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[DrBee]

Hey Maine's great! (I went to college there and my mom lives there now.)

I thought catfish were fairly durable. And that's what she kept saying "I chose fish I thought would live a long time." Oh the humanity. Well, I will go back to LFS and get another one probably.

How's your back??

I've had my heart set on Maine for a couple of years now - I'm waiting for them to build the building!!! They've started pouring concrete, so I'm hoping to be relocating within 2 years (congress has to fund the positions first). I have a great job here, just don't particularly like much else about MS. Soon.... I hope....

I would suggest to try again with the catfish. They are quite sturdy (as Lise said). I work with channel catfish - disease resistance of all things.

Thanks for asking about my back. I'm up to about 3/4 speed now. I was at 1/2 speed this morning. Slowly approaching hummingbird again. Hopefully tomorrow - before the rain starts. I'm still on my search for sunglasses and my latest attempt arrived in the mail today - only I'm too sore to get out on the bike and test them out. They feel good in the house, though. Tifosi Slip. We'll see.

Way scary on the paint can in the microwave. I don't think I'll try that. Might make for some nice abstract art, though. Very scary.

[DirtDiva]

I haven't tried that one in person, but there's enough eight-year-old boy in me to think blowing stuff up like that is way cool.

[Veronica]

Where in Maine fishdr? I grew up there. Most of the family is still there.

V.

[maillotpois]

Thanks for the condolences. The freezer is accepting visitors...

We got a "mountain loach" the speediest little cheetah-looking thing ever and a snail. Nice contrast.

That microwaving of paint sounds a bit scary... but fun. I won't tell DH. He almost burned the neighbor's garage down as a kid.

[DrBee]

We're building 2 facilities - one in Franklin and one in Orono. I will likely be in Franklin - at least at first. That is the first building they are working on. Orono is just in the planning stages still.

[KnottedYet]

Phuque.

Went to the doc today. This time last year she said she thought I had multiple sclerosis and gave me a referral to a neuro doc.

I didn't want MS so I tossed the referral. If ya don't go to the neurologist, ya don't have MS, right?

Besides, if I have MS, my s. o. will leave me, and then I'd have MS and no Ms. Which is not a good trade in my mind.

This year the doc said the same thing, only louder and with the caveat that it could be my (previously vanquished) cancer has meandered into my brain for a change of scenery.

I'm having enough trouble that I gave in. So, I'm sneaking off for a brain MRI on the sly on Monday. (wonder if they'll find anything. ha ha ha)

And what really sticks in my craw is that I was PLANNING to spend my tax return on Speedplay Frogs, not two dang mess-with-my-atoms'-spin and irradiate-me-with-iodine-dye while I have claustrophobic-panic-attacks MRI's.

Poop.

[SadieKate]

Went to the doc today. This time last year she said she thought I had multiple sclerosis and gave me a referral to a neuro doc.

I didn't want MS so I tossed the referral. If ya don't go to the neurologist, ya don't have MS, right?

Besides, if I have MS, my s. o. will leave me, and then I'd have MS and no Ms. Which is not a good trade in my mind.

Huh?

I understand you are scared, but huh? If the SO won't stay around because of a MS diagnosis you don't need the SO(maybe B). MS has so many faces and no guarantees.

[Nanci]

At least you'll know. I'm sure it's been hovering over you for the last year, anyway. Better to know for sure, so you can take action.

Nanci

[DrBee]

We'll be here if you need us for moral support. Good luck with the MRI. It's better to know and deal with it then it is to not know and let it pester you.

[DirtDiva]

{{{KnottedYet}}} That sucks. If the Ms. would leave because of MS, then the Ms. deserves a good hard push down the steps as she goes. I can't imagine having had that hanging over me for a year. I've had an MRI. It wasn't too bad (mind you, it was only to rule out some of the more obscure causes of hearing loss, so I wasn't particularly woried about scary diagnoses). I could see a little bit of the outside world over my feet, which was very reassuring. Kinda noisy in there though, and bloody difficult to keep still. If you're really worried about it, don't eat for a couple of hours before you go and ask for some happy juice - it's a hospital, they'll have something! Alas, I can't give you any reassurance about the cost. My Dad's a radiologist; I got a freebie.

[Trek420]

Knottedyet ((((((hugs)))))) so sorry about this. But better to know right away, both the diagnosis and the inSO. Don't make me come up there and beat someone up (JK TE gals).

[bikerz]

Knotted yet - hang in there! I agree with the others - knowing is better - for me, the "not knowing" space gets filled up with all the worst case scenarios my feverish little brain can think of, but once I know, the feverish brain can starts woking on concrate plans...

Your friends will be there for support (IRL and here on TE), and as for the SO - well - maybe she'll surprise you (and herself!).

Tawe very good care, and let us know how it goes.

[KnottedYet]

Thanks guys! I'm feeling much saner this morning... which is a relative thing, but hey!

And yes, my feverish little brain was thinking up some Spielberg-worthy disasters all night long. (the s. o. issue is real, however. could get interesting.)

One of my biking buddies launched into a HILARIOUS discription of how she was gonna drag my sorry butt around in a wheelchair as I decline, and I laughed so hard I was snorting into the phone.

My bike goddess boss was teasing me that at least now I'd have an excuse for being such a dingbat.

Bikers are cool!

(((((((all you folks))))))))

[Nanci]

Well, several people have completed Ironmans with MS- there's a guy who just did last year, and I cannot think of his name! Wasn't even a triathlete before.

Nanci

[SadieKate]

I'm glad you're feeling perkier now but as you go through these tests remember that MS is different for everyone. There is no guarantee of a chair. The dingbat part might apply to me at times, but I don't ever plan on being in wheelchair. You'd be amazed at the hale and hearty people around you with MS, right here on this forum.

You have plenty of time to read up on MS or PM me if you have questions. I'm in better shape than most of my non-MS family and friends.

Teri Garr, from Speed Bumps:

I don't do well when forced to look at the dark side; who does? I do try to live in the light. I've always been that way. As Shakespeare said, "There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so.