Rules of Relapse
Posted by Josie on Mar 9, 2010 in Uncategorized | 51 comments
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Well you are quite the groaner aren’t you! Are you sure I can’t entice you into purchasing my best friends’ cousin’s special diet plan booklet and a few crystals.
I’m glad I finally know what the pain you were referring to the other day was. And thanks for sharing. Want to hear my dirty little secret? I too have fibromyalgia. I am firmly in the “if I ignore it it will go away” camp. Doesn’t always work but helps me keep my sanity. For quite a dumb time there I was in the “I’m going to every support group and visiting every forum and trying every treatment I can” camp. Didn’t work out so well. After a complete breakdown I decided to do things my own way – which pretty much sounds like your way.
I’ve been much better lately but live in dread everytime a muscle flares up that it’s going to be a full flare up. Fortunately I haven’t had one of those in a while.
Take care of yourself and if you want to cheer up and you share my fart humour glee, check out this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvopmcc86kU
And of course, if you do actually need to talk, feel free to contact me. Otherwise I’ll astutely ignore the subject. Can you post a vid on how to knit!?! I basically know but last time I knitted was about 20 years ago and I completely have forgotten how to cast on. As well as other things, but I figure casting on would be priority number one, right?[Reply]
Josie Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 11:15 pmI am saving that video for the morning cause I just KNOW it's going to be good.
If I had got my ass in gear maybe I could have done a “Just Vlog it” challenge post and teach you my weird knitting style. I've yet to find someone that knits the same way – you can tell I learnt by making it up as I went along. I was quite horrified when I saw another person knitting in real life!
Casting on kind of imperative. Otherwise you're just waving your needles around and look a bit of a nonce…
P.S Thank you. Always very good to have someone that understands x
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They have some good stuff to do
Let me know if you manage socks – I’ve been trying for years :s
Ooh and let me know what you think of True Blood so we can enthuse together
*hugs many* as always xx[Reply]
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Oh, stop whinging.
I have EXCELLENT box sets. You haven't *lived* if you haven't seen Gilmore Girls seasons 1 to 7. Oh, and I have True Blood, and Glee, and Mad Men, and Felicity and My So Called Life and, ooh, all sorts of things. Think of me as your online DVD rental service. We'll come and deliver, and bring cake. Just let us know when xx
Oh – and as the great Sue Sylvester would say: “You think this is hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told they're going in a different direction. THAT'S hard.”
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Thanks for that post – and we'll all bear it in mind, and try not to slip up! Good to lay down some ground rules, for your own sanity
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Just to spite you I'm going to light some candles, polish the crystals and pray to not only God, but Yahweh, Allah and the Man in the Moon on your behalf. Then I will make special cake full of carabetanoids and weevil poo that has been proven (in 2/53456 studies) to cure ALL symptoms of fibromyalgia, which I shall post along with the camel piss tea (it's great for the nerves). Ok!? It better be cos this Nurse Ratchet won't accept anything but. Got that!
NB/ laughing's good. Crying's good. Breathing is mandatory. xx
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Right, I'm crap at humour, I have no useful advice to offer and I don't live near you so I'm going for the knitting option. I have my cross-stitch to work on that has been sorely neglected of late so expect me to be boring you with daily updates of my progress (if I actually make any)… Now get off your ass you lazy cow and go eat something.
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Yoga is good. Cake is better. In your honour I will pretend that I have just done yoga and go eat some cake.
And seriously, I live for whining. Other people's whining makes me feel better about my own.[Reply]
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I have bossy boots and will always let you know what to do… if only I lived closer you I would make your life better!!
(bossy boots new post http://barenakedmummy.blogspot.com/2010/03/bossy-boots.html)
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for pities sake woman, are you still winging on about this? Get over it already! Oh and get your fat lazy ass off the sofa you winging bint and have some breakfast!
Geez some people, it's all me, me, me! tut!
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Josie Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:48 amYou beat Sally for best comment. Honestly, insults work a bazillion times better than painkillers
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notesfromlapland Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 8:13 amstrange but true. i can not abide people being nice to me if i'm feeling
down, i just end feeling like a prize prat for being all drama queen and
stuff. happy to insult you any time you like you neurotic drama queen, you.[Reply]
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My first response was ohhhhh I get to write a smack talking nasty comment to this one. LOVE IT! I have a friend that makes me be horrible to her when she is sad to stop her crying. Problem is I am rubbish at it. I'm far too nice. I will try though just for you……Get off your backside and make ME some cake you…….(no, it's gone – who am I kidding I am terrible).
