REGRETS FROM MEMBERS FOR 2013 YPSW MEETING

Hi Anna,

I hope that you have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year.  Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend the upcoming YPSW meeting in January.  I do wish that everyone has a successful conference and please say "Hi" to everyone for me.

I'll be especially thinking of you this holiday season and of Doug as well.

Take care!

Don Hart

Anna,

Nancy and I must send our regrets. While our house and property in Woodville have been on the market for three years, it just sold in less than 10 days!  While this is good news, it also means we must move years of "stuff" before Feb. 15. So as we think of all of you enjoying and learning, please think of us pitching, shoving and stowing too much for anyone to have. Best to all and we look forward to seeing everyone a year later.

Hersh and Nancy Hobson

Anna, I will not be attending this year due to a prior commitment .
Kelly Bailey

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Anna, please accept my regrets. I am unable to attend this year.

Lawrence Whitehead, Houston. ________________________________________________________________________________________

Hi Anna, and Happy New Year.

Regrets, but some priority issues have arisen that require me to be on campus at that time.  I will call and release my reservation at the hotel.

I am sorry to miss the event.

Larry Gibbs

Anna....Please wish everyone at the meeting a happy new year for us.  You may not know yet, but Florence underwent hip replacement surgery on the 2nd.  Here are the emails that I sent out on the 9th, and subsequently:

For the last 3 months, Florence was having increasing pain from a rapidly deteriorating right hip.  In the beginning of December, she scheduled for a total hip replacement to be done Jan 17th.  Our grandson in NY is getting married this coming Saturday nite, and she wanted to be there for the wedding.  HOWEVER, when she saw the surgeon for preop on the last Friday in December, he noted that the hip was so bad, that he rescheduled her op.  She had the hip replaced this past Wednesday (1/2).  It was very successful, and today she went into a skilled nursing facility for rehab. I suspect she will be there anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks.  She is able to walk, get to the john, etc, but needs to do a lot more.  I'll keep you posted as to her progress from time to time.

A number of you have written in asking for the address of the rehab center.  First, let me thank you for your e-mails, prayers, and good wishes.  I've been conveying them to her, and she is delighted to hear from you.  She's doing fine; therapy started today.

Florence is at:  Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center,  6200 North Braeswood Boulevard, Room 135   Houston, Texas 77074.

Incidentally, if you click on   www.sevenacres.org   you can learn a little about the place.  If you click on the Activities and Spiritual Life link, you'll find a photo of me leading the religious services.

Last night (Saturday, the 12th) our grandson was married in New York.  This is the wedding Florence so desperately wanted to get to, that she originally scheduled her surgery for later this week.  Well, we managed to attend the wedding via Skype.  Then this morning, the New York Times had the following:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/fashion/weddings/claire-freedman-david-kusnetz-weddings.html?_r=0

As for Florence, she is improving.  Her major complaint is, "The therapists are working my ass off."

When we wrote you that we could not make it because of the wedding trip coming so close to the meeting, we had no idea that surgery would be on the horizon.  But as noted above, she is making remarkable progress, and, most important, the pain is gone.

Best wishes,

Howard

Anna,

Sorry to report Mary Ann will not be attending the meeting.  She has had a side-effect from a strong antibiotic resulting in quite painful joint pain and cannot travel.  I will fly-in on Wed, arriving airport about 2pm.  Should be at hotel by 3:30.  See you then.

Safe travels.

Hank Muranko

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Hi Anna:

The only real change in this neck of the woods is that Cec is looking better and better since they took her off hospice services.  The powers that be have apparently decided that she has no signs of cancer and, therefore, doesn't need hospice.  Best news going!

I'm slowly getting more pain in my pelvis area when I walk--especially the block or so to see Cec and then I have to rest three or four times along the way.  Fortunately, when I rest the pain goes away completely.  I am now handling all my medications rather than have a CNA do most of them--it's a lot cheaper this way but now I have to interface with the pharmacies I use and that's a pain in the you know where.  Right now, for instance, I'm down to two Warfarin and three furosemide pills and both Humana's Right Source and the Linden Grove pharmacies insist that the other has taken care of my medication needs.  Oh well!

I hope that the meeting goes well and that all the members have survived another year!

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Dear Anna,

I regret that Susan and I will not attend the YPSWA meeting.

We are now boarding our 10 year old granddaughter so she can attend the fine private school in our nearby village. Moreover, the undone tasks from last year and the new tasks for this year make it imprudent to be away from the omnipressive office for so many days. That said, we do miss our many old friends from the YPSWA, including special ones such as Doug.

Very best regards,

Joe & Susan Blanks____________________________________________

Sean Mahar sent regrets from England – his best wishes to everyone for a great meeting and 2013

Dear Anna,

So sorry that I am unable to attend this year.  The dates of the conferences over the last few years fall right before an annual charity event that we attend every year.  Best wishes for a great conference!

With regards, Gayla

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Anna:

Greetings. Hope this finds you well. I regret that I will miss the YPSW meeting this year. I'm conducting back-to-back risk management workshops in Singapore and Johannesburg in Jan/Feb which will keep me on the road and away from San Diego. Looks like another very good program. I look forward to 2014.

Best regards to all. Tom Hethmon

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