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Today is my wife's birthday. Unfortunately it will not be a joyous occasion.
I am going out now to shovel so I could find my car and open my door. It looks like a foot of snow outside.
I am going out now to shovel so I could find my car and open my door. It looks like a foot of snow outside.
I Hope one of the Dr's can give her a great present of no pain. Fingers crossed!
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I am going to wake her now. I dread this because I don't know how she will feel.
I did my snowy walk this morning. We got about a foot. I couldn't get down to the beach. It's down a very steep road and I didn't think I could get back up easily.
This was driving yesterday morning.
I did my snowy walk this morning. We got about a foot. I couldn't get down to the beach. It's down a very steep road and I didn't think I could get back up easily.
This was driving yesterday morning.
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Morning Paul. Praying for you and Dale
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Her Pain Mgt. Dr just called me to say, she is going to put her in tomorrow for an Ablation. She had one a week ago that didn't work, but there isn't anything else to try.
Happy birthday Dale!
I hope this one helps!
Also hoping you dont have another foot of snow to deal with tomorrow Paul, for both of your sakes!
I hope this one helps!
Also hoping you dont have another foot of snow to deal with tomorrow Paul, for both of your sakes!
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FRIENDS.
I want to say something about having great friends. Of course, I have friends on these forums, but I have only met two of you. (SubSea and Humblefish)
Everyone here has been wishing my wife, Dale, good wishes, and I read them to her. She is very grateful and had no idea I even mentioned her on forums, but I don't have much fish stuff to write about, and she is my main priority, especially now.
The majority of our friends we have had for many years, some from grammar school, and they are all calling, especially today, which is her birthday.
Almost every day since she has had this terrible pain, people have been inviting us over for dinner or bringing us food. They know she is having a hard time eating, so much of it is soup. Our neighbor is bringing us dinner tonight, and my other neighbor shoveled all my snow.
Even her 2 neurologists, who we are friends with, keep calling about her and her pain management. Dr. called me 4 times Saturday night during the snow to ask about her. She called me again this morning, even though her office is closed due to snow, to tell me she is taking her in to a surgical center tomorrow to give her another ablation.
The last one didn't work. So far, she has had a nerve block, then a Rhizotomy, then an ablation, then another nerve block, and now another ablation, none of which helped, but there is nothing else they could do. She is also on morphine that doesn't do anything.
Dale is very much well liked. More than me, but that is understandable.
When was the last time a doctor called you on a Saturday night in a blizzard?
I want to say something about having great friends. Of course, I have friends on these forums, but I have only met two of you. (SubSea and Humblefish)
Everyone here has been wishing my wife, Dale, good wishes, and I read them to her. She is very grateful and had no idea I even mentioned her on forums, but I don't have much fish stuff to write about, and she is my main priority, especially now.
The majority of our friends we have had for many years, some from grammar school, and they are all calling, especially today, which is her birthday.
Almost every day since she has had this terrible pain, people have been inviting us over for dinner or bringing us food. They know she is having a hard time eating, so much of it is soup. Our neighbor is bringing us dinner tonight, and my other neighbor shoveled all my snow.
Even her 2 neurologists, who we are friends with, keep calling about her and her pain management. Dr. called me 4 times Saturday night during the snow to ask about her. She called me again this morning, even though her office is closed due to snow, to tell me she is taking her in to a surgical center tomorrow to give her another ablation.
The last one didn't work. So far, she has had a nerve block, then a Rhizotomy, then an ablation, then another nerve block, and now another ablation, none of which helped, but there is nothing else they could do. She is also on morphine that doesn't do anything.
Dale is very much well liked. More than me, but that is understandable.
When was the last time a doctor called you on a Saturday night in a blizzard?
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I wish it was a much happier birthday for Dale. I truly do. I hope she is able to at least enjoy a bite of her birthday cake later.
It is wonderful that you read the messages that mention her.
As always, sending whatever good energy I can to you both.
It is wonderful that you read the messages that mention her.
As always, sending whatever good energy I can to you both.
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Nice to see you resurface from time to time. Hope all is well!
Good (great) friends are attracted to good people. I get the sense you would do and have done the same for others Paul. I hope i have been and will be as good of a friend as others have been to us.
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This is near my house where I sometimes collect water. We saw this on the news yesterday and my wife wanted to see it in person, so we drove the 8 minutes to get there. Then I walked through knee high snow to get the shots.
I am waiting for the hospital to call for my wife to come in for another ablation. The place is an hour away.
I am waiting for the hospital to call for my wife to come in for another ablation. The place is an hour away.
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To get back to what I posted yesterday about friends. Our neighbors brought us a complete 3 course dinner that she cooked. (She is Italian so cooks like us)
Complete with bread and dessert.
Our other neighbor brought my wife a birthday cake, complete with candles.
She ate some of all this but has great difficulty eating now so it took her a couple of hours.
We have been getting calls and well wishes from our friends that over the years moved all over the country from Hawaii through Arizona, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
We have fantastic friends, they can't do enough for us, especially Dale
Hopefully, today's procedure will work.
Complete with bread and dessert.
Our other neighbor brought my wife a birthday cake, complete with candles.
She ate some of all this but has great difficulty eating now so it took her a couple of hours.
We have been getting calls and well wishes from our friends that over the years moved all over the country from Hawaii through Arizona, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
We have fantastic friends, they can't do enough for us, especially Dale
Hopefully, today's procedure will work.
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