Re: Happy New Year!
annette hanna (nete1(AT)midwest.net)
Thu, 01 Jan 1998 23:28:57 -0600
At 08:08 PM 1/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>I want to wish all of you a very Happy New Year! I hope that it's a very
>healthy one for us all.
>
>We took down our tree today and put all of the decorations away for another
>year. Otherwise it's been a nice quiet day here.
>
>Last night my husband, 16-year-old daughter, her best friend, and I went to
>Worcester, Mass. to a rock concert! I had to get lots of rest during the day
>and eat really nutritiously to be able to do it. I didn't know how I'd be
able
>to handle it, but once I made it into the Centrum and got to our seats it
>wasn't bad. I brought along and wore a very good set of earplugs! It was an
>extremely bitterly cold night and I was all bundled up.
>
>I did get myself into quite a bind which almost was my undoing. We had never
>been there before, and I had my husband let me and the girls out by what I
>thought was the main entrance and he went on to find a parking spot. Well, it
>wasn't the main entrance at all, and I had to walk the equivalent of a very
>long city block. I wished that I'd brought a little portable O2 canister with
>me, but I didn't. There was no place to stop and sit so that I could get my
>breathing under control. Finally we made it and my husband got there at the
>same time. A security guard let us in through a door that only the press and
>the TV people can enter. A young man working there was so alarmed when he saw
>me that he asked if he should get First Aid for me, and the security guard
>wanted to get me a chair. I had pushed myself beyond my limitations, and it
>took me quite awhile to get my breathing under control! I was very alarmed.
>I'm usually so good about looking ahead so that I don't get myself into a
bind
>like this. It will be another New Year's Eve to remember! (The other was 9
>years ago when my health hit rock bottom and I ended up in ICU the next day
>and had my trach later in January of that year. ) Thankfully the rest of last
>evening was very enjoyable!
>
>Carol
Carol..
Happy New Year..and glad you made it thru the concert. That would have
been a bit scarey not being able to catch your breath in a big crowd like
that. Got to hand it to you, haven't took that big step yet. Used to go to
concerts before trach, etc.
What concert did you go see? I am glad you went with your daughter.
I hope your holidays were good. I am kinda glad they are over. Wore me
out a bit. Been trying to catch up on the rest.
Take care....
Annette Hanna
nete1(AT)midwest.net