Thread:CorgiMom/@comment-33762881-20170825213523/@comment-33762881-20170831003824

Hello my sweet Monika! Sorry for the delayed reply, this week has been crazy busy, mostly with doctor's appointments. We had an awesome time at the fair, everything was so perfect we couldn't have had a better time if we tried. I ate a bit of fair food but was too excited to be very hungry, lol. Went on some rides too with my daughter's friend. Played a balloon/dart game and won my daughter a stuffed piggy, lol. Knowing 90% of the games are rigged I knew better than to play the ones I always lose. I'm pretty darned good with those darts, lol.

Had an appointment Monday which went well, got a little 'help' to help me stay asleep at night (I wake up between 11 and 22 times each night). The help is just for a week to try and straighten my sleep out so I can get more quality sleep even though I get about 8 hours a night. Waking up exhausted after that was getting frustrating.

Yesterday's appointment was with my rheumatologist for my cortisone needles in my hips. As I've been sore pretty much all over (I already have fibromyalgia) he's sending me for bloodwork and X-rays. He checked my hands, knees and feet and everything is inflamed, all big signs of arthritis...joy. There's no way I'd get 8 shots per visit so a biologic infusion may have to be my route to help all those places. Cha-Ching for those, even with insurance but it would still be cheaper than 8 cortisone shots. I'll take 1 over 8 anyday, lol.

I hope you're getting along well with your foot, almost time to be done with the walker, yaaaaay! I am so happy for you! I know you're being a good girl following doctor's orders.

Thank you so much for your kind words and compliments, you make me blush. I knew coming in that being an Admin wouldn't always be an easy job. It can be extremely difficult to make such decisions as the one I did but I also exhausted every other avenue first. The backlash on that was hard to take after awhile but I still stand by my decision. I've learned and have accepted that it is impossible to make everyone happy all of the time. I'm grateful that things are returning to normal and that people are once again enjoying our wonderful wiki.

After I lost my Kupo earlier this month I did some soul searching on some things about myself and I didn't like how people's responses to me were changing me. I am firm in my resolve on matters and even stubborn at times but in areas where I felt I may have been a bit too harsh I have written sincere apologies and will stand by my words in them.

Other than all that (I've written a novel now, lol) I am much happier now than I was earlier this month. I'm my old self again, lol. Anything else new with you since your last message?

I'm not sure where Oregon is (I'll eventually look at a map, lol) other than in the U.S. but I hope you haven't had any of Harvey's effects. I've been thinking about you hoping you've been safe there. As I'm way up in Ontario, Canada I doubt we'll get anything, though sometimes we'll get several days of rain from American hurricanes. So far so good though, nice sunny weather here and not too hot. I know you were having some high temps, any better now?

Much love and hugs my dear friend. 💖🤗💖🤗💖🤗💖