114°F!! HOT!

Went to the car today at 1:00 to go to the gym and my car said it was 114°F!! HOT! We are having a heat wave!

The weekend was nice. Friday evening, we dropped our son off at the local Fall Festival. He was going to hang out with some friends. We had a couple of hours so we decided to go grab something to eat, ended up at Panda Express. (He was craving that.) After that I wanted to go to the Halloween shop but they had just closed. We went next door to Micheal's. They were having a 40% sale on a bunch of stuff. We picked up a few new Halloween decorations!

On Saturday, we went to an afternoon movie to get out of the heat and let someone else pay for the A/C. We, of course went to an action film, that's what they boys always want to see. We saw The Town, it was alot better then I thought it was going to be. One of my favorite parts about going to the movies is seeing the movie previews and popcorn! :)

On Sunday, I made chicken and dumplings. I haven't made that is some time. It was very good, I must say! Tonight's menu will be carne asada. I will probably make spanish rice with it. Bought some fresh corm tortillas from Vallarta last night. They were still warm! Will make a nice salad too, trying to decide between a regular green lettuce salad or a green bean & peas salad.

Oh, last night my son and I made Agua de Limon!! It came out really tasty! YUM! We started drinking it before we let it chill. It was just like what my Tia used to make. It's nice to be able to make meals together. It's hard to get a teen to come over and do that especially when they have other things to do.... like text. Grrrr! Haha! I will have to see if there is any left when I get home from work today. I really hope so!

Hello Fall...

What a HOT weekend!! It's been in the 100's all weekend. Currently it is 103°F. Tomorrow it's suppose to be 108°F. Hello September!

On the road...

Went back to the gym today! WhooHoo! I just recently signed up for the gym, one by my work, so I can go at lunch. I did go the two weeks before my surgery. I went about 4 times a week. I missed a week and half because of my surgery. So, it was nice to get back to the gym.

I had my follow up appointment yesterday with my ENT doctor, for my Septoplasty (deviated septum) and polyp removal surgery. That took a while. Once the nurse called me in and asked me how everything was going, I waited in the room for 45 minutes before the doctor came in. When the doctor was there he looked at my nose and said he was going to clean it up. He sprayed my nose with medicine and something to help shrink the tissue. He left for a while to let the meds take effect. He was gone for a while. The nurse actually came in and said “What is he doing to you?” I said, he sprayed me and said he would be back. When she walked out she said, she thought I was going to end up going to lunch with them. *Ha!* When he came in he got his tools ready and the suction machine. He got these really long tweezers and was pulling scabs, as he was pulling them; he was saying they weren’t ready. Ya, you think? Ouch! Then he went to use the suction machine and it wasn’t working. So, then I had to wait for another room to open up. Went to the other room and then that machine didn’t work. Grrrr! The nurse was able to get it going. So, he started working on my nose. He got his tools and pulled on some scabs, scrapped and did some suctioning. He doesn’t want me to bleed (a lot), so he only did a partial cleaning. He said I am not completely ready so he wants me to come back in a week. I still have to do the saline solution 8-10 times a day. They also gave me a different spray I have to do twice a day (morning and evening).

Small Daily Differences...

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." - Marian Wright Edelman

Journey

Okay, so the day got better. We went to counseling, working on things there. But really made the evening was GLEE! I didn't start watching the show when it premiered last year but I think it was around the third episode that I started watching. My favorite has been Journey! Speaking of Journey, we went to the Journey concert two years ago this month. That was alot of fun!! It's nice to watch Glee because it's a show that we all can watch. Actually, I should say it's a show I like that the boys will watch with me. Usually we watch (TV and Movies) action and military shows/movies. It has silly story lines but it's fun to enjoy and laugh at! There are so many funny one liners. But they have done some pretty cool musical numbers.

Tomorrow I have a follow up appointment. I have what feels like a constant mild migraine. I also have been getting hurtful twinges. It must be the nerves healing. The other fun part about all this is the saline solution. I have to spray that in my nose 8-10 days a day. To keep it moist and clean. I am allowed to blow my nose but have to blow out of both nostrils at the same time. Let me just tell you how attractive that process is.... it really isn't!...the blood clots and mucous. It has been less and less each day but even now a week later, there is still blood. The doctor also told me that I can not "pick" anything. Ha! The girls at work have loved that one. It hurts to wash my face. I can wash the outside of my face but it's just even touching my nose that bothers me. It's still very sensitive. To get back to normal will be nice! ....soon!

