This week was a rollercoaster! Also I got about 3.5 hours of sleep on
Friday night & 5.5 hours of sleep last night, & I am not sure how
coherent I will be. Let’s find out together, m’kay?
Sunday, October 11th
Dr. M refreshed my flowers & put them in a new (roomier) vase. And I look a little too chipper here for a woman wearing a Bunch of Jerks Carolina Hurricanes t-shirt.
Sunday, October 11th
Dr. M refreshed my flowers & put them in a new (roomier) vase. And I look a little too chipper here for a woman wearing a Bunch of Jerks Carolina Hurricanes t-shirt.
Monday, October 12th
I had the appointment with my surgeon this morning. I thought he wanted to go over what might happen during my next surgery & give me the options. He actually wanted a different x-ray viewpoint (from overhead). After reviewing it, he said that he had placed the joint where he did because of the narrowness of my bones. I DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY!! I credit my lucky socks.
Tuesday, October 13th
I was fairly well pleased with my Cheeto pattern on my egg salad sandwich.
New Facebook profile pic. Why yes I did wrap myself up in that shawl and go out on the deck in 87 degree weather. Also, should I cut my hair that short again?
And here's my new cover photo - this rose blossom just up and jumped in the floor all intact, and you know that Morticia had to memorialize that.
Dr. M had to have his regular fasting bloodwork done &, dedicated citizen that he is, he decided to go vote while he was out! It was the first day of early voting for NC. I haven’t had a chance to go yet, but rest assured, I will.
I had another setback today (well, I guess it’s the first real one). On Wednesday, I noticed that my incision had been bleeding & today we decided that a professional needed to look at it. Turns out the incision had totally opened back up again (it was covered in Steri-Strips, which is why we didn’t know), so I had a thorough cleaning & three stitches (without any anesthesia). They said that I did very well, but frankly I’ve had tooth pain that hurt a lot worse. Anyway, now we hope for no infection (joint replacements and infection = NO GOOD VERY BAD MOJO). No photo, although I don’t know why I didn’t ask Dr. M to take one!
We had a cookie painting party at church! I asked Sue to take me & we had a great time. The cookies I made (left-handed!) are pictured below. My attempt at a sugar skull is pretty laughable – but it tasted good anyway. Ha!
First of all, your haircut is cut and the flowers are beautiful!! It seems as we get a little older the doctor visits, aches and pains start to multiply but hey! It's a sunny day and you're writing and smiling.
ReplyDeleteThank you! You are certainly right about more aches & pains as we get older. Oof.
DeleteI've been waiting for you to surface to see how things went, and all things considered, they went very well indeed! That opened incision's a pain (at least metaphorically, since you haven't had to take pain meds), but not having a second surgery is the best news of all. Good for Dr. M, getting to the voting booth pronto. Tomorrow's our first day of early voting, and I'll be there. Have you read about the NC college students who marched en masse to their polling place, once the one at their college was removed? Apparently it took them about an hour each way, and it really was inspiring, regardless of which candidates individual students voted for. (Although I have some suspicions...)
ReplyDeleteThat march was so inspiring!
DeleteYes - I saw the march too! It made my heart happy (and I agree with your suspicions).
DeleteI hope your shoulder continues to heal . I am scheduled for knee replacement surgery on December 2 and very much want to cancel
ReplyDeleteSiobhan
I kept threatening to cancel up until the very last minute. So I know how you feel!
DeleteI'm so glad you don't need more surgery. I know that's a huge weight off your mind. Careful of that incision, though!
ReplyDeleteYes! We changed the dressing on it today & it seems to be fine. Whew!
DeleteWhat a relief about not needing your shoulder redone.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think you think of all those weird food combinations just to weird me out.
I do think of you when I post weird food - but I didn't think cheetos on egg salad was weird. Ha!
DeleteGreat news that there won't be a revision surgery. And that you plan to vote! We voted on the second day of early, in-person voting. I wish that meant we wouldn't have to see any more political ads, but apparently that's not the way it works.
ReplyDeleteNo it's not, sadly.
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