And to the question do I spoil them. Yes, I will get them
chicken strips at the convience store once a week usually.

And sometimes they eat other things.

But I will figure this out. THey will be eating dog food too.

Donna

Good luck with your scan's today Kay

I hope the scans went smoothly and you did not have to wait too long.

I took your advice Bobby, and rather than just calling the vet right away to get the med to rub on Rocky's ear, I ordered the salmon flavored pill pockets to see if he might like them better, and I can get him to take his pill. Of course I had to buy Buddy new "fishy" treats that hopefully won't make him puke, too. I got them from Amazon, one day shipping, so they come today. Thank you for the suggestion

Yesterday was f'ing horrible. I hung in there blow after blow, but finally TOTALLY LOST MY S***. One woman can only take so much. It was just f'ing ridiculous, and I'm not going to get into it because I'm still really anxious about it, and don't want to relive it.

A call from my hematologist/oncologist in the evening ended up saving the day in the end tho. He called to tell me that there were no pathologically significant lymph nodes on the CT scans, so I don't need a biopsy after all!!
I almost s*** my pants when I saw his number pop up on caller ID because usually when a doctor calls the same day as the test, it's bad news, but he said that he doesn't like to make patients worry if he can avoid it. He is such a nice doctor!!! That was the wet read tho, and wouldn't include any problems with my GI tract, because that's not why the test was ordered. My surgeon is going to request the CT images of my abdomen, so she can sort those issues out. All I know is I had liquid D all day, and late into the evening, yesterday.

Because of the spasm in a new part of my lower left leg, I was worried about a potential relapse, and that I would start having problems walking. I could not tell at home because I do not use the cane here, so I take pretty small steps, but while I'm out, I take fairly long strides. But, when I went outside to walk to my car, I could tell my gait is off. I can't really describe it because I was relying so heavily on my right side, and I was forced to take smaller steps. Fortunately, it's not catastrophic or a HUGE difference. But I have MS, and when I'm having problems like this, I worry that I will go to bed and wake up in the morning unable to walk. So, that was also hanging over my head all day
But that was not the case this morning I can tell that my gait is off now tho and I'm having increased neuro pain and profound numbness from the inside of my left leg at the upper-thigh to the knee and the outside of my lower leg traveling to my foot and some toes. Could be worse tho.... could be a lot worse, so I will take it.

Thank God I remembered that I have to renew my drivers license. My birthday is next Thursday. I will have to go do that tomorrow... too anxious to go downtown to the DMV today.

I was able to get 2 things on my to-do list done yesterday, but I was limited in what I could do because I had to shower, nurse the CT contrast, and get to the hospital on time to get the scans done. I WILL get something off my list done today, but I have to go buy my husband cigarettes... the A/H left his empty carton on the counter, which is his way of letting me know he's run out.

Kay

I'm glad the results are good so far.

I also hope you can just relax some now.

Hope you can get the license tomorrow now.

Donna

I hope the fishey treats are doing the trick without fishey toots.

I am so sorry to hear your experience was f'ing horrible. One can only take so much. I agree. Been there. I am experiencing incontinence (both) which is embarrassing to have and to talk about, but it is my current truth. Working on a solution. Urinary probably due to the mess implant I had for a cytocele years ago.

We have to keep track because our disease may be progressive and we have flares that may just be a burst of symptoms without loss of function. I pray you do not loose function. I have to work out everyday. Not in the traditional way of course, but to try to maintain muscle elasticity,strength and endurance, which I lack.

Yea no biopsy!

My hubby does sh@t like this all the time. Do they not know jumping in the car and traveling anywhere takes planning and abilities we might not have right now? I over compensate when I can because deep down I feel like he did not sign up for this disease and this life style. So I cut him slack whan I can and kick his *** when I must.

I am so sorry to hear about that. Could you take a laxative that would work in the morning so you would be mostly cleaned out?
Bobby

The new salmon flavored pill pockets are working out well with Rocky (for now), and Buddy likes his new chicken and salmon treats, too.

I will be able to read the CAT scan reports myself sometime today. They have not been posted yet.

The only laxative I can take right now is Mirilax because of the surgery I had done (subtotal colectomy). I only have 1ft of large intestines left. I vacillate between buckets of liquid D and constipation. It's a constant struggle. But I just cannot take the same things you can, and it would be unsafe, and impossible, to even try to clean myself out every morning.

