The Road to Success is Always Under Construction Part 1 of 2 CLOSED

Happy Easter Kitt and Denise.

Happy Easter to all!

Yes it was great to be doing the softball thing again. I am active with the high school team again this year, keeping the score book. Keeps my softball addiction as bay until we start our travel ball in June.

Take care,
Bill (We Lee)

Hi Joy,

Happy Easter to you, too!  Tie-dye shirts!  What a great idea. 

I understand your asthma/allergy doc wanting to check your wrap.  As you know I went through the same thing.  Allergies are horrible right now up here in the North Country, so I can only imagine how bad they are in your neck of the woods. 

Have fun at the zoo...I'm sure you're concerned as I would be, about the time you'll be spending exposed to pollen.  Maybe you could bring your Netti pot to school so you could wash that pollen out as soon as you get back to school...just a thought.  I've been know to take an extra antihistimine in the evening when I've had a bad allergy-day.

I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better at the moment.  Hope it continues for a good long time. 

Good luck with your fireplace project.  I'm impressed!

Best wishes for your sister's speedy recovery.

Enjoy the week to come...

Denise

 

Hi Joy,

Someone on the the Nissen Reversal thread has written directly to you.  Just thought you'd want to know.

Have a fun trip!  I hope it all goes well for you.

(((Hugs)))

Denise

Hi all-

Wish I was still down South. It was SOOOOOO much warmer.

Softball update! We played the #1 ranked team in the state last night and won 5-4. The daughter went 4 for 4 with 2 singles, a double and yes....another home run! She hit in 3 of our 5 runs.

Hope everyone is doing well, I am off to yet another doctor appointment, knee this time.

Take care,
Bill
(we-lee; Cherokee pronunciation for Bill)

Kitt-

I was wondering the same thing. Woke up to 32 degrees.

Take care,
Bill

Hi all-

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Been super busy with vehicle maintenance and yard work in between the doctor appointments.

Found out I probably will be heading to surgery again.....imagine that! It's the knees now. The doctor told me I officially have "catcher's knees" now. Lots of foreign bodies in them. He wants to try 6 weeks of physical therapy first though. Not sure how that's going to help with pieces floating around in there though. I also have to do therapy for my left shoulder since my rotator cuff is some how attached it's self to the ball end of my arm and pulling it up too high.

I decided to go through with the spinal cord stimulator trial through the VA for my ribs. Going to have that done this coming Friday. I figure it can't hurt to try and since everything else has seemed to be healed up it's time to get this under control. Had another epidural for my ribs Tuesday an it isn't helping at all this time.

Softball update.... My daughter hit another home run Friday. Gives her 5 so far and is leading the varsity in HRs. We are going to do a college visit next Sunday and talk with the coach about her scholarship. If it is what he told us before I think she will sign that day. She is pretty excited to play for them.

Take care,
Bill

Hi Bill,

It's great to hear about the continued success of your daughter's athletic career!  What fun for you.  Is the college she's thinking about attending close to home, so you can follow her play? 

It sounds as if you've got a plan now for dealing with what's going on.  Hmmmm I just wonder where you might have gotten catcher's knee?  I hope the PT works for you.  Sometimes it can help because the exercises lubricate the knee and get things moving.

Good luck with it all.  Glad to see you here on the forum again!

Joy,

I get the prednosone crash...hopefully it's better now.  Allergies have been terrible this year, so I have no doubt that you're dealing with pollen issues  Hang in there!

I'm struggling because I have to stay in most of the time or I'm suffering big time.  I'm seeing my allergist on Friday so it'll be interesting to hear his take. He and his NP are always telling me that I shouldn't have to stay inside!  Easy for them to say.

Are you washing your hair at night before bedtime?  If not, you'll have pollen on your pillow and increase your allergy symptoms.  It's a pain in the neck, but I do it.  Also, nasal rinsing whenever you come in from outdoors.   I also carry a saline spray in my purse so I can rinse my nose when I'm not at home.

I don't do it all right...supposed to take all your outdoor clothes off as soon as you enter the house and isolate them.  Comeon.  It's just impossible to do everything!  Hope your cough improves soon.

Have a great week!

Denise

Post Edited (dencha) : 4/15/2012 9:53:49 AM (GMT-6)

Hi all-

Just wanted to let you know I may be absent for a while again. Trying to get back home to Tennessee again. My cousin just passed away( oldest son of my uncle who passed away 2 weeks ago) Internet is scarce in the sticks there.

Bill

Bill,

I am so sorry to read this and know you have my deepest sympathy.  I will try to cover the forum and I know the awesome members in this thread will help me out.

My depression is going down hill again so I will be doing some intense therapy the next couple of weeks.

Good thing my GERD is behaving.

Love and hugs,

Kitt

Hang in there, Kitt! My sister is still in the hospital with her nerves. We're seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with her though.

Kitt-

Hang in there my friend. Thanks for the email. It brightened my day.


Well I had the spinal cord stimulator trial put in this afternoon. It's working great on my left ribs, but she wasn't able to get past the scar tissue to get it high enough for my right ribs. If it will work on the right side as well as the left I may go through with the permanent implant. Took me from an 8 today to a 4 pain wise. My left ribs feel the best they have since before surgery a year ago. Amazing how this thing works.
Bad thing is I can't raise my arms above my shoulders, bend over more than 45 degrees, twist very far, and have to take sponge baths until next Wednesday when the leads come out.
The medtronics tech said they even can help shoulder pain now with these.

Unfortunately I had a job offer yesterday, but can't do it because of this trial and having to go to PT 3 days a week for my knees. My PT said I will have to have bilateral knee replacements fairly soon. First they are going to strengthen my quads and hamstrings and then clean them both out and see how long they last. Dang family curse of arthritis. She wants me to start pool therapy after this SCS trial is out. She doesn't even want me riding a bike right now because of all the foreign bodies in there.

Just can't stay away from that dang OR. I made it almost 8 months though an at least I didn't have to stay over night this time! Guess that's an improvement.

So how is everyone doing? trying to get caught up. Man there are a lot of new posts here......good thing though.


Take care,
Bill

I just found out I've got carpal Tunnel syndrome! I also have severe tennis elbow! I have two wrist braces and an elbow brace now. Too much time on the computer....
I'm stuck in these annoying things until at least July then I have the nerve test to see if I'm better and can avoid surgery.

I get my modified barium swallow test tomorrow. I have to prove this is allergy related not GERD related.