TWERKS?

[xctsclrx]

I think that is the name.

I hope no one minds that I started this one today. I have updates.


Good new first:

I got a raise at work based on merit. I also and finally getting the title and another pay raise next month that goes with the job I have been doing for the past 9 months. Our company is weird and you can only make those kind of changes in the database during review time.


My housekeeper is awesome! My DH was impressed and he is hard to impress. We are officially keeping her yay!


The eh news:

DH's ex wife finally told the boys that she and her H are getting divorced. Not sure if she told them everything, but even if she didn't she told them enough before that they can infer. He is no longer living in the house with them. I am glad that the boys know. They seem okay with it. I hoping they stay that way. My heart hurts for them though, because it is pretty clear that his family is no longer in contact with them. They were really close with his family. It makes me sad. 

[judyblume14]

Congratulations on the raise / promotion, xctsclrx!

I've been back at work since Friday. DD1 is happy to have DD2 at daycare with her. DD2 is taking her bottles without issue. My family has been fed every night. Daycare bottles and pump bottles/parts have been washed every night. I've made it to the gym a couple times. Only one pump session got pushed (and that was because I wanted to go out to lunch).

The only downside? I'm a zombie and either need more sleep, or need to adjust to running on very little.

[k3am]

I am in the final wind down of pumping. I'm mostly done. Enough milk to carry us through WELL beyond one year. The kicker? He won't drink it. Apparently, high lipase milk was fine for Mondays only when I'd send frozen milk, but beyond that, he wants fresh. We'll continue with it for as long as he'll drink it, and then it's getting donated. Who knew, all those days I was worried we'd never make it to one year, and not only will we have made it, we'll have made it with a lot left over. =\

[supertrooper1]

I finally moved into my new office, 2.5 years in the waiting. It's so much bigger, it's closer on our campus to the other work unit that I work with and I have a window (although it looks at a metal wall). The downside is that the cell and Sirius radio reception are horrible, but I can deal.

The 2 replacements have been picked for the 2 open spots in my office and I'm happy with who was chosen. I'll only have to train 1 of the 2 since 1 already knows what he's doing and I get along with the other person I'll be training.

[judyblume14]

supertrooper1, was it you that got a request to write a letter of recommendation for someone you...wouldn't want to recommend?

[erinshelley21]

DD is 5 weeks old somehow so I go back to work in about 3. I mean I've been working a little bit each day it seems like so I'll just be in the office and dealing with actual work more than I am.

My cyst on my tailbone went away. I found out the hard way I am allergic to Keflex in the process. Awful, itchy rash all over my upper body and around my tailbone. It has mostly gone away though and the cyst has as well.

[rere26]

Dh texted yesterday that the contractor will be out to pour the footer for our garage mudroom addition and partial kitchen remodel in 2 weeks! With all of our medical stuff I had almost talked myself out of it in favor of hoarding cash for impending disasters. Maybe it will be good to focus on this instead of spending my time worrying about what's going to go wrong next.


I have also paid for our Aruba trip in June. Obviously I was very optimistic about our situation 2 surgeries, a CAT scan , and a MRI ago.

[sudokufan]

Both my updates involve DS; he had his right ear tube removed Wednesday, and that went well, except for me injuring my shoulder dealing with little drunken man on the way out of the hospital. He's home with H today since DC closed for Good Friday, and I wished H good luck ere I drove out of sight. LOL, I'll get more rest at work, I'm sure.

Also DS had his first private speech appointment, and that was very helpful. H went with him and picked up tips for helping him with "ss" and "ff" sounds, and we've been working on that since we have two weeks between these appointments. I'm very optimistic.

[librarychica]

I am permanently part time, working just under 30 hours a week. Much excite. It's already making a difference in our lives. DD1 is thrilled that I pick her up after school 2-3 days a week, I have extra mornings with DD2 and I've managed a decent chunk of yard work.

I packed up all our surviving baby stuff for sale and it has been sitting in the living room for two weeks. One day I'm going to break down and make a family planning decision based on an internet poll.

We are going to attempt to finish potty training DD2. With our oldest I was super organized and we did the boot camp thing and it worked okay. With this one I have been lazy and we let her "practice" at home but I think it is time for a full-on potty training long weekend.

[akafred]

My back is not seeming to progress and I am annoyed and concerned. In the ER I had an X ray of the tailbone and a CT of the neck, and both were negative, but I feel like I have something wrong mid back. Chiro runs hot and cold on it, saying one week he's going to send me for a full MRI and then the next week saying he doesn't see a clinical need for it and he'll release me soon. Except that every couple weeks I seem to have a setback and have to go back on pain meds, which is becoming my measure of success vs failure. Don't worry; I don't take a full dose (about 1/4 pill) and only when the pain gets to 7 or 8 out of 10 (7 if sustained all day, 8 if more short term), and only when I am not driving which means usually once a day in the evening at most. But that means I am suffering through a lot of pain during the days at work and in the car. Ibuprofen doesn't touch it. And it does that every time we try to drop me down to once a week at the chiro, and then when I have about 3 visits back at twice a week, I'm ok again. And by "ok" I mean still in pain, but around 5-6 at most and at least 4-5 most of the day.

