How has everyone's week been?

[berniesandersmittens]

I saw my doc this week and he's referring me for spinal injections. Since my liver betrayed me (sober for 2 months now), I can't take ANY pain meds.

I used to freak out about a needle being stuck in my spine. Now, I'm all Give it to me baby! Lol

Today is already hot, so I'm gonna spend it inside.

I made my bunny an Olympic floor matt out of blankets. She's great at the flutter bug, full twist, and back kick. Still working on the landing.

The cat watches intently, guarding my...uhumm. ...her bedroom door. The bunny won't let her near her cage, so I suppose they're even.


On my second cup of coffee. I miss my Irish cream.

How are my fellow loners doing?

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Pretty good here. I love that you made an Olympic gymnastics mat for the bunny!

I hope she doesn't get the twisties.

❤

[SheltieLover]

3. Lol my thought exactly!

I'm just grateful to be in air conditioning!

Heat index has been near 110 F every day.

I'd love to get out to grocery store, but no way can I take the heat & humidity! 100% humidity... and, in addition to heat advisories, we have an orange air quality alert.

Tomorrow is the last day for these ridiculous temps.

Best of luck with your injections, BSM.

[berniesandersmittens]

6. Today and tomorrow are gonna be HAWT

I went a few days without heat during the last snow storm. Bundled up and survived. But I could no way handle going without air conditioning. I think I could live in a refrigerator

[SheltieLover]

8. Same here!

In less than 5 min in severe heat, I'm confused, shaking, & feeling sick.

Guessing I had heat exhaustion or something as a kid, since this reaction is quite an outlier.

[berniesandersmittens]

4. Glad you're doing good

How were the fireworks in your neck of the woods this year? My neighbors weren't too bad. They stopped shooting guns and fireworks around midnight. Better than last year.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. Not as bad as last year, thankfully. Shorter spurts and not as many booms.

Hahaha. I guess that's progress.

❤

[jmbar2]

2. Congratulations on your two months!

It's a drag to have back pain, though. Glad that you have your in-house entertainment to keep you smiling.

I was excited to see some local entertainment venues start to open up. Then Delta came around, so I'm hunkered down again.

I hope that when I can finally go out and be around humans again that I can remember how to speak. Until then, grateful for my DU family here.

Best of luck with your pain management.

[berniesandersmittens]

5. Thank you!

The drinking til I felt no pain became my medicine all last year.

I miss going to music festivals. That's one of the few events where I am comfortable in a crowd.
Misfits unite! Lol

Hope you have a most excellent weekend.

[jmbar2]

13. You too!

[cilla4progress]

7. Good to hear from you, bernie

and that you are good!

I have a couple social events this weekend that I am looking forward to - catching up with old friends. I sure hope they ain't trumpers! 😁

[berniesandersmittens]

9. Hey there

I hope they ain't trumpers either!

Glad you get to see your friends

[Anon-C]

10. Rough times

And not sure it's going to get better any time soon

[berniesandersmittens]

11. I hope your troubles are short

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.




take care of yourself and be well. You have friends here.

[Anon-C]

12. Thank you.

It is good to have one!

[zuul]

14. I have had spinal injections many times.

I know it seems scary, but after your first time, you’ll do fine.

I just had steroid injections in my lower back on Tuesday. I have had them before in my upper back but this was the first time in my lower back. It has helped a lot with the pain. It’s not gone but at least I can function. I was seriously starting to worry about being able to take care of myself.

The first time I had upper back injections I was given what was supposed to be a mild sedative. It had no affect on me, but I had no problems during the procedure. The doctor used a local anesthetic before injecting the steroids, so I didn’t feel much even without sedation.

Since that first procedure, about three years ago, I have asked not to have any sedation, just the local anesthetic. So I am able to drive myself to and from the hospital, which makes me very happy. I’m very stubborn and self-sufficient and I hate asking for help.

I am to the point now that, during the procedure, the doctor and I joke around while he’s sticking needles into my spine. He used to know a girl with the same first and last name as me. He must have had a crush in her cuz he mentions her every time!

Anyway, you will be fine once you get beyond the initial fear.

I hope your procedure goes well and you get some relief! Congratulations on your two month anniversary!

[berniesandersmittens]

15. Thank you so much for sharing this

It is scary to think about. The pain is so bad though, I can barely get up out of a chair.

I have an hour long drive to the hospital, so I hope I can go without sedation after a few times.

I was able to let out a deep breath after reading your experience with the injections.

Thank you.

[berniesandersmittens]

18. Do you like to exercise?

I have a yoga mat. Not really sure how to do it, so I look like a dog rolling in the dirt.

I usually stretch and roll around until I'm either content or crying.

Even after the cry, I feel a bit better.

Are you confined at home or can you go outside?

[Dreampuff]

20. This is a really cool thread and I love your first post.

It is always good to find another pet lover!

When I was in my forties, I had two spinal surgeries. One cervical spine and one lumbar spine and thankfully I turned out so well that I was able to work until retirement time. Because of a delay in surgery on my neck, thanks to my medical doctor who was an idiot, I ended up with pain in the scapula area and I also had trigger point injections into the muscles and spinal shots between the vertebrae, but neither really helped because they weren't designed for the issues I had. The surgery itself worked wonders and I wish I could have had it a week before I got to have it. I really wish you luck on this and hope things go well for you.

So far my week is going very nice. I have my lifetime soulmate and my two cats and we have a few neighbors who are friends and we visit Outdoors and we live in a beautiful area with a lot of nature and I get to enjoy that nearly every day. We have a few friends that we see a few times a week while we are out walking and we stick with only Pleasant people. It's too frustrating to deal with the other type. We are Outdoors people and nature lovers and have done a bit of bonding with others who are like-minded. We also stick with liberals. Things are too divisive now.
Thank you for starting this thread.👍👍👍

[peacebuzzard]

21. its been a month since you asked.

but I have had a busy month.
spent lots of time in the European Union and those countries do not play around with the covid. I feel safer over there than here, when you travel everyone has either had to show a vaccine card or show proof of vaccine to register for hotels and even some restaurants require the test results.
Much safer and more respect for the dire situation out of this country.