My Grandmother went to the hospital yesterday in a lot of pain. It turns out she has a compound fracture of the spine. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. That is a difficult thing to handle for anyone, let alone, a woman in her eighties.

HUGS,
~Danielle

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We Italians do NOT have a temper! ;)

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I went to the ortho today. He was handsome - which never hurts when you need a doctor and want sympathy - LOL. He is handsome in a Matt Lauer/Patrick Dempsey kind of a way and not the McSteamy/Tyson Beckford/GQ kind of a way.  I digress....anyway, he squeezed, twisted and knocked my leg/knee in every direction humanly possible. He is dumbfounded. ( Read more... )

Seven years ago I moved to Stockholm to be with Micke. We moved after a year but, it was nice while it lasted. I remember spending Independance Day with Brittany (
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Hoopless in Seattle

I just got back from the chiropractor. My knee is a zillion times better. My inner thighs are sore but, my knees are holding my weight and I only wobble a bit. He even thinks I could go for short slow paced walks.

Tomorrow afternoon, I will go see an orthopedic surgeon. I know that sounds drastic but, I'm just going to get an x-ray and/or MRI with a ( Read more... )

I went to my GP this morning. I have had elevated white blood cell counts for a couple of years as well as a low grade temperature. My ENT thinks it was chronic tonsilitis. Now that it has been several months since my tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy, my doctor took some blood to see if anything has changed. My temperature was 99.7F. We'll need a few ( Read more... )

patellofemoral stress syndrome

That is my chiropractor's diagnosis. This morning, I see my GP.

Long story short, I was sitting down Saturday evening and when I stood up my knee gave out. By Sunday afternoon, every other step was quite painful. I spent most of yesterday lying in bed with an ice pack on my knee. I spent the rest of the day sweating because it was HOT. Micke and I purchased an air conditioner yesterday. I winced and cried my ( Read more... )