May 13, 2009

• Shaky Thusday

  This has been a weird morning.  Several things I've attempted to do have left me feeling shaky and .  . . well . . . just plain weird.  I don't know how else to describe it.  Many things make me break out in a sweat - even if they are things that aren't particularly exhausting.  It may all be related to my blood pressure (low).  The black out feeling I get, each time I sit up or stand too fast, can, possibly, be attributed to lower blood pressure.

  (don't know why my pictures came out so dark today)

                                         

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  I accomplished several things this morning: 

  1)  I put up (and organized) canned foods on one of the garage pantry shelving units (we have four).  Simple stuff.  Fruit with fruits, black eyed peas with black eyed peas, taco shells with taco shells, etc.  I came in feeling pooped after 5 - 10 minutes of moving things around.  Yesterday, I reorganized the inside pantry shelves.  We have a ton of macaroni and cheese boxes (different kinds) and I couldn't get to anything else because of the abundant amount of mac & cheese products.  So, I reorganized 3 baskets of mac and cheese and didn't feel dizzy.  BUT, I *was* standing the whole time and not bending over (when problems always occur).

  2)  After that, I entered Jesse's new business checks he's collected.  I'm in the process of setting up our books (the paper and pen OLD FASHIONED way!!!) and I am amazed at how horrible my handwriting looks.  My hands feel shaky (even though they are NOT visibly shaking) and it really was hard for me to enter (and/or set up a new page for) the customer's checks.  Another thing that made me break out in a sweat - *thinking hard* . . .  LOL!!!!  I'm tellin' ya' . . . that *thinkin' business* will do it every time!!!! LOL

  3)  Next, I got under the desk to see if my computer's speakers were disconnected, because they no longer work.  It's entirely possible Sushi chewed through a cord, and that's what I was looking for.  Bad choice - bending over and crouched under a desk . . . not good at all.  Bending over is guaranteed to make me dizzy each and every time.  I got up really slowly . . . sat on the floor, then sat in my chair, then stood up.  It didn't help the dizziness.  Still, I continue to do the things I *know* will make me dizzy.  (Stupid or stubborn . . . not sure which!)

  4)  The last thing I did didn't require me bending over.  I wrapped the top of Rissy's new black-out curtains over the rods that hold the lace panels.  I don't have another curtain rod yet, and she HAD TO HAVE the neighbor's motion sensitive  "search light" blocked from shining in her window at night.  I grabbed the step stool from her closet, stood up to wrap the curtains over the existing rods and then went to my bed to lie down and cool off. 

  "Whew-ee!"  That's all I have to say!!!

  Everything I do makes me dizzy and/or hot.  That's why I continue to do "stuff" anyway - it doesn't make any difference how minor or simple - it all makes me break out in sweat, as if I had just climbed a staircase several times!

  The doctor and her nurse both said I should do what I can and rest when I need to.

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  Jesse is trying to get out there, today, and mow fast and furious!  We are supposed to have rain (t-storms) moving in again tonight though tomorrow.  It stormed after midnight last night.  I missed the whole thing.  Must have been out like a light!!!  JoAnn said it kept her awake, again.  The beds are under the windows, in the guest room, and she was sure the glass would break on her head from the winds and beating rain!!!  I don't even know if we got hail.  I slept through the entire night of lightning, thunder, and wind that pelted the house with rain.

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  JoAnn took the girls to the eye doctor this morning.  It's time for their yearly check up.  We've been wondering about Annamarie's eye sight AND her glasses are falling apart (the lens on one side keeps popping out).  After their eye doctor appointment, JoAnn plans to take them to the park before it becomes really hot (near 90°) and the humidity rises any higher.  It's pretty heavy out there right now.  The garage was muggy feeling when I was stacking cans, and that might have been part of the reason I felt dizzy afterward.

  I'll have to wait until they all come home to take my bath.  I'm taking no chances driving anywhere or bathing without an adult in the house.  I could probably drive, if there was an emergency, but don't feel alert enough to get behind the wheel without a VERY good reason.

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  Rissy didn't get all of her leg braces.  She only got the pink ones to use on both legs at night.  She is being so good about the whole thing.  Not complaining or saying she didn't want to wear them or they were uncomfortable  . . .   We have to order the shoes first and then they will put the single daytime orthotic in it, before they can give us the orthotic.  An insurance rule . . . You have to have the shoe AND orthotic or they won't release the orthotic (rolling my eyes).  That makes shopping for cheaper shoes impossible because you don't have the orthotic to put in a shoe!  She chose a white shoe (insurance purchases one pair) and we will have to come up with a backyard play shoe.  They also told Jesse and JoAnn that she should wear the night time orthotics if she is lying down watching a movie, etc.

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  JoAnn just called and said Luci needs glasses, too.  Annamarie's one eye HAS gotten worse, as I suspected.  She puts her nose to a book (almost touching the page) to read stuff.  I wasn't sure if she wasn't recognizing the words and thought if she got closer she could read/focus/think better; OR, if her glasses weren't doing the job.  Apparently they weren't.  Luci needs glasses for reading or close up work and Rissy's eyes improved but she still needs reading glasses.  They said they should have non-glare and scratch resistant glasses, but insurance won't pay for it.  They told JoAnn that type of lens treatment is $50 per child!!!!!  $150 with not much of an income (REALLY rolling my eyes) until the rains stop. 

  (update)  While writing this, I did some investigating and found that insurance WILL pay for a non-scratch lens IF the prescription is written and "coded" correctly.  I was going to take the RX's to EyeMart because they said our insurance would cover the glasses.  Now the eye exam doctor (the original doctor this morning) is considering doing what it takes to get us to buy the 3 pair of glasses from him at no cost to us.  WHY DO PEOPLE MAKE THINGS SO COMPLICATED???!!!!

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  We're still eating the Mother's Day meat that Jesse cooked.  I made a pork roast meal last night and there was enough leftover from *that* for another meal.  I'm thinking those two things of leftovers should be saved for AFTER my chemo visit tomorrow.  We could eat those leftovers for the next few days.  Since I feel I'm able to cook a meal, maybe I should.  That would make things easier for JoAnn.  I usually cook the second week after chemo and she cooks the first week after chemo.  It works out that we each have a break for a few days. 

  She has less of a break than me because she does all the laundry, housekeeping, feeds the pets, teaches the girls, etc.  I'm not doing any of that.  If I attempt to clean something, a responsible adult usually stops me!  I swept up the litter mess around Chirper's litter box this morning (with a regular broom) and asked Luci to finish picking the litter up with a dustpan and brush. 

  I'm not supposed to be around litter boxes or the bird's cage.  I have only handled Tango once - she needed her head feathers scratched.  She had what looks like little plastic ends (like a shoe lace) on all of her top knot feathers.  She let me do it without complaining, so I'm sure she felt better after I picked off that crud and fluffed her feathers.  I washed my hands really well when I was done.

                                           

  Nothing on a "To Do List" today, as I have already done what I needed to do! 

  I need to put away the new homeschool books and wait for the eye doctor's office to call me back.  Other than putting the books on a cupboard shelf in the guest room (which is "low"), nothing should make me dizzy!!!!

  I should finish the last 2 or 3 chapters in my book.  I'm sure anyone who looks to see what I am currently reading wishes I'd move on to something else!!!!! LOL

  Be Blessed  ~

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