One Step at a Time - April 2017

[Rusty]

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Happy Thursday, Everyone!

I am at home working and the sun is out so I feel incredible joy...we have had non-stop rain here. :-) Happy Thursday!

[Wildflowers]

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SK, understand not liking them. Can your Dr Rx a different pain med? Some of your depression may be situational to. Completely understandable given your circumstances. Thankfully, this won't be forever, even if it seems like it right now. We will do our best to keep reminding you of better outcomes a little ways down the rd. I too need reminders about things. Appreciate them. Don't have any experience with taurine or gaba. Except my Mom took gaba. Cant' take taurine with graves. When is your post-op follow up appt? :hug: Hope Peggy is there or can she visit?

Pauly, good that Kell is wise to taper down on RX. It's hard to get RX here as newer laws (think 2012). Understand people do get addicted, but legit pain folks shouldn't have to suffer. Have degen disks in neck and not fun. Hope your daughter continues with alternative modalties to help. Some people get tons of happy energy from opiates. Brain chemistry can be so diff in everyone. I also have negative SE's and take only when pain is intolerable. Hope your congestion-ear pressure gets resolved quickly. It hurts and may cause headaches.

Nora, happy thrilling Thursday to you too. lol

Rusty, about time you receive some sun. Amazing how sun can bring joy. Think I have S.A.D. Glad your at home working today and not running around the country. Your go-go energy amazes me!... :smile: Thrilling in some ways travelling for your job. Ever meet anyone special travelling?

I'm icing ankle -ft. Suppose to do this 6-8 times for 8 min. hmm ..Seems like a bit of stretch (pun intended). Compromising with PT. Kinda feel PT is a waste of money for my circumstances. Been thru this b4. Some Docs won't give injection till you go thru hoops. Just vacuming causes pain and swelling and cleaning or running errands for customers. I have only me to blame for these injuries. Oh PT wants me to take Aleve, or Advil everyday. He doesn't know, not good for this alkie. Wished I'd booked with female PT. Will see how it go's. Going to cook early and give some to elderly sweet neighbor. Expecting call from Sweetpea later with update on moving situation. Will push doc on next visit for MRI. My old ortho doc is retired and would listen to his patients. Come on this is old injury from last july and dec. HELLO>>> Sorry for the rant, but sometimes need to release or may blow up.

Hope everyone has a good-decent AF day. If it's a bad-bad day come tell us. Or any type day. Just don't drink today, this min, hr. :heartbeat: Waves to everyone. Where is Fenny, Recluse, NE, and anyone else who used to post here, or missed. We'd like to hear from you if you have time.

[paulywogg]

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Jeez,a ghostown! Where is everyone? WF,I haven't seen Reccie in years,I used to love his posts such a dear man,miss Fen and Mama too, NE I haven't seen in a bit either now that you mentioned it,I had been seeing her in zee Army,gonna try a protein shake with unflavored protein powder, cocoa powder (unsweetened) peanut butter,almond milk and a banana,maybe 1/2 the ingredients cuz I'm doing myfitnesspal and I don't want to have a heart attack when I type in the calories haha,was washing out a bowl and my garbage disposal smells like something died in it overnight! Its bad,not sure why,saddened to see all the crap going on in Syria,not just us bombing but all the b.s before that too,,here to a PEACEFUL AF Friday for us all.

[techie]

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Techie, I'm anxious to see the new methods and crossing my fingers.

WF I am on hydrocodone and not liking them. I seem to get a rebound affect of depression and anxiety, so I try to take Taurine and Gaba before that happens.

If anyone is interested, Williams-Sonoma has a great easter egg. It's a cardboard egg decorated with Peter rabbit on it and is filled a choc bunny, carotts,
small truffle eggs and lollipops for about $20.00. I wonder if Louie would like it?

I've been sending the lollipops to Vivian for a few years now and they are her favourite "ever" lollipop.

Have a nice evening everyone.

