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Posted 7/14/2014 10:10 AM (GMT 0)
Hello all! Hope everyone had a decent weekend, we are in a rainy, high humidity time here in FL and it looks as if Texas and Arizona are as well! It's a CPers nightmare so I've been sticking to the indoors lately and suffering cabin fever!!

This is check-in, the place where we say hi to all new members, ask everyone to stop in and tell us how your weekend went, share your important upcoming appts, tests, procedures you may have. Ask for extra thoughts &prayers for yourself or someone you know in need.

You can just say hi and let us know all's well!

Welcome to all the new members and although one of us mods try to greet you prior to check-in sometimes we may miss someone or just haven't gotten to you yet so a big HW Welcome to you all and glad you've joined us in this awesome support forum!

Everyone have a great week and will see you here!
Posted 7/14/2014 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
Good morning. Today, 3rd session, I'm supposed to get actual aqua PT. Doc wants me to get it in the morning when pain is the worse, but they don't open the pool until 11.

1st session was just measuring ROM and giving me some exercises that haven't worked in 9 months. Room is cold, so I'm wearing sweats after this one. Cold workout is bad.

2nd session was the exercises - I only do 3 of each because they don't help, just hurt - and then big male therapist (good one) crushing little old grandma with stretches. The neck massage is still hurting, since Friday. I need passive stretches because I can't do effective ones myself. They hurt but are effective in tearing the myosin fibers to counteract the shortening I am getting from my condition. http://ptjournal.apta.org/content/81/2/819.full I'll ask whomever I get today, hopefully same guy, to just ease up a little so I don't hurt when I come in of Wed. Twice a week is maximum for me.
Posted 7/14/2014 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hope all is going good for everyone!

I have 2 doctor's appointments this week and physical therapy.

Hubby had all his teeth taken out last Thursday and well hopefully he'll adjust to them soon, he'll get stitches taken out on Wednesday and doesn't know if they'll sedate him, fingers crossed they sedate him for the stitch removal!

Hopefully the soon to be Father In Law will stop pushing for our kids to get married so we can plan a nice small wedding...He's really pushing his son away, says my daughter...
So busy week for me, sorry about the rambling...

Also, had our 28th Anniversary this past Saturday, wow 28 years together...

Many prayers and well wishes to everyone.
Posted 7/14/2014 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
Happy Anniversary :)

Little man and I are on vacation this week. Every other year we go to Ocean City, MD with my best friend and her family. Our two boys are 6 weeks apart and love spending so much time together. I was talked into renting a scooter for the weekend, and as much as I hate if, I did so. It has been really helpful on the boardwalk. I also have my fun little backpack with oxygen. I'm 37 going on 87.

Have some big medical decisions to make and I'm talking things over with my friends. RIght now I have two very easy tests coming up-a sleep study and a right heart cath.

Hope you guys are as pain free as possible.
Posted 7/14/2014 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Everyone and Welcome to the New People,

I'm making SLOW, steady progress which is very good. Learning to be more patient with my recovery is also good.

Thanks to the Moderators! You are great!
Posted 7/14/2014 7:21 PM (GMT 0)
First let me welcome all the new members. We are so glad to have you here. My weekend was not great but my son and his fiance came over on sunday which was nice. He cut all my hedges for me with a bit of help from dad but did most of the work himself. He is a landscaper so he knows how to make things look so wonderful.

I saw my doctor this morning for this upper right quadrant pain that I have been having for a month. Tomorrow they will be taking a lot of blood and do a urinalysis and then I have to have a chest x-ray and ultrasound in a week or so. I love that my doctor is very thorough and hopefully we will get to the bottom of this pain. It is really excruciating. Other than that, the back pain hasn't been too bad so that's a good thing.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and lower pain days. Good luck to all that are having tests done and I will keep everyone in my prayers that everyone gets the answers and treatments that they need.

Much love and hugs,
Lynn
Posted 7/15/2014 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone! I have had a really good few weeks, pain pump is working good, and I am glad I got it! Still am having some problems with my right knee, something is slipping inside and the thing swells up on me, seen the VA doc a week or so ago, and he said there appears to be allot of fluid in it! Duh!!!! Really? But didn't do anything for it. So I brought one of those Knee wrap things to put on it when it is like that! Anyway other than the small stuff I am doing good! Even made a pineapple pie last night! Got a sweet tooth and then got the graving for a pineapple pie so I made one! LOL

Hope everyone has a good week, be good to yourselves!

White Beard
Posted 7/15/2014 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Happy Anniversary Char! Glad to see you're slowing down that recovery Abilene and the Mods thank you!! Good luck Lynn on your appts! Roc, so glad you got away for a bit with your son and friends and I've found if I dont want to pay twice for a trip the scooter is the only way to go! Alcie I have used hydrotherapy for a little over a year and it's made my mobility and pain ten times better!

WB, glad the pumps working out for you! You "sound "awesome! Cooking too? Wow! As for knee flapping it's truly aggravating more then painful for me and I usually just get a cortisone shot and in a few days to a week the fluid starts going down and that usually holds me for 9-12 months!
Posted 7/15/2014 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
Thank You
Posted 7/15/2014 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
Still lurking............. Been up and down, mostly down. Had another severe pain attack in the tailbone a couple days ago, hitting #9 on the pain scale for about 1/2 hour.

Did manage to do a few barbecues already and got the garden planted too.
Posted 7/15/2014 5:33 AM (GMT 0)
Happy Anniversary Chart 28 years wow, that's a long time. We celebrated our 29th on the 8th of June. I sure your soon to be Father In Law butts out and leaves the kids alone. It's totally wrong that he's pushing them so. Try not to worry to much about it, things will work out fine. Let's think positive, hope hubby gets sedated for the stitches to be removed.

I hope your appointments and PT goes well this week. I know you've not been feeling the best so make sure you rest up okay. (((hugs))).


Rocckyd (((((hugs)))))) I"m glad to hear that you and your Little Man are on vacation. That's GREAT NEWS, that you're there and not in the hospital. I hate using the electric scooters too but they do help a lot. I just wanted you to know that I'm praying for you and try not to feel so bad about the oxygen. I went on mine at age 40, I feel ancient all the time. It's not helping that my daughter looks so young, when I go out with her they give me a senior discount. I'll be 50 next year, I'm not ready for that discount yet.

You hang in there and I hope that your friend, is a good sounding board and you and make your decisions. Once you make them I pray that you're settled with them. Enjoy the rest of your vacation.

Hugs,
Barbara
Posted 7/16/2014 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Barbara, Eye doctor ordered up a new eye drop yesterday $120.00 co pay, I said no then he called it out for the gel form and insurance said "NO" $175.00 bigger "Yikes"...so then a generic one $15.00 I do not usually do good with generic so we'll see! Eye's will hurt and then feel better and then get worse as the day progressess...Mancular De Gen is holding stable good/bad with that one. Eye doc is good to me, he took his time reviewing the pictures and comparing them, Nice to have one compassionate doctor. I know keep hope, I will try, but when your eyes hurt it just doesn't help.

PT added in a few new things so I was sore yesterday, trying to get some cross-stitching done as I have yet to complete a started piece which I hope to do.

Jazzi's unexpected/Surprise engagement means no hot tub, so that'll go on the drawing board and I have the script for it too. Plan to fly into Dallas in Sept for a wedding dress store trunk show, I have 3 picks for Jazzi and hope she'll make some picks as well of course and we'll go from there, it'll be her choice.So will look forward to hunting for a dress with Jazzi!
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