Summertime vent

Dick, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your nephew. How tragic! I’m
sorry for your pain. You are right to vent so vent away, that’s what we are
here for and if we were all there with you we would give a big group hug.
The heat this summer has been horrible!! I have to do everything before
noon cause I’m wiped out after that. Take care of yourself my friend.

Dick, my sympathy goes out to you and the family as a whole. It is tough to go like you have and the fatique is awful. I hope you get a lot of rest and get back on track soon. God Bless you.

Dick,

I’m so very sorry about the unexpected loss of your nephew at such a young age. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your nephews family as you go through this heart breaking time.

Our son lives in Wilmington, N.C. and has kept us informed on the excessive heat and heat index this summer. You have had it rough with heat this summer. Ours has been hotter than usual summer but nothing like what you have.

Stay in, stay cool and catch up on some well needed rest.

Shirley

Dick sorry to hear about your summer. I am sure we can all agree that with what you have gone through you speak for all of us in that life can be even more challenging with CIDP and often everything lines up to really test our ability to survive!

I’m feeling the hot humid summer days myself just down the road from ya.
This evening a neighbor and I said we could “cut the haze” as it was so thick and no wind blowing what so ever.
I can’t seem to stay inside in this sunny but volcanic weather and forget how it will affect me later. That evening I’m writhing in the recliner saying what have I done again”
Hot summers and me don’t get along at all.

In 4 months we’ll say where did the long warm days go. It’ll be so cold with darkness coming before 5:00 PM.

Dick, I am so sorry for your loss.
I am sure you will recover in due time and a lot the misery you are suffering will go away.
You are very special to us on this forum and I truly appreciate the insight you’ve shown in some of your helpful posts.
My prayers and hugs will hopefully heal you faster.

Dick,
I am so sorry about your nephew, it just seems so useless when young people die, hard to reason it all out. I am also sorry that you are feeling so crappy, this has been a hot summer here in the USA this year. Now I must scold you; I have learned after 8 1/2 years that I HAVE to listen to my body or I will pay later. 18 holes of golf in this heat? I am ashamed of you, because you know better. As time goes by, we learn what we can & can’t do, & we just have to listen to our bodies. I would invite you to MN for some cool weather, but our July has actually been pretty hot. I do go up to our summer cabin, but I live in the water, doing water aerobics, or we take cruises in our boat to cool off. But we have no air conditioning up there, so the nights can be hot. Just got back from a 4 day stay there & today I will got to my water aerobics class at the YMCA, otherwise ataying in my central air. Not that many people up here have it, so I am fortunate.

I hope you will feel better soon, rest your body & stay inside for awhile. I care very much how you are feeling, but then you already knew that, my friend. We have a cold front coming in this weekend, want to come to MN?

Dick, So sorry to read about your loss. I just lost my grandmother this last week. We buried her in Okmulgee (it was 108 degrees F). I had a plasma exchange Tuesday morning. We drove to Dallas after lunch and spent the night there. We drove to Okmulgee, had the service, then turned around an drove back to Dallas Wednesday afternoon. We drove home yesterday and got in around 7:00pm. (I’m tired).

I am glad to read that you are playing golf again regularly. I went out last month and shot in the low 80’s. My driver couldn’t miss and my iron shots were straight (distance control wasn’t so good). So I went out last week thinking, “hey, I’ve got this down again and I’ll post another good score”. WRONG!!! I shot in the 100’s. I was in trouble the whole round. I drank 3 bottles of sports drink and could barely lift my arms by the time the round was over. It was so hot and humid and the heat coupled with fatigue beat me down. I was a couple of days recovering. BUT, I’m golfing again. Sometimes its very good and sometimes I’m just enjoying the outdoors and being able to walk and stand and grip again.

Life is tough … CIDP S T I N K S !!! But God gives me the grace to live joyfully.

Maybe a different brand of golf balls would help me?!?

Gary

I was sorry to sign in today and see your post at the top. Excited to see your name, sad to see things are crummy for you right now.

So very sorry for the loss of your nephew. So young…it just never seems to make any sense.

I can 100 percent relate to your fatigue and the whole “what a dummy” ordeal. I do the same thing…always did and still do. Why- is what I dont know. I know that I dont want to give in and I sure wont be giving up, not yet, not now.

It has been a terribley hot summer here, too. We have been in the upper 90’s with high humidity for several days straight. It takes it’s toll. I definitely have more trouble walking around when it’s so hot like this. My office is hot b/c the building is old and it’s hard to regulate. I fell last week and really messed up my big toe. I had shoes on and people wonder how I did it with shoes ON…but I did. It turned dark purple and it still very swollen and sore. The Dr said it would have been better if I’d broken it. I know I fell b/c I was tired…from the heat, the stress, the job, life. And, b/c I dont wear AFO’s.

But, here I am. Still pushin on. Waddling around, limping. Gimp. That’s me.
I spend all of my spare time at the pool. If I didnt have blonde hair, one might think I’m not a white woman. I’ve never been so tan ! 😉

Good luck and I hope things get better for you real soon. I’m so glad you are golfing again…try to take it down a notch to 9 ? Like you, I’d probably do the 18, too.

Miss you,

Stacey

I’m still trying to venture out in the sun & HEAT! I’m not taking the heat well. Everything swells and I get super grumpy!
BUT IF YOU ARE HAVING SOME FUN? It makes it a lot easier!
I believe you will WOW one and all with some of your ‘refined’ skills. Golf is a thinking game, as well as a physical? I suspect you’ve gotten the ‘thinking’ part down pat by now.
Can’t wait to hear your good scores! YES! GOOD!!!!!