I always sorta dream like Cherry that the night will somehow bring good in the morning.
Since I did'n't do too much yesterday I am ok right now. Usual but I feel good in my mind which
is something I haven't had in a long time.

I guess Mike got to sleep since he didn't check in first.
Maggie is up here beside me, rooting her way under her blanket.

I will do my quiet time now while I drink my coffee.

I will go to the doc at 8:30 so I will have to and hour earlier.

I hope everyone has a good day. I will say a prayer for all.

Love you, Pauli

You guys are waking up when I'm going to try to sleep! Pauli, I'm with you on feeling ok within myself despite the pain. Sometimes that is the extra battle of the day! Achieved a few things on my list today, so overall...ok

Wishing your new Dawn brings less pain x

It is only 3:30 on the west coast. Thankfully, I do not have to be anywhere before 1pm. I woke up with my feet on the edge of the bed. Thanks to my 15.5 pound tuxedo cat named Idgy (short for Idgit which is latin for idiot). He is not so much an idiot as he is slow. he is 13. He was brought into the ER by a housekeeper at the hospital. She had found him by the side of the road. He was seven weeks old when he came to live with us. His two things in life are to eat and sleep and repeat the same cycle until you are able to get in bed with "supermaster--Bob and his mistress--me" The latter is all Bob's doing, lol. In case you wondered, we are kind of fond of him. He is a keeper. The vet wants us to put him on a diet and also clean his teeth. can't put him through that as well as the factor that we can't afford to clean his teeth. He is on costco maintenance food if you want to call that a diet. Works for me!

Got bills to pay and take my son for a store meeting. Then, I help sort food for our little food pantry for tomorrow. But in the meantime, sleep.

Morning all, just got back from the pain clinic. Had a good appointment today. I've lost 21 lbs on their diet and my pain is being managed well. Not to say I don't have pain, I sure do, but the meds are working on it so no changes. I'me done with pain management for now, back to my gp for follow ups and prescriptions. Pain doc said he's there if I need to see him but he thinks I'm doing really well and will get along fine just going to my family doctor. I'm ok with that for now, knowing i can call him anytime and see him if I need to.

Off to physio in an hour or so, that is going ok too.I was pretty sore after last week but that's to be expected. Anyone is sore after a workout, no difference its just a very light workout. Take care everyone and have a great day. Sun is shining here so it looks like a good day so far.
Hugs, Lisa

Goodmorning everyone. Today is my 5 month post op 3 level fusion. I have no more nerve pain but I do have a pain to the left of the incision on my back. It is limiting some movements and if I don't rest enough it really acts up. I can't quite figure it out. PM says it's pulled muscles. PT says it is strained muscles and joints. Both say I am overdoing it. Well, I am, but as a mom it is sooo hard not to. That is why I did the surgery in the summer. With 2 very active girls and a hubby working tons of OT while trying to re-do the basement (had a major flood) I really don't know how to take it easy. My older daughter just finished her high school play, so that will help. Today is my younger daughters talent show so that will be done. And for the first time in 11 years (since my mom passed away) I am not cooking Thanksgiving this year. My brother flaked out on me so my neighbors (that we love!!) insisted we go to their family's Thanksgiving. Soooo.... maybe things will slow down a little. I am giving it to next week then I'll call the surgeon to see what he thinks is going on.

I have been texting Rachel(RayRay). She is doing good. She started her job on Monday and said so far so good. I am sooo glad things are going ok for her.

Lisa that is awesome on your weight loss!!! Good for you! I think I found at least 5 of the lbs you lost LOL!!

I hope everyone has a great day!
Autumn

Did my little Volunteer job yesterday. The ladies are so excited about having a chance to practice their English w/ someone one-on-one. I wish I could go more than once a wk. Maybe later.
Then went to the grocery store, came home and "hit the Wall". Slept all afternoon, woke, heated leftovers, ate, watched Dancing w/the Stars and slept all night. Ugh!! (its good to be able to sleep but its still frustrating when I hit those days that all I can do is sleep!!!).
Raining today and will all day so I'm making no plans. Just try to do what I can do. I am making progress and need to remind myself of that. Those of you who go all day long, I don't see how you do it!!

Hello all and good morning! Kinda feeling like....what's so good about it....lol......Rainy and grey and dropping temps and pressure.....need I say more.....

