Yallah Middle East 2.0

[dawnnhatem 0]

an intestinal prob from your upper ribs to upper back? yikes. It sound more like maybe all that hacking you did when you had that bad cold might have bruised or pulled something. I wish you were here to get that looked at. I just hope you feel better. I'm not trying to second guess them.

And dont worry, when you get back we'll be sure to get together right away. I look forward to it too.

[AInfante-Saraireh 0]

Dawn: It's the K3. Everything is completed as for now, just waiting for them to get moving on it. The CR1 is still in CA and almost there, but not there yet. Hope to see my hubby on the K3, don't want to wait till the CR1.

Yes, I'm in Chicago. I'm in East Rogers Park moving to West Rogers Park. It's a lot of work, but glad I'm moving, the mold here is killing me. It's a nice apt., sad to be leaving it, lived here for 5 years. I will forward my address, of course, but I talked to the USCIS, they want me to call in after I move and then send an email to the embassy in Jordan giving them my new address.

It's so cold outside here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you froze Dawn taking out the dog. My dogs are ltter boxed trained but I do take them outside also, but not today, LOL!

Keep us informed on that big interview date coming up shortly. Good luck and God bless both of you! I'm sure you will pull through with a visa.

Andrea

[honeyblonde 0]

My dogs are ltter boxed trained but I do take them outside also, but not today, LOL!

I always wondered if that was possible. Unfortunately my dog was a boxer and would have needed a huge liter box. She had to go to doggy heaven last August because she was sick and using my bed for a litter box, and barfing all over the house. I think she had cancer because none of the antibiotics or anything else worked, and she was old, so I had to really disappoint Abdel by getting her put to sleep not long before he would have gotten to meet her. I couldn't afford biopsies or chemo, and didn't want to put her through all that anyway.

Dawn, I don't miss that cold at all! I grew up in Ohio but am very happy to live in a part of the country where I just finished changing the oil in the car wearing only a sweatshirt and stretch pants and slipper socks. I think it's in the 60s or 70s today here.

Of course, when you're in the nice weather, we're sweltering away over 100, so there are downsides to living down here.

Ainfante, good to see you back online. Dollface, hope you get better soon. It's no fun being sick.

[dawnnhatem 0]

My dogs are ltter boxed trained

You can do that?

Keep us informed on that big interview date coming up shortly. Good luck and God bless both of you! I'm sure you will pull through with a visa.

Andrea

Thank you!! Of course I will post as soon as I know. Yeah, it should be ok, but it seems as though the trend is to have to wait a little bit after the interview, so we kind of expect that. However, I am open to recieving it immediately....Maybe when you get all settled in and have some extra time we could plan a getogether for coffee or lunch or something. I'm a little sw of chicago, but not too far to plan something

Later

[LaL 418]

its some time of indigestion/gastro problem i really didnt understand between the translations from the doc to sofyan to me....i got some medicine and im hoping it works, i have been sleepless for 10 days with shooting pains in between my ribs at the top and into my upper back....it sucks

Gatro-enteritis maybe? Or perhaps Gall stones? I ussed to get horrible pain in the chest, abdomen and it had my back to twisted in knot it was difficult to stand up straight. Vomiting bile, sleepless nights and breathing also hurt. After this went on for several nights, I went to the ER twice to be sent home with TAGAMENT - they thought i was overreacting to heartburn. Well I finally pushed to have an ultrasound. Low and behold... gall stones. I was scheduled within the next week to have it removed because I was so sick.

My doctor told dme something funny about cholestitis (totally wrong i know - lazy). There are the 5 "f"'s of gall bladder disease:

FEMALE

FERTILE

FAT

FAMILY

FOURTY

well i had all but the forty part BOOO

Get checked out should it continue when you are back here!

Edited February 18, 2006 by lal_brandow

[noura 0]

Kelly, I'm sorry to hear you've been so sick - that's miserable! I hope the medication helps and you start to feel better soon. And yes, as Laura said, have that checked out asap when you return if it keeps up. Please take care of yourself! It's not much longer til your interview... you and Sofyan are in my thoughts daily.

Best of luck on all counts for you!

a little get well mojo is also heading your way

Noura

[lostinlove228 0]

5 days until I see my baby...Inshallah

[Meriem_DZ 37]

Hi everybody. Well, I had a wreck today. I was in the turning lane to turn left and i was passing the cars. And a women in the right lane was letting a women go in front of her from a store to go into the other lane and she hit me in the side. She knocked me into the left lane. Thank God no one was coming in the other direction. I thought my Tahoe would be torn up because she hit me so hard. I got out and looked at the other car. Her front end was completely knocked off her car. and parts of her car was all over the road. No one was injured, Alhamdullilah. I was shocked to see my tahoe was not damaged to bad. She did not have any insurance. She told me she could pay for the damage. She did not want me to turn it into the insurance. The police came and wrote the report and she received a citation. Her car was towed and I drove off. My neck and my shoulder are now a little sore. I guess I will get an estimate Monday and call her. If she comes up with the money to repair it I will not turn the claim in.

