Suziecat

Morning girls. I just finished eating 1 scrambled egg and a toast. I had calle the Cardiologist Office this morning and they said to go ahead and eat something but nothing to drink or eat 2 hours prior to the test. I wasn't going to eat anything but I was starting to get a headache and wanted to stop it before it got bad and put me in a bad mood. So now I am all set. We will leave here about 1:20. Not really looking forward to this. Hubby is all over me now. I can't do anything. I think he learned his lesson yesterday. Hope Kat is having a good time. Was she going to meet up with any of you guys. Tracy, Angela? I'll check in later. And congrats again Michelle.

Getting ready to call it quits. Long day and I need to get a little sleep. Michelle, congrats on the job. I hope you really enjoy it. I'll check in after work tomorrow.

Last night I looked up Flag Trivia and we ended up playing that at work this morning. The ladies like when I do things like that. Makes the 30 minutes go by faster. Went to WW for my meeting and in the last 3 weeks I have lost 4.8 pounds. Go me. That's even with having 4cc's taken out of my band. When I left for work this morning I opened the door to the garage and yup, there it was. Water. Well, it's only rained buckets for the last week and last night was another big storm. Water was seeping up through little cracks and anywhere it could. So I head to work and my meeting. I get home and my sis is standing in the kitchen and water is pooled in there. I holler upstairs for hubby to come down. He gets the shop vac and I take it into the apartment and proceed to run it getting up all the water. All done and then I get the dehumidifier out and running. I come upstairs and start the laundry to wash the stuff that was soaking up the kitchen water. Do a few other things and then go into hubby's room and asked him why that wasn't taken care of before I got home. I just found out about it, he said. I told him we go thru this about every 5-6 years and that we knew it could happen. That yes, my sister should have told us when she discovered it. But as the owners it is still our responibility. But why did it have to wait till I got home and for the love of Pete, why was I the one cleaning it up. The one waiting for back surgery. They are both lucky I didn't turn the shop vac on them. Now it's off to go get my other sis and take her to her appointment and then to the grocery store. Well, it's keeping me busy and my mind off my problems. Hope all are having a great day.

I'll take the link. I love those things. Thanks.

Thanks for reminding me that it is Flag Day tomorrow.

Busy day here today. I really got a lot done. Loaded up the back of the van to take stuff to Salvation Army tomorrow. Got the China bubble wrapped and packed. Made cupcakes and butterscotch pudding. Lots of other stuff also. Feeling pretty productive. Working on the laundry now. Since I started taking the vicodin I have fallen into a funk. I basically sit here in my chair all day and think, "Whoa is me". So yesterday I decided no more of that. I'm not going to turn into my sisters. So as of Friday evening I have been drug free. And most important, I've started moving my ass again. I'm gonna stop being the poor helpless little girl when I know that I am not. Just feeling sorry for myself. That is all done and over with. I'll use tha pain meds when and only when I feel I need them. Not on a regular basis. I really don't like how that make me think. Did everyone have a great weekend? Michelle, I saw that your hubby came home. I bet you guys were really glad to see him. I hope he can stay for a few days before he gets called out again. Tracy, good luck with the job. I work basically to keep my sanity. Sometimes I just need to get out of the house and get my mind on other things. Gives me a break from all that goes on in my crappy life It's my stress relief. Hello everyone.

Morning Girls. Woke up and was alreday making my list of things to do today even before I got out of bed. If I get everything accomplished I should make it to bed about 3am. So it looks like I'm gonna have to cut my list down. It stormed most of the day here yesterday. The sun came out about 5pm and it turned out beautiful. Now they are calling for storms again today. Looks like no pool time for anyone. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Well, it didn't go as well as I was hoping it would go but we are one step closer. The Doc said he is hoping to get me into surgery next Thursday but he would really like to do a stress test first. The last one I had was 2 1/2 years ago and he said that was too far out. Since I can't do a treadmill they will do the chemical test. They promised me that they have new drugs and that it's not as intense as before. Didn't ease my mind any. I told the Doc that I would suffer through the pain and do the treadmill, I got that look that said, Uhmm. NO. Anyway this Tuesday I will go to have that done and he said to have them call him immediately with the results. He will look it over and give me the info right then. We will not know till tuesday afternoon if I'm on for the surgery. I realise that my heart safety and my health is the most important thing and I am going to trust all of these Doctors and do as they say. But from my side this is very frustrating. I'm so ready to have this back surgery done and over with and to get on with my life. Here's where my patience or lack of it will get the best of me. I need to learn to let God and the Docs do what they need to do so that I can get back to my life. Argghhh. Just very frustrating, did I say that already???

