Janice - Sending Feel Better Hugs from All of Us ! :) Part 1 of 2 CLOSED

Glad to hear it Kitt. I cringe when I see people with out helmets. Especially all these young kids on the mopeds. I know my body is pretty messed up from the accident but at least I lived because of my helmet. It was fun while I had one and very good on gas but I'll never ride one again. I prefer 4 sides around for a little protection. My poor body has been through enough. Sorry to hear your back and thumb are so bad. Have you talked to the doc about hand surgery again? YOu should really get the set up so you can have some relief. That's a pretty cool looking bike. At least they can hear you coming even before they see you.  Lol.

I wonder how Janice is doing. I haven't seen any thing from her in a few days. Barb

Good for Janet. That should be a nice relaxing time for her to work on healing and rest. There's nothing like a trip to the cottage to relax a person. I am headed to my Aunt's cottage next weekend. I spend most of my time in the lake. If I have to my hand will have a plastic glove on it and will just rest it on the side of the dogs boat. Yes my dogs do not like to swim but the older one will set on shore and cry in a high pitch that echos across the lake if she is not by me. There are always kids there too and we don't want the dogs to be harrassed or bite the kids. Every one laughs when they see them but hey it works. We get our van back Tuesday or Wednesday so I can't wait. We'll leave on Friday afternoon.

Yes it's never a good time for surgery. Especially when the darn thing won't heal up. Lol. Are you a school nurse now? Congrats on your puppy winning! I'm sure he'll be happy to be home too by his mom. Well I am off to the gym to walk on the treadmill in the cardio cinema. That is my favorite place next to the pool as you know how I like to watch movies. I think I will soak in the hot tub after and just keep my hand out. Barb

Kitt, that's really cool you have a job you love. That is a nice change from what you did before. I bet you are a wonderful nurse. I don't go often enough to the gym. Before yesteday I hadn't been to the gym since July 14th the night before my surgery. I usually go just for the pool, but I need to start going in the cardio cinema again. It's just like being in a theater while exerciseing. That and the pool are the reason I joined that gym.

Janince, I hope you had a relaxing time at the cottage. I'm with Kitt we're all still rooting for you.

Barb

Hi Denise, I'm hanging in there. Not real happy that I won't be putting my hand in the water with the rest of me but oh well it should still be fun. You'll have to check out the carpal tunnel thread. We are just hanging out here waiting for Janice to show up. Wondering how she is doing after her trip to the cottage. Good I hope. Barb

Hi Guys,

 I hope everyone is well Janice I hope u enjoyed the cottageDenise, I wish it would stop raining, Barb hope all goes well for you with your hand

Kitt, hope ur well

B

Janice-
Hoping all is going well. Remember we are all rooting and thinking of you.

Kitt- You're the most awesomest! (my word)

Take care,
Bill

Oops...Guess I counted wrong. That would be the "3 B's"!
Kind of scary that I teach second grade, huh?

D

Hi everyone! The cottage was WONDERFUL!!!!

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I'm hoping these pictures come through, otherwise, someone will have to tell me how to attach a photo! We don't have tv up there, nor a computer and my cell phone is answered only if I really want to talk!!! so we're pretty much unplugged. The weather, for most of the days was perfect, high 70's, sunny...sighhhhh... Saturday was a gloomy gus kind of day, but we didn't get the 2 inches of rain like we did here at home and we had some interesting thunderstorms Sunday morning, but those cleared out for another beautiful day!!

We came home because I had a Dr. appointment; they decided not to take the drains out yet because I'm still draining too much; we'll try again on Thursday; in the meantime, I'm not going back to work until the drains are out.

The pain level has finally dropped off, so I'm very happy about that! the drain irritation level is increasing, but that should end soon (knock on formica!!)

Kitt, I'm glad to hear that you're trying a new med; you know, sometimes this stuff just grabs a hold of you and it takes a little more to kick it in it's place...oh and btw, Tom was very impressed with your bike!!!

