KR couldn't sleep so he gets up at 4 45 and the alarm goes off at 5, MEXICAN channel, really, and I get up. Get everything ready, at Coast Surgery Center by 5 30, he goes surfing. Went in and got everything ready. The anesthesiologist is some young Chinese woman who speaks Chinese, and they kept asking me what i was having done, finally I told them a frontal lobotomy. HAHAHA Next thing I knew, it was 7 30 and I woke up. Everything went well.
Kurt is called and he comes and get me. I get up to bed and my hip is REALLY REALLY sore, the nurse said prolly because they had to position my leg on the side to do the surgery, it is the medial meniscus after all, so kind of like holding a yoga pose for 15 minutes. Man that hurt more than the knee. I am also queasy.
I lay around with ice most day, and the compression stocking helps. We had Bible Study and they show up and I hobble around. Everything feels pretty good. I think I am just numb. Mary comes by with ginger candy, I am queasy. Diane comes with Hungarian sausage, spicy cabbage, and bread. We needed all the food, and quickly ate through everything. What a bunch of nice friends. I think they are sisters from another mother.
They gave me one Norco, and the constipation, oh man. Didn't go for like three days. Prunes helped a little, but much too late. No more Norco's from now.
Let me name them:
Adele
Mary
Diane
Melissa
Faye
Just five, but they are the bestest friends.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
The Kid is Sick
Well, Kurt had a migraine today, and it was interesting that he was out of commission. He told me about 9 am and I went over to the garage where his stuff was and found the Imitrex and gave him one. He went to school and came home and went to bed. I googled a couple of acupressure points and tried to make him feel better. He also called in sick at work, and will be taking the sick hours that he has accrued from last year.
I had another PT last Friday with Alice. Think I won't go any more, as there is little that I cannot do by myself, besides it is costing me money and this month we charged enough. Just got the Amex and the Visa bills.
Monday we went down to Capistrano and spent most of the day with Ed and Ingrid. They were here staying with the Tidiks, and Dr Tidik is pretty old, and needs a lot of help from the caregiver. It was nice to see all of them, from Ed and Ingrid to Glenn, Jan, Debbie, Mary, Beth, and assorted Tidiks. They rented two houses and Michael had bought a house last year, I think. I think it has to be thousands of dollars a week.
Alan left to go down to San Diego last Friday. KR worked for Greg on Friday the 15th, and I had my teeth cleaned by Debbie. She is kind of weird, and rather slow I think. I wish Karyn was still there. I think she is better at cleaning than Debbie. But that is rather late.
KR just called and got his sick day pay from Greg. It is about time. Also Greg asked him to work the 29th, he is going to Lost Wages for bachelor party. KR met with Trish Farley and the meeting drove him nuts, as she cannot decide what she wants to do with her storage units, so they stood around doing nothing.
We worked MMA last Saturday, the 16th. We ahd a new caregiver Seantiel and I had to stay and tell her what to do. She said that Ofelia told her all kinds of lies about dad and how I try to get Ofelia to do things for mom, and it was taking time away from dad. What a crock. I texted Stacy to have a chat and it will happen next week.
On Sunday we went to Adele's BBQ. She is so amazing. We ate, and even Kurt came. I went to my exercise class. The knee is feeling better and the frost bite is slowly peeling, like KR said it would. It is no pressure burn like Dr Thomas wants to say. Overall the knee is healing pretty fast.
The hen I got last week from Diane turned out to be a rooster. I should have known, as it was pretty aggressive the whole week. I went up today and got another, this time the hen is pretty mellow. She already laid an egg. What am I going to call her? Amber might be good, or Matilda? As the last Matilda turned out to be Mateo. Vulchi is still laying about 3 a week. What a girl. Amelia is broody again, so not laying. Little Blackie the trooper is laying about 5 a week. The little coop from TJ is really a nice coop.
I had another PT last Friday with Alice. Think I won't go any more, as there is little that I cannot do by myself, besides it is costing me money and this month we charged enough. Just got the Amex and the Visa bills.
