What a difference a day makes...

I was back to "normal" on Tuesday.  In fact, I kept getting worse until Friday when I called in sick.  I had forgotten I had a specialist appt until I checked my voice mail the night before so it worked out well.  I told him I was this far from giving up.  I also told him that when the pain is really bad, I take an extra vicodin.  He was OK with that.  Several years ago I fell on concrete and landed on my tailbone. I asked an ER doc if I needed to have it checked out.  Whether the coccyx is broken or not, the Rx is the same.  I had to sit on a donut hole pillow for about 2 months and I had no other problems.  Well, guess what?  The bad pain is back.  He said he could inject the coccyx, but after he described the gruesome procedure to me, I decided to live with it as long as I can.  I'm also going to try physical therapy.  It's very close to a Max stop so it will work for me.  I'll either have to get up early or take time off work in the evening.  We'll see......

I can't knit tonight.  I think it's because I can't concentrate because of the pain. I knit 2 rows and rip out 3.  So I'm not getting very far.


Susan, Hennessy and I are having a girl's day out tomorrow.  We haven't done anything together for way too long.  We will have lunch and go to a movie and then maybe some shopping.  I just hope I feel better....so I'd better get to bed earlier tonight.

Avatar!

I took myself to see AVATAR in 3-D.  It was fabulous!  I went early to make sure I got a good seat....good thing....the theater filled up.  I relaxed and knitted while waiting.  Afterward I went shopping for groceries.  I bought meat and veggies to make soup.  I'm back doing Atkins and that soup is very low carb.  I was going to make a frittata, too, but since I'm visiting the family this week-end, I decided to wait until next week.  I'm feeling so down.....mostly because of the FM.  Yesterday I didn't even go downstairs until after 4PM.  Actually, my butt hurt by the time I finally made it to bed because I sat so much.  Today is much better.  I need to go finish my soup......!

I'm not making much progress

on my New Year's resolutions. I haven't gone to the grocery store since last year! I did stop at Walgreen's to buy milk and cereal. I was really craving it last night.

The exhaustion has been very bad. I'm literally forcing myself to go to work because I don't have much sick leave left....just a few hours. Monday evening after spending the week-end in Vernonia and having an extremely busy afternoon in STD clinic, I got home to a 53 degree house. The pilot light blew out and I don't think the temp ever got up to 70 before I went to bed. I sat around in my coat, hat and fingerless mitts trying to keep warm. I finally went to bed with the electric blanket on high. I could hardly move that evening because of the fatigue. I decided to ask my boss for Wed off....that's not only our slowest day at work, but it's a day when everyone is there. So first thing Tues AM, I asked and she said it was fine. I just wanted a day where I didn't HAVE to do anything. I woke up today at 9:30 and stayed in bed until 12:30. I showered, ate some cereal and knit. What an afternoon!

This is my granddaughter, Hennessy.  She has been posing some of my knit projects for my Ravelry groups.  She loves having her picture taken.  This is a 5 year old who is rough and tumble, but always wants to wear a dress.  Her mom makes sure she always has leotards underneath her dress.  Don't know where she picked that up.  It certainly wasn't from me!  Give me pants any day. 

Isn't she the sweetest thing you ever saw? 

Can I keep......

my New Year's resolutions? I usually don't make any, but this year I feel compelled to make a couple. And I want to keep them. The first is to eat better and hopefully lose weight. The last time I did this I ended up in the hospital for 3 days. Yes....really. I had a bowel obstruction from all those salads I was eating. I will have to be more careful cuz I certainly don't want to go through that again. On a pain scale of 1-10, it was about a 13!

My second resolution is to quit letting my fibro get in the way of my life. I can work through the pain, but I just can't get through the fatigue. I will work on that. I'm not sure what I'll do yet. I can't continue the way I am going now. Things need to be done around here. I started January 1 fixing things that have been unfixed for several years. The only problem I had was putting a light cover back on....it's on the celing and I can't see anything. My arms get very sore very quickly. I will try again today.