Staycation with Visiting Family July 7-12

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Makes Perfect Sense

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information & wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy , we are enormously cultured, educated & happy. Beginning today, when I look at myself in the mirror I will think, Good Grief look how smart I am, I must be a genius !! ~

Pain Management

It appears, that in the world of Pain Management, you are either “spot on” and get a facility and doctors who understand and help or you  get a facility that treats you like “you’ve been pissed on”, and are a doper and are treated like crack house scum.  Please pardon my language, but those of you with chronic pain issues know what I am talking about.  Right now, while I am in extreme pain, is probably not a good time to be writing this note.

My Dr., here in Cleveland TN, is one in a million that knows about MCS.  Unfortunately, his main office is 45 miles east of Cleveland and he is only in town once or twice a month.   His office personnel, for the most part, are nice.  I have been seeing Dr. Siddique for approximately 5 years so everyone knows me; but the Practitioner will not write any of my meds because in her eyes apparently I am just another “doper”.  She actually told me to go to the mental health clinic to get a refill on my Xanax which I take because the pain causes quite a bit of anxiety.  Last I heard, Fibromyalgia was not considered mental illness.

You might think that one could go to another facility, what’s that you say,  about a patient’s Bill of Rights?  Surely you jest!  I am not jesting and please don’t call me shirley.  You have no right.  If you use the reason that you don’t feel comfortable with your doctor or staff, they can write on your chart that you were uncooperative then no-one has to treat you.

Once you go to one of these guys, and don’t follow their rules, or if you take a med from another doctor and forget to tell them,  you can and   likely will   be  “blackballed”    everywhere.  I understand the need for security, but I have short term memory loss, and have had surgery and will be having more surgery which means I will not be able to drive in for a blood test and consultations at the drop of a hat. But since I have no choice I will do so on crutches or in a back brace and wheel chair on the city bus.

I am afraid I forgot to mention that even though is is June 6, 2011, I will not get an appt. until August this year.  That is a lot of pain and anxiety to go through before someone can see me.  I pray for my sanity and that of my family.

Now I know they are not all bad.  I had great Pain Management in Memphis TN.   They did me a world of good.  They were not dark and dingy dungeons.  They performed the epidurals and nerve blocks in their facility.  it was the top floor of a medical building at Baptist East Hospital.  Large windows, lots of sunshine, smiling faces and genuine concern  It was a 180 degree turn around from this area I live in now.  

Welcome to small town America in the middle of the “Meth Belt” as well as the “Bible Belt”.  We are all addicts until our brain scans show our pain.

Please feel free share your experiences with Pain Management.

Hope to be back soon

I hope to send pics soon of some new embroidered Thank You notes and Mother's Day cards. Also a tradition card. I recently had reconstructive surgery on my right ankle so things have been going an unfamiliar pace. We are certainly blessed if you compare us to others so close by that lost everything from the tornado outbreak. type at you soon.

Get Well

I can now mark 2 of a thousand things I wanted to accomplish in February.  Yay Me!!

Birthdays and Valentine’s

 

Boys, things are happening so fast  this year.  3 birthdays and

Valentine’s Day too.

My Review of AllerAir Air Medic D Exec Air Purifier

Originally submitted at The Air Purifier Superstore (air-purifier-direct)

With a maximum covered area up to 1500 square feet the AllerAir Air Medic D Exec Air Purifier features 25 pounds carbon filter in a 3-inch depth. This Air Purifier is coupled with an extra-deep bed carbon filter for the treatment of heavy concentration of airborne chemicals gases and odors. It is a...

AllerAir Air Medic D Exec Air Purifier

Literally a lifesaver

By Japan92254 from Cleveland TN on 11/25/2010

 

5out of 5

Pros: Non-invasive, Quiet, User friendly, Attractive Design

Cons: Dummy directions needed

Best Uses: MCS pet odors and dander, Anywhere

Describe Yourself: Value Oriented

Primary use: Personal

I have this product in my living room. It is very quiet and seems to be filtering the air quite nicely. Set up was easy but a few more "directions for dummies" would have been nice. When you are sensitive to everything - this purifier is literally a life saver.

(legalese)

God has a sense of humor

While creating Husbands, God
promised Women that good and ideal husbands would be found in
all corners of the world.
And then he made the earth round.

Bear Warning

 

2nd set of 3 Thanksgiving cards

 

as promised…..