Anyone listening?

My husband figured this would be a good outlet for me. I'm kind of housebound at the moment. I get distracted easily and can't seem to stay focused on the task at hand, so he thought this might help me get a little bit more organized.

Lets see...where to begin...

I'm 44..I am married...you knew that already...I have 1 child...a very smart (and smart aleck) son and my best buddy Oscar the "deagle". He's a mixed breed of half Daschund and half short legged Beagle.

I have my coffee (with cream and sugar of course), now for some conversation...it's a fairly warm day out for the middle of winter, I have chores to do but wanted to get this started first before I begin them. I don't want to do them for two reasons...I hate folding clothes (who doesn't!) and I'm still in a lot of pain from yesterday.

I had a monsterous doctors appointment I almost didn't get to do. I had to do an IVP Exam. It's like an X-Ray but with a dye injected into you. It's to check your kidney's for kidney stones. Not very fun! Before you have to do the IVP you have to do what the docs lovenly call a "cleanout". I didn't find anything lovely about it all! So I spent all day Sunday drinking nothing but liquids and eating Lime Jello (never want to see another bowl of that ever again!)Then had to drink magnesium citrate solution...needless to say 5 and 1/2 hours later I was spending more time in the bathroom then with my husband in the living room.

Anyway...got the exam done the next day...but nor before almost not getting to do it. After spending much time in the bathroom the night before and the morning of the exam they hand me this little plastic cup with a lid and say we need you to prove your not pregnant. What? Seriously? I just spent all night and half the morning in the bathroom! I have nothing left! They said they just need a tiny amount just three drops. I didn't want to have to redo the prep for this test ever again...back to the bathroom I go...I sat there praying to God to help me pee! He came through for me...three drops was needed I gave them 6!

They escorted me into the x-ray room...it's always freezing in there. I had to lay on this stainless steel table with nothing but a sheet over me. (yes I had on medical scrubs top and bottoms...get your mind out of the gutter) After laying perfectly still with a wedge under my knees for the first three sets of x-rays, they put in an IV and brought over this syringe that looked like an over grown turkey baster! This thing was at least an inch round and 4 inches long!

She tells me..."now you're going to get very warm either in your groin or your chest, it's perfectly normal". She said warm, not hot! Holy cow! It took less than 5 seconds to start feeling the effects of it. Took 3 more normal sets with me laying flat on my back, they took away the knee wedge. They bring in a triangle shaped blue covered piece of foam. Okay I think they are going to put that under my knees. Nope! The roll me on my side and put it under my right side then roll me back onto it and my back. I tell them this hurts because of the rods and screws in my spine. (I'll explain those later) They say just hang on we're almost done. After 2 pictures that way, they removed the wedge. I breathed a sigh of relief. Not for long though, they then rolled me again, this time onto my other side, "here we go again" I thought. More pain for almost 3 minutes. By the time they were done I was in tears. I just wanted to get up and go home and lay on my hot pad. I was cold and in a good amount of pain. They had to redo one of the x-rays. I started to quietly cry again.

After the exam I requested a copy of the images for my own records (always a good idea!) I was then told I could go get dressed and return to the lobby. It took me damn near 15 minutes just to put on a pair of sweat pants, bra, t-shirt, sweater and shoes. I crabbed my cane. NOT my regular forearm crutch...that got lost (by accident) but a regular cane, which I hate. They are not very stable.

Waited for about another ten minutes, when the nurse came back out and handed me the disc of my copies of the pics. We left and headed straight to The Original Pancake House for breakfast. Expensive but worth it! I was finally able to take a pain pill! I hadn't been able to for over 24 hours! I ordered coffee (their coffee if very bitter) orange juice (fresh squeezed) and Eggs Benedict. My fav way to eat eggs. I love Holendaise sauce!

After breakfast we headed to my husbands work place so he could pick something up. I didn't make it that far. I feel asleep in the truck, even though the roads were we live are horrible. The last two days had caught up with me. After finally getting home. I crashed for another two hours.

Today i am going to take it fairly easy and let my body get the rest it needs. I do need to go fold those clothes in the dryer though. NOT an easy task for me. Over the last two years I have had to relearn how to do almost everything in a new way so I don't hurt myself. (I'll explain all about that later). For now I'm going to go get another cup of coffee and start that laundry. Maybe stop over in Facebook for a bit, then figure out how to put Linux and Windows on one laptop! Ugh! Not looking forward to that!

See you later on with more coffee and conversation!