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slightlv

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29. Granny... I feel for you and your back!!!
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:01 PM
Mar 29

I've had enough surgeries on mine the last doc said he'd not touch it again... and still, I can't stand straight up or walk more than a few feet without doubling over in pain. What makes it a real blast for me is I've got fibromyalgia and lupus. It used to be I could get a job with the drop of a hat. My resume is sparkling! But I was a hell of a lot younger and these things hadn't affected me yet. Today, there's no way. My job of over 20 years refused me part-time telework (even everything I did was on the Cloud via WiFi!). That's when I retired. The next year, EVERYBODY was working from home. And, that's the way my life has been for 69 years, it seems!

I'd say if a surgery is certain to give you relief, think hard positively about it. If you're not certain, think even harder. If you're like us, money is so tight that there's not even enough "discretionary" spending to cover the biannual tax payments, let alone the house and car insurance rates now. We're down to eating one meal a day and snacking on peanut butter like kids already. Anything else, and it tips us completely over the edge into hell-on-earth.

Good luck to you. If you have the surgery, let me know how it comes out. I'd love to hear of yours being successful... !

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Again................... Lovie777 Mar 29 #1
If it's true, good...They got the gov't they deserved. Vote for a felon and get robbed... nt mitch96 Mar 29 #12
South has large Black population voted Democratic delisen Mar 29 #13
18+ months before the '26 midterms. Callie1979 Mar 29 #2
But will they remember come election time? Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 29 #4
Hold town halls in the Repug districts with an empty seat for their House rep. Speaks volumes. dutch777 Mar 29 #7
No... the question is really slightlv Mar 29 #21
Alive? Maybe not according to Social Security Born Free Mar 29 #25
FAFO we can do it Mar 29 #3
Most of them watch Faux Noise exclusively, and Faux never told them FakeNoose Mar 29 #5
If they don't hear it on Fox they think it didn't happen Farmer-Rick Mar 29 #9
Okay. It makes me happy when people get what they vote for. Autumn Mar 29 #6
Hea Autumn! slightlv Mar 29 #22
You do know my post is aimed at the republican voters? Your vote didn't change the red states to blue. Autumn Mar 29 #24
Yeah... we were getting really friendly with our neighbors across the street slightlv Mar 29 #28
ME Too! I understand how you feel.... Granny Blue Mar 29 #27
Granny... I feel for you and your back!!! slightlv Mar 29 #29
Yeah, FMS with a screwed up spine is the pits Granny Blue Mar 29 #32
"Have the day you voted for..." nt EarthFirst Mar 29 #8
Let the red state riots begin. They'll be acomin fer yer gunz. Clouds Passing Mar 29 #10
I weep for all of Dems who are being subjected to this horseshit!!! wolfie001 Mar 29 #11
As Hunter S. Thompson would say.... the_liberal_grandpa Mar 29 #14
Well, Republican states could have avoided this by not, you know, Aristus Mar 29 #15
There's many black Democrats in the South who didn't vote for the Republican. Elessar Zappa Mar 30 #33
Good republianmushroom Mar 29 #16
Who could've ever guessed that a real estate developer from New York and a Canadian/South African billionaire Ol Janx Spirit Mar 29 #17
One word......G..O..O..D....... Butterflylady Mar 29 #18
I won't be one of those people to say "I told you so". I will say "WTF did you expect?". twodogsbarking Mar 29 #19
They shit their beds. They can sleep in them. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 29 #20
I really am worried about the disabled and elderly with no savings who may not get a check. Cruelty is the point. Evolve Dammit Mar 29 #23
MAYBE a few red staters will figure out REPUKES DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEM Skittles Mar 29 #26
If my neighbors are any indication, slightlv Mar 29 #30
one thing I have noticed though Skittles Mar 29 #31
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