VSG Maintenance Group
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Today is the last day our visitor is here. He is a really nice guy but as always it will be good to have the place to ourselves. 2 days to clean up, then we have to get ready for the party on Sunday afternoon.
Ocean Diane gave me a lot of advice and answered questions for me about the shoulder surgery. So helpful to have someone on the other side of it! It is my right/dominant arm and I am extremely right-handed so I am really nervous. Hopefully the knees will be calm by then so I can worry about them later. Every day is better with the one I hurt 6 days ago. Poor DH is still suffering with sciatica though he is religiously doing what he is supposed to. Gimp one and gimp two, LOL.
Interesting that with the compounded medication one has to fill the needles themselves. Needles don't bother me but DD HATES them. If she ends up going that route I think her fiancé may have to do it for her.
Today should be a pool day, then our friend flies out after dinner. So convenient to have an airport 5 minutes away with direct flights to New England.
Have a thriving Thursday!
The needle for the compounded med is microscopic! It's really not a big deal at all. I'm really not at all averse to doing the injection on myself, though the first time I had to "psych" myself up. Once in, I realized it is NOTHING. I could barely feel it go in and the med doesn't even register when it goes in. Tonight is shot night for me.
I did not lose any weight this week. But I figure I lost 9 pounds the first week and am holding steady. I'm guessing my body is just adjusting to the new weight and it will continue to drop in another week or so.
My HSA admins are denying all my claims for 2023. Mind you, I'm submitting for the exact same services with the exact same receipts I have been submitting for several years. Damn IRS is tightening up. I'm peeved. They are holding $2700 of my money hostage. A-holes!
Puppies continue to have some type of gut issue. Was up 3 times last night letting them out. At least they settle right back down after doing their business. Considering I was awake until after midnight and I was awake by 6, that's not enough sleep - especially after a really good workout.
I will leave you with the meme a friend sent me this morning: 
on 3/7/24 10:37 am
My pup still has potty issues too! I was so tired, apparently I missed a cue last night because I woke up to the dreaded smell of poop, I don't blame him! He had gone all over the wood floors. All. Over. So I was cleaning and disinfecting at 2am. He at least looked embarrassed.
Can't say I feel a whole lot from this shot either! And it's a higher dose and I know I did it right. I'm not ravenous, but I don't feel like I couldn't eat.
Still waiting on input from my doctor on the hives. I took an Allegra Hives 24 hour in the morning and a Zyrtec 24 hour last night. They are different medicines, so I don't think it's too terrible. And no hives last night or this morning.
Maybe more later if I think of anything!
My experiences with this medication is that, like weight loss, it's not a straight line. You don't lose the same amount of weight every day, you don't feel the same restriction every day. It's a very helpful tool for me, but not as powerful as surgery.
Poor DH, he had to go to the Social Security office today. He received a notice they had overpaid him and they were clawing back the overpayment. He had not over earned, they made a mistake. But he had to bring his paperwork to the office etc. It sounded like a frustrating ordeal, compounded by the fact that he was not at fault, but had to suffer while trying to thread his way through their Byzantine set up.
I, on the other hand, got to hang out with teenagers as I am paid to do, and some delighted me, and some aggravated me. So a pretty typical day for me.
Nice weather again, I am enjoying the winter that wasn't. Still plenty of time for a big snowfall, but the potential for bitter cold is behind us.
Greetings all
It's a great sunny day for which I am grateful. Picked up tax returns for the studio and signed stuff. Unsnarled some confusion on the federal payment which is a small amount but I did not expect. Then there was an another snafu on the business debit card which has my name on it. Somehow it got a fraud hold put on it. Director and I had to go to the bank to figure it out. At least we had a capable person to help deal with it. Much appreciated when someone knows how to do something and not have to go ask someone. So all I got done at the studio was make one bunny.
CC sorry Kirby had a poo fest. Yeah they can't help it. Once at a motel Tesla got sick and pooped on my friend's bed. She had brought her own coverlet so we cleaned that. Not fun. He will outgrow it but not soon enough. Is grout man done?
Needles!! Not sure I could shoot myself but probably could if needed. I did not know you had to fill the syringe. Hope it gets easier for ya'll. Why does this all have to be so difficult and complex? And what is the allure of crackers? It's what gets me down every time.
Pot roast in the slow cooker. The house smells great. Puts me in a good mood to know that dinner is taken care of.
Peps WTF on your HSA account. I can't believe it's the IRS. More like admin issue. Hope it resolves. And hope the puppy guts resolve too.
So Liz, you are Mr. and Mrs. Gimp. Sorry for that. Good that you have a direct flight. One of our gallery members has 1.5 hours of pt exercises per day for her sciatica. Seems like a lot. Is there a hot tub there or will that not help.
Big wreck on the freeway. Large truck was on its side. Traffic all backed up southbound. Glad I was going north.
Not much else. Time to feed dogs.
Diane S
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Very interesting. Seems like there are a lot of possibilities for these drugs. I was surprised that they have been out for 10 years already which makes me feel better about us all trying them.
So many insights into additive behavior in this article: That taking dopamine for Parkinson's can crank up additions. What it didn't seem to address is why some people's wants for one thing are heightened but not for everything. Clearly I want food way too much, but why doesn't that happen with opioids which I despise taking? And why do other people get addicted so quickly to opioids after trying them?
