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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
We have such great doctors. Last night, Saturday night two of our three neurologists called me to ask about my wife. One of them was her pain Mgt. Doctor. How many times has a doctor called you on a Saturday night to see how you are doing.

She is booking another ablation for my wife as soon as the snow is low enough so we can get there. It's about 45 minutes away and we are expecting 18".

I have two Jeeps so I could get there, but the doctor probably can't and I don't know how to do the procedure myself so it would be stupid for me to go there without the Doctor.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Today is my Dales birthday. Unfortunately it will not be a joyous occasion. She s not any better. :(

I am going out now to shovel so I could find my car and open my door. It looks like a foot of snow outside.
 
MadReefer

MadReefer

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Be safe. I shoveld 2x yesterday and said F it. High-school kid coming today to shovel me out. It's all ice now so will see.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I am going to wake her now. I dread this because I don't know how she will feel.

I did my snowy walk this morning. We got about a foot.
I just came back from my walk

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Paul B

Paul B

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FRIENDS.

I want to say something about having great friends. Of course, I have friends on these forums, but I have only met two of you. (SubSea and Humblefish)

Everyone here has been wishing my wife, Dale, good wishes, and I read them to her. She is very grateful and had no idea I even mentioned her on forums, but I don't have much fish stuff to write about, and she is my main priority, especially now.

The majority of our friends we have had for many years, some from grammar school, and they are all calling, especially today, which is her birthday.

Almost every day since she has had this terrible pain, people have been inviting us over for dinner or bringing us food. They know she is having a hard time eating, so much of it is soup. Our neighbor is bringing us dinner tonight, and my other neighbor shoveled all my snow.

Even her 2 neurologists, who we are friends with, keep calling about her and her pain management. Dr. called me 4 times Saturday night during the snow to ask about her. She called me again this morning, even though her office is closed due to snow, to tell me she is taking her in to a surgical center tomorrow to give her another ablation.

The last one didn't work. So far, she has had a nerve block, then a Rhizotomy, then an ablation, then another nerve block, and now another ablation, none of which helped, but there is nothing else they could do. She is also on morphine that doesn't do anything.
Dale is very much well liked. More than me, but that is understandable.

When was the last time a doctor called you on a Saturday night in a blizzard?
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
This is near my house where I sometimes collect water. We saw this on the news yesterday and my wife wanted to see it in person, so we drove the 8 minutes to get there. Then I walked through knee high snow to get the shots.

I am waiting for the hospital to call for my wife to come in for another ablation. The place is an hour away.

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Paul B

Paul B

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To get back to what I posted yesterday about friends. Our neighbors brought us a complete 3 course dinner that she cooked. (She is Italian so cooks like us)
Complete with bread and dessert.

Our other neighbor brought my wife a birthday cake, complete with candles.
She ate some of all this but has great difficulty eating now so it took her a couple of hours.

We have been getting calls and well wishes from our friends that over the years moved all over the country from Hawaii through Arizona, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.

We have fantastic friends, they can't do enough for us, especially Dale. I am blown away by the love.

Hopefully, today's procedure will work.

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Paul B

Paul B

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We just got back from the hospital where my wife had another ablation. For the first time in months, she is pain free. YYYYYyaaaaaaaaaa.
I sincerely want to thank everyone for all the prayers

I hope this lasts.

 
Paul B

Paul B

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It was so nice to see her smiling and laughing again. Being able to eat and speak like a normal person. She is so happy, and of course, so am I.

She is still sleeping so I don't know how she is today, but I think and hope she will be fine.
Once again, thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.
Yesterday another neighbor brought us over food. I am going for my cold, dark, icy walk now to work off all this food from our caring friends and neighbors :D
 
Paul B

Paul B

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The beach was a little Nippy this morning. I am not sure why there were no amphipods and no one laying on the sand. I was going to take a dip, but I didn't bring my insulated Speedo. :eek2:

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Paul B

Paul B

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I was just downstairs playing with my fish, and I hear this big crash upstairs. I know that sound well so I ran upstairs and of course she fell and was on the floor. She falls all the time and didn't get hurt and is in such a good mood from feeling good, that she was laughing. :biggrin:
 
reefsandrotts

reefsandrotts

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OMG....
Hope she's OK, funny thing reading first she fell then she laughed. Great to hear she's feeling better,fingers crossed it lasts for along time....
 
Paul B

Paul B

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She is sleeping but I am still praying that pain is gone. I know she gets twinges of pain and thats how it starts. She can live with twinges, as long as it doesn't go any further.

It's 9 degrees here now and I am going on my dark morning beach walk.

I don't think I will see too many people. :eek2:
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
It was a bit "nippy" at the beach this morning. I wore my ski goggles because the 9 degree wind was biting.

I love winter walks because it's nice and quiet. No one out, no dogs barking. Nothing but seagulls and me.

I worked outside for much of my career building skyscrapers in Manhattan, so the cold doesn't bother me. This is MAN weather, no Sissies allowed.

If you spent your career at a desk with a heater at your feet and a blanket wrapped around you while you sip hot chocolate, stay home. I don't want to hear you shivering and complaining about how cold you are because the only "warm" clothes you own are cotton "Fruit of the Loom" underwear and some cheap Amazon gloves.

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