Frozen shoulder....a stiffness that's not welcomed! I have had this for a few years. It's very painful. It seems the more I use that arm the more pain I get. It also makes my arm and hand go numb too. Sometimes I go to move my arm and I will get a sudden stabbing pain in the shoulder joint. Then it will make this popping noise and its like my shoulder just cracked some knuckles. Except when I have cracked my knuckles it doesn't hurt. When my shoulder pops it is painful!

When I was diagnosed my doctor wanted me to go to physical therapy. I was excited. In my mind I thought I was going to get massaged and ice packs. Oh no that is not what I got! I got this lady who was clearly into inflicting pain on people. She had me raise arm up over my head while lying down on the exam table. Let me paint this picture for you. My big ass self was forced to lay down on this tiny exam table. It wasn't a soft comfy type either. It was the small kind that have stir-ups that pop up on the side. It didn't have these....at least not that I saw!! It was hot in the room too. I was of course sweating too. Then this obviously sadistic woman started pushing her body weight into my arm. I thought she was trying to pop my arm off! I am pretty sure it would have been less pain!! I don't know if you can relate to this. When a heavy person is laying down on an exam table but its not easy to get up gracefully. It's something that you through up one leg in order to help lift your big ass up off the table! Sometimes it's a more then one time you have to through up that leg to get enough of a push to again sit up again!! Do you know what I mean? Then she made me do these stupid exercises against the wall with a curtain rod. Can someone tell me how inflicting pain will make my frozen shoulder better?

I don't have a medical degree or anything but I think a deep tissue massage and some heat or ice would be better treatment. I actually had to pay a co-pay for this sadistic treatment! Needless to say I never went back.

I had a cortisone shot 6 months ago. It didn't hurt at all. My doctor sprayed this cold numbing spray on the injection site. It was instant pain relief. It was great. It seemed like it was never there. It was short lived about 2-3 weeks. It was fantastic to have absolutely no shoulder pain even if for a short time. Doctor said I could only get a shot every 6 months otherwise it may damage tissue. So I recommend the cortisone shots. It didn't hurt me at all. Even if it had hurt it would have been worth it to be pain free for awhile.

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My son at 4 on Halloween as a mummy!


Do your feet burn? Is it constant or does it come and go? I get it but it isn't all the time. It usually happens in the eving time. Sometimes it hurts worse then other times. I swear it gets worse as soon as I get in bed. It feels like my feet are walking across hot pavement. I have found putting my feet in cold water helps. The colder the better. It's shocking to my feet and nerves at first. After a few minutes its like it has numbed the nerves.

It's strange how my feet can burn yet they are cool to the touch. The middle of my back does the opposite. It is hot to the touch yet I don't feel anything. I would like to know how my nerves can feel hot and my right hand gets numb and feels ice cold. To someone that doesn't have the cold feeling it hurts bad too. I will wrap my arm in a blanket or wear socks on my hands to keep them warmer. Man MS likes to play games.... I get hot all the time. I sweat like a frickin pig! I have fans everywhere in my house running year round. My feet burn and my one arm gets icy cold! As if that wasn't enough I am pre-menopausal, anemic, overweight and a heart condition! I am jacked up from the floor up! Even with all that going on I stay positive. I try to not get upset over new symptoms or flair ups. I try to laugh it away. Laughter is a great way to release tension.

I hope everyone has a great day. I hope everyone has a safe Halloween. My picture for today is a picture of my son as a mummy.

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Wow being a parent is tuff! I have never said I was a perfect mother. I have sure made my share of parental mistakes. I have never used guilt to manipulate my son. My mother did that enough to me and my siblings. She still does it. But that's one of the reasons she is no longer in my life. Toxic!

My step son has been very mouthy to both his father and myself. Tonight we had had enough and took his cell phone away. Boy oh boy!!! You would think we killed him by taking the phone away from him. Sadly he is angry at his mother and her boyfriend and its his father and I are getting it taken out on us. We know he is hurting inside and have given him some leeway. His mother has not called him at all. A few days it will be a month. I just don't understand her.

