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Posted 11/20/2008 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
just wondering how many members are canadian.

 

if so, what province do you live in?  i'm in Nova Scotia.

Posted 11/20/2008 2:12 PM (GMT 0)
I'm in northern Ontario. Nice to meet you! :D
Posted 11/20/2008 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
I'm in Ontario near ottawa, im guessing thats north east, but moving to southern, in peterborough, if that helps any, lol
nice to meet you too :)
Posted 11/20/2008 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
I'm in Southern Ontario near Niagara falls. I live in The City of St.Catharines.

Great to see some fellow Canadians here :)

Gary
Posted 11/20/2008 6:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hey! I'm in Nova Scotia too - up near Halifax/Dartmouth.

How are you liking this change in the weather to cold and damp? It's bloody killing me :)
Posted 11/20/2008 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
nice to meet you!

packrat, i'm near Truro. this cold dampness isn't agreeing with me, either. not looking forward to when winter really sets in, that's for sure.
Posted 11/20/2008 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
Truro's a good spot. We used to take our dogs up to Victoria Park a lot for outings but now I can't do the walking :( Amost can't do the 1 hour drive anymore.

I hate winter in NS with a passion! Couldn't shovel so got a snowblower a couple of years ago. Now, have to get a smaller snowblower because I can't manhandle the big one anymore.

I'm a guy BTW. My wife says I probably got fibro because I have a strong feminine side :)
Posted 11/20/2008 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Payroll Lady

 

I'm in Muskoka Ontario.  My sister and her hubby live in Middleton...how far is that from you?

Welcome to the forum fellow canuks turn

 

Hugs

Diane

Posted 11/21/2008 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
I'm on the south coast of Newfoundland.
Posted 11/21/2008 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
Hi- although I am not Canadian, I thought I would say hello- I am from Maine...which is as close as you can get. my family is from Margaretsville, NS, and I also have some very close friends in Bay Saint Lawrence, NS. my husband and I attepmted to become citizens ( with a plan to live in New Brunswick) but found that we did not have enough money saved up at the time. it is still a dream though ;)

Posted 11/21/2008 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
Hi fellow canadians

I am in Ontario near London ....so glad to see there are so many of us here
Posted 11/21/2008 10:28 AM (GMT 0)
lots of ontario people here!

diane, i used to live outside of middleton and went to the high school there.

kelly, margaretsville was one of the feeder communities into the high school in middleton, so i'm very familiar with that area, too. i had a good friend from there who i've lost touch with over the years.

lorraine, my family took it's first trip to newfoundland a couple years ago ~ what a beautiful province!

small, small world, isn't it?

great to meet you all.

Posted 11/21/2008 4:41 PM (GMT 0)
Hi.  I'm from Saskatchewan. 
Posted 11/21/2008 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
Howdy fellow Canucks!  I'm in Alberta, Calgary to be exact. 

 

Not looking forward to the cold weather, followed by a warm chinook, followed by cold weather, followed by a warm chinook.  I live in the worst place in the world to have Fibro.  Don't move here if you have Fibro!  nono I'm serious.  LOL.

Posted 11/22/2008 12:04 PM (GMT 0)
Ontario ~ Mississauga :)
Posted 11/22/2008 4:45 PM (GMT 0)
Northumberland Straight, Nova Scotia. Frequently in Truro as Stepmom is in a nursing home, there. I take care of my Dad, he has Alzheimers. Right now we got walloped with about two ft. of snow, but it drifted so its like four feet in places. I went out to clear doorways and walkways and now am paying the price, laid up in bed with one of those Therma Care heatwraps. Also have a "bed buddy", a heat wrap, not a botfriend, but today I prefer the Thermacare b/c I don't have to walk out to re-heat it every hour. They are way expensive, but I only use them to reward myself when I've done something heroic, like clearing snow away from walkways. No way I can shovel car out - that would kill me. I am awaiting an angel or a thaw for that. Pleased to make your aquaintance. Do you notice a fair ammount of skepticism from the medical profession when you say," I have Fibromyalgia". I was living in Florida for a few years untill 2005. I never had any problems getting help for the Fibro. Now, having returned home, I notice many Docs look at me funny when I say that. If I require medication for pain, especially, they won't help me until I explain I was also run down by a truck in 2002.

(True).

Posted 11/22/2008 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
I'm from Richmond, BC - a suburb of Vancouver
Posted 11/23/2008 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Lady and welcome!! We have logs of Canadians in our fibro family...and now one more with you here. I got to know one gal very well who is from the Moncton area. I'll email her and ask if she can respond. She hasn't been too active lately, new baby and all.

Chutzie
Posted 11/23/2008 10:31 AM (GMT 0)
I want to say hello and welcome also to the new member, Schutzhund, from Richmond, B.C., I had a great Aunt who spent most of her adult life there. She was a radical in her time. She used to come to visit my grandmother, (they grew up together), and take my Nana out on great adventures which would rile my Papa up because he was a Traditional Paternal (a woman belongs at home in the kitchen), kind man. However, he was intimidated by great Auntie Kathleen and would not tangle with her. I had other relatives there, but in Vancouver. I went there for a summer when I was about 15, wow, what a time we had. Anyway, I'm glad you have your Fibro under control. I was curious about the 2.5mgs. of Amyltriptilene. That's a very low dose. Do you notice any positive or negative effects. I take 100 mgs. at bedtime. Usually, if i'm not under a great deal of stress, it will keep me sleeping for a good seven hours. When under stress, I have this wake up at 2AM, or 3AM problem, and often have great difficulty falling back to sleep. I should change my handle to "the rambler". forgive my longwindedness. 

Posted 11/23/2008 10:53 AM (GMT 0)
hello canap, ginny, allie & shutzhund! another nova scotian, too ~ hi, tyno3!

thanks for the welcome, chutz.

in my area of NS, we sure did get alot of snow. DH and i spent about 1 1/2 hrs shoveling yesterday morning and some of the major highways were closed for most of the day ~ not nice at all.
Posted 11/23/2008 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
I too shovelled snow for about one hour, then I nearly died. Had to lie down with heating pad across my back, and took some tylenol. Finally, about two hours later, I went out to do more. Along came an angel, a plow driver, a young fellow, saw our distress and moved the six ft. bank of heavy salt and ice laden snow from across the entrance to our driveway. Thank-goodness for angels. We needed to get out for water, our well water is a suspicious brown color, we bathe in it but don't drink it. Hoping everyone has energy and a painless day.

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