One Step at a Time - November 2012

[Dottie Belle]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Evening all,
Doing pretty well tonight...I am tired but no cravings like last night...we ran a few errands today. It was cold and rainy...not my idea of a good day...
We have a model train club meeting tomorrow so that should be fun indoor activity...
So glad u all are here!!
Dottie

[paula]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Sun, I take 100mg of tramadol at night and it does help with the pain, I've not tried the slow release, hope you get some relief, it's awful being in pain. Have you tried ibuprofen ? my physio recommended it for ocassional use and it seems to work.

[Sunbeam]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Hi Paula,
Another problem for me is GERD, so I should avoid ibuprofen. She did encourage me to start taking the 50 Mg daily, which I hadn't been doing. It's so hard to balance it all out. Good thing that alcohol is out of the equation!

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Sun - great to see you. Glad that you weren't affected by the hurricane. You sound like you are still doing great. I'm really happy for you. I get my cpap machine on Monday. I'm really hoping that it helps. I'll keep you posted.

Paula - had to laugh about your streaker. That does not sound like my idea of a good time. :H Oh well - I guess if I had enough to drink, it might sound like a good idea.

I'm sure sorry about you both having chronic pain. I really sympathize with you. Seeing how much my husband and a couple of my friends suffer, I do know that it's not easy.

Dottie - your model train club sounds fun. Do you have a model train in your house? I wish that we had a bigger place so we could do something like that.

Well - I'm going to read for a bit. Big hugs to everyone. :l

[paula]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Hello everyone, had a very quiet day, went to church this morning, no plans to do anything else today. You sound good Nora, hope you can get your pain relief sorted out Sun.

[Dottie Belle]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Nora we have the wood frame work to hold the train layout but dh is slow in getting started...we have many file cabinets that hold "inventory" that will someday be part of the railroad...and I am just as guilty...I like trains too. I have many buildings and train engines....hopefully when I "retire" next year we will start building this thing...will need something to keep us busy and NOT spending money...
Dottie

[Alcoholic]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Hi, everyone:

Juju: hope you feel better soon. Sounds like everyone is getting the cold flu thing that always come around w seasonal change. I hate it that by the time I can get into my doctor's office, I already feel better, so what's the point?

Nora: yea, well in some of the other forums, I did feel like I was talking to myself, Lol! But I just continued because and find myself to be pretty good company afterall. .

I hope Everyone's aches and pains get better... Cold weather is also unkind to pain. Tomorrow I'm getting some glucosamine chondroitin for my aching knees... I should have bought a one story house! Maybe I'll invest in a lift chair? How much do they cost?

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Morning peeps
Quie, but sober Mama here
I caved and went to the ER for my back. They gave me a HUGE pain shot in my fanny, and sent me home with muscle relaxers and 800mg Mtorin. I have a follow up with my GP Wednesday. They also confirmed it was not a kidney infection.
Since I am a breast cancer survivor, they don't play. She wants me to have an oncological work up since BC tends to come back in the bone and brain. My xrays looked fine, but she wants me to get an MRI for better imaging.
I KNOW I am fine.....I just have a back sprain. And I have an great excuse not to do housework!!!
anyhoo..that was my SATURDAY
A train set sounds fun...my kids loved then when they were little....
going to make some pies....

[Alcoholic]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Mama: I hope the MRI will show nothing to worry about.. But I'm sure it was no fun going to ER wasting your valuable Saturday. Today you have good legitimate reason to do nothing but lay in bed. In fact, I may borrow your excuse of sprained back and stay in bed all day as well. My husband's assassinating characters on our big screen tv so I doubt he will notice that I'm not around.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

a video game widow....
I am usually a fixin the car widow!

[Alcoholic]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

At least yours does something useful. Mine does something useful In a fantasy world that we don't even belong in.

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Mama, I didn't know you were a breast cancer survivor.:l I hope the MRI will show all is well, and no worries henceforth. Let us know something as soon as you know,please.

You're car-fixer widow, eh? What I'd give. My Dh won't even check my oil. Actually, he does very little for me--keeps me warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and well fed. There's something to be said for that, I know, but I would be ever so grateful for some unbidden, thoughtful gesture--something he would do for me personally. It isn't going to happen, and I know it. I thought he was different, but I was wrong, and he only becomes more self-involved as time passes.

Last night I decided I would go to Emergicare today. He said, yes, you should go. I knew that meant he wasn't willing to give up his day to take me, even though it would have been safer if he drove, but he didn't offer. I called him on it--you know, him being my husband and all (as we say down South). He knew the jig was up. Consequently, he's been extra nice all day. Nothing will change, however.

Alcoholic> My DH is on his laptop for 2-3 hours every night, and doesn't like to be interrupted, either. I've even give his laptop a name, it's Layla. My TV shows annoy him, so I go to bed and read, or come here. I need to figure out where to put a TV/DVD player in the bedroom.

So, Alkie this is for us-- I'm misquoting Betty White, but you get the idea: "People always say that when you need to get tough, grow a set of balls. Balls?! Grow a vagina--they can take a pounding!" I think we need bigger vaginas.:H

I hope K9's day was terrific.

Hi, Nora, DB, SB and Paula.

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Hello everyone. Went in to work for a couple of hours only. Just hanging out now. Picked up my new med and took that. Got to rearrange my nightstand to make room for the cpap machine. That's about all the energy I have for today.

Juja - so you ended up not going to urgentcare? Sorry that hubby was being a jerk. :l

Dottie - your train sounds like it is going to be great. I really would love to do something like that.

Mama - I hope that shot helped your back. I had to do that once and the shot really did help me. Please take it easy. (PS - I'm sure you're fine too regarding the cancer. Love you Jan!)

Al - Yep - we might as well talk to ourselves. :H I'll be thinking of you tomorrow. Please be sure to let us know how it goes. I'm sure it's nerve-wracking.

Paula - glad that you're having a nice day. I'm still laughing at your streaker.

Well - off to chill some more. Might even clean out my purse if I can get some energy.

Waving :wavin: to everyone that stops by. :l

[Alcoholic]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Juju:
men and their balls! I agree w ya! Balls don't do nothing but hang out there ready to get hurt! Lol, how did you come up the name Layla for the laptop?!

11 years ago as I laid in the hospital in labor pain all night, there was my husband yawning constantly out loud. Ok, I get it. Long Labor is boring to a man, but come on, is that the most loving thing you could do for your wife while she was in labor pain? I threw him out because I was so agitated w his constant reminder to me how bored he was by his yawning. Can't believe I'm celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary w this guy. What is wrong w me?!

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - November 2012

Alcoholic;1405705 wrote: Juju:
men and their balls! I agree w ya! Balls don't do nothing but hang out there ready to get hurt! Lol, how did you come up the name Layla for the laptop?!

11 years ago as I laid in the hospital in labor pain all night, there was my husband yawning constantly out loud. Ok, I get it. Long Labor is boring to a man, but come on, is that the most loving thing you could do for your wife while she was in labor pain? I threw him out because I was so agitated w his constant reminder to me how bored he was by his yawning. Can't believe I'm celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary w this guy. What is wrong w me?!

Layla the laptop sounded good to me, plus I couldn't compete with her, so it became a "she," thus Layla.

Re DH's boredom during labor: I'm starting to believe men don't understand the concept of going above and beyond for the ones they supposedly love. Yes, I know there must be many who do, but I don't know any. I'm serious. Btw, my parents were on the way to the hospital for the birth of their first child. My father had to stop for coffee because he was so tired. WTF? Couldn't he have waited? Was there no compassion for my mother? Did he not have any adrenaline flowing?

Don't get me started....