Hi! And welcome to week 15!

I slept pretty well for me last night. I woke up once and came out to the living room and found Fiks still at his computer, doing something with Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I stood there and told him it was time to go to bed, since it was after 130 am. I got him to come to bed, turned back on my audio book and fell asleep. I even managed to sleep in, so that was nice. I got up and made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and talked with a few friends while they were cooking and turned on The Simpsons. I had my cinnamon roll when they were done and then I just kinda dozed on the sofa until Fiks got up. He was running out to amtgard, so I got up and moved the truck so he could leave. I pulled out the garbage cans and restarted the load of washing we’d forgotten about during the week.

Last week I went to a boxing/kickboxing class again on Thursday and had a good time. My arms, legs, and abs were sore afterwards, but its so worth it. At least to me right now it is. I met a few new people and a very sweet dog. And then Saturday after work I went and got my hair done. I love how it turned out. Took 2.5 hours, but again, so worth it. We didn’t have gaming last night, so Fiks and I just hung out, he played Baulders Gate III and I tried to play it but it wouldn’t let me.

Fiks went to amtgard for Midrein at our local park, and I stayed home and just hung out and watched TV basically. I moved laundry when Fiks got home, and then we sat on the sofa while he rested for a while before going and jumping into the shower to get cleaned up. Once he was done we went to the grocery store and got some Panda Express for dinner before coming back home. I sat and watched Bones and he played Baulders Gate III with his friends. I took out the garbage and helped him with the recycling once he was done gaming and then I went to bed.

I slept okay last night, only waking up once to see where Fiks was (still at his computer). I waddled back to bed and then fell back to sleep. I remember him kissing me goodbye this morning and then I was awake around 730, so I got out of bed and had a cinnamon roll (or 2) and watched The Simpsons and dozed for a little while until my phone started ringing. I was going to ignore it until I saw it was my new doctor calling me. I picked up and he introduced himself and we went over how long I’ve been having my symptoms and what’s going on. He seemed to really be concerned and care. I’m doing another colonoscopy in June and my first endoscopy at the same time. He seems to think its more than IBS-D but won’t say what.

Afterwards I talked with my Cousin and we set up a movie time for today. We ended up watching The Marvels, which we both have never seen and found really fun. I don’t get why people hated it so much. She came up with the theory that shooting stars are just superhero’s flying by, which I totally accept as to what it is now. After the movie was over I got up and moved the laundry and brought in the garbage cans and sat down and started working on this with Bones on in the background. My manager texted me, asking me to work tomorrow, I didn’t really want to but I said sure.

I had an appointment at kickboxing, so I got ready for that, wrapping my wrists and getting changed into work out gear. I did my right wrist/hand first and that seemed to be the trick, I got that hand wrapped and then wrapped my left hand. I texted with Fiks, who was on his way home while I was making my way out to the gym. I got to the gym and met a new old dog named Charlie, who wandered over for some pets. I met with my instructor and we did a one on one session for half an hour. We talked about how its always hard to start, but to keep with it and keep trying. And I will.

After my session I came home and Fiks was on the computer with his other gaming group, eating pizza. I didn’t want pizza but I didn’t want to cook, so I had pizza for dinner. I sat down and watched an episode of The Simpsons while I ate and then I went and hopped into the shower and got cleaned up, then came back out to the living room and flopped and watched Bones for the rest of the evening.

I did not sleep well last night. I woke myself up kicking in bed, so I got up and moved to the sofa and turned on Sherlock and tried to sleep to that. I would doze, start kicking, and then wake myself back up. Needless to say I was tired when I finally gave up on trying to sleep. I thought I slept through Fiks going to work, so I got up and he was still in bed. I told him what time it was and he got up and started getting ready for work, and so did I and I made my lunch. We left at the same time, so I got to work a little early, but that’s fine.

I did the call backs, and got to talk to a few people, left messages for others. I started rooming the Doctor I was assigned to, and then when I was done rooming that Doctor I got told I was actually meant to be rooming the other Doctor. I didn’t see what the problem was, but whatever. I just kept myself busy by rooming clients for both Doctors at one point, because neither of the other girls were rooming the other Doctor. Oh, I put in a request for my time off for my procedure in June and got it off, so that was nice. And then I was told I was being sent home at lunch because the day wasn’t super crazy like they were imagining, and there wasn’t many appointments in the afternoon. I said fine and came home when it was time.

I ate my lunch and our meal box got delivered a little bit after I got home. I put that away and got changed into my pj’s and watched Bones, trying to take a nap. I would shut my eyes and then I’d be wide awake. I eventually got a nap when I put on the Simpsons, sleeping through an episode. Not exactly at the time that I wanted or for the length, but its better than nothing.

Fiks texted that he was on his way home, so I asked him to pick up some dinner since he was stopping for beer. I helped him bring everything up when he got home and then we watched YouTube while eating dinner.

I slept okay last night, I woke up with my alarm and got out of bed and had my breakfast while watching The Simpsons. When I was ready I went and got dressed, made my lunch and headed to work. Its my day for charting for surgeries/dentals. But part of our dental machine was broken and I wasn’t sure if we were doing any today. I asked A and she said yes, because it mostly was gingivectomy. I got everything ready for a cleaning and then gingivectomy, and then other people started showing up.

A and I worked on the tech appointments, and the other girls worked with the Doctor appointments. The morning kinda flew by, so that was nice. A was in a decent mood for her, the other girls were being nice to me. I came back from lunch and A was snapping we needed to get the catheter in the patient, so I felt pressured and rushed. We were not ready to go, and I knew that. I was going to put the patient back in her spot and pull everything out when S got huffy and started pulling everything out. I’m sure she bitched about it to G and M later.

