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Those of you who know me...know I have a bad back.
Well... Last Saturday I did something stupid and decided to refill the dog's food bin with a 50lb bag of dogfood. Â Well... after a loud *pop* and me falling out on the floor, I realized I did something terrible. Â I managed to fill the bin, throw the bag away, and drag myself to the couch. Â Bernadette was dogsitting for some friends and decided to swing by and check on me. Â Worriedly, she left late Saturday to return to the dogs. Â Sunday morning I called one of my doc's emergency numbers and I was informed to go directly to the emergency room. Â Steve of Steve and Terri came over without any questions and drove me to the E.R. Â He sat with me for several hours and through many tears (his son Justin was very worried about me and kissed my cheek to make it better). Â I was taken back to a room and the nurse practitioner was readyto have me admitted, morphine flowing in my arm, when my surgeon's after hours person said I didn't need to be admitted. Bernadette arrived and she and steve got me home and into the house. Â The next morning it was even worse. Â I went in to see my pain management doctor and he sent me back to the E.R. for an MRI. Â IT took about 4 hours for the work comp (yes, I hurt my back in 99 in my classroom) person to approve it after many many phone calls. Â After the MRI I went back to the ER to get some relief. Â Needless to say I was admitted (finally got a room at 3am) and put on a morphine dose every 4 hours. Â I have no sick days left at work because I use them to go to 3 different doctors who I see at least every other month each. Â My surgeon came in and offered to do the fusion this coming week. Â I can't.... no way to pay bills if that happens... Â He agreed we would ty to wait until late May. Â However, he told me he would send me home if I agreed to rest and i could not return to work until the 10th. Â This means a whole 2 weeks without pay. Â Our pay for 10 months of work is divided into 12 months of paychecks. Â I.E. I will basically owe THEM money for missing 2 weeks of work. Â This is NOT a good situation. Â The only GOOD thing is that I am not late on any bills yet. Â I am currently on strong meds but can not tell the difference when I take them. Â I sit and swet sugar glider cage accessories to pass the time. Â I haven't driven yet because of the miscle spasms and the pain of being in one spot for a long period of time. Â Life is not good at the moment except my fish give me peace. Â When I feel the stress of knowing I will be behind with bills AND with my students, I sit and stare at the fish.... I listen to the sugar gliders talking to each other, and feel the warmth of the dogs as they lie near me. Â I check email and fishbox messages and love reading all of your posts. Â :? Â Thank you loretta for talking to me on the phone at 2am... Â Thank you Steve and Terri for helping me out at the hospital. Â Thank you all for your get well wishes. Â And Raul... beleive it or not, knowing that your bundle of joy was on the way... gave me something happy to look forward to. Â I know she will be an amazing girl with an amazing family to lead her on her incredible journey. Â So.. okay.. this isn't really venting... it is kind of an update on me.
Well... Last Saturday I did something stupid and decided to refill the dog's food bin with a 50lb bag of dogfood. Â Well... after a loud *pop* and me falling out on the floor, I realized I did something terrible. Â I managed to fill the bin, throw the bag away, and drag myself to the couch. Â Bernadette was dogsitting for some friends and decided to swing by and check on me. Â Worriedly, she left late Saturday to return to the dogs. Â Sunday morning I called one of my doc's emergency numbers and I was informed to go directly to the emergency room. Â Steve of Steve and Terri came over without any questions and drove me to the E.R. Â He sat with me for several hours and through many tears (his son Justin was very worried about me and kissed my cheek to make it better). Â I was taken back to a room and the nurse practitioner was readyto have me admitted, morphine flowing in my arm, when my surgeon's after hours person said I didn't need to be admitted. Bernadette arrived and she and steve got me home and into the house. Â The next morning it was even worse. Â I went in to see my pain management doctor and he sent me back to the E.R. for an MRI. Â IT took about 4 hours for the work comp (yes, I hurt my back in 99 in my classroom) person to approve it after many many phone calls. Â After the MRI I went back to the ER to get some relief. Â Needless to say I was admitted (finally got a room at 3am) and put on a morphine dose every 4 hours. Â I have no sick days left at work because I use them to go to 3 different doctors who I see at least every other month each. Â My surgeon came in and offered to do the fusion this coming week. Â I can't.... no way to pay bills if that happens... Â He agreed we would ty to wait until late May. Â However, he told me he would send me home if I agreed to rest and i could not return to work until the 10th. Â This means a whole 2 weeks without pay. Â Our pay for 10 months of work is divided into 12 months of paychecks. Â I.E. I will basically owe THEM money for missing 2 weeks of work. Â This is NOT a good situation. Â The only GOOD thing is that I am not late on any bills yet. Â I am currently on strong meds but can not tell the difference when I take them. Â I sit and swet sugar glider cage accessories to pass the time. Â I haven't driven yet because of the miscle spasms and the pain of being in one spot for a long period of time. Â Life is not good at the moment except my fish give me peace. Â When I feel the stress of knowing I will be behind with bills AND with my students, I sit and stare at the fish.... I listen to the sugar gliders talking to each other, and feel the warmth of the dogs as they lie near me. Â I check email and fishbox messages and love reading all of your posts. Â :? Â Thank you loretta for talking to me on the phone at 2am... Â Thank you Steve and Terri for helping me out at the hospital. Â Thank you all for your get well wishes. Â And Raul... beleive it or not, knowing that your bundle of joy was on the way... gave me something happy to look forward to. Â I know she will be an amazing girl with an amazing family to lead her on her incredible journey. Â So.. okay.. this isn't really venting... it is kind of an update on me.
<---this is how I feel now lol
.........i love you Reba......
That's funny!
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