"Sittin' round the Pot Belly Stove!"

#21 Postby **wx247** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:22 am

Have fun in Vegas Fur.

Morning everyone... we started out in the mid 40's this morning here. The furnace is on this morning too, for the first time this season. Brr!

weathermom · #22 Postby **weathermom** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:40 am

Chilly here this morning too. The New Englander in me refuses to start the furnace yet, too soon. We did close some of the windows last night though

furluvcats · #23 Postby **furluvcats** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:20 am

Not gone yet....lol...thanks...I'm sure it'll be a fun trip...its all about networking this week, cocktail parties, dinners, etc...You'll find me in the spa a good deal of the time also! MGM has a fabulous spa! Hopefully it'll be hot and sunny and I can come home with a good tan...been too long since we ventured to the beach and got some sun!

I almost cancelled for myself today tho....I'm very nervous about leaving the kids for the first time since we've lived in Cali...the neighbors are very nice that they are staying with, but as a mom I'll always worry, (too much). Keep my babies in your prayers this week, if you think about it, thanks.

It was cold enough to burn a fire in our outdoors fireplace the last two eveings...still hot in the daytime though. I love the aroma of wood burning...we have a gas fireplace indooors and its just not the same!

Going to sit down and have myself a cup of cocoa now...

Have a great Monday!

weatherlover427 · #24 Postby **weatherlover427** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:07 pm

It's only in the low 60s / upper 50s at night. It isn't that cold yet. A year or two ago it was 31 degrees at my apartment not too far from where I live right now. Now THAT is cold for a (slightly inland) coastal area! :eek:

Just checking in before I retire for the night / morning. Yep I have not gone to bed yet. I have been busy catching up on the work that I have fallen behind with on my forum / web site. I still have a ways to go but it is getting there.

#25 Postby **wx247** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:28 pm

Shannon... you got it!

Joshua... try to get a regular sleeping pattern. It helps your overall health.

#26 Postby **pojo** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:47 pm

Here is the diagnosis of the MRI.... Damaged Disk and Pertruding disk (aka Herniated). Lumbar disks 4-6 are the disks of observation. I have a doc appt with the Physicians assistant to a Neuro Doc on Wednesday (hopefully, I can move the appt.... it is at the worst absolute time.) I have a required fieldtrip lab right smack dab during the appt... will have to call and reschedule to a different time tomorrow. My doc wants an immediate appt due to the damage of the spinal cord. Hopefully, I can postpone surgery til after my finals are done. (if not, do surgery on a Thurs that way I some time to heal before I drive up to campus for my class & fieldtrip to a pollution plant around Green Bay.)

Have fun in Vegas Shannon

weatherlover427 · #27 Postby **weatherlover427** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:48 am

wx247 wrote:Shannon... you got it!

Joshua... try to get a regular sleeping pattern. It helps your overall health.

It's been a bear getting everything back up to speed after my computer was down for two weeks. I didn't crash until 11:30 Monday morning and didn't get out of bed till 10:15 PM. :eek:

I purposely slept longer so I could get as much rest as possible.

Miss Mary · #28 Postby **Miss Mary** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:37 am

Shannon - please investigate the need for surgery thoroughly. I have no experience with back trouble but I've seen enough surgeries go horribly wrong, to question ANY surgery these days. My best to you....

We have a Frost Warning until 9 a.m. in Cincinnati. Oh no...what will we do. These warnings make me laugh but I realize various businesses depend upon notices like this (nurseries, produce, etc.). Still, it does make me laugh, since you'd think anyone in those particular fields would know to watch wx in October! Well anyways, it's 39 officially in Cincinnati but at my house it's 43. I'm ready for Fall and Winter. You'll never catch me grumbling about cooler temps.

Mary

#29 Postby **wx247** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:08 am

Shannon, sorry to hear about your back trouble. Do take care, all right?

Good morning Mary!!! I think we need to add a few more logs in the stove.