Step by step

Not feeling particularly happy today. Not feeling good either. I know it's a healing process but I am just really tired. I don't like that my mind is drifting to places and events that I don't care for. Step by step is how I will get through this journey of healing. Not only from my surgery ...but with my heart.

What a fun experience…

Last week I had surgery Septoplasty (divated septum) and nasal polyps removal. What a fun experience…oh, not really! I liked my nurses. They were funny and made me more at ease. It’s the uncertainty that get you nervous… it is surgery. I know everything is going to be okay but then you start to think “what if”. My husband took me in, we waited and waited and then finally got called back into the prep room - changed into a very stylish outfit, hospital gown with matching booties and hair net. The best part is when they get the blanket out of the oven and put it on you,…so warm! J The anesthesiologist came over and talk to us and then soon after that, they wheeled me away. My husband told me to “have fun”! How sweet of him. Once in the room I had to move from the gurney to the operating table. My leg must have been nervous because it kept shaking. *Ha!* They had to tube me because they can’t have the face mask on you for oxygen and work on your nose. They gave me the mask with the knock out meds and told me to breathe it in. I don’t know why but all of a sudden, I started crying. The nurse told me everything will be okay. I told her I know. I think maybe my nerves got the best of me and the medicine kicked me in over drive.

The next thing I remember was a bunch of noise and my name being repeated over and over. The nurse was telling me what seemed like a hundred instructions very fast. The only part I remember was that I am to squat if I need to pick up something or tie my shoe and not to bend over. Soon after that my husband came in and then I got in the wheelchair to go out to the car.

So, how did the rest of the week go? I didn’t sleep much, especially the first few days. I also stayed on the couch because I needed my head to be propped up. I had to take pain medication and antibiotics. The pain medicine made me nauseous. My mom came over the next day to “watch me” because he was going to be out most of the day. It was nice because she made homemade chicken vegetable soup and Spanish rice. YUM! I really didn’t eat much. I did have a lot of popsicles. That felt good….because they had to tube in my throat was sore. That’s the “added bonus” they don’t tell you about.

At the end of the week I had to go in and get the tubes and packing taken out. He took the tubes out first and then sprayed something in there to numb it up and then reclined the chair way back. He said to keep my eyes open, not to move and not cough. What an awful and uncomfortable feeling. It did hurt. But it was done relatively quickly.

I took off of work Monday and Tuesday and was able to “work from home” the rest of the week. Fortunately it was a slow week. My boss told me that I didn’t have to worry about anything, but I didn’t want to get too far behind. Plus who wants to use PTO (paid time off) for actually being sick.

I am back to work today. I am feeling much better but not yet “best”. I still have the feeling of pressure. I am also getting this hurt twinge. It must be the nerves healing. I found out this morning that I can not wear sunglasses yet. The pressure is too much. Each day is better then the next. The one thing this past week that I have been happy about it that I have not sneezed!! I can’t imagine even doing that then or right now.

Well, the work day, has ended. I just wrote this to post and now the 27 mile trek home. I will stop at the bank and then to the market, to pick up a couple of things to go with dinner.

Had Surgery...

Had Surgery...... OUCH!

Surgery...

So, I went the ENT a few weeks back and now I am having surgery on Monday. I am having polyps in my nose removed and a deviated septum fixed. I am a bit nervous because it is a surgery and they are putting me under. I know it will all be okay but it is the unknown that gets you nervous. The doctor said he will put tubes in my nose and pack it. Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun. I will have that for a few days and then I will go in and then he will pull out the packing. I hear that is very very uncomfortable. Okay, I heard it hurts. But, it’s something I need to get done. My allergies and asthma have been very bad this year. I have been working with the doctor. I have gotten new medication and now this surgery. Will have to see how it all works. Time will tell...

Can it ever be smooth?

Life is never really how you expect it to be. It throws you so many twist and turns. Sometimes you just want it to go smoothly. But, there are so many unexpected events that happen that you can not control. It's how you deal with them that make the difference. Life is not what you think it is going to be ...it is what it is. Life has thrown me a lot of curves, especially in the last year and a half. I am dealing the best I can. It's hard when you are dealing with one part of the "twist" and then other twists are thrown at you. It's then when you have to reevaluate, and reprioritize.