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Another Day

Today is Saturday and I am finally starting to feel better with my new medication. I have been taking methadone with the percocet to help with the pain and I guess it had to build up in my system in order for it to really work. I got sick the first day that I took it but that could have been some left over sickness from trying the morphine (Kadian) again. So, the pills are helping and I am able to move around a lot more. I need my knee to heal fast so I can get my next surgery done sooner.

One problem that I have been having is that my left knee (the one that hasn't had surgery yet) has been getting stiff and painful for the last 5 mornings. I couldn't figure out the cause but last night I left my heater on on all night and it didn't hurt when I woke up. But I was very hot and so was Jemal all night long. I don't think this is going to be the solution to the problem.

I don't get to see my orthopedist until the 25th this month. So I have some time that I am going to have to deal with this. It isn't going to be fun and I don't even know if there is anything he can do about it until I have my surgery in Sept (or around then). Maybe I need to buy a heating pad and put it under my blanket at night. That might work and keep the bedroom from getting too hot at night.

I have been doing aquatic therapy for few weeks now and not only am I strengthening my knee muscles and shoulders but I am losing weight and toning my body at the same time. It's really great. I am down from 189 to 164. I am hoping that by the Holidays I will be down to around 130 or so. I would be so happy to get back to my old weight. It makes me depressed to be so big even though everyone says that I look good now. I don't really believe then or at least they are basing their opinion on the fact that I used to weigh 189 lbs. I am really excited and I can't wait to see what I look like when this is all over.

Also I have been a little nervous this week. Sierra got on a plane a ll by herself and flew out to visit her grand parents and stay for a week. She is more then 1000 miles away from home right now. I know she is in good hands but she is my little girl and I worry about something happening to her while she is so far away. I know in the back of my mind that everything is going to be okay it's just in my nature to worry about things like this.

There is another thing going on and I don't know what is going to happen with it. I got in a big fight with my mother in chat. She is upset that I won't let Sierra go out and visit with her alone. My mother is too insane, broke, scamming people, facing jail time and doesn't even have her own place to live. She was threatening to file for grandparents rights. She is just crazy enough to try to file for visitation but I don't think there is a judge in the world that would give her visitation. I am hoping that I don't need to face her in court because I have some letters she wrote that would defiantly keep her from getting visitation.

Posted by Caffeine on July 15, 2006 08:41 AM |

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"Maybe I need to buy a heating pad and put it under my blanket at night. That might work and keep the bedroom from getting too hot at night."

Never do this. I am aware of three persons who received third degree burns doing it. It's very dangerous.

Posted by: Skanking1 [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 17, 2006 03:11 PM

I guess it's not such a good idea after all. I am going to have to work on something new. Thanks for the advice. It could have ended badly without your advice.

Posted by: Freshcaffeine [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 19, 2006 08:30 AM

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