mountainmom

Well,  Since no one is online, thought I would update my journal real quick and let everyone know I am still alive! We completed the mediation with the insurance company, things didn't go great...

 Well, pain is going back up so much for the relief from the new meds. Nasty pain in left leg, left arm and in the temples of my head! Headaches all the time making it hard to come and talk with...

Life goes on, now a little quieter here at home. I have sucessfully quit morphine sulfate and started on oxycontin and norco to control my pain, along with lidoderm patches, tens unit, meditation,...

I am not doing very well pain wise right now.  I think the Dr.'s are trying to kill me! lol.  Not really, but in all seriousness they put me on morphine sulfate extended release tablets- MS Contin,...

 Well, a few more day's have passed. The Last Two days have not been very good, but I still remember the one good day with hope! I am doing much better mentally, not near so depressed and listless...

 Well, Life here is a little better. Today was a good day, and I will willingly take every one of those I can get! Woke up dreaming, such a beautiful dream about the past. More like techncolor TV, I...

Well I spent so much time on the weather and my loosing my mind I forgot to journal the rest of the pain stuff. Yuck. Been trying to replace my written journal with one here, but not remembering very...

Well, I can feel the changing of the seasons here, from summer to fall. Accually, I felt it a few days before the rain, wind and lower temp. began. Guess it's true that you can feel the difference in...

I have been dealing with the issues of having rsd in both arms and feet, and did not feel up to coming here very often. I have found that sometimes when I hurt that much, I just want to be left...

I can't believe how long the tomatoes are putting off a crop, seems like I have been canning them for 6 weeks or more. Of course it hasn't helped at all the rsd moved into my feet, we went camping...

Well got back from camping yesterday, while I needed the break mentally, doing the camping thing was very hard physically. I just don't think we will do that again soon. My left leg swelled up and...

 I finally got caught up with the tomatoes today, 16 pints later of hot salsa and I was done with the ripe ones. Just in time too, tomorrow we will be taking off for a few days camping Yeah! I am so...

 Didn't get much canning done today, I did some enchilada sauce this morning, just finishing it up and getting it sealed in quart containers.  I found out last Thursday that the doctor thinks the...

     I have been quite busy this last week, and it has ran me down and exhausted me. My husband and I got the cabbage shredded and in fermenting for saurkraut, and a 5 gallon bucket of pickles is...

I have been spending most of my time resting with my feet up to get the darn swelling down in them. The right foot came down quickly, but the left one is being stubborn and refuses to deflat. It...