Monday we went down to Capistrano and spent most of the day with Ed and Ingrid. They were here staying with the Tidiks, and Dr Tidik is pretty old, and needs a lot of help from the caregiver. It was nice to see all of them, from Ed and Ingrid to Glenn, Jan, Debbie, Mary, Beth, and assorted Tidiks. They rented two houses and Michael had bought a house last year, I think. I think it has to be thousands of dollars a week.
Alan left to go down to San Diego last Friday. KR worked for Greg on Friday the 15th, and I had my teeth cleaned by Debbie. She is kind of weird, and rather slow I think. I wish Karyn was still there. I think she is better at cleaning than Debbie. But that is rather late.
KR just called and got his sick day pay from Greg. It is about time. Also Greg asked him to work the 29th, he is going to Lost Wages for bachelor party. KR met with Trish Farley and the meeting drove him nuts, as she cannot decide what she wants to do with her storage units, so they stood around doing nothing.
We worked MMA last Saturday, the 16th. We ahd a new caregiver Seantiel and I had to stay and tell her what to do. She said that Ofelia told her all kinds of lies about dad and how I try to get Ofelia to do things for mom, and it was taking time away from dad. What a crock. I texted Stacy to have a chat and it will happen next week.
On Sunday we went to Adele's BBQ. She is so amazing. We ate, and even Kurt came. I went to my exercise class. The knee is feeling better and the frost bite is slowly peeling, like KR said it would. It is no pressure burn like Dr Thomas wants to say. Overall the knee is healing pretty fast.
The hen I got last week from Diane turned out to be a rooster. I should have known, as it was pretty aggressive the whole week. I went up today and got another, this time the hen is pretty mellow. She already laid an egg. What am I going to call her? Amber might be good, or Matilda? As the last Matilda turned out to be Mateo. Vulchi is still laying about 3 a week. What a girl. Amelia is broody again, so not laying. Little Blackie the trooper is laying about 5 a week. The little coop from TJ is really a nice coop.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Yesterday was Kurt's 19th birthday. Where did the time go? It was only yesterday that I was calling him Meeno. We went to Denny's for breakfast. I picked up Lani and mom and dad and KR met us there, and Abby and Alan and Kurt came separately. Free Grand Slam of course and mom had a vegetarian omelette, and of course she asked what everyone else was eating, and then said, "I don't have ham, then I don't have sausage, and then I don't have pancake..." which meant that she wanted some of each.
Kurt had his first day of school at El Camino and he left by 10 to park and find the classroom. He got in. There were 30 registered and 9 on the waitlist with him being the last one on the list. Grand total of 29 people showed up for the class. Yipeeeeeee. The teacher is young and kind of cute, but the first book is of a dead lesbian called Adrienne Rich. Her poems were kind of interesting.
For lunch, we all dressed up and went to ChickFilA. Oh, before that I had PT and I had forgotten and Patty called and I rushed there. Alice really worked me good. We all got a sandwich, and two drinks, then KR says, "How about we go to the other one and get another sandwich?" Bless his heart. So we all drove to the next one and got another sandwich. Of course we got the udders with gloves.
Ofelia came over and I went to Gaetano's early to wait in line, and the rest of the gang came. I also invited Bobby and Ryan as a surprise. We had the Tuesday night dinner for four, times two, and it was great. They went out Pokemon hunting and Kurt didn't get home til 1, and was pretty tired the next day.
We didn't tell mom that we were going out to dinner.
Kurt had his first day of school at El Camino and he left by 10 to park and find the classroom. He got in. There were 30 registered and 9 on the waitlist with him being the last one on the list. Grand total of 29 people showed up for the class. Yipeeeeeee. The teacher is young and kind of cute, but the first book is of a dead lesbian called Adrienne Rich. Her poems were kind of interesting.
For lunch, we all dressed up and went to ChickFilA. Oh, before that I had PT and I had forgotten and Patty called and I rushed there. Alice really worked me good. We all got a sandwich, and two drinks, then KR says, "How about we go to the other one and get another sandwich?" Bless his heart. So we all drove to the next one and got another sandwich. Of course we got the udders with gloves.
