The Excitement Builds (not!)

Ok, so I was awake until after 3:00 a.m. and awake at 9:00 a.m. Why? I have absolutely no idea. All I know is the headache is already bad this morning. No drop in pain at all from last night. I am oh-so-tired of this pain.

Bobby and I ventured out of the house last night. We went over to Pizza Man for dinner. It's a small place and doesn't appear to have much dine-in business, so we knew it wouldn't be overly loud. We were right. It felt great to leave the house! For excitement today, I'm planning on walking around the corner to the mailbox. Yippee!

Nothing else has changed in my world. How about yours?

Friday

At least I think it's Friday....hard to tell the difference when you rarely even leave the house. Life is continuing on with very little change here. I have a massive headache, cats think I'm a bed and Bobby's still hanging out with me. :-)

Not much else going on. Same ol' stuff. Just waiting to hear from neurologist.

Love ya.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a fun, festive and safe New Year's celebration! Bobby and I celebrated in our standard way - staying in, watching tv and relaxing. Boring, but hey, it's become a tradition for us. :-)

I stayed in bed a long time this morning. The headache was already bad, so I didn't want to get out of bed. However, nature called and I figured I'd better get up. Over the last few days, the pain has gotten slowly but surely worse and worse with very few periods of less pain. I don't really want to go to the ER over a holiday weekend, but if the pain keeps increasing that may be what I do.

Nothing else is going on here. Have a good one!

From a new friend

From one of my new Facebook "friends":

"Keep the smile, leave the tear. Think of joy, forget the fear. Hold the laughter, leave the pain. Be joyous, because it's new year's day!!"

He's somewhere on the other side of the world, I think. I just thought it was a great way to welcome in the new year.

Happy New Year's Eve!

Howdy!

Guess what......I actually left the house yesterday. Of course, it was to go take care of switching car insurance companies and to look for shoes for Bobby and go to the grocery store, but I'll take what I can get. Not that any of the chores were exciting, but I got pretzels at the mall, so I'm content. (And Bobby discovered that the shoes he liked were too wide through the heel, so that was all we got at the mall).

So far, the headache's a little better today. The center of the pain has moved, though. It's moved from the left front to kind of the right center, though there's still a "hot spot" pain in the left front. Unfortunately, it feels as if it's going to develop into a rather large area of pain by the end of the day.

Everyone - have a wonderful, fun, safe and sane New Year's Eve. E ya next year!

Lori

Ow, again

The headache is bad again today. It wasn't too bad when I first got up, but it's working it's way back up to horrible, I do believe.
Bobby came home last night. :-) He was unable to get a ticket to the show he was planning to go to last night, so he just came on home. I'm sad he couldn't see his friend's show, but happy he's home. So balance has been restored. The cats are no longer confused. At least no more than usual. Bobby's taking the rest of the week off work, so we get to hang out together. Maybe I'll really get lucky and get in to see the neurologist! I'm not holding my breath on that one, though.
Ok, that's my limit for now. Perhaps I'll write more later.
Love y'all!

Ow

My head hurts worse today. Writing more would require thought, so I'll just stop with that.

Sad Sunday

Well, I knew it was coming, but it's still sad. Josh & Jenn left for home this morning. It's always so great having them around, even when we're not really doing anything. It's like part of me is missing when he's not around. Oh, well. They're doing well and Josh even got word that he was hired for a second job for which he had applied. The hours at his other job have been reduced.

On their way home, they're going by to pick up Melia. Melia's visiting them through New Year's. I'm sure all of them will have a blast!

We had a great visit. It's so nice that they live closer, as I get to see them more frequently. I'm sure his dad and mom (ok, step-mom, but that sounds like they don't get along. She's his mom, too) miss seeing him so often, though.

The headache has moved to a different part of my head this morning, but it's still a fairly strong pain. I am just so tired of this. However, perhaps a couple days of relative silence will help me deal with it.

Nothing else is going on. Love to all!

Ahhhh, Saturday

Hello, again!