Kids today just expect everything. Cell phones, cars, computers and gaming systems. If they don't get it or you take it away. They act like its child abuse. My husband and I never had these things as we were growing up and we lived! We never had tv's in our rooms either! Shoot I didn't have a TV anywhere in my house but the living room until I got married the second time. I was 35 years old!! That's because my husband has to have the TV on to fall asleep! I am the opposite! I like quite! Lol

I have nothing new to report about Jordan. He is at the hospital on a 72 hour hold. I hope he is doing well. I hope I can see him in a few days. I take attempts of suicide very seriously. My son at 16 years old attempted by overdosing on his ADHD medicine. One of his friends had just died from an overdose. It was the scariest day of my life. It was March 27, 2008. I will never forget that day! Kids can be a pain in the butt at times but I wouldn't trade being a mom for nothing! Ok there may be an amount of cash.....lol

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Are you sad? Is someone you know sad or depressed? Would you reach out for help? Would you know the signs if someone was depressed and thinking of harming themselves? Tonight our next door neighbors brother, my sons friend was thinking of killing himself. He is only 19 years old. He moved her 6 months ago from Texas. He is a nice, kind typical lazy teenager. From the first day his brothers wife has made it clear to him that she doesn't want him in her house. She loves to make him feel unwanted. He doesn't complain to his brother or tell him the mean things she says and does to him. He doesn't want to cause problems for them. He just takes her abuse and tries to do everything to try and get her to be nice and like him.

He just turned 19 last week. He had knee surgery a few days ago. He is on crutches and has been in a lot of pain. My son was over visiting him and his sister in law actually was yelling at him saying he was lazy and useless. Unbelievable!!!! She is actually a cardiac nurse at a hospital here. I have met her very cold and seems to care about no one but herself and her dogs.

Jordan was over at our house earlier watching the World Series. We were about to eat and I said he could come back over. I can't stop thinking he was trying to send me signals he needed help. He told me he hasn't been sleeping very well. He mentioned he told his brother last night he loved him for the first time. When he got up to leave he seemed ok. It breaks my heart that I didn't catch the signals he was sending out.

He wanted to go back to Texas a few months ago. He was tired of being unwanted there. His mother said he couldn't come back to her home. It just kills me how he must have felt tonight like no one wants him around. This kid doesn't break any laws, rob or steal. He is a good kid. He just needs some positive loving influence. All he gets is negative!!
When the police knocked on our door tonight and we learned Jordan called the police and was saying he was going to kill himself. His brother was gone. They went out to dinner. He is never invited nor do they bring him anything back. Who does that? Like I said she is a cardiac nurse and he is a firefighter. I haven't seen or heard anything bad said about Jordan. If someone is constantly mentally beating you down how do you not fall into a serious depression? No one wants to be a positive influence and motivate this young man. I just know things are going to get worse for him. This will be what his sister in law needed to kick him out. She is newly pregnant and I can see her telling her husband she doesn't want him around their baby. I am going to talk to my husband. We need to show him love and positive reinforcement. I have an extra bedroom which is my office. He can stay here maybe. I was crying and very upset because I felt he was trying to tell me but I didn't catch it. He needs to know his life is worth living and has meaning!!! Sometimes people can't get this from their families but from friends.

Pray for Jordan! He went to the hospital to get some help.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday. If you feel someone is sad and depressed listen closely to what they may be trying to tell you.

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My baby!!



It's Halloween time....do kids still trick or treat in your area? It seems like every year less and less come around. I gotta be honest. Some people are strange! People don't really get to know their neighbors anymore. Plus a lot or churches and communities do the "trunk or treat". I am so glad my son stopped wanting to trick or treat when he was 10. I bought him the cutest rooster costume from Costco. It was furry and so adorable. I can still remember us leaving our apartment. He was 9 and it was just he and I. He was wearing his costume. He loved it too. Then some thuggish kids made fun of him as we left to go trick or treating. I remember it seemed like he went from an excited kid to almost ashamed in a split second. It ruined his night and he never went trick or treating again! Kids can be so hurtful to others. I am sorry he was adorable and wore it several times in the house before Halloween.

