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Thursday, March 29, 2012

TO SLEEP OR NOT TO SLEEP ?

Good Very Early Morning :D 
  ( as I rub My sleepy eyes)  and yawn :D  


    I am up early this morning and probably will take a nap later.  
The one thing ( out of many  :D )  When a person has any type of surgery,  it is soooooo important to take care of the body that God has blessed us with.  Sometimes we think we are taking care of our
bodies when in reality we are harming it.  
    My gymnastics hurt my body when I thought I was taking care of it.  Since my amputation I have fallen three times.  It is just as strange as the phantom pains.  I lose my balance,  everything seems like slow motion,  yet I cannot seem to grab on to anything.  each time my mind is trying to protect 
my right leg that has the amputation.  I fall in what seems to be fairly gently  :D   I know ..........
I know..... how can a person fall gently?  lol  Well  by the third so called GENTLE FALL, 
it has knocked out my bones and the pain in my neck and back are the same as it was before my surgery.    
    I have a wonderful chiropractor, I firmly believe in them but the only ones that I will go to are the ones who graduated from PALMER UNIVERSITY.  The reason for this is because ,  a while back before Eric and I got together I dated a Professional Golfer. He owned a golf course, taught the high school students in the area and of course adults as well.    He went to a chiropractor and woke up three days later in the hospital.  I know alot of people who have been going to this dr for many years and liked him.  My friends eyes were blurry, He couldn't adjust them ..... they just would not focus properly. 
        One year later, he still could not see as well.  The reason for this is the chiropractor, like many use to  and still do...........  instead of gently pressing the neck bones back into place, they take your head and twist it quickly.   I have been to a couple Drs who did this.  Never again !!!   
        The chiropractors from Palmer University,  use a great technique  they gently massage your muscles in the area and then gently push them back into place and for those who have alot of arthritis or bones that are detoriating, they use this little tool they place in the area and it very very gently it moves those sore bones very slowly. This procedure takes more time because it moves the bones barely to avoid the pain.  I asked my chiropractor one time what that little object was.  My dr explained to me what I described above. When he put it on my back, all I heard was a little click and felt nothing.  
         For me, that would not work, but others come in that the pressing they have to do on me would quite painful for them.  
    My third fall has put me in a postition I need to go back tomorrow.  I always love going and feel so much better when I walk out, but I was going to wait until I got my new leg.
  I wanted to say ......PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY....... after all it is the only one you will every have.  This reminds me of the movie......
DEATH BECOMES HER  with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.  Of course we cannot live for ever but the time God has given to us we need to protect and care for what he has given us.  
  Praying all  have a blessed day and praying you are pain free today......... 
Have a wonderful day and upcoming Weekend :D 
sending hugs and prayers  xoxo

Good Morning March 29th 2012 :D

   Good Morning  Thursday  :D
I am so excited to get my new leg.  I have a photo of my son in his sheriffs uniform laughing 
and showing his muscles.  I am going to ask them if they put that on the leg to honor my son.  
I am going to attach a small black ribbon to it,  to show FALLEN OFFICER...........
Shane my son is my hero and always will be.  He would be so proud of me :D
   My motto is .....LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE GRUMPY.........  even through all of my surgeries
the death of my son in 2010, my nephew's leg being burned from his high thigh to his ankle..he was 12 at the time,  recently my nephew who will be 18 in June, was in a bad car accident. We were not sure that day if he was going to make it.  He did Thank you Jesus :D   Five broken ribs and one of them 
puncutred his lung.  The Dr.'s told him if he smoked or drank, his lung would not have healed.  
 My son was a good kid, and my neices and nephews are good kids.  No they are not perfect and sometimes ornery but they dont go out and party, they dont do drugs.
 I tell them all the time how proud of them I am.  
    I am proud that I come from a close knit family.  I am thankful God has also blessed me with 
friends who have become my extended family.  They also have been here with me through everything I have been through.  Between My Fiancee' , family and friends. I know I am truly Blessed.
   God is wonderful and I have so much to be thankful for.  

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

ODE TO THE CHAMPIONS

Written By:  Tom Krause

                                                 ODE TO THE CHAMPIONS

Who are the these people ------
these doers of deeds
These dreamer of dreams
Who make us believe?

Who are these people
Who still wint he day
When the odds are against the
And Strength fades away.