Ofelia came over and I went to Gaetano's early to wait in line, and the rest of the gang came. I also invited Bobby and Ryan as a surprise. We had the Tuesday night dinner for four, times two, and it was great. They went out Pokemon hunting and Kurt didn't get home til 1, and was pretty tired the next day.
We didn't tell mom that we were going out to dinner.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
My First PT
Maybe it is because I was feeling better, the PT sort of feels like it was nothing. I got there at 2 and saw Eric O. Alice Wang, the one Neil recommended was busy. There are about a dozen people getting PT, and some are in pretty bad shape. He asked me to walk, and then corrected my gait, and stretched me a bit and showed me a bunch of exercises and that was it. It seems so short, and I will have one more session before NO MORE, as my insurance has 30% copay I think.
The cleaning lady came, and she read her clock wrong so I waited for her. Kurt was pretty tired but he was up on time. I cleaned the garage some more, and went through a bunch of paperwork that mom had. She was trying to be the go between for someone trying to buy a million dollars of GOLD, some time in the late 90"s? I also saw her bankruptcy papers, and so many more. She was into wheeling and dealing. I suppose my kids will say that about us when the time comes, except we won't have so much paper trail as everything is now on the web or over internet. Wonder if I should save some of this stuff.
After PT, since I got the go ahead for bike riding, I rode my bike to Fox to pay a bill and to Chase to deposit some money. I was pretty tired when I got home. Kurt went to bed about 5 30 and slept til 7 30 the next morning. Yikes. I walked the dog about 9 pm as she had no exercise all day. We all sure miss pops. I cooked some hamburgers and went to mom's for about an hour. Ofelia did not clean dad's teeth well, as he still had a whole bunch of food between 18 & 19. Adele came over and we had a nice chat while Harry was over at the Y for swim lesson.
The cleaning lady came, and she read her clock wrong so I waited for her. Kurt was pretty tired but he was up on time. I cleaned the garage some more, and went through a bunch of paperwork that mom had. She was trying to be the go between for someone trying to buy a million dollars of GOLD, some time in the late 90"s? I also saw her bankruptcy papers, and so many more. She was into wheeling and dealing. I suppose my kids will say that about us when the time comes, except we won't have so much paper trail as everything is now on the web or over internet. Wonder if I should save some of this stuff.
After PT, since I got the go ahead for bike riding, I rode my bike to Fox to pay a bill and to Chase to deposit some money. I was pretty tired when I got home. Kurt went to bed about 5 30 and slept til 7 30 the next morning. Yikes. I walked the dog about 9 pm as she had no exercise all day. We all sure miss pops. I cooked some hamburgers and went to mom's for about an hour. Ofelia did not clean dad's teeth well, as he still had a whole bunch of food between 18 & 19. Adele came over and we had a nice chat while Harry was over at the Y for swim lesson.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Surgery Friday July 1, 2016
So KR takes me there by 5 30 and i sign a bunch of papers, and they get me back there by 6 30 and kept asking me what my name was and the birthday and what procedure I was having done, I finally said that I was there for a frontal lobotomy. The next thing I knew, it was 7 30 and they are calling Kurt, as I told KR to just surf and not worry.
I had this compression stocking on, and my right hip was killing me, and they asked if I wanted a Norco and I said yes, should have said no. I get home, with this bandage and limp up to bed. The whole thing is a blur as I am a bit queasy. The leg is numb, and I stay queasy the whole day. Thank goodness the lemon bars were baked yesterday.
Kurt comes home from work and stays when the bible study folks start coming in. KR had precamp dinner at church and gets home by 7 45. The discussion was very lively, about WHY I am, or am not a Calvinist. Guess me and Patty are the only for sure Calvinists. They all leave and I go to bed. Not much appetite as I am queasy. Diane drops off some bread, sausage from Alpine and this great cabbage salad. Thank goodness, we all liked the food and there was not enough to eat.
