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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / January 2006OTPish: My week in a nutshell
Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just about everybody.:) I'm sorry that I haven't been visible to you for some time now. I do read each and every day and rarely skip a post. I think of you all and hope that you find days free from pain and filled with life and happiness. Things have been somewhat strained around here since just before Christmas, but this last week was a doozy. I will just give you the resolutions of each event and leave it at that. I got a shot into my right palm, at the wrist, in the hopes of stopping the numbness and tingling that has been driving me mad for months. In addition, I have a new scrip for Flexeril and physical therapy to try and figure out what's wrong with my neck. It's been hurting for 5 months. I'll be back at the RD's in just a few weeks for follow-up and x-rays. DH's grandmother will be having surgery Weds. to remove her cancerous uterus and we will be praying hard that the rare form of cancer she has will be all gone. The CT scan showed it not to have metasticized (sp?) so we're hopeful. My grandmother saw her cardiologist about the atrial fibrillation she was diagnosed with a few weeks ago and he says the Coumadin and the drug for the fibrillation are doing a good job. He'll have her back for a re-check in a few weeks, but doesn't think she's in imminent danger of death. Pretty good for 91, right? The neuro's office is working out how to get us some samples of Rachel's medication, seeing as how they didn't fax in the scrip a few weeks ago like they were supposed to. It took a full week of me calling everybody in that office to get it done, in addition to an argument with the nurse in charge, but it's done. Any of you who have spent any amount of time with me would know that I avoid confict, but my cub was in danger and I wasn't backing down. We had the electrician out about the main house breaker that was sparking and causing the lights in the house to flicker. He removed the breaker, cleaned a couple of spots of corrosion, replaced the breaker and didn't charge us for the call. He did suggest upgrading the whole box, which we planned to do anyway, but he was awesome and we know who we'll be calling for the upgrade. There are decent professionals out there. Another local outfit was going to put a $350 hold on our credit card just to come look at the box.:( Two of my co-workers were out for various reasons on Friday, one was at the funeral of her MIL, and it left me to do their jobs. Friday was a very long day and I was so tired by the time I got home. I am glad to have that week be over. I am trying very hard to just call it done, wad it up and throw it out. My next task is to drag my sorry butt into the shower and get ready to do some much-needed grocery shopping. My love to all, Kelly C. Kelly, pray things will improve rapidly for you and your family. Gwen > Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just > about everybody.:) [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > My love to all, > Kelly C. Thanks, Gwen. Hugs, Kelly C. > Kelly, pray things will improve rapidly for you and your family. > Gwen kelly, i hope you got all of the bad stuff for 2006 out of the way this week and can now start fresh! hugs, diane (((((kelly))))) Just a year ago I had surgery for a cancerous uterus. I'm really glad to be done with it. I do remember a fairly long recovery period. Actually they say it takes a full year. love and prayers, Vickie B. > (((((kelly))))) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Vickie B. Vickie, thanks for the info. The hope with Grandma Jody is that it was caught early enough that her recovery won't be any worse than any other hysterectomy. We will keep our fingers crossed. Kelly C. {{{{{{Kelly}}}}}} DeeTee > Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just > about everybody.:) [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > My love to all, > Kelly C. {{{{{{{{{{Kelly, Brett, and Rachel}}}}}}}}} Sending prayers to you all for a smoother week/month/year!!! Prayers that both grandmothers do ok, that Rachels doctors get her meds straightened around and not leave you all hanging, that you can get that electrical box taken care of PRONTO so that we know you are all SAFE, and that your pain levels decrease with each passing day!!! Hugs, Donna G Thanks, DeeTee and Donna. Your hugs and good wishes really do help. The electrical box will be replaced before summer. No worries. We're going to be installing central air, so it will need to be done anyway. The old swamp cooler just doesn't cut it anymore. Kelly C. > {{{{{{{{{{Kelly, Brett, and Rachel}}}}}}}}} > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Donna G Sending prayers and such for all that need them. Hope all works out for you and your family and extended families. Hope Rachel gets her meds and you get your neck fixed. Good to hear about the electrician and that there are good people still out there. Take care and know I am thinking of you.  SignatureHugs, prayers, good thoughts, Warm fuzzies, TLC, and Love Squirrely Jo > Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just > about everybody.:) [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > My love to all, > Kelly C. > Sending prayers and such for all that need them. Hope all works out for you > and your family and extended families. Hope Rachel gets her meds and you get [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Take care and know I am thinking of you. Thanks, Jo. I sure was glad to see the weekend come. I have one more week of work and then will have a week off to prepare for Rachel's birthday. Hugs, Kelly C. Well--when I have a week like that, I get really simple--if everyone is breathing in and out at the end of the week, we are just fine---((((Kelly))))) SignatureLove, Alix Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal". - Winston Churchill Hey, by that standard, we're just peachy! Thanks for the much-needed perspective, Alix.:) Kelly C. > Well--when I have a week like that, I get really simple--if everyone is > breathing in and out at the end of the week, we are just > fine---((((Kelly))))) > Well--when I have a week like that, I get really simple--if everyone is > breathing in and out at the end of the week, we are just > fine---((((Kelly))))) I sometime tell myself after one of "those weeks" that since we survived it really was a good thing. After all only one week was wrecked when there was enough stuff to ruin quite a few. Jo Wow Kelly, You've had your hands full. I hope things settle down soon. debbie m. > Wow Kelly, You've had your hands full. I hope things settle down soon. > > debbie m. Me too! Kelly C. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ kelly }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}; lots and lots of hugs for you and yours.................... johnie Awww, thank you, my sweet desert friend.:) Kelly C. > {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ kelly > }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}; > lots and lots of hugs for you and yours.................... > > johnie Wow, you've had a week I wouldn't wish on anyone. Thank goodness for the bright spots like that electrician. Got my fingers crossed that PT will do wonders for your neck. It did for mine this time last year. I had 2 good therapists, one of whom really knew her necks. When they were getting close to d/cing me, I told her something still "felt out of whack" - couldn't come up with any other way to say it. She had me move my neck all around as she felt it and she figured out C-2 wasn't rotating quite right with the rest of the neck and was able to fix that by applying some pressure as I turned my neck. I was impressed! Of course, this was after 6 weeks of exercises and traction on their table that had fixed up the rest of my symptoms. I love good physical therapists! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann, I'm really feeling like this is a similar thing. The Flexeril didn't touch it, but the back felt much better. The neck thing feels like a pinched nerve or something that's almost dislocated. I hope it's an easy fix. Kelly C. > Wow, you've had a week I wouldn't wish on anyone. Thank goodness for the > bright spots like that electrician. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > course, this was after 6 weeks of exercises and traction on their table that > had fixed up the rest of my symptoms. I love good physical therapists! {{{{{Kelly & family}}}}} Prayers are on their way for you and your family. You sure have had your hands full. Your electrician is one of a kind. There are angels out there, and they usally come when we least expect them. Bonnie *nods* Thanks, Bonnie. There are definitely rays of light in the midst of the storm. It's just hard to see them through the downpour sometimes. Kelly C. > {{{{{Kelly & family}}}}} > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bonnie Wow, you did have one of those weeks. Forget the shower. Put bubbles in the bathtub, light some candles, put soft music on and relax :) Or better yet, go for a massage :) HUGS, Carole > Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just > about everybody.:) [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > My love to all, > Kelly C. I'll be getting the massage at PT tomorrow morning. I'm hoping he has some ideas for the neck pain. Hugs back atcha, Kelly C. > Wow, you did have one of those weeks. Forget the shower. Put bubbles in > the bathtub, light some candles, put soft music on and relax :) Or > better yet, go for a massage :) > > HUGS, > Carole >I am glad to have that week be over. I am trying very hard to just call it >done, wad it up and throw it out. My next task is to drag my sorry butt into >the shower and get ready to do some much-needed grocery shopping. Phew sound like one of those weeks you would rather forget. And on top of all that rain, rain, rain and yeah rain. Enough even to make a die hard PNWesterner go crazy. -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com > >I am glad to have that week be over. I am trying very hard to just call it > >done, wad it up and throw it out. My next task is to drag my sorry butt into [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > top of all that rain, rain, rain and yeah rain. Enough even to make > a die hard PNWesterner go crazy. -- MZ Something like 250% of what we'd normally get it January, and it's only the 10th! Crikey, that's a lot of rain. Then I was laying awake last night, listening to the wind, praying that none of my big trees would fall on the house. Kelly C. >Something like 250% of what we'd normally get it January, and it's only the >10th! Crikey, that's a lot of rain. Then I was laying awake last night, >listening to the wind, praying that none of my big trees would fall on the >house. They have flood warnings all over western Oregon, and it sounds like there is some concern about the Willamette flooding especially down stream. It was nasty last night with the wind howling and the rain pouring down. I heard Seattle has had 21 days of rain. I am surprised we have not had more mud slides on the forest, we will see what happens this week. Several more storms are on their way. Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com > They have flood warnings all over western Oregon, and it sounds like > there is some concern about the Willamette flooding especially down > stream. It was nasty last night with the wind howling and the rain > pouring down. I heard Seattle has had 21 days of rain. I am > surprised we have not had more mud slides on the forest, we will see > what happens this week. Several more storms are on their way. Yup, we have had 21 days of rain, I can attest to it. I got a new camera for Christmas and I'm itching to go out and shoot, but forget it. It has rained or POURED every day. We have had a few mud slides here, one on the Amtrak tracks which stopped the trains for a couple of days. Another few on roads that closed them down totally or made them into one lane. The worst place to see is Washaway Beach as there is a house there with its porch hanging over a cliff. They are working fast to move it before it goes down the cliff and ends up on the beach. Carole > >Something like 250% of what we'd normally get it January, and it's only the > >10th! Crikey, that's