Dollface, hope you feel better. sorry you dont feel well. I wonder to, if it is maybe gallstone trouble.

Lostinlove, I know your excited that you will be with you love soon. I have 19 day until I see mine. It is a wonderful feeling isnt it? I wish I was leaving tomorrow.

[dollface41601 0]

Thanks everyone for your help....I saw the doc here and she did some kind of breath test to determine bacteria or acid levels or something....anyways the medicine i got yesterday i have only taken one dose and i feel a million times better, i expect to be 100% fine after i finish up these meds....its my own fault though i eat spicy foods for breakfast lunch and dinner..and very acidy drinks....i had to stop....well i learned my lesson!

[Donna A 4]

hi all,

my first thought was gall stones also. i had those same symptoms except they only happened after i ate and as soon as i would throw everything up i would be fine. after 3 straight days of that i had enough and went to the hospital. glad its not that.

my dog is also litter trained. so yes it is possible.

glad to hear everyone is moving along on their journey. we are still stuck on the fbi checks for his AOS. havent heard anything in a month. had to renew the EAD and will go for biometrics on tueday again. another $180 down the drain.

donna

[AInfante-Saraireh 0]

I'm a little sw of chicago, but not too far to plan something

Hey Dawn, getting together would be great. My husband would love that toooooooooo! knowing someone else is in the Chicago area from Jordan!

Hi Honeyblonde, yep my two min pins are litter boxed trained. So sorry to hear about your friend (boxer). It's so sad to lose a family member, whether dog or human.

Kelly, sounds like u had a bacteria which was causing reflex, very easy to get there! Hope u recover very soon. Glad to hear after 1 med ur doing much better.

Meriem, some accident. I had one 3 years ago, head on, but I got hurt! Glad to know you are ok!

And everyone else, so good to see ya here. It took me a bit, but figured out how to reply in this area.

Andrea

Lost in love! Mabrook. Almost in your man's armsssssssssssssss!

[dollface41601 0]

andrea, you could be very right....we do have a filter system so i have been drinking tap water that goes thru that, it could have easily been from that....all i know is as of right now im feeling better...thank god....i feel very guilty cause u could say for the past 8 months i have been here, 6 of those months i was sick, which affected sofyan a lot...i havent been my chipper slap happy self...and i could see it was taking a tole on sofyan...but things seem to be getting better....he understands everything and has been nothing but sweet to me...and also taking care of me the best he could...which im soooo grateful for....hes such a doll!

Meriem...sorry to hear of your accident....glad to hear your ok though....make sure the lady without insurance will keep to her promise...it would suck if those repairs came out of your pocket!

dawn....4 days....wooooooow...how is hattem feeling??? and you??

[dawnnhatem 0]

I'm glad you are feeling better, Kelly. Yeah, just a few more days. You know what he's starting to say? Leave that. I will do that when I get there.(like I need to change out the cells in my canister filter for the fish, things for my car, things in the apartment) and even today I was telling him that I had this coconut but I dont know how to crack it open. He said that is too hard for me and to leave it for him. I think part of him is past the interview and is already here.

Anyway, I got out my screwdriver and a corkscrew (maybe thats why he thinks its hard, I'm sure there's no corkscrews in that house) and a hammer and made quite a mess of it but I have coconut. It was alittle too much work for what you get out of it, and it tastes better in a mounds bar, but he told me I couldnt do it so I did. Now I have a mess to clean up.

Angel,

The news is saying that someone in Nebraska won the 365Mil... its Anmar with his beginner's luck, isn't it? you know we were your friends before you won the powerball...

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend

Dawn

[AngelK96 0]

haha i wished it was us that won the powerball, but it was someone in Lincoln Nebraska!

4 more days Dawn... wish you the best of luck ! the day Anmar came I was still fixing things in my house and getting it ready, finally i just gave up and said what the heck.. here's a bit of advice once H gets here try not to stress yourself out about making sure everything is nice and perfect for him. I did that and I shouldn't have because Anmar was happy with just being with me.

Sorry to hear about ur accident Meriem thank god you were not seriously hurt.

Kelly ur interview is coming up soon too and you'll be back in the good ole usa! Glad you are feeling better.

Andrea sorry i haven't been online that much lately to chat you. Last night i took Anmar to work with me for a few hours so he could actually see what my job was like and plus i didn't want him to be sitting at home bored while I had to work for a few hours. Are you just waiting for the interview date now??

Mary how is the AR going, what do they do after they do a field investigation?

have a safe trip lostinlove and enjoy your time with your fiance!!

Everyone else have a good week!!

Edited February 19, 2006 by angelk96

[MaryandMian 1]

Hello Angel,

Glad to have an update from you. Well our 45 business days were over with last week. I emailed the embassy and they never responded. Ishteaq called them and said it is still being processed. I called DOS and they are saying it is at embassy level so no AR checks have been ordered at this time. I did contact the senator's office and asked them to see if there is anything they can tell us? The lady at the senator's office will contact me later. We are still on hold and waiting. Once I hear something I will post. I am here in the background cheering on the others and hoping to have alot of couples reunited.

Take care and hope Anmar is adjusting well.

Hugs,

Mary