We got the patient on the table and I started hooking her up, trying to find my order of operations that works for me. S got snippy with the way I was doing things, because it wasn’t her way. This is why I have issues setting up, no one does it the same way, and if you do it differently, you get snapped at. I got everything up and then we got the Doctor, and we started the procedure. It went well, so that was nice. Her breathing rate was really slow and low at points, otherwise she did good. She took a little while to recover, and I sat with her until she was more awake and extubated.

Once we were done and papers were scanned in and she was fully recovered, I was ordered to leave. So I did since my Mom was up at my Sister’s house for the day and I hadn’t seen her in a few days. I was excited to see her, and she was doing well. They were watching something on American heiress’, so she was happy. I hung out and talked for a little while before coming home, taking an shower, and flopping on the sofa. I passed out for a while until Fiks came home. During that time Poppa had shown up and was working on cooking dinner on the BBQ for them.

When Fiks got home I started cooking our dinner, a pasta dish, and it turned out okay. And we had garlic bread with it. We were sitting down and eating dinner when my Sister was saying I needed to go over and walk the dog because she couldn’t do it because she had a broken foot. I said I was eating and I’d be over after I was done. She basically responded fine but hurry up. Grrrr. Once I was done eating I put my shoes on and went over to my Sister’s house and walked the dog with Poppa. I then brought Poppa over to our house to talk to Fiks, who gave him the estimates for the new roof that he’d gotten. Fiks and I spent the rest of the night watching TV.

I slept good last night, so that was nice. I was also the late start at work, so I got to go a little slower this morning. I walked in and saw A, who wasn’t meant to be there. G, S, and M were there, and G came up to me and told me what was going on. There was this woman who gave her cat some horse dewormer. A cat sized portion but still, that’s a huge no no. Apparently the cat wasn’t walking and wasn’t eating or drinking this morning. The owner was debating on bringing the cat in. M, the other horse girl at work, and I just looked at each other basically in shock. The woman said that because the package had a dog and a cat on it (the company’s logo) it was safe for dogs and cats. Well, she eventually comes in with the cat and its blind and neurologic. So no wonder it wouldn’t walk, or eat or drink. Below is the box she used. What does it say on the box? FOR ORAL USE IN HORSES ONLY.

Then I was hold a little 15lbs terrier chihuahua mix, and the doctor wanted and anal gland expression. So I was holding the dog and G was doing what we do when the dog flipped out and started climbing up me. I held on, but I leaned back and tweaked my back so I didn’t drop the dog. A ended up taking over because the dog started to bite at me, but yeah. I told my manager I hurt my back and I needed some pain killers, so she told me where they were and I went and took some. I basically hurt the rest of the day.

I was getting through the day fine until the end, where we had to x-ray a 105lb black German Shepard who we had to sedate to get on the x-ray table. I had to wear the gown and the thyroid guard, which put more weight on my back, and twist into weird positions with the dog and the oxygen mask. My back didn’t like that at all. Once we got the x-rays we lifted him down to the floor and gave him the reversal, and waited for him to wake up. The owner asked for help getting him in the car, and I thought it would just be like a car trunk or something easy. Nope, full sized SUV. The woman couldn’t get a good grip on him as he tried to jump in, so I got my hold on him and helped him in. Then we closed and we came home.

I wanted to lie down for a few minutes before heading to kickboxing and rest my back. Well, I didn’t end up going to kickboxing, which sucked. Fiks got home and we ordered dinner from Nick The Greek, which was really good. There was enough food to actually fill Fiks up, so that was nice. We hung out on the sofa watching TV, mostly Um, Actually and Game Changer.

I did not sleep well last night, I could not get comfortable on my back or on my sides. I didn’t want to go into work, but I got up and dressed and headed in. I was told to go home. I came home and lied down on the sofa and passed out, woke up when Fiks came out and was ready for work. I got up and we switched vehicles around, and I went back and lied down. I texted my manager that my back was really hurting, that I thought I needed to go to a doctor. I then felt like she got mad at me. But its my back, I kind of need it to be good for working.

I went to the doctor I was told to go and checked in and waited. But not for too long, which was nice. I met a very nice nurse, and then I met a very nice doctor. He checked out my back and said if I take it easy this weekend I should be good to go by Tuesday. He gave me a back brace and then sent me home. I came home, got changed and flopped onto the sofa and watched some TV until Fiks came home. He had some warm woodfire pizza he gets from down the street from the station, so we ate that and then we watched some TV until he jumped onto the computer to play some Helldivers II.

I took a heavy duty pain pill to go to sleep last night, and man did it work. My back felt a lot better this morning, and I got up and moved to the sofa and fell asleep there watching The Simpsons. I woke up half an hour before I needed to leave for my x-ray appointment. I got up and got dressed and headed down to the truck and went to the doctors office. I was waiting for maybe 10 minutes before being called back and the x-rays were taken. Man, was it an old machine. Still film! We don’t even use film at work.

Afterwards I went to my parents house to say hi to Mom and Poppa, but Mom had left with B to go run a few errands. I hung out and talked with Poppa for a little while, who was having issues with taxes. I’m no good at taxes, so I had no idea on how to help him out. Afterwards I went and visited Fiks at the station, and we ran and got some Panda Express for lunch, and we ate it together in his office. Then I came home and watched and episode of Bones before going and hopping into the shower and washing my hair. I spent most of the afternoon watching Bones and then I put on Secretariat. I always enjoy that movie, and Fiks sat down and watched it with me one he was out of the shower.

Alright, I’m going to leave it here for this week.

~Just keep swimming~