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JJ, I know Pez is Spanish for fish.

But I like fish. I don't like fish flavored candy, though.

posted by SpitFire70 on March 27, 2005 at 11:46 AM | link to this | reply

MerryA, It's never easy taking little ones to the doctor for anything

I'm sure! I know I don't even like to go!!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 27, 2005 at 11:45 AM | link to this | reply

I'm not waiting Spitifre, they just seem so young...

I had mine done when I was 6, my brother (who has the same unnamed thing) was 8. Emily is only 15 months old and I know that it's going to be really traumatic for her. Rachel should be OK she's a brave little soldier.

posted by MerryAnne on March 27, 2005 at 7:49 AM | link to this | reply

Well, Yu guys..

Next time you go to the hospital take a junkie friend along. Their needle work seems to be much more expert. They can find veins that the average person can't even see.

And about Pez--pez is the Spanish word for fish. Pescados is what Gringos usually call them, but a pescado is a fish that is caught. Since each candy is called a Pez, we can only assume that there is one entire fish in each little block of candy. From each container of Peces (plural) you eject one Pez (fish) at a time. Have you ever noticed a fishy taste? I think they come from the White Fish that are dried on the shoulder of the highway at Lake Chapala, Jalísco. They don't smell too fishy, so they probably don't taste too fishy.

Take care Gitana

JJ .......... The World's Foremost Expert

posted by Jack_Flash on March 27, 2005 at 12:30 AM | link to this | reply

kingmi, though, I don't personally celebrate Easter, I know many of you do,

so, I wish only the happiest for all who do and as always, I wish the brightest of blessings ever after.

posted by SpitFire70 on March 27, 2005 at 12:01 AM | link to this | reply

FactorF, my God, I wasn't aware of the fact that

you had MS, however my memory isQUITE HORRIBLE! Please, don't feel any sorrow for me. I don't wish it, need it, though we all gain from any well wishings. However, MANY of my thoughts and prayers are given to you and sent to you. Not that you are not strong enough to need them! We will all conquer all we set out to do so and I am certain you will, too. But prayers and any healing thoughts are always a plus!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 11:58 PM | link to this | reply

LadyofS, yep. Family history would help a lot.

Or, I guess I could say, "would have."

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 11:52 PM | link to this | reply

OMG How awful! Cheers to you both. Happiest Easter!

posted by kingmi on March 26, 2005 at 10:54 PM | link to this | reply

Yeow! I know you said it didn't hurt...

But it looks like it does.

I tend to be bruised a lot because due to having MS I have frequent injections of medication. I will refrain from posting a picture of my stomach though... I used to do arms and legs but I always felt like people would wonder if I was being abused or on drugs of the illegal kind.

posted by FactorFiction on March 26, 2005 at 6:51 PM | link to this | reply

Spitfire

Oh dear...............I wish I hadn't been eating spaghetti when I read this. Yikes mama that's nasty. Im sorry. Now I see why you need family medical history

posted by ladyofshalott on March 26, 2005 at 5:44 PM | link to this | reply

You, too, Taps! Cute Pez bunny!!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 5:39 PM | link to this | reply

Mark, you find the craziest pictures!!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 5:38 PM | link to this | reply

MerryA, no! Don't wait!

My blood disorder wasn't caught until I was just about DEAD in ICU back in 1998! I had history of being anemic and stuff, but nothing like that. It came out of nowhere. (I feel like I'm writing, "It was a dark and stormy night...") But seriously, this is probably TMI, but I had finished my period days earlier and then suddenly around 4pm at work, I felt like I got it again. I went home to change and discovered that I had blood clots literally (HEY, SQUEEMISH ONES, EXIT NOW!!) pouring out of me the size of my fist. I'm not kidding. By 9pm, I was losing conciousness on the couch after going through at least 9 extra thick Maxi's. My then husband rushed me to the ER where I wound up in ICU. They said if I got to the hospital an hour later, I would've been dead. The doctors were baffled until 2 years later when I lost my baby. They sent me to the hemotologist and after many tests, discovered my disease. I could have died during a couple surgeries I had before the big incident cause no one was aware of it then. I was lucky. Very lucky. Get your babies tested!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 5:36 PM | link to this | reply

Happy Easter -

posted by TAPS. on March 26, 2005 at 5:36 PM | link to this | reply

Aww, Taps, that is so sweet of you!!

I'm sure you have seen PLENTY of stuff as a nurse. I can't even imagine! Me and Gypsy are tough cookies as ya know, so we'll be just fine!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 5:29 PM | link to this | reply

Pez rules. I'm a big fan of the Monsters of Rock dispensers ~

Sold my soul to rock & roll....

posted by mark2556 on March 26, 2005 at 5:10 PM | link to this | reply

You girlz-- I've seen a lot of that as a nurse, but here on Blogit? You both are too purdy to have arms and legs that look like that.

posted by TAPS. on March 26, 2005 at 5:10 PM | link to this | reply

Eeeewww!

Well we're all in the same club - strange blood disorder (don't even know what mine is) bad lab techs... (I once had a bruise so big that it looked like I had be smoked with a softball!) and now I have to send the wee girls in to see if I gave them my weird blood (Can't they wait until they are older to do a blood test?!?!?!)

Hugs to both of you (gently of course)

posted by MerryAnne on March 26, 2005 at 5:02 PM | link to this | reply

OUCH! Not so hard, Gypsy!

You just don't know your own strength, do ya?! Yeah, that's gonna leave a mark! (Tommy Boy)

Yes, Gypsy. We all know what a unique pair we make. We just need to keep sharp objects away from us and maybe get mobile body shaped bumpber guards like they have for kids' bowling lanes!!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 4:58 PM | link to this | reply

Mark, I love Pez!

Especially after that one Seinfeld episode when Jerry put the Pez dispenser on Elaine's chair at the piano concert. I put one on my boss's desk chair the next day in the same position. (Okay, so ya had to be there.)

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 4:55 PM | link to this | reply

DarrkeT, actually, they really didn't hurt.

They always look much worse than they actually are.

I can handle it. sniff sniff...no, really, I'll be sniff, I'll be fine. No, but seriously, they really don't hurt. Go figure!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 4:53 PM | link to this | reply

Hey Sweetie... We're a lovely pair huh?

Thanks so much for the show of support and the empathy. Misery always does enjoy company and now I don't feel so bad for myself because I see someone else going through the same. Hugs (gently of course, we have enough damn bruises!)

posted by RedHeadedGypsy on March 26, 2005 at 4:38 PM | link to this | reply

Panties.

Again with the P words. Pass the Pez.

posted by mark2556 on March 26, 2005 at 4:34 PM | link to this | reply

Those are some nasty bruises...

posted by DarrkeThoughts on March 26, 2005 at 4:33 PM | link to this | reply

Oh, Marky, don't get your panties in a wod, here.

But I know how much ya like this kinda thang!

posted by SpitFire70 on March 26, 2005 at 4:31 PM | link to this | reply

Ariala, a million thank you's!!

You rock, sista!