I think my favorite costume was when he was Robin from Batman and Robin. In the pictures he looks so happy! He was a mummy once. I bought muslin fabric and tore strips and wrapped it around him. I loved those times. The times when he still loved to cuddle up to me to watch TV and would fall asleep. Sometimes he would just come up to me and ask me "mom hold me like a baby"! Ohh how they change when they become teenagers and know everything!

He will be 21 this January. He is just starting to slightly get out of that "I know everything" stage. Just slightly! Lol when I hear him laugh I swear its identical to mine. It makes me laugh more! He has my sense of humor thank heavens.

I hope everyone has a great day!

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Cold season is upon us!! It has hit me like a ton of bricks! I want to get my darn flu shot before my insurance ends at the end of the month. I am up all night coughing and keeping my husband awake. Although he wouldn't get out of bed to go get me a cough drop.... So he deserved to lay awake listening to me cough! Then after you have been coughing for awhile your ribs and head start to hurt. Nose is running, chest congestion and achy all over! This sucks!!!

You know as bad as I feel I am grateful I got the cold instead if my husband. First because his lungs are already screwed up thanks to his old employer IN-N-OUT BURGER! Oh how they will financially pay!! But my second reason is because my husband like many other men....are frickin babies! I feel horrible and have been in bed for most of the day. If it were my husband and had the exact symptoms. He wouldn't be able to walk to get something to drink. He would constantly be sighing and moaning. He would be asking me to do everything for him .....because he would be near death! He may even ask me to help him up off the couch or bed! I am sure he would be slipping in and out of a coma too! I love him dearly but dang he is a frickin baby when he is sick or has any pain.

Funny because if you say my husband he looks like a ruff & tuff mean biker dude! I know he may look tuff and mean but he can be just a teddy bear at times. But GOD please give me the strength to not choke him out when he is sick!

Omg!!! As I said I have been in bed most if the day. My husband just came into our room and actually said....." What's wrong you have been in here all day"! He then says "I am out there cooking dinner". I said I am sick and you should be cooking dinner! He says "oh really"! Lord give me strength!!!! He will expect praise over and over....oh lord! Lol

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Pain medication....man it seems every month it's like pulling teeth to get your prescription refilled! The private insurance I used to have made every member sign a contract. Saying a bunch of things. What I remember most was they could call you at anytime to come in for a urine test or to count your pills. Once I was having a urine test for a bladder infection. Afterwards I got results in the mail. I was unaware they were testing me for Norco levels, benzodiazepines (my sleep meds) and a list of illegal drugs. Everything was negative except sleep meds. I was a little upset because I left like my doctor thought I may have either been abusing my medications and/or taking illegal ones. I don't even drink alcohol! Well one piña colada a year maybe.

I swear the drug dealers are still selling there pills without problems. Those of us who need this medication legitimately are the ones suffering. I feel every month I am jumping through a smaller hoop! I know that they are just following the rules handed to them by the government. I must say its not working! Drug dealers still seem to have their stashes of pills. It's like the gun laws. The government tightens up the gun laws in hope of preventing deaths or crimes. Ok....for the most part criminals do not buy their guns legitimately! Tightening gun laws only hurts law biding citizens just like the pain pills rules tightened up has no effect on drug dealers! Just the law biding citizens in pain!

You know I wouldn't even know where to go in my town to buy an illegal gun or drugs. I assume a park in a bad area for drugs. Then what do people do just start asking strangers if they have drugs? That's crazy! It's like when your driving somewhere following the speed limit and someone passes obviously exceeding the speed limit. I always think to myself....boy if that were me driving that fast I would get pulled over! Same thing would happen if I ever tried to buy drugs! My butt would end up asking an undercover cop! Call me crazy but the fear of jail keeps me a law biding citizen! I wouldn't be able to take my fans to jail!! Lol

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This is a picture of one of my optic nerves.



