FRIEND APPRECIATION DAY *as deemed by Don1228*

http://don1228.multiply.com/journal/item/697/Friend_Appreciation_Day?replies_read=1

I thought it was a pretty cool idea and I'm jacking it nearly word for word.

Do you have an online friend who you feel deserves special recognition? I want to suggest that we all find a Friend, and not a spouse or current lover, to showcase in our blogs since there doesn't appear to be a Testimonial feature on Multiply. In this way, we all get a chance to "meet" your friend or get to know them better--from your perspective.

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So, to get things started, I wanted to showcase one of my friends, and one of quite a few of yours: Ms. Mo' Sassi.

I've known Monni for a few years now having first "met" her online through a Yahoo group that she owns and moderates.

She's actually the first online friend of mine to cross over to real life.  No, Mo and I don't talk every day or even every month, but there's never a wrong time for one of us to contact the other, if needed.

 

Mo doesn't judge you by who you are or the things you do and she is an 'as is' kinda girl.  She's not going to tell you one thing and then do another behind your back

I met Mo at a time when girlfriends didn't come easy to me and those of you who I'm close to now have Mo to thank for helping me restore my faith in girlfriendships. (yeah, I made that word up...so? LOL)

Mo is one of the few friends that I will plan extracurricular's with.  I know she's going to have her money, be on time and there will be no BS surrounding it if she's got ANYTHING to do with it.

And she's also one of the extreme few that I will take a trip with.

I have SOOOOO much love and respect for Mo because of the hurdles she's overcome in her life.  She reminds me of the strength I have in myself, even when I have to look for mine sometimes.

I present to you my friend and yours, Ms. Monni B. aka Ms. Mo' Sassi!

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Who can you showcase today?

 

A Medical Message For the Ladies

Men, pass this on or send the women you care about to this post
UHHH, you might wanna exit now...the feminine products is a clue!

 

Ladies, as we get older, our bodies change.  It's inevitable.  One day you're celebrating 30, the next you wonder where that vibrant, youthful woman went.  It doesn't matter if you're the ultimate couch potato or the female bodybuilder of the year, your body changes.

If you're lucky, it's just a hormonal thing, but trust me.  It happens.  *whisperin* And the mid-life crisis is real.  (I have the tattoo to prove it, lol),

Anyway, today's post is about Novasure, a procedure that I'll be having done this Friday.

All my life, I had a regular cycle.  The 15th-18th of the month period (and trust that when I didn't start by the 15th, I knew and pun intended).  Then I had my first child at 22.  That didn't change much, but after having my 2nd child at 25, my cycle went to around the 4th to 8th.

That was still doable for me and then I went celibate for a few years.  In my mid-thirties, I'd  been having sex again, my period did some double duty crap and I had two 4 day cycles in one month.  That wasn't flying, so I got on BCP's again.  That regulated me again.  4 days a month.

Then this kidney stuff was discovered and I was told that another pregnancy would sent me to dialysis immediately and indefinitely, so I even though I wanted to try for a baby girl when I found that elusive ass "right man", I got my tubes tied.

Dummy me was under the impression that tubes tied = no cycle.  WRONG

That joker went to 7 days a month!

Fast forward to this year and it's been doing strange things.  In May I didn't have a period.  In June that fukka lasted 10 days, do you hear me? 10!!!!

Not only did it last so long, but there were clots (we're talking golf ball sized).  I figured, with my non-medical degree that since I'd had no cycle the previous month that it was working double time, so though I was concerned, I sat on the information (no pun intended that time).

So when history repeated itself in August, I went to visit my OB/GYN.  He diagnosed me with menorrhagia and talked to me about a procedure called Novasure that is about a 90 second procedure where they remove the lining of the uterus. 

He says this procedure should lessen, even stop my periods without using hormones or having the dreaded hysterectomy.  I figure with all that I'm going through now, I don't need any unneccesary stress *note to self...Listen to yourself, dummy!* and it will likely help my severe anemia, so it will be done.

The full recovery time on an average is 2 weeks.  If you're having similar problems, you might want to check out the Novasure website http://www.novasure.com/ .

I encourage you to post about female and/or medical issues you may be going through.  One post could save someone's life.  You really never know.

WHAT THE F**CK?

WHAT ABOUT DEEDLES SAYS "HMMMM SHE'D BE INTERESTED IN SEX WITH ANIMALS?

BEYOTCH PUHLEASE!!!! 

Invitation from Stacy M

Stacy M has invited you to join the group MonkeyBusiness1. The MonkeyBusiness1 group now has its own web site on Multiply! I want you to join so you'll be alerted whenever we add new photos, messages, events and other information to our site. This will make it extremely easy and fun to share info and stay in touch with fellow MonkeyBusiness1 members. Group description: This group is a group for people to come and share there interests on sex with animals it is for adults 18 and over no one under 18 alowed Since this is a private group, your last name will be shared with other group members. Would you like to accept Stacy M's invitation?

Deedles ~ The Phoenix Rising **WARNING** it's a little graphic

I've been trying to write this for weeks, but I think after unloading on my innanet sweetie this weekend, I believe I'm ready to do this.

I've been on dialysis for 18 days now...9 sessions.  Three days a week.  I feel good.  I've lost 22 pounds (sorry guys, it was mostly from my booty).  I'm wearing clothes I haven't worn in 3 years.

It wasn't easy at first though.  The first day, I dialyzed at the hospital and everything was all foo foo and private and they fed you and you had a private nurse.

