INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Sas, thanks for all the info. I.... think you saw where I said my original scoliosis dr was in Houston and I also went to md Anderson for a second opinion on the BC. So maybe that's why you thought I Was in Texas.

I made it to Wichita Falls today before my car tires melted in the heat that lovelygoats mentioned.  I went to the visitors center at the Grasslands but it was too freekin' hot to spend any time trying to get a photo composition that didn't have a new gas well or roads to a gas well or trucks going to gas wells.  So!  I just kept driving.......until the tires melted.  Got them fixed and will drive into Houston tomorrow.

Wren, you shoulda come with me.  Don't you miss the Houston heat? 😰

I'm so sorry Holeinone to hear about your husband and hope the docs get it taken care of quickly. 

Smaarty, Baby Bradley is precious. Love the dress as well, you are a great seamstress.

Blessings, I'm in Southern Ca..you might have mentioned where you are but I can't recall. We are both in very hot areas. I went out for a little bit today, temperature gauge in car read 107.. Yikes..at least my tires didn't melt like phyllis's traveling thru Texas. 

Thanks MammaRay for sound machine info, I think it was LMgoats who was considering getting one. Target sure has a great price on sound machines, I paid 50 bucks for mine thru a catalog. 

Sas, didn't the Bluebird become more central at the top of the page? Seems it was more to the left side before...hmmm?? Thanks for all your great info on many subjects. Don't need iron info yet unless the current treatment can't get this under control. Just hope it's not chronic inflammation..because if so, iron  Infusions can be deadly. 

Tang, I hope the drain stays in a little longer cause its still draining so much and I'm worried about you. I know you worry too. 

Nettie, nice to see you here and there. Hope your feeling less pain these days. 

2nd, you ok???

PattyPepperment so happy to hear you are feeling really good. 

I'm hoping to sleep more than 3 hours tonight....or tomorrow will be a tough work day. 

Goodnight gals...... Sleep well.

Blondie, ya night owl, are you feeling OK? 

I am home from hospital. DH will most likely be there until Thursday. Large incision on knee ( similar to his knee replacement incision ) with lots of drains & a vac. Also they cut into the elbow and flushed it, has drains. Staph infection. They took out the plastic pad of the knee replacement & will put a new one in on Tues. when they do the second surgery. Orthopedic surgeon says there is know way to know where the infection came from, but he has scrapes, cuts all over his legs, hands from work. 

My DH has been a workaholic all his life... He bought this ice buisness 2 years ago. Lots of mechanical problems lately, & by goodness, he is going to fix it. The last HUGE problem was Friday, I have not got the full story, but I know he did something wrong, and broke the huge auger type thing that harvests the ice from this enormous bid. DS runs the buisness, & DH try's to fix stuff. 

I obviously had not a clue when I took him in that this was so serious. When I left at midnight, there 12 hours, the nurse was going to get me a blanket so I could spend the night in a chair....hell no! I live 5 minutes away. I would not sleep a wink. 

Sas, I think it was Sweet Susan DH that had gall bladder surgery last week. 

So many things going on here. I think of you all & will give a update soon. 

Night 

missed a couple days, wow, I'm so far behind!

Want to thank all of you for your friendship, love, hugs and support!! Really don't know what I'd do without all of you, my selected family, my sisters.... This thread, the PM's, emails, texts, FB posts..... Funny, can't count on many people before BCO, but can always count on you for love, laughs, understanding, support, and somewhere I can count on to go when I don't want to be alone....

Jwoo, thanks for the late night "chat" the other night! Will follow thru sometime this week....

FBB really has gotten to me. 

Blessings and Pawprint, fellow Cali sisters, it has been hot, hasn't it? Over 100* where I was this weekend and humid too! Felt a couple of raindrops this evening, we NEED the rain. Paw, dangerous and scary hearing fireworks as dry as it is. 

Susan, thanks for all the hair color help! Want to check that out. Hoping you're doing well with new chemo. Sending you gentle hugs.

