Good Morning!

[ReefGrammie]

Good news on husband's MRI. Just disk degeneration, spinal stenosis, arthritis, and other old-person issues. No major structural problems. He will try a epidural steroid injection next. If that doesn't work, surgical consult. The group supposedly has a spine guru who does great things with minimally-invasive procedures. We should be able to have it done in the next few WEEKS. Ugh, more waiting...

At least the news overall was positive. :)

 

[Paul B]

Thats good news ReefGrammie. I know how he feels as I have the same thing and already went for the acupuncture a few times, chiropractor, MRIs, spiritual consultants and offer up tea leaves to the moon. Then you find out that isn't the problem so you get the spine shots and epidurals. (I think I had 5) But eventually they get it correct and just tell you that you are old so you take baths in aspirins and burbon. :confused:

But tell him in case he feels like rubbing pine scented muscle ache stuff all over himself to just get those little Christmas Tree air fresheners and hang them around his neck. They do the same thing. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I hope he feels better.

 

[fishguy242]

Good morning...:)

 

[sp1187]

good morning.

christmas got postponed here due to "the storm of the century" :rolleyes: and my son's roommate testing positive.
strange times we live in where no one needs to ask what he tested positive for.

christmas tomorrow, except now the daughter and son in law won't be here. he tested positive. no idea how as they rarely go out and he masks up when he does.

not rescheduling again. i'm tired of looking at christmas decorations.

 

[ReefGrammie]

Thats good news ReefGrammie. I know how he feels as I have the same thing and already went for the acupuncture a few times, chiropractor, MRIs, spiritual consultants and offer up tea leaves to the moon. Then you find out that isn't the problem so you get the spine shots and epidurals. (I think I had 5) But eventually they get it correct and just tell you that you are old so you take baths in aspirins and burbon. :confused:

But tell him in case he feels like rubbing pine scented muscle ache stuff all over himself to just get those little Christmas Tree air fresheners and hang them around his neck. They do the same thing. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I hope he feels better.

Thanks, @Paul B! He is scheduled for a week from Wednesday. Person asked him yesterday if he would prefer to have it done in the doctor's office with no anesthesia. He said ABSOLUTELY NOT! It will be in the surgery center with conscious sedation. I bet you were the type who said, no sedation, just give it to me straight! :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Acupuncture is also on the list. We'll probably skip the tea leaves, but bourbon would definitely help...it might help ME tolerate his whining a little better!! :grinning-face-with-big-eyes:

 

[MrsBugmaster]

good morning.

christmas got postponed here due to "the storm of the century" :rolleyes: and my son's roommate testing positive.
strange times we live in where no one needs to ask what he tested positive for.

christmas tomorrow, except now the daughter and son in law won't be here. he tested positive. no idea how as they rarely go out and he masks up when he does.

not rescheduling again. i'm tired of looking at christmas decorations.

Christmas in July?

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Good morning. The cat is trying to catch snowflakes through the window :rolleyes:

 

[ReefGrammie]

Good morning. Off for one of those "cold walks" with Kenzie (which means gearing up and digging out a new pair of hand warmers...I'm a wimp) and then changing the pump on my skimmer. Fun times! Have a good one. :)

 

[vetteguy53081]

What happens if you eat aluminum foil?
You sheet metal!

 

[sp1187]

Christmas in July?

nobody wants to visit in july.
we have no ac.

 

[Just John]

Good afternoon everyone. Turns out I have a bad cold and only just woke up. Now I've had enough sleep to last a while. What upsets me more than anything is that I am always really careful, but on Wens I had to go to something at a convention center with thousands of people. There was absolutely no hand sanitizer anywhere and none of the doors propped open so you had to touch door handles constantly. I wonder how I got sick.

 

[Paul B]

I bet you were the type who said, no sedation, just give it to me straight! :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I didn't know they offered sedation for that. :cool:

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Good morning. Fish club meeting today.

 

[fishguy242]

Good morning ,seen the robins this morn for the 1st time this year... :)

 

[ReefGrammie]

Good morning! Growl Club this morning for more dog training, which is held outside...it was SO COLD!! Enjoy your Saturday. :)

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Good morning.

Good morning ,seen the robins this morn for the 1st time this year... :)

I’ve had robins all winter this year which is kinda strange

Good morning! Growl Club this morning for more dog training, which is held outside...it was SO COLD!! Enjoy your Saturday. :)

How is the growl club working? Are you seeing progress?

 

[fishguy242]

Good morning all... :)
honestly @MrsBugmaster had to ask my wife ...:rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
she said no robins yet, cardinals, bluejays,woodpeckers,
but front yard was full of robins...:slightly-smiling-face:

 

[biecacka]

Good morning everyone. Gearing up for another lounging day while watching football…….after I start teaching my daughter to drive. First trip out- just going to some random parking lot to practice, but still…….. :face-with-tears-of-joy:


corey

 

[ReefGrammie]

How is the growl club working? Are you seeing progress?

Thank you for asking! Growl Club was HUGE yesterday. We had about 10 dogs (most in muzzles) and by the end, the head trainer had Kenzie walking in the middle of the entire group. She had dogs on either side of her and dogs in front and back (she HATES dogs behind her and will keep spinning around to see them). She did SO well for most of the walk. By the end, she was getting reactive and I think was just over it. It's a long hour, and the whole purpose is to push each dog's limit, but not push them too far where they're overly stressed. It's been a slow process, but that's ok!

We had our best neighborhood walk ever this morning. She actually sat quietly on the sidewalk while I talked to one of my neighbors (a MAN at that), then she was nose-to-nose at the fence with another neighbor's Dalmatian (the only dog she has "tolerated" in the neighborhood so far). We know from her foster lady that she was mistreated by a man, so it takes more effort for her to warm up to men. I really think Growl Club is making a difference! I told the head trainer instead of two steps forward and one step back, it's more like one inch forward and a half inch back.

 

[Just John]

Hello all. Still sick and feeling whiney. Winter is messed up here this year. Usually our peach tree blooms in Feb-March with peaches over the Summer.
I just went out back and here it is today. It bloomed in mid December: