Today is exactly 1 week until surgery. Goodness gracious, I’m getting nervous. I also had my pre-op clearance with my primary doctor today. Most things were good, but, nothing is ever straightforward so…here’s what’s going on. Blood Pressure First, my blood pressure was 98/64. Which is actually a little low, especially since I’m on medication…
Category: Sickness and Health Issues
More Money Woes
Talked to Donna – the billing person at my doctor’s office. She was going over the insurance approval process and billing side of the surgery. My insurance is $1,000 deductible for the year (I think I still owe about $670 or so towards that) and the insurance pays 80% and I pay 20%. So I…
9 Days Til Surgery
Didn’t do a whole lot this weekend. Love was recovering from his extraction Thursday and was kinda sore and I was really, weirdly dizzy Friday and Saturday. Not like vertigo dizzy, more like lightheaded/spacey/woozy. If I got up too quick, my vision would go kinda white/foggy too for a second. I think that perhaps the…
Happy Autumn
Autumn It’s the first day of Autumn (even though there’s no such season here in Florida and around here, we’re still firmly in summer’s grip. Currently the feels-like temp is 95F/35.5C) but Happy Autumn Equinox and Mabon Blessings to all. Dentist Yesterday, Love was in agony with an infected and abscessed tooth, so we had…
Surgery Date and Time
Just talked to the doctor’s nurse. We’re set for the surgery and pre-op appointments! Pre-Op – Monday, October 3rd With the doctor: 9:45am Final Ultrasound: 10:45am With hospital: 1:00pm Surgery 12:30pm Wednesday October, 5th. The doctor is assisting with a very long, very complicated surgery in the morning apparently so she wanted to give him…
What’s New At PhoenixFireDesigns
I desperately need to drum up some sales. Things have been so slow for over a week now and I’m honestly panicking looking at the dwindling balance in my account. With surgery 16 days away (and counting!) and $600 still to go, PLUS trying to build a little bit of a safety net while I’m…
The Princess (Cat) And The Pea
Nothing much to report from this weekend. Love had miserable vertigo again and I’m still trying to figure out what this flu-like symptoms without the flu thing is, so we really didn’t do much. So instead, let me post an obligatory cat picture. This is Gracie doing her Princess And the Pea impression. (Click for…
Run Down
I don’t know what it is lately, but the last few days, I’ve just been extremely tired, fatigued and just generally run down. I almost feel like I’m getting sick again but that doesn’t make sense and I don’t really think I am, but it’s that kind of general body ache/malaise where you have no…
Decisions
Well i've had a few days to think about surgery now and I think oct 5th just makes more sense for a lot of reasons. There are still a lot of things we need to do and prep work for surgery plus our anniversary is the end of the month and I would hate to…
Surgery
OMG the nurse called me while I was out at Target. Surgery is going to either be Wednesday, September 21st OR Wednesday, October 5th. She’s shooting for the 21st. Which is only a WEEK AND A HALF AWAY. *panic* Wednesdays are his OR day. And we can’t do it the 28th because the 29th is…
Bloodwork Results
Alright so I just got back from the primary doctor. Today was my follow-up for the physical two weeks ago and to get the bloodwork results as well. First, blood pressure: 110/60! Holy crap that’s awesome. Hasn’t been this low in a long time. My bp meds are clearly working!! Second, everything basically was pretty…
Still Waiting
So I’m still waiting to hear about when my surgery date is going to be. I had my last OB/GYN appointment August 16th and we left it as, “the scheduling nurse will call you for your surgery date!” and I left without any future appointments because any future appointments would be surgery date related. Well,…
Déjà vu?
I have this weird quasi Déjà vu feeling this weekend. I think it’s because it was Memorial Day Weekend when this whole “hysterectomy” adventure started. I left work that Friday, starting hurting and spent the weekend progressively more and more in agony until I finally wound up in the ER that Sunday late afternoon. Now…
Updates
Just some general updates of what’s been going on lately… Love’s MRI Results came back. Everything is fine. Which is good but…it leaves us still having no clue what’s causing his miserable, debilitating vertigo. The ENT gave him a round of antivirals and heavy dose 1-week pack of prednisone to see if it helps. Kind…
Tack så mycket!
The subject line, if Google did not lie to me, means “thank you very much” in Swedish. And it’s appropriate because I got a very fun package from Sweden out of my post office box this weekend. All the way from Sweden and sweet reader of my blog, Annchen. There’s a pill box and candy….