Hope you are all recovered from Thanksgiving and Black Friday and are looking forward to Christmas (yay!) and the fresh New Year to come. God, I hope it's a better year all around. I'm having to go down on my Prednisone or the bariatric surgeon won't operate on me due to increased infected risk. I can see his point and he wants my odds of success to be as high as they can be, but God....oh, dear God am I suffering. If anyone ever offers you Prednisone, JUST SAY NO! I wish I would have about 5 years ago when I was started on it when I was having a bad flare of my rheumatoid arthritis and nothing else was working. Now I'm stuck on the damn stuff and can't function at the 10mg I was started on way back when. I've been on 20mg a day for about two years and when I got down to the 10mg (following my rheumy's advice) I could hardly get out of bed. I walked like the tin soldier and every joint in my body just ached. After consulting Dr. Schranz (my nice mother-in-law!) we think I took too much of a jump from 20 to 10 so now I'm on 15mg. I feel a little better. At least I can walk for a longer time, but I can't stand at all now. All my weight is up front and pulls on my lower back when I stand and oh, my dear God, it hurts SO bad! It's those moments that keep me going and thinking that the surgery is worth the going down on the Prednisone and all the misery that it entails. Boy, I've got myself in such a bind and gaining all this weight is my own stupid fault!! I promise, God, if you will help me get thin again I WON'T mess it up!!
My husband is not doing too much better. He is having problems with vomiting about 2-3 times a day now. And really BIG, LARGE amounts! We've had him try everything: tea, toast, eating small meals several times a day and the list goes on. Even his anti-nausea medication isn't working anymore. I've asked him if he's stressed about anything and he says no, but sometimes you can be worrying about things and not even know it. It lurks below the surface. I just don't know what to do. Luckily he has a doc's appointment coming up. He may need to see a gastro doctor. We shall see.
Nothing else going on. We're just survivin' the best we can. I go on the computer and go on "blog hops" a lot to get my mind off things and how awful I feel. It really does help and you meet a lot of new and interesting people by "following" their blogs. If you got a blog, try the two blog hops I have up currently in my left sidebar. I highly recommend them!
Thank you so very much for all your sweet comments and advice. My Thanksgiving post had 9 comments...wow! That is the most I had EVER!! So keep 'em coming. I love knowing what you guys are thinking and feeling. Don't be shy!!
To end this post I'll put in another one of my poems and a pretty picture. I hope you guys are liking this new feature I'm doing. :0)
A Friend Is A Friend
You always were so cheery and bright
I would sit back to see you succeed through the day
And sit in gloom as you would shine through the night.
You always knew where you want to be,
Who you are and how to get there;
You even tried to show me.
A friend is a friend is a friend.
Someone who is there
To love and cherish
A friend is someone who'll always care.
A friend is a friend is a friend
Someone who is true
And loves through every trial
To talk to when you are blue.
A friend loves you through it all
Through good times and bad
And they even pick you up when you fall.
A true friend is a person you can't easily forget
All the times shared are stuck in your mind
And all those times you will never regret.
When I first thought of leaving
I shook my head
Not knowing what I was believing.
I will keep you close to my heart
For always and eternity
As I wake up today for a new start.
Don't be sad for me not being here, friend of mine,
Don't cry nor weep but do one last thing for me-
Let that internal light that was always there shine.
That pretty much does it! Wish me luck on my doctor's appointment tomorrow. I'm gonna give her an earful about the Prednisone. Heck, she probably runs screaming for the hills when she knows I'm coming! Ha!
Have a great night!
God bless!
I really hate prednisone and seem to wind up back on it every couple of years - the only way I can ease off of it without becoming nonfunctional is at a pace of about .05mg every two weeks...sloooow ride. Hang in there!
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