Bad Surgery!

Before I tell about what happened yesterday let me tell you about a surgery that I had about 6 1/2 years ago so you will understand things a little better. Not to long after Graham and I started dating I started seeing an ENT(ear,nose,throat doctor). They gave me a hearing test and found out that my hearing was not where it should be. Of course I already knew that which was why I was there. They came to the conclusion that my hearing loss was from all the tubes I had growing up. The doctor said that there was a permanent hole in both of my eardrums and that if they patched them it would fix the problem. I agreed to the surgery after finding out that they would not have to make an incision and would be able to go right through the ear canal. After I woke up from the surgery I had something on my head which I soon discovered was a huge gauze bandage that was wrapped around my entire head. The nurse told me that they were not able to go through the ear canal because of the shape and instead had to make an incision behind the ear so they could get access to the eardrum. When I heard this I was a little upset but quickly got over it thinking that there was nothing that I could do and that the problem had been fixed and everything was going to be okay. It took me almost 1 month for my incision to stop hurting, which by the way took 9 stitches to sew back up, and I lost a lot of feeling on the right side of my head which took close to 6 months to get back. I was not able to hear as well as I thought I would and because of all the pain I had to deal with I decided not to have anything done to the left ear.

Yesterday Reed and I were running some errands. When we were on our way home the scar from the surgery started hurting so bad that I was having trouble concentrating and by the time I had gotten home the whole right side of my head was in pain. My scar has hurt numerous times before but never this bad. It has also been hurting more often than it used to. It seems that at least once a week it starts to hurt. It used to only happen a couple of times a year. I knew that this was not normal so I called the doctor and schedule an appointment. Once the doctor had examined me and I had told him about the surgery he came to the conclusion that I had something called Neuritis, which is an inflammation of the nerves. He said that there is nothing that they could do about it and they really don't know what causes it. He basically told me that this was something that I was going to have to deal with for the rest of my life. The doctors office is contacting a neurologist for me to go see. I am hoping to find out more info. from them. But for now the only thing they can do for me is give me a prescription for a drug that they usually give ceasure patients. I have not started taking it yet. I want to do a little research on it first.

On a mission!

Last Thursday I visited the bariatric clinic in downtown Greenville. I went there because a friend of mine told me this place helped her loose weight. I was a little sceptical at first but after visiting there web site and talking to the people at the clinic I know that my new weight lose plan will work. I started it Thursday and I have already lost 4 lbs. I go back to the clinic the Tues. before Thanksgiving so I will let everybody know then how much progress I have made. Every visit that I make to the clinic I receive a vitamin B-12 shot which has given me so much energy. I no longer feel exhausted by 2:00. It seems like Graham is always telling me to sit down and rest for a minute because I am always up doing something. I am also taking some medicine that was prescribe by a doctor to help suprese my appetite, but don't worry I still make sure that I eat 3 healthy meals with 2 healthy snacks in between every day. I am also drinking tones of water and I excersise for 15 min. a day on the stationary bike (I will add an extra 5 min. every week). I am so excited, for the first time in several years I am actually happy with my body. It still can be frustrating when I look in the mirror and I see how big I am, but I don't let it get me down any more because I am finally doing something about it and I know that eventually that image will change. My goal is to get down to 135 (I started at 211 which is what I weighed about 6 weeks after I had Reed).

The Greenville Zoo

Yesterday Graham and I took Reed to the zoo. The Greenville Zoo is not that big but Reed loves the animals, especially the lions.

me and Reed checking out the giraffes




Reed watching the lions


my new little friend

Santa Parade

Last night we took Reed to the Haywood Mall to welcome Santa. They did a little parade around the mall with a band, some christmas characters, and of course Santa. They also did a drawing for a chance to be the first one to sit on Santa's lap and believe it or not Reed won.

No more spiders!

Yesterday the Orkin man came out to the house and sprayed inside and out for spiders. He told me that every possible place outside where they could come into the house their was webbing. I am so glad I didn't know that before he came because I wouldn't have been able to stay in the house. The spider that I had killed on thurs. was not a black widow just a baby wolf spider. Oh well, at least know we are spider free. YEAH!!!!

spiders!!!

This morning I was relaxing and playing wii while Reed took his nap when I happened to notice a spider running across the ceiling. I was just about to kill it with a shoe when I noticed a red spot on its back. I didn't waste any time in killing the little buger! I know that black widows have spots on there abdomen, but after doing some research on the internet there are several different types of black widows. I don't know if the spider I killed was one but I am not taking any chances since we have a little one in the house. I have Orkin scheduled to come out first thing tomorrow morning. I think this will be a good thing because I have seen 3 spiders in the house over the past 2 days. I know I sound like a wimp but anybody who knows me knows I absolutly hate spiders!!!