Saturday, April 30, 2011

A Friday Off....

I was off yesterday due to being weekend manager. Today and tomorrow I will be at work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (boo!)

However, yesterday was productive in some ways and not in others.

We had a meeting at the school for Cody which went amazingly well. I'm happy to say that they listened to our concerns for his transfer to 6th grade, addressed them, discussed options with me and I think we all walked away feeling positive. I thought I should post that since I'm the first person to complain about the school...I should also be the first person to throw out the praise when they do it right.

After that I had to go to the beauty school to be my daughter, Cassy's, makeover model. I had told her I wanted to go from my natural Auburn hair to Blonde...she said no because she didn't think the bleach at the school would work well on my hair...so I decided to go in the opposite direction...BLACK!


I love it...even if everyone else is shocked and even a little appalled! I may even stay like this for a while!

Gotta scram....coffee is finished and I need some before I head to work for a very long day!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

A whole lot of pain...

In the past week I have been in and out of the hospital and my doctor's office. Last Friday I got home at the end of the evening and my Left leg was swollen twice as big as my right.
Went to the hospital (it was burning as well)...they said cellulites after doing an ultrasound to rule out the blood clot. Told me to follow up with my doctor on Monday.
Monday - at the doctor's office - he says it's not cellulites...it's swollen because I shave (apparently he has a thing against women shaving...) he also told me to lose weight because being 20 lbs overweight is probably causing my joints on the left side to ache....
Tuesday - I call because while sitting at work in tears and shaking because I'm in so much pain our Director of Nursing and Restorative nurse looked at my leg (still swollen) and seeing how much pain I was in said for me to call back to my doctor and explain the pain to the nurse...I do...she says - "do you want pain pills?" I replied that I simply wanted to know what was happening and why and that I wouldn't mind some relief from the pain. So, she told me to come back in to the office & Doc would see me...I go...he tells me that I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia (I've NEVER been diagnosed with either, nor tested for either). Then he went on to say that I'm probably depressed which would cause pain as well...WHAT? So, he wrote me a script for an antidepressant and sent me on my way...the script is sitting in my wallet as I have not filled it!
Wednesday - Director of Nursing and Restorative Nurse are beside themselves with what I have been told by the doctor.
Wednesday night - I'm in excruciating pain and am literally rocking in bed in pain....
Thursday - go to work - in extreme pain and eating advil like crazy...not helping...can hardly move!
Friday - go to work - still in extreme pain and still eating otc pain meds like candy...not helping. The Director of Nursing and Restorative nurse tell me to go to the nearby hospital (different one than I went to last Friday).
Friday afternoon - leave work early and go to the hospital...I was in tears because I was in so much pain. The doctor seriously felt sorry for me and gave me some pretty good pain meds. He also referred me to a different doctor who takes my insurance and told me that I need a MRI of my leg...and I need to be checked and ruled out for MS as well as a few other things including R.A.
Today is the Easter Vigil at church for the class I teach at church...I am not going to be able to make it. I can't sit in one place and especially not on a hard bench for 3 hours, nor can I stand for more than a few minutes at a time, I am certainly not kneeling and I am loopy on these pain killers.

Hoping for answers soon!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Wow! It's been a long time

No Joke! Months have gone by! Sometimes time slips past and I just seem to have lost it...unfortunately there's no going back and getting it.

So...

Packers won the superbowl!

Still not on my bike and riding :(

Funds are low...don't want to talk about that.

Bob is cancer free :) Since July :) This is a big deal .

Gaven's voice is changing - sounds like it's going to be deep!

I'm exhausted...calling it a night - will try to update more often! I do apologize for my absence...