WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

I guess I was up before the birds this morning. I got up made my shake and went out on the backporch and it was as quite as could be out. Of course the sun wasn’t up yet either. When it started coming up the birds starting chirping away, and the serenade began. Lol

Mr. Drumstick , the rooster next door decided to start in also. Then the squirrels started creeping into the bird feeders. I wait till they are all the wait up on the feeders and clap my hands really loud , you ought to see those little boogers jump and run. Lol

Our dog Rebel , just lays and watches them , I guess he thinks that there are way too many of them for him to fool with and they always climb trees and he cant get them anyway so why bother. He will lay and jus****ch them, unless you say something to him about those squirrels, then up he will get and run after them but you can tell he isnt really interested in them lol

Since Brenda and Tammy are going to be coming to my house Monday night I thought I might ought to straighten some lol. Maybe dust? Shoot the dust will be back before they even get here. I hate housework. Lol. Joe does most of it. I would rather pull weeds, really I would. I did do all the laundry does that count? Ive been watering flowers mainly,that is a big job you know? It really is takes all day long to get them all watered that is for sure and that is using soaker hoses with the water on full force.

 

Joe spread out bug killer everywhere today and we have been soaking that too. So we have used lots of water today. We just got some news the other day about the water bill. We have been paying it by the year. And they say now they are going to read it and wil be charging for it. That is a shame I hate paying bills monthy.

 

Well I may be thru watering for the day. Will need to put the water on the roses tomorrow morning early but will to that as soon as I get up….

 

RIANNE: So good to see you back feeling perky and happy. I remember the first days of getting to eat something , I thought I was so hungry but one bite and I was done. Weird huh? Hey I don’t understand why your doctor wants you to drink a quart of juice a day unless it will help keep you a little regular maybe? Mine told me to take it easy with juice and to water it down what I did drink. No problem because I have never been a juice drinker anyway.

WOW on the 17 pounds that is amazing, never lost that much before that quick have you?

When will you be back in Missouri ? Get well and walk and sip. You sound like you are doing really good. I bet your boyfriend is anxious to see you isnt he?

 

TAMMY: Sounds like you really did some hard work getting the party for your friends ready. That is so sweet of you. I hope they are surprised and love it.

 

LOL don’t worry about doing me doing housework. Lol Im not a person that loves cleaning so we keep it that way or close enough for us lol. And as far as the shakes being famous hey that is an idea.!!! Not so but I love them .Do you like Strawberries? What is your favorite fruit?

 

BRENDA: anxious to see  you and Tammy at the COF meeting.

Hey same question. What is your favorite fruit? Need to know ok?

 

Sure seems funny tonight to not have a post from Janet on here. We miss you Janet. Really we do.

I know you have company but  you could say Hi. Lol

Hope you get to come the the  COF MEETING

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

 

 

BEVERLY B: You are so right about pain. Before I had surgery and lost a lot my pain level was about a 9 or 10 almost daily I still have pain and sometimes it gets to that level but most of the time I don’t have any or if I do I am so busy doing other things that I don’t notice.

Before surgery my skin even hurt , like the fat was trying to come thru the skin. I would cry at times and I was always depressed.

I understand what you are saying and don’t be so depressed that you don’t want to come here and post , Vent all you want about things ok? It will make you feel better to have a sounding board, Most all of us have been or we are where you are right now so we know where you are coming from. You aren’t alone.

How do they burn the nerves in your back? With needles? It isnt surgery is it?

Let us know if it works and what the procedure is called. Will you ask them and write it down so you can tell us. My husband has severe back pain and I would like to know .

