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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.beadingdaily.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Non-Beading Discussions</title><link>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/13.aspx</link><description>Talk about the other stuff in your life.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Re: Sending good thoughts your way</title><link>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/thread/175536.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:57:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:175536</guid><dc:creator>Valbeads</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/thread/175536.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=175536</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Sorry to hear that, Francie.&amp;nbsp; Yes, I&amp;#39;ve been ill for a year now.&amp;nbsp; To try to keep it brief:&amp;nbsp;fell down stairs, broke thumb, got infected, went septic, had two operations, lost bone, had ti have IV vancomycin to get rid of infections; it did, but it poisoned me, went into renal failure, kidneys badly scarred, have terrible appetite, lost 70 lbs in a year, still can&amp;#39;t eat much, kidneys trying to stabilize but&amp;nbsp; filtration numbers still way too low.&amp;nbsp; (pantpantpant)&amp;nbsp; I also had an accident seven years ago that left me with a broken back and I no longer have any cartilege in my knees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think you might be surprised at how many of us are disabled.&amp;nbsp; Beading has become the best medicine of all.&amp;nbsp; That, and all my friends here at Beading Daily!&lt;img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sending good thoughts your way</title><link>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/thread/175504.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:175504</guid><dc:creator>WrapNBeads</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/thread/175504.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.beadingdaily.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=175504</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Good evening all!! &amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m not sure if any of the post I read were old, but I did see where some of you are dealing with pain and are having, or had, surgery. &amp;nbsp;I want you to know I will be thinking of you and sending good thoughts your way. &amp;nbsp;I too have had some issues and found out this past&amp;nbsp;Wednesday I have permanent nerve damage and there is nothing else they can do, but make it worse. &amp;nbsp;This has been going on for over a year and I am so glad I was able to focus on my beads and wire. &amp;nbsp;It was great medicine!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now back to you. &lt;img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt; &amp;nbsp;Take good care of yourselves, feel free to vent if you need to and I will keep you close in my thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;~Francie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>