Monday check-in

Well fall has come even to Florida! We are seeing below normal lows at night and since yesterday 15-25 mph winds off the ocean and I had to wear a long sleeve shirt out to the store last night. Something usually reserved for late December and early January here. Bictoberfest has come and gone and Florida's awaiting the arrival of the snow birds now so its relatively quiet and the beaches are fairly deserted.

This is check-in where we all meet on Monday each week to rundown our weekend and the week ahead and welcome new members. Feel free to share any appointments procedures and surgery you have scheduled and any one who may need extra thoughts and prayers.

I have had a very busy month and its not over yet with the upcoming huge Halloween bash my daughter and her husband do every year and my daughter from Texas visiting the same week. Looks like my November is starting to shape up the same way. Daughter informs me that thanksgiving is going to happen here this year since most of the out of town family wants to come in for the Turkey run. No it's not turkeys but cars. She doesn't cook anything edible outside the microwave meaning Mom's the the holiday chef. I have three daughters with birthdays,one in October,one in November and one three days before Christmas and of course all the shopping for those as well as Christmas if I make it through the thanksgiving and Halloween bash.


Hopefully you all have had a good weekend and your week ahead will be better.

Just a side note about my teenagers friend who was critically injured in the accident. He's now at a spinal cord and head injury rehab center in Jacksonville and is working extremely hard to gain his ability to walk back and his balance is off. His speech is still somewhat slow but accurate its just slow getting from the brain to his lips. They didn't repair the shattered pelvis at the time since the internal bleeding and head injury were more important and I honestly don't think they thought this kid would survive,they had even called in the homicide unit to investigate the accident. He's proved to be a fighter and Saturday he told my daughter he aint no statistics! He still has a ways to go buts beat the worst odds so far. Please keep him in your prayers.

Prayers go out to the young man.

Ortho appt moved to Thursday morning at 8:15.With the Brother that has the good Knee Reputation.

I'm looking forward to an improved knee.

Hope y'all have relaxing low-pain weeks.

Take care and God Bless.

Rick

Happy Monday! I'll actually check in on the check in day, just for something new and different! LOL. Thank you all for the prayers offered up for the grandson. He remains in cardiac critical care, but they're going to do the second attempt to extubate him (first one lasted almost 24 hours...). I'm counting that as progress, even if it's slow and one step forward, two steps back some days...

Last week was the PM appointment. It's too murky to know what's what right now. Emotional upheaval messes with my pain level and I've had a month full of that. I told the P M doctor I didn't feel a lot of success with the medicines I'm on, but can't justify doing different because I don't know if it's the medications or the messy time I've had, emotionally. So-- no changes for today. If things get unbearable, of course I need to ring in so we can make changes. I've struggled horribly in the evenings, but historically that's been true for me. So...who knows. I'll just keep doing whatever gets placed in front of me and do the best I can for today.

I'll be leaving mid week for a long weekend out east.
Did I mention that we flew the grandbaby out east for the operation? We couldn't get it performed anywhere near us--so I'll be flying out to see him and the daughter--it's a trip that I really need to make!

It's the first time I've been on a plane since the surgery to fix the broken femur. I've been cleared to fly and have my super ID with a picture of my lovely titanium plate ready to show 'em when the alarms and flashing lights go off. LOL. THAT'LL be good fun! ;-)

Saying prayers for that determined fella, Vickie. And hoping for good things fir that daughter of yours, pitmom.
Here's to a low pain week for all of us!

Been a rough week for me emotionally. Our oldest dog is dying of osteosarcoma, and it is so incredibly hard to see her in so much pain and to feel so helpless because I can't fix it. She is on pain medication, but it only helps so much. She is trying so hard, but she doesn't have very much interest in food anymore, and so I suspect that we are getting near the end. So I have been very upset, which also makes me feel worse physically.

It was also quite cold here this weekend. Got down to 19/20 degrees last night, and in the upper 30's to low 40's during the day. We also had our first snow of the season yesterday. Only a few snow squalls, but they were intense enough to cover the ground within a matter of minutes (although it all melted within 15 min or so of the snow stopping). But as quick as the cold weather came, it is leaving again. Rest of the week is supposed to be in the 60's and 70's.

No major appointments this week, but I've got to start to get all my paperwork in order so that I can get my health clearance to return to school in January. I'm a little worried, because my PCP is out on a medical leave himself, and he is the one who filled out the original paperwork to get me out on leave. So now I have to have the return paperwork filled out by the resident in his office, who I have never met, and who knows nothing about my complicated medical history. So I think I'm going to write her up a sort of summary to give her when I see her next week.

Hope everyone has a good week. Prayers for your grandson Melagain, and your daughter's friend, Vickie. I hope that they are both okay.

Skeye

Happy Tuesday.Pick up my Morphine at 8:30.

Vickie,great to hear about the young man's improvement.Continued Prayers for he and his family.

Skeye,so sorry to hear about your Pet.Something about that unconditional Love that a Dog gives.They're really special.

Hope y'all have relaxing low-pain days.

Take care and God Bless.

Rick

Post Edited (tidalmouse) : 10/21/2015 3:03:57 AM (GMT-6)

I hope for improvement for those who are suffering, and that things continue well for those who are doing okay.

I saw my palliative care doctor Monday and we decided that we've run out of options for managing my shingles pain, so now I'm just concentrating on living with it and ignoring it when I can. The doctor is an hour away, half way to a state park my wife and I used to visit, so we decided to go on up there and stay overnight in a hotel and spend two days walking the trails, to see how I'd do with my new "ignore the shingles" philosophy, plus walking on uneven ground and shortness of breath from the cancer.

I was surprised how well I did. We took it easy, but I was able to walk far enough to see the sights. The first evening my shingles really acted up, but the second day I did surprisingly well. My poor wife though got a bad allergy attack from the dead leaves and pollen, so she's feeling worse than me today, now that we're back home.

many healing thoughts to those doing it rough and tough. I have to ignore anything my body is doing. have had low blood pressure, dizzy, falling over, I know the signsw, have halved the perindiporol, my pharmacist and doc are cool with me doing it. it is wet windy and cold, not good already on my bleak affect at this time, oh well. trying to sort more interventions for bro. respite was a mess, awaiting an assessment for ccu. will advise. assessment next Wednesday. mum in hospital still, with complications, as my sis and I say, 'it is all happening'. keep well.

all the best rick. cheers. thx. and to you all. as ronnie james dio sang in the track with black Sabbath (heaven and hell) 'no back door to heaven, just a front door to hell' rip Ronnie. one of the best voices in metal.

Pitmom I know you have not seen your PM in some months but I would report via a phone call that your Dr or ER wrote you a script since technically your still under contract with them unless you have terminated your relationship with them in person or letter. They can use it as cause to discharge you from their care and document in your record a contract violation resulting in discharge that could cause you issues down the road with other PM Drs or pharmacies. Just fyi.

Glad you have gotten some relief though.

James fall allergies are my worst and I have been battling them since Florida's weather changed suddenly a few weeks ago,sinus headaches,nasal dryness resulting in nosebleeds,dizziness,and I am getting tired of the almost constant headache nagging at me and the head full of gunk swishing around when I bend over or shake my head. Can't tolerate the sinus and decongestants they all make it worse. Glad you got out and about with your wife.

HT hang in there this too will pass!

Rick??? Waiting for information