November 16, 2004

My teeth are waking me up at 5:30 in the morning, every morning. I think that may be why I'm having migraines. About 1 a day, that usually subsides after sleep. My blood sugar is acting up again, probably due to some infection.

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November 06, 2004

It is getting to that time again, and I'm so excited! When I was living in California, so far away from my family it was hard at this time of year. I knew I couldn't afford to go home for Christmas, so I pretended Christmas didn't exist. Now that I'm 20 miles away from my family I can't wait for Christmas! I feel like I've been waiting for 6 years for this Christmas to come. I know my family isn't ideal, and sometimes they're really terrible to me, but they're all I have. Christmastime is when the whole family just forgets that we don't get along, and we just have fun. I can't wait to start decorating the house. On the medical front, I'm having problems with my teeth again. It wakes me up at night. I can't go very long without having advil on board, they hurt so bad. I have to get something done about it soon. With no insurance, things are a lot tougher though. I worry about getting an infection that will make my blood sugar rise. My blood sugar has been behaving lately, and I'm so glad for that. I still have the ear infection, and have had blood coming out of my ear lately. It is scary, because the infection is in my right ear, my good ear. I've been on knitting overload trying to get presents done before Christmas, so my shoulders are pretty sore. I have a knitting blog, if you want to see it, it is at http://knittnchick.blogspot.com.

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November 01, 2004

I'm still having a hard time with my broken tailbone, but it is getting better. I've caught some kind of bug, probably bronchitis at this point. I'm geting lots of sleep and drinking plenty of liquids. Pretty much all I can do for now. I'm getting an ear infection, which is always scary, given the fact that any one of them can take my hearing forever. My blood sugar has been pretty good, only a few problems, and minor at that. I am knitting more now, so I am keeping my time occupied pretty well.

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October 14, 2004

Since Mt. St. Helens started acting up I've been very busy, I apologize for not writing sooner. I am about 70 miles south/southwest of the volcano, but no matter what she does, the greatest danger to me is ash. I had asthma as a child, and my lungs are still sensitive. Anyway, on to new news. My blood sugar has been behaving for the most part, until I fell last week and broke my tailbone. I slipped on the bathroom floor getting out of the shower. I did have a towel down so I wouldn't slip on the floor if it was wet, the problem was that I slipped on the towel. It has been pretty painful, especially trying to sit down and get up. Even bowel movements are painful. I've had a Fibromyalgia flare since then because of the fall. I am trying to ramp up in my knitting efforts to find the perfect hat for my brother that he wants me to knit him for Christmas. Sorry this is a quick update, but sitting for periods of time hurts quite a bit. I was answering email from my bed on my stomach, but I can't do that for long either.

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September 30, 2004

I'm sorry I haven't added anything new. Honestly, not much has changed. I am, however, in the midst of an active volcano. Mt. St. Helens, as I'm sure you all know, is waking up. We are at an alert level 2 out of 3. There is a 70% chance (according to scientists) that she will erupt. Where I am at will probably see some ash, if there is debris it will be small, and certainly no lava unless it is catastrophic, which it is thought to be a small to moderate eruption. Read the updates here.

Heather

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September 22, 2004

Judy,

I do take Flexeril for moderate muscle spasms, but I take Baclofen everyday to keep the muscles in line. I also have some Zanaflex on hand for severe muscle spasms, but I rarely take that. I usually only need muscle relaxers, not ususally pain meds. This time, I did need pain meds. I hate when Myofascial Pain Syndrome gets involved, it turns my muscles to concrete. Locked in a death grip and boy do I hurt. Rarely do I get ones like these, where my neck is so stiff that I can't even move. I'm doing heat and pills, baby! My sugars are still doing very well, but I'm still not on a new kidney med yet. I also count carbs, but I have other insulins that I take other than just fast acting ones. Novolog is a fast acting, Novolin is slower. Right now I'm on R and N. N is a slow acting insulin, and R is a fast acting one. I was on 70/30 (70% slow and 30% fast) but I find that good ole R and N is more cost effective. I went to a chriopractor about 10 years ago and he put my neck in traction after a car accident. Scarred me for life. I was in worse shape coming out of there than I was going in. I guess I can try another one once we get insurance, because I've learned how to manipulate myself pretty well, but the lumbar region is too hard to get to. Sometimes when I'm really hurting if I can get the muscle to let go, then I can pop everything back where it goes, then I'm just dandy! Last couple of days I've just been trying to get as much sleep as possible, that always helps.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
~Dutch Proverb

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