Saturday dawns and my leg is still a bit numb. I am still queasy, and Ofelia is suppose to come but Liz told her not to and I had no caregiver for the morning. I walk dad, and that was not a good idea. Adeli was suppose to come at 2 30 but she misread the text and comes at 3. KR and I were thinking about going to the movie but i am just not up to it. Kurt and Ryan and Jun Soo went to the Dodgers game, and we went to bed early, still queasy.
Sunday dawns and KR is up and we go to church as KR is leaving for camp. We go to the 9 service, and KURT IS LATE AGAIN !!!!!!!! They commission the whole group, and we go home after service. KR and group will stay til the 11 oclock commissioning before they head out to Vista. He calls me from camp. KURT has a fit about helping me, and that he did NOT WANT the responsibility of being the man of the house. What is wrong with him? Can't step up and be a man? I go to moms in the afternoon as Ofelia was there from 9 30 - 12 30. I go at 2 30 and then 5 and feed them and finally asked Kurt to put them to bed as I was too tired. The dog is out of sort, dad is not here. Kurt takes Gracie down to the Bay with Ryan and at least they got some exercise. He catches this little fish.
This morning is FOURTH of July, and the weather is overcast. I am feeling better. Kurt goes at 9 and then we go take the old folks to New Horizon hot dog roast and mom and dad eats and we take them home. Kristina comes at 1, gives dad a shower and I go back and feed them halibut and rice for dinner. Kurt has me buy him some Hard Lemonade for the party at the Richardson's in Manhattan Beach. I hope he does not drink and drive.
Tomorrow I think I start PT. I went to the pool and tried to swim, the waterproof bag over the incision leaked so I came out after about 15 minutes. It is feeling much better.
I had this compression stocking on, and my right hip was killing me, and they asked if I wanted a Norco and I said yes, should have said no. I get home, with this bandage and limp up to bed. The whole thing is a blur as I am a bit queasy. The leg is numb, and I stay queasy the whole day. Thank goodness the lemon bars were baked yesterday.
Kurt comes home from work and stays when the bible study folks start coming in. KR had precamp dinner at church and gets home by 7 45. The discussion was very lively, about WHY I am, or am not a Calvinist. Guess me and Patty are the only for sure Calvinists. They all leave and I go to bed. Not much appetite as I am queasy. Diane drops off some bread, sausage from Alpine and this great cabbage salad. Thank goodness, we all liked the food and there was not enough to eat.
Saturday dawns and my leg is still a bit numb. I am still queasy, and Ofelia is suppose to come but Liz told her not to and I had no caregiver for the morning. I walk dad, and that was not a good idea. Adeli was suppose to come at 2 30 but she misread the text and comes at 3. KR and I were thinking about going to the movie but i am just not up to it. Kurt and Ryan and Jun Soo went to the Dodgers game, and we went to bed early, still queasy.
Sunday dawns and KR is up and we go to church as KR is leaving for camp. We go to the 9 service, and KURT IS LATE AGAIN !!!!!!!! They commission the whole group, and we go home after service. KR and group will stay til the 11 oclock commissioning before they head out to Vista. He calls me from camp. KURT has a fit about helping me, and that he did NOT WANT the responsibility of being the man of the house. What is wrong with him? Can't step up and be a man? I go to moms in the afternoon as Ofelia was there from 9 30 - 12 30. I go at 2 30 and then 5 and feed them and finally asked Kurt to put them to bed as I was too tired. The dog is out of sort, dad is not here. Kurt takes Gracie down to the Bay with Ryan and at least they got some exercise. He catches this little fish.
This morning is FOURTH of July, and the weather is overcast. I am feeling better. Kurt goes at 9 and then we go take the old folks to New Horizon hot dog roast and mom and dad eats and we take them home. Kristina comes at 1, gives dad a shower and I go back and feed them halibut and rice for dinner. Kurt has me buy him some Hard Lemonade for the party at the Richardson's in Manhattan Beach. I hope he does not drink and drive.
Tomorrow I think I start PT. I went to the pool and tried to swim, the waterproof bag over the incision leaked so I came out after about 15 minutes. It is feeling much better.
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