Shrinking Violets - Part 5!

[irishmae11 0]

Morning all,

Was a beautiful weekend here....got my planters done, went to a great Irish festival Sunday, Monday just chillaxed...and our Blackhawks won TWICE...only 2 more wins needed for the STANLEY CUP....(that's Hockey!!!)

Not much on agenda today....DD is off work and home...in the shower as we speak...2nd one in 12 hrs...umm, all you did was sleep....grr, she takes long showers....but we love her anyways....

Have an interview tomorrow for another temp position...my other thing ended Friday...cross your fingers and stuff...

Michelle, am reading a Danielle Steele book, Sisters, and the storyline is starting with a similar scenario as your FIL..

Judy, hope your surgery goes well, they have come soooo far with it these days...you'll be zumba-ing in no time....

Janie are you in Kansas City area....I know Tracey W is...well, shower is over....everyone have a great day!!!

[kity 2]

Judy, wow. Did you have any other trips planned for this summer? I know you'll mend quickly...especially w/ Water therapy!

off to eat lunch...Smart ones lasagne for 6 pts!

peaceout

[Teachlady 3]

Judy, wow. Did you have any other trips planned for this summer? I know you'll mend quickly...especially w/ Water therapy!

off to eat lunch...Smart ones lasagne for 6 pts!

peaceout

Nope.. no more this summer. Just Ca. in Sept. and Fl. in Nov. Only problem will be rehearsals for a concert in Sept. Not sure how many I will have to miss. Oh well. It needs to be done. I want to be able to walk again without aching or using a cane.

[mdrai 3]

Oh my, Judy! Total knee replacement! Yikes! You're braver than I! You know we're with you all the way!! xoxo

[delo 1]

Judy, it will be a little longer than 12 weeks before it feels like your regular knee, it was real hard for me to go through, but I bet you'll do better. Make sure you do your exercises after surgery, especiall the one where you get like an old cookie sheet and sit in a chair where you can bend your knee back on the cookie sheet. Put your foot on the cookie sheet and slide it under your chair, you need to have the range of motion and this is the best exercise to do for that. They will push your knee back as far as they can each time you go to PT. I finally got mine to 110 degrees at the end of PT. Log on to my Facebook and there is a video on there of me at Borgess after surgery. You will need a walker and a cane, believe me. I couldn't wait to start on the cane after the walker. I gained 10lbs with this surgery and it was on September 23rd last year. that's why I joined WW to lose this unwanted weight. Lost another half pound today at WW. The thought of even getting up to go to the restroom in the middle of the night was frightening, couldn't move out of bed to go, had to have my husband pull me up and move my leg down. I just think you should know what to expect cause no one gave me the news. Take the pain pills in the hospital. Guess what, when you first get out of surgery you go, wow, this is great, I can do this, I'll do my other knee very soon, well, what they do is give you an assortment of pain meds injected in the knee after surgery and you can do anything. Well, when this wore off, let me just tell you, you realize reality, wow. On top of all that, I couldn't take the strong pain medications they gave me, I was so nauseated and light headed and just took Tylenol, wow, I was in some real pain. I think maybe this could be just me, you might do real well, I'm a baby, but it's nice to know what might be. It will be a while before you can walk any distance without tiring. I tried to look around at Target with my daughter about 9 weeks post op and had to rest every couple minutes, just sat while she shopped. Let me tell you though right now I'm happy I did it, no pain. In fact, I can bend it pretty good now. It was hard to get my other knee to bend to get into a tight spot this weekend while the surgery knee did bend quite well. One good and one bad knee now. I will talk to you as you need info.

[janiebug 0]

Judy, thoughts are with you and your knee!!! No fair!!!! But, hopefully this will be what you need to make it all better!!

[mdrai 3]

Difficult times...

...but trying to make the best of it all... to enjoy the little, simple things...

man this year is kicking my butt.

[Teachlady 3]

Michelle.. ((((hugs)))). We're here for you.

