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NO, I Don’t Think Your Kid Is Cute

Karen · 4 Comments

When I woke up today, I was in some real pain. I thought the urinary tract infection I had last week had come back, or that I was having another kidney stone, but whatever it is, the pain was intense. I got up and took an alleve, which did nothing to alleviate the pain. I had a percocet leftover from when I had my last kidney stone, so I took that and laid down for a bit. That seemed to help some, but on a scale of 1-10, the pain was still at a “5”, so I called the doctor and made an appointment to go in.

We arrived at the doctor’s office for the appointment about 2:00 p.m, 15 minutes early for the appointment. The waiting room was about half full, mostly adults. But there was one mother there with a toddler. Now, I am not a miserly, mean old hag, but I was at the doctor’s office because I didn’t feel good. This child was allowed to run all over the waiting room, squealing and yelling as if they were outside in a playground. Every time it squealed, I had a surge of pain.

One time I looked at the child and said “Shhhhh!”. You’d think that mother would have taken the hint. That was my mistake. After I paid the least bit of attention to it, the baby came over and stood in front of me, wanting to play with me. That was when I told the mother that I didn’t feel good. She just picked the child up, walked back over to her seat, and put the child back down on the floor, for it to continue running and squealing. I looked at the mother, and she looked back at me, with that familiar look on her face that said, “Isn’t my child just soooo cute?”  And I wanted to say, “NO. I don’t think your child is cute.”

The doctor said there was no sign of a urinary tract infection or kidney stone. No bacteria, no blood or protein in the urine. So, they gave me a shot of toradal in my hip, and scheduled an ultrasound for tomorrow, with instructions to go to the ER if the pain gets worse overnight.  I am having SO much fun.

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The Med For Rosacea Worked Really Fast!

Karen · 5 Comments

I am amazed. This rash broke out  on January 8. I didn’t get around to going to the doctor until March 1. This is what my face looked like before I started taking Doxycycl :

Before Rosacea meds

and this is only two days later. Keep in mind that my face looked all red and bumpy like that for two MONTHS!

Two days after starting doxycyl for Rosacea

So, yeah, don’t look too closely, but the redness is mostly gone.  The doctor also prescribed an ethrymicin gel to put on my face, but it was out of stock at the pharmacy. I just went to pick that up today. This is an improvement. I also have to start applying at least an SPF 40 sunscreen when I am going to be in the sun. We bought one today that is SPF 100, which was the highest number available.

So, what do you think? Can you tell a difference?

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Oh, Please, Make It Stop!!!!!

Karen · 10 Comments

At the risk of permanently labeling myself as the kid on the playground who has cooties,  I have to say it again–I am itching.  And I know if I ever meet any of y’all in person, you won’t want to hug me or shake hands. I’ll understand. I know it can be considered TMI, and that I have talked about it here, and here, but this is getting to be just plain ridiculous.  I have been dealing with this for over a year now. I have been to three doctors, one of them twice, and I still have the problem with whatever it is. I have used every over the counter itch remedy known to wo-man, three different prescription medications,  and even painted some areas with nail polish to try and make it stop. I’m seriously considering bathing in household ammonia just to see if that works.

The main reason I keep talking about itching  is because I have found this to be very curious, that when I talk to other women my age face to face one one on one, almost every single one of them tells me, “Oh, yeah, I had something like that before. Well, then why haven’t I heard about it? Why is it, in 2010, still such a taboo subject that we don’t communicate about things that can make us itch. Why do each one of us still have to suffer in silence, scratching the night away, searching the internet for information when we don’t even have a clue where to start??  I know it is embarrassing, because I have been embarrassed. But I want answers. I want a remedy that will work, that will somehow, magically, cause me to stop itching.

I went to the pharmacy today and got a refill of the prescription ointment that was prescribed for me in Flagstaff. I talked for a bit with the pharmacist, who told me that the medication was most often prescribed to treat a fungal infection. She suggested that I take off all my clothes and walk around in the buff some to “air it out”.  So, if you come to visit, it’ll take me a minute to open the door, okay?

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Mail Call and Doctor Visit Today

Karen · 6 Comments

I have had that style of business cards for a couple of years, but I have been wanting some labels for the things I have been making.  I have been participating in the “I Made It” blog carnival from Everything Etsy for a few weeks, and last week, I found a girl who makes iron in labels through there. I don’t have an Etsy store, (I used to, but now I just have my little shop here). I DO buy supplies on Etsy, and have been very pleased with everything I have found there. So, I chit chatted via email with Marcia from Beautiful Blooms, and today, I received the labels that match my business cards. How cute they are! Now if you purchase any fabric item from my shop, it will have one of these labels in it, so you will have a “FabGrandma” original! Woot~!   If you want labels, you’ll have to convo her.

So, today was the day for me to go back to the doctor for him to go over all the lab tests he ordered last week. And there is nothing wrong with me. Or so the lab results say. No rheumatiod arthritis. No lyme disease. No nothing. At least nothing that he could find by looking at my blood that could indicate why I was in so much pain up until last week, and at other times in the past. He asked me if the medications he gave me last week worked, and I told him they did. So, he wrote me a prescription to keep on hand for when it happens again. Because I was about to cry, asking him “what if I get in that bad of shape again and I am in Arizona at the Grand Canyon?”  He said it could be osteoarthritis, or it could just be inflamation. He couldn’t offer any other explanation than that.

He did  X-ray my pelvis to see if he could see anything abnormal about my hips that would cause them to hurt so much. He said he would call me to let me know if he sees anything there. And I am having them make copies of my medical records to take with me, just in case I have to go to that doctor in Flagstaff again. I can’t help feeling a little disappointed that they couldn’t name my enemy. At least they gave me a weapon to use to fend it off.

One thing about feeling not well, is that I haven’t been cooking as much as I usually do. I didn’t say we haven’t been eating much, hahaha.  I have always been one of those cooks who wants to make things from scratch as much as possible. Like when I make chicken and rice, I have always cooked the chicken, picked off the meat, and then made the rice, etc. So, I have been using canned chicken instead, and premade chicken broth. And guess what? It tastes just as good, and takes less effort to make. And I can store the chicken in the pantry instead of taking up room in the tiny freezer.  I am going to be doing that more often. The added bonus is that I have more time to do things I want to do, like sewing. Yeah. Sewing…..

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