Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for February 20, 2012

This is yesterday’s comic rehashed. Coloring it does not make it ‘new’.

AH HA! I was right that yesterday’s strip was actually today’s. I feel cheated. :-D

Friend Aaron is due home in a half hour. LMB is sitting on the bottom stair patiently waiting. It’s not quite like Dino greeting Fred Flintstone but heartwarming anyway. Full day on my plate today. Reminder that y’all won’t see Aaron tomorrow until later in the day — or me in his place if he doesn’t make it here.

Happy Monday Susan, lightenup and the ‘morning crew’.

A Sunday feeling like Monday is tough enough. No Sunday comic on a Sunday is just wrong. :-)

I love Monday though. My only appointment of the day is with my blankey. Little Muttley Beagle is, as Billy said, heartwarming. And he doesn’t snore. Ah, life is good.

Morning Susan. Morning lightenup I’ll write more later about exercise and CMT. I’m fading fast. Morning fellow Cathyites hope you have a nice day.

Oopsie! Apparently somebody’s mind took the day off and went shopping. They probably didn’t think anybody would notice.

I agree with the above. Boo to whoever didn’t update Cathy correctly. They probably didn’t realize how devoted we are. Good morning, Billy, Aaron, gmforde and Susan! Thanks for the reminder about tomorrow, Billy. Good luck with everything, Aaron! :-)@KFG – As always, love your multiple posts! LOL@heldelca – I think that’s amazing about your area’s lack of doctors. I don’t know much about your part of Canada so maybe it’s not very populated, but it’s still a shame. @lindz.coop – Glad to hear from you! Hello to GsMom, rgcviper, hendelca, Mona, serenaskitty and all the other Cathy nuts rolling around here today!

Who cares? They’re all reruns anyway, and I only come here for the comments and the chocolate. Good afternoon everyone.

lightenup re: exercise and HMSN, basketball and soccer are mostly okay, but the muscles get tired fairly quickly. That in turn puts stress on the nerves and surrounding muscles. Kinda like taking a supporting beam out from under what it’s holding up. Everything around it comes down too. Physical therapy is just plain boring so I don’t do it. I get more than enough strength training, which is also mostly okay for CMT, on the job.

But walking long distance on a treadmill or an elliptical machine, bench pressing arms or legs, etc just wears the muscles down instead of firming them up. Nerves feed the muscles. When they die, the muscle dies. Part of my calf muscle in my left leg is dead. When Billy and I walk down the street at his normal walking pace, he leaves me in the dust over the span of just 7 minutes, down from 19 minutes in 2007 when I had my first major mobility issue. So, the more I walk or use my muscles, the tireder they get. Custom MAFOs (molded ankle/foot orthotics) keep me steady when I’m walking. At work I wear only ankle braces when I’m on an EMS run, otherwise I have to wear the full leg braces. My mom knew when I was just under a year old that she had given me her (what she thought was) MS.

Here’s a couple words for KFG: EMG and nerve conduction study. I have those tomorrow too, in addition to a 3+ hour MRI (looking for my soul) and EEG (um, no comments from the peanut gallery).

Apparently, the missing Cathy comic from yesterday is something wide-spread that didn’t just happen here at Go Comics. I did a quick Google search and couldn’t find it anywhere else either — including ArcaMax, AZ Central and Yahoo. Maybe something happened and Cathy Guisewite didn’t do one that day for some reason? Who knows!?!

Good afternoon, Aaron (good luck tomorrow!), Dr. Billy, lightenup, K.F.G., Susan, rgcviper, gmforde, lindz.coop, Mona, hendelca, serenasakitty and all the rest of the Cathy fanatics joining us here today. Good to “see” you all!

Ok what’s with the repeat? Oh well at least it’s in colour…..still kinda wish I could see ‘Clerks’ and ’Schindler’s List’ in colour too………oh well…….Hope everyone is having a good day :) Aaron, Billy, Lightenup, Gretch’s ma, Susan, Viperdude, Hendelca, Mona, gmforde and the rest I’ll ‘see’ tonight, hopefully :)

I’m not reading any textbooks today. (sorry Dr. Billy)….too tired, going to watch ‘The Green Mile’ instead…later y’all :)

Hello any evening crew left over. I’ve read the same couple of paragraphs in my latest Daniel Silva novel. If he can’t hold my attention, no one can. Time to climb under the warm covers. :-)

Night night, Billy… :-)@ Aaron – thanks for the explanation about exercise. I didn’t realize that when the nerve dies, the muscle dies too. That part was sobering. You deal with an amazing amount of stuff, so bless you and I think your good attitude is inspiring.Mona & Susan – I agree with you both… I think that we deserve an updated comic and although I love the comments the most, I do miss having a “new” comic to comment on. Thank you to GsMom for doing some research on what’s going on.

@ KFG – Love the new name… say it with confidence: “future neurologist!!”

@ KFG – Remember, as the inside of the neuron said to the outside of the neuron… “stay positive!” (Jeez, I hope I got that joke right… I’m kind of a neuron moron. ;-))

Hi to all Cathyites!! We want our Sunday comic — I don’t remember ever missing a day and I certainly go back to this time when Cathy was still in the newspapers.

Good luck tomorrow Aaron!! — take good care of him Billy!!

[Cue another eye roll from me …]

It’s been a busy day for me, going from 9 a.m. until after 9 p.m. with lots of stuff to do. I can hear my pillow calling already … ha.

Hello, everyone!