Sunday, January 14, 2018

A year since my last post

My blogger app crashed so I have been unable to make new entries until now. My time has been spent resting and not being very active. I had my 50th procedure early in 2017. I had to have a nerve block in my lumbar region. I also had a surgery to my rt clavicle. A little of it was removed as it was very arthritic and brittle and causing me much pain. This being a cadaver bone that's been in place for 15 years now along with some synthetic bonding material. After the procedure I began feeling Bette for 7 months. Then the pain started to return in my clavicle at the sternum clavicular joint and my rt shoulder. I have gone without pain medication all this time until this month. I need to return to the Stanford pain management center and ask about getting another radio frequency ablation soon. I was told I could get these as needed as often as every 4 months. However it's not been in my budget to travel and get this done over the last year. The migraines and neck pain have also returned due to the stress I'm sure. I have had little ability to do much and my body is feeling the stress but my positive attitude and faith keep me going. I have had little to no interest in hanging with friends and simply find my joy being with my family. I have spent much time visiting with my Dad on short vacations or simply taking him to do his grocery shopping or out for a meal. Dolly has been a trooper being supportive of me while I have struggled to be much of a husband due to my recurring health issues in June of 2017 I had to go on high blood pressure medication and go through a cardio stress test and more. I had developed a tachacardic heart rate so they gave me a few pills for that.

Some good news. My daughters husband Kenneth has joined us in Dec 2017 as he finally got his Immigration visa  approved. He's fun to have around and made our daughter happy. Looks like we have big plans for 2018 but I will share more as that develops later. My lovely wife Dolly has Ben sick with this years flu bug. Some how I got lucky and I only got mildly sick. Dolly is on the mend so I hope to spend more quality time with her soon. Our boys moved to LA and they are still there a year later. Wow. That's it for now. Ciao.