Archive for December, 2008
Posted on December 29, 2008. Filed under: Journal 12/29/08 - Waiting for the New Year | Tags: Christmas, lumbar, New Year, pain, recovery, surgery, thoracic |
Two more days until the New Year. The New Year that will change my life drastically.
In February I am having Spinal Fusion on the Thoracic and the Lumbar areas of my spine. This will finally alleviate the pain I have been in for a year and a half now. I am very excited about being [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2008. Filed under: Journal 12/17/08 | Tags: carbs., diet, fruits, pounds, surgery, veggies, weight |
Good morning all,
I went to the neurosurgeon last week and he said I have to lose 20 pound before my surgery in February. Well, he didn’t give me any suggestions on how to do it. I think he doesn’t think I will. He is probably hoping I won’t so he can say I cannot have [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2008. Filed under: Are you Ready for Christmas? | Tags: Christmas Poem, Jesus, poem |
“Ready for Christmas,” she said with a sigh
As she gave a last touch to the gifts piled high…
Then wearily sat for a moment AND READ
Til soon, very soon, she was nodding her head.
Then quietly spoke a voice in her dream,
“Ready for Christmas, what do you mean?”
She woke with a start and a cry of despair.
“There’s [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2008. Filed under: 12221 | Tags: exercise, joints, journal, lumbar, neurosurgeon, pain, RA, recovery, spinal fusion, surgery, thorasic |
I went to my neurosurgeon yesterday to schedule my spinal fusion surgery. I was pleased to find out that I can have both the lumbar and the thorasic done at the same time. Now I am only facing two surgeries instead of three.
The bad news is, this first surgery comes with a long and hard [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2008. Filed under: The things I was once able to do | Tags: fatigue, function, God, hip pain, lack of concentration, leg pain, loud noises, mobility, praying, RA, shoulder pain, stiffness, surgery, swelling |
Get up and walk across the room like a 36 year old. (Now it’s like I’m 96)
Brush my teeth without pain in my hands. (now my hands are so stiff, my fingers hardly go around the toothbrush)
Put my makeup on. (now my hands fall asleep while holding the mascara)
Blow dry my hair. (now my hands [...]
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