So
far it has been a very busy month. Jana
and I have put up our Christmas trees and decorated them. In fact, Jana bought a bigger tree this year
because she couldn’t get all of her ornaments on the small one she had. She also put up a small tree and some
decorations in her camper. I have three
small trees which are decorated around the dining room. Also put out a small nativity set, two
precious moment angels, some snowmen, and a few other decorations.
Jana's New Tree
My Tree
I
also quilted two wall hangings for the holidays.
This one is hanging on my living room wall.
This one is hanging on a kitchen wall.
Tuesday
I went to the eye doctor for my annual checkup.
I have been having a lot of trouble with my eyes so I was glad this was
scheduled. It is time for me to cataract
surgery. In fact, they are so bad that I
am not supposed to drive at night and limit my daytime driving. Surgery on my right eye will be the beginning
of January, and surgery on my left eye will be the beginning of February. Jana will be staying with me until I can
drive again. Meanwhile she is my driver.
Next
Monday I will go to the orthopedic doctor for my hip. I was told that because I have Medicare they
can only do one “joint” at a time. They
want to start with my hip in case it is causing my knee problems. I realize that I will always have pain
because of the fibromyalgia and arthritis, but any relief I can get with my
legs will be much appreciated. My hands
and fingers are getting so bad that I have trouble writing. I keep my fingers moving so I don’t lose all
function.
Now
for some good news. I splurged and
bought an embroidery/sewing/quilting machine.
I am so excited about this. I
have taken one class. Tomorrow I will be
taking a one-on-one class to learn more about my machine. I am so looking forward to using the
embroidery part of the machine. I have
many plans. I also bought some software
that will help me with quilting. I won’t
be able to do large quilts, but I can do smaller ones.
Last
night Jana and I treated Kevin and Renea to supper at the new T-Bone Restaurant
on Hwy. 80. It is done up in a cowboy
theme. We had so much fun, and the food
was delicious. Price wise, it was about the
same as most steakhouses. They also have
a lunch menu that Jana and I plan to try.
Kevin
is at the doctor today for his pre-op to surgery on the 13th of this
month. He is having neck/back surgery. Hopefully, this will relieve the pain he has
been having not only in his back and neck but also his arm. While writing this he returned from his
pre-op. Surgery is definitely on for the
13th. We just don’t know the
time. They will tell him the day before.
Okay,
I think I am caught up for now.
Hopefully, I can stay that way!
4 comments:
Sounds like you have a lot of medical stuff coming up. Good luck with it all. I'm sure you'll do fine. I don't have the strength in my hands and fingers anymore either. I'm surprised my left hand (non dominant) is stronger than my right. The left had was affected when I broke my wrist a few years back when I fell from a horse. I would think that would be the weaker hand. I guess the right one is worn out from use. Haha I always try to find "fat" pens to use. It's hard to grip those skinny ones.
Good luck to Kevin too.
Oh! Beautiful trees and wall quilts too!
You are doing awesome with your quilting! I know you will love your new machine. My niece, who did my entire quilt, has a long arm and quilts for people as a business. All I did was give her two dozen T shirts!
The rods Kevin makes are so pretty.
Good luck to you both with the surgeries. I always pray for the doctors too!
Donna
Meant to mention all my pain was in my knee and they even scoped it twice and found nothing. Finally an OB told me to tell them to look at my hip. One X-ray and they said I needed my hip replaced. That fixed the problem.
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