Besides that and the daily headaches.....doing pretty good. Reminds me I need to do an update on main board...geez, I would loose my head if it wasn't attached.

I don't have enough brain power and haven't had coffe yet, so it is too much for me to mention everybody......so, just a quick shout out:

@Rachel....so glad to hear you are doing well.

@dmaspord.....went to DS Community site to see about letting them know of your issues.......apparently you are not alone. Lots are having the same issues with the site as you. DS responded with a reply that they are aware and sometime in the next two weeks they are implementing "bug fixes" that they hope will take care of the problems. Guess we are just going to have to be patient.

Hope everybody has a less pain day! Hugs!

Tonna

Hello Everyone....THIS IS WHERE you all are? I was worried =( But here you are! I could not find you anywhere else my friends!!! I hope you all are well and baking pumpkin pie....me I want to, I want to, I want to - then three clicks of my heels and nothing...I am in bed still. LOL The weather here keeps going from mild to cold, so you know what that means, or you might. PAIN!!!
Hugs to you all and warm wishes for a better day,
♥ Eva

im here im hurting really bad , not staying around for long hurts to bad to type hugs love minnie,.the medical is really had to find i jus came to make sure everyone is ok hug love minnie

Shoot, I just checked in on the other thread...

Cherry, Your posts are getting far more succinct saying the same thing...I wish there was something I could do to help decrease your pain. I keep hoping that now you are back with your old doc...your pain will decrease as well with better management. Have you ever tried a patch? I wonder if that would give you more relief because you would not be chasing the pain but, stopping the pain from becoming so intense. I don't know, just a thought my friend.

Pauli; myshoes and LE...said Hi to you on the other thread....still love you!

Autumn, glad to see that things are continuing to improve for you. Please take to heart what your docs are saying about overdoing it....just because you got new parts or fixed parts does not mean that you can start a whirlwind behind you...take it easy my love...

4Solace, I love that picture..I used that most of last year. Poor bigbird!

SSL, I am so happy for you and, i am so very proud of you for working so hard to be an active participant in your therapy. Losing weight is one of the more difficult things to do just because we are more immobile. Congratulations girl!

Nealy...YES, watch TV and get some sleep! I am so glad that you were able to do that. Your volunteer position sounds like a lot of fun, I can't wait to start mine now! You are such an inspiration to me my friend...truly! LOVE and HUGS

Evasthoughts...long time no see lady. I would click my heels but, i would fall over!

Minnie, sorry youre hurting so bad...me too...the rain and the cold wind I think is killing me. Just rest my love and know that I support you!

HUGS ya'll

I did finally have an appt. with my old Doc, but there's a lot of catching up to do. She started me back on the patch, but I'm forced to use the lowest dose for the first month. She will increase it the next time I see her and maybe that will start to make a little difference. Also, she's guiding me through the changeover from Zoloft to Cymbalta. Again, it's a slow process.

I need to wait until the first of the year before having shoulder surgery so I'll have all my PT visits that are allowed for the year. My Arthritis is progressing quite rapidly and causing me so much pain that sometimes...I wonder if I should even bother fixing the shoulder. My Paternal Grandmother was crippled by OA at a very young age and I suppose I have her to thank for what's happening to me.

Quitting work is not an option. At least I can control my schedule by having my own business. I probably should stop whining about the sme old issues...most of it is only going to get worse.

LOL..... like in the Andy Griffith show when goober says...

Tell them I said, hi

And andy say....... Hi, from Goober......

I still love you too!!

Hey everyone! I have a sick dog tonight getting the royal daddy treatment! As for me I'm o.k. as long as I can stay out of pain. The cold weather is returning here to Ga. and it makes my bones REALLY hurt. I have to resort to tramadol when my percocet runs out and that sucks but it does help some. Other than this I feel blessed to have gotten through another day in relatively little pain. My MRSA kicked in for a little while this week but am knocking it back quickly with Septra. The infusions of vanco worked very well for awhile... but I hope it does'nt come to that again soon. The other antibiotics such as doxycycline work no more because the virus mutates which is not good but that is the danger of MRSA in the bloodstream... it can come back anytime. I am not as weak as usualand if I do start getting really sick I may not be on DS for awhile until I'm feeling better! For now I'm o.k. and with Gods help I will stay o.k. Randy