And That’s….the Truth

Last night I took my daughter, who is 9, to see our family doctor.  She has three warts on her hands which bother her quite a bit.  They are not painful, but they are unsightly and the kids at school do tease her a bit about them.  We have tried the over the counter medication, but nothing seems to work.  So after discussing the situation with my doctor’s nurse, she informed us that if Kara wanted them to they could do a procedure to remove them.  Of course Kara said yes and I made the appointment.

When we seen the doctor he did warn us that it is quite a painful procedure and if she didn’t want to do it she didn’t have to as nine times out of ten children who have this condition usually outgrow it on their own.  But she was determined to try it.  Unfortunately, she couldn’t handle the pain so they stopped the procedure.  So she still has the same problem but now she is willing to wait it out instead of go through that kind of pain again.

But, she was a trooper for trying and I did feel really bad for her to see her go through this type of ordeal.  So for now she’s stuck with her “pests” (as she calls them) and she is patiently waiting for them to leave.  If any one here knows of a method (without pain) that has worked for them or someone they know, I would love to hear from you.

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It’s been over 20 years since I have seen my best friend from high school. Just out of the blue she called me last week and wanted to get together to re-connect. Although the phone call was a major surprise, I did jump at the chance to get to see her again. So you can imagine my major astonishment when I seen her at the coffee shop. When we were in high school she was a bit overweight and I couldn’t believe the weight loss she had achieved. I haven’t changed all that much since high school, but she certainly has. She looks great and feels great! Now that we’ve re-connected, we are both going to do everything in our power not to lose touch again.

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Well it’s almost that time of year. To arrange for more life insurance coverage. As I knew that this time of year was coming up, I have been checking around at different companies to see if I can get better rates on my life insurance. I really hate to switch companies, but If I can get a better rate somewhere else, then that is where I’m going to end up going. The only problem with a move of this kind is that I will need to fill out all all those forms again. Hopefully this time I don’t forget to fill out the medicare part d form like I did last time. Oh well, I have to do what I have to do to save any amount of money that I can.

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Just before Christmas both my younger kids came down with some pretty serious illnesses. My son had a massive ear infection and my daughter ended up with phenomia. Well my youngest son is sick again and I just got back from taking him to the doctor’s. He has phenomia. He just can’t win. It’s only been a couple of months since I had him in with the ear infection. But, now that we know what he has, he can be treated and hopefully start to feel better soon.

The shame of all this, is that today is the start to March break for the kids and he ends up not feeling well. But with his medicine, hopefully within the next couple of days he will be on his way to recovery and will be able to enjoy what is left of his March break.

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Because I live in an older home that was built years ago near a couple of gas stations, I have found that having methane gas detectors is very important for the health of my family. Honestly you don’t know what you and your family are breathing in and how it’s affecting all your health until you do a little research. And then, you understand why it’s so important to have this type of equipment on hand. If there is any type of leak near your property these detectors will let you know of any potential danger that your family may be exposed to. These is a very essential product to have access to and it could save the life of your family members.

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So my husband hasn’t been feeling that well for the past month now.  He has been up to the out patients twice now and both times sent home with test scheduled.  The first set of tests he as unable to attend as he got called into work, but this morning he did go for the second set that were scheduled.

The thing is, my husband never goes to the doctor’s.  So for him to go, plus go for the tests, he must be in a lot more pain than he is letting on.  So, now it’s a wait and see game.  It can take up to two weeks for his family doctor to get the results so we will have to wait this out.  But at least he went and now hopefully we can find out what is wrong and get it fixed.

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Last night I went to the gym to have a little workout. A friend of mine got me a free pass at their gym for a week so I figured that I would at least go down and see what it is all about. They have so much equipment that it’s a little overwelming for a person like me who doesn’t know the difference between a stepper and ellipticals. But I did try a few pieces of the machinery. I walked out of the gym with one thought. And that thought was that I can’t see myself ever going back there. I just didn’t enjoy the atmosphere and I think I would get a better workout from home. So I guess I’ll keep moving towards my own home gym.

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If you all knew my husband, you would understand my concern.  He absolutely refuses to go to the doctor’s.  Honesty his foot could be half off and he wouldn’t step foot inside of  doctor’s office.  And getting him to go to the outpatience at the hospital is darn near impossible.   So, this is why I am so worried.

For the past three weeks he has been suffering from serious stomach troubles.  And yes, I have been bugging him to either go to the doctor’s or the hospital to get checked out.  And of course he has refused.  Well this morning when he woke me up, he informed me that last night, late in the night, he went to the hospital.  He couldn’t stand the pain any longer.  So this is why I’m so worried.  If he will go to the hospital on his own, then he is definitely in pain.

We still don’t know what is the matter with him as the hospital wants to run a series of tests and he is in so much pain that he has agreed to go.  This must be quite serious or at least he thinks it is or he wouldn’t have went up.  So I guess it’s a wait and see game now, but I’m glad that he went.  It’s better to find out what’s going on and fix it than live in constant pain.

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Over the past couple of days I have discovered that I’m starting to get old. When I was trying to thread some beads while trying to create jewelry, I discovered that I couldn’t see the little holes any more. Even when I put on my glasses. I really think I’m going to need to invest in a magnifier. I didn’t notice this problem last week so I am kind of wondering why it came about all of a sudden. Oh well, I guess I’m going to just have to go see my eye doctor and see about getting a new prescription. Hopefully I will only need a new prescription, and this is not a sign of worse things to come.

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In a previous post, I mentioned that my youngest son has a seriously bad habit of turning his heat OFF at night.  Therefore, when he wakes up in the morning his room is like an ice box.  I also stated that I wouldn’t be really surprised if he ended up sick because of this.  And…guess what?!  He did!!  Today he is home from school because he is sick!  He was up all night coughing so I couldn’t possibly send him to school today with having no sleep.  And because he got no sleep last night, neither did I.  So today I am tired and cranky and he is sick and cranky.  It’s not a good day to be around either one of us.  Hopefully he will have learned his lesson in all this and he will be more agreeable to keeping his heat on in the future.

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