Time for a little update. Surgery has been postponed until April 17. I had a delightful pre-operative visit with my surgeon. I went to talk with the insurance specialist and had a couple of rude surprises:1) Dr. Z is co…
Good news! According to my friend the home health nurse, there just might be a marvel of mechanical engineering that will help me take care of my more basic needs. She thinks she saw something about a high tech butt wipe…
I went to the Pre-op Orthopedic Education class. A lot of what was covered is knowledge any nurse is taught in nursing school. And even though I could anticipate what was coming, I still was looking at it slightly differ…
How can I stay sad and anxious when those around me are positive and reassuring?I can't. Thank you, Fauquet for the lovely rose. Thank you all for the positive comments that remind me I am not alone in all that is my l…
It would pretty much be a glass half empty kind of day were it not for this: The amaryllis I was given for Christmas is blooming. I was given two bulbs. One has put forth nothing but foilage. The one above has put forth…
Today I decided I was going out on my snow shoes, just to see how my body would respond. I am now convinced that I am doing the right thing having surgery on my spine. It was wonderful to be outside, the cold, crisp air.…
I just got introduced to my new,updated site. I'm pretty sure I don't like it. It's not looking familiar to me right now at a time when I am craving the comfortable familiar. And I can't figure out how to make the old p…
Doing somewhat better. My parotid glands are flowing relatively freely. Spent my day off massaging the glands and flooding them with fluids. I'm also taking amoxicillin for the infection. Thank heaven for relatively inex…
It was almost the perfect Birthday. A beautiful sunflower cake at work, a sweet card from hubby, a lunchtime call from Beloved First born and a long wire reaming both parotid glands to release pus from my inflammed, bogg…
The Cattens ( too old to be kittens, too young to be full fledged cats) went outside yesterday for five minutes. Erik opened the sliding glass door to the back deck and waited to see what they would do. Eventually, Mad…
Further proof, as if I needed it, that Dewey is a Demon Kitty.More and more I find myself wondering what I have to write here. Erik is still unemployed. I'm awaiting surgery and fretting over finances. Dylan is blossom…
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