WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE #646

Thank you Joyce.

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1. It's officially spring in the northern hemisphere. Does it feel like spring in your part of the world? If you're in the southern hemisphere it's officially autumn where you live. Does the weather say autumn? Which do you prefer-spring or autumn? Why? 

No it is feeling like summer right now. Actually it is feeling even hotter than our summers. However we are supposed to cool down and feel like Spring in a few days. It has been around 100 degrees. Thankfully we don't get humidity. 

2. What's your favorite thing about spring? 

I'm not sure I have a favorite thing about Spring. I guess I could say the flowers that bloom. We generally have some pretty nice weather year-round in Southern California.

3. Spring into action, spring in your step, spring to life, spring to one's feet...which spring idiom currently applies to your life in some way? Explain.  

Actually I would like to do all of those right now but it's not happening with my ankle issue. Things have gotten really depressing on my end but I will push forward and try to be happy. 

4. Which spring food from this list is your favorite? What's a dish you like that includes your favorite spring ingredient? 

asparagus, strawberries, salad greens like mesclun, artichokes, spinach, eggs, peas, spring onions

I like spinach a lot. I saute it and add eggs, scrambling it together. I eat salad greens and I like asparagus too. 

5. What's one task on your spring cleaning list? Do you actually have a list? 

I do not have a Spring cleaning list but everything needs to be cleaned. I'm am pushing myself daily to accomplish something that needs to be cleaned. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

We saw Adam, Gabby and James on Friday night last week. It was a great evening. We played some Bunko, had pizza. Also Papa and James had a lot of fun playing with some small nerf guns. 

It will be awhile before we see them, they are going on a cruise. We will be going to their house for Easter Sunday.

HEALTH UPDATE

If this post showed up today, I had to delete it because I wanted to add something at the end of the page. 

So a lot has been going on. I am truly overwhelmed with things right now. I do have a few appointments set up. I have one set up to get an ankle boot made on April 8th. I doubt it will be fun wearing it but it is supposed to help with the pain. 

I have an appointment set up on April 9th to see the podiatrist. That's to talk over the procedure I will have done at this time which is an arthroscopic debridement to clean out debris. That procedure will be done at the hospital possibly on April 15. Still a lot of things to work out. (I will explain later in this post)

They had me see my primary doctor to get a surgery clearance. That involved an EKG, blood work and a chest x-ray. What a day I had. I was out for six hours. They did the EKG and then I got the paperwork for the other items. 

So I went to the Centerlake Imaging that I always go to for x-rays, MRI, etc. Well guess what? Their x-ray machine was down. So they directed me to one that was about 15 minutes away. 

So I went and the woman behind the desk was having issues with my insurance cards. We have had a crazy year with our new cards and I mean extremely crazy. I won't go into all the details. Anyway, I did get the x-ray done.

Then I headed to a Walgreens where I always go for my blood work. No issues there and my blood work appears to be okay. 

Then I get home and get a call that my colonoscopy was cancelled again. This is the second time. The woman said it wasn't going through insurance. 

So I spent hours on the phone last Friday morning trying to get things figured out. What a hassle that was. Anyway, there was a woman who helped me out and she said to call her back on Monday and things should be fixed by then. 

This year insurance changed our card numbers. They have been the same for years. Then we ended up getting a few other cards that were totally wrong with the primary doctor we see and the medical group was wrong. 

So we had finally gotten that straightened out. Mark made some calls and we got new cards again with the correct information. However, when I called and talked to this woman she said apparently the medical group wasn't changed on their end. 

So at this point I'm not sure if my ankle procedure will be approved for April 15th or not. I have literally been going nuts here. My colonoscopy was supposed to be done because it appeared swollen in an MRI I had on my pelvis area a few months ago. In all honestly, I have no issues that I know of when it comes to my colon. 

So with the appointments and procedure I have schedule for in April now, I'm not sure when we can schedule the colonoscopy. 

In some good news, I had a mammogram done at the end of December last year and when I went for the ankle x-ray a few weeks ago I asked them to check on it. I was supposed to get a letter in the mail. So that was good news, all is well with my breasts. 

I will keep you posted when I can. I am still having some issues here and there with my lungs and it's been very frustrating. Like I've said before, I just want Debby back the way she was. 

I do appreciate all of your prayers. You have all been so wonderful praying for me.

UPDATE: My lungs are terrible today. It started last night. I had to start steroids and antibiotics. 

Love,

Debby