Rain shower, I have experienced both kinds of incontinence, too. I'm so sorry that your problems are ongoing (((HUGS))) I started out having spastic bladder, but now I have urinary retention, and have to cath intermittently 4-5 times a day. It's a PITA because 1) I'm supposed to drink a lot of water because I have CKD and 2) I'm CKD stage 3 and pee A LOT anyway because of that. If I don't cath, my bladder gets full, and I can have overflow incontinence. So between that , and my GI problems, I'm always in the BR. I had a few incidents of fecal incontinece around the time I was having problems with urinary incontinence, and also after the subtotal colectomy.

My MS is relapsing progressive, so I get f'ed over both ways, but I am just so thankful that after all these years, I'm still walking. It's f'ing amazing!
I'm already starting to compensate for my new gait issue. We'll see how that goes. If I become unsafe, or pick up a nasty habit, I'll have to go back to PT.

"My hubby does sh@t like this all the time. Do they not know jumping in the car and traveling anywhere takes planning and abilities we might not have right now? I over compensate when I can because deep down I feel like he did not sign up for this disease and this life style. So I cut him slack whan I can and kick his *** when I must.".
I feel the same way, but my husband is not nearly as supportive as yours.

I would have liked to have left for the DMV earlier yesterday, but I was stuck on the toilet for a while in the morning. It took longer for me to drive and deal with parking and walking there than it did for me to actually renew my license. I guess I picked the perfect day!
Before I went home, I got gas, played the lottery, and bought ice cream (I can't be without THAT).

I had to be home by 2 for the cable guy. The whole cable situation has been a s*** show (5 calls for this issue), but the guys that came out seem to have fixed the problem. But because of an idiot I talked to on Monday (for almost an hour and a half!), they're shipping me a new cable box I don't need at a $15 cost to me and he added a third non-existent outlet to our account. It should arrive Friday, and I will have to go downtown to the store to return it next week and try to get the shipping cost and extra outlet removed from my account

I vacuumed the living room rug three times yesterday because the first time I knew the vacuum wasn't working. I had to cut a bunch of threads and hair off the rollers and change the bag. The second time, I thought it was working until I realized it wasn't picking up some cat hair, so I had Corey open up the bottom, but everything seemed okay. Then, for some reason it started working again, so the third time around the rugs in the living room and bedroom actually got vacuumed. I am SO sore today.

Then I made brownies (from a mix), and ribs and tater tots for dinner. It all went over very well with Corey.

It's already 90 degrees out. There's no way that I can sit for hours outside in long sleeves (I have to wear them out all the time, which is my own damn fault) at my MIL's picnic table. So, I'm staying home. Maybe I will get more cleaning done, maybe not. I pushed it yesterday. It's already passed noon, and I haven't even brushed my teeth yet... lol.

I would cry for you if I could cry. Great about the kitty cats!
love
bobby

I called my father yesterday to check up on him and say hi. He wished me a Happy Thanksgiving When I told him it was the 4th of July, he said he guessed he was having a bad start to the day. Then I told him it was 3 in the afternoon. He said he is still sleeping all day, is very weak and can't feel his legs or feet. At least he is using a walker now. He has not been out of his house, which only has three stairs as an entrance/exit, since he came back from Florida in late March. I can't tell him or ask him to go to the doctor because he'll get PO'ed and hang up on me. He's a stubborn SOB. So, there's nothing I can do...

I don't know how my brother's doing right now. The last I heard, his pdoc put him on Trileptal and he was coming down from his manic episode, but he had a lot of anxiety, and she wasn't going to give him anything for it yet. I've stopped texting him because in all the texting we've done, and it's been A LOT, he hasn't asked ONCE how I've been doing, so I figured F*** him, but I will have to let him know about the call with my father.

I swept and swiftered the bathroom floor yesterday. I would have liked to have gotten to the kitchen floor, but I ran out of solution for the swifter mop. I didn't do any other cleaning, or cross anything else off my to-do list. I took a 3 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon.

I want to do a million things today, including grocery shopping, but I don't know how much I'll get around to doing. I don't want to run myself into the ground...
I may just put the grocery shopping off until tomorrow because I have a chicken pie in the freezer. IDK. I will make a list and see what can be done today, or put off until tomorrow or Monday. We absolutely have to do the laundry Sunday.

Kay,

Good luck with your shopping, whether you go today or Saturday.