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Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:53 am
by DeeClutter
Sadie, I too have been on this 'sojourn' of all the shoulder pain. Albeit mine was completely torn apart & down into my humerus & a complete shoulder replacement. After many years I still don't have movement and lots of pain. Saying this to tell you my one word of advice is ICE & often. If you can find someone with one of the auto ice devices for after surgery =do it. I didn't have it but anyone I know who used one swears by it.

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:28 am
by Emptynester
I can't believe how little I have come to this board in the last month. Usually I come several times a day. But between flying to SD and having company for 4 days - I have been MIA.

All is going pretty well with us except I won't have the Christmas gifts done for DGDs. DH has to go in for another heart cath as soon as they call me. He has an 80% blockage in one of his heart veins or artery. Obviously, he flunked his last stress test.

I'm still wearing this &%)_&_R*^ heart monitor. It is a real pain so I hope they find something to make it worth while. On the other hand I hope all is well as I am tired of Drs.

I have to bake a bunch of cookies for fellowship tomorrow after church and for after the Cantata tomorrow night. So baking is in my sights today.

Hugs to all that need them - sorry I haven't really CUOP to know what is going on.

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:46 pm
by Kathryn-in-Canada
I've s2s and cleaned up our satellite radio account. That took 45 minutes (most of the time on hold) but it is done and there's a credit coming my way.

Grocery shopping is next. Haven't had lunch yet so am debating eating out.

Forgot to mention there's a major storm headed our way, 6 - 8" of snow and dh is quite worried about it. I'm not for some reason. Although grocery shopping first would be a good idea. If I'm storm stayed after church tomorrow, it would be great to have the ingredients to do some baking and enjoy being stuck in the house.

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:01 pm
by Ivy
(((Sadie))), In 2010, I had left shoulder PT from the 1st week in Feb. until the last week in Dec. and surgery was 11/9/10. I'd had PT, but had postponements on surgery, due to a root canal infection and dental work, which if surgery was done, the surgeon said the infection could go to the incision area and throughout the body. Later, my shoulder froze, they did a certain shot into the shoulder capsule under radiation under the arm in the armpit area. PT continued, during surgery my surgeon "un-froze" or "thawed" my frozen shoulder. If you get frozen, too, they can do the repair and loosening under anesthetic. :idea: I'm so sorry you need to wait, but I, too, know what it's like to wait- several months- in my case.

I have a computer sign I taped up in a cabinet in the kitchen inside the door, I made during a different surgery in 2005, which states: THIS IS TEMPORARY; THIS WILL PASS! It's still there. It's hard to be patient, it's easy to get frustrated, and it's a journey I don't envy, but I continue to pray for you. I can sleep on the "bad" shoulder now, without too much problem, so things do get better. There are times though, when DH will need to reach into get wet clothes out of the washer and put them in and get them out of the dryer though. It's so amazing what little things pop up, which cause pain and we never think of them, until we're in that situation.

When your surgery's over, PT can be challenging, too, but you just keep up those exercises at home, and you'll recover soon and will breeze through it. Later, as you heal, and ice can be your best friend, you'll be so happy with new "old" things you can do again. It's sort of like a baby learning how to walk. Once it's all behind you, it'll be so much better. You'll realize how important our bodies are (healthy ones) and how wonderful doctors and PT folks, nurses, P. A.'s can be, too. I send you my very best Positive Energies and Prayers, too. The journey might seem a thousand steps up a mountain right now, but hang in there, and you'll be welcoming the walk down the other side, until it's over. I pray you Get Well Soon and that the wait isn't too hard for you. I remember the tears. Good things happened, too, because since it was my left arm affected, I could crochet with the right hand and made nice kitchen sets, hats, etc... for friends and family for Christmas. It was a diversion, as pen palling was, too. Hang in there.....

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:01 pm
by Cowinkie
I too am sending gentle hugs to you Sadie...Being in pain for any amount of time is the pits.

I finished my Xmas shopping yesterday. I mailed all off my Xmas packages the other day so I can cross that off my list. I had a weird kind of headache yesterday that zapped me of my energy so I am taking it easy today.

We had a wonderful time with Norma and Mr. Guy the other night...went don't we :lol: Dinner was delicious. I ate only sea food, no starch or sugars. This is a buffet type of place. We laughed and had a good time. Then we came home and had coffee. Mr. Guy has been teasing me about the "girl" coming to visit us over Xmas. Reminds me of when Lucylee was waiting to meet her son's for the first time.

This afternoon I am going to work on the guest bedroom getting it "girl" ready. Need to clear out space in the dresser and closet. Also have to rearrange my bathroom space. I already had that on my list of the things to do before I knew I was having a visiting guest. Its just a matter of focus focus focus ....