Have you had your optic nerve checked lately? I have not had an eye exam since I regained my eyesight 7 years ago. I gotta say man dealing with the optometrist is like dealing with a sleazy car salesman! Man what a racket that industry is!! I have coverage for this for a few more days. I thought I better get in there and get a new pair of glasses.

I only want to see one type of glasses. They must have clip on sun glasses. So my husband helps me pick out a cute pair. They have some sort of bling on the side. I couldn't really tell exactly what it was because they dilate my eyes every time. It makes focusing hard. I could tell there was sparkle that all. So after I pick the frame. The lady helping me informs me that the company that makes my frame is in a legal battle with my insurance company. So unfortunately she can not give me the credit of $150.00 off my frame. I will have to submit it myself to them. I ask ok how much are those frames....$299.00! We checked and the only brand of clip on sunglasses they carry are this company. My husband sighs loud! Then it's time to play "how thick do you want your lenses to be"? See I have astigmatisms in both eyes. My glasses are coke bottle bottoms. That is if I don't want to pay for thinner lenses. Of course I do. The thinnest lenses will cost me only another 169.00! Plus the MFG requires that I buy and pay for an anti reflective coating. That's another 69.00! Or option 2 is the 2nd thinnest lens for 69.00 and no anti reflective coating requirement! I took that option! Then she tried to sell me on a scratch resistant coating. Husband sighs heavier snd walks away! Ok I have had my current glasses for 7 years. Didn't get that coating last time and I have no scratches. It's a scam! I believe they come with some sort of protective coating. Then the last ditch effort to up sale me was if I wanted the lenses to have the transition lens. You know the ones that darken when you go out in the sun. That's what the clip on sun glasses are for. So after it was all done it cost me $357.00 dollars!

I better look damn good in those glasses! Oh the doctor recommended to me that since I am getting older it might be time to get bifocals! EXCUSE ME!!! That is for the elderly!!! I am frickin 43!!! I am not sure if he was trying to up sale me or he thought I was older then I am. Either way I am offended!!!

I am sure I could have go to a cheaper doctors office. It's just that he is so thorough job. His exams take like an hour. They do several tests, dilate my eyes and he checks my optic nerve each time. I feel he cares a great deal about the health of his patients eyes.
He is the best doctor I have ever gone to in the 38 years I have been wearing glasses. I get the glasses in about 2 weeks. I feel better that one of those "wait a hour" glasses places. I just feel my eyes are too bad and they may not get it done correctly.

Today we find out if my husband will be able to get unemployment benefits. I pray he former employer isn't going to try and fight his benefits. If they do you will see me on the news with a picket sign saying everything they have done to him. GOD always gives us what we need. I have faith that all will be ok.

Have a wonderful day! Remember to laugh as much as you smile!

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Do you have a schedule for your day? I mean I sort of do even though I no longer work. Most of my tasks or choir I plan to do all depend on how I am feeling that day. As for my TV shows. I have them all set to record. I hate commercials. I watch them after they record. That was until my husband got fired. Now he is sitting in the living room holding the remote hostage! I love him dearly but he's cramping my TV schedule!

Know I need my reality TV. I love my housewives shows! Needless to say we have different ideas of what to watch on TV. He watches History channel, military Channel you know those guy channels. Yuck!!!
For example right now as I type this I am being tortured by watching American werewolf in Paris. Did that even go to the theater back in the 80's??? The acting is so sad! This is my payback for complaining to him that he wasn't spending any time with me!

I looked at the Medicare booklet they sent me. Omg!! I am so confused. I called to have someone help me understand the plans available in my county. One thing I saw was how expensive some of the plans are. I think I pay like 100.00 to Medicare then I pick a health plan which costs from 65-135 per month. That's too much for so little coverage and high co-pays and prescriptions. Hopefully they will be able to help me choose the right one for me.

Have a great day! And remember to laugh as much as you smile!

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