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celebratoryNow Playing: Day 666-The Final Road To Survival
What a great weekend and look at all the snow! It makes me want to do the HAPPY DANCE! Instead I think Littleblue and Oreo are doing it for me since both of them spent lots of time outside in the snow today. The ground is nice and cold which makes for some great snow and thank goodness FINALLY some winter temperatures!
WHOAHOA! Come on Mother Nature, take those temps all the way down! Real low...Like in the teens! Add about a foot of snow and you will find one happy gal. ME! I even got the ole shovel out and did a few sections of the wheelchair ramp and front porch. Yes. I was being extra careful and used my snow boots.
How can one miss the opportunity finally being able to enjoy some of this beautiful snow? Sure. I also didn't feel like falling and having another concussion either so I had a huge bag of salt nearby. Hahahaha! I just better enjoy it now before the evil spring and summer months pay us a visit. My head can wait! Trust me! It can wait!
Today was a time-out day allowing my body to rest from all the weekend fun. I had plenty of things to do around the house and chores to catch up on so the day went by very quickly! Of course once again all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow finds me staring down another wicked jug of liquid dynamite. GEES! Let's not ruin a perfectly wonderful snow blog and think about that toxic poison! This gal is still basking in the joys of snow and cold weather. Not to mention a few spending dollars from the casino gaming board. Hahahaha! What did I get today? Why of course another wig to add to my collection! Hair today. Gone tomorrow. I don't care because at least while I bid it a fair well I will have fun with a few new styles that don't require hours with a blow dryer, curling iron or straighter. That means more time for life.
CHEERS to turning around a bad situation and seeing the silver lining and not the gray kind either! Hahahaha!
LOOK OUT GP & MS! This gal is pushing you both aside and taking over the reigns today! WHOAHOA! I am ready for a road trip and what a better way than in the SNOW! 
Would I do it all over again?
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Hahahaha!
Littleblue and Oreo have already started shedding their winter coat a few months early so its been a job just brushing them every day. Thank goodness the ground is now frozen and they can get all their energy out. It looks like a great weekend for them too! I sure do miss my gang when I go out but once I walk through the front door they are always waiting for me with their tails wagging. They are the best! Aren't all fur kids?!
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My Tuesday didn't end until this Wednesday morning around 9:30am. It was like a nightmare that I hope to never relive again. I don't feel the need to get into everything but let's just say between the darn Drano getting stuck in my upper intestines, becoming dehydrated, a ER visit to get some much needed fluids, waking up around 3pm feeling super dizzy then having a very low blood sugar reading this evening making my doctors scramble to get it back up makes for one hellish 48 hours. 
I should sleep extremely well this evening due to sheer exhaustion. I have been keeping close tabs with two of my specialists who are trying to get my body to bounce back a bit with my blood pressure, blood sugar, pounding headache, head pressure, nerve pain and learning to tune out unnecessary stress that's interfering in my overall care. 
I have learned from having this blog that there are people who are called friends located everywhere. Thank you to those who look after me and my well being. Most I have never met but hoping to meet a few friends next month as they come in town to visit. I never expect those who don't walk in the same shoes with any disability to understand what its like to be sick so I continue learning to tune it out and looking straight ahead. I have a life and although its been altered due to being sick and a stack full-arms length of medical records and over 16 specialists with medical facts I don't feel the need to continue forcing others to understand my condition. Those who question my specialists are welcome to reading the facts and hundreds of medical reports. I worked since I was 16 years old and paid into the system in order to provide myself some sort of assistance if I became disabled. The government does not just give out disability freely and they take each individual case very seriously. My SSD approval process took over two years due to a mountain of medical records and testimonies from numerous physicians. I would had continued working and did so until it become too dangerous for myself and others. I was then advised by three specialists that I had to stop working. My SSD case was overturned a little over two years later in court due to numerous connected problems with damaged nerves from my Idiopathic Gastroparesis. Anyone who thinks not working is fun or uses the system being disabled as a free ride obviously never found out what its like being sick. Gastroparesis has no cure nor does many other medical conditions that society suffers from but the last thing we need as patients is to be chastised for something we can't control. No one, no matter what disability should ever have to suffer from discrimination. I was discriminated against today and it was the lowest thing anyone could ever do to another individual. I choose not to blog what was said due to others who might get offended or take high offense. I got enough text messages and emails through out the day and have decided to take the high road and move past the hurtful words. 
Let's not go there on that one! Hahahaha! Let's just say Dish Network will be out tomorrow putting back together the mess that started while replacing the old entertainment centers and rearranging the living room. Hahahaha! I also had to run a few errands, mail out some forms for SSD Medicare, etc, etc, etc. This just wasn't the day to have any problems. That is until you wake up as you place your hand to your chest and ask yourself, "Is my heart still beating?" 
I received the QMB forms to have the state pay for my added Medicare Part B coverage that I must now buy due to my not so wonderful insurance company named Medical Mutual making mandatory changes. Now Medicare will be my primary insurance company starting March 1st while Medical Mutual will only be paying up to 20% of all claims. In layman terms that means barely if anything. There are always things lurking right around the corner when one suffers from a chronic or terminal condition. Honestly I am lucky to now be used to it. Just part of the sick game. I don't sweat the big stuff anymore and instead do what needs to be done and do it quickly so I can move on with my life. Same with stress and drama. Been there. Done that. Not worth it so now I focus on me, my health and happiness. The fur gang couldn't agree more!
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It's Super Bowl Sunday!
Here's to a better day!
WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR 2012! 
You know what I love most about life? That when you are given another day to live you are also given another day to start on a clean slate. Life is great because when you wake up you are given another chance. 
My Gastroenterologist has a file on me now the size of a encyclopedia. We all laugh and make light of it because sometimes no matter how bad life can gets it still requires laughter. She explained they are going to electronic filing via a computer system by the end of the year. I feel sorry for whoever has to put my files onto computer format. YIKES! My GI doctor only ran a bit behind today but otherwise hes always on time. I only waited around ten minutes before he came back in the room which was good because it was too nice of a day to sit in the doctors office. He hasn't seen my cane yet so its been quite awhile since my last visit. I had to cancel the past four appointments due to being sick. He was aware of my past emergency room visits however he wasn't regarding my concussion. We did go over MS and my other Gastroparesis complications. He told me to make sure I was aware there is no turning back with my unique medical situation. He also asked how I was mentally. I replied by saying, "I always do better knowing. No matter how bad the news its still important for me to know what I am facing that way I can accept things at face value. I don't do well when things are hidden from me." My doctor shook his head in agreeing. 
My GI doctor altered a few medications which leaves me minus two now off my list of eight. I can still use peppermint oil at night on a piece of paper towel near my couchbed since I am not digesting it only inhaling it. He said, "I think you learned that after your last surgery when they used it to help your nausea." I told him I am on my second bottle and so far I feel it helps a bit at night when I am sleeping. The MS symptoms were there for quite awhile but agreed it takes time to put all the pieces together and although things haven't changed nor will change at least there is a name to put on the symptoms. Gastroparesis can sure cause all sorts of complications and other connected problems. I now fully believe once again anything is possible with GP. Expect the unexpected but as he said, "Don't expect it to get better. There is no turning back from here." I must take that information and now keep it to heart. If I want to go out on a good day and do something I will because I can't predict tomorrow. 
This evening I finished putting up the new curtain rod and relaxed with the fur kids. They are the best and I don't know what I would do without all my buddies. 