HERE I AM...
back like a bad penny...haha
well i had a couple sciatic joint blocks last week. OMG did i ever hurt after that!!! i did go into work but asked to go home...finally found someone at 7 pm...2 hours before closing!! but i left and by the time i got into my car i sat and cried i hurt so bad!!! thank GOD the pain went away by morning!! i still have some pain but not like it was. i go back on the 3rd to see the dr for a check up. hopefully i will be pain free.
went back home to see my family and phyllis for a few days. not a very good time. my older brother was a jerk. he was pissed because he wanted to take us out for dinner friday night but i already had plans with my cousin aka my dad for dinner....had a nice visit with him!! miss seeing him and he is also having health issues...he is having tests done this week for his heart. hope its nothing serious!!! my older brother bill said he was in hospital few weeks ago with congestive heart failure...didn't know about that!! then a couple weeks ago he was back in again with his liver not working properly...again i didn't know!!! drs told him if he did this he would die...if he did that he would die...he is scared to do anything for fear of dying now!!!! he was taken to ER early tuesday morning because he couldn't walk....mom called me as we were on our way to say bye and head home...would i go pick him up for her...yeah no problem...got him home and gave him a good talking to....he said i lived out of state so why call and worry me??? sighs....but anyhow....he was a jerk friday and saturday he made some ham and scallopped potatoes for us...he wouldn't eat with us nor did he even come down stairs to say hello....he was being an ass....then came Easter and rick made us his stuffed pork chops...well brother bill was gone didn't come home til after eating dinner was long done...again being an ass....well anyhow saturday night we went to see my sister...another shock seeing her!!! seems she is having trouble with chewing her tongue and can't stop it!!! she doesn't know why she is doing it but can't stop. sighs...went to get something to eat and had a nice visit with her. she asked me if i would give her a kidney....not sure if i even match but said i would if i could. she sat there in her chair and said she just wanted to die and get it over with. she also had her port taken out finally (one in her chest) seems the first time they didn't use ANY anesthetic on her and she begged for some pain meds...they kept telling her she would be ok....huh????? no pain meds for this surgery??????????? so anyhow she has another one in and its not working so need to do it again. she had the one in her arm removed and has to get that done again because its not right healing....her arm looks terrible!!! so many health problems and now this!!!! she had Easter dinner with us also and had a good time despite everything. then monday we saw phyllis and jon...phyllis is having some issues also and has to see a dr for some tests....hope they figure out her problems soon!!! alot of worries going on for me right now...
as for me i am doing ok...had my blood work done and still waiting to hear what or how bad off i am from not taking my vitamins right!!! i know BAD!!!!!!!! sighs but i am trying to get back on track with taking all the vitamins i need!!!! i feel good except for the aches and pains of the back and sciatic nerve. having problems with food taste. seems most everything has no taste or hardly any taste for me. why?? no clue. might be from being low in vitamins?
so that is about it for me...nice that bev missed me...thankyou bev!!! ;-)
my heart goes out to julia at this time from losing her pet....(((julia))) it hurts but we are here for you if needed.
cr****s again and i hope you all know that i am thinking of you all!!!! have a great day and remember to smile!!! :-)
have to get to work now so TTYL
forgot to tell you that my brother is back in hospital in severe pain and they don't know why...they will be sending him to ann arbor VA hospital for MRI and also to see about his leg. they also will check him for any metal in his head from when his van caught fire a few years ago and he got some shards in his head from when it blew up....will keep you posted....
Hope to here some good stuff coming from you soon ;)
Hugs, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
yeah my family is sick....i am worried to death over them and i also hope to have some good news for a change on them!!!
as for me and my vitamins i am not sure why i stopped taking them...i carry them in my apron pocket so i "remember" to take them and i still forget!!!! GRRRRRR i know i could be headed for trouble by not taking them that is why i am trying hard to remember to get them in!!!!!
hugs back to you
Judy,
So sorry to hear about all these problems. I hope you are now pain-free, or on the way to being that way. Sciatic pain can be horrendous! And I agree, TAKE YOUR VITAMINS!!
I know what you mean about no one telling you of hospital visits, eyc. That is EXACTLY what my Dad said. You are so far away, you can't do anything anyway, so why worry you! Explain that you are now gonna worry more because you don't know what is being withheld.
One very important thing - if your parents will, have them fill out the consent form so the doctors and hospitals are authorized to give you all their health info. Then when/if someone lets you know one of them is in the hosp., you can call everyday and REALLY find out what is going on. That's what my parents did and it worked out very well. If I talked to one of them on the phone they weren't sure of diagnosis, or prognosis, or tests done or ordered. When I called the floor nurse I got all the straight scoop.
When I got my cancer disgnosis and was doing doctors and treatment, I made sure EVERYONE EVERYWHERE knew that they were to give any and all information to my husband, my son, my DIL and my daughter when they asked.
Good luck Judi. Unfortunately we can't choose our family. When they are asses we just have to accept it. And repeat to yourself 'I'll never act that way when I am older'!!
Grammylew in Jax
that is a good idea about getting them to have me able to find out info when they are sick....thanks!!!
as for my pain...its not as bad as it was but its still there....guess it will never go completly away...supposed to do exercises but how can i when i hurt so dam bad??? sighs
'I'll never act that way when I am older'!! i have been telling myself that for years!!! LOL my older brother has ALWAYS been a jerk especially at holiday time....but to get others that don't "know" him its hard for them to understand...sighs
hugs
hi connie!!! yeah i sure don't feel "missed"...oh well
yes my family sure is a mess!!!! i am just so upset over how they are and how they are being treated especially by the dr's!!! but what do i know...
i AM trying to take my vitamins all the time but this CRS i have just makes me forget most of the time!!! i have no idea why i am like this and i hate it!!! still waiting to hear on the blood test results....and yes i will keep you posted on all of us.
hugs back
As for the vitamins, I am usually pretty good, but since I've been home all day, I kind of forget sometimes to take my iron when I usually take it (at 4 p.m., which is when I used to get ready to go to work). I have to think about it constantly ... oh it's 4, take your iron (sometimes I've put it off til 6, then it's almost 7 sometimes and oops, I haven't taken my iron, now I'm in trouble because I have to take my calcium later and have to leave four hours in between).
Do have an alarm on your watch or cell phone that you can set? I only thought of this because my stylist had an alarm go off this morning to remind herself to take her pill.
