The Road Of Life ~ Part 2 of 2

Joy that is really sweet that the kids wrote you notes like that in todays world, glad you are feeling better.

Denise, it seems it was the shot that made me feel so ill. I was so nauseated and misrable by friday night and my complaints fell on deaf ears with the nurse that took my protine. he did give me the good news my blood was where it should be so got to stop taking the shot and by saturday morning i was hungry again and didn't feel ill after eat. I really would have bet on the pill as the source. One of the ladies from work said it did that to her too when she took the shots. Very interesting. Glad you are having a nice weekend. How are your allergies?

Kitt, duct tape is my hubby's fix all. We tried to rig up something using duct tape to get the stair chair down stairs and I couldn't push the control that was on the side of my bum arm. it failed so plan 2 is get our next visitor to bring up laundry and supplies so we can pull the wagon with laundry to the laundromat with the power chair. Ahhhh the challenges of every day life. Yesterday I overdid with my foot and paid for that. I think i did something to my shoulder today. i have to be careful how i move or it causes great pain. i worked last night and then after church today spent about 5 hours catching up on desk work at the center. my hubby hung out with me and did some volunteer work. he just told me he enjoyed spending time with me even if it was work. he's also really reieved to see me eating again and feeling better. I hope you and your family are having a nice weekend.

Bill it does seem like Joy and I are trying to catch up with you. I just have to remind myself I just had extensive work on my shoulder and the foot isn't a walk in the park either. Just a thought for you when you are worried about the kids picture them in God's arms or surrounded by angels. Hope they are getting some things figured out with you and ways they can help.

Hi Ritch glad to welcome you. So sorry to hear about your loss. Will keep you in my prayers.

Janice thinking of you and hope you are well. time for me to hit the bed. Barb

Hi Kitt, well it looks like no visitors today so laundry will have 2 wait. Yeah we are quite the pair. We would love it if you joined our laundry parade. Lol. I did find out he is not a very good nurse. I gave him his new nickname(nurse Ratchet). Everyone including my hubby gets a kick out of that one. Now we are working on how we are going to take our showers since the shower chair broke. Each day brings a new challenge. well time to go make some lunch. That presents it's own challenges, but working together we overcome them. Barb

Hi all-
Well we split the games. Lost 1 to 0 and won 8 to 0. not bad for getting the HS girls together without any seniors and 3 freshmen there. Next weekend my team plays! Woohoo!!!!!!!!! Lookout 16U here we come!

Take cre,
Bill

Wow! A lot to catch up on...

Barb,
Glad you stopped with the shots and are feeling perkier. Nausea is one of the worst feelings. How are you getting around with your foot? You obviously can't use crutches or a walker, because of your shoulder. You've got a lot going on there, girl. Take it easy and don't push yourself too much. You've had all those repairs, and don't want to mess anything up.

My allergies are terrible. I just started taking my shots weekly (I was doing them every two weeks during peak season, but are technically supposed to get them every 3 weeks.). I discussed it with my allergist's nurse, and she said she was going to suggest it. I'll be flying thorough my serum, which costs an arm and a leg, but if it helps, it's worth it. We'll see. My ragweed allergy is 4+ (down from 6+ when I was tested in 99, but still considerable. The ragweed pollen is very high now. It has always been one of my worst allergies.

The thing that really bugs me is that I have to stay in most of the time during high pollen season, because if I go out my sinuses get really irritated, and that triggers my lungs. I let my allergist know I'm fed up. We'll see what happens!

Kitt,
Yes, the image of Barb's parade is a hoot! It would be nice if we could help out with her laundry, wouldn't it? Now that I'm retired, I love doing anything to lend a hand. It's so different from working full time and being overburdened with work and exhaustion. Now everything is a lark! I love cooking and baking, so company is fun. I can't do much cooking and baking for the two of us...I need to get back to Weight Watchers and try to get my eating into better control. I've been mighty naughty for the past year. With getting our house ready to sell (intense) and living in an apartment (interesting) and coming up to our townhouse on weekends (fun but exhausting) we did a lot of eating out. (Not good!)

We enjoyed hiking so much that when my allergies got so much worse and my lungs kicked up it was hard to move inside to the boring gym. After I'm off the computer, I'm off to the treadmill for some much needed exercise!

Hey, did you know the best use for duct tape? It gets rid of warts. Anyone have a plantar wart on their foot? Stick on a piece of duct tape...give it some time, and it'll be gone. Anywhere you find a wart...duct tape will take care of it! A miracle tape!

Joy,
Sorry to hear you're still having back trouble. Been there, so I know how hard it is. I have intermittent trouble with my herniated disk. That was a difficult thing to heal. I went the PT way, rather than surgery. After much research, I felt that it was the best route to take, and it really worked. I just have to remember to follow my PT's advice!