It's Saturday morning and I'm finally awake after going to bed at 2:00, not falling asleep for quite a while, then being awakened by a thunderstorm (?!???!!!!) soon thereafter. At least you can say this about the weather, it definitely keeps the local meteorologists on their toes! We were even under a tornado warning and/or flash flood warning. Odd for December, but that's what we're used to dealing with.

The headache stayed pretty bad all day yesterday. When I first got up this morning, I thought it was at a little more manageable level, but by the time I had taken a shower & gotten dressed, it was at least as painful as it was yesterday. The location of the main area of pain shifted a bit, but the intensity hasn't changed.

I have no idea what we'll be doing today. J&J are going over to the Light side (of the family) this evening, so we'll probably just hang out at home again today. They went out looking for turntable parts yesterday afternoon. Other than that, we've been sitting around watching movies and even complete series on tv. Good thing we all like the same type of shows, eh?

No other activity here. Blog ya later!

The Day After

Well, we all survived Christmas. Surprised and pleased my mom by showing up for the Christmas Day service at Bethlehem Lutheran with Josh and Jenn in tow. Joe, Mell, Brianne and Melia were also there. After church we all went to Mom's for dinner and gift opening. We had a good time and some great food. There was prime rib for us carnivores and salmon for the "kids" as they're all Pescatarians (vegetarians who eat fish). How it happened that the next generation doesn't love a big, juicy steak is beyond me!


At any rate, we enjoyed good conversation, great food and wonderful gifts.


The headache bothered me quite a bit in the morning. I ended up having to leave the sanctuary during church as the sound/stimulus pushed the pain up to an intolerable level. However, after finding a quiet area the pain subsided. The rest of the day, when pain would start to ramp up, I would close my eyes for a while (I've discovered that if I remove some of visual stimulus, I can somewhat slow down the pain escalation). I managed to get through the rest of the day without a major pain episode.


I finally slept well last night. I hadn't slept soundly for a couple nights. However, I woke up with a much worse headache than I had when I went to sleep. J&J had been up for a while and were catching up on this season's "Californication" episodes. We have no major plans for today and will do whatever strikes our fancy as the day progresses.


I'm off to find some breakfast. Love to all!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

My present's here!

Josh & Jenn got in about an hour ago. Since none of us had eaten lunch, we went to BD's and stuffed ourselves. They're both doing great and looking great, too. Of course, I'm a bit biased.

Happy Christmas Eve!

Josh & Jenn get here today! They drove to St. Louis last night and will finish the journey today (waiting for roads to clear). I can't wait to see them.

Bobby left this morning.

Oh, well. I had kidnapped him and taken him to Atlanta for Thanksgiving, so he's headed home for Christmas. He'll be back eventually. I already miss him. This will be the first Christmas where we aren't together at least most of the time for 10 years or so. Who's going to make sure I don't push myself too much????

The headache's still pretty bad. Yesterday's trek to work/Credit Union was about all I could handle, sad to say. Too much stimulus for me, I guess. It kind of proved to me that I can not handle multiple inputs right now. I'm really tired of this pain. Within a minute of waking in the morning, I'm aware of the pain. The only question is where it will decide to center itself each day. The last few days it's been hanging out from the temple area to back about halfway across my head.

It looks like we'll have a white Christmas. Since I'll have to leave the house, the snow's not nearly as pretty as when I could just look at the window at it. At least we won't have a long drive to Mom's for Christmas.

I better go eat now. Enjoy your day, everyone!

Excitement's building!

Ok, so maybe that's overstating it, but at least I'll be doing something different today - leaving the house! I need to go make sure the money I need is in the appropriate accounts, so Bobby's going to take me to the Credit Union after he gets off work. Of course, if I notice the weather starting to get bad before then, I'll drive myself. And pray the whole time that I don't get one of those stabbing pains that make me close my eyes. But then, I always try to avoid that! At least the dizziness is less common, so I'm not quite as concerned about that...but I also haven't tried driving in a while. (I'm not counting driving the cool little cart around Sam's. However, I did realize that things "zipping" by in my peripheral vision made me a bit woozy.)
I got an early Christmas present yesterday - some wonderful English Muffins from Mell & Joe! They are outstanding and I think Wolferman's has gained a new customer. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The headache is about the same today as it was last night, which was pretty bad. I can handle short conversations, but after a bit even talking is painful. I much prefer the written word today. I can read/write a bit at a time, and it doesn't matter if I stop for a little while. The mute button on the tv remote gets a workout, because noise can make the headache worse. It's amazing how much better daytime tv is when you don't listen to what they're saying! I'm definitely learning patience during this.
Matt's still working on one of my projects at work. He called me yesterday trying to get some help in determining how to set up some file/folder structures with the hyperlinked index. In my great mentor role, I told him I hadn't a clue and to just do what worked best for him. Awesome advice, right? Hey, I do the best I can with what I have to work with. Fortunately, he's a bright guy and will figure out a good solution.
Time to shut up and take a break. Love you, everyone!

