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Posted 9/2/2013 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
Omg, out of sight, out of mind today is Monday. I was thinking it was Sunday for some goofy reason.

Its that time again, check in with us and bring us up to speed on how you survived the weekend and if you did anything fun. With it being 104 to 106 outside its called staying inside where its 70, lol.

Does anyone have a big week planned? I have nothing going on except trying to entertain myself. I am so tired of being inside so much. My outside time has been so limited. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great Labor Day.

Susie
Posted 9/2/2013 4:55 PM (GMT 0)
Well, I guess I'll start....

- I have 2 grant proposals just about finished (For deadlines this month). I expect to take next year off from my official job, though they will pay me 50% if I do so. Hence, I'm starting to apply for external research grants.

- the chair development is going great! My proto-proto-type even has made a huge difference in pain levels. The designer has most of the frame completed and I'll likely get to try it out in a couple of days.

- as suggested by the above, pain has been less than usual & my BT use has dropped. However, last night, I barely slept due to it. I was up until 3am, almost in tears for a while. Then I slept a bit until 5 or 6am, was up again, then slept until 10am.
Posted 9/2/2013 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
Im doing alright. Hope everyone is having a fun holiday weekend!

This week will be crazy and hopefully get some workouts in
Posted 9/2/2013 5:46 PM (GMT 0)
Had some plans to go visit with family..but back is feeling so bad I don't feel like driving the ~hour long stretch from here to parents :(
Posted 9/2/2013 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
My parents here from Florida so overdoing it was the name of the game this weekend. LoL But I had a blast spending time with my folks! My dad is a dueling piano player and we got to see him perform at a local festival.

Other than that I tried to just lay around and rest so I could hang out with them as much as possible. And thankfully my boil is almost gone so I was able to wear my normal clothes.

As for the week ahead, my kids start school tomorrow and I have my normal monthly PM appointment. Nothing exciting going on this month... Just picking up my scripts and telling them about my boil. LoL

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and has low pain days this week.
Posted 9/2/2013 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone My back is really hurting today. My pharmacy ordered a different Fentanyl Patch this month with silver on the sticky side, and they're not working very well.

We didn't do anything today as far as celebrating Labor Day.

My weekend was the same old same old, except for the pain in my back. It's really frustrating when one patch doesn't work as well as another one.

I have an appointment Wednesday with my counselor, and that's the only appointment that I have this week.

I hope everyone is having as good a holiday as is possible.

love and hugs
Loretta
Posted 9/2/2013 11:02 PM (GMT 0)
Im staying in like Susie! Its horrible out there. With the long weekend I thought it was Sunday too! When your trapped in the house so you can breathe its kinda like one day pretty much runs into the next. Praying for an early winter here in South Florida!

No appointments,going to try to hit the gym for hydrotherapy at least once.

Still doing OK on the lower dose methadone, no problems with the lexapro so Im a happy girl!
Posted 9/3/2013 1:44 PM (GMT 0)
We did make the trip to Charleston to visit our daughter over the Labor Day weekend. Trip down wasn't so bad (3 hrs. plus). But it was so hot, ended up being hottest weekend of the entire summer. So was really limited to what I could do. Never did much walking, no swimming, etc. We did walk on the beach Sunday late afternoon after the sun passed over, nice strong breeze helped.

Then had nice seafood dinner out on the marshes in a screened room watching the sunset.

Came home Monday, trip from hades. Took nearly 5 hours of driving, in long periods of bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic. Did not mean to plan a trip like this on a holiday weekend, bad timing.

Got home, severe pain, had to crash for 3 hours just to be functional. Even this morning, my back, both hips and both legs major pain zone.

Got to recover, as I start Oncology Rehab again tomorrow morning.

It was hard, but still a wonderful trip, don't get to see my daddy's girl very often enough, so was worth the effort.

Will be busy catch up week. Aside from PT, got a couple of biz meetings, plus this Saturday is the big Clemson game where I will be the honored guest. That will be a long day for sure.

David
Posted 9/3/2013 1:53 PM (GMT 0)
Had the best weekend ever because I actually took care of my wife while she was sick. She never gets sick, she's "Super Mom" and normally she's taking care of me.

Yesterday she told me how impressed she was that I took care of her sick plus both kids with no problems.

Made me feel great.
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