#30 Postby **pojo** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:46 pm

I will see what the Neuro Surgeon says tomorrow (Weds). Here is what I know. L4 is Herniated. L5 & L6 are damaged (probably due to the herniation of L4.) I'm under the best Neuro Surgeon in the Fox Valley... and will get everything figured out (whether I can still do physical training or not...extremely doubtful though) Surgery is unfortunately the only option... the docs dont' want any more damage to the vertebrae than they already have.

yoda · #31 Postby **yoda** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:11 am

pojo wrote:I will see what the Neuro Surgeon says tomorrow (Weds). Here is what I know. L4 is Herniated. L5 & L6 are damaged (probably due to the herniation of L4.) I'm under the best Neuro Surgeon in the Fox Valley... and will get everything figured out (whether I can still do physical training or not...extremely doubtful though) Surgery is unfortunately the only option... the docs dont' want any more damage to the vertebrae than they already have.

Wow Shannon... hope all gets better soon... The Lord is with you to help you recover...

Anyway, I am gonna get some hot cocoa... its cold here! 39 degrees! :eek:

therock1811 · #32 Postby **therock1811** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:37 am

And I'll throw a few more logs on...it's cold here on my school campus...feels like 30!

#33 Postby **pojo** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:32 am

I found this rather interesting (Mayo Clinic website)

"Because of the natural course of disk degeneration, one-third of all adults age 20 and older show signs of disk abnormality. But only a small number of these people experience discomfort." (I'm over 20)

breeze · #34 Postby **breeze** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:39 pm

Shannon, I hope you get your back problems
resolved - do be careful about what you are
actually doing with your back! Look for other
means of treatment before surgery, as
Miss Mary suggested! Take care of
you, gal!

It's actually dropped down in the upper 40°F
range here, in the mornings, but, this old cow
refuses to turn the heat on. I've not even
broke out the jacket, yet! But, I'll
sit around the PBS just to talk to you
good people, and let Crouton steal an
occasional KK from me...

TexasStooge · #35 Postby **TexasStooge** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:23 am

Hi folks, just thought I'd come in and get a hot bowl of chicken noodle soup to help with my sinus problem. The temps here dropped tremendously on Sunday to around 59.

therock1811 · #36 Postby **therock1811** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:29 am

Badly. In fact it's killing me to sit here and type this, and I still have to get home. Dreading that, because if I move, I'm sure I'm gonna make this worse. Other than that, its an okay day. I'll be back later, if my back holds, if not the next message anyone is gonna get from me is gonna come from somewhere other than me typing, because I'll be sitting in the ER.

Miss Mary · #37 Postby **Miss Mary** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:32 pm

Jeremy and Stooge - hope you both feel better. And Jeremy, I'm praying you don't end up in the ER this time.

Mary

therock1811 · #38 Postby **therock1811** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:46 pm

Shouldn't...I'm making that call in a couple minutes.

#39 Postby **pojo** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:27 pm

here is the diagnosis from the neurosurgeon

L5 is mildly herniated...the disk between L5 and S1 is a degenerative disk. the herniation is not severe enough for surgery, but the docs are watching it. Physical therapy is order right now and if that pain gets worse, then an epidural right in the L5 disk. surgery is the last option... only if the herniated disk gets worse where it is completed herniated... then it will be surgery, but I have a long way to go before that.

Miss Mary · #40 Postby **Miss Mary** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:54 pm

Shannon - well I'm breathing a sigh of relief for you! Believe you me, you don't want surgery unless it's necessary! I have two worst case scenario's for you....my husband's mother went in for open heart surgery, was recovering fine and wham, 3 days later she began bleeding internally. They couldn't open her up fast enough to save her. Later it was revealed there had been a complication during the surgery and while we all thought she was recovering fine, actually she wasn't. Several family members were going up that evening to visit her, one was her husband who had just casually walked up to her floor after dinner in the cafeteria. To be greeted by a code blue situation. Next, Jim's brother had open heart surgery at age 37 to replace 2 heart valves (a defect from birth we didn't know about until he had a heart attack at 35). He came thru surgery fine and was home recovering, when 10 days after surgery he had a massive stroke. He is now permanently disabled, partially paralyzed on one half of his body. He used to work full time as an attorney and part time as a fightfighter/EMT. Now he volunteers for a law firm, work he can do from his pc at home. Thank goodness he kept up his disability insurance.

So when I say I've witnessed surgeries go horribly wrong, I'm not joking!

Glad you're trying other options first before surgery.

Mary

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