SPELL CHECK

On the below entry the spellings are: supraspinatus and infraspinatus.
I had the nerve burns this morning and have had a hard time coming out of sedation. During the procedure they kept telling me to breath. I'm wondering if there was a drug reaction with the Cymbalta I started taking last night. I have taken the Cymbalta before, but it made me very dizzy so my fam. doc. wanted me to take it at bedtime, but boy, you talk about DIZZY! I will call the doctor's office in the morning and check that out. However, I think they will call me tonight. The treatment was more extensive this time, but not so bad.
On with life. HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

BAD NEWS FOR ME

Angie, thanks so much for the flowers. It's great to know you love me. They are beautiful.

As some of you know, I have had ongoing problems with my shoulders due to two falls I had - one the end of January and one the end of February. As it turns out, the end of Feb. fall did me in. I had a second MRI last Tuesday. The first was after my first fall, which showed a small tear.
Now, today, I got the BAD news that I now have a full on rotator cuff tear (super spinadus) and also a full tear on another tendon (infra spinadus). Sorry, the spelling of my 'medical' terms isn't great. SO. . . . . on April 12th I will have full on surgery. The recovery time for even minimal movement is at least 3 months, a year for complete healing. It looks like our summer of camping will be severely limited this year. Sorry Blue RidgeBranch at Happy Jack.
First though, I have another RF nerve burn tomorrow on C-2 to C-6 on the right side of my neck. And I thought I was finally coming out of my 'funk'.
Looking forward to Easter and seeing my kids who'll be here and Natalie's family who will visit Tuesday and Wednesday.

MY FLOWERS MAKE ME HAPPY

Purple Salvia Victoria, pink Begonias and heavenly smelling white Allysium make my garden a joy to sit in during this beautiful weather. I have been spending lots of time on my garden swing embroidering dish towels.

Towards evening I have up to 15 humming birds visiting my two feeders.


Last Monday we had a wonderful ride in the south eastern side of the Superstiton mountains on a trail called Rodgers Trough. The desert was beautiful and green. In another week or two the whole desert will be covered in flowers. Warren drove me in the RZR and our friends, Jim and June Taylor, joined us along with their friends from Missouri. They all rode quads.

On the Rodgers Trough trail.

Due to disc degeneration I will be having three or four nerve burns on the left side of my neck (radio frequency ablations). Next week they will be followed by nerve burns on the right side of my neck. My head feels very heavy and it seems to hard to hold it up. The two shoulders are still painful, but the right shoulder is making some progress. I will be seeing the orthopedists on Tuesday to talk about the next step in trying to get well. If you don't know, I tore the rotater cuffs when I fell. I think I fell because my left foot seems to be dragging. I'm trying to find out if this is due to the neuropathy in my feet. I'm actually getting tired of resting :0) Warren is getting great at doing my hair for me and is taking real good care of me and of the house chores that I can't do.

I miss you all and look forward to Easter - my very favorite holiday! We are also very excited that Natalie and her family are coming for a visit the week of Easter.

Home from Utah

Following two weeks in Utah at Melanie's and visiting Theresa, Eric, Kevin and Natalie and their families, I am finally home. Theresa had tickets to an interfaith concert at the Mormon Tabernacle on temple square for Sunday night. Theresa, Melanie and I were able to go. It was wonderful. There were Jewish men who played the ram horn calls to prayer, a children's choir from China, and musician from Mongolia, wonderful dancers from India and additional to representations of other religions.
I had planned to spend one week, but had another bad fall in the Draper temple parking lot re- injuring my knees and re-injuring my left shoulder, I was unable to come home when planned. On the same day Angie's little Kam was stung by a scorpion and had a very severe reaction. He had 7 doctors working to save his life and needed two doses of antivenin. We were very much afraid we would lose him. Fortunately his convulsions stopped and his heart returned to normal. After six hours he was able to go back home. We thank God for such a great blessing!
Warren came up Wednesday of the second week and brought me home on Saturday. On Thursday Warren, Eric and John went skiing at Brighton. It was a snowy day, as the picture of Warren testifies.
Kevin and Eric gave me a priesthood blessing on Friday night so I am hopeful that I will get some results from doctors as to why I am having symptoms and severe falls.
Thanks again Melanie, John and kids for your care and concern. Trenton, you give great massages and I appreciated them as well as Melanie's.


The 'Snowman' - Hazards of skiing with a beard while it is snowing!

Warren and John Conover (son-in-law) at Brighton

Warren and Eric

Warren loves skiing - even in ice and snow