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    This is one of the sweetest, most beautiful things I have seen in a long time.
    You are indeed blessed with your daddy. He is blessed with you. X
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    Every time I see a rock pile I'll think of you Paula

    My dad was the opposite every time he saw a pile of rocks or a stone wall he used pinch a few rocks and take them home to build a rockery.
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    That is so sweet and thoughtfull. Wow.

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    Thinking of you today... Just remember to be as open and honest as you can be... And LOTS of resting and pacing please.
    Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!


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    Tên përdu, jhamâi së rëcôbro

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    Hope all goes well today Paula
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    All the best Paula. X
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    Hi all! Well, yesterday was long (we were out of the house from 8.30 to 5.00). The appointment was 2 1/2 hours long, we saw the pain consultant, psychologist and physiotherapist. Most of the time was with the psych who was lovely but asked a lot of really tough questions. Of course, she started with ‘tell me about your parents’ . We are both exhausted.

    The pain management programs focus on helping you learn to live a full life with the pain, not curing the pain, and are run by the psychology team, not the pain consultant or physio, although obviously they do have an input. There are two programs, one of which is no supervision/carers, living in an independent ‘apartment’ on site and with a program 9-5 every day. It’s going to be very intensive. This is the one they want me to do. However, it is a 4 week program. They think I’m ideally suited for it, esp as I’ve had all the other treatment/intervention there is to have.

    I’ve decided to do it. I have to try - there’s nothing else for me to try, I have to give it a go. The program will probably start in the autumn.
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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    i am so proud of you for taking this opportunity and deciding to try it. It'd be really easy to just say "no" or "that's too hard so no." You haven't. You've acknowledged it's going to be really, really tough but you're going to try anyway. So proud of you!
    Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!


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    Well, the last 24 hours have been productive . We’ve ordered my new car! A Ford Focus Estate Active X in chrome blue. It’s lovely, has and does everything we need and actually has a better spec than my current car. I needn’t have worried, phew
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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