Good Moaning Healing Well V14

graduated to cereal. quite a few bowls of it too.

pain's bad!! would gladly have knee, hand, elbow & ankle joint replacement surgery RIGHT NOW if i had an offer.

wonder if this is because i decreased the steroids? our new members here brought up thst topic & i think it's correct.  in the hospital i was recieving 160 and 120 mg IV steroids and when i got home and took it orally just 60mg and 40mg the joint pain got so much worse.

well, good moanin' ya'll...maybe i'll shoot to sleep now! it is 6am almost.  wish i were sleepin'. bad day.  i'm tired.

How are you?  Sorry I haven't been around much, but kids started back to school.. and it's a new school, so between getting them ready for that, work, then school actually starting.... AAAGGGGHHH... no time.. so here it is 141am on a Sunday morning and I am still awake taking care of things...

I hope all is well with everyone, I am always around reading the posts, even if I don't post much!

Take care and be well!

Duck

 Moanin' ya'll,

Well it's here.  The new BOB DYLAN album is officially HERE! And as a priveledged XM satellite listener, I was able to hear it @12noon today AND IT WAS FANTASTIC! And what's better?  ERIN GET'S TO SEE BOBBY IN NOVEMBER!!!

LIFE IS GOOD.

Been hanging in there.  Still in recovery but doing well.  Stupid rheummy office "said" they mailed my HUMIRA RX on Tuesday...is it here? NO.  I better get my shot this week, it's been 4 weeks without anything, and it would mean serious trouble if I end up in a bad flare. Starting clinical work on Thursday in the hospital so I have to be "sorta good" on my feet. Ugh.  So here goes nothin'.  I'm excited, looking forward to it. And praying really hard that I hold up alright.

That's all that's new on this end. Still a bit of a struggle with getting stronger, but hopefully everything will turn out alright.

Have a happy day. 

 moanin',

hey "El"...yeppo, i start clinical duty thursday @ 0900 hours. YIKES!  it's for school though.  continuing on in furthuring my degree. an accelerated BSN to MSN in nursing. Oy!  it's only 3 days a week so it's not tremendous.  and if i withdraw again...i can't go back (this is what i had to leave last year because i was too disabled). i mean, i'm not really that great to do it, but i have to at least try. {geez...what am i getting myself into! lol}  if i don't and just let it go i'll never forgive myself.  so...i'de rather die trying & fail than never had even given it a fightin' chance.

                                                         WISH ME LUCK!

i'm really diving head first into this, but it's now or never. 

i'm studying my rear end off for an exam i need to take, ugh!  but ya never know...once momentum starts goin'...perhaps my body will just start to roll w/ the punches!?  i did give myself a WHOLE YEAR OFF...and i'm not ANY BETTER. so maybe this is as good as it gets?

and by doing this, i can calibrate how i do physically. so come spring, perhaps i CAN go back to work consistantly. i'm happy w/ my decision. that's why i was so freaked out w/ being admitted to the hospital! big setback that i can't afford.

so here goes Erin! i do hope you get your shipment soon as well.  i'm trying not to get upset about the 4 weeks without, it stinks...i'm really much worse without the injections (at least i know now they do help a bit!)

so i suppose i'm a prime example of NIKE's "JUST DO IT" ?

it'll be a bumpy ride i'm sure...and i'm bringin' ya'll on this trip with me so hang on tight! i better get a freakin' award @ semesters end. lol

and i'll be so loaded w/ steroids i'll most likely be a man come june.

should make for quite the interesting year.

THANK GOD FOR HUMOR.

 good soggy moanin' ya'll,

everyone stay warm n' dry & watch out for puddles.  may these storms pass quickly!

thanks Yalinda countdown T MINUS 22 HOURS! and freaking out! hah...it's good butterflies though. (i hope) i am extremely excited, yet a little fearful.  basically just worried a little bit about my mobility issues, walking, standing, endurance, etc... so YES...I AM IN YODA MODE as i like to quote Yoda:

                                   "You either DO or DO NOT...there is no try"

today i have a math exam. aaaargh! hah... well, i prepped for this exam (nursing math) for 3 months. so if i don't know it by now? you know. i feel confident. (sorta) lol. so WISH ME LUCK! it's @ 3pm this afternoon. if i fail i can take it again, BUT WHO WANTS TO DO THAT? so hopefully i get all the problems right & i'm having a good brain day!

my clicical hours aren't that bad. it'll be in a hospital. it's a 7am to 2 pm shift. but it'll work out to like 8am till 130pm (always seems to work out in that we get cut a break with the time).  and i'll be able to have an hour for break...so i just have to conserve and use my body wisely. other than that? I'M SCARED! freaked a tiny bit! but just insecurity...i'll be countin' on you guys!!!!

hah...no back to school clothes. text books is what i have. ugh! broke the bank. so really cannot be fashionable, thank God for hospital scrubs! so here i go! i'll let you know how i do today. took an extra Flinstone vitamin this morning for good luck! Erin

 I think I flunked   Dangit.  Ugh!!!!!!!! I was sooooooo prepared & I studied my pahtootie off & was oh so psyched for it and everything was going so smooth...

                                                    and then I ran out of time!

It had 20 questions & I was doing great...then time started to run out. I missed I think 5 questions...so that's a failure right there. BUMMER. But now I know I need to scribble a little quicker for the next time. Oy! See, I can't right that fast...so I gotta work some system out.  I can retake the test next week. I'm P.O.'d.

Well...moving on.

My honey scored 2 GREAT  BOB DYLAN TICKETS!!!!!!! I am a happy woman. What a terrific surprise. 4th row! Left stage (is where he plays the organ) so this is going to rock. November 16th? I think.

So my ankles, heels, shoulders are on fire...ready for bed. I'm beat. Very thankful I made it through a half-day. WOuld have been nice to pass my exam...hopefully I'll ace it next week.  Nighty night.

thanks yalinda for the encouragement in your previous post! hmmm? i don't know how that will swing with a standardized test? but i suppose it won't hurt to ask.  if it were a regular University/College they would definitely be obligated to give me extra time...but the nursing facility part of the University is a little "seperate" from many of the rules & protocols of local colleges. {i.e. a 70 is passing in University, but a 78 is failing in the nursing program! go figure.} so a little different. but i will inquire about it. i mean, an extra 7 minutes would have got me through.

well folks, here's day 2. hah...made it through one day, here's to shootin' for a second with success. WISH ME LUCK! saying that a lot these days. and i'm keeping a journal of my days (in case i publish a book on this one day. lol...."memoirs of the lame medical student" best seller? maybe.

argh!!!! i forgot how miserable waking up @6am is with morning stiffness and really trying to get going and ready rather fast.

doing ok though. in pain...but am preparing for everything that i might need for the day.

i need a butt pillow! people will think i have hemorrhoids not RA! lol

HERE'S TO A GOOD DAY TO EVERYONE.

LET'S ALL PUT IN THE GOOD FIGHT.