Knock knock.

dreamdaisy
dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
edited 2. Sep 2011, 08:06 in Living with Arthritis archive
Who's there?

PA.

PA who?

P-ain.

:sad:

And it is, in some style. At least my earlobes don't hurt, my eyelashes appear to be non-arthritis-affected, the same with the moustache and witch whiskers. The rest of me though. . . . . . . . :shock: . It's nice to know it's still about, albeit complicated by the OA and the ripped ligament. DD
Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,697
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    It's nice to know it's still about, albeit complicated by the OA and the ripped ligament. DD

    WHAAAAT? Could you just run that by me again?

    Now, DD, sit down & take a stiff drink. Dr SW's orders. Or maybe you already did? Think I need one too after that. Cheers.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • kneegirl
    kneegirl Member Posts: 492
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hugs x
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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    ((())) take care
    val
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Seems like we are all taking a battering from arthur??
    Nice that it leaves some of our body unscathed..
    Hope you feel better soon luvie..(((((X)))))
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  • Turbogran
    Turbogran Member Posts: 2,023
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Take care DD sending hugs
    Stay positive always👍xx
  • Poppyg1rl
    Poppyg1rl Member Posts: 1,245
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh DD,
    I knew it was bad, but oh billhooks! Just what you don't need, or deserve :sad:
    Stay tucked up, rest, rest, and rest some more!
    Sending you love and lots of hugs (((((()))))) Xxx
    'grá agus solas'
    'Love and Light' translated from Irish. X
  • tonesp
    tonesp Member Posts: 844
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I should have warned you about drinking Cider on your holiday If you had stuck to real ale none of this would have happened
    on a serious note you of all people do not deserve this Hope you feel better soon :wink::wink::wink:
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 31. Aug 2011, 03:48
    Oh frog, il est parfait! And to everyone else, a heartfelt thank you.

    I have had a quiet word with my good mates Paul and Art, and they have sanctioned this. I am warbling (badly) accompanied by willaimlargs on his twelve string (I hope to whoever, William, that you have a twelve string- I love the sound.) Oh, and a few slurps of the good stuff.

    The Sound of Crying.

    Hello PA, my old friend,
    It's nice to have you back again,
    It's been a while for us I know,
    You know you never had to go
    But now you're back with your aches and pains,
    The moans and groans with the sad refrains,
    And the twanging that rips my soul apart,
    And I lose heart
    As I listen, to the sound,
    Of crying.



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    (I think I've scanned it right, if not I apologise)
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    oh my dear dd

    Sorry I didn't see this yesterday.
    Still no better today. :sad: I was just this minute wondering about you.

    Hope you improve soon
    Take care
    Love juliepf x
  • kellerman
    kellerman Member Posts: 741
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh DD,
    Makes me feel guilty that I moan when you are going through this.
    Hope you feel a little better today.

    May
  • diamond
    diamond Member Posts: 396
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope you are feeling feeling better soon.xx
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You feeling any better today DD?? or does your poem say it all??
    Hope you feel better soon luvie..Thinking of you.
    (((((X)))))
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  • Starburst
    Starburst Member Posts: 2,546
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    For what it's worth, I thought your joke was really good. I'm sorry you're going through a beating courtesy of arthur. I wish I had some words of wisdom to offer. All I can do is send love and cross my fingers on your behalf that arthur gives you a break sometime soon. Be kind to yourself, rest lots and keep on hanging in there. I know you will hang in there 'cause you're a tough cookie. ;) x
  • jillyb1
    jillyb1 Member Posts: 1,725
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh , my poor DD , only just seen this so many apologies for late reply . You really are going through the mill lately ; wish I could hug it better for you . Sending love and positive vibes ; hang on in there . x Jillyb
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,697
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Bad News – don’t think williamlargs’ll be able to play it on his guitar as you managed to insert two extra lines. How about some other S&G favourites:

    59th St Bridge Song (Feeling Achey)
    April, Come She Will (Also May-March)
    Bye Bye Stairs (Hello Pain & Wheelchairs)
    I Am A (C)rock
    Scarborough Flare
    The Joints They Are A-Changing

    Good news – no need to adapt Bridge Over Arthritic Pain Waves. Just substitute ‘we’ for ‘I’ everywhere. Could be the forum theme tune. I shall play it for you now.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi DD.. I'm so sorry that the blasted PA has started again, it's not enough to be suffering the pains of your OA and the rest... Oh dear friend, I do hope that it soon passes, apparently all things do.. :wink:
    Wish there was something I could do to help, I'm sure that you know that mi dear.

