Oh Rachel, I'm so sorry about all the troubles in your family. Bless you for advocating for your brother. It helps a lot when you have someone who understands on your side. Hope the PT starts helping with your pain soon.
Frances

Happy Turkey week or at least I think it is this week. I don't know Things are pretty busy in our home lately. I have been thinking of all my Quilting friends. My fibro is in full gear but family priorities are so that I refuse to acknowlege the pain. However by 8:30 pm I am usually to a point that it can no longer be ignored. My Father is not doing as well as we had hoped. He is severely dehydrated. I can not get him to understand the importance of fluids right now. He says he doesn't have the strength to walk to the bathroom. I tell him that he will walk, that that is his only exercise, and he will not have a bedside cammode. I refuse to let him get a blood clot or pneumonia. He tells me that I am unreasonable and that I would not treat my patients this way. I tell him I am more stearn with them it is out of respect that I don't force him out to the kitchen table and allow him to eat in the living room. My one brother Steve is being a pigheaded jerk I went with him to have his meds adjusted; the ones he is on are going to fry what is left of his liver. He didn't see a Dr he seen a nurse practioner who really didn't feel comfortable making any changes . So rather then increase the dose of his oxycotin she doubled his lortab : Despite the fact that I told her that he only has half a liver and that the Lortab are most likely giving him rebound headaches. We can take it up with the Dr in 3 months at his next check up. We will be taking it up with the DR. in 2 weeks when I made the next appointment for. I am not an idiot and I refuse to wait 3 months to address this issue. My other brother is trying to postpone his surgury because of the nasty custody battle over his grandaughter. That issue is too sad and heart wrenching to even talk about. All I ask is that you pray that the Father of the little girl use his head and reopen the lines of communication. Hopefully he will quit listening to his girlfriend and realize that he has always been encouraged to be apart of his daughters life. Either that or start listening to the Dr.'s and give his little girl her medicine on the days he has her. I really do hope this war is over before this little one is old enough to see her parents be so cruel to each other. Well that is life here I am back in PT by the way. keep your fingers crossed that this helps.
God Bless All
Rachel

Hi, Sharon! Sorry to hear that Laura has another concussion! Sending good thoughts and prayers your way! Mary Kay

I hope your daughter's head feels better soon, Sharon. I'll say a prayer for her.
Karen

Hi All -- I need to put my DD Laura on the list -- the one in the pic with me. She fell at work last week and has a concussion. She had one about 4 years ago and this one is worse. We did a cat scan on Sat. and that was ok -- just her head is screaming at her. Doctor gave her Darvacet and is helping her sleep. She has 3 weeks of school left to finish this semester.

Thank you in advance for your prayers -- hope you are all safe in CA with the fires, but that also sounds better today.

Sharon in warm Colorado

Sharon,
I have fibromyalgia too, I understand about the pain! I just bump a table or something and the pain just radiates throughout my whole body! I will pray for a quick recovery for you.

JoAnne,
Yes, I worry about all my friends and my son, out there in SO-CAL, as he calls it! Christopher is in LA and last night told us he can feel the heat and see the smoke and red skies. We need to pray for more rain on the west coast!

Joan

Sharon glad to hear that everything worked out for you I hope that it will be getting better Happy Good Luck

Sharon I'm so glad things are getting better. I've been praying for you.
Karen

Hi everybody, just wanted to let you all know that things are getting better.

I had to stay an extra day after the surgery because of the pain. Because of my fibro, I feel pain more intensely than most people, so I was in a lot of pain and questioning the sanity of the whole operation. Now I can see that the surgery is working and it's so much better than the way things used to be.

Thank you all for your prayers.

For everybody who is going through trials and challenges, I pray that God will meet all your needs according to His will.

Have a great week, Sharon in TN

joanrae wrote:
Joan, we would sure love some of that cold rain right now! I live in Diamond Bar and that's the latest city threatened by the fires. I think we're about 5 miles northwest from one part of the fire and about that distance northeast of another part. It's really weird hearing the firefighting aircraft overhead at the same time as I see them on the tv news. The firefighters are "cautiously optimistic".

Joan, I do wish I could send you some of our 80 degree weather!

JoAnne in a very smoky southern California

Rachel, I was in bed for 5 months this year and the could not sit up for long enough to come to the TQS and read the blogs and Forums so I know how you are feeling. Prayers for you and your family to get thru this very trying season.

JoAnne, Yes, I have been thinking about the fires and hope and pray it doesn't get any worse. We lived in San Diego for 17 years, evacuated during the last two wildfires, so I remember it well. My son is still in LA, said no fires there, but very hot and dry. I wish I could send them all some of the cold rain we are having here in Burke VA! This is my first winter here, brrrr!
Joan

JoAnne, I remember how beautiful Montecito was even 50 years ago when I attended UCSBC. Can't imagine it burning. The estates back then were beautiful. Judy in AZ

Please pray for our California firefighters, they work so very hard for us. So many homes lost, so very sad but so far no deaths, thank God.

JoAnne in southern California