Ow, ow, ow

Not only is the headache getting slowly worse today, my stomach's upset and I'm short of breath, too. Laundry's getting done, though! Just not too sure anything else will get done. Been playing games on facebook to pass the time as it doesn't require real thought or any movement. Just another day in paradise!

Mundane Monday

Ahhh, here we are again. Monday. Yay? It's one day closer to...something, I guess. Since I didn't hear from the neurologist's office, I can only assume it will be January before I get seen by him. Oh, well. Not much I can do about that.

Headache's bad today. Not terrible, but bad. It's centered right on the top of my head and has been getting steadily worse since I got out of bed a couple hours ago. Nausea's been coming and going the last few days, but I've had very few dizzy spells recently. (I put off the BPPV physical therapy stuff for a bit...don't want to start doing something until I've met with the neurologist).

If only this headache didn't make it difficult to do most everything, I wouldn't feel so blah. Since cooking is a multi-step process, it's hard for me to maintain concentration long enough to cook a real meal. I'm doing laundry today....even though I know those "cycle's done" beeps are going to hurt (if I turn the sound off, I forget to go shuffle the laundry around).

Meanwhile, when I got out of the shower this morning, I noticed a strange discolored area on my left leg, just above my knee. I had noticed the same thing a few days ago, but thought it was just from resting my laptop there prior to noticing the mark. Now I don't know what to think of it. A picture is below, if you can see anything in the photo.

Good news is that Josh & Jenn will be here sometime on Christmas Eve!

That's all the thinking I can do for now. Love to all!

Sunday So-So

Well, it's Sunday. Not much different from Saturday. Cold's better, headache's worse. After a short stretch of pain at the base of my skull last night, the main pain has relocated back to it's favorite spot - from just above my eyes to halfway back on my head. It feels like someone removed part of my brain and inserted a very heavy rock instead.

I have a feeling it's going to be another day where I just try to get through it without crying from the pain.

Hooray, it's the weekend

Not that there's much difference in my days...except that I see more of Bobby on the weekends. The cold is still progressing through my system. I've ended up sleeping in the recliner the last couple of nights to try and keep the congestion from getting worse. At least it seems to be working. Between all the liquids and a hot shower this morning, it feels like the congestion is moving out.

However, the headache's been bad since yesterday. Today it feels like someone's hand is on the top of my head, pressing down hard - the pain is across the front of my head and back towards my ears, then meets in the middle of my head. It's going to be another day where it just plain hurts to concentrate. But, hey, it's Saturday so I shouldn't have to think, right?

Here's hoping I'm up to posting more later.

Blah

Between the cold and the headache, I just don't feel very well today. Throat hurts and I just have no energy. Blah. Headache is bad enough that even games are beyond me today. Oh, well. Wish I could fall asleep.

Friday morning

Howdy! My cold is now settled in - congested, but at least I have a bit more of a voice than I've had the last couple of days. I spent a couple hours this morning working on the journal my nurse suggested I complete. Nothing says "fun" more than trying to recall all the doctor visits, meds, tests, etc. for the last few months! I finally had to take a break from that because it was just making my headache worse. Speaking of headaches, mine seems to have settled in to the left front side of my head, towards the top, with a solid, constant pain. Since the neck pain's now gone, I've stopped taking the Percocet (it didn't do anything for the headache pain).

Ok, I'm starving. Time for some Cap'n Crunch. More later.