Good Morning Girls. Long day ahead of me. I have a full shift to work and then off to the Docs office. Terri, my insurance also required that I wait 6 months. Luckily I had already been seeing my regular Doc once a month anyway. So we were able to cut that time down by about 3 months. So now all I had to do was make it thru the next 3-4 months. It wasn't easy. Several times I was going to throw in the towel. That is what they were hoping. But I hung in there. Actually the worst part of the whole thing was that they sent me to see a pshychatrist(sp?). She was horrible. Put me thru some very emotional sessions but after that first meeting, I resolved myself that I had come this far and I was not letting this woman bring me down. I played her little game and finally got her to sign the papers. I look back on it and how far I have come and the wonderful progress I have made and I'll tell you this. I would do it all over again. It was so worth it. I look better and most of all I feel better. My health is also so much better. The wait was really worth it. The money we saved by letting the insurance pay for it went for our pool that we had installed 3 years ago. We won out in both ways. Hang in there if you can. Show them how strong you are. I hope Kat is having a comfortable trip. Poor thing. Everyone, have a great day and make it a good one. I'll be back later to let you know what the Doc says about my surgery. Keep your fingers crossed.

Hmmmm, Tracy was on facebook this morning. Kat, have a safe trip and most of all, have a great time. I'll miss you and will be anxious to hear stories when you get back.

Ok Grace. Now people are going to look at you like you are an abused wife. Have a very safe trip and we will miss you till you post again. Speaking of missing. JENN. Check in soon.

As of 4:30 this afternoon, Tracy was going home. That's all I know at this time. We were at the hospital working when she texted me. Sorry I couldn't post till we got home. As I know more I'll post it.

Just got a text back. She is still in the hospital and says no bad news so far. I'll check with her later.

Just sent a text to Tracy. Hope to hear from her soon.

Just got up a little while ago and no word from Tracy. Hopefully she is home sleeping. Michelle, that reminds me of a trip we took when I was about 9 years old. On that trip I did a lot of fishing and I was pulling them in like crazy. However, I will not touch fish so someone had to be close by to take them off the hook. We did take them all home and my grandma cooked them all up. We stopped in New Mexico on our way home to visit some relatives and they took me fishing in a river. I caught trout like there was no tomorrow. Later that night they cooked it up for me to eat. I'll fish, just don't ask me to bait the hook or remve fish from the hook. LOL. Not much to do today. Later is our shift at the hospital. I'll probably do a few things around the house here till then. Make it a good one.

I just got a text from Tracy. She asked me to post for her. "I am in the hospital for observation due to chest pains. So far so good. Post for me please". As soon as I hear something else I will post it also. Keep her and the family in your prayers.

WOW, nobody was home today??? I know I was busy all day. Worked than took Sis to her Docs. Grocery store, took Sis home. Came home for an hour. Took Sis to the Docs and then home. Went back to work. We have had storms all evening. Lots of lightning, pretty but scary. I told hubby if I'm up in the morning I will go to the gym with him. We'll just have to see. My butt is really hurting and the hip is too. Seems like the only time I get relief is when I workout. If I go I will ride the bike for a couple of hours and do upper body strength training. Kat and Terri, did you guys get a chance to meet up? I hope so and that you guys had a great time. Hi everyone.

I don't know how to Multi-Quote. How exciting that Kat and Terri will be meeting up. I hope that her enthusiasm does rub off on you and if you have any left over can you spread it our way???? I did tell hubby if I keep going at the rate I'm going that I will be about 8 pounds lighter by my surgery. I'm working a double shift tomorrow plus older sis has 2 Doc appointments. It will be late before I check in. Have a great day and make it a good one.

Update. Cardiologist appointment this friday afternoon. Surgery is tenitively set for June 17th. Keep your fingers crossed.

