How are you ?

[Guest guest]

How is the pain in the kidney doing? I sure hope your feeling

better. Are you getting up and around more? Whats the temp doing?

I saw how the rain from Ivan has just devasted so much of the

country. Ya'll ok? My goodness this hurricane season has been

unreal; as we still have until nov. I ve never seen it like this.

Well it looks like the other 2 in the atlantic will turn north like

they are all supposed to.

I had a pretty good day today. The first nice day in weeks and I

got a little over enthusiastict with the yard. The lawn, about 3

acres, is still covered with storm debris. I have a small little

patch of grass that is in front of my porch that is my grass and my

little gardens around the house. I dont care what people put all

over the yard and on the fields; just dont mess up my little patch

of grass and beds. Today is the first day in months that I have

touched them. Boy and I paying for it now, but it sure felt good to

work up a good sweat. Its about time I felt like getting off my

butt and doing something.

We have talked so much on here about how our emotions will run from

one extreme to another. Similiar to the mourning process. I was

grieving, I had lost hope. I think I have a glimmer to hold on to

now; at least I hope so.

Let me know how your doing.

Love,

Chrissy

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

by the way, my email address is changing to dceward@... I

did send you an email, but it got returned to me, so I don't know if

you actually received it or not anyway.

I'm so glad you had a day that you could smile and do something

productive (although anything you do when debilitated?? is

productive, but I do know how one can think nothing is productive at

those times. I used to think that just getting into the shower was a

good job *L*)

I need to get into my garden, the weeds are growing back with a

vengeance now, but there is still no chance of that happening. I

still can't pick things up off the floor yet.

I can now lie on my right side with almost no pain, but if I sneeze

(which unbelievably happens many times a day, almost like my body is

causing me to sneeze numerous times to get me to call the doc back

earlier than the stated 2 weeks) or take a deep breath, the pain is

getting unbearable. I did call his nurse back and told her I don't

think it's a good idea to wait any longer and if they want me to see

him first, or just organise a CT scan straight away. I'm happy for

either to happen.

I told Dennis that it makes me wonder if perhaps a clamp or scissors

or something was left inside me, and he was thinking the same thing.

If it was, I sure hope it wasn't my surgeon who forgot it, but one

of his residents.

My temp still goes up, but it isn't as high as it has been. Guess

that is the Cipro working...not sure. I've been on Cipro for 5 days

now and thought it would have gone completely by now with the rest

of the days doseages just making sure it won't return. I sure don't

want to be put on Flagyl next..I lasted 3 months on that stuff

orally, and I sure didn't like vomiting every 2 hours after taking

it. I lost a lot of weight then, but wasn't a nice way to be feeling.

I shall be going now, but shall give you a call during the week

sometime. Hope you have many more days feeling good.

Take care,

Love