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Old 01-17-2009, 09:20 PM   #11
Margerie
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Considering Debbie's post, which trails along with my basic thinking on the subject........Is it just me, or is anyone else upset by the fact that mostly we are told that we CAN'T EVER: go in a hot tub, fly with out a compression sleeve, pick up anything heavy or carry a heavy shoulder bag with affected arm, garden without gloves, get a sunburn on our arm, get a mosquito bite on our arm, overuse our arm all in addition to never getting blood drawn, blood pressure or ivs in affected arm when it seems that this mostly speculation and not based on any true science?


Not many concerns for our quality of life????? We should be happy that we survived??? Are we stuck with old wives tales that may have some truth, but maybe fiction?

Sorry, I would blame my rant on my hormones, if I had any LOL!
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