I also feel like it's very vulnerable. Like, more than an hour in a long meeting results in a setback. Walk too far (not even talking about FAR, just like, mall parking lot far), setback. Have to sit on a wooden bench for more than a couple minutes, setback. A year ago I was walking 10 miles a day at Disney. I feel like that will never happen again and I just can't live life! I know it's just been 3.5 months so maybe this is normal, but I just don't feel like I am actually getting better. I think next week I'm going to my PCP to discuss whether I should get an MRI or see someone different or maybe try PT. This back and forth thing with the chiro is giving me whiplash (pun intended lol).

[xctsclrx]

akafred, Maybe you should see a different chiropractor or a different kind of doctor. I know you said Ibuprofen doesn't touch it, but maybe if you take it every 8 hours with your other meds then might help. If your doctor is not listening to you then you need a new one unless you really trust his judgement. It doesn't sound like you do.

When you first went to the ER hairline fractures wouldn't have been noticed due to swelling and trauma. You should definitely have a follow up if you are still in pain.

Also, I know it is your back that hurts, but if your core is weak then your back will suffer. Have you done any sort of physical therapy.

I am not on board with chiro I have seen really bad ones and really good ones.

[akafred]

Apr 14, 2017 9:18:14 GMT -5 xctsclrx said:

akafred, Maybe you should see a different chiropractor or a different kind of doctor. I know you said Ibuprofen doesn't touch it, but maybe if you take it every 8 hours with your other meds then might help. If your doctor is not listening to you then you need a new one unless you really trust his judgement. It doesn't sound like you do.

When you first went to the ER hairline fractures wouldn't have been noticed due to swelling and trauma. You should definitely have a follow up if you are still in pain.

Also, I know it is your back that hurts, but if your core is weak then your back will suffer. Have you done any sort of physical therapy.

I am not on board with chiro I have seen really bad ones and really good ones.

Yeah I think this is where I am. I think next week I'll pop into my dr and see if they can help.

My core is def weak. They do have me doing some PT at the chiro, but not as much as I would at an actual PT office. I'm mostly confused why the chiro keeps flip flopping. The chiro is def helping because when I don't go as often, the pain is worse, but I don't feel like this is sustaining me toward a place where I am actually getting better.

[2chatter]

My only update is DH has another appointment with the psych today. Fingers crossed they up his zoloft and he Continues to improve. We are then walking at the nature preserve and having a dinner date - we have a sitter. Yay.

[supertrooper1]

Apr 13, 2017 12:47:55 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

supertrooper1 , was it you that got a request to write a letter of recommendation for someone you...wouldn't want to recommend?

Yes, that was me. I have managed to avoid her since she sent out the email. I have spoken to several other people and only one has written a letter for her, but he thinks management is out to get everyone. Everyone else didn't want to write it for the same reasons I had; they didn't know her well, they didn't like her work ethic and they didn't want to put her name on the line not knowing the extent of her issue. 

She has been on modified duty since October, so the consensus is that she got a termination letter and this is her last ditch effort to save her job. 

[tas1883]

akafred, Has your chiro retaken x-rays? I wasn't improving and my pain wasn't reducing so mine retook x-rays at the end of March and realized after the initial trauma and swelling had reduced that my pelvis has shifted and he had been adjusting it the wrong way. Since the new x-rays and new adjustments started I've seen major improvements. We also broke down my injuries and have been assessing them as individual instead of as a whole and that makes us both happier as we see the results a little better.

My TWERK- my concussion symptoms have completely gone away! My neck and upper back flexibility and movement has returned close to 90% of what I had pre-accident. My lower back is still giving me lots of issues and I'm totally babying it. Not great is my chiro has a blood clot in his lung and hasn't been able to work since 4/5. He is the only chiropractor in our area that practices Gonstead and the closest one he would recommend is 3 hours away and there is no way my back could handle a 3 hour car ride. So I'm babying it and making sure I get up and move every 20 minutes as sitting hurts like crazy. He is schedule to return to work if the treatments go okay on the 24th and I'm one of his first appointments of the day. His wife and office manager has been calling me every few days checking up on me and giving me status updates on him. I love that he is totally old school.

[akafred]

No, he hasn't. He said something about retaking X rays before releasing me but I do not get the point of that at all. I really think I need a full back MRI, if such a thing exists.