Friday

I'M SO-SO MISERABLE

I went for my pre-surgery intake at
MRCH yesterday. Since I worked at
that hospital for 19 yrs. I'm pretty
comfortable there. Then I went out
to lunch with my friend Aine. We
ate Mexican. Yummy. I've been on
tea and lettuce long enough. Today
I feel lousy. No pain mind you, just
tummy pressure and yuckyness.
My surgeon's office never got back
to me about an earlier surgery date.
I guess that they are used to crabby,
panicky patients so ignoring them is
the best policy. Sorta like insurance
companies when a claim is made and
the 1st "no" is protested. Anyway, I'm
too weak to struggle anymore. I'll
stay away from the Yummy stuff until
I feel better. Back on tea and lettuce.

Wednesday

I KNOW THAT YOU HEAR ME, BUT ARE YOU LISTENING?

I called my surgeon this
Wednesday morning, I
did get past person #1
(who told me Monday
to go off dairy and call
back Friday. I whimpered so she
settled for Thursday) and person #2
said that she was busy with
something else and would call back.
It's now mid-afternoon and no call
back. I don't want to eat only lettuce
and drink tea for a month.






Tuesday

I SEE A KNIFE COMING AT ME!


I told my surgeon that I would have my gallbladder out since the stones in it are small enough to pass and get caught in the opening to the pancreas causing pancreatitis which can be very serious. The surgery is scheduled for July 20th. Which wasn't far enough away for me. I didn't have any symptoms. No nausea. No pain. Only very, very, very mild slight stomach upset (so I thought). I scheduled an appointment with my primary doc for next Tues. just to get a 2nd opinion from him. Maybe without symptoms I could get him to agree with me to wait as long as possible. Well, I'm ready to cry 'Uncle!'. Today is the 3rd day that I feel miserable. There's a lead rock in my gut and I am perpetually queasy. I don't want to do anything, but sleep, or keep my brain so busy that I can ignore how miserable I feel. I am ready to call the surgeon and have my date moved up. I want to talk to my daughter first, but she's at the gym right now.
Any words of encouragment out there!?
I could use some right NOW.

Monday

TAKE ME-ANYWHERE!

Sometimes, I just get so
involved with what ever
my current addiction is
that I just can't pull
away. Today is one of
those days. I have
fussed with lost images
from the
until I am nearly crazy!
I also have 3 help
questions out there for slideshow
posting. I just can't seem to let
something go, even for a little
while until I am satisfied (perfect?)
with the results. I think that what I
need right now in something,
ANYTHING else to
take me away right now!

Sunday

I'M A VICTIM OF CYBERSPACE!

My heart is no longer thumping, but it still
does feel like a rock in my chest, and no it's
not medical. I am new at storing photos in
Picasa, so I was organizing albums, deleting
duplicates, etc. when I note came up saying
that some of the photos I deleted will be
removed from my BLOG!!! I raced with my
shaking fingers to my blog and images from
mine and Rexy's were not only gone, but
boxes with ugly red x's were left and all my
resolutions and settings were off. I felt sick.
I had sent out all these excited emails about
the proud new posts I had just done after
learning about my camera, learning to upload
pictures the way I wanted. Creating just the
right look I wanted and now my whole
computer was off, nothing was in proportion
any longer. The whole scheme of the blog
wrong. I was so upset that I couldn't even
cry. I HATED PICASA. They screwed not
only my blog, but my whole computer.
I had to resort to resetting my computer to
yesterday in order to get my look back. Plus
Rexy's Fetch post still needed a lot of work
to restore it. His header was gone and
needed to be reloaded and one of the side
images in his and my blog were gone.
I had to get it all fixed before anyone took
me up on my email and tried to look at it.
IT WAS LIKE INVITING PEOPLE OVER TO
A PARTY ONLY TO FIND THAT YOUR HOUSE
HAD BEEN RANSACKED BY SOMEONE YOU
HAD INVITED IN AND TRUSTED JUST WHEN
COMPANY WAS EXPECTED!


Even he knows the value and security of hard copy.
And he looks happy compared to me, but he's all
I've got that comes close to how I feel.
CHECKING ON A VISITOR SIGN IN THIS MORNING
I NOTICED THAT ONE OF MY BABY ALBUM IMAGES
WAS AGAIN MISSING. IT WAS THERE LAST NIGHT.
I AM GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ADD IT TO
THE TOP AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

Wednesday

MY BLOG IS WANTED AND READ!!!

I had lunch with my friend Andrea today and she
mentioned that if I am going to have a blog for my
friends that I had an obligation to 'keep it up'.
I was stunned. I definitely agree and I have been
feeling a little guilty for letting it go, but I truly
didn't think that anyone was really interested.
Most of the 'hits' I get aren't from people I know.
The last time I talked to Andrea about the blogs,
she said that because of health issues that she
couldn't sit at the computer to read very often.
My daughter says she's too busy, Shirley says
that the print is too small for her to read, Nancy
won't even look at it under threat of....well you
get the picture. I went over all this in another
post previously entitled click on:
from March 18th. Also, I reminded Andrea
that she didn't check any of the boxes about
wanting to know more about anything and she
didn't leave any comments, but that I am so
pleased that she is interested and that really does
encourage me to post more often. Now that I
can get my pictures off my camera and into the
computer will definitely help.
Andrea asked me about Kyle and how his leg
was healing. He is doing just Great! He's in a
walking cast now and can even take it off for
sleeping.
I went to Ryan's baseball game for the 1st time
last Friday and Saturday. What a thrill to see
these small young boys play such a great game
with such concentration and purpose. This is
their first year at 10yrs old and they are
wonderful!
My stomach has been acting up again lately,
this has been going on since before Feb. when
I went to the E.R. (see Feb. post click on:
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
-I added pictures of me in E.R.-
check it out and see how CUTE I look-sic!) so
I went in for upper and lower scopes. The tests
are a cinch with versaid (a short term memory
loss and anti anxiety drug-I am not sure of the
correct spelling). I also had a gallbladder US
which showed that I have stones, but I really
think that my symptoms are from my stomach.
I have an appointment with my surgeon
tomorrow (he did the scopes) and being a
surgeon he will suggest gallbladder removal,
but since I am a reluctant patient and NOT
convinced my problem is my gb he won't get
too far with me. I'll report what he finally says.
I have been doing tons of gardening lately and
enjoying every second. I plan on taking some
pictures tomorrow for SPRING to report on.
Check out her blog for the latest gardening
news.
REXY is so thrilled that he got pictures of
himself on his blog and lets you know how
wonderful he is!!!
I am done for now, but check back often,
since I will be keeping up with my posting.