Procedure Update

The day after my pain procedure and I am feeling pretty great.  A few hours after when the local had time to wear off I was pretty sore all around my neck and upper shoulders.  Some Ibuprofen stopped that and I slept really good last night.  They told me I would feel better for at least two weeks.  Maybe I'm the excerption to the rule.  I don't know.  I don't go back for 4 weeks.  I'll ask then.  But I am happy...today.  Oh and the procedure itself wasn't as bad as the tests, it wasn't fun at all but it's over and we will see how it goes from here.

This part is refering to later in the week(Sunday) after my procedure.  The pain has gotten much worse.  The muscles all around my neck and shoulder have tightened up and are very uncomfortable.  I have not been able to find a combination of meds yet that relieves the pain.  Even the muscle relaxer has done nothing.  Consequently I am cutting this short.

In case I don't make it back on before Christmas, I hope you all have a great one.  Hoping and praying for a better year to come.

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First Freeze? Procedure and Leak

The weather guessers predicted the first freeze of the season for our area this morning.  Didn't happen where I am, not even a little frost.  It's 40* here right now.  Who knows when it will happen bit it's getting pretty late in the year.  Sometimes we get frost and a freeze before a much of the area, sometimes we get none when others do.  It's just the way it is living in the hills.  But we still prepare all the tender outdoor plants anyway.  The day we don't is when it does freeze.  Then we have damaged plants that look pretty bad.  

Tomorrow is my procedure on the nerves in my neck.  Things like this don't usually bother me at all.  This one does a little.  Mainly because of the pain I will endure during and after.  The doc assures me I won't like him very much once the local anesthetic wears off.  It can take up to 4 weeks for the results to finally kick in.  After the pain of the two tests I do get second thoughts.  Even though they used a local it was pretty painful.  For something that will only last 1-2 years, is it worth it to go through all that I ask myself.  Especially when ibuprofen handles much of my pain.  Then I have a night like I had last night where the meds don't do much good and I'm ready to get it done ASAP.  I don't have a lot of pain other than when trying to sleep, so it's out of mind at those times.  But after 20 years of this, it is wearing me down.  So I tell myself to suck it up...I don't have to have it done again if it doesn't work out.  There's always neurosurgery...

Did a little plumbing on a sink drain that needed replacing.  We have those stupid cultured marble sinks and counter top that are all one piece.  The sink on my side apparently has a small crack in the marble around the sink drain.  So it leaks.  I pulled all the parts out and got some silicone sealant to use to try and seal the leaky sink.  It's working so far after 5 days.  The alternative is replacing the entire counter top and two sinks.  We aren't ready to do that.  The parts of the sink drain gave me new gaskets so I'm hoping all that will last a while.

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Miscommunication and Christmas Decorations

Due to a miscommincation my ablation did not happen.  They told me I was scheduled for the same test I had 2 weeks prior.  Medicare requires it.  OK, but somehow I did not get the message.  So I was tested again, and again it hurt, in fact it was more painful.  Probably due to my muscles being tense from anticipating the ablation.  The last test I got some immediate relief that lasted most of the day.  Same test this time and no relief, in fact I was in more pain than I was before the test.  I had to go back the next day to discuss the results of the tests.  This entailed them asking me if I wanted to proceed with the planned ablation or considering neurosurgery.  Of course surgery was not an option, yet.  So I told them let's continue with the ablation.  The doc said I will not like him much for a couple weeks after the procedure.  Not what I was expecting.  Evidently having the nerves burned off doesn't relieve your pain immediately.  In fact it takes up to 4 weeks and can be pretty uncofortable during that time.  He said it takes time for the nerves to stop doing their thing.  So we are scheduled to proceed on December 12.  It can't get here soon enough.

Christmas decorating has begun.  'K' has been at it for a few days.  First removing all the Fall decor.  Today the tree is up but not yet decorated.  This is not my thing.  She does an amazing job and am super proud of what she does, but I just don't want to be part of that except to put up the tree of lift a few totes.  

I have pretty much finished my part of the Christmas shopping (thank you amazon).  If I can't buy it online and have it shipped, y'all ain't getting it.  I detest shopping and espcially Christmas shopping.  

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