Hi SK. et al. SK, have you tried CBD oil for pain. Extremely effective if you live in a state that allows its purchase. In other news, I am off to Las Vegas for business meetings. I have another meeting with doctor when I return. Waiting on new lab results and result from PET scan. Have a great day folks.. Sending light to ALL Steppers not feeling well. xo

[actiongirl46]

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Hello Steppers! I had a chance to read back and catch up this morning. What a great supportive group we have! SK, I'm glad to hear you are recovering, however slowly, but on the right track. Nora, I've also enjoyed "getting to know" your mom and so admire your relationship with her. WF, ankles seem to affect everything! Bummer. I hope you can get it figured out. PT worked really well for me the one time I needed it but it was a fairly minor shoulder thing, thankfully.

Our college road trip went very well. One day I had a personal record of 20,000+ steps on the fitbit! Crazy! I also got to listen to a lot of heavy metal music while driving, yay! (That was sarcasm, we learned that if I put the music all the way to the passenger side speaker I could tolerate his music for a little bit longer.) Seriously, lots of bonding and it was fun to see him start to get excited about his future after high school, whatever that may be. Yesterday, I spent all day with youngest son doing baseball stuff (indoor batting cage, etc.). He informed me at about 6:30pm (right after we ordered pizza in the new pizza restaurant I took him to as a final treat) that he has a six page research paper due Monday and HAS NOT STARTED WRITING IT. Yep. So, you can guess what we are doing today on his last day of spring break. Grrrr . . . .

Rusty, thanks for thinking of me, yes, things are better with hubs. My therapist is really encouraging me to think about what fills my "inner bucket", instead of looking to my spouse or my job to do that for me. More on that later as I've been thinking about it a lot, college visits for me are good for that.

Have a great Friday all!! Its finally sunny here and that is good for this Stepper. Onward! :love: AG

[SKendall]

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Thanks for that tip, Techie, it was not unusual at all for docs in WA to prescribe it for pain, etc.

Wildflowers, what a coincidence I just moved from Sequim, WA the home of the lavender festival. Sequim has more sunshine than the rest of WA state and the soil is quite sandy which is perfect for lavender. I guess the hole in DH's head would take some getting used to.

Pauly, thanks for sharing that. It would appear that both Kell and WF are suffering from disc degen. My surgery was for the discs, but they found a lot of disc degen from the MRI. The traditional method of repair requires -5 days of hospitalization and oxycodone (I think I'm repeating myself.) My "spacer" method is over and done with in a day, but requires longer time for full activity.

AG, what a gift regarding your son's college trip. It makes sense what your therapist says, e.g. Nora's post regarding our own b.s. This disease thinks its okay to blame everyone else, rather than look inside. Longer sobriety allows us to look at ourselves more critically and, IMHO the healing starts.

WF, I've switched from hydrocodone to Tylenol 3, it's a good decision. Hycod does give some people that brain and body energy feeling along with an exaggerated sense of well being = addiction in some cases. Then there are folks like Kell and myself for whom it doesn't work positively for sure.

Rusty, glad you are enjoying the weather at home.

Nora, it's been ages since I had a Mex. meal. There are a couple of anything you want in a taco close to me, but the chicken enchaladas with green salsa works for me.

I ordered something from the UK and got the same shipment time (2 days) that I get for Amazon Prime!

Talk later. Today is a week ago from surgery and I'm doing much, much better, so quit worrying you worrywarts!

Talk later.

[paulywogg]

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Skendall,glad you're feeling better well next week should be interesting for Kell and her bf(Lou's dad) he went to the e.r last night with stomach pain and has a hernia and is getting surgery Wednesday, she has her pain cauterization for the other side of her back on Thursday, eeks,their apartment is gonna look like a sick ward! Just hope everything goes smoothly.

[Lizann]

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Hello all, I'm back. Had a wonderfully relaxing time! No schedules and no where to be. Endless walk so the beach and exploring the area.
I did read back and I guess I did miss a lot

Nora, loved that quote and it's so true. I will save it and keep it close. I'm glad that you are coming out of your funk. May I ask what helps you come out of it? I fear the after vacation funk will creep in on me.