Delo.. thanks for the info on the knee surgery... I think!! I didn't sleep well last night thinking of all the ramifications of it all. I've heard lots of horror stories about knee replacements lately, but also lots of people saying they wish they had done it sooner. What is your name in Facebook so I can find the video?? Mine is Judith Grieger Case if you want to find me.

I took a Water pill last night and was up 4 times and then of course thinking about everything in between. Today is WW weigh in and choir and a birthday party for Ethan who turns 4 today. I'm taking the flip so I can video it and put it on Facebook so Joe can see it. Going to be a hard day for him today missing his son's birthday for the first time.

Off to get ready for the day. Everyone have a good one. Will check back after weigh in.

[kity 2]

Morning girls~

((hugs)) Michelle!

Judy, I was wondering when you said about taking a Water pill at night...I HATE to wake and pee. I don't have trouble falling asleep, but have trouble falling asleep in the middle of the night after I pee. I don't have any pearls of wisdom for the surgery...just to get your rag mags and laptop ready for your recovery!

Haydee, Janie, Laura...WHAT UP???

Well my saga continues w/ the -907 on the paycheck. I'll loose another 454 on the next paycheck. I was out of "personal necessity" days, so because I took PN days, I have lose a day's pay ($454 a day). The WORST part, is that this effects my retirement because I now haven't "worked" a full year this year...soooo I am losing a full year of service. I should've just put in for sick days ($100/day)...and lie like everyone else does. uuuuuggggg I am hella pissed!

There is some drama at work, and I am dreading even going in this am. Yesterday, I walked away from someone who was calling me and said, "I am NOT going to talk about this again...have a nice day!"

Went to a National Board Honor's dinner last night...it was nice to be around NORMAL grownups, not the ones who drive me crazy.

Wish me luck, and I pray that God stays on my tongue today, so I don't tell someone to go F&^K themselves (which is what I really want to do):tt2::thumbup::confused::cursing:

xooxox

[delo 1]

Judy, it's Dolores Cosby

[Teachlady 3]

PamELa.. I sure would have taken sick days if I knew it was going to affect everything like it did! Are you docked for your sick days too???? Do you get Personal Days and Sick Days at the beginning of each school year? I always got 3 personal and 12 sick. The sick could roll over each year, but we would lose the personal days if we didn't use them. When I retired, part of the severance pay was being paid the daily rate for the sick days you had not used. I got $8,000 for those days alone with a retirement incentive on top of that. It was a great package at that time and made the decision of retiring a little easier. AND we can buy years. I lost 2 years the times I was pregnant and bought them back on a payment plan. Otherwise I couldn't have retired when I did.

As for the peeing at night.. I always take one the night before I weigh in. It worked for me when I first got the band and it seems to be working for me now, thank goodness. I usually don't have much trouble falling asleep again, but last night I just had too much on my mind.

[janiebug 0]

Pamela and Michelle, hugs to you both!! I know you are both going through some difficult times right now. Hang in there, know that right now, some great violet thoughts are coming your way!!!! Do you feel them????????

Judy do you have to go far for your surgery? Having had a couple of serious surgeries myself, and two basically the same, no two are the same. You never know how you will react. Try not to let the horror stories freak you out. I do know one thing, when I had to have emergency surgery it was better because I didn't have to think about what was coming up............The mind plays such tricks on us!!!

[Haydee 2]

I'm here I'm here! I hate posting from my phone during the day and always say ill get on when I get home. But then my schedule gets crazy and I end up coming home late almost every night. What's up with that??

Ah judy, so sorry about your knee. I hope everything with the surgery goes well. And I forgot bobs birthday! I suck!

Pam- aw man that sucks about your paycheck. Everyone had to sacrifice so much to come see me. You with this fiasco, laura leaving her bebe, janey not working, ect ect. Everyone gave up so much makes me feel so bad! I hope you find a way to resolve the problem. I love yall!

Michelle , hope your day gets better. Soorry about your fIL. Its just weird that soo soon after his wife is gone he's ready for someone else... makes me think about my parents. And about my own husband!

Well I have to run now. Ill be back in abit to finish up...

[janiebug 0]

No sacrifice here......

[Teachlady 3]

None here either!! Wouldn't have missed it!!