 

 

 

Good morning Missouri.... Well I am officially another year closer to 40...My morning already started at 3:00am...I had to come in and get my hours in so that I can take Jaiden to Springfield to see the ear specialist... Well we made it through last week and never got inspected...but the hospital in general passed with flying colors...at least that is gone this week...Now we are going to have about 1300 soldiers come through this week... Well I better get off here, hope everyone has a blessed day.... God bless Rachael

Hi Jan and all, http://www.christianaspinecenter.com/csc-ablation.html Here is some info on the nerve burning, it is called nerve ablation. You can type that in and get lots of info. I am going to have it done at the pain clinic I go to in columbia. I have tried all the kinds of shots you can get and nothing has helped so far so I am hoping this helps. I even tried them in my knees and it worked for about a day then back to the pain. The Dr told me there is no other risks than with the regular injections. Has your husband ever had the injections. If not I recommend he go to a pain clinic. The 1st time I had the injections I went to the hospital where I worked. It was very painful. At the pain clinic there was hardly any pain. I had to be referred from my pcp. Dr Street in Columbia at Boone Pain Clinic is wonderful. I have found that I like the protein drinks just made with plain water. I tried 2% milk but it tasted awful. Then I got to thinkin and I don't like milk. That is probably why it tasted so bad. So far I have only tried the vanilla. It is not the best thing I have ever tasted but it is tolerable... I miss Janets post too. And all the other ones when they don't post for awhile. After you are on here for awhile and see how people are progressing and then they just drop out of site and you wonder what happened to them. For us preops this is a great board, full of help and friendship and I appreciate you all very much..I think it is wonderful to have the prayer request. Well just a few more days until my appt with my pcp and then I can get this show on the road. Its exciting and scary....I contacted medicaid and they said they will pay for the surgery but not for the nut or the psyc exam. So will have to come up with the money for that. Its hard to do when your on a fixed income.  Well have to get off here and get started on a few chores its an all day affair..just basic cleaning. Take care everyone and have a good day.... Glad to see the new postops are doing good.

Morning All... Well, today is "D" day, I go see the Doc at 1:00. I thank you all for the prayers! I will let you all know what's going on as soon as I know.  Yes, I am scared and want to cancel but what good would that do? Give me MORE time to worry? Don't need that...nope! My daughter isn't answering my calls for some reason. I guess she is poed because I didn't take her son over the weekend so she could go run around. Sorry but the boy didn't need to see me in the condition I was in. He already has too much to deal with! I honestly think she lives for the drama in life and I don't need to tell her about the lump then have her telling everyone and blowing this way out of porportion! Timothy, especially doesn't need to know and she doesn't know how to be discreet about things like this. Oh well, it will work out. God is in control and we have great faith in him! HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO EVERYONE THATS BECOMING A YEAR OLDER TODAY AND FOR ANYONES BIRTHDAY I MAY HAVE MISSED OVER THE WEEKEND! BEVERLY...thank you for that link. I am going to look into it for David! I'm tired so I'm gonna go lay back down! Love you all....Deb M

