Monday check-in

It's that time again and this is check-in where we meet on Monday to share how our weekend was and what the week ahead holds for you. Welcome new members and remember those struggling or have surgeries,tests and procedures scheduled for the week.

My weekend was hectic and far too busy for my comfort as the countdown to the holidays begins. We have a lot of birthdays in the upcoming months as well as the holiday stuff and we are big on Halloween so that party planning has been ongoing since August! We had a sweet 16 party this weekend for my step-granddaughter and holding true for teenage girls had two decide they were leaving at 3am without telling an adult and true to their friends no one else told an adult either! Being the night owl I am they were discovered missing fairly quickly. Seems they left on foot and headed straight to one of thems boyfriends house where they were found some hours later. Kids and their uncanny ability to see NO danger in their actions! I however have reached the age I will no longer be doing the teen scene thing as my last of 6 turns 18 this year. I will gladly now turn this job over to the parents who gave me such a educating experience in raising teens and how to survive without my landing in prison for killing them. Let the gray hairs and sleepless nights be many for them,karma its my right!

Another birthday this week as we head into the Bictoberfest here in Florida followed by the Halloween bash and ending with a much needed visit from my daughter and granddaughter from Texas the first two weeks of November. By New year's I will either be in some kinda state and it will be interesting to see just what.

My teens close friend was in a car accident a few weeks ago and has come out of the coma and will be heading to the brain and spinal injury rehab center in Jacksonville today so please keep him in your prayers. He's 16 and suffered a closed TBI as well as a crushed pelvis and internal injuries. We saw him yesterday and he is making a good deal of progress but needs prayers for a long road ahead as he tries to regain the ability to walk and talk.

Hopefully everyone else had a much calmer weekend and has a good week ahead.

Loving the lower humidity here in Florida but our daytime temps are still in the high 80s low 90s so I am ready for the springlike temperatures of winter here.


Everyone have a awesome week and prayers for those of you dealing with problems.

Happy Monday Gang.

Seeing an Orthopedic Surgeon Wendsday at 1:30(The Brother that specializes in knees).

Just trying to stay positive.

It's 48 right now in N.E.Alabama.

Hope y'all have relaxing low-pain days.

Rick

Have another round of ketamine infusions this week (1 mo out since the last infusions, 3rd set in the series). They do seem to be helping quite a bit, so as difficult as they are physically, it is worth it. I can't say that I am looking forward to the infusions, but I am looking forward to the results.

Also been diagnosed with CRPS, which actually makes a whole lot of sense given my symptoms -- especially the many bizarre neurological symptoms that no one could ever explain. I guess no one really thought about it before. My neurosurgeon did mention that he thought I might have something "CRPS-like" once about a year ago, but I'm not your typical case, since it is my eye and face, not my limbs, that are affected. But apparently, CRPS can affect any part of the body, and the eye is no exception. The doc I'm seeing now is a CRPS expert, and he's pretty convinced that that's what is going on with me. And from everything that I have read, it sure sounds like me. Doesn't change anything treatment wise, but after 8 yrs of no real primary diagnosis, it is kind of nice to have something to call it -- at least it makes things a lot easier to explain to people what is going on.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Skeye

Thanks for the prayers and thoughts for the teen,hopefully he will make great strides there towards healing. Moms not left his side since the accident and they had to start a gofund for them locally since she was the major breadwinner and there are other children. The family is struggling through some difficult times above and beyond his accident making it more tragic. Hoping life gives them a few breaks soon so he can overcome the difficult obstacles of a brain injury that lie ahead of him and for his Mom who is trying to deal with the most difficult things a parent could,a child with devastating injuries.

Skeye I hope you continue to get relief from the ketamine.

PitMom all I can say is we know better than push life but sometimes it just feels like the right thing to do at the moment! Albeit though we don't think so afterwards. Take it easy.

Good luck Rick with the appointment.

WB do you go to the Cooper drive VA? The nursing schools up there do the majority of clinicals at the VA on Cooper although they rotate through the long-term facilities in Wilmore and use to go to the old VA on Leestown road but when I was home it wasn't being used for much anymore,mostly psych patients and drug and alcohol related issues.

HT hasn't checked in yet but wanted to wish him a belated(yesterday) Happy birthday!

Hello all. The roller rink was great! My grandson really enjoyed it and I did too! Neither one of us fell! If this turns out to be a regular thing for us, I will have to invest in new skates. I used rentals yesterday and the wheels are made of a different material than I am used to using. They actually 'make' people go slower and I had to be careful not to 'get ahead of myself'.

For the second time in a week, I experienced excruciating pain in my spine that made my ribcage hurt too. At this point, I don't think it's my spine itself, but rather referred pain, probably from the ovarian cysts or the fibroid tumors on my uterus. The reason I think this is I've been through this before, years ago, and the fact that it is intermittent and passes after about an hour. It was explained to me that when these growths get too big for the blood supply to support, they die off, at least partly. The excess fluid around them pushes on things and that is where the pain is coming into play.

I had emergency surgery to remove the right ovary and cyst 2 days after my 21st birthday and have lived with a 'time bomb' on the left side ever since. My 55th birthday is tomorrow. Pretty good track record that I have been able to make it this far with little trouble. Praying that this all passes without the need for surgery as my daughter will have her brain surgery soon!

I didn't bother with the ER last night. The only thing they could have done would have been a shot for pain, a script to take home and orders to follow up with my gyn. Checking my temperature to make sure there is no fever (not good if there is) and watching for nausea and vomiting (another bad sign).

Glad this didn't happen while we were at the rink. Going to stay close to home for now. Not a good idea to be driving or away from my bed with this thing acting up.

Knee and shoulder steroid injections today. No pain. Knee is a little stiff, but it was before. Good excuse to rest a couple of days.

Pitmom, Thanks for the icing recipe. I don't tolerate powdered sugar (sulfites). Good alternative.