Hello Family & Friends,
I like the phrase I used at the end of the last blog post so I decided to title this new post with it! The next one might be Aging Bites (who knows??)
Well, to catch you up, Darrel has been having hip (aka back problems) for awhile and we finally had our annual in December and got an X-ray ordered, which indicated bone spurs in the left hip and the right hip wasn't too whippy either! So a visit to the Orthopedic clinic yielded Bone on Bone, and hip replacement candidate diagnosis and Darrel said not yet, how about other options --- so a steroid injection appointment and PT which we can do at Wickenburg (closer than Surprise) was ordered for the time being.
Susan decided she was going to do the Shingles shot series (which the doctor strongly suggested, since she said Shingles are no fun??? Like when is any disease fun???) and I tried to get my 1st one last week (1/18) but the pharmacy computer was glitchy and it wouldn't run insurance so I postponed.
Susan also needed a new pair of glasses so we did that on 1/18 as well hoping to get them back in a couple of weeks.
As you know, doctors move in mysterious ways and after several phone calls and call backs and messages, we got Darrel scheduled for PT on 2/3 and the injection on 1/25 and Susan was going to try and get a Shingles shot again.
All went well and I even got to pick up my glasses that morning. The weather was crappy, of course, the only day it is horribly storming, we are doing the errand thing -- don't get me started on whining about traveling 50+ miles to services so you pack everything into 1 day!!!
Here's the glasses pic --- but I am going to have to go back and get them adjusted because they are squeezing my head and it hurts! But that is tomorrow!!
Look at the glasses, not the hair, bad hair day with 15MPH winds and solid rain for 1.5 hours!
So the doctor's office calls while I am getting my Shingles shot and they want to move Darrel's appointment up and we said sounds good --- so we are now crunching time to get there 30 mins. early. Then we get a call from PT that they can get him in that afternoon and I said, not, he just got an injection so we are here now on 1/27 and will see if they want him back before 2/3.
I have to say the Shingles 1st shot had a little punch to it, and I had to wait at the pharmacy to see if I had any reactions -- after 15 I gave a thumbs up and head out -- the arm was a little sore but no biggie. We got Darrel's shot and headed home, me driving in the crappy weather.
Well, let me tell you that night my body ache like someone had tossed me on the ground, or I slept on the ground, or the truck that tossed me hit me too! It was not good, Darrel heard me moaning in the night and thought I was having a good time (not sure what he defines as a good time???) and finally at 5am I got up for the 3rd time that night and took another 2 advil -- that helped and when I woke up at 8am, I was much better and by the end of the day, back to normal.
So now I know with round 2 that I will plan to ache again and look at my calendar for 2-3 days of minimal activities. Of course, you know Darrel, after 3rd degree burns, a broken neck, 12" of colon missing, he really doesn't sweat the small stuff like a needle injected into his hip full of cortisone with only a topical -- but I can tell you, I didn't hear him moaning!!!!
So for the most part we are good, I am sure Darrel with have more PT appts. and I need to get the glasses fitted better and a 2nd Shingles shot in 2-6 months (AM NOT thinking about it right now -- need time to forget it) and continue living the healthy life!!!
I wanted to share my Fitbit data so you know that I am working on being healthy!!!
And I received my Africa badge -- I have walked 5,000 lifetime miles and that is the length of Africa
As for my Prayer request -- Darrel's brother's wife, Johnette (Johnny)is on Hospice at home -- lots of things and led up to this, but the final outcome is a cancer diagnosis and her time with us is limited. She is of really strong faith so Prayers are most appreciated for Mike, his daughters and families, friends and love ones. We are staying strong but it saddens our hears.
Sending love and blessings, and prayers from the road,
Susan and Darrel
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