After I did the post last week, I thought it would be fun to do a post on music finds once a week. So, here's this week's.
An apparently old song by the Goo Goo Dolls I never heard... very cool sound:
An older "feel good" song I found the video for... I LOVE the Counting Crows! Makes me think of when we were first married/in college... this one is a little later, but you can't listen to it without wanting to dance.
1. We're finally moving in the right direction to get somewhere with all these tests and cultures, referrals, et al-- I got a call this morning and I (finally!) have an appointment with the infectious diseases dr. on the 14th (next Wednesday). Please send up happy thoughts and prayers if you don't mind. :)
2. When your road is closed because the culvert gave way and the road could have collapsed if they hadn't closed it to fix it without any notice to anyone until the day of, and you live out in the "country", and have to take a detour that takes at least 10 extra minutes down a narrow road that you hate to drive and hate even more to turn off of onto your road (left) because you can't see a darn thing coming, you should actually plan on the drive home taking you 30 extra minutes because you are guaranteed to get behind a tractor whose driver refuses to get over and let the 15 cars and school bus behind him go around!
3. When you plan on making dinner in the crockpot, you should actually put it in the crockpot and turn it on.
4. When you are just getting used to wearing prescription orthodics, you should listen to the podiatrist and break them in slowly.
5. When you start giving chores to your 4 year old, you should call them "responsibilities" because it is too darn cute to hear them call them "asponsibilities". :)
6. Now is the time to get off here and start dinner since I didn't pay attention to number 3 on my list earlier...
I am holding out hope that this is not a temporary thing... I think the meds just might be working!!!! I feel more like myself today than I have for months... seriously! YAY! I am a tad bit nauseated and still have that underlying tiredness, but compared to what I have been feeling, this is so much better! Still waiting for the call-back on the next referral, but I hope this is a good sign.:) Keep your fingers crossed for me!
In honor of feeling better, here's a happy song from Dave Matthews (my favorite of his)... come and dance with me. :)
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all... well, thus explains my silence here so far today. I don't have any unkind words, just no good ones either... just not feeling up to snuff and in the middle of more questions, worries, etc.
I will say that I got my $400... (yes, that is $400, folks) orthotics today... thank goodness for insurance or I'd have to pay all of that! Sheesh! $200 per foot! Still getting used to them... will have to let you know...
I guess I can go ahead and share a little cool news, too... for those of you who also love the song on the JC Penney commercial-- I mentioned the singer in another post a few days ago... She is Melanie Horsnell from Australia. Well, after *I* did the investigating to find out who that fabulous voice belonged to (only giving credit where it is due, dear--lol ;)) my dh has a CD on the way for Youth Roots Radio-- I cannot wait to hear it... totally excited about it! She rocks! :) Go check her out if you haven't!
On another note: countdown to Dancing with the Stars... 14 days from today!
Guess I did find something nice to say afterall. :)
Takin' it easy today while dh is singing/playing at church. We go on Saturday nights as a family-- LOVE that... never thought I would, but it is sooooo nice for our family to be able to just take it easy on Sundays. Only time Andrew isn't here on Sunday mornings is on the Sundays his band is scheduled to play-- so it's 3/4 Sundays we're all home... very nice.
So, because he's been up since 6:15 this morning and went running, I put some Hoppin' John in the crockpot-- YUM! Honestly, it wore me out, but the smell is so worth it! lol This is my all-time favorite recipe, so thought I'd share it... you have really got to try this one-- it is awesome! :)
Hoppin' John with Smoked Pork Chops
Ingreds: 4 smoked pork chops (I use more) 2 (15 oz) cans of black-eyed peas, drained 1 green bell pepper 2 cloves of garlic, minced (from jar works fine :-)) 1 onion, chopped 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce 3 T brown sugar (I use splenda) 2 T ketchup 1 jalapeno pepper (again, jar works fine :-)) salt & pepper to taste
Combine all in crockpot, cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 3-4. Serve with rice.
I know I have already added this to the bottom of my sidebar down there, but I love this song and just wanted to start off with something happy. This is such a beautiful song-- I think I have come to the conclusion that I kinda dig Hawaiian music. :)
Yesterday was the first day since I started this that I haven't posted. I was honestly just too worn out to bring myself to do it. Which I hate-- I was going for a record.
OK... on with it then... the good, the bad and the still unknown...
So, I saw my GP yesterday at last. He prescribed Itraconazole instead of the Vfend I was so worried about. I'm okay with that. Not nearly as much to worry about with this one. My insurance didn't want to cover it to start, but they argued until they did. It's a good thing, too-- good grief that is one expensive med! (gasp!) He answered what questions he could, which was good. Apparently, he is as stumped as I am-- this is just not something they have ever dealt with and I knew that. So, because of that, my GP is sending me to the infectious diseases people. That was a pretty big shock to hear initially, but then he explained that this med. could very possibly take care of it if it is the main problem we are dealing with, but that he wanted to take every precaution to understand everything we are dealing with since this is a highly unusual thing to find in this kind of culture. {Boy, was that a run-on sentence?!?! LOL But-- you get the point...} I appreciate him being thorough. I do though still think we need to be searching for the immune system answer-- I don't know exactly what they will do at "infectious diseases", but I am pretty sure at this point that RA is likely the culprit that is allowing all of these other things to "invade".
As for the neuropathy, I have my follow up first thing Monday morning, and have been advised by the GP that I should hold off on the steroid shots for now until we have a definitive answer from the I.D. people. At least I'll be getting the orthodics and MRI results then anyway.
I am soooooooo ready to be done with all of this. I am so ready to smile. :) I know I am suppose to be giving praise and find joy in all circumstances, but I have been struggling with that a lot. Thus, the song up there... if you have any other joyful things to share, I am wide open!
Got a call last night from the NP-- the dr. never called. They have phoned-in a very strong prescription-- VFend... scary stuff with a long list of drug interactions. It's intended for people who have compromised immune systems and have systemic infections. So, I called to have a follow up in person with the GP tomorrow. I need to understand this. Luckily, my follow-up with the podiatrist isn't until Monday. So, yet another doctor's appointment added to the calendar...
Meanwhile, without whining too much more about all of this (growing tired of hearing my own thoughts), I have tingling / numb hands now-- to match my feet-- and did not sleep well last night on top of it. I'm sure the worry is not helping anything. We have a chance of strong storms tonight, too-- right about the time the kiddos go to bed-- ugh! I hate storms!
OK, time for something happy...
Emeril, our doggie, turned one yesterday. So hard to believe! Where has the time gone? Isn't he cute?
I made the mistake of saying in front of Thomas yesterday that our cat, Frankie (aka "Boozie") is getting old. So, last night, he went to spend some time with Boozie in my bedroom and was in there a long time. When Tyler went to find him, I could hear Thomas crying and he said, "I'm having a little moment." He was crying about Boozie dying one day... oh, he gets me right in the heart-- this child with his old sensitive soul. And Tyler comforted him, rubbing his back and telling him it would be okay. They know just what to say; don't they?
Note: cats are MUCH harder to take pictures of--lol. They like to be in control of every situation. :)