Denise, we're keeping out fingers crossed for you girl!!! (I'd post the dancing emoticon, but you know I can't get that darned thing to work!)

Bill and Barb, here's hugs for you guys! (((()))) I'm praying that you both will start healing!!!

Bea :) I read your posts to Tom, it makes him laugh as well...oh, we went to the grocery store today, and he looked for those dry your mouth out cake things you were talking about..go figure!!!

HI Joy, Anne, Marie, Couchtater and everyone!..hey has anyone heard from PALady???

I'm glad you're all here; each and everyone of you has made a difference in this journey for me and I truly appreciate you all!!!


{{{{{{{{{{for all of you!!}}}}}}}}

Janice

Janice,

Just copy and paste a picture into your post here and it will automatically turn it into a view image link. I am glad you had a good weekend and sorry to hear the tubes are still in but it is best not to remove them until the drainage stays down. 

One of my friends had a double mastectomy back a few years ago and I would help her change her dressings while her drains were in.  Again another survivor of this cancer and doing very well.  I have taken care of several of my friends as a nurse when they had mastectomies and it was an honor for me to help them through their surgery and recovery so I know you are going to be good too.  As a supervisor at the time I could always make sure they had their meds and someone to stop in each evening to just talk to.

 

Well here is the whole squad for you so enjoy........

 

Teala - ->        Bill -->        PALady - - > 

Kitt - - >       Denise - - >          Barb - - > 

Bea - ->        k9lov3r - ->

Janice you must be .  I love the hair.

Hugs to all and to all a good night..........oh yes I did notice Denise has a problem with the numbers..........a new calulator for her is on my list. LOL

Kitt 

Mary, we don't have our van back yet with the lift for my hubbys scooter and it has our bed in the back so we won't be going with out that. Maybe it is for the best if we don't go with my hand like this. There's always a reason why things happen. I had a glove on my bad hand today for a half hour and it was sweating like crazy so I guess this is a sign I shouldn't go. We have plenty of other things to do any way to get ready before our big trip.

Janice I'm so glad you had a nice time. I will pray those drains come out Thursday. Hang in there we are all cheering for you.

Kitt, I hope the new med kicks in soon so you can start feeling better. We want to see some pics of the prize winning pup of yours.

Hey Denise, Bea, Bill, PAlady, Teala, Joy and any one else I forgot. Hope you are all doing well. Barb

Hi Janice,
I join the cheering squad for getting those drains out ASAP! I had foot surgery for two years in a row, and had pins through the center of two toes each time. I figure getting those drains out will be cause for celebration, like my toe pin removals were! Not fun!

I'm so glad you had a chance to get away, and unplug. That's real relaxation!
Feel well! Thanks for all your support!
Denise

Janice there you go again making me laugh. You are so funny. I'm really bad at things like that so don't feel bad about not figuring the pasteing out.

Denise, I haven't had a doctor look at it since the 4th. I had a city nurse look at it yesterday. She couldn't believe it was still open a month after surgery. I was told by my surgeons office not to use any ointment especially not an antibiotic one. It is so dry though. My chiropractor thought that the oil was a good idea since it is so dry and it isn't bleeding or any thing and you can only see new skin in the crack now. I see the surgeon on the 24th for a recheck. I had to fill out a survey for a class I'm taking called dealing with chronic illness and I couldn't believe I have had 29 doctor visits in the last 6 months and that's not counting the chiropractor which is every week and like 8 visits to the dentist and PT on top of that and 2 surgeries. No wonder I am so sick of dealing with the medical community. Yup that's what I feel like. Lol. Oh well hopefully it will all settle down soon. Maybe we will get the van back tomorrow. That would be awesome. Take care and have a good night. Barb

Janice,
Just wanted to sai Hi and hope things are better today. Did you get the drains removed? I sure hope so.

Bill