It was wonderful! I wish we could do it every weekend and include Cindy. I am just back from NYC and went to the NYC meeting at NYU Hospital and met so many of the people I was dying to meet. I met of course Lauren and Miranda and Debbi from Facebook and of course Anna and Miranda husband Ken and wonderful Glenn. I think I will make it a point to go to as many NYC meetings as possible. It was incredible how much information they got together and what a wonderful meeting they led. My hat is off to them. NY Rocks! I'm sure Boston rocks and I may in fact show up there, don't be surprised. In the meantime, I have my DC Local group and Dave leads a wonderful group. My daughter came in late and she still doesn't quite get what I'm going through emotionally. It's hard to explain to them. My younger daught didn't come to either of my surgeries, but my daughter's friend in Maryland managed to come to see her brother, a victim of a car accident in Brooklyn, last year, a hit and run...she brought a four day old baby to pull the plus on her 28 year old brother and a college friend of my daughter at Oberlin. You do what you have to do, but my daughters are not doing it. With my degneerative disc disease, they are sick of my problems and all I have left of family is YOU. I love each and every one of you. My daughter and her boyfriend took us out to Italian dinner because that was my request and then we went to a Broadway show about the Shirelles. It was wonderful, but that's all that they can handle. The downside of the picture and Ken at the meeting said some of us have downsides, the family just doesn't want to hear, but I have comfort in all of you that are on a daily basis there for me and everybody. I love ANAUSA and all that it represents. I was on a line at the theatre last night for the handicapped bathroom and the lady in line in front of me was chatting with me. She said she didn't want to go downstairs to Schelp as we say in NYC. I said it's OK. I'm just afraid of the stairs after falling and breaking my hand in May. I said it was because of an Acoustic Neuroma. She screamed and said her husband had one too. and when she came out of the bathroom she gave me a hug and said baby, to take care. Nyers really rock. I don't understand the complaint about NYers. They talk with everybody on the street. I love them and everyone. You just have to knoww how to adjust to every area and make peace with everyone no matter where they come from. We all have the same problems. Good night all, I am just back from NY and have a big week ahead of me.
Hugs to you all,
Mei Mei
