and bacon. I am now watching TV while Adam is watching the fish and also cooking fish for dinner (not our fish, grocery store rainbow trout).
My head no longer hurts.
More later.

Happenings

Charlotte invited me over yesterday, and I stayed until I fell asleep in the guest room around eleven. A couple of hours earlier, I had spoken with Adam, who'd said there was a good chance he might be home tonight, but we had still been looking at Saturday. So I was surprised when I was woken up at two in the morning by someone shaking me. It was my husband. But I was so exhausted and sleepy that I didn't move. He took offense and left for home. A few minutes later I woke up and realized what had happened and called him to come back to get me. In the car, a senseless argument led to my having several auras in a row (which is unbelievably frightening, actually), and then... I don't remember much. The complex partial seizure lasted a long time. It was like a dream. I remember feeling like I was in a dream.
Adam told me that throughout the night, until about four, I was wandering aimlessly, mumbling and twitching and very tense. When I was lying in bed, my left side was spasming and tensed so hard he had to massage me for a long time. The seizure hold finally broke, and after I recovered, we made love and fell asleep and woke up around noon. Went shopping, bought several months worth of food both canned and frozen, and fresh. Ate hash browns and bacon. I am now watching TV while Adam is watching the fish and also cooking fish for dinner (not our fish, grocery store rainbow trout).
My head no longer hurts.
More later.

Happenings

Charlotte invited me over yesterday, and I stayed until I fell asleep in the guest room around eleven. A couple of hours earlier, I had spoken with Adam, who'd said there was a good chance he might be home tonight, but we had still been looking at Saturday. So I was surprised when I was woken up at two in the morning by someone shaking me. It was my husband. But I was so exhausted and sleepy that I didn't move. He took offense and left for home. A few minutes later I woke up and realized what had happened and called him to come back to get me. In the car, a senseless argument led to my having several auras in a row (which is unbelievably frightening, actually), and then... I don't remember much. The complex partial seizure lasted a long time. It was like a dream. I remember feeling like I was in a dream.
Adam told me that throughout the night, until about four, I was wandering aimlessly, mumbling and twitching and very tense. When I was lying in bed, my left side was spasming and tensed so hard he had to massage me for a long time. The seizure hold finally broke, and after I recovered, we made love and fell asleep and woke up around noon. Went shopping, bought several months worth of food both canned and frozen, and fresh. Ate hash browns and bacon. I am now watching TV while Adam is watching the fish and also cooking fish for dinner (not our fish, grocery store rainbow trout).
My head no longer hurts.
More later.

I guess ignorance is partially a strange bliss

I have been asked by neighbors and coworkers about why I limp and walk funny and carry my left arm the way I do. I will launch into my shortest easiest explanation of cerebral palsy and then of spastic ataxic hemiplegia. They wonder about my feet and my shoes -- do I always walk on my toes, can I wear flats, what is the highest heel I can wear. Something that bothers me is that some people will say things like, "Oh, you can walk and move just like everyone else, you just have to try harder and get over your problem." At this point, I smile like a shark and politely end the conversation. I have had suggestions that "You should wear really high heels to help your balance" after I have explained that between the CP, the muscle tension, the tight tendons, and the keloid scars on my ankles, walking in any heel higher than three inches causes intense, sobbing pain, and walking for too long causes my ankles to become inflamed, the nerves flaring viciously. Why can't I run or jog? Why can't I stand still for too long? What the hell is my problem? Other people with "your disability" can do things just fine, I am told. I should push past it.
Sometimes I would like to take them and brand their ankles and stretch their Achilles tendons to the point of snapping and give them bad knees and a left foot that twists outward to the bone, and muscles that spasm and tense without warning, and then put them in a pair of heeled pumps or flats -- no ankle support -- and send them walking two miles uphill and then dancing in a nightclub.
People wonder why I only wear boots low to mid heel, why I don't wear flats or sneakers and why I will never, ever wear high heels. It hurts. That's all. I deal with it. Please leave me alone now. Thank you.

