Surgery Count Down

I’ve been absent a lot lately because I’m dealing with several medical problems. I found out a few weeks ago that I need my gallbladder out. Typically it is a routine surgery, but lupus and a bleeding problem I have will complicate the whole procedure. It would be easier to avoid taking the gallbladder out, but you can end up with severe complications if it bursts. My surgery is Monday so please any good thoughts or prayer would be appreciated. Thanks for stopping by. If you like here’s a video of a gallbladder surgery and more information.

Decisions Decisions Decisions

Picking a email web hosting company does not have to give you a splitting-headache. I’m in the process of picking a new email web hosting company. I’m checking out two companies fellow bloggers use for their blogs. One of the companies is one of the largest hosting companies and the other company I see hosting a lot of Wordpress blogs. Good customer service is an important part of picking a email  web hosting company. If you do not have good customer service you have nothing. Let’s say your blog is showing a 404 error and you cannot get the site back online. You need to chat with customer service in order to get your site back online. If the hosting company is a good company they’ll get your site back online in a short amount of time.

The next item you need to consider is storage space and price. I say price with storage because they relate to each other. You have to know how much space on the server you need for your email web hosting needs. Your first reaction might be this company is more  expensive so it might be a better company, but it’s not always true. You can research reviews online or search for websites that use the same email web hosting company. You would be surprised how many people write reviews of their hosting company. Just because you find one negative remark it doesn’t mean the email web hosting company is a bad company. You will need to check several reviews before you chose a company for your webhosting needs.

In God's Hands

I haven’t been around in a while because of my health.  A few weeks back I learned that I have extra health problems. I’ve developed gallstones and a thickening in my abdominal wall and I don’t know what has caused anyone of this yet. It is pretty scary because lupus attacks just about every part of your body. I don’t like waiting for test results it’s a lot like waiting for a boiling pot to boil and nobody likes either one. The good news is they had me change my diet to a low fat diet which has been a bit of a change. And really I don’t eat a whole lot of fat to begin with. It has been surprisingly easier for me because I know that my health requires it and I don’t like the added pain. I’m working on staying positive about it. My faith is in God’s hands.

The Unexpected Party Favors

Sometimes it’s hard to find the perfect for someone coming to your party. A new pair of sunglasses would be a perfect gift for anyone. Even if they person cannot use the cheap wholesale sunglasses they can pass them on to someone who can use them. It would be a good idea to purchase a wide variety of glasses to choose from. You could put the sunglasses in baskets on a table and let everyone chose their favorite pair. It sure beats your typical party favor. At least it’s something useful, after all you cannot have enough pairs of cheap sunglasses, can you?

Wordless Wednesday :Darcy

Chronic Pain Makes People Desperate

A couple of years ago I saw a copper bracelet at my local drug store. I had read that they are beneficial for reduces your pain level. At first, I was hesitant to buy the copper bracelet, but I decided to purchase one anyways. After living in pain daily I’ll try anything reasonable to reduce my pain level. I bought the bracelet and I was really surprised that the bracelet does seem to help reduce my pain level some. I’ve been thinking about buying an ankle bracelet so I don’t have to take the bracelet on and off my wrist everyday when I type on my computer. I’d like to find a store online that offers free shipping online.

Music Monday: Life is a Highway

97 Holes in the Pool

Being the eldest child, I had to watch my younger brother a lot. At times he would terrorize the neighborhood with his pranks. I had to stay one step ahead of him, but that wasn’t easy to do. One day he decided that the neighbor’s pool needed drained so my brother and his friend took a steak knife out of the kitchen drawer and stabbed 97 holes in the pool. You heard right, a couple of 5 year olds stabbed 97 holes in a pool. That evening, the police showed up at our door because someone saw the boys leaving the scene of the crime. The neighbor filled charges against both boys for the damage. After the police filed the charges the boys were released to their parents. The neighbor sued my mother and the other boy’s mother for the cost of repairing the pool. Then a couple of days later, I found the steak knife stabbed in the ground along the fence line. If we lived in Los Angeles my mom would need to hire Los Angeles Juvenile Crime Defense Lawyers . The neighbor dropped the charges against the boys because of their age. The parents had to sign an agreement to pay for the pool repairs. The neighbor did not want the boys to start life with a criminal record. The boys swam in the same pool the following summer after the neighbor talked to them about destroying property It all worked out good in the end, but I wonder sometimes if my brother would have learned a better lesson if they had to work to pay off the debt.

Finding Your Speck of Light

Depression is the number one mental illness in the United States. Everyone suffers from the blues atleast once in their life. Since living with lupus it’s been a struggle to  avoid depression. During the first few years of my illness I went through a time of deep depression. I felt like the world had ended. I had given up on life. I just went through the motions of life rather then pulling my self together and accepting it as another one of those opstacles in life. It took me years to get to the point where the depression does not affect me as much. I still do struggle with depression every day. It’s heard getting up each day when your in pain almost constant. It would be easier to just sink back in to depression.  At the time, I felt like I was the only one dealing with the pain. In reality I did know other people suffered from chronic pain, but at the time I felt like the pain had stolen all my hopes and dreams. I’m realising now that I can over come things even if I live in pain every single day of my life. I pray eacch day for it to disapper in the sunset and wonder why I got ‘blessed’ with chronic pain and lupus.

For anyone dealing with chronic illness hold your head up high and smile beccause their’s always light at the end of the tunnel even if it’s just a speck of light. Have a great day and pray your pain will be reduced.

The Importance of Breast Care

About 12 years ago my Mother was diagnosed with stage 3 or 4 breast cancer our world was turned upside down. It was a very difficult seeing my Mother sick all the time. The hardest part about the cancer was seeing her deal with the chemotherapy and the radiation therapy. Shortly after she started the chemotherapy she began losing her hard. She ended up shaving her head. I can still see the sadness and fear in her face as we shaved her head. I was glad to be there to support her during the chemotherapy. She had a close call in the hospital when her blood pressure bottomed out. When she went through radiation I remember seeing the markings on her breasts. She had a port in her chest which gave her the chemotherapy. The doctors called the chemotherapy ‘the yellow devil’. It was one of the strongest chemotherapy medications at the time. I’ve learned a lot from seeing her struggle with the disease for almost and how she had to rebuild her life. I know how important it is to get the digital mammography every year and breast exams each month .To me it is wonderful how much technology  help in the diagnosis of breast cancer. If it was not for technolgy millinos of women would not be alive today