Here is
the news from the ortho visit yesterday. I am wiped out. LOL.
Surgery is for sure the 20th.
The reason the surgery was not done when I was an inpatient by Dr.
Pennington is because of the RA and how severe it is. The surgeon in the
practice that is doing my replacement does *only* replacements AND
*specializes* in replacements in people with RA!!! So, they actually
turfed me off to the best doctor in the practice for my situation. He has
extended joint replacement education also. He did a fellowship in joint
replacement at Case Western in
I am
still very tired and not posting all that much except for updates here and
there. Today we either buy a cheepie
refurbished laptop and wireless router, or we go rent one for a month. We don’t know which one yet until we get out
to the computer store out by the zoo.
They *say* they have what I am looking for (just something to surf the
web, be on the boards, and be on AIM) from 9 and up. It is 0 to rent everything for a
month. Danny doesn’t seem to see the
need for a 2nd computer for the family but the rest of us sure
do. With 2 people in the house with RA
and 4 people wanting to use 1 computer at the same time sometimes it can be a
bear around here. Danni has her laptop
from school until June I will throw on the network too. Hopefully setting up the network will be
easier than getting this darned wireless laser mouse to work that we bought
yesterday. Danny really needed wireless
for the game he plays. I do have XP and
it is *supposed* to be just plug and play lol.
More like plug and pull out hair lol.
Just because Bill Gates says that doing a network is easier than ever on
XP, doesn’t mean that it is true.
*******I
have changed my AIM user name!****** I
will update my profile with it too. I
was very tired of my old name and being linked to oh yeah…that is so and so’s mom,
gramma, wife, etc. So, I wanted something
for *ME* and only *ME*. Ya ready? Here it
is….TattodCheesehead!!!! LOL. Oh it is so me. I am such a cheesehead and I have plenty of tattoos.
LOL. So, update your buddy lists!! My email remains the same.
*If*
everything works out according to Plan A and/or Plan B, I will have a laptop
today on a wireless network!! YAY!! We thought about maybe renting one for a
month and the cost isn’t too bad. Only
0 for the month. We have also thought
of getting a cheepie refurbished laptop that just needs to surf the web, handle
the boards, email, and of course my AIM lol. I have found a place with those for 9 and
up. So, either way, I will have
something today where I can lie in bed and be online like I so desperately need
to be. The reason for the indecision (I
would just rather buy and be done with the whole shebang) is that Danny still
does not see the need for 2 computers in the house when the rest of us do
lol. I don’t know *how* he can not see
this need with 2 people in the house with RA, 4 people that usually want 1
computer at the same time, and the *fighting* between the girls on whose turn
it is online. Right now, the girls get
30 minutes at a time then have to give up their spot lol. Danni has her laptop from school until June
and I will throw that on the network too.
So, until June rolls around, we would have 3 computers. 3 girls + 3 computers=a happy daddy that
doesn’t have to hear a bunch of fighting and whining over the computer.
Today is
Danni’s choir competition over at the high school. I will *not* be going since these
competitions are not very RA or pain friendly.
There are no comfy places to sit at all.
The competition is not held in the auditorium (this is a regional
competition) where the comfy seating is because there will be so many schools
from the area there. The kids do their
singing in classrooms etc. It is hard
enuf to sit in those chairs if you *do not* have RA. Danny will take plenty of pics and videos for
me. I am just glad it is finally here
and the crazy rehearsal schedule is over with.
For now. Until the next activity
she gets involved in lol.
That is
about all from here. Hopefully I will be
online later this evening from the comfort of my bed!!!!
I hope
everyone and their families are well. I
think of all of you everyday hoping that ole Arthur is not stalking you. I miss everyone and the love, caring, and
unconditional support you all show to me.
Don’t forget to do that little something for yourself every single
day!!!!