NY/NJ Area ANers Lunch Event - JULY 19 in NYC

[ppearl214]

it looks like you all had a fantastic time and I'm tickled that you all got to meet.  It truly does make a difference to have folks get together and meet up in a relaxing atmosphere, great food, lots of chat and to share with those that do walk in our shoes. I'm jealous that I didn't get to join you all.... but..... thrilled you all enjoyed! Congrats for a successful lunch!

Phyl

[Debbi]

Can I just say, again, how great it was to spend time with Eve, Wendy and Joe??  I had such a terrific time and it was so good to share experiences and laugh.  Okay, how many times did we say "pardon me?"  Nothing like a bunch of hearing-challenged folks trying to have a conversation...   

Wendy, Jan definitely has the best directions for downloading pictures - I was never able to figure it out until she sent me her directions (thanks again, Jan - you've created a picture posting monster!)

Next time we all get together, and there will be a next time, hope more of you can join us!  I'm going to try to find a restaurant between Port Authority, Penn Station and Grand Central for the next lunch gathering!   

Debbi, busy triangulating the next location...

[Mickey]

To see that picture make me feel good all over. I`m so glad that you all had a great time. I`m hoping to attend future meetings and will be at ANANJ in Oct. 25. So much looknig to see you all then and spend the day. God Bless! Mickey

[Debbi]

Micke7-

Glad you are attending the ANANJ event - I'll be there, too, and look forward to meeting you!

Debbi

[leapyrtwins]

Debbi -

I PM'd Wendy my picture posting instructions last night.

I'm looking forward to that scarf/bunny slipper picture 

Jan

[wendysig]

I too wanted to say again how great it was to meet Debbi, Eve and Joe in person!  I think the waiter may have been baffled by us as he came to the table so many times but he was a good sport and got a good tip.  I have to agree it was funny the way eveyone kept saying excuse me, what and pardon.  It was really part of the fun!  I'm looking forward to doing it again too!

Wendy

[wendysig]

Jan,
Iwanted to say thanks again for the picture posting instructions.  I'll post the pictures ASAP when I get home from the hospital.

Wendy

[Mickey]

Hi Debbi, Yes I will be looking fowards to meet you in Oct. at ANANJ. Have met Joe a couple of times there, a great guy. We all have something in common also DRs. Roland and Golfinos. I`m still watch and wait with next MRI in Sept. Hoping it will stay stable but will treat it the way it treats me! I`m also doing Neuromonics for tinnitus which I will be commenting on at the next meeting. So many nice people there and just from reading your posts, knowing I be meeting another nice person. Glad your doing well, Mickey

[marymomof3]

Hoping to see you all in October as well!! 

[lori67]

Great picture!  I'm so glad you had a great time and a great lunch!

It's so nice to meet nice people who you never thought you'd cross paths with.  A good thing that comes out of this AN journey, I guess.

Jan, glad you had fun at the shore.  I love it there.  The water was rough, but that didn't keep my kids out of it - even the 2 year old was body surfing by the end of the week.  The water warmed up a lot too.  Wendy, I'm sorry we didn't get to meet - my Mom wound up in the hospital again on Thursday morning, so since she was only an hour from where we were, I went up there to be with her that day.  Once we are back in VA (less than a year now - wooohoooo!!) I'll be spending a lot more time in NJ, so hopefully, I can join the NY/NJ crew for one of their get-togethers!

Lori (happy to be able to sleep in my own bed...)

[wendysig]

Hi Lori,
Sorry about your mom.  I hope things go better at the community hospital  than they have been.  I had my gallbladdersurgery  in a small community hospital and it sounds like your mom's hospital operates pretty much the same way -- a slower pace than big hospitals  and on theri own terms.  It can make you almost lose your mind sometimes but hopefully the quality of care is good and  it  makes up for everything else.  It would be great if we can get together sometime after you move back to Virginia,  We'll have to plan something special!

Wendy

[Debbi]

Lori, we're counting on you to give us the Baha demo!  Eve dazzled us (or at least me!) with her Transear, so we need equal time for the Baha now...

Deb

[leapyrtwins]

Ah, my partner in crime, Lori is back    YEA!!!!! 

Thank goodness! 

Sorry to hear about your mom 

Jan

[lori67]

Good to be back.  Now I'm sweating in Nashville instead of NJ.

Mom is doing better, by the way.  She went home today and hopefully she'll stay there for a little while.  They think it was just a matter of getting her meds adjusted after her heart surgery.  She's been through a lot lately, so I hope she just stays well now.

I would love to give the BAHA demo!  Like Jan, I'm always willing to show it off.    Wendy said Eve's Transear looked like quite the delicate piece of equipment, so I think it's good that I went with the BAHA!  I knocked it off twice last week!  Once while crawling under the end table to retrieve one of Barbie's shoes, and once when I fell asleep in the car on the way home from NJ.  That time I didn't even notice it and thought I had lost it - then I opened the car door and heard it hit the ground!  I wonder if I should wrap the thing in bubble wrap before snapping it onto my head from now on.

Lori

[sgerrard]

I wonder if I should wrap the thing in bubble wrap before snapping it onto my head from now on.

Oh yes, please! 

Hi Lori, nice to see you back, glad your mom is okay too.

Steve