I'm taking some sick days...

Send me some love ---- please ---- I've got the "crud".  I guess it's my turn, tho, I haven't been sick in quite awhile.  I think it actually started with allergies - can you believe the pear trees amongst others are BLOOMING.  We actually are having some pollen issues - just barely, but enough to make my alleries flare up into the crud.  Not working is NO fun when you're home sick, laying on the couch, watching the Animal Planet re-runs and stuffing Kleenexes up your nose to keep from dripping.  I've coughed until I think I'm gonna puke my lungs up.  I did call the Dr. today for some anti-biotics and cough syrup W/CODIENE.  So, if I start wandering off here, you'll know what's up.  Actually, wandering off to sleep sounds pretty good right now.  OK, anti-biotics, check. Vicks slathered on the chest, check. Vaporizor, check. New box of Kleenex, check. Couple of slugs of cough syrup, check, double check.  It's been about 10 minutes since I took it - when it is going to start working???  Cough, cough, sniff, slurp...

Our church threw a wonderful bridal shower for Josh and Lindsey this past Sunday afternoon.  They are off to a great start!  Thank the Lord for my extended "family".  It's such a blessing to have all those loved ones around to be there for you for whatever you need.  And it's also a blessing to give back to those same ones.  Josh's comment was, "Mom!  They really hooked us UP!"  They sure did, Josh!  We went by Josh's house later in the day, and those two had all their shower gifts strewn out all over the living room floor just looking and planning and dreaming.  Isn't love grand????  They are both so goo-goo eyed for each other!!  I'll try to post some pics of them soon - I don't have the pictures from the shower as they are on Josh's camera so... Here's one of their engagement pictures.  They are so cute!

Well, I'm gone - Off to bed, I think my super codeine cough syrup is kicking in and my typing is getting slower, so I'll go.  Wish me some sleep tonight, and thanks for letting me WHINE...  and don't forget -

Keep your dress down!

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Just went and got my annual mammogram this morning. y.e.a.  I think there ought to be something equally as mortifying and painful for the guys. . . . . . . .  it's just not fair. . . . . . . .

Be sure to go get your mammograms friends.

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MY LIFE HAS CHANGED!!!

I've been on a blogging hiatus as you can see... I had cardiac catheter ablation last week for my tachycardia and the Dr. says that I am CURED! GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS!!! It was the easiest procedure I've ever had done, albeit a little more risky. But my Russian, Jewish, New York BRAIN of a Dr. - Stanislov Weiner, has successfully ablated the extra electrical pathway inside my heart which was causing me to have racing spells and causing me all kinds of problems and wreaking havoc in my life (and the lives of my family) since I was 11 years old.

It was getting worse - it was getting restrictive - I was afraid to travel, especially outside of the country - outside of our hometown, even. I had to carry my medicines with me at all times, & my cellphone. I would not lock doors at home or at my office when I was alone (I work alone). I did not want to stay by myself. I was so paranoid that something was going to happen. It was completely debilitating. I never knew if my medicine was going to stop it or I would have to call EMS. I couldn't have a stomach virus or get too hot outside for fear of getting the least bit dehydrated because my heart would take off racing.

It all came up kind of suddenly. I went for my regular cardio appt. with my cardiologist in February, and we talked about this option again. We tried it 11 years ago with no success. But with a different Dr. and new technology, it appears that I am cured! I've had so many people praying for me here. God is so good!

I cannot begin to tell you all how this will change my life. Not only will I be freed from this burden, but I can enjoy things that I've done without since my early 20's. 30 years of NO Caffeine, no coffee, no tea, no chocolate, no concentrated sweets, no cokes. In the hospital last week, the evening after my procedure, my friends and family members brought me goody bags of all kinds of chocolates, flavored coffees & cocoas, teas, fruits, a chocolate pie and soft drinks. I ate a HUGE Hershey bar and drank a real live COKE and savored every single second!

I have since begun drinking coffee and sweet tea. My dear sweet husband warns me of indulging too much, of course, but I have alot to catch up on!!!

I can travel! I can continue to go on Mission trips to Mexico with our medical teams! (I have often thought about what would happen if I'd had to go to a Mexican hospital...) I don't have to carry my meds around in my back pocket anymore. I can be alone. I can lock my doors. I can be without my cellphone!

Dr. Weiner is nationally recognized, http://www.tylercvc.com/weiner.htm grew up in Russia, studied there, and graduated cum laude from Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx as well as studied Medicine in Russia. He has an interesting acccent to say the least. His Grandfather was one of the Russian scientists that put the Sputnik in space. He comes from some purty smart stock, to be sure. I can't say enough good about this guy. And the technology has come so FAR in how they map out your heart and the electrical pathways.

I would be remiss if I didn't tell you all that if you or anyone you know has a problem with arrythmia, please check into the ablation. You can read all about it on the internet and there are even videos on YouTube you can watch to know more about it. It has saved my life. Thank God for giving me the desire of my heart!!!