I fell today. First time in my adult life. Went to lift up a little to adjust my computer chair, and my right leg just didn't exist. I went right down on my right side, jammed up my hand pretty good.Still have no idea why the leg just wasn't there. Feeling came right back, as soon as I hit the floor.

Well, this was an interesting weekend. Blood pressure dropped to 46/34 Friday evening, which, of course, put me in hospital with acute kidney failure. I'd been telling nad telling the drs that my bp was dropping too low with all the diuretics and the arb, but they just seemed to blow off my concern. After all, I'm only the patient, I don't know anything. The kidney specialist took a look at my med list {80 mg lasix, 50 mg aldactone, 5 mg zaroxolyn, plus 25 mg cozaar} along with my NORMAL bp of 90/60, and blew a gasket. Basically asked my cardiologist if he was TRYING to kill me. Wish I'd been a little mouse to over hear that conversation (someone, no names, who did overhear told me about it}. But I'm home now, with some drastic changes to the meds, and more importantly MUCH MUCH closer monitoring of the bp.

Something tells me it's gonna be a long 3 months until the can put in the defibrillator.

This weather sucks. Edging into the eighties, and already my feet are swollen to twice normal size, they've tripled my Lasix dose, and I've still gained 7 pounds in the last two days. It'll take a miracle to get me through the summer without another hospital stay.

It's been a wee since I was bitten, and they're still giving me grief. The swelling has gone down, and they no longer BURN, but they are sore, and extremely sensitive. I still can't quit the Tylenol , because I can't deal with the pain without it.

I am in the middle of a painful (very) reminder of why I should spray my window screen with eucalyptus oil BEFORE the weather breaks. I have 8 or 9 very painful spider bites on my scalp. Must have had a sac hatch out Monday and come in through the screen (they can at that size) while I was sleeping with my head right under the window that night. They're swollen, they BURN, and there's one on the rim of my ear! Right where the glasses and the oxy hose both keep bumping it! I have been eating Tylenol and antihistamines all week to try to stay sane!

I am absolutely furious.
Older son's ex-wife was ordered to pay ALL expenses for their older boy's Scouting, including cabfare to and from meetings, etc. In spite of this, she has managed to make him miss 7 out of 11 meets, his first overnight lock-in, and now his chance to march in the St Pat's parade ( she has his uniform).
This is on top of missing 4 of the last 6 visitations (2 of which she was "on vacation").
The woman needs to be removed completely from their lives.The only thing her having visitation rights is accomplishing is destroying the boys' ability to trust. The younger one already wants nothing to do with her. The older one just keeps forgiving her; he says "that's just how mommy is." And that statement just makes my blood boil!

Well, Elder Son and his boys are back in Michigan, living with us at the moment, since they have NO way back to NY. Ex DIL is in for a rude shock when he takes her to court to replace everything they had to abandon there. His younger boy flatly refuses to have anything to do with her, since it's her fault all of his toys, etc are gone. The older one isn't saying much, just "that's how Mommy is" which is pretty damn sad coming from a 10 year old.


BUT, at least now all my grandboys are in easy hugging range!

Court went incredibly well. Since we have already paid for the damage done to the house DH hit, and he is NOW being treated for his COPD, all charges were dismissed! YAY!!! Such a relief to both my nerves and our budget!

I want drugs. Heavy duty, induced coma type drugs. On top of all the stress we're under with the Squirrel's trial ( for the accident ) coming up, and the ( mostly pleasant) stress of having eldest son and his 2 boys staying with us for the last month, his ever-to-be-reviled ex has now reneged on her agreement to get them home to NY. The only way DS agreed to come back to Michigan for July ( because SHE wanted to "spend quality time with her sons") was if she guaranteed to get them home the first week in August. It is now August 19th, and she is still coming up with excuses not to do so, the latest being she "can't afford it."
DS is now looking at suing her for a way to get home.

After all the effort it took to GET my ridiculous Medicaid coverage, the state of Michigan has, in it's infinite wisdom, decided that, since I have failed to meet my $1397 monthly deductible over the three months that I've had it, I must not need it. As of Aug 1, I will be completely uninsured again. I give up. It's a damn good thing I get my meds thru various patient assistance programs.

Oh, and I never did get an answer as to why MY Medicaid deductible should equal 3 times MY income, 75% of OUR total income!