I guess ignorance is partially a strange bliss

I have been asked by neighbors and coworkers about why I limp and walk funny and carry my left arm the way I do. I will launch into my shortest easiest explanation of cerebral palsy and then of spastic ataxic hemiplegia. They wonder about my feet and my shoes -- do I always walk on my toes, can I wear flats, what is the highest heel I can wear. Something that bothers me is that some people will say things like, "Oh, you can walk and move just like everyone else, you just have to try harder and get over your problem." At this point, I smile like a shark and politely end the conversation. I have had suggestions that "You should wear really high heels to help your balance" after I have explained that between the CP, the muscle tension, the tight tendons, and the keloid scars on my ankles, walking in any heel higher than three inches causes intense, sobbing pain, and walking for too long causes my ankles to become inflamed, the nerves flaring viciously. Why can't I run or jog? Why can't I stand still for too long? What the hell is my problem? Other people with "your disability" can do things just fine, I am told. I should push past it.
Sometimes I would like to take them and brand their ankles and stretch their Achilles tendons to the point of snapping and give them bad knees and a left foot that twists outward to the bone, and muscles that spasm and tense without warning, and then put them in a pair of heeled pumps or flats -- no ankle support -- and send them walking two miles uphill and then dancing in a nightclub.
People wonder why I only wear boots low to mid heel, why I don't wear flats or sneakers and why I will never, ever wear high heels. It hurts. That's all. I deal with it. Please leave me alone now. Thank you.

I guess ignorance is partially a strange bliss

I have been asked by neighbors and coworkers about why I limp and walk funny and carry my left arm the way I do. I will launch into my shortest easiest explanation of cerebral palsy and then of spastic ataxic hemiplegia. They wonder about my feet and my shoes -- do I always walk on my toes, can I wear flats, what is the highest heel I can wear. Something that bothers me is that some people will say things like, "Oh, you can walk and move just like everyone else, you just have to try harder and get over your problem." At this point, I smile like a shark and politely end the conversation. I have had suggestions that "You should wear really high heels to help your balance" after I have explained that between the CP, the muscle tension, the tight tendons, and the keloid scars on my ankles, walking in any heel higher than three inches causes intense, sobbing pain, and walking for too long causes my ankles to become inflamed, the nerves flaring viciously. Why can't I run or jog? Why can't I stand still for too long? What the hell is my problem? Other people with "your disability" can do things just fine, I am told. I should push past it.
Sometimes I would like to take them and brand their ankles and stretch their Achilles tendons to the point of snapping and give them bad knees and a left foot that twists outward to the bone, and muscles that spasm and tense without warning, and then put them in a pair of heeled pumps or flats -- no ankle support -- and send them walking two miles uphill and then dancing in a nightclub.
People wonder why I only wear boots low to mid heel, why I don't wear flats or sneakers and why I will never, ever wear high heels. It hurts. That's all. I deal with it. Please leave me alone now. Thank you.

personal power stones

Garnet
Clear Quartz
Diamond
Amber
Amethyst
Opal

Ebay has given me or will give me various rings with each stone. Ah, waiting for the mail.

I have started looking for a pendant or bracelet that features all of these stones. I figure it will be very powerful and interesting.

http://www.metaphysicalrealm.com/crystalinfo1.html
http://www.neatstuff.net/avalon/info-a.html

So, what are your personal stones and gems of power?

personal power stones

Garnet
Clear Quartz
Diamond
Amber
Amethyst
Opal

Ebay has given me or will give me various rings with each stone. Ah, waiting for the mail.

I have started looking for a pendant or bracelet that features all of these stones. I figure it will be very powerful and interesting.

http://www.metaphysicalrealm.com/crystalinfo1.html
http://www.neatstuff.net/avalon/info-a.html

So, what are your personal stones and gems of power?

personal power stones

Garnet
Clear Quartz
Diamond
Amber
Amethyst
Opal

Ebay has given me or will give me various rings with each stone. Ah, waiting for the mail.

I have started looking for a pendant or bracelet that features all of these stones. I figure it will be very powerful and interesting.

http://www.metaphysicalrealm.com/crystalinfo1.html
http://www.neatstuff.net/avalon/info-a.html

So, what are your personal stones and gems of power?