I should have most if not all of my Xmas cards done by tomorrow night. Then I will be finished with everything. Yesterday on my way home from shopping I was singing ...done, done, done in my head. Yippie.... Need to watch out for Lawrence though, I can see him peeking over the hill. The only camels I want to see are the ones that arrived with the Three Wise Men, and they didn't show up to the manger until AFTER Xmas :lol:

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:25 pm
by OKay
Busy morning.

TA-DA -
** 36 cupcakes baked for tomorrow. Still need to ice them
** Cinnamon rolls (from a can) baked for guys breakfast.
** Made huge bowl of pasta salad for tomorrow.
** Cleaned up kitchen
** Read book to LO
** Finished assembling the fruit/nut/candy bags. This was a bigger project than I expected. Ended up taking 13 man hours to accomplish. We did 8 hrs of it last night with the FNG helping. We ran out of candy about the time the FNG had reached their physical limits so we loaded everything up and brought it home. This morning DH brought home another case of candy and 100lb sack of mix nuts so we started again. DH, LO and myself finished it with a total of 347 sacks. I'm glad this is just a once-a-year project.
** Lunch was BBQ pork ribs on sourdough bread. Also some pasta salad.

Time to kick feet up and relax for a bit.

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:39 pm
by lucylee
I feel like I've been MIA a lot lately too. I have just been worthless the last couple of days. All I want to do is sleep. No -- I'm not sick, I'm not depressed, nothing is wrong -- I'm just sleepy.
So yesterday, I slept most of the day, and then dh and I walked 3 miles yesterday afternoon. That was it for any sort of ta-da for the day.

Today, I've got to get busy. It's already 1:30 p.m. I've got so much that needs doing today...
* need to visit my colorist ;)
* need to do laundry
* need to vacuum floors
I guess that's the big three. I hate coloring my hair. It's so much sit and wait, you know? Take a shower/rinse hair... put the color on... WAIT/WAIT/WAIT... watch the timer... 20 minutes... rinse/rinse/rinse (b/c my hair is VERY thick)... put the conditioner on WAIT/WAIT/WAIT... watch the timer... 2 minutes... rinse/rinse/rinse... That sounds so silly. Complaining about waiting 2 minutes. :roll: But y'all know what I mean -- it seems like FOREVER when you're just sitting there watching those seconds click by.

* need to clean out my closet and take a load of clothes to the thrift store donation box
-- I've got a feeling my house is a lot like one recently mentioned in MO... very neat on the surface but oh my goodness... bless ds's heart when it is time to clean out this place. One closet is pretty much just filled/packed w/cardboard boxes -- b/c dh thinks "we may need them some day." :roll: :roll: :roll: Laundry room cabinet under the sink is filled w/old towels b/c "we may need them some day." (In truth, we do use them in emergency situations like a toilet overflows or something, and then we throw them out, but thank goodness that does not happen often!) Just a LOT of stuff like this around our house.

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:02 pm
by Ivy
(((Dee))), Your shoulder experience sounded horrendous! I'm glad you're okay now. Do you ever have any problems with it now? :?: Oh, my. Your shoulder journey sounded very, very challenging to get through.

I did this so far:
- yoga/stretching
- s2s, etc...
- ate, coffee, etc...
- made reminders to try to do today (At least I'm hopeful!)
- had DH put Icy Hot Roll-On on my shoulders and back. (I overdid it yesterday with the laundry, dryer, hanging things back up.)
- devo, prayers, journal
- did an emails catch-up.

To do while DH is at a funeral:
- write a Conga to do list and baby step getting things done. :idea:
- write a children's poem(s) and perhaps a story if I can "wing it" right. :oops:
- to read on books/e-books.
- to get a b-day card out for a pen pal next week.

Sorry you're so sleepy, Lucylee. Maybe your body is fighting off a bug, so you needed rest. :?:

WOW! OKay, when you say you've been busy, it's so TRUE! You must have a lot of energy! Bottle it up and sell me some, okay? ;) WTG! :)

Cowinkie, It's great you mailed off Xmas packages, but I'm hoping your headache's gone and I'd take it easy today, too, if I was you. :idea: Good idea.

MT, Good luck with the heart monitor. I've done that, and yes, a person gets to the point where they're REALLY tired of Dr.'s! :roll: All my best to you! :)

Dee, "wreaths Across America" sounded awesome! :!:

Waving to Helia and Kathryn! :D :D

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:10 pm
by Nancy
I have baked a mini fruit pie for our lunch.
I got the new hens settled in to the isolation pen.
So far so good with them.
Not much going on here today.
Coffee is brewing now watching a movie. (_)p

Re: SATURDAY SOJOURN

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:28 pm
by Twins' Mom
This should have been "Slug Saturday" here. Just got up from long nap, assisted by rain coming down and dreary day here. Ds is still asleep. Poor dh is bored, bored, bored.

I think we'll go out to eat tonight to appease him. I hope ds will go with us, it's really great to have him home.