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From: MSN Nicknamekelbel59  (Original Message)Sent: 9/20/2008 12:39 PM
ok, yes, I had a date.  I actually met a guy.  Amazing, isn't it?  It was a total and complete blind date (not just because of the blindness in my left eye either!)  We met at a pizza place known for their beer more than their pizza (go figure).  My daughter called to "check on me" and I told him how she was being like my mom now.  So he came up with a brilliant plan.  In an hour, we called her and I pretended to be completely intoxicated, then he took the phone and said I got us kicked out of the restaurant and he was trying to keep me sitting still and she should come pick me up.  I liked him immediately!  That was mean, but very very very funny.  He's not a tall guy, and I told him I didn't mind his lack of tallness if he didn't mind that sometimes I saw 2 of him.  We have been on 6 or 7 dates...and no, I am not calling him my guy or my boyfriend yet.  Simply my date. 


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From: judsSent: 9/20/2008 5:47 PM
Ignore me, I'm simply jealous.  Not really (the jealousy part, nor do I actually want to be ignored!), I am actually very happy for your good dating fortune.  He sounds just as goofy and outrageous as you are.  Besides, short guys rock...except for the tall ones that rock, too.  You deserve this new relationship, and even if you aren't willing to commit to giving it a 'name'...
 
Kel has a boyfriend.
 
 Kel has a boyfriend.
 
Kel has a boyfriend.
 
So there.
 
And, please allow this to serve as a gentle example for the member who wrote to me about what scant, serious medical information there is on our message board; this kind of post is just as important as ones that address symptoms, treatment and research.  I understand, honestly and truly, that kind of frustration.  Of course, being part of this support group is important for the nitty-gritty of how our SOM experience mainifests for us.  For me, I don't want to be defined or restricted, any more than necessary, by my medical problem.  How we take the disabling aspects and manage them, work through and around them, and move forward in a healthy and balanced life is just as important, doncha think?  Kel is a great example of this.  She has some truly disruptive symptoms and she manages to go out and have fun, leading a life rich in experience and (now) boyfriends.
 
How's that for a hijack??????
 
I will now take my jalapeno cornbread and my diet soda and go sit in the naughty corner.  Spending so much time there, I've made it a comfy place.

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From: MSN Nicknamekelbel59Sent: 9/20/2008 10:38 PM
Thanks for the song Juds....even though he's not officially my boyfriend.  And as far as my sometimes awfully disruptive symptoms go (they are fewer and farther between now, but when they happen, they are absolutely terrible and last forever!)...I am less worried about my actual som than I am about how my glaucoma will effect me.  But, do I let it get me down?  Heck no!  (Ok, maybe sometimes)  As far as this lovely site goes, there is some really useful and informative information in here.  However, it is also a support group filled with wonderful friends I have never met.  And if it were not for this group, a place to vent, to proclaim uncertain victories in the battle of som, (no matter how small or how large), or just a place to read information, well, I do not know what state I would be in..Ok, I'd still be in Illinois, but never mind that.  That will be 50 dollars for the plug please!  Now I am off to my naughty corner.