Hi everyone-
I stopped by to read a few posts today and was sorry to see I'm not the only one having health problems keeping them off the board.
My SJs is actually in pretty good shape. I'm down to 2mg of medrol from a high of 16, and though I'm a bit more achey, I can handle it. I see my rheumy tomorrow and see what he thinks of how things are going.
I'm having surgery Sept. 23 to move my morphine pump. It's in a dacron pouch that was stitched into my belly, but the stitches have come loose and it lodges up under my waistband and even gets as high as my first rib. So the doctor who put it in is going to move it and re-anchor it. Should be a one day hospital stay.
I'm still having trouble with my back. Lyrica has helped, but my pain doctor has sent me back to a neurosurgeon to get a better handle on just what is causing the pain. I don't like the neurosurgeon I've been seeing, but I've already got another name for another opinion.
It looks like my son may be going to Iraq after all. He leaves next Tuesday for 2 weeks of training, then comes home for 4 days and, they THINK, still haven't decided, that he'll then leave for 3 months of additional training, be home for 10 days at Christmas, then on his way to
Every day brings something new. It's nerve wracking.
Adding to the nerves is the fact that my husband has decided he no longer need anitdepressants (His decision, not the doctor's) and after 2 months offs, has become almost impossible to live with. He's made it plain that he blames the financial downfall of our family on me and constantly picks fights over the stupidest things - peanut butter, for example. I've already been to a divorce attorney and until we finish paying off our bankruptcy in 2 years, the lawyer doesn't recommend I leave. So for now, I'm trying to create a place to get away from him and toughing it out. It stinks.
Well, that's all the news. I wish I'd read of more good things going on with all of you. I do lurk from time to time, and will be back after my surgery, which should help make it a bit easier to sit at the computer.
My best to everyone, Tracy
