7/19/23

Today is Wednesday.  Yesterday would have been my mom's 100th birthday.  She died 8 years ago and I still miss her a lot.  Gosh, people, appreciate your family.  Because when they're gone, you will wish you had more time with them.

I had back surgery yesterday and they removed my spinal stimulator.  I have two incisions to admire.  One is larger and is where the battery pack was resting.  The smaller incision was where my two leads went up my spine.  I was lucky he could pull them both out with no trouble because they have been in there for 8 years and I have a lot of scar tissue.  David took off my bandages at noon today and I can shower tomorrow.  It's difficult to sit down and get up again, but I'm up quite a bit to walk around the house.  I'm not allowed to get sweaty, so I have to stay indoors.  Oh, darn.  No swimming, or baths,  for a month.  They sent me home with wrap with stretchy straps that have Velcro.  I put two ice packs in the holder and wear the wrap every couple of hours, till they need to go back into the freezer.  They feel nice.  I'm addicted to them already.  It feels a lot better than when they put stuff in.  Just taking stuff out, is a heck of a lot easier than having hardware put in.  I have a 10 lb. weight limit for awhile, but I can reach above my head already.  This'll be a snap.

We lost our air conditioning last Thursday.  They came out Friday to fix it.  Didn't have the part.  Ordered it immediately.  It got here on Monday afternoon, they installed it, and the house began cooling again.  Five days in the worst heat ever.  We have 2 portable AC units and two of our neighbors each gave us one.  That worked for a bit, but we just couldn't get the house below 85 degrees - even at night.  They ran continuously, too.  We closed off all the rooms we didn't need, but it was still miserable here.  We took off for Shreveport on Sunday because I have free rooms at the casino.  I slept wonderfully.  We came home when the AC guy showed up.  We put in a $10,000 unit 2-1/2 years ago.  This is the second time they've been out here for repair.  Not happy.  At least it cooled down by the time I I needed to be home to use that special shower stuff for surgery.  I left home at 12:30 p.m. and got back at 7 p.m.  The surgery lasted 45 minutes and the rest of the time I laid there with the IV stuck in my arm and no cell phone to chat with anyone, play a game - nothing.  Security takes them at this hospital right when you arrive and they put all the valuables in the safe until you check out.  My throat is still sore from the tube that was placed down there, but that's my only ailment - except for my back, of course.

There was a lady driving with her 3 young children.  She was stopped at a red light, behind another lady driving a convertible.  The lady in front of her stood up and waved at them.  She was naked.  The 5 year old in the car said "Look, mom!  That lady isn't wearing her seat belt!"

You get a visual with that, right?!?





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

1/10/25 It's Friday.  2025.  Holy cow.  When I was a kid, I thought in 2025 we'd be living in space or something and robots would be our maids.  Like Rosy, on the Jetsons.  This is gonna be a nutshell post: I had several doctor appoints since I last wrote. Had another sleep study for something my cardiologist ordered.  Long word, can't remember it.  I bought a new car.  Christmas was simply delightful with all the kids home.  ct/DNA test came back negative (woo-hoo!).  Went to Houston to MD Anderson this week for an MRI and my surgeon will call me this afternoon with the results.  However, I read in MyChart last night that my tumor had  grown only a tiny amount in the past 2 years, so I'm stopping the MRIs because it's probably benign. (woo-hoo!)  I'm still doing physical therapy twice a week in the pool to try and help my back.  We went to a New Year's Eve party and I did something a friend told me about.  I tol...
Read more
  6/16/25 I’m back. By a show of hands, everyone that loves my charts, and patient portals, etc. raise those hands high! Hmmmm, I see none going up. I have sent messages on my patient portal on several occasions and heard nothing back. So, I call the office and leave a message, because you never get a real person the first time. No one calls me back. I think I might drive to the office tomorrow. ….. sigh. On a good note, my ctDNA test came back negative. Hooray! And I go back to MD Anderson in Houston in two months. I have an endoscopy in three weeks. I see my rheumatologist in two days. I need to get my dermatologist to take a look at my head. It’s been five weeks since she cut that open and it still has not healed. It’s still scabby and bloody. So, I still cannot get in the pool. And I have to stay out of the sun. It looks pretty icky on the top of my head, I’m sorry to say.  David and I celebrated my good news by going to Shreveport this past weekend. We had a good time. Th...
Read more
  12/16/24 It's Monday.  Today is my daughter Stacy's birthday.   I was supposed to get my glasses last Monday, then Wednesday, then Thursday - they finally came in.  I was chastised for calling in to get the status when I'd signed up for text messaging, however, I never got a text message.  Ever.  They lied to me 3 times about why they were late.  About why it took 25 friggin' days to get them, etc.  They think nothing about lying to customers at the optical department of Sam's Club.  I dislike them so much that I would be willing to unplug them from life support just so I could charge my cell phone. So, now I wea bi-focals.  I have not gotten used to them yet.  My close-up vision is much better, but my distance vision...... not so much.  David says I just need to get used to them.  Of course, this advice is coming from a man that sat down to eat breakfast and thought his toast was too cold.  Any reasonable pers...
Read more