Pre Op Clearence

So I got up at 5:30 this morning to take Em to school and go to the Dr. I had my sister drive me because I have decided to stop driving. I didn't know what to expect they would take blood. Well the gave me something they called a gown. Ridiculous to call it that it was a paper vest that came just to the tip of my boobs and covered nothing. It was more like two paper towels. First I got a chest x-ray. She told me to raise my hands. Really? the paper towels were already at the tip of my boobs. I told OK but I'm gonna flash you. After the c-ray I got an EKG. She told me to turn the "gown" so the opening was in the front. I layed on the table. Then she hooked up pads on my legs, arms, and torso. She said it wouldn't hurt, and it didn't, it took about 10 seconds and that was it. I know this test has something to do with my heart. They said it was normal but I know from talking to my brother-in-law who has a heart condition, all they can tell is I've never had a heart attack. Then the nurse said "wait till I leave and you can get dressed". I said "Why is there comething you haven't seen. She didn't laugh no sense of humor. Then 7 viels of blood, and a pee test and that was it. Home I went. Pretty standard I guess. They did seem to want some kind of form from my other Dr. about what he needed but I didn't have one. It may mean I need another bllod test or something. Oh and interesting side note. There was a student at the Dr. and he had done a rotation with Dr. Spine and saw hime perform the same surgery I am having. Small world.

I'm Baaaack

I haven't written in a few days. I have been busy laying around the house and thinking about how bored I am. Then while reading my favorite blog the Pinoneer Woman I saw something called the bloggies. It is a site that gives awards for the best bolgs all over the world. I decided I would check out these cool blogs. So I did and do you know what I found out? That the most popular blog is just a woman writing. No bells and whistles just a woman living life telling her story. I like it. She started like me. I am writing for my own enjoyment. I still will but now I think maybe someone will read this. The trouble is I wonder if this will make me change what I write. Will it make me worry. Well for now I am sure now one is watching and if someone does that's ok too. I guess if I didn't want them to I would have written this in a book.

So I am worried that the surgery may be postponed. I still haven't had my disco and I can't get a response from the doctor who is supposed to do my EMT. SO since the surgery is scheduled for feb 10 and that is creeping up I begin to worry.

Well while I worry I sit around bored. I worry about getting increasingly fat. I worry that I sleep to much. I worry that my sleeep schedule is screwed up. I don't know why but staying up all night and sleeping all day seems so wrong. It is what teenagers and cllege students do. Speaking of which my son who is 18 is doing that it is really irritateing to me. I have no explaination for why it bothers me. It's it wrong? Aren't human beings supposed to sleep at night?

See what I mean sitting around THINKING is just not a good idea. I am going to try to write it all down here. Maybe then I will feel more normal.

20 days till Surgery

Well I spent the day on the phone with various doctors trying to get pre-op testing completed. I was scheduled for a disco tomorrow. This is a proceudre where they put you in what they call a twilight sleep and inject the disk. They are attempting to find the nerves that are cousing the pain. I have had it done before and have no memory of it. Then I have to have an EMT. I don't know what the acronym is but they send electrical current to determine the pathways the nerves take. Finally, I have to have a MRI again.

I also am dealing with my disability plan. I am now required to provide info on all doctors I have to seen in the last year. I am worried they will give me difficulty. I waited the required year so the back condition would not be a pre-existing condition. I am trying not to get worried because of course insurance companies do this but I don't know what I will do if they don't provide the disability. Makes me nervous.

Yellow yarn ball

I made a yellow yarn ball for my nephew. It is something he can throw around and it's soft. It starts like this. Then this. And finally it looks like this.

Another day Another picture of something ....

This is the view from the car when I am waiting with Emily for her bus. The trees and bushes are in the park "Ansan Park". I wanted to get a piture of sunrise but the building were blocking the sunrise so I took this facing West . You can see the snow on the mountains and the different color in the rocks. Las Vegas is surrounded by mountains like these on all sides.

I was wide awake for this becuase I woke up at 3:00am. I slept before that for 18 hours. I have decided to try to keep a schedule and spend a linited amount of time in the bedroom. Even if I am in pain I will stay down stairs.

Writing a Blog

There are so many topics I want to talk about and I never know what to use. I saw a very interesting movie tonight called Julie/Julia about a blog written by a women cooking all of the recipes in Julia Child's cook book. It was neat but it made me think about blogging. She choose to do a blog about something very specific. While I am writing very random stuff. I am totally good with that because mostly I am just interested in getting my thoughts out. As I spend most of my time stuck in the house.

I vertured out today and it was a huge mistake. My sister decided to make a garden. She reorganized the entire back yard and started getting things ready. So I went with her to Lowe's to pick up seeds and a hose nozzle. That seems fairly mundane, Right! Well I should have known it was a mistake when my back hur tthe minute I walked in the door. Then I just HAD to take a look at the kitchen cabinets ( I am working on remodeling the kitchen. By the time we got to the check out I had to go sit in the car.

I was in so much pain I went home and laid on a bag of peas (for the cold). I hurt the entire rest of the day. This sucks. I now can't even go to the store for 15 minutes. I am so eargerly awaiting this surgery. I have not gotten an official appointment for all my preop procedures yet so I will be calling the Dr.'s office in the morning. Wish me luck.

Dentists

Dentists suck ..... five freaking hours of waiting. I wrote a nice long post about this but they it disapeared. So basically it boils down to I HATE THE DENTIST.