These people are champions,
For they never give in.
A heart beats within them
Determined to win.

They follow their dreams
Though the hourney seems far,
From the top of the mountain
They reach out to a star.

They give to us hope
From the victories they won

Sor here's to the Champions
To all their great deeds
They follow their hearts
And become winners indeed

Tom Krause

Ready for my prosthetic


I am so excited.   March 13th Eric took me to my surgeon. It was time to get my staples out.  
I cannot lie to you.....  everyone said it would not hurt.  This did.  :D  I buried my head in Erics and chest and cried. Not really hard. It felt like he was pulling the hairs out of my leg one by one by one.
   Ladies we know plucking hairs does not feel good  :D.    
Tuesday March 27th 2012,  my surgeon came in to the room.  I always greet hin with a smile and 
and perky voice.  I said .
 HEY DR SOLIMAN DO I GET MY NEW LEG TODAY  :D  ( i knew it would not be that day ) 
He smiled really big and said ... YOU GOT IT  :D  .....  yeahhhhhh  I could have shouted from the 
mountain tops but Florida doesnt have any mountains  :D.  I have promised to make him an
apple cake.............  I am looking forward to walking, hiking, doing the things I did before with the exception of running and gynastics.  Due to left knee total replacement I can no longer do those things  :D  but the is nothing compared to not being able to walk and being in so much pain walking is an effort and that always effected my neck and back.   
   I know longer have that pain.   However what i do have is   Three falls on my hiney.  the last one hurt me. I have a chiropractors apptointment to get my bones back into place.   Since my surgery 
February  6th 2012 I have had not pain whatso ever in my back and neck.  That is such a relief.  
I have lived with pain for so long that this amputation and the phantom pains are the best thing I could ask for.  I will now have a great quality of life......  for this I am blessed and thankful.  
  God is my rock and my salvation.  Eric is My rock here on earth and waits on me, pushes me around, makes sure I am comfortable.  I am truly blessed and I know that God has great things in store for me.  xoxox

Sunday, March 11, 2012

March 11th 2012


Good Afternoon my friends,
  I am nervous and excited ,......... March 13th I will be getting my staples out.
I am so happy Eric has taken this day off to be with me. It is truly bitter sweet.
Mostly bitter I must say.  
  March 13th is my birthday,  but it is also March 13th 2010 My sweet son was buried at the 
young age of 24.  One month away from his 25th birthday.  I cannot say it is getting easier
what I can say is ........ I am not having as many meltdowns as I use to.  
I do wish he was here to see how well I am doing and since my surgery I no longer
have the neck and back pain.  Due to the surgery I do become quite exhausted when we
have a day out or I am really busy around the house.  
Friday Eric is off and we ran alot of errands.  We were suppose to go to a birthday party for 
a dear friend.  I woke up Saturday Morning aobut 0915,   by 1015 I was ready for bed again. 
I went back to bed so I could be ready for her bday party at 1300 hrs  ( 1pm).
However,.......... I did not wake up until  1622    (4:22pm)    well I really felt bad.  I could not believe
I did not even wake up until then and sad to say it was too late.   I can only pray Eric called them 
long before I woke up to let them know.   
  This is the only trouble I am having re: my surgery is  I become quite exhausted, but considering the 
surgery and I do my best to be as independant as much as possible.  It really wears me out :D 
That is ok.......... it is better than not trying.  
   I have to laugh.  I would love to go to the mailbox, or get the paper, but our driveway has a deep short slope.  I can go down without a problem lol  as a matter fact almost too fast.  Getting up the hill
well that is another story.  I cannot get up the hill and the cars fly by our house as if they are racing 
DALE EARNHART JR........  at the DAYTONA SPEEDWAY.     
    The speed limit is only 20 and they more often are doing 50.   Too dangerous for this 
WHEELCHAIR MOMMA :D.    
  I am going to close this with I wrote several reviews on ..... YELP.COM...........    I have been writing reviews for awhile but since my amputation, I am finding there are alot of places we are not able to 
go to for lunch or dinner like we use to due to my wheelchair.  
   I am also going to go to ........  CHANGE.ORG ...........  and get a petition for places to actually be 
handicap accessible and not just be called it because they have a hold bar or a very small  handicap stall that a wheel chair cannot get into. 
I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe weekend,  :D  
have a better Week 
lots of hugs and prayers 
Candy