An interesting week....

I hope this finds you happy and well. I'm still feeling like I'm on pins and needles. I went to the doctor on Tuesday to see my pain specialist. He told me some interesting things and I've learned a bit this past week...

I could suffer withdrawal symptoms for up to 4 months
I am coming off of two different medications which both blocked different receptors in my brain
ALL of my nerves are in end, giving me a pins and needles sensation in my arms and legs and other parts - it's driving me crazy!
I love to listen to 80's music! (actually I already knew that one)
I've torn the cartilage in my right knee
I have bursitis in my right hip
I will be scheduling a nerve resection on my left foot in about a week
I have a bladder extension surgery scheduled for mid November
My kids care more about each other than I thought
It's better to fix your problem, rather than just patch it up and go on to the next
(I already knew that too)

This past week was really busy too...

Monday - two dr. appointments in Seattle.

Tuesday - Brittney got a UTI and had to stay home so we went to my pain specialist and then to her pediatrician

Wednesday - I went back to the pain specialist for a shot in my hip and Amanda jumped off of some stairs at school and twisted her ankle, it is sprained pretty bad. I can hardly walk, but I tried my best to help her get in the house and to the bathroom. She fell, on me and pushed me back. My finger got smashed between her body and the door frame. It HURTS so bad! It's already bruised and swollen below my second knuckle and the bottom joint on my index finger. Not much I can do except ice it, it hurts typing!

Thursday - Codey got sick with a headache and a stomach ache and had to stay home.

Friday - my first day alone all week. I made 2 more Jacob's ladder books!

Now it's Saturday and I've spent the morning reorganizing my Snapfish photos. I have so many pictures to sort and then scrap. I have a lot ahead of me...

Sunday - Family coming over to celebrate Amanda, Brittney and Codey's birthdays, and then we will watch Bragging Rights Wrestling PPV! Go John Cena! He had better beat Randy Orton tomorrow!

Anyway, earlier I stated that the kids care more about each other than I thought they did. As siblings, they fight a LOT. Mostly it's my tweens. Nick pretty much keeps to himself. Setting a good example, if his brothers and sisters pay attention. Codey pits Amanda against Brittney or Brittney against Amanda. Casey picks on Codey and so on down the pecking order. The just pick, at the littlest things and it gets so irritating. For better or worse, most of the time I just ignore them and try to let them work their problems out together. Sometimes I need to intervene, and I do, but a lot of the time they act like they really would rather be ONLY children. The grass is always greener on the other side...or so they think...anyway, when Amanda hurt her ankle, everyone stepped up to help her out. They get things for her, help her get around, dote on her, especially her sister Brittney. It kinda upset me by Friday, because here I am with a cast on the left, a knee brace on the right, using a cane, and hugging the walls to get to and fro, and I can't even get these Rugrats to get me a glass of water, yet they are waiting on Amanda hand and foot! I'm sure I don't help my cause by getting up and working around the house a little, but I can't just sit around and watch the world go by either. I've always pushed myself. My mom says that I invite my own problems, and maybe I do, in some cases, but not all. Now that I am feeling a little stronger, I'm raring to go, mentally, now I just need my body to follow my mind AND my kids to mind what I say.

This morning I caught the rest of Live at Gothem, from Comedy Central, hosted by Bobby Lee. I fell asleep last night during the comedian performances (see, I'm starting to get a little better - but I wake up about 2 or 3 in the morning and stay awake for the day). This guy sounded like he was a part of our family. He was talking about how his wife was upset with him because he wasn't a strict disciplinarian. She always told the kids NO, and he always said YES. He reasoned that he was trying to groom the kids to be salesmen when they get older, so it wasn't good to take no for an answer! Funny but sad...then he went on to talk about how his oldest was getting ready for college. Everyone has been telling him to save for college. He shared that he hadn't even finished paying off his own student loans, let alone be ready to take on a new student loan! I had to laugh at that too, that's where we are! We paid off Scott's loans years ago! Me, I have my BA and MA still to pay for! Medical bills are killing us. Yesterday I got a bill and the doctor charged me $307 per knee to inject it with synvysc.! Then another $150 to drain each knee from the swelling! Come on! Procedures are so expensive. Every visit just nickle and dimes us to death! Not to mention the price of prescriptions too! Anyway, it felt good to wake up an laugh a little. Laughter is the best medicine!