The next day, it was at a dialysis center and there were about 12 of us and 2 nurses and a bunch of techs.  There is no eating.

The first day I walked in a black guy that appeared to be in his early 60's hollered at me from his chair "Woo Woo Woo!!".  He asked the nurses why they sat me so far from him, did they think he'd bite me?  Then he looked at me and said I won't bite. 

Those of you who know me, know I looked him dead in his eyes and said you probably ought to worry about me biting you! And we've been friends from that day forward.

I can't lie, I went in all depressed.  Thinking I'm too young for this.  I don't want to be here with all these old people, etc.

The first person I met, Will, went to school with my parents.  Then George was the guy who yelled at me (I later found out he will be 50, dude's been tippin the bottle or something).  There's Harry, a white man, probably in his 70's and there's another man, I don't know his name, but he's a white guy in his early 40's.  We all dialyze around the same time at in the same area. 

We are a lively bunch and we clown back and forth til we fall asleep one by one.  But we each decided that kidney failure is NOT going to defeat us and we act as such.

I use the time I'm there to listen to Kenneth Copeland and Joyce Meyer and to read healing scriptures. I know I wouldn't be hearing and studying if I didn't have this "quiet" time.

Now the other side of the room is another story.  These people have given up.  They look like the walking dead.  Just defeated coming in the door.  They complain, they don't follow directions and some of them come in right out of bed, not bothering to even change clothes or comb their hair.  I hope I'm an example to them...

I come in looking like I'm headed for the office...hair did, nails did, with a lil pep in my step.

It hasn't been all wine and roses however...The second time I dialyzed (7/29), my vein blew and it was like nothing I've ever felt.  My arm immediately began burning and a nurse had to run over to turn off the machine and she found that my blood had clotted up the machine.

Well, that meant the port they had in my arm was unusable (I'm still pretty bruised) and they had to do what I kept telling the doctor I was too cute for...put tubes in my neck.

I had to be at the hospital at 11 am, the day my vein blew and they told me at 9, so I had to rush and find transportation, find a place for my kids to go, find someone to come up there with me.

I would NEVER wish this surgery on ANYONE...First of all, I was in there by 11 and they got around to me at 4.

I was NOT given general anesthesia, but a local IN MY NECK!  and they have a tube in my neck, hooked up to my jugular vein.  I was awake the whole time and it felt like he was jerking me. 

There came a point when I had to hold my breath for about 10-15 seconds, which doesn't seem long, but when they tell you that you CAN'T breathe, you panic and it just ain't good.  Well, they did that twice.

I was in serious pain for a couple of weeks, but I admit my sessions have gone very well since.  It used to hurt to laugh, cough, clear my throat.  It still hurts to lean forward to pick something up. 

I'll tell you, without some of you, I wouldn't have been able to stay upbeat.  I love you and I thank you.  I'm working on restoring my faith and waiting for my healing.

The devil can try, but like that story about the Phoenix, I'm still gonna rise (it still got me 2nd place in a certain contest LOL!).

Afternoon Jam~Nothing Left To Say ~Mint Condition

The words so strong
At least at the beginning
Who wouldve thought
there'd ever be an ending
We had it all
But it's like we've run into a wall

Now we try to talk
but just end up fighting
try making up
but there's just no denying
Jus' ain't the same no more
what are we putting ourselves through all this for

you talk and hear me
but you can't communicate
cause you're not lis'ning
know these are two differnt things
now I see what it means to have been
blinded by the one you love so deeply
cause,

The very things that make me love you
are the things pushing me away (now)
in tears we stand here
with nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before (now)
In tears we stand here
There's nothing left to say

You touch'd my heart
and were so givin
spare it so free
you threw me in it
I fell so deep
I could not see my life
without you in it

Girl you gave me
alot of attention
Somehow the feeling turned
into crazy possessive
It was always there
But I didn't look deeper
If I would've I'da seen the limits

You talk and hear me
but you can't communicate
cause you're not lis'ning
know these are two differnt things
now I see what it means to have been
blinded by the one you love so deeply

I had my pride girl
and you had your pain
so deep inside you
wanted to have your say
irritated, frustrated and third baby
this is so confusing
girl I though this was the one thing for sure

The very things that make me love you
are the things pushing me away (now)
in tears we stand here
with nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before (now)
In tears we stand here
There's nothing left to say

Bridge

We should have our words
to try and encourage
us to find a way
cause there's nothing left to say

The very things that make me love you
are the things pushing me away (now)
in tears we stand here
with nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before (now)
In tears we stand here
There's nothing left to say

This is my jam!

Just Nosey

What's Your Status?  I talk to quite a few of you on a daily basis, but I really don't know some of you at all.

I want to know what your status is, be it:

Unhappily Single

Happily Single

Ok with being Single for now

Dating or Involved (specify)

Separated

Divorced

Living with someone

Unhappily Married

Happily Married

For those of you who don't know, Deedles has a couple of folks close to her heart, but she is most definitely Ok with being Single for now.  *single guys feel happy to try and change that*

(I believe an LDR can work if both parties are willing to put as much into it as they want out of it)

What's your status?

The folks I encounter in a day...

I just had to tell someone.   A man just left my office  (I presume he's homeless) and this is what he wore...

A green floral skirt, some green flip flops, pink painted toes, a white purse, a Kim Possible backpack, a dark wool coat, an assortment of grocery bags, a red tote and a colorful wristband bracelet.

He was not effeminate and appeared to be otherwise just a normal corporate america white male in dire need of a bath.

Thanks for listening