Month: October 2024

My new tens unit arrived last Saturday. When we opened the box, I saw that it is so much more involved than the previous tens unit I had!!!

I really couldn’t understand why it was so different but this is a different medical facility then when I first received it in December 2017. I was lucky that my Mom went to the orthopedist last Friday for her finger, he explained the differences to her and how I should best use it.

I know I have posted pictures of my tens unit before that looked like a pager from the 90s. This one looks a little different:

it took some time, but I think we have figured it out. I will keep it in the tens unit mode for the duration of me wearing it. The battery will definitely die quickly. I was given for additional batteries in the package with the leads that I received.

We called Zynex before I started using it, and ‘Jennifer’ helped us. She told us to call when we need anything. I think that this medical supply company is different than my normal medical supply companies. She asked if I was still in litigation regarding this matter. I told her, “Yes.” so it seems like I will have a second medical supply company sending me supplies. I never once expected my life to be like this!!!

I really like that I can see the lights easily. It was not that easy to look at the lights on the last tens unit I had. It will be like this for the rest of my life. But somehow, that is just a little bit daunting… or a lot!!!

I woke up Thursday with a crick on the left side of my neck. It hurt a whole lot! I had to be audible as my Mom was getting me out of my bed. I was thinking that this was the culprit:

I think that this happened to my chair on Tuesday. And I have no explanation for it! When I saw it, I made the honking noise because that’s what it looks like to me! It’s all wonky! My Mom called Dave at RIM to tell him about it. we know that he is so busy and he suggested coming out on October 22. My Mom told him that my neck is starting to hurt and he is coming on Tuesday!

We saw my headrest, and my Mom suggested that it might just be stress. I looked at her an asked her what do I have to be stressed about?! With all obvious reasons aside, I do have a lot to be stressed about with my disease progression, and my knee is still killing me!

But today, the crick has left my neck and it’s settled into my left shoulder blade. So, I guess this is just stress. Next week for ‘go time,’ we are going to the naturopath and to get a haircut, and then on the 17th, we are going to the Cidermill! I am so excited!!!

I remember when Yankee Candle Company came to Fairlane mall! That Candle store has a very unique smell! I think it’s a mix of all the different smells combined! How that store smells is EXACTLY how my Salted Caramel chapstick tastes! It took me a minute to place the smell, but that’s it! I remember when I was in high school, my friend Gatimi worked at a store that smelled similar to that store in Fairlane Mall.

This is the last tube of salted caramel that I have. I bought another fall flavor package a while ago ago, but it just has pumpkin spice, chai, vanilla maple, and pomegranate. As soon as I’m done with all of those flavors, I will just go to having Vanilla Maple all the time just like I have Cucumber Mint in the Spring/Summer time.

All of this is a very important thought process I go through. It really doesn’t matter but what else do I have to do?!

I saw this meme on Facebook a few days ago and it made me laugh out loud but I’m totally not that way!!!:

I said on Facebook that this is not me because it’s really not! I get cold, and it takes me so long to get warm again! I was able to get this just after I posted that meme:

Big brother totally knows me because I HAD TO complete this puzzle that had mint chocolate chip in it!?!

it is way too cold outside now for me to eat ice cream, however, I had to take one for the team! Actually, for my Mom! I had to eat a fudgsicle, so my Mom could have the stick For her finger. She is going back to the doctor on Friday. I ate a total of 3 fudgsicle for her! Totally worth the cold that I felt!!!

I was recalling Sean’s Halloween costume when he was an “Army guy.” I think he was 4 and that was the first Halloween without my Dad.

I remembered this specifically because we went to Harry’s Army surplus to buy actual fatigues for him. We went in and I asked the man at the counter, (really, it was a boy) and he showed me where the kids fatigues were. I picked out Sean size and then I asked him about hats.

He pointed me to the kids hats, and I shook my head and told him that I needed the adult hats. He looked at me kind of funny and told me where they were and we walked over there and I asked him for a size 7.

We had stopped walking, and he was looking through the hats he had in his hand for a size 7. He pulled one that was a size 7 out of the number of hats he had in his hand. He’s jokingly bloused it out and put it on Sean‘s head.

I still remember the surprise on that kid’s face when he saw that it fit Sean perfectly. I told him that I used to work at a hat store and I figured that was his size. I was recalling that story to my Mom the other day.