Sassy, will check out STFU (p. 175) tomorrow after PS and MO appts. Loved talking with you (sorry, didn't get to sleep till after 3 early this morning, the sun was already up when I went to sleep Saturday), 8 am was really early for me... Wish I had pix of the glass you collect. There's a resale place within my parents community, checked it out with Dad Saturday. They have some cute things, china and glass, I know nothing about all that stuff.

Enerva, that lake with all the water seems like a dream to me with all our heat and dryness. Envious of you. Your surgery will be here before you know, exchange was a breeze compared to mx. It's usually done outpatient here, how about where you are? Surgery, then after a couple of hours, at home. Hoping it's a breeze for you too. Thanks for the great photos!

Chevy, almost 57 years married? Get married at age 5? Am not even that old! Ha ha! And he brings you ice cream too? Goddess of marriage! Wish I some of that! You so deserve to be treated so nicely. Scary about the financial mess. Yikes!

Blessings, glad to "see" you. Please take care! 5 weeks since big smack down and insurance just calling? Bet they'd move faster if there was a law suit, just saying. Hoping you are keeping busy during the day in ways your docs would approve of . Don't understand the after-hours call, my dad got one on a weekend, in the evening. Same health care providers, maybe they are being tracked for accountability? Reported the bitchy nurse to member services, they won't go far. When's the MRI?

Wren, how are the kittens? Haven't read thru all the pages yet, how many? Hopefully there will be pix. 

Paw, thanks for the photos! Love the furbabies and your fireplace Annie Mae is looking good. 

Smaarty, let us know what the doc says....(reminds me of a song, what does the doc say?). Aren't you talented! Very pretty dress on a pretty lady! GS did a great job as photog. Smaarty, Bradley is adorable!

Phylliewiththemeltedtires... OMG! Melted tires? Never heard of that happening, so glad you're safe.

Mammaray, TE's are the worst, ever! Feels so much better with implants. 

Cammi, so sorry you're a bathroom type of girl, that's no fun at all. Good thing your boss allows you time for potty breaks. Color blindness, there's different types, can see some colors not others. My DS (step son) has some deficits in this area, very interesting. Remember seeing different photos from my Intro to Psych days, maybe when I have some spare time (now that's a joke) I can look into this. 

Kent State, the president (many years ago) Brage Golding came from San Diego State where I went to school. Big talk about him leaving for Kent State.

Tang, glad you checked in! Hoping you get your drains out soon 

Missed you, 444444, back to school already? That's early. Do the kiddos get out at Easter?

Patty, size 2 is too big? My, my, I don't have that problem. See you're doing word games at late hours, hope you get some rest!

Hi1, so sorry this is happening and that DH feels better soon. Prayers for both of you!

hugs to everyone, especially those I missed: Luv, Stix, Badger, Nettie, Blondie, Spookiesmom. Sorry if I missed someone

I think I am caught up so time for some shut eye. Almost 2 am here......

Ned to be up in a couple hours, PS and MO appts today. Damn these hot flashes!

Maddie.  Glad you checked in?  So did your dad go see your mom ?  Did i miss that post?  Hoping it went good. 

Susan. Your dh sure gets up early for work. Well kiss him goodbye and get some sleep ( close that window first , crazy people doing crazy stuff everywhere nowadays ).  Hope you sleep well and wake up rested , hungry and energetic.  

I've given up on sleep for tonight.  My dh will be up for work in about an hour. Might as well stay awake now. Def going to be a long nap day later for me.  

Morning gals! So what happened again HIO? How did he do
it, or have you already said and I missed it...? Was he doing anything
illegal? Ha!

Things must be better by now.... at least I hope so....
WAIT~ Was he with Phyllialwaysintrouble?

Blondie, hope you are doing alright.....

Hi Enerva...Yes.... go get your shots... I got my Shingles
shot at Walgreens, but my Pneumonia shot at the Docs, along with flu shots every
year....

Once in awhile I get that Tetanus shot, because I am
always fooling around building, gardening, or stumbling down the
alley's.

