HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE TO ALL!
As you can see from the time of this post we are not doing anything exciting for New Years eve. Rob is sitting in his new recliner, Andrew is watching TV with dad and I am on my computer updating everyone about my neck and checking emails!! WOOHOO what an exciting life we lead..LOL
We wish you all the best New Year wishes ever! Have a safe and fun night!
So I was finally able to schedule an appointment with my Dr. to get the results of my MRI!
Well today my Dr. called me to let me know that he is scheduling me to see a surgeon. I was a bit shocked by this because I have not even had my apt. with him. He said that he took a look at my MRI results and decided that I have a (his words here) HUGE BULGING DISC in my neck that is pushing on the nerves in my neck and causing the pain and numbness. He does not feel that physical therapy would do any good and that surgery will be the only way to fix this. I kinda chuckled because he was the one that said I would have to FAIL PHYSICAL THERAPY before he would even consider sending me to a surgeon!! Well I guess I must have FAILED before I even went!!
So now I have an appointment scheduled for January 20 with the Orthopedic Surgeon to discuss what we will do to fix my neck. I am a bit freaked out by the whole idea, but I know that I can not live my life the way I am now. I will keep you all updated as info comes to me!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!
I am so totally in the Christmas mood! I dont know why but this time of year makes me want to bake yummy treats and be nice to people that I normally would not be nice to!! LOL
From my family to yours we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, Safe New Year!!
The MRI went pretty well today! All that worrying for nothing..LOL!
We showed up an hour early..not sure why! So we decided to go down to the cafeteria and have a snack. The snack turned into a full meal, their food was so good! That wasted about 45 minutes! So we went back up to the Radiology department and they were ready for me! The whole thing took about 20 minutes. I didn't even have to undress for it. By the end of the 20 minutes I was in so much pain from laying on my back that I had to take a few pain killers and a muscle relaxer just to be able to move. All in all I think I did pretty good. They didn't have to stop the test, I worked threw the pain I was feeling and tried to ignore it. I knew that if I make them stop it will just take longer!
So now I have to try and get an apt. with my DR. so I can find out the results. This part could take a while. I was told that I needed to make an apt. for the 29th to see my DR. for the follow up. Well, when I called to make my apt. they said that they didn't have any available apts. left and that I would have to wait until at least January 5th. I am trying very hard to stay calm and not over react about this. I know that they are busy this time of year and really I have waited now almost 6 months with the pain, I can wait a bit longer! SEE...I am EVOLVING!! LOL
I will let everyone know what I find out when I find out!! Thanks for your continued prayers and well wishes!
Well, It has been almost a month since I was told that I can finally get an MRI of my neck and shoulder. Today is the day!!! My appiontment is at 1:00 and I am a bit nervous. I am not sure I will be able to lay still long enough for them to complete the test. The last time I had one done it was on my lower back and I was able to stay still for the whole process but I was not in pain then. This time I am not sure..I can not even stay still laying in bed. Maybe they will have to give me a muscle relaxer or something. Oh well we will see...wish me luck!
Well I am totally bummed! Nathan has been gone for almost 2 whole days now and it is so boring around here without him. Yesterday he freaked me out by not answering his phone or returning texts. I must have sent him a dozen...poor mommy!!
Anyway he finally sent me a text this morning telling me that he didnt look at his phone at all yesterday...the kid that has his phone hooked to his side at all times!!! I guess he is having fun or something like that!
I will try to call him later today or at least text him. I am sure he is busy doing whatever it is they do there>>LOL
I sure do miss that stinker when he is gone!
As you can see from the picture, the reaction to getting a Wii for Christmas was GREAT!!! I am telling you they stayed like that for almost an entire 5 minutes...it was GREAT!! Then once the initial shock wore off Andrew got up and started jumping around like a wild man. We could not get him to put the box down for almost 30 minutes. We had them believing that that was all they were getting..no game to play just the Wii itself. They did not seem to mind very much..LOL! Then we started giving them the accessories and then a game! MORE SHOCKED LITTLE FACES!!! About 20 minutes into this we finally gave them the Guitar Hero's world tour box to open! Andrew screamed so loud! He was so excited. That is all he has been talking about for such a long time. It was really such a special night! We did however make them stay at Margii's for over an hour. They just kept asking when we would be going home so they could get everything set up!! We are so cruel...LOL
I am so excited for tonight. We have been keeping a secret from the boys for almost a month now and it is killing me not to be able to tell them!! Our Landlord (who is like family to us) bought the boys a Wii for Christmas....WOOOOHOOOO!!! Since Nathan is going to his dad's on Saturday for the Christmas break she decided that we would get together tonight and exchange gifts so he would have 2 days to play with it! The boys have been asking for a Wii for over a year now and we truly do not have the money to buy one ourselves. I was in shock when Rob told me that she was getting them this gift. I told him that I didn't think we should except it because it is such an expensive gift. Of course he told me that she was not going to take NO for an answer.
So now the day is here!!! This morning after I took the boys to school Rob and I went over and dropped off all the Wii accessories that we bought for them for Christmas so they would not see us bringing a huge box of stuff over there tonight. This is going to be GREAT!!! I will post some pictures tomorrow if I remember to bring my camera with me...LOL
GOOD LORD IT IS COLD OUTSIDE!!!
Last night it got all the way down to -19 degrees! I don't think it hit more than 7 degrees today! It is nice and toasty warm at 70 degrees in my house..which I am sure I will scream when I get my electric bill! The last one was $195 and it was'nt even cold yet! I love the way the snow looks outside, I just wish it didn't have to be so cold to get that way...LOL!
I was on my way to picking up Nathan from school today and got stuck coming up the hill by his school..TWICE!!! I am pretty sure that I left 1/2 my tire tread on that road. I just kept spinning my tires. I finally decided that I should try to get out by turning the wheel to the left and hitting the gas while in low, then turning the wheel to the right and I kept doing this until I finally got loose....only to have the moron in front of me stop so I ended up getting stuck again! This one was a bit easier to get out of. I of course will not go that way again when the roads are icy! I will just have to go the long way from now on!
WOW!!! I stepped outside this morning to pick Nathan up from Ian's birthday party and got the shock of a lifetime! It was 3 degrees outside and about 3 or 4 inches of snow on the ground. I have not watched the news for several days so I had no idea what the weather was going to be like!! I hate to drive on the freeway when it is icy, I don't think I made it much past 40 mph!
But it sure looks beautiful from my front window!!
Posts
All Comments
