Dear Tee:

I submitted the above before being aware of your most recent message, thank you so much! I will process and reply later, but for now.. well, I am just in awe of you, Tee. You are amazing (emotional).

Please take best care of your precious, positively special .. you!!!

🤞 ❤️🤞 ❤️ 🤞, Anita

Dear Tee:

I was just going to post to you not knowing that you just submitted a post. I am studying the 3 health problems you mentioned and learning new things I had no idea about, and I was wondering if you’d like me to share what’s new to me? Although I’m sure a lot wouldn’t be new to you.. but something may be.. maybe?

As to your post right above: thank you, Tee. You are the best!

“it’s just that right now, at this point, I’d still like to believe that I won’t need surgery.”- that’s exactly it, what I am excited about from what I’m reading, that likely you don’t need it! This is the part I want to share with you most (without mentioning the word.. responded to it here because you did).

But of course, I may be blind to something here and I will keep what I’m learning to myself if that’s your choice.

❤️ 🫶 ❤️ Anita

Dear Tee:

Power is back for now. When the power came back I realized that a part of me (the catastrophizing part) thought it might be forever. I’m getting better at it though, at the Not- Forever part.

“thank you, Anita, but for now I’d rather not even think about..”- of course, I am sorry I brought it up. In my mind, I was thinking it can bring you hope. No more mention of it.

(I am still afraid to say the wrong thing, and VERY motivated not to.. so please let me know when I do, or when I might, just like you did above).

I like your “perplexed face emoji” (cute).. let me fetch it.. 😕

“After a storm like that, how long does it usually take them to get the power back up?”- this time it was less than 12 hours. There were times power was lost for days at a time, 3 days- the longest in my experience.

Fingers crossed for you, Tee. I mean, really.. really I so wish that things will get better again, that you will be hopeful and mobile again soon!!!

🤞 🍀 🫶 Anita

Dear Tee:

I was worried, thinking it may be health issues.. I am so sorry you are experiencing symptoms out of the blue. I sure hope you get to see a really good doctor next week.

I myself get scared whenever I feel pain in any one of my knees, but am doing better in regard to catastrophizing (thinking that my knees will break and I’ll never walk again).

If it helps, maybe it will help to talk about it with me (since I believe there are similarities between us in this regard)..?

If not, that’s okay ofcourse.

I have so many ideas and thoughts about knee pain but I may be triggering your anxiety if I share more, so I’ll say nothing else unless you bring it up.

As far as your brilliant compassionate participation in this thread, I am eternally 🙏. Please take good care of # 1:

Tee.

I am using my phone because of major loss of power here heavy duty storm..not fun.

🩵 Anita

Thinking about you, Tee. Just hoping you’re okay.