I don't know about MRI's.... I guess that's how they tell
if you have brains, but I don't think those were invented when I was 15... So
we still don't know.

ANYway, you sound really GOOD!

Oh GOD HIO! He must be in so much pain! Can they DO
that? I mean replace everything again? I just can NOT imagine going through
that. You probably will need help moving him?

I mean it's pretty hard walking abound with a vacuum
cleaner hanging off your leg.

I just want to make you smile, and not blame
yourself...... because the hose drags all over the floor..... and don't turn
it on while he is walking.

If that were my Husband, he would have said NO anyway,
about going to ER! You almost have to knock them out, to get them
there....

Oh, so tell us how you REALLY feel about Chiropractors
little Spookie! Rather harsh words there missy! Ha! But yes I know.... One
worked on my back ONCE, and I was in so much pain afterwards I could not MOVE!
I had to go back to the other Chiro in his office, and cry to HIM, about what
the other one DID! Never again.... But some people swear by them.... those
Quacks!

Phylli! WTH ARE you? Why are you GOING anywhere in this
heat? You must crave misery.... If you come this far out, it only gets
worse.... Except it's supposed to be a little cooler here this week.... Like
in the 80's... I feel a chill coming on just thinking about
it!

Good Morning Tang! So good to see you
posting...

And good advice Nettie.... Yes, take that advice with a
bottle of wine in your hand, and/or maybe a chocolate coke... Is that how they
spell obsess? I thought it was......... oh wait... it just didn't look
right... but it is

CAMMI! You're BACK! I have my "Write" font set up in
bold, because it's easier to read, and then I copy and paste it here, but just
for YOU oh little whiner, I turned it off! Man, oh man.... can't please this
woman....

Had fun with your family? And you didn't leave little
Joey home alone this time? With no food or water? He probably gets out your
stash of Playboy's and sits and drinks up all the alcohol in the house whilst
you are away.... Like Home Alone!

Well, I mean that's what me and my Brother did when our
folks were gone... find all their illicit little books and sit and laugh at
them... We thought they were just cartoons...... BUT! We didn't drink
though... just Pepsi. Dad drank all he whiskey.

Sass! WTH? I first see the .... what ARE those?
Meercats? And then underneath is Bluebird, and the Owl on a skateboard!
They are beside each other....

Put down that wine Sass... look closer.....
focus.

Am I the only one normal here?

Oh HIO... I think DAYS go by, and I am still writing a
post! He MUST have had those infections, and maybe that is the reason he
"blew" his knee out, and his .... how did he do that to his
elbow?

Oh wait.... his job? Yes, those little bastard bacteria
get in ANY open cut or scrape.

So is Mr. Superman doing alright? I mean considering what
he has been DOING?

MAN! I have no complaints here~ You guys with those
Husbands that get hurt all over the place!

222222nd! So good to year from you! NO damnit! I was 20
when we got married! HE was 19.... Man, that sounds so bizarre now.... But we
went together for almost 2 years before that....I was still being bottle-fed
probably! Such kids....

You talked to EVERYone little 222222222! Good
job!

Chevy, great photo...yes, he most likely got the staph from all his scrapes & cuts, cause he try's to do things he has no buisness messing with. This is a man who is disabled from the get go... Degenerative joint & disc disease. Can barely walk, but will climb up ladders and work on something that he cannot fix. He knows it, but stubborn as a mule. 

Susan, on photo # 54, on Chevys link, tomato bash in Bulgaria..

Lots to talk about but I need to get to hospital.. My big ? Is... What is a gas well? Phylilloroadtrippin is speaking a different language. A gas station ? How do tires melt? We have very hot weather here, the tires do not melt. 

Thanks for all the good wishes, this is going to be a long haul, needs a pic line, 6 weeks of IV antibiotics. The vac thing is scary looking, lots of blood coming out of the knee. 

Nettie thanks for the video I loved it 

Lol I am laughing cuz not only I get lost here,  you must go a few pages back to understand what's going on lol 

Good week for every body