    I'm still awaiting the new pc, my cousin is kind but not very reliable, I'm hoping this time he sticks to his time table and brings the new one this week..

    Very best wishes from me and a huge purr from The Great White Dope himself.. X
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ah, I thought I had - blasted brain mush thanks to trammies, cocos and tiredness. Grrrrrrrrrrr. Lines 3 and 4 innit? Dammit. I like the other titles tho, they are worth a thought or two. I can feel an idea stirring.

    Dylan: The limbs they are a-changing.
    Boomtown Rats: I don't like any day of the week.
    Bill Haley: Pills Around the Clock.
    Sarah Vaughan: April in Plaster of Paris.
    Sandie Shaw: Muppet on an Arthritic String.

    Come on tjt, this is meat and drink to you mate! :lol:
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 8,899
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi DD
    you seem to be in pain a lot lately i'm sorry try and slow down a bit and perhaps it will miss you next time take care i hope you feel better soon.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • tiggernut
    tiggernut Member Posts: 339
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi DD,
    Hope you are feeling better today.
    Anita x x
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The crazy world of arthritic brown - my joints are on FIRE
    ?? - Dem bones dem bones dem horrible, painful, crumbling bones.
    Sorry, brain is addled at the minute..

    I will be back at some point hun..
    :grin:
    e050.gifMe-Tony
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hey DD

    I know from our "natters" today how things are for you but just wanted to add to your thread too to say sorry you are feeling so "ruff" and I am thinking of you (also trying to come up with some more lyrics but can't do it!)

    Love and (((()))) - whether you like it or not :lol:

    Tillyxxx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Grrrrrr. Ghastly, bloody stuff, it's enough to make a saint swear and I ain't no saint. I honestly don't know why I bother going to bed, it just means lying there looking at the ceiling, or the wall, or Mr DD (sleeping like it's the most natural thing in the world - which it should be grrrrrrrrrr). I get one leg comfy, the other protests, so I move about a bit and the protesting one settles so the other moans, the shoulders grumble (as do the wrists because of the moving, it involves sitting up) so I wriggle them about to get them comfy, three minutes of 'peace' then it all starts up again. :grin: I've been thinking about the amitryp but no, I don't want to go down that route yet, it's only because the PA is having a bite or two, that's all, and it will pass because stuff does. How the hell Mr DD sleeps through the disturbances I don't know. I guess he is tired in a different way to me.

    I rang my helpline yesterday to let them know I am flaring (that is what they tell me to do and I is a good girl) and they rang back last night, after working hours (well, six minutes after) and told me to increase the pred. :roll: I told them to make up their minds, do they not mind me taking the stuff or do they want me off it? If they cannot be consistent why the hell should I? I knew there would be a fairly spirited challenge mounted against my resolve with the first flare at low dose pred and this is it and I have not wavered. And I won't. This is a gentle taster of how life might well be, and it won't put me off. I have been through worse, I can cope, and I know I am doing something positive for my long-term health. Ye gods, the irony in that last statement! :lol:

    Madonna: Arthritica
    Groove Armada: Pred 63 and of course their classic In My Bones (True! Track 10 on Vertigo!)
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Morning DD

    Sorry still so ruff but here's my attempt at some appropriate lyrics - thought they might make you giggle (don't say I don't put my sleepless nights to good use :lol:) :

    **************************

    To be sung to the tune of "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse

    They say I gotta up the pred but I say "no, no, no"
    Cos it's taken me 8 months to get so low, low, low

    Yes I've got a flare, and, no it's not fair
    They say I have no choice but they don't know, know, know

    I'd rather ride out the pain
    Than go through all that again

    Cause there's nothing, nothing you can teach me
    That I ain't learned about PA

    I may not have a med degree
    But I bin at this far too long you see

    They say I gotta up the pred but I say "no, no, no"

    **************************

    Thinking of you.

    Tilly xxx
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Morning dd

    Sorry that you are still not feeling good, I too wish there was something I could do to help.
    I know what you mean about the tossing and turning in bed and wondering how the oh's sleep though it. Must be built in to them. :roll:

    I am enjoying reading the song titles....sorry I can't think of any but will try :wink:

    Tilly....that was good, I will be singing that all day now :lol:

    love juliepf x