I think that my Mom took this picture two years ago. I know that she took it because I am laughing because that’s why I have smiled so big, but I don’t think I can smile that big even if I tried anymore. Additionally, my hair is so long!!!:
I never thought I would say that, because I never thought that my hair would be as short as it is now, but it is even shorter than it was in this picture. This picture popped up when we were leaving the house and going to the naturopath. After our excursion, I am still shocked at how big I was smiling and how long my hair was! it’s not that long anymore and that fact is shocking all by itself when I think about it for too long…
It looks like this weekend will be a ‘recovering weekend.’ I have some extra time to recover though, for November, I am foregoing getting my haircut to get my chair taken care of. And then, the following day, I have a mammogram and I am getting an my Covid booster.
I woke up this morning, knowing that it would be a recovery day. as I am trying to wake up and become coherent, I scroll absentmindedly through Facebook and I saw this today:
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I thought that I would show my Mom because both of us have completed our ballots already. When she came to get me out of bed today, she told me that she put them in the dropbox at City Hall. I was happy to hear that because this year was the first year that I received one of these stickers that I can’t wait to put on my phone because now it’s true:
Well, I did it today and it didn’t even rain like it did last year! We went to the Cider mill! I have been thinking about this since last year and I did hear the hallelujah chorus when eating the doughnut and having cider! I am exhausted, and I will write about it tomorrow, but it was delicious!!
It was ‘go time’ today and I got everything done. Yay. But man, it was so much more difficult!!! I am still trying to wrap my head around it right now. All I know is of October 28, 2023, I woke up with my hips burning, both of them! That was the day that I started using wedges every night to save my hips.
I realized then that my disease was progressing but I am not sure that I know how to handle what happened today at my doctor appointment and my subsequent haircut. My Mom had to put my coat on for me completely. Like I was a child. It was really cold for me today and I wore my winter coat and hat.
But, tomorrow, after my knee x-ray, we are going to the Cider Mill!!! I have been looking forward to this since last year and it WON’T rain tomorrow like last year…
Tomorrow morning marks ‘go time’ and my mind is racing!!! Getting up and out of the house is getting harder! So much harder! I need to go to the naturopath and then we are getting haircut. Thursday we are going to a cider Mill after I get an x-ray and pay my water bill.
And because it’s October now, I am getting lasagna!!! I’m so glad that I can still eat that! It’s getting cold now and I need the warmth!
When my Mom went to the orthopedist a couple weeks ago about her finger I asked how the appointment went and asked her if she has a return appointment. She told me that the doctor says that her finger is healed but it hurts and then she said, “The 12th of November”
Immediately when she said that to me, my eyes welded up, and I started to cry! I completely surprised myself! But I cry all the time now! But I was specifically thinking about a time when my Mom sang to my Dad when he was in the hospital. I am pretty sure that this was near the end…
Sean came by and I asked him to pull this song up and I told him about my Mom and Dad. He pulled it up and I heard the opening bars and I lost it! I think it’s a little crazy that it Johnny Mathis song make me cry, but it does now:
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 this morning, knowing that I was going to pillage today. I got so concerned when I cried multiple times while getting ready today. It was the ugly face crying that I was doing. I felt it. But then it started raining so hard for about 10 minutes. So that explains it! That’s why I was crying! Disease progression ain’t no joke and that’s what’s going on right now. ‘Go time’ is on Wednesday.
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!!!
