I went back to work today after the doctor taking a week off. Still can't eat anything but potatoes, soy milk, cereal, bread and cream cheese. How much fun is that? Oh, and rice... I can eat rice too!
How badly does that suck? Every so often I still run about a 99* fever, other times I just feel bizarre... I'd love to figure out what is going on...
alright, so saturday i went shopping with MIL and got oober sick. it's gross- so don't ask. i had a low fever though and bruised my rib cage... that was so fun.
sunday, i went to the doctor, because i was still feeling all-over-gross... she told me it was a virus and i'd be ok in a day.
today is, what, wednesday?
went BACK to the doctor because i feel the opposite of better. i can't eat without trying to puke or my stomach just getting super super upset. he was worried. good for him. i am too.
they drew blood- perfect. they are going to run a couple more tests- he's looking for some weird thing that starts with a "C" that used to just happen to ppl who had been on antibiotics and it did something to their stomachs. apparently it's not just bothering ppl who have been on antibiotics anymore- but they did have me on something the day they repaired my ankle. started with a "K" ... i pay good attention don't i? lol
he did give me something though for my stomach and i lubs it! i feel like a 14 year old saying this but OMG I LOVE IT!! and the greatest part???? it actually works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i had popcorn and i am not dying!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
still not allowed to go to work though. *confused*
more later, i am sure. i did feel good enough to clean the kitchen though... progress! =D
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*giggles*
it's not that I hate this holiday... in actuality, I don't... this is one of the rare holidays I like... this and July 4th- mostly because my birthday is the day after though.
I just felt bad for Joe the turkey as I rinsed him off, and poured olive oil over his pale skin... so... in the spirit of us being carnivores and loving our feathered friends for the deliciousness they provided us with....
Happy Thanksgiving!
Good news first:
I am not actually allergic to anything the allergist could find. That and my asthma medicine is actually doing its job. Always nice to hear that. He was telling me that there have been studies that show sinus pain/pressure and tension headaches are actually migraines and affecting different parts of the head. That would suck.
Bad news:
I have been so exhausted since my surgery that I can just barely function. I worked Tuesday- all day- and can home just beyond tired. Wednesday I woke up so mentally exhausted and physically worn out that I could not stand it. Even hobbling out to the car that morning to take Justin to work, I starting bawling. I came home and cried my eyes out. Once I thought I had regained my composure, I called my mother in law. Yeah, apparently the stress of surgery, healing, trying to keep my foot off the ground and not fall (because I have a couple times already- yup, I'm clumsy) all got to me, plus the whole working late thing didn't help. Now I have to get a note from my doctor excusing me for those days, and he still hasn't called me back! Won't tonight, apparently, as it's almost 9pm. I am going to call tomorrow morning, and see if I can't get in touch with them, and have them fax in a note for me- I really hope I don't have to go up there. That's a long ass walk (hobble), and to the 6th floor. Funness.
That's all that's going on. Life is boring. One dog has worms though... that's gross, but whatever. Also, everyone's bowls are empty and Justin told me to just leave them til he got home.... he's out hanging out with friends, and here I am...
Don't mind though. Getting down the sidewalk after it rains is hard and dangerous. There is algae, or mold or something on the sides of the sidewalk which make crutches less than easy.
Ryuu decided she wanted to say hi first....
So today is officially the fifth day after my surgery. I was perfect, minus being so tired I couldn't do the easy things. Easy being write out a "how to" list on cleaning my tanks the way I like them done, or hobbling down the sidewalk on my crutches... wore me out! I am fine through the house, but a lot of it is weaving my way around furniture or the random pet who decides to tempt me.
I don't know if it was using my bad foot to scoot along my cat who was trying to attack my crutches and toe, or what, but for the first time in 5 days I have had almost unbearable pain in my foot. It twinges, aches, and feels like someone is slicing into it. Sure, be a smart-ass like Jay and tell me they did... I know that. But I don't need to feel that they did! I ended up calling out from work because in order to manage the pain, I knew I would have to take more than 1/2 a Lortab, and that makes me weird and sleepy.
My hands are also throbbing from using my crutches. If it's one thing I lack, it's upper body strength. That and tough hands. My poor little hands. Once Jay decides he's finished his coffee, he is going to clean my fish tanks, and Ryuu's tank, and we are headed to Walmart. Why the evil Walmart, you may ask? They have wheel chairs. And if we go grocery shopping, I can manage to get around in a wheel chair a LOT easier than I can navigate on crutches... plus it's more fun! People look at me like I am crazy, then look me over real good to see if I deserve a scowl. Once they see my foot, they look sad for a second, then look away. Little kids are they best.... they stare. I smile at them, and wave if I can. One kid asked his dad why I was in a stroller like him. (The wheel chair I was in had a basket on the front) His dad looked around at me and told him it was because I had a booboo on my foot. I suppose it is a booboo...
Now my hand is cramping. And I'm a wuss.
I went to the doctor yesterday about my foot. Turns out I am now in an aircast rather than a walking cast... which is more comfortable, but for 6 weeks. I am also currently using elastic bands to try and strenghten the muscles on the outside of the leg. I have a feeling they'll have to do a stress xray when I go back, I guess to see how badly the ankle turns. He said it (being the little bones in my ankle/foot) should stay straight in the stress xray, but if they go diagonal, they have to do surgery on it. Oh joy. Although I am ready for it because I am tired of it hurting. He also mentioned in passing that I was missing a bone somewhere between my heel and leg bone... not sure what bone.... wondering what it does exactly. More on that later, I am sure.
I did a bit of research, and the stress x ray comprises of pushing on the tibia (front leg bone) while the ankle is turned to see if the talus (the bone below the actual ankle joint) gives more than a 4 mm gap between the bones. Considering I can turn my ankle by just walking, I am fairly certain there will be a gap. I just want my ankle to stop hurting. Forever.
That's all as far as an unpdate for now... I will write some day about my aunt's memorial service/funeral when I get the pictures edited. No time yet.
These past few weeks have been hellish.
You see, my aunt died last October, and we have had to wait until now, well, next week anyway, to bury her. The deal was if we can't afford the tickets, my dad was supposed to buy them. After waiting six weeks, we finally got the money from him to buy the tickets, and believe it or not, they were cheaper than they were six weeks before we'd started looking at them. It's just been one stressful thing after another though. Finding tickets for under $500 wasn't as much of a victory as I was hoping.
I didn't have enough paid vacation from work to take the entire week that I needed, and apparently an aunt doesn't count as family enough to get berevement pay. So I have been begging and trading shifts so I have enough time to go to Minnesota and back. I have gotten it covered, but it's still absolutely no fun to have to work on my days off. I am hoping our trip will be stress-less, and a bit of a vacation. I need it, that's for sure.
I am up for a shift change soon too. That is the bit of good news. I would be working noon til 11pm, and getting a bit of a shift differential while I'm at it. Fifty cents an hour isn't much, but it adds up to $20 a week, $40 per paycheck and almost $100 extra a month.
What else is going on...
The medication they had me on for my allergies, Singular, apparently had a weird reaction on me and I began to get really depressed. It was an unknown emotion/feeling for me, and I figured I was moody or tired or something. After sitting up til 3am crying my eyes out about nothing in particular, I decided my husband probably had a point and called my doctor the next day. My normal doctor had never heard of this as a side effect, so I called the walk in clinic's doctor who had given it too me, and they called me back almost immediately. Now I'm back to the only other thing I've found that keeps me feeling normal, Claritin D... and I am not a fan of the pseudoephedrine in it, but I am not willing to feel like shit because I am allergic to this state.
One of these days I need to get in touch with my doctor again and find out if they can remove the calcium deposit in my ankle, too. It was broken at one point, and healed pretty well, but every time the tendons are overextended it creates a bit more calcium in the joint which is insanely painful. The only thing that helps is a walking cast they gave me, but it's a pain to walk in, and since I now cringe everytime I walk, I am thinking I may have to put it back on, which will mean I get to wear a walking cast in the airport! Joy...
I've lost my train of though, I am watching a movie when I should be cleaning. I'm allowed to be lazy though, it's Sunday 