Hope all is well in school. Steroids make me a crazy *&^%$, so whenever I was on them, I had to be extra careful and aware of my attitude. This time of year is very stressful in school. My son teaches an inclusive 3rd grade class, and he told me that his class this year was going to be a handful. Hey, the big tipoff would be that they gave him two teaching assistants! You think?

Bill,
Hope things are going well with you and your family. Good luck with all those games!

Janice,
Hope things are going well...get out of that handbasket if it heads in the wrong direction!

Take care, ALL!
Have a great day!
Denise

Joy,
Going to a PT is your best move. They're great...can evaluate your injury and provide therapy that you will find very helpful. They also provide you with exercises you can do to improve your condition when you're not there. It would definitely help you, so go to that doc and request a referral!
Then you'll be on the road to recovery.
Denise

Pile in. There's plenty of room beside me. It a very large basket. :)
My back decided it didn't like me today around 11:00. I wound up hobbling around the school half the day with a cane trying to relieve the pressure on my back. I even took some pain medicine which didn't touch it. I'm so tired of grunting. Give me back the pain of recovery from surgery, it wasn't as bad as this. :((

I'm going to take a muscle relaxer tonight and pray for a good day tomorrow.

Hugs to all!

Hi Denise, my allergies haven't been bad and ragweed is my worse one too. I hope the shots help you. My hubby and I were quite the site riding around on our chairs at the laundry mat. When I got home and took the chair out that I use some how my crutch got stuck in the lift. I got it out this morning. My right arm hand and wrist are killing me all the way up into my shoulder from using the crutch. Try to use the wheel chair as much as possible. I was told to stay off my feet by the nurse in the coag clinic. Not even sure how long that is supposed to last. My left leg with the surface clots still really hurts and they are really hard. I surely didn't need another problem. I guess I'm climbing in the basket with Joy and Janice.

Joy you poor thing with all those back problems on top of others. It's to be patient with others when your in pain too especially little ones. I need a me day like you had Joy. We all need one of those days once in a while. I did get my hair washed and braided since I can't do anything with it myself and that sure felt good.

Kitt, I wish it was heaven and not the other way in the hand basket. Lol. We'll all make it through some how with each others help. Hope you are doing well. Hows your pup doing?

Bill glad the games are going well. Time for hubby to tuck me into my chair. Night all. Barb

Well, the nurse called me with the results of my MRI- Spinal Stenosis with a bunch of other things  wrong I can't remember.

They even mention something about the bone marrow doing something???? 

I'm going to get the full report from the hospital before I get my follow up visit with the doc on Wednesday.

If I don't walk far and take baby steps I don't hurt. It's long walks and big steps that send shock waves through my spine and left leg.

I pray this is not a surgery in the future.

I just want relief.

Joy,

I am sorry to read of your MRI results but for me it usually helps when I know what I am facing.  I know steroid injections are often used for Spinal Stenosis so I hope there are other options before surgery. 

I will say a little pray that you get some relief from the pain. 

Gentle Hugs to you,

Kitt

Hi Janice,
I knew just where that handbasket was headed! My mom used all those old adages, and I'm familiar with most of them. Sorry to hear that things are tough. You know you have all our support. We miss having you as a regular part of our chats, but totally understand being too overwhelmed to write. I'm glad you're stopping by even when you don't have the energy to post. We've all been there.

We are here for you, Janice. If you ever do need a shoulder to lean on, stop by our "Road". Until then, we'll be thinking of you and saying a prayer that everything goes well.
(((((((HUGS)))))))
Denise

Hi Janice, we miss you around here. we will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

Kitt, I think we are all slowly crawling out of the hand basket. Lol. I went to the walk in clinic and was refused service and told to go to the hospital or call surgeon this morning. I went home and slept all after noon. After I woke it still looked purple and red. My best description of the was it looked would be a zombies leg. Lol. I ended up in ER and doc said it was from the clot. Nothing to worry about. Well at least we got out of there fast enough to go get a sundae to celebrate our 29th Anniversary. Before we went to the hospital we stopped at KFC and had a grilled chicken dinner. I call it dashboard dining. I guess our dream of a hospital free anniversary was dashed. Lol.

Joy shots can do wonders to hold off surgery. Try every thing you can before you do something drastic like surgery. I'm thinking of you.

Denise, my allergies are acting up. Keep up the rinsing and the nose spray does help alot. Hope your feeling better soon. Barb

Joy, oh no so sorry to hear about all that wrong with your back. I have the degenerative disk in my lower back and seems to run in our family. Now days they can do all sorts of things to help with pain. PT really helped my lower back. Shots work really good too. Try all that stuff first. I hope you get some relief from the pain soon. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Hi to every one else. Hope you are all doing well. As for me I am fighting some virus or infection. I've had diarrhea since last night and now my temp is slowly going up, I hope it's not an infection in my foot. Well time to go take my shower. Barb