It will take more than a week to feel like normal. (what is normal anyway?) I've got antibiotics to take for the next ten days and they make me sick to my stomach. Leave me nauseous and tasting the meds all through day and night. I take tiny sips of Mountain Dew to counteract the taste. Until the infection is gone, the pain lingers in varying ( Read more... )

Of course I knew what I had. I still wonder what brings it on. Left for the ER as soon as John went to work. They saw me right away which is really good. But today, the nurse was having a tough time drawing blood. She said I was dehydrated. So, she kept poking me and trying new sites. Eventually she got it. Problem then was to take my blood ( Read more... )

If past experience is any indicator. . . I have diverticulitis. I can only tolerate so much pain and I'm at that point now. After my husband leaves for work, I will be taking myself to the ER. Last episode I had was in August 2011. That was a decent stretch ( Read more... )

Here's a funny story (I think) I've had three sewing machines since I first got married. My ex son-in-law got my first one, my son got my second and my third I bought and one day my ex came home and saw it and said: "Where did this come from?". I said: "I bought it, I needed an upgrade". He didn't say anything after that because for years, and ( Read more... )

I was looking at a friend of a friends journal and found this beautiful site that tallblue was posting from for free:

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Yesterday I took a trip upstate New York. . . near Poukeepsie. One of my best friends from third grade has a brother who was rear ended by a big four by four and is now paralyzed for the rest of his life. Fortunately he has the use of his hands and arms and is able to breathe on his own. He's in one of those huge motorized wheelchairs It was so ( Read more... )

Yesterday was filled with drama. . . We've been attempting to "toilet" train our kitty Nietzsche. He started by adjusting very well to the new litter situation. It's something called "Litter Kwitter" and it's a series of potty seats, starting with a litter tray and ending with a big hole. . . as you might guess. One of his "accidents" happened when ( Read more... )

Not to belabor the point, but I've got fibromyalgia. It not only interferes with sleep because of the random pain, but because of the muscle cramps that come. . . mostly when I'm sleeping. If any of you have ever had charley horses in your calves, you know they can be painful. . . . but they are NOTHING compared to muscle cramps in the thighs and ( Read more... )

No, I'm not getting them, but we did have a representative from Renewal by Anderson here tonight. The product is remarkable, but so out of our range. He arrived at 7:10 and left at 11:50. He was a really nice guy and we enjoyed his company, we just can't afford to do this right now. I had no idea how expensive windows were. We have two bay windows ( Read more... )