My Feet and I Thank You!

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Ohmygosh, I wish I could remember everyone who posted

with such great advice. I do remember several names

(Theresa, Lisbeth, Anita) but know I'm forgetting

other wonderful people who wrote to help me and my

feet.

I slathered (is that a word, LOL?) a ton of vaseline

on both heels and now my feet are no longer throbbing.

Jeez, it was like a raging toothache in my feet -

yuck! What a relief - thank you!

I will pick up the bag balm tomorrow - great idea!

I will also call my PCP and get the referral to the

podiatrist. Heck, I'm so mad at Pacific(screw

you!)Care for not approving my surgery that I don't

mind costing them extra money right now!

I was using a callous carver thing - what a great

invention! However, I haven't been able to use it

lately because my hands aren't trustworthy right now -

they're kinda weak due to the carpal. So I guess the

podiatrist will have alot of callous to carve off.

Something happened today that I'm so sad about. The

feet problems were icing on the cake so to speak.

I bought myself a Christmas gift - a 27inch TV. It

arrived today and I asked my neighbor to install it.

I have a digital cable box, VCR and DVD player. I've

never been able to use my DVD player because my old TV

didn't have the holes in it to install a DVD. So I

was really excited.

Well, my neighbor hooked everything up but the digital

cable didn't work. He left the TV on the floor in

front of my entertainment center because he had to

leave and another friend was coming over to plug in

the digital cable box. I ended up calling the cable

company and the guy on the phone told me what to plug

in. It was really simple! Yippeeeeee! The DVD still

didn't work but now I had the VCR and Digital Cable

working.

When my first neighbor came home, I told him and asked

him to lift my TV and put it in my entertainment

center. When he did it, the cable wire from the cable

box to the TV got caught on something and when he

continued lifting, the wire and the metal piece in my

TV were yanked out of the TV. The upshot was that if

he tried to screw it back in, it was loose because the

metal piece had been stripped from the TV and all I

got was fuzzy snow. So, he scotch taped the cable

wire to my TV. The TV is still on the floor and the

cable will come loose if there's too much vibration on

the floor. My brand new TV!!! Tomorrow I have to

call the TV repair guy and pay for a house call and

repair job. I just know the part will cost less than

a dollar but, with labor, it'll be over $100. My

neighbor offered to pay but he can't even afford to

have cable, much less pay for my TV.

Wahhhhhhhhh.......

OK, now that my hands are REALLY dead now, I'll end

this. Thanks for letting me vent!

dee

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