AG, I love what your therapist told you about filling your bucket. I will try to do that as well. I loved college touring with all 3 of my kids. Treasure your time with them, it does go fast. My son and I shared a kayak this week and we had a blast together. (Hubby was on a paddle board). Love that they like being with us.

Wildflower, you are sounding great. Love how you always comment about everyone! You are so sweet.

Skendall, hope your pain is getting less with each passing day. How sweet the strawberry soda for Vivian (love that name!)

Techie, I'm sorry you're having to deal with this. Keep us posted. Always happy to see you posting and you seem to be dealing with things quite well.

Pauly, I thought I was the only one who got headaches from wearing my hair up. Hope Kelly and her bf are on the mend soon. She is lucky to have you. It's nice you guys are so close!

Rusty, how nice you were able to spend some time outside. Love me some vitamin D, a little too much sometimes! A neighbor of mine dog shares. They are a retired older couple and a professional young women who travels a lot for her job. It seems to work for both of them and Lucy loves when Sasha is here!

Erin's first glucose tolerance test came back high so is she needs to go for the three hour one. She may ave gestational diabetes. She's pretty upset about it. I don't understand why that would be. She is the healthiest eater! Anyway I was borderline with Mark and he was a whopping 10 pounds at birth! She's a bit disillusioned with the doctors. They increased her iron since she is anemic . Why was none of this addressed while she was in the hospital? She questioned it at the time and no answers. Doesn't give you much confidence does it?

Well I've got a ton of laundry and mail to go through, plus the baby shower is right around the corner. I thought I was well prepared but I'm starting to panic. Hope you all enjoy your Saturday!

[Lizann]

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This is what I did while flying. Definitely helps pass the time!

[NoraC]

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My pic from this morning��

[SKendall]

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Welcome home, Liz.:hug:

[Wildflowers]

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Have to go help clean up from big wind storm yesterday. So thankful we didn't lose trees and were not with out power. Be back later with proper reply posts. Have one PM that I'm behind on. Just wanted to ck in and tell you all how much I love all your posts. :heartbeat: Thank you!... Waves to everyone... May it be a good AF one!... Or any AF one!.. Hope Red67, FD and all others ck in some day!..

P.S. So happy to hear our lovely Skendall is feeling better!.. One of your worry - wart friends. :smile:
P.P.S. Glad your home Liz. :smile:
P.P.P.S. Love the beautiful coloring- art work Ladies! :smile: Have written note in phone to get mine. Forgot twice last month. Think I better write sticky note and tape to forehead.
P.P.P.P.S Mr WF is looking at me... See ya later Steppers...

[NoraC]

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Hi - all. Haven't been able to read back. Just about to sit and catch up but my niece is going to be here in a minute. So I'll get this started and post what I get done.

There's are new little features on the site now that I'm trying to check out. Has anyone else noticed? It is so encouraging that there is active management now. Really makes me feel better about the site. I'm hoping that we'll start getting new members now.

[NoraC]

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Liz - welcome home. I'm so glad that you had a wonderful time. You needed it. How fun to be able to do these things together.
I'm glad that the quote hit home with you. I don't know exactly what helped me come out of my funk. I felt it coming on and tried to battle it. And that helped some but it did get hold. I did things for me....reading, coloring, tried to keep focusing on the positive. Hope you can avoid it. :hug:
Sorry that Erin's glucose is high. I can understand her frustration with the the Doctors. Is she due in July? I forget again.
Glad you are home - you were missed!
Loved your coloring.

[NoraC]

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Rusty - so glad that you had a wonderful day of sunshine. My brother had counted how many days in a row of rain they had. I can't remember but it was around 29 days. You sound great. What is your happy secret?
Wow - 10 hour day on-site and then a long commute?!? Wow! We are having our audit mid May and are in NO way ready for it. Having the owner have major heart surgery and being off has thrown a wrench in the works. Going to be a lot of long hours and lots of work to get it done in time. I wonder if any of your clients scramble like we do when we are about to have an audit. :rotlf:
Wouldn't it be fun if you could do dog sharing!?!?