Update

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Wow, isn't life busy. This morning my daughter Kristie Jo came up to me and

said, " Hey Mom, did you realize that 2 months from today is Christmas Eve? " ? The

older I get the faster time goes, hummm. Anyway, I thought I would post a quick

update on what?we found out at our appointments.

saw the podiatrist and they casted her feet for orthotics I think is what

they are called. Of course the doctor told her that she needs to get some better

shoes to put them in then the ones she was wearing. I did like that because I

had told her she needed to wear her good shoes more often. She seems to think

that her cheap shoes do not help her feet much better then the more expensive

ones. We will be getting a new pair in the next couple of weeks once her

orthotics arrive. Right now she wants to wear her red canvas hightop sneekers.?

Jaye sees the rheuym on November 12th just a week before I leave for

Paraguay.? So whats another day off from work.?hmmm.

As for me, I met a new rheumatologist in Wichita and was not impressed. Not

because she did not know what she was doing but because of her soft voice and

her irritation when I had to have her keep repeating herself. I am hard of

hearing and am unable to wear my hearing aid. Even after I explained to her that

I could not hear her because I was hard of hearing she did not raise her voice

any and continued to seem irritated when I asked her to repeat what she was

telling me. It is not like I had someone there with me to tell me later. I

assume that she knows what she is doing but am not convinced. She looked at my

fingers and first said that there is no swelling. When I put the two hands

together and asked then why is one hand considerably larger then the other one

she decided that maybe I do have some swelling. She seems to think that I might

have osteoarthritis?but that was a maybe,?and she gave me a cream to put on my

thumb joints. She told me to quite taking the mobic since it does not seem to be

helping much. She ordered a thumb splint/brace thing which I have not been able

to get back to Wichita to get fit for yet and let me go. She did not order any

lab work or anything, did not even suggest that I come back for a followup

appointment at a future date. So, I will not say that I don't think she is worth

what she is being paid but I certainly am not impressed by anything she did.? I

will use the cream and the thumb splint for a while and see how things progress.

Probably will look to set an appointment in the future with a different

rheumatologist if things do not improve. This weather is certainly playing havoc

on my hands & wrist. My knees are beginning to bother me with the cool

wet?weather moving in but I can deal with them ok.

So much for a quick update, these always end up longer then I expect.

Veri & Jaye 14 poly