Hear Ye! Hear Ye.

 

I have rarely been more earnest.  It deserves ME making the announcement.  

Mama's sciatica is 99% a memory. (nightmare that is has been!)  She has had therapy from a premium place with Therapists having a Doctorate in the field.  It's been great.  Oh, she has muscke aches that really hurt, but not a lot more than she has had to live with for years.  So, those will calm a bit.  But Mom is rid of that sickening nerve pain.  YAHOO!   Just saying. 

XO

Next Episode of the Continuing Saga..."As the Pain Pains"!

 Not too bad this time.  I had a start at exercises and moist heat and TENS and a thorough physical assessment at the therapy place Thursday.  I had to do a lot of movements while there, but he kept them do-able by saying only as I could do it.  He gave me homework of doing back bends every 90 minutes during waking hours.   I have been excellebt at that and kept a record to show him.  The difference in 2 days was amazing.  Oh, the pain IS still there, but masked enough that I can walk, slowly, yes, but I CAN walk, and make the bed plus a few other things.  The bed was unmade for 3 weeks and my DIL changed the sheets for me.  *I* did it two days ago,  I was so proud!  I even tried to clean the tub! 

He showed me how to roll a towel and what to do to make lumbar support for my back while driving as I told him driving is so painful during and especially afterward, that I gave avoided it aas much as I can. Time will tell me if it helps. 

Most tellingly, I now just take a lot of tylenol and the prescribed amount of muscle relaxer- and no strong pain reliever.  I have been able to stop that stuff totally, though I have to grit my teeth a lot in the morning and at night.  VERY glad of that as I HATE that stuff.  But nerve pain (sciatica)  is the worst there is, along with childbirth and kidneystones.  Ya gotta do something or spend all your time yelling in pain. 

So, just saying.  See ya soon I hope.  

Mother's Day.

 Happy Mother's Day all of you.  Those of you  Dads who are both Mother and Father...Happy Mother's Day to you as well.  💖

I had 2 boys here, and the other one called me from Charlotte.  His call distracted me from pain too, which was wonderful.  The other ones came bearing food and gifts.  XXX to them all.  And he brought the other one with him.  The one I write of so often.  

Guess what?  My boy in Charlotte sent me some diamond roughs!  I am a gemstone rough person.  I have many many many.  I like them in that, their natural state.  No tumbling.  Just displayed in their natural beauty.  I have sapphires, rubies, now diamond roughs too, citrine, peridot, garnet, you name it, I have it. Emeralds too. I have lots and lots of natural crystals as well, like large rose quartz, amethysts, big stones of natural formation-- other gemstones I mentioned above  So, he added to my collection. I have many fossils as well...and many things from the Roman era including a piece of the Appian Way.  Been collecting for some time now. 

So, I got a superb book about the city I live in, which is very very unusual and special.  So I am enjoying it very much and..some gorgeous color photos of hummingbirds. 8X10's from Katie's oldest favorite brother. 

The tiny tiny diamond roughs sparkle, regardless of just being roughs.  These are from a diamond mine in India.  I have them in a small small glass vial. 

Guys, I am going to a chiropracter as soon as I can get an appointment.  Ain't nothing working, so...that is where I am going.  

Chapter Next...

(A few of my middle boy's 8th grade class.  He gave them a special cat face pizza for last day of school last year). 

 Don't know the chapter number I referred to in the title,  but likely 4.   The continuing saga of:  Sciatica.

Will it end?  Yes, one day it will.  This will be week three of it coming up.  This Saturday will be three weeks since it started.

Dr. won't give me any more pain pills so I am taking too much Tylenol to keep the pain down to where I can at least whimper my way to my feet and take a few steps.  

One of my dearest cyber friends...Mary Roever and her cat Mariodacat are much on my mind.  Mary passed away May 2, and reading it in FB made me that feel thunder AND lightening struck.  Mary was very dear to me and loved.  I was going to fly on up there to see her in person but her personal illness got in the way of that as she went to a nursing facility.  The sorrow of her passing is on me and I will miss her always.  Katie's blog gave one example why, earlier today.  She was unselfish and loving to everyone she knew on Twitter and BlogSpot.  

I was called by therapy and my appt. was changed from tomorrow at close to 5PM to today at 2 for the therapy place. Bed news is, and totally unexpected, there will be no treatment.  Just paperwork.  Who knows when next week I can finally get to go.  Meanwhile with no pain relief for this nerve pain but Tylenol...lots of suffering to continue.  Well..eventually it will get better.  Poor Katie KILLS me when she climbs up to sleep on my chest or hips at night.  It fires that deep nerve pain to the max.  I have to ask her to stop.  I hate doing it, but it's just too much to bear.  I can't close the bedroom door on her. She would cry, and never understand. 

Trying to arrange someone to help get Katie's fave brovver to his two appt. times at the University Medical Center Friday.  It is incredibly painful to drive...to sit hours while there  and then wait more and and to walk.  What's not to dislike?  So I just asked my DIL to find if there is anyone in her contacts that will accept $200.00 for doing that for me. My boy is worth it.  I'm in pain..so...hopefully someone will step up.  DIL is completely tied up in the mornings which is when he needs to leave here to get to the Big City, as is my son with his work, so likely they can't.  Next boring chapter to come  (I love you all...so thank you for staying with me through all this drama).