Dear Jan and OH Family: IM HERE, IM HERE-I WAS HERE YESTERDAY too-but after I did my novel post-it wouldnt accept it-kept saying something about reviewing it-and trying again!! After an hour of trying to get it to accept my post off and on-I stopped and just signed out. I talked to Susan-and she got the same thing when she tried to post-so it wasnt cause we didnt try-LOL-the puter wouldnt let us-well, actually THIS SITE wouldnt let us-because Susan emailed me her post to try and post it for her later-and I tried twice and to no avail-so I just gave up-had too much to do to mess around with this thing all day!!! Sorry guys-I dont think we were the only ones tho-considering there was only one or two that got to post yesterday!! Maybe it was a good thing too, cause I was really down yesterday and I have to just be honest here, and get it off my chest. I have gotten some emails from some friends-and you know that I consider my OH peeps my family, right? Whether I see you a lot or not-I love you guys. Well, it was brought to my attention that some think I may be depressed and that some could tell from my posts that Im just not myself-and have wanted me to call and talk when or if I needed to-or they have called and left that on my voice mail. Well, I really hate to consider myself depressed. I really hate to think of myself as a weak person-I dont "feel" weak-but YES, I do feel different. I have ALL I can do to make it through the day! I MAKE Myself get out of the house. I MAKE myself do daily activities and all of that. Heck, Mel and I dont really "talk" much anymore either, believe that or not. I am so tired. This constant pain is literally sucking the life out of me. Thank God for my boys-or I would prob get in my bed and stay there. Im sad AND angry. Mostly because this is suppose to be the biggest year of my life-full of WOW moments and significant changes-and as the pain got worse-the happiness over the changes in my life were less and less-All of these hopes I had for myself and my life with the weight loss have vanished. I know that I am better off now-BUT only in the sense that I would most likely be in a wheelchair right now IF it werent for the weight loss. I am back to mostly sleeping in a hard chair at night-not even the cushy lazy boy-and I have so much pain, that any smiles or laughs, for instance, when I am with the family in the pool playing-seems forced. I dont even care to get in the pool anymore. I cant comprehend or MAKE myself just deal with the pain anymore-it really has won. The harder I try--the harder I fall. I know that no matter what I do-its there. I have only had MAYBE a week, pain free since the middle of February...and who wants to hear about it everyday? I do MAKE myself do things, because if I didnt, I would never leave the couch. A trip to town to the grocery store does me in now-and I always end up just crying on the way home. I just feel miserable. I did go to the ortho last week-which I didnt want to spend the money-since its so tight right now and had to let other things go to get that done-but I went. All the pain meds he could put me on that may help a little better are up to $240 a month!! We decided that since we wont have to pay some of the monthly bills next month that I would go ahead and get them and see if they will help-and then hopefully next month I will be able to pick my medicare supplement etc and then they wont be as expensive. I want so much to be happy-to feel like I did for those couple of months were I was feeling on top of the world. I know that they say our hormones are "off" after the surgery anyway because of the weight loss and because fat stores hormones-so I just keep thinking maybe its a combination and I would learn how to deal with it, like I did with the knees for 8 years with no knee caps and I do have days where they hurt like you know what, BUT.....I can deal with it-and I have learned HOW to, but with ALL these different back issues, the knees and now, my tailbone-I just cant seem to be able to function when its all acting up. I am completely warn slick. I know that a lot of days-the ONLY contact I have with the outside world is this post, and thats why I kept doing it when I basically thought I would stop for awhile. What used to take 1/2 hr tops to post-now takes a couple of hours-because sitting here non-stop hurts too bad-so I will get up and walk around and then come back. Its not that I dont care about anybody-I just feel like I dont have anything I can offer to anyone right now, and has nothing to do with the person and that I dont like people or whatever-thats not it at all. I still love everyone just like I always have- I dont care to discuss my spine or other problems anymore-in fact, I WISH I never had to talk about it again AND I just feel down right exhausted.  So-there you have it-and NO, I didnt post or dont post for anyone to feel sorry-I dont want anyone to feel sorry for me. Just saying it like it is-which is how I am every day here, but it is what it is and I WILL have to deal with the hand I was dealt-the best that I can and move on. Some of asked about the risks of back surgery-I KNOW THEM-but the way I see it right now-is that even if they cant fix ALL the issues-if they can fix a couple-I am better off than I am right now-AND IF I do end up paralyzed-at least I wont feel all the excrushiating (sp?) pain that I am in now-right? I dont think I have any other option but surgery at this point, because I cant live like this the rest of my life-I just cant, and to be honest-wouldnt even want to. There is no real quality of life here when you are always in so much pain you cant even really enjoy your friends and family or the things most important to you. So-the road I must travel is a less than desirable one, but hopefully the good Lord will see me through with some awesome results and I will be fine. Thats my prayer. I will also do my best to keep in touch with everyone and all of that, ok? Just remember-you guys are always in my thoughts and prayers even when we dont talk or I dont email. Yesterday was very busy-we had so much left to do before our company got here. Our 2nd riding lawn mower-well, it broke down on me-and we thought it was the new battery being bad and just needed replaced. Got it exchanged and it wasnt the battery after all, its something else. Forgot what Mike said-but cheap part-just have 3 lawn mowers sitting out by the cars....We borrowed mom and dads other rider-and I mowed while Mike weed wacked-which Megan and Aaron were going to do-but Aaron had a full couple of days at work and Meg is sick-so we just did it-and both of us paid for it the rest of the day. I still didnt get my bread made-Dang it-but did get the homemade chicken noodle soup done.  Susan and her hubby came down from St. Charles yesterday and I am hoping to get some time with them today, but have some things I HAVE to do in town in a bit this morning and then I have to pick up Stephanie.  I found out yesterday that they are raising our rent. We are renting with option, and I love them-they said its because they have to show a rent increase to be able to keep using the property as a write off (they are both in the army and own another house in Arizona where they are stationed) but I feel upset all the same because I thought that MAYBE we would start to have a little extra next month-and NOW we will be adding $60 to that bill-and that just upsets me. I know I cant move-and nor do I want to-but I told Mike IF it goes up AGAIN or we end up having any other changes that will cost us more money out here-we ARE going to sit down and talk to them,  because I feel like they knew about us filing the bankruptsy and the month we will have relief, this comes up-so....I have been trying NOT to feel angry. We have lived here for over 3 years and never had it raised any, but-I think its just added to everything else going on, and I dont want to feel angry or what have you when I couldnt get another place for what we pay for here-and have the option to buy it in a couple of years when they get ready to sell it-you know?

