Hi, gang, and many thanks for the birthday wishes!
I'm 53 today. Ever since I hit my fifties, my body's been deteriorating, and I'm on so many pills, I no longer have a pill container, but a pill SUITCASE! Plus my doctor added insulin to my diabetes regimen, which made me feel as if I'd graduated to the BAD kind of diabetes. I'm on pills for cholesterol, blood pressure, depression, acid reflux, pain, aspirin, hypothyroidism, vitamins, yada yada yada.
I'm not letting all this get the better of me, I puh-romise you that! I go to my gym 4-5 times a week and work out fiendishly, despite diabetic neuropathy and severe back pain. I'm determined to keep walking, moving, pushing myself no matter what. My last round of blood tests showed my diabetes is in the best control it's ever been.
I really wanted to go to the DS convention this year, but Dan seemed to feel it would be healthier for me to go instead to Las Vegas that weekend. We had a terrific time, and I must admit, the drier air made my back feel a lot better than it usually does. Plus I won 10,000 pennies playing Wheel of Fortune, and 1,000 quarters, too! Winning money is fun!
I know I've been out of the DS fandom online loop for a long time now, but I still love our show and have been watching the DVD's, all of which I now own, thanks to my very generous husband. I still belong to many of the lists and participate there. I spend a lot of time with my two dogs, Snaps and Bugsy. The latter is a blind lhasa apso we adopted two years ago. He has biting issues and is a real handful, but we saved him from being put to sleep and I refuse to give up on him because Bugsy, like Barnabas, has great good in him. I've seen it.
Thanks again for all the good wishes for my birthday. I'm hanging in there!
Love, Robin
