i'm back and hello to one and all

[MaxandMe]

HI everyone!!!!!!!!!! and to all ALL NEW MEMBERS I apologize for not welcoming you to the forum.

Peanut and MAX are doing much better as they had been ill with ear infections , conjunctivitis and allergies
and adjusting to my grandbaby living with us for a while , she is now 14mos old and QUITE a pistol , devil and like
raising a DOODLE puppy that is too smart for their own good


I am recouping from major spinal cord and nerve repair surgery going to physical therapy 2 times a week
and doctors once a week, yadda yadda yadda etc ...so be it hhahaaaaaaaaaaa

now sympathy and empathy is in the dictionary..........fun, encouragement and helping each other out is here on this forum!!!

So to all new members a BIG HELLO and i'll get to know you and vice versa

I used to have 3 doodle puppies, 1 gave one to a family with a child that has aspergers that is doing fantastic now
and i had fully tested this puppy to breed him but he's in a great loving home and doing great.

Max is going on 4 years old and a natural born medic alert dog that recently saved my life and alerted my surgeon i was an emergency case
with more severe nerve compression than a myleogram showed.

Peanut is also a natural medic alert dog but not until it's severe or rather she lets MAX take the lead and helps when its bad

Max also is being trained further for combo assistance and i am now looking fora trainer to aid me for more advanced training.

DOODLES are AWESOME DOGS that are a unique loving comical and highly intelligent Breed that are also velcro dogs.
Don't back up when doing something as they're on your heels so much you'll trip on them if you step backwards

I thank God daily for Max and peanut......my family never ceases to be amazed by their love and ability of being almost intuitive
at times.

sooooooooooooooooo HELLO one and all..............i'll try to catch up within next week or so on so many posts
Jac, Todd and Linda have been great picking up the slack i created.

[Lucky Me]

Welcome back Annmarie...... I missed you!
I was getting ready to post & ask if anyone knew what happened to you!

[MaxandMe]

OK long story short : I had MAJOR CERVICAL TITANIUM Spinal Cord Surgery with EXTENSIVE nerve repair due to the car accident
when someone rear ended my Landcrusiser SUV on april 27, 2009.

NOW luckily i have good coverage on my car insurance........I also wasn't told by surgeon that my recouperation time was going
to be 2 to 3 times LONGER than normal spinal cord surgeries as i was worse off than they realized. SO my neck brace i wore
since BEFORE surgery in November just came off as of about 5 weeks ago. I also had to get off of certain meds and also
majorally reduced dosagses of meds i take.......it takes a toll on you if you get my drift

THEN with a totally numb left hand and possible permanent nerve damage in whole left arm.......well all in all
i had to learn to be able to sit more than 1 to 2 hours without pain, then i had to learn to stop dropping and breaking sentimental items
I used this forum trying my best to type out NEW ARTICLES along with helping my family's business .......well i shocked myself and
physical therapy typing quite well as i wasn't supposed to be able to YET as of right now.

I also pushed and challenged my body and mind......with help of going 2x a week to PT and at home.
THEN I had a FALL luckily NO broken bones and my neck is fine (whew!!!)
i do wear an AIRCAST on my foot, have a forrest gump leg brace (but no box of chocolates yet )
and use crutches daily........I hate crutches BUT THEY SPEEDED UP my healing of surgery!!!!! made my neck strong again
and makes my left arm hurt but HEY i am HAPPY!!!!!!

ALSO I am trying to get REHIRED by my old job that let me go last December due to being out on medical leave too long
BUT I did resume, coverletter and have to take tests that i don't want to hahhahahaaaaaaaa

so hopefully next week I'll get a rehire interview and be working in JUNE........they said i have to retrain again but that's okay
i'd rather have a chance at getting my job back and hey who knows what i missed 1st time i'll pick up in training class this time
and be ONLY ONE that knows what to do but keep my yap shut, smile and just get thru 5 weeks of training.


LASTLY.....my daughter adn Alivia(grandbaby) have moved in for the time being , Peanut is getting better had conjunctivitis that keeps
coming back and MAX;s ear infection took a MONTH to clear up


we had more going on.....Dave's stepdad well the cancer is in his whole body so we don't know how long he has but
he acts like he'll live another 30yrs and he's my best friend so i love his attitude and we talk at times.


Lastly i had a years work of paperwork to REDO for disability that ran out, then car insurance , one hospital bill i paid is giving me hassles
and theres' more hahhaaaaaaaaaaaa

so in my spare time trying to stay happy, force my mind and left hand to work i wrote NEW ARTICLES For this site!
i let JAC and a few others read it to make sure it was okay as my meds at the time could affect what i thought vs what i typed hahhahaa

NOW i can't get into my own articles.........i am waiting on Scott or Yung to pm/email the link so i can POST MORE ARTICLES

ONE is a deep reflective heart string yet truthful one.........the other is funny and OH I have a 3rd one that will have women cracking up
for ages as it's about DAVE and when the dogs got sick and i wasn't home to clean up hahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa its totally hysterical
and i'll laugh the rest of my life over it. So will dave and well WEHN I GET THE LINK to get in to post it

so will YOU and others......you know the "been there, done that" but the annmarie twist of humor
like the POOPER SCOOPER article

[LucyWhitePaw]

I feel for you! My dh's aunt got into a car accident about 5 years ago and it changed her life forever. She has had at least a half a dozen surgeries and the pain is still unbearable. She has to wear a neck brace and be on pain meds just to get by daily. It is honestly horrible for her. Not to mention, the guy that hit her had no insurance. It changed her life forever! So, I can only imagine what you went through, and continue to go through too! Glad to hear you are getting better!!