Still on top of the world - :batman:

Feeling good
 

nh I am sending you wishes for an almost painless speedy recovery bud. Not nice to retire and get hit with this but what is...is.

I am with you and close to your age and NO man ever here ever. My gynecologest was the first and last LOL Keep well my friend.

Not cool. I've received those slap in the face raises. Insult to injury.

NH , ugh, sorry it was so bad you needed surgery! Rest up...

I'm feeling thankful that I took today off of work, mostly. I have to attend a meeting in a few so I'm on the computer but other than that I'm home free. It's over 100 degrees out and with no air conditioning at work, well, minimal air conditioning, I just couldn't do it. This heat wave has been in the 90s pretty much every day for weeks. Another 10 degrees and ... nope. I have vacation time for a reason. We installed an air conditioner in the basement woodshop where I mostly work this morning and it is heavenly. I've been down there all day creating away.

The entire family was out of commission for several days with one type of crud or the other. I live in the middle of nowhere with no buses and was too broke for Uber or a taxi. So all I could do for several days was wait to get out of the house, into town, try and make the best of it. Which I was doing a pretty good job of until my computer broke. Actually I broke the screen trying to fix the problem. Worst part, I couldn't tell if I'd fixed the problem or not because I didn't have a screen to check and see if I had. Grrr... I didn't realize how much I'm on this thing until I couldn't be on it.

Anyhow it took some time but my son came with the new monitor set it up, did a diagnostic and congrats I had diagnosed correctly, fixed it all on my own! Yes it really was that five dollar part I suspected, which wouldn't have cost me a thing because he has dozens of them at home just sitting around doing nothing. Grrr... but he gave me an E for effort, didn't grouch, complain, threaten or lecture. He just said – Okay tell me what you did, exactly what you did. It's going to be a lot easier for me to fix it if you do. I promise whatever it was I won't get mad.

I was so tempted to sarcastically say - Just tap danced all over it and kicked it for fun you think that might have done something to it? I was only trying to help. He was treating me like such a baby but hey he just bought me a new monitor, lugged it up three flights of stairs in the 100 plus degree heat, installed it, did diagnostics, patted me on the back – good job mom! Ate some of that too much for my own good left over popcorn sitting around tempting me, hauled out two bags of garbage, one of which had a nearly whole watermelon in it, and carted off that old monitor for me on his way out the door.

Sometimes a little more appreciation and a whole lot less sarcasm is in order. On top of that everybody got over their crud fairly quickly, and without hearing the costs involved with making a full recovery wouldn't be covered by insurance - pay up. Along with that Monte ate the much healthier for him cat food that costs and arm and a leg he was served up not once but twice so far, without complaint. All things combined today was a really, really good day and I'm feeling grateful, fortunate to have the family I do and a whole lot less irritated with the cat.

Successful! I tried two new things for one woodworking project on my lathe today- a new turning tool and a new turning technique. I turned a beautiful Cedar bowl and am excited about what I learned in the process!

Also relieved that Daddy finished a big hard project that has been hanging over our heads for almost a year and today is a day to celebrate and just feel better without the pressure of it all.

Miserable! In SOoO much pain!!! This girl has now developed a covered rash. I recently had Covid (am now currently negative) and yesterday I developed a rash all over my face and all over my torso. It is very inflamed and painful, itchy and hot to the touch. I have creams to put on it but might need to go in for a steroid shot if it doesn’t start clearing up in the next couple days. It is all around my eyes and my doctor said if it swells my eyes shut I’m to go to emergency. I can’t stand anything on my body so I’m literally laying in my recliner in front of a rotating fan naked. I have to be off for the next seven days which means I’m going to miss my special training in Anaheim California that was supposed to happen over this weekend. The last time I felt this bad was when I had shingles. This is certainly as bad if not worse than then.
And yes I’ve had all my Covid shots and boosters. My doctor said if I had not had them, I would’ve been much worse off when I got Covid. She said the strain that it’s going around now is so much stronger than when the pandemic first started. Everything has come to a stop with me. I can’t move without inflaming the rash so I have to just sit in this recliner until it stops progressing and begins to decline! I’m so miserable I could cry!

This last week has been rough. What started out to be (or what I thought to be) a stomach bug landed Me in the ER with the diagnosis of an infection in My blood and decreased kidney function. Today has really been the first day in over a week that I have felt like Myself again and am able to get around without fear of toppling over or driving My car off the road. It was pretty scary I will say that. I am super glad I decided to go to the ER after about 4 days of sickness because it just did not feel like anything that I did was changing anything. So, I am on the mend - and feeling Myself getting stronger each day.

As I side note I just have to say - when something like this happens - and it is very rare that I get really, really sick - it sure does put your mind to work on priorities - and all of that. It also makes you even more grateful for waking up each day as well.

Recovered. My COVID rash is gone and I am finally back to work. This second round of COVID left me w some fog but that too will pass. Glad to back amongst the well people again!

Well after two something years of dodging the bullet, COVID caught me. Tested positive last night. My case manager at work tested positive last week and I had a feeling that was the one that was going to do me in. It's been too hot at work for us to be wearing the masks and we got slack about it. I'm not feeling too bad and am working from home today. Hoping things stay that way...

I finally feel back to My old self. To sum it up in a word: relieved.

So very happy!

Have a potential pinched nerve, so I have pain in left side of neck/shoulder that is radiating simply by breathing and existing. Miserable :confused:

The same as 7 days ago!

However, I have a lot on My mind - a whole jumble of things about a lot of different stuff - and that tends to leave Me feeling "off center" which is a feeling I am not a fan of. However, everything happens for a reason - and slow and steady wins the race.

It is funny I am a super organized person - however, when it comes to being able to organize My mind... it takes some work. (laughing).