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Family camping trip
Last weekend, we went camping in one of our favorite areas west of Loveland. We bought our popup camper just a few days before I discovered I’d be having surgery on my hip. Since it took all summer to recover from hip surgery we had to keep delaying taking the camper out for the first time. I feel like we were waiting until the very last second but I didn’t want to wait until next summer. So we packed up the kids and we were off. I overpacked and brought way too much food, so I’ll know better next time. Still, it was an amazing time, and memories were made.…
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Weight Loss Journey starts today
I’m in a race against time. My hips aren’t expected to last more than 6-8 months because of the progression of my bone disease. I can’t get my hip replacements until I lose 77lbs. So my doctor has put me on a weight loss medication and referred me to a bariatric surgeon. I had to attend a seminar last week as a prerequisite to meeting with the bariatric surgeon and meet with them this Thursday. I’m not nervous at all, I’m actually really looking forward to it. I know it’s going to be a major life change. It’s one I’m willing to do because I have to change not only…
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Walking steadiness is still declining
It’s frustrating. I’m scheduled to see my third orthopedic doctor next week. The surgery only brought me more pain. The second doctor told me to deal with it so I’m hoping this new guy will help.
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I finally got a mechanical keyboard
I’ve been a geek my entire life. Having a mechanical keyboard was a dream of mine. I honestly thought it would never happen. I’ve been wanting one for decades now. It’s finally happened. My husband surprised me with one today as a late birthday present. It’s beautiful and the sound … the sound is soooooo nice. I couldn’t be happier.
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I had hip surgery
I had hip surgery. It was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever been through. The steroids I’ve had to take for my asthma/COPD caused me to have osteonecrosis of the hips. Basically, they killed my bone in the hip and femoral head and my bone died. I had a hip core decompression with a bone graph. They drilled into my hip bone and femoral head and removed the dead bone inside. I can’t walk or put any weight on my right hip for 4-6 weeks, so I have another 3 weeks left before my next doctor’s appointment. I’m not sure if I have to learn to walk again…
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It is what it is
I think I hit a level where everything got too big and I popped. I’m pretty numb to everything and I’ve managed to put on my logical hat and set aside unwelcome emotions. I don’t need anything holding me hostage right now. Mom had her knee replacement surgery on Tuesday and the actual replacement went fine (whew) but she’s been having a lot of complications with the pain meds from having allergic reactions to throwing up to having her oxygen levels tank. She’s been in the hospital for an extra two days now because of it. Does it make me scared for my upcoming replacement? I don’t know, sure, but…
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It’s been an eye-opening time
Not only has there been so much going on in the world, but there is a lot going on here at home too. I’ve had a lot of problems medically the past year and I’ve been going through a lot of testing and procedures. It’s been challenging because you can’t take your kids with you to doctor’s appointments anymore with COVID-19 regulations and I really struggle to find babysitting and available appointments in between dropping and picking up Tristyn from school and karate. The kid’s Nana is getting a knee replacement tomorrow (she’s my babysitter) so she’s going to be out for a month or two. So I went in…
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It’s amazing to me how fast kids can get sick and recover. Zahkya always gets whatever sickness the worst. She got a cold from Tristyn, got a fever with it, ended up having so much mucus drainage she was throwing up everywhere (including right in my face yesterday morning, yay Motherhood!). Today she’s not congested or anything, fever is gone and she’s acting as if nothing happened. I met with my Gastroenterologist yesterday and they ordered up a bunch of tests and procedures. I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, and “many many many biopsies”. A few weeks after that I go in for my pulmonary testing. The hospital did…
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Mishaps with appointments
I’ve had pretty bad luck this week with doctor’s appointments. I waited a month to see my pulmonary doctor and when I showed up there was no one in the office. The lady sitting outside the office taking people’s temps suggested I walked over to the hospital and see if my appointment was there instead. After I walked through the entire hospital the pulmonary office was exactly on the opposite end of which I entered. When they tried to look me up they said my appointment was a month from that date and to come back in a month. See, I had to get babysitting for this appointment and that…
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War and sickness
War in Ukraine. Russia is invading. This very quickly can turn into WWIII. Putin is cutting off his country making it more similar to North Korea than to any free world. The videos of the innocents get me every time. I can feel their fear and sadness and pain through the TV. It makes my chest so tight and my stomach in knots. I feel helpless watching from this far away. I’m about over the sickness. My family has been getting sick on and off for months now. We get better and it’s not long, maybe a few days, before we’re back sick with something else. Two weeks ago it…