Welcome Terri. So glad that you have joined us. Angela. That is such a scary story about your son. Please don't blame yourself foe any of it. It was truly an accident. Math was the one subject that I was very good at, it was everything else that I struggled with. I will keep him in my prayers. Ok girls, lots of running around and numerous phone calls and this is where we stand right now. The Doc that ordered the test has read the report and is not concerned and has signed off, she however is sending the report to my GP for him to decide if I need to go see a Cardiologist. She said that my valves and arteries looked good. There is a slight diminish in the heart beat but nothing that should be of any concern. She would just like for me to do a quick follow up with a Cardio Doc. In a little bit I will call my GP and talk to the nurse. She has already been informed about what is going on. But I will check with her and see if she can get me in as soon as she can. Not sure I will get all of this done in time for surgery this thursday, looks like it will probably be next week. I'm feeling better already.

Wow, Haydee is pregnant. How cool. I kinda hope she has a girl that looks just like her. I have always thought she was so pretty. Good Luck to them. Sitting here in a funk, I think I'm still trying to wrap my brain around all that has happened. Looks like I have a real busy day ahead of me tomorrow trying to get my Docs all in a row. This is going to be interesting. Kat, your trip sounds like a lot of fun. I have never been to SA and hope to some day. Glad that you guys decided to go because it is very important to visit all the people you can. That's one reason why I am looking forward to our trip this summer. But the family needs to know that you guys can't and shouldn't be taken advantage of. Hopefully they will see this time around that they need to respect you guys more. Good Luck. Michelle, Pregnant? LOL. I felt that way after my surgery. All bloated and I would keep my hands on my belly like I was protecting it from anyone hitting it. So I'm sure it probably looked like I was pregnant. We had a nice quiet day just hubby and I. We were sitting out on the deck enjoying the afternoon and listening to the ball game when a hand shot up over the fence. It was Daniel from down the street. Kat and Tracy know about him. He's 22 years old but has the mind of a 7 year old. Everyone in the neighborhood watches out for him. Well, he was standing there in his bathing shorts and a towel. We allowed him to come in to go swimming and he had a good time. We said we would give him an hour but he got out of the pool after 30 minutes and said he was done. Just in time for my nephew to call and ask if he could bring Abby over to swim. All 3 of them came over and we cooked hot dogs and had chips and fruit. So all in all it was a good day. I'll take it. I hope I was pleasant enough tho, my ass was killing me the whole time and I tried not to show it. I haven't worked since last Tuesday. I'm going back in tomorrow morning and working a 3 hour shift. I'll work till we get this all figured out. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Hi Jenn.

We turned our air on Thursday morning when we left for the hospital. They were calling for it to be really hot Friday and Saturday and I told hubby that I didn't think I wanted to be sweating while I was recuperating. Little did we know. But the air is still on because it has been really hot here. But tomorrow it's supposed to cool off and stay in the low 80's for the week. So we may just turn the air off for the week. In California we had a swamp cooler. I really miss that. This AC is too cold for me. Went to mass this evening and it was pretty emotional. Everyone asking how I was doing. I did have a long talk with Father and that made me feel better. Kat, how funny that the family is starting to realize what a gem Rick is now that they won't have him there to do all the things that he does. What a good kick in their butts. We are having spaghetti for dinner. I haven't fixed it in a long time. The house smells wonderful. Have a good weekend.

Kat, I'm so glad that you are feeling better. I've never had a UTI so I'm not sure how painful one is. But that sounded really scary. That is funny about the roller derby butt. A friend of mne has one of those slide things. I'll have to ask her how she's doing with it. I went and got the boys and brought them over to swim for a while. When I went to take them home they wanted to know if I was going to feed them. lol. So we stopped at McDonald's for Connor and then went to Wendy's for Ben. Good thing they have dollar menu's. Came home and my BIL grlled some burgers for us. What a treat for us. Dinner was really good.

I'm up and moving, although not like I'm worth anything today. Still a big puddle of mess but at least I got a little sleep last night. This waiting thing is going to suck. My nephews live-in is having her gallbladder taken out today. They were in the ER most of the day yesterday. So I told him I would come over and sit with him during the surgery. Later today I will run over and get all 4 kids and bring them over here for a few hours to swim. That will give her a little time to get some rest. Having the kids will help me keep my mind off my problems. So I'm looking forwaard to having them. They are a lot of fun anyway. I'll check in soon. Everyone have a great day.

Thank You Kat. Thanks for the kind words and wisdom. My friend Bob said that the way my sisers keep my blood pressure up that he was really surprized. He thinks Hubby and I need to exercise my heart tonight. He's a hoot.