**Jan-I would think where you live-they would have well water. You have city water? Thats crazy!!  Let us know what you find out today about the job offer and what your gonna do. I hope you get whats best for you.

**Rachael-Hey-didnt you know that 40 is the new 20? I know, I am gonna be the big 4-0 this year-LOL....I hope you have a wonderful b-day!! Love you.

**Bev-in the post I did yesterday I asked about the nerves being burned in your back and IF you had had it done before? I have had ALL the spinals and all that-and NOTHING helped me at all-thats why I was wondering. IF something like that would work for me-I would love to give it a try B4 undergoing surgery, thats for sure. Maybe I will wait and see what happens with you first!! I do understand that pain. There are times your in so much pain, you want to rip somethings head off-LOL-not literally, but pulling out your own hair maybe? LOL....I know-its nothing you can describe, but I told my hubby-I would rather be in HARD LABOR, be post op from WLS, have a tooth ache, AND have a 2x4 crammed up my bum ALL at the same time than to deal with the pain I have been enduring lately. I usually dont show Mike how bad I am hurting (although I know he knows) but Fri night, I flopped (ever so gently) down on some pillows in front of him on the couch and I just cried and cried while he was trying to get some biofreeze on my back and massaging it, nothing helps-but it was just a valve release I guess from all of the pain build up and I couldnt hold it in anymore.

Well, all, I am going to get off here and call Mel and Susan and see whats going on today and make a plan of action. I really hope to see some of you at the "group" but I dont know if I will be able to make it.  Just dont know if my back can handle that ride right now. Although, I know mentally I will walk away feeling so much better-physically, I may have to crawl or be carried-LOL....Love to all-have a good Monday and I will talk to you all later. Janet

Hey Everyone! Well as for me. I have had not 1, 2 or 3 job offers but 7! Yes 7. None the less I have been busy interviewing and such to get so many offers. Each job offere just gets better and better. I go in today for the job I think I am going to to take. They are willing to niegotiate the pay and get me what I want. It is a nurses aid, med. aid job but my main job will be helping in activities. This is my love!  I am meeting with the Programs Director today to see if I like her and what she would like to see from me. If I like her and everything seems to be right for me I will accept this job. I hope to start ASAP. I am more then ready to get back to work. You will be seeing even less of me on here though onve I am back to full time work. As always send me a personal message and I wll get back to you that way! We are still living with my parents which is going pretty well. Not as bad as I thought it would be. We are in contract on a house BUT the house inspection didn't go so well. If the owners don't fix the attic where theres been a fire and repair the roof properly they we will be searching for another house. I'm ok with this.  The longer we are at my parents the more money we can save. We'll stay here tell we can get the right house.  Janet- What a busy women you are. And so much going on in your life. I have stayed up to date. I always read just don't always post. I saw Susan last Thursday. I am glad to see she is feeling a little better.  Rianne-How's my angelette?  I am trying some water down juice right now. Pretty tasty! Jan- Up before the birds?  Not I! I'm not looking forward to that part of getting back to work. Up early!  I'll survive.  Well love to all!