a lot of rain. Then I was laying awake last night, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > surprised we have not had more mud slides on the forest, we will see > what happens this week. Several more storms are on their way. Mom says she and my stepdad drove up to Harrisburg to get a look at the river from the bridge there. It's supposed to crest tonight, but she says it's only about 3 feet from going over the banks there. The little spit of land out in the middle on the south side of the bridge is completely under water, with just the tops of the small trees visible. Kelly C. >The little spit of >land out in the middle on the south side of the bridge is completely under >water, with just the tops of the small trees visible. I was in Portland today and there were some fairly large sucker holes in between the showers, not to worry rain will be back tomorrow and Friday for the next week. Yuck did I mention I am tired of this! Seattle might break their record of 33 consecutive days of rain. If we escape without a flood I will be surprised. --- MZ who is growing web feet and gills Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com >> The little spit of >> land out in the middle on the south side of the bridge is completely under [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com and I thought we'd been having a lot of rain here! LOL Of course the problem here is that we SHOULD be having SNOW right now. As someone said yesterday, if we'd had as much snow as we've had rain lately, we'd be starting to look like the U.P. But it has been long and dreary and the snowpack in the lower peninsula is pretty much gone. Grand Rapids, further south, has had rain or snow every day for the past 36, SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare I wonder if your neck problem could be from tension? Naaaah, nothing going on that would cause tension! LOL I do know that my neck is where I will feel tension first and that's at 10% of what you went thru. Prayers and hugs for you and your family. Loujean >Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just >about everybody.:) [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >My love to all, >Kelly C. > I wonder if your neck problem could be from tension? Naaaah, nothing > going on that would cause tension! LOL I do know that my neck is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Loujean Thanks, Loujean, somedays I need all the help I can get. On the upside, we got the drug samples promised by the neuro's office and I had my first physical therapy session. The PT says that the top two joints are indeed synovial. I really could have RA there. I don't know whether that's good or bad yet. Kelly C. egads! you just survived hell-week, and i don't mean hazing! ((((((((((((((((kelly))))))))))))))))) you're amazing, kid! kate Hello friends, lurkers, visitors from near and far. That should cover just about everybody.:) I'm sorry that I haven't been visible to you for some time now. I do read each and every day and rarely skip a post. I think of you all and hope that you find days free from pain and filled with life and happiness. Things have been somewhat strained around here since just before Christmas, but this last week was a doozy. I will just give you the resolutions of each event and leave it at that. I got a shot into my right palm, at the wrist, in the hopes of stopping the numbness and tingling that has been driving me mad for months. In addition, I have a new scrip for Flexeril and physical therapy to try and figure out what's wrong with my neck. It's been hurting for 5 months. I'll be back at the RD's in just a few weeks for follow-up and x-rays. DH's grandmother will be having surgery Weds. to remove her cancerous uterus and we will be praying hard that the rare form of cancer she has will be all gone. The CT scan showed it not to have metasticized (sp?) so we're hopeful. My grandmother saw her cardiologist about the atrial fibrillation she was diagnosed with a few weeks ago and he says the Coumadin and the drug for the fibrillation are doing a good job. He'll have her back for a re-check in a few weeks, but doesn't think she's in imminent danger of death. Pretty good for 91, right? The neuro's office is working out how to get us some samples of Rachel's medication, seeing as how they didn't fax in the scrip a few weeks ago like they were supposed to. It took a full week of me calling everybody in that office to get it done, in addition to an argument with the nurse in charge, but it's done. Any of you who have spent any amount of time with me would know that I avoid confict, but my cub was in danger and I wasn't backing down. We had the electrician out about the main house breaker that was sparking and causing the lights in the house to flicker. He removed the breaker, cleaned a couple of spots of corrosion, replaced the breaker and didn't charge us for the call. He did suggest upgrading the whole box, which we planned to do anyway, but he was awesome and we know who we'll be calling for the upgrade. There are decent professionals out there. Another local outfit was going to put a $350 hold on our credit card just to come look at the box.:( Two of my co-workers were out for various reasons on Friday, one was at the funeral of her MIL, and it left me to do their jobs. Friday was a very long day and I was so tired by the time I got home. I am glad to have that week be over. I am trying very hard to just call it done, wad it up and throw it out. My next task is to drag my sorry butt into the shower and get ready to do some much-needed grocery shopping. My love to all, Kelly C. > I am glad to have that week be over. I am trying very hard to just call it > done, wad it up and throw it out. My next task is to drag my sorry butt into > the shower and get ready to do some much-needed grocery shopping. I can imagine. I don't know how you could fit in a nut shell, much less for an entire week. Even a big nut shell. I cannot believe anyone would be able to cram a shower or a refridgerator in there, too, so I imagine you're in dire need of a bath and are pretty bloody hungry! Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. 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