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11.08.2007

osteoarthritis

and now Suzanne has something to say about arthritis :: health

Yup, I'm going to go sign up for AARP now and start dying my hair blue.

They can't stop it. They can't reverse the damage. They can't even slow it down. I'm only 44. It hurts when my children hold my hands. This breaks my heart.

Here is the arthritis link of the day: Osteoarthritis of the Hands.

~Suzanne

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Here I chatter about books, parenting, election 2008, recipes, teaching college writing, and the adventures of getting settled in with our two freshly (Fall 06) adopted school-age children from Russia. This blog is chapter two; chapter one is posted at Jamie & Suzanne go to Russia. I live in the City of Subdued Excitement, Cascadia, Land of the Free.

I am the wife of a man I call My Gift from a Generous God. I am mama to two lovely children, Dandy and Chickadee that became ours in September 2006 in a court-room in Siberia. I am the daughter of two people whom I love and admire. One of them, my dad, is a new (Dec 06) paraplegic.

In my previous life (B.C. - before children), I was a college English teacher, specializing in composition and ESL composition.

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