: About Me

I am a retired woman, married 42 years to her high school sweetheart. He is retired and disabled. We have two adult children and they each have 2 children. We have a darling 1 year old Labrador Puppy named Daisy Mae who makes us laugh each day.

I was talked into coming onto Helium by one of my friends who has been writing for you for some time. Margaret Merrill. She has convinced me to chance my writing for other people to read. I have to admit it is frightening for someone who has not written much for a number of years.

My passion is ...

Veterans Services and Care

My parents always told me ...

Sit still and be quiet

My childhood ambition ...

Was to be a Nurse

My favorite memory ...

Having tea with my Grandma and talking about anything

Why I write ...

To release my pent up feelings

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am reading Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth

My first job ...

At age 14, Picking Green beans in a field one summer

My best moment ...

When my children were born

My inspiration ...

My husband, who is fighting for veterans right, all the way to congress

Health & Fitness > Prescription & Medication The side effects of Hydrocodone

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I recently was having some severe back pain along with some foot pain. I went to the Urgent Care and the Doctor there decided to prescribe Vicodin and Indocin at the same time. I also take a number of other pain medicines which I will not list here. We were going out of town to the East Coast on a Train and before we even left town my body was rebelling from the pills, but we just didn't know it yet. by the time I got on the train to Chicago I really was not feeling good. The train was three hours late, and all I could do was to just curl up against my husband and try not to be sick. I kep...

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