I have to laugh...have to...'cause it is kinda funny. As I mentioned before, I'm living with my son, and family...saving money, preparing my property, helping with the GrandBabies...etc. Moving onto property by Spring 2015. Son and daughter in law are both active military...Army. We live in a NorthWest suburb of Chicago...they're both recruiters...both just received promotions...both second in command of their respective stations/offices. Next step...commander of their respective stations/offices.
In the Army's infinite wisdom, after 3 yrs in the same place, there's no stations for them both..."both" being the key word. They're on a special married couple's 'plan' where they can't be stationed more than 50 miles from one another. Can't both be accommodated here...or nearby.
Soooooo...new duty station in Southern California...move date will be end of June...first of July. They report for new duties August 1. Sooooo...we're moving. chuckles...Nice thing is...I'll be about a 10 hr drive from my property rather than the current 22 hr drive. I'll more easily be able to drive on up to property...long, but easy day drive. I know the route well as I lived in the AZ mountains for 30 years, and have family in Southern California that we visited from time to time. Plus...my daughter will be along the route to NM, and I can even stop to visit her half way to property...break up the drive. Soooooo doable, and convenient. I'm choosing to focus on that rather than the tremendous amount of work ahead of us to prepare for this move. chucklin'...yeah...that.
Mhmmm...change is good!
Thanks for reading...ciao!
Lu
Friday, March 21, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Back in the saddle...
Again...
All the docs seen (for now), and multitudes of testing results are in. What started, in January, as an esophageal spasm that had my son scooping me off the kitchen floor to head to the ER, has turned into all kinds of fun stuff. Nothing life threatening for which I'm very grateful, but it's frustrating...to say the least.
I get those nasty spasms in my esophagus when I take certain medications, which I don't know will do that till I take them. At the time, I was taking an antibiotic for a severe sinus infection, which, apparently, is what caused this one. So...it was added to an ever growing list of meds I can't take. The problem with that last episode was that it was so severe, and that I had three episodes in less than 24 hours, which never happens. So, specialists seen...tests done...and results show that I have issues with esophagus (duh), mild/active gastritis (isn't getting older fun), very low vitamin D (again), and am pre-diabetic...all of which are manageable with medication and diet/weight loss. Ok...doable...done.
The other thing that was "incidentally" found is that I have an adrenal adenoma (benign tumor) on one of my adrenal glands. Endocrinologist determined (through a crap load of tests) that it's not active, which just means that it's not over/under producing hormones that would make me pretty darned sick. Ok...no problem. Next step is to determine if it's a "fast growing adenoma", but that can't be done till early June with another CT scan. If it's growing, then it has to come out. If not, then it just needs watching once a year, or so. Keep your fingers crossed that it's a no grow adenoma.
I'm a tad tired of not feeling well, but am assured that I'll start feeling better as my sugars level out, and with a higher level of Vitamin D. Health issues aren't new to me. I have Fibromyalgia, an auto-immune disorder that causes my central nervous system to shut down from time to time, and a few other things that I deal with from time to time. Nothing life threatening...slows me down sometimes, but doesn't stop me from living my life as I choose...chuckles...much to my children's chagrin at times. So...moving on.
None of this will stop plans for my cabin/homestead, nor will it delay my moving up there Spring 2015. It will, however, slow the process throughout this year, which is ok...'cause it'll still get done by next Spring as planned. Glad to be feeling a little better, and having some energy for the extras.
Thanks for reading...ciao
Lu
All the docs seen (for now), and multitudes of testing results are in. What started, in January, as an esophageal spasm that had my son scooping me off the kitchen floor to head to the ER, has turned into all kinds of fun stuff. Nothing life threatening for which I'm very grateful, but it's frustrating...to say the least.
I get those nasty spasms in my esophagus when I take certain medications, which I don't know will do that till I take them. At the time, I was taking an antibiotic for a severe sinus infection, which, apparently, is what caused this one. So...it was added to an ever growing list of meds I can't take. The problem with that last episode was that it was so severe, and that I had three episodes in less than 24 hours, which never happens. So, specialists seen...tests done...and results show that I have issues with esophagus (duh), mild/active gastritis (isn't getting older fun), very low vitamin D (again), and am pre-diabetic...all of which are manageable with medication and diet/weight loss. Ok...doable...done.
The other thing that was "incidentally" found is that I have an adrenal adenoma (benign tumor) on one of my adrenal glands. Endocrinologist determined (through a crap load of tests) that it's not active, which just means that it's not over/under producing hormones that would make me pretty darned sick. Ok...no problem. Next step is to determine if it's a "fast growing adenoma", but that can't be done till early June with another CT scan. If it's growing, then it has to come out. If not, then it just needs watching once a year, or so. Keep your fingers crossed that it's a no grow adenoma.
I'm a tad tired of not feeling well, but am assured that I'll start feeling better as my sugars level out, and with a higher level of Vitamin D. Health issues aren't new to me. I have Fibromyalgia, an auto-immune disorder that causes my central nervous system to shut down from time to time, and a few other things that I deal with from time to time. Nothing life threatening...slows me down sometimes, but doesn't stop me from living my life as I choose...chuckles...much to my children's chagrin at times. So...moving on.
None of this will stop plans for my cabin/homestead, nor will it delay my moving up there Spring 2015. It will, however, slow the process throughout this year, which is ok...'cause it'll still get done by next Spring as planned. Glad to be feeling a little better, and having some energy for the extras.
Thanks for reading...ciao
Lu
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