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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Around
Posts: 10,109
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Legendary
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Around
Posts: 10,109
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I'd like to explain a few things~
I frankly don't know where to start, but I feel it's time to explain a few things. Thank you for the notes, cards, pm's, emails and posts wondering about me. I tend to be a little private *I know, hard to believe* but since so many have been asking~~ here is what my last few months have been like. This really isn't a vent, just an explanation.
I started out a few months ago just thinking I needed a little break from being on the PC.
In Nov, I had an upper GI and they found a Gastric Ulcer, which I am still trying to heal, w/o alot of success. (blah)
Then I had the very worst stomach bug I've ever had in my life and ended up in bed for 3-4 days. *another blah*
DS *who is a kidney transplant* had upper GI scope due to L side pain and is still doctoring for that w/o any relief, so may be seeing the surgeon at the Univ Hosp in the next couple of days. *we call tomorrow*
MIL fell last Mon night, so we rushed her to the ER, all the while fighting w/stupid BIL who didn't think she needed to go. Little did we know she had a heart attack and developed a blood clot around her brain from the fall, so was transferred 2 hrs away to the Univ. She had emergency brain surgery on Christmas Eve, so we were out there until around 5am Christmas day.
She is still hospitalized and will more than likely have to be placed in NH due to advancing Alzheimers. *still fighting w/BIL about that one, too*
Today, I get a call w/my Dexascan *bone density* results and after over a whole yr of Boniva infusions every 3 months, my bones have thinned out more and my spine is extremely brittle. I am considered high risk for spine, hip and femoral neck fx's. That's the straw that broke the camel's back and I finally broke down and cried. It felt good to cry.
The tx plan may now be daily injections of a bone building drug to try and slow down or halt the bone thinning.  I drove 70 miles today to pick up a container for a 24 hr urine catch to check for underlying problems besides the Osteoporosis. I don't know when I'll get that done, but hoping to in the next few days depending on DS. When I do collect it, I have to deliver it back to the clinic right away and have add'l labwork.
My dear cousin had a massive stroke around T'giving. I visited her and she has lost all communication, except w/her eyes. She cannot move or speak, but her eyes told me everything I needed to know. So, I really don't need to be in a pity party after seeing her. I can do this!!!!
Well, that's it in a very large nutshell. I am really not trying to be stand offish or rude by not being around much; I am in such a fog over the events of the past few months, that I don't know what to do next.
I'm sure I'll get my bearings and snap out of it, but in the meantime, I will pop in when I can.
So, for all the birthdays, posts and Holiday wishes etc that I have missed; this is for you HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, I wish you all well and Happy New Year.
PS, I have to tell you one more thing! I got the most amazing phone call on Christmas night from Anne/Koala. Talk about a shining spot in my day, heck in the past few months for that matter. She is amazing and sounds like the angel that she is. Thank you Anne and Russell! Oh, and the Nappy one has been harrassing me to keep my spirits up, too. I'll smack her another time.
Take care all!
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