Survivors....Monday!

Hey everybody,

I know many of us have checked in over the last couple of days.... but there are several of you we haven't heard from - and just wondering how you are. This is the place to check in.... let us know how you "survived" the weekend.... and what you've got planned for the week ahead.

Take care,
Tina

 

     ...had a few good days last week, and then I did something very stupid!....went to a gun range and fired about 50 rounds at a target with my wife, and by the time I was done, I was hurting bad in the lower back again. Never again! LOL

 SE

was a rough weekend. my wife, I, and one of my sons, spent 4 1/2 hours deep cleaning our 2nd home, which until a month ago was a rental. this is the house that was broken into and robbed recently. i spent the whole time on my hands and knees scraping pain off the floors, vacuuming with a large heavy cleaner, painting, you name it. it was a killer.

that was saturday, when we got home, all i could do was take pain meds and crash.

sunday, we were both shot, so i ended up taking two naps, which is unusual, and did nothing special or useful.

monday, today - had to go back to that house, and spent another 2 1/2 hours cleaning and repairing. be so glad when the realtor can get it sold for us. i would never be a landlord again. the long term tenants did so much damage in the 5 years that they rented, most of it hidden from us. they truly devalued our house.

getting ready to crash right now as i type, so physically shot, pain twised like a pretzel in pain.

david

Been a very long weekend waging WW III on germs (colds and chicken pox). I was feeling a little better this morning, but had a long phone call with my GP that hit like a ton of bricks. I hope he's just over reacting, but he hasn't before in the 12 years that I've been seeing him, yup he used the big 'C' word, and thinks there's a problem in my right lung. That's what I get for smoking like a chimney from 16 to 25 years old.

No major plans for the week yet, probably gonna go to dinner with my twin brother and my dad for our birthday ( I say our because we were born 4 minutes apart, same day lol). Gonna be 29, one year away from 'old man' lol. Next week will be a lot busier, I have scans and xrays next Monday morning, and appointments with my back surgeon and a shoulder specialist next Monday afternoon. Biiiig news, I have a date set up for next Tuesday night! No details yet, but I've been single for a long time, and I've been getting re-aquanted with this friend from school for a few months now, finally worked up some backbone to ask her to dinner.

Well other than that, just another day in paradise for me. David, sorry to hear about your rental, seems like everyone is loosing money on investment properties these days, hope you get something out of it.

SE, what were you firing? Have you looked into a muzzle break? Unless it's like a 357 or 44 magnum, a muzzle break might help with the kick a little, although, I'm thinking you might want to stick with like a 22 LR until you get some progress with your back.

Hope everyone has a good week, take care.

We got back from Virginia in our RV on sunday. I washed all dirty laundry and sheets and towels. Emptied the fridge and turned it off.

Monday I drove the RV to mechanic to put new bushings on the thing to level it out.
Tuesday I take my boy sheltie to the groomer.At 10:00 am I have an appt with family doc to look at my poison ivy on my knees. Gosh it itches so much.

Wednesday I go for my final fitting of my banquet gown
Friday the furnace ppl come to clean the boiler and place a chemical in the pipes to keep them from baging like they did last winter.

Sometime this week I will be picking up the RV and bringing it home.

I have to work on 5 checkered flags also this week.

I plenty of pain pills to keep me going.

Betsey

Well I had a tough week and weekend. I spent 14 hours in the ER on Thursday and into Friday early am. Didn't get far with the issue of pain in my upper left quadrant on my somach, left side, and left plank area over my kidney.

Saw my PCP today and she ordered an X-ray as I am still having pain. She's worried about the possibility of some of my blood clot in my Supeior Vena Cava my have broke off an gone to my left lung. Basically, the treatment would be blood thinners and I am already on them. Matter a fact I am out of my desired dosing range, my blood is TO thin right now.

Tomorrow, I am to start the new medication to treat my Lupus. I have been really nervous about starting it. It's called Benylsta it's the first medication approved by the FDA for Lupus in 50 years.

It can however have some serious side effects. They say that the severe reactions happen the day of or the day after. There have been some deaths as the result. I joined a support group and all of the members take the drug. Common side effects seem to be:

- severe fatigue for several days
- migrane headache for 3 to 4 days
- severe itching
- nausea, stomach pain, bloody stools, vomiting
- anxiety
- depression/suicidal thoughts
- severe lowering of WBC

Fun stuff huh, I spoke to the company that makes the drug. They did 3 clinical trails with a total of 2133 patients. 6 of them died of suicide 4 of them died from severe infections and 4 more died from undetermined causes.

My back pain, joint, and stomach pain is through the roof. I am at an 8 out of 10 tonight. I am worried most about the depression/suicidal issues with the drug. I have had issues with both these things. My Dr upped my Cymblata to 60mg a day and said she'd give me Ativan if needed. I also think I may get two units of blood tomorrow.

Well thats my update. Sorry it was so long. Positive energy and prayers would be greatly appreciated for tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Hugs,
Barbara

 

    morning Matt!....no worries on anymore gun shooting,...I'm done! LOL ...learned my lesson the hard way..as usual too!

    ...now you got me worried about your lung problem...and I hope it is not serious. Keep us updated on it.

   Take care,

  SE