Awesome day!

I was supposed to go to my pain management doctor today for another check-up and to see about getting my meds and all that, but guess what?? I feel GREAT and don't even need to go to him! Let me tell you, I am so sick of taking pills and am doing so great that I don't need any medicine other than the occasional Ibuprofen or something. And coming from 16 years of hurting, that is a huge deal to me.

In my last post I had talked about my upper neck/shoulder area hurting..especially after working. Well...Lanie got moved into the 3 year olds room, and so I don't have her in my class, umm, bugging the crap out of me! While she was in my class, she didn't understand that I was the teacher...to her I was her MOMMY! She could have/do/say whatever she wanted. She wanted juice, I should give it to her, just like I do at home...anyways, so it was kinda hard. And she wouldn't listen to the other teacher, because her MOMMY was in there! And we know how kids act when their parents are around lol. At lunch, she'd be asking for bites of my lunch, then the other kids would want bites of my lunch..it was like being surrounded by little baby seagulls and I was a piece of bread lol. So anyways, she moves to the other room, and I get through the whole day without hurting AT ALL...Just an occasional ache here and there, but not the burning sensation I was having. My side doesn't even hurt anymore...I am soooooo happy about all this.

Again, I have to say that I am so glad that there are people who are reading this blog! I met an awesome woman who is about to have the big surgery in November. Her daughter had found my blog and we started emailing back and forth. I met her the other evening to just talk about the surgery and the recovery and all of that. I showed her the Medieval looking brace, showed her how to wear it...I imagine people were driving by wondering what we were doing lol. We had a very good talk and I showed her pictures and tried to answer any questions she had, we laughed, we even cried a little. I remember what its like to be so close to having this surgery, the emotions you feel and stuff, and my heart just goes out to her. She is not scared, she is ready, which is AWESOME! Thats how I was too towards the end. I wish her the absolute best!!

Well, I need to get off here and get some housework done...adios!!