WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE #629

Thank you Joyce.

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1. Let's do our gratitude question first this week...what's the best thing about your home, and have you taken time to enjoy it lately? 

We love our home and we especially love that we have a view lot. There are times when I want to move because it is just to much for me to take care of. However, we refinanced during the pandemic at 3% so it would be hard to leave that. 

No, I don't believe I have taken time to enjoy it because I haven't been feeling well. I am so tired of all the issues I have faced this year. I just want me back. 

2. Do you like squash? Of the varieties listed, which one's your favorite and how do you like it prepared? Is squash of some sort on your Thanksgiving menu?? 

I don't mind squash but I rarely have it. I can't really give an answer on them. We do make spaghetti from time to time but we don't make it from scratch. 

acorn, butternut, delicata, spaghetti, zucchini, crookneck (yellow squash), patty pan

3. Last time you were 'squashed in' somewhere, or felt squashed? 

I'm just feeling squashed now because of my lung issues. I just want my life back. I'm sorry that I mention this all the time. I love you guys. If you didn't read my last post, the Dupixent messed my lungs up. This should never have happened. 

4. Have you ever played squash? What about other 'racquet sports' such as racquetball, tennis, pickleball, badminton, table tennis (ping pong)? Are these sports something you enjoy? 

I can't ever remember playing squash. I know that I did enjoy badminton and ping pong. Amber and Dylan play ping pong all the time in there garage. 

5. Something in today's society or culture that feels like a 'racket' to you? If you don't like that one, tell us about a place you've been recently where there was a lot of 'racket'. 

Most likely I would say Tic Toc. 

6.  Insert your own random thought here. 

Mark turned 74 yesterday on the 18th.

We are going to be celebrating on Saturday.

Love you so much.❤

DOCTOR ON WEDNESDAY THE 12TH

HEALTH ISSUES

I started to share this on Wednesday Hodgepodge but changed my my mind. I have been having issues with my lungs for several weeks. I have medications at home that I take but nothing was helping. I ended up going to the ER on Saturday the 8th and spent 10 hours there. Nothing they tried worked for me. No change at all.

 

I have done a lot of research recently and I truly believed that it was the Dupixent shot I am taking. My shots started on August 27th at the doctors office, then you take one every other week. Sept 10t, 24th, Oct 8th, 22nd and I did not take the shot on the 5th of November. So that's when I decided to go to the ER. I left the house at 6:30am on Saturday the 8th.

They sent me home with some medications and I was feeling better on Sunday but then on Monday I felt the same way again. They did say that the x-ray of my lungs showed possible pneumonia. However I have done a lot of research since I've been home and the Dupixent can show that effect on some peoples lungs. I didn't have it. 

I had read earlier, a reason for my concern, was that Dupixent can also cause tight lungs and wheezing which is what I have had for the last several weeks. I had my first shot on August 27th, which I memtionthen earlier, the next one was 2 weeks later on October 8th. Had an appointment with my doctor the 13th and I told her I was having chest tightness and wheezing. She didn't seem that concerned. I had my next shot on October 22nd and was feeling even worse. 

I called to see if I could stop my shot but they never called me back. I did however not take the last shot on the 5th.

So since the hospital visit I got in to see the other doctor in the office on Wednesday. He told me to stop the shots. Gave me another steroid shot. (Had one at the hospital) Nothing has changed. I am truly afraid that I will not get back what I had which for me was not great but a whole lot better than what I'm going through now. 

So your prayers are welcomed. If this is the outcome I don't know what I am going to do. 

Love,

Debby