Breaking through the Fibrofog…

Thank God for friends and family plans! :-)  my father in law came and took Bo this afternoon, and Caleb went to the museum to see the Bodies exhibit w/ my friend and her family. SOOOOO , Zeke took a nap and I was able to take a percocet and nap myself.   Sadly I’m still in pain!   it’s not as bad but it’s still there.   I am going to take some tylenol I guess til my next dose of percocet is due.   First I need to find out if I can take anything else w/ the percocet.   Dean came home early and is working on a computer, Zeke is running around in just a diaper and I’m still in bed from my nap.    It’s pouring down rain and what better place to be then in bed w/ a heating pad!?   (on a Friday night of a holiday weekend?)

If I’m up to it we are going to the Ren Fest tomorrow, I’ve never been to one and every year we say we want to go.   it’s buy one get one free for adults this weekend, and the lil ones get in free so it will fairly cheap for us to go.   Praying I feel better tomorrow!!

I see the ENT on Tuesday to find out what he says about surgery for the sleep apnea issues.    If I could get them to do my foot surgery, hysterectomy and nasal surgery all at the same time I could just have one recovery time….a long one but still…if not I dont know which surgery takes priority.    I need sleep.  I need to be in less pain.    ugh.   I need a new body, maybe Caleb could steal one for me from the Bodies exhibit he’s at! 

Have I mentioned how much I love doctors?  actually today it wasnt so bad.   I was given a prescription for percocet and an appointment on Sept. 11th for a consult w/ another doctor about getting a hysterectomy.   I think I’m ok with that.  I’ve half jokingly been saying it for about a year, that that’s what I need.  Today the doctor came up w/ the idea and agreed I’m in a good “place” for it, i.e.   we cant have more kids for one or reason or another and sadly I’m getting used to that idea.   I went in knowing what my options were and was hoping the “H” word would come up but didnt know some of the things I found out.  Dean will go w/ me to the consult and we hope to make the best decision after that.   The worst part is she didnt think they could do it laproscopicly for a few reasons and if not that means longer recovery.  I cant imagine it being much worse than recovering from c-sections, so I am sure I’ll survive!  Not to mention I recovered pretty fast from those.

until then pain meds if I can tolerate them, it’s that or tolerate the pain.   today is a high pain day, but at least now I can go fill a prescription and possibly get relief, the downside is it will make me even groggier and tired…..and cant take care of kids in my current state so I’m thinking the meds will be reserved for bedtime only

Watch out, this one’s going to be a great athlete one day!!   He is so strong for his age!   And motivated and confident…..and so darn cute too!!

lets not leave out the other cuties too:

lots more up on Flickr…

CT scan last Friday, U/S this Tuesday. I am sick of talking to my doctors and had to take Bo to the doctor today to find out he has croup and a nasty infected rash called impetigo which the doctor was more concerned about than his croup, but I don’t mind seeing the rash nearly as much as I mind being woken up the last two nights to a croupy little boy who throws up. I have another doctors appt this Friday to figure out what’s next, and ENT appointment for me next Tuesday, and the following Tuesday Bo and Zeke see the ENT. again….I hate doctors…..wish my Dr. Mike was here to help me!! not that this is his field of expertise, but still, it would be nice to have a doctor around I actually like! days like today I wish my best friends in Baltimore were here to sit w/ and distract me from this craziness. I just hate rehashing my medical history with folks who don’t know the whole story….doing that with doctors Friday and next week will be fun too. ugh…..mom said I should have a tv show about my life, they do, it’s called House, if only I had a doctor that passionate about finding out what’s wrong with someone and fixing it……

Got a call from a nurse from my pcp’s office, abnormal u/s, duh!  Said to call my ob/gyn and they were going to fax over the results to her.  I called said ob/gyn and had to leave a message on the nurse line. SO again waiting for a call back.    I HATE waiting!

Just got back from taking Bo to the doctor, he has impetigo and croup.   She was more worried about the impetigo than the croup because it was pretty bad.  it’s a nasty looking rash he has and he has to take an antibiotic for that which should help it and the croup.  the good news his ears looked fine!!   now we just pray no one else gets croup, like Zeke, again!   or my friends son who is younger than Zeke and has been playing w/ us and will be here again today!   it’s always something w/ us….I should have known that as soon as school started the kid illnesses would come back!

All I found out from the u/s tech is that I have a 4 cm cyst on my right ovary.   I know where because it hurt like heck when she was pushing on my stomach!   She said the doctor should have the results in 2 days.   so far my pcp has been handling all the tests and results, so I’m wondering I should go ahead and call and make an appointment w/ my gyn since the pcp wont be able to do anything else for me(at least I dont think so)  I’m not quite sure what to do, I’m guessing if the pain isnt horrible I will wait to hear from my pcp to see what she says.