I haven’t posted in 4 months….it’s been a bit crazy around here.
I started the Aimovig shots and they are helping a lot, I follow up in Jan 8th…I think, if she’ll let me, I’d like to increase the dose and see if it helps more. I like the Naratriptan for when I do get them, it really works, and since starting the Aimovig, I’ve only missed one day of work for a migraine.
HOWEVER, I’ve been on FMLA and surgery recovery. So lets start at the beginning, because none of that info is here on this blog. I started having pain at 19, just a little bit when I would sit too long…that was on the right side, then over time it progressed, and I had doctors try and diagnose me with umpteen different things, but not a single one of them EVER taking any X-Rays. Finally a doctor listened to me and ordered Xrays, my right hip was all kinds of fucked up, so she sent me to Ortho at Kaiser, they looked at it and agreed it was fucked up, and that it NEEDED to be replaced, but those fuckers refused to do it. They said, and I’m paraphrasing “It will just have to be revised in 20 years because of your age, so no, we’re not going to help you, you just get to suffer.” Switched to Hubby’s insurance and found a surgeon willing to help a 31 year old woman who needed a hip replacement. It was done in January 2014. Since then, slowly, the left has worsened. In September I finally made an appt with my surgeon’s assistant, that appt fell on my Birthday, 10/22, and I got the best birthday news ever, they took new X-rays and he came in and said, “We’ll look at those X-Rays together, but just so you know, we’re going to replace it.” They scheduled my surgery real quick and I had my second total hip replacement, on the left side, on November 26th. I’ve been home recovering ever since. My post op is January 7th, and I think I should be allowed to go back to work the following Monday, because I’m recovering really well. Here is a picture of my incision.
J started a new job, I’m so proud of my hubby, and I love him so much!
We also started getting new flooring down finally and are making progress towards remodel goals. It’s nice to finally feel like the house is coming together. Still a long ways to go, but we have started.
J bought me another ring, because the one I posted in that last post was actually not well made and the customer service of the seller sucked, so we sent it back for a refund and I found this one, also Citrine, and then like 2 months ago, I found my missing engagement ring, it’s been missing since before we moved to Salem, I needed jump rings for a necklace I was making and I got out my little containers and in the top one I noticed my grandpa’s cuff link, which I was so excited about because I wasn’t sure where I had put it, so I pull it out and literally wrapped around the cuff link is my missing engagement ring! I never put it there, it had just vanished, I had theories about what happened, but I am so relieved they were wrong.
While I’ve been on recovery, I’ve been binging stuff. I’m on Season 7 of The Vampire Diaries, then I need to watch The Originals and Lagacies so be all caught up on the TVD verse. I also binged all 7 seasons of Once Upon A Time in 10 days…lol I loved the first 6 seasons, season 7 was awful, but I watched anyway, and the last 15 mins got me…I bawled like a baby over Rumple…I kinda love me some Robert Carlyle! Not to mention Hook! Oh dear me, Colin O’Donohue is something else! lol I watched VWars in a day, it was great, I watched Merry Happy Whatever, it was cute. And I got caught up on Schitts Creek. I FUCKING LOVE ME SOME DAVID!
Growing my hair back out…I think I want it to grow longer like a bob or something…but for now this is where I’ve gotten it to, back to my favorite pixie. Took this picture on Monday, Good hair day!
Anywho, the new year is going to be great and I’m happy to be able to be whole again, I’m going to work hard to lose weight. I will be able to do it now, without pain.
Been thinking about the kid the last few days…I miss her, don’t think she cares though.
Anyway, that’s all I got for today.
Ok, But First Coffee! 