Orthopedic @ MindSay

Got the kids to school-Check

Went to the doctor's-Check

Went to Dollar General-Check

Stopped at the town store for cigs and scratch cards-Check

Called and Updated Randy on Knee-Check

Waiting on Mail for Bonus Check-Pending

Mailed last of Holiday presents-Check

Cooking Lunch-Pending

Lots of Household Chores-Pending

Okay so that is some of what I did between 7:30 and now today.

I am pysched though.  Got my stitches out with only a lil trouble with the one that kept crusting over.  Sooooooooo glad I took a loafa sponge to that stitch this morning to get it loose!  The doctor came in bent my knee every which way, got the low down of what happened after surgery with it, and we discussed his uppity nurse and issues I had.

Doc Samulson was NOT happy when he heard that my surgery was switched from the Hospital Surgery Center to the New Surgery Center across the street WITHOUT my okay.  Nor was he happy that Peg gave me hell for cxling the appointment I did NOT remember agreeing too even if I did and attempted to chew my ass out.  He goes that explains why she passed off your chart to the younger nurse.  I said yep cause she didn't want to be in here when I was laying it out to you about her behavor.  She may be just fine with the older crowd of paitents but she isn't going to pull that crap with me.  I reminded him he wasn't affiliated with any of the Clinics or Hospitals in the area and I could easily move my knee issues back to my highschool knee surgeran even if I do NOT like his new facility and how it is in SD and away from all the hospitals.  And if I move my care over there so does my dad and so does my uncle (he is having knee surgery this month from via a different doc in same office) and he would loose a potintal paitent with my hubby's shoulder.  He apologized and said he will discuss Peg's behavor and she will NO LONGER be my nurse when I go.  Get uppity with me we will have issues.  I don't buy into I am a Nurse therefore I must know more than you bullcrap.  Kiss my ass!  My mom's a RN, my sister's an RN, I have multiple cousins that are nurses, paramedics, doctors, PA's, and physical therapist NOT to mention Vet's and Vet techs. 

Anyway I got clearance to hit the gym but no reistant weights on my legs-I am to use free weights where I can control the actual weight on that knee.  And I can go back to taekwondo with walk throughs and pivots but no jump kicking as of yet.  And I go back in a month to get final clearance and discuss periodic care of my knees as I get older.

Yay me!  Starting next week every morning I am hitting the gym after I drop the kids off-barring any other appointments!

9:45 pm 11/08/05

after my chiro appt yesterday, I went and spent a couple hours with a girldfriend.. we talked, we laughed, we cried, we worked it..let me tell you.. then we prayed... I went home feeling encouraged, yet very tired.. and climbed into bed at 8 pm... She called me the next day..she too hit the sack at 8...

While our 'prayer' time was only about 10-15 minutes at the end, the talking, the breakthrus and neww levels of awareness were highly intense for me. Some revelations about my past, how its tied up with me now, etc... just incredible, and I feel like a baby christian.  But God says .. "Dont despise small beginnings" and something about not forgetting ones roots...

I had 3 clients today..pretty much my max lately, back was running about a "2" today.. arm and shoulders "2" and little to no hand tingling!  Toothache...was hovering all day.. and by 430 full blown throb, that even a darvocet wouldnt touch..

My husband was able to go to the support group meeting up at Lake Lanier.  Tonite happened to b a recipe swap... lots of tasty foods.. he tried them, I couldnt with this mouth of mess. 

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830 am wed 9, 2005

Up and ready to go to the ortho today for my test 'results'....I elept with my hot water bottle, did a few gargling treatments, but not even the combination of ambien, tiredness, and darvocet x 2, could keep my teeth from hurting.  I know they are a mess from the last round of dentistry I had, in FACT the upper right one that is bothering me, is THE one I originally went to the dentist for...but he decided to go after the one on the left, cause it was 'worse' even though it only hurt when began poking and manipulating it.  I guess he made sure that I would have a reason to come back to him.

But alas...I have to put it in God's hands, my healing, our finances, my pain, the rent, I am simply taking it off of my shoulders and trusting in him.

He and I were talking this morning, He led me to read Joel chapter 2:13-14...I took it to heart. After W/we had worked thru that (til I felt a peice come over me) I glanced over at Joel 3:9  saying.. its time for war, prepare, let those who are weak say they are strong!

I said, ok, God I am choosing to trust in You.  And He revealed to my heart why I have such a struggle each time I have to trust Him:  I don't feel worthy of Him continuing to do good things in my life, I feel like at any point He is just going to throw up His hands and say.. ENOUGH ALREADY, I feel that He is just going to let me wallow in my own "bed" that I have made for myself over the years with the choices I have made.

He said, That is man, that is how men have treated you... I will never give up on you Dawn.

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Ok, off to the ortho.

Ended up getting a cortisone shot in my right wrist this morning, that stung, but he said it should bring some relief, begin to let my neck muscles relax and I should begin to see overall healing.

Probably, since I have had several pretty good days in a row now.. where my pain as far as my neck and back are concerned have been between a 1-3.  Encouraged.

I just got home, had my chiropractic appt this afternoon, after a 1 hour massage. The girl that worked on me, doesnt work as deep as I would like, but she has a good touch, and I feel good afterwards. 

My teeth are killing me, so I have begun taking an antibiotic, which is ok in the scheme of the gastric bypass process, cause I am scheduled for the Dr and the test on Nov 30th, so as long as I am off the antibiotic by the 16th.. all good to go..and she seemed pretty confident that if all systems go, Dr approval, psych eval, etc.. this actually COULD happen before the end of the year.. how about that?

I guess I am not going to church cause a: everytime I open my mouth, the whole right side throbs, and b: took a darvocet on an empty stomach and I am feeling woozey.. So going down to make some campbells chunky soup for my dinner, hubby is driving somewhere in Florida.