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Tired of being sick and tired
Thursday I had to take Rhett to the shrink, so figured I would leave early and try to fit in a few errands. I went to pick up meds and then went to the NPS store. I love the prices there, but I don’t...
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Misery
What a tough day! I had to wait almost two hours to see the doctor. The poor guy was swamped in sick people. I had never seen so many cars in the parking lot! I liked his new nurse. It was a young guy...
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Spring is coming!
Walking into the health care center, I could see daffodil and crocus leaves popping out of the ground that had been covered with snow just a few days ago. I was absolutely thrilled! I have also...
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Stuff I forgot
My oxygen saturation was 77 at the doctor’s office Today I met a woman online and she gave me the name and address of a neurologist who appears to be in my insurance network and she does MG! I also...
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Oh, cool!
I can tell the antibiotics are working!!!!! I wish the Urgent Care doctor hadn’t told me I didn’t need them. I was so sure I had strep throat and kinda felt like an idiot when he didn’t think so....
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Got a new neurologist!!!!!!
I had another heart to heart with my insurance company. Supposedly I will get the wheelchair yay or nay on Monday. It’s disheartening to learn that the screw up all along was the wheelchair...
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Trying to both rest and catch up
So much to do! So much missing sleep! I have tried to do a little of both. Leaving Rhett home alone for 17 hours was enough to turn the apartment into a battle zone. I always wonder how he does it? He...
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Lots of people!
I spent an hour getting Rhett ready for school and out the door. Then I had an hour to read emails. At 8 AM, the CNA came to help me shower. Good thing. She had to shove my right leg over the lip of...
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I had to clean in case the paramedics were coming
I was fading in and out of consciousness when I realized the carpet felt gritty under my feet. I could see I had about a dishwasher full of stuff in the sink. I knew the dishwasher was full of clean...
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Choking is fun…NOT!
At 3 AM, Rhett woke me up as he searched for his various electronics so he could charge them up before school. I remember being soaked in night sweats each time I turned in my sleep. When I got up, I...
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Blog writing
This is sort of my online diary. I use it to keep track of my symptoms and doctor appointments, sometimes things I eat, often how I look, etc. I have been writing ever since AOL offered journals....
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This weakness is ridiculous
The weaker my muscles get, the more my spine and joints hurt. Each day it feels like there is less and less holding me together. I keep wondering if my new neuro or the ER doctor….or SOMEBODY will save...
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New batch of pictures showed up
Heather, me, my mother, my grandmother. Four generations. I had forgotten how skinny this grandmother was. She was physically weak and on oxygen for years. I have often wondered if we had similar...
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Watch “This Video will Change your Life” on YouTube
The other day I was trying to paraphrase this on the blog. Today Jenna at Cold Antler Farm put up a link. That’s what I had been thinking about and looking for! It’s why I was a homesteader and organic...
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April 2013 General Conference LDS.org
I am listening to Music and the Spoken Word as I type. It’s day two of LDS General Conference. Rhett has been fed blueberry pancakes, the freezer froze the food, the dishes are in the dishwasher, I am...
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Maybe my stubborn bull-headedness is paying off!
I came to a different hospital. This is the one preferred by most of the old folks in my building. The difference is worlds apart. I am now admitted. I wasn’t too fond of the ER doc at first, but he...
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I can breathe! I can move!
I had to pee…so I just got up and trotted over to the bathroom. How cool is that?!?!!! I didn’t realize just how awful I was until I got better. There is NO WAY I would have believed just yesterday...
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Dramatic difference!
The nurse woke me up at 6 AM to get weighed. I could barely get out of bed…and I sure as heck could not stand up straight! I had to pee and every step to the bathroom was torture. I got to the door...
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Long day
This place is incredibly thorough. I was tested and prodded and poked all night and all day. THIS is the kind of medical care that I have always dreamed of I also have a lot more medical problems than...
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