Then, I saw that if I am nice you will come and pound me, and well I live quite a way away so that would be good on the whole 'getting your backside off the sofa' thing. So phew. I can say I really hope that everything gets better quickly and I am sending you tons of love and big hugs.
I'll expect you around teatime. I promise mucho cake.
P.S. I am with Sally on the Gilmore Girls. It is my Friends – I have seen it many times but can watch it over and over again!
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It's just a thinly veiled plea for cake, isn't it? In which case, I'll start baking! Get better soon, and keep that sense of humour up and running to amuse us all.
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Wow, that's a lot of rules, I never knew that fibro was associated with being a total tyrant. I'm sure I saw a pamphlet at the doctor's called 'Using God and crystals to make fibro your bitch', would you like me to pick it up for you?
2010 is turning out to be The Year of the DVD, here's some I recommend: Mad Men, Big Love, Fringe, Breaking Bad, Lie to Me, Dexter, Harper's Island, Life. And True Blood, with your hand at the ready for the slow motion button.
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Josie Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:26 amI think I already have that pamplet… it was next to “Cure Fibro by SMILING (you miserable f*cker)”.
Now, I am drawn to Mad Men – have heard good things. And Dexter too. My Fringe addiction is well established already.
Actually, it's a good job I'm ill really. Be a shame to miss out on all this quality tv…
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Yes Ma'am.
PS – why is it that people being nice to me always makes me cry? Isn't that going to put them off doing again? Isn't that massively counter productive? People being nice to me is a good thing.
If you are wanting DVD tips (and bear in mind we are WAY behind the times) We are totally into The Wire at the moment – and half the cast is British which I found amazing. But we have to have the subtitles on quite a lot as we can't understand what they are saying and we also have to keep stopping the DVD to ask what is going on. We have become our parents. xx
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Right, once you've finished sorting out writing workshops, photo prompts, writing communities, toy guides, your blog, your son…. I'm going to get you to write some content for all three of my blogs, train the dog to be quiet, strip and paint the stairs, and bake a few cakes. OK? Think you can manage that? Good.
I can highly recommend The West Wing for TV watchage. Brilliant dialogue, brilliant characterisation, and great stories. I'm also very fond of ER, but watching lots of people being ill and in pain might not be what you're after.
I shall be getting out the voodoo dolls and doing fibro-banashing dances for. Just in case.
Hope it goes away quickly. xxx
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Josie, how does me and Kyle coming over sometime next week sound. I shall bring make up and you can practise painting my face for me if you want? (sounds abit teenager-ish but oh well!) And I shall bake a cake…or at least buns especially for you
I may buy some wool too, I can't wait to see this unique style of knitting of yours! Now get off your bum and go and make yourself a well deserved cuppa and chomp some biccies and/or cake xx[Reply]
Bernardette Fields Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:55 amI know you said no helpful comments so this is going to be my first and last post and you can yell at me afterwards if you want I don’t mind. But I thought it might help, probably not but you know what I’m like! http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/copingwithfmscfs/a/cfs_fibrodiet.htm okay I’m buggering off now and hiding so you don’t pounce me! By the way I recommend two and a half men if it’s on on comedy central it always cheers me up! x
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Want to try teaching me to knit via some webcams? That will keep you busy for a year or two
No honestly, hope you get over this relapse sooon. And not another word.
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That's a lot of rules, I shall try to stick to them! Hope the knitting is going well, although I see from your tweet more frogging has taken place. Are you a member of ravelry? I find this an excellent way to waste many an hour, searching through endless patterns and adding them to my queue, always with good intentions of starting them. I probably will never get round to them but it's fun pretending I will
My house is full of cake (occupational hazard!) so if I'm ever heading your way, I'll be sure to drop some in, x[Reply]
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So if I hear you correctly, all we have to do is to remain and do just about the same as usual… that's not hard, I think
Well than, I will looking forward to the next post than.
In the meantime I will silently keep my finger crossed,
Kiss yourself for me,NB you are not going to talk about knitting, or are you??? (on my knees, with a begging look on my face) pleeeease !? LOL
well after all, you could create personalized slankets for the pre-ikean generation LOL[Reply]
Josie Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
3. Arf
4. Too much cake? What is this fantasy of which you speak?
6. LOVING that bag.
7. But the farting is the best bit!!
10. I think I would quite possibly have to be dead to not tweet. I'm sure I'll be around.
(and thank you xx)
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