Stanford

It's been awhile since I've posted. (btw K10 no, the laptop isn't fixed yet... it freaked out during re-install)... ANYWAY.... I called Stanford today, as I have an appt on Monday. Since I'll be out of town this weekend, I wanted to see if I could be seen this week. For the last couple weeks or so, I've been in a lot of pain in my neck, shoulders and part of back. Well the stupid receptionist jerked me around, I was so mad! She fumbled around and said I didn't have a set appt next week, to which I said yes, I made it when I was there in July. After a few seconds of more "fumbling", she said, "actually, I didn't want to scare you, but Dr. Ryu's out of the office this week." Uhmmm EXCUSE ME but she scared me just by saying I didn't have a scheduled appointment! I basically had to go through hoops just to finally be able to talk to the nurse. I should have taken note of the (?)'s name so I could have reported her. I talked to her later as the nurse and I were playing phone tag, but I couldn't tell you her name to save my arse. Why are people so stupid? Especially when working in the medical profession?
It seems like I usually have a problem with Stanford, aka one of the best medical systems in the US. Grrr I don't get it! I know, this is another bitch blog, sorry. :(
Anyhoo... I have no clue what's going on for tomorrow, well, all I know is I"m going out to lunch, but then I am not being told what's happening at night... I'm scared! heheheh...Scott said I should be. HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As John says, you can just wrap me up in cotton 'til Christmas! =P psst, K10 if you're reading this, cya 2mro =)

Disturbing obituary

Hello people, it's been awhile since I've posted let alone read any blogs. I heard about this on the radio this morning and didn't know wether to laugh or cry. It was originally said to have been stated at: http://www.sfist.com but I didn't find it. I then confirmed it with snopes, and it's true. Check it out.
http://www.snopes.com/media/iftrue/obituary.asp

Phewww, saw the Dr. today finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK GOD! I've been waiting forever (seemingly) for this day to come... My Dr. left me with no restrictions however I still keep the brace on for 2 1/2 more weeks. But at least I can roam around via car again! The weird thing is he said I just couldn't drive, err, well, no problem there anyway. =P I have to go back in September... it's been a long haul. I had an xray done before leaving the hospital but they didn't give me the results so I get to wait... they said if they don't call then assume everything's ok. I hate when they do that... I wanna know either way... anyway, blah blah blah... just wanted to pass on the news...
talk to you guys later... am still going to try to take it easy until I fully get rid of this thing!
~Diane

Teepee

So... my mom and I were talking during breakfast and she was remindind me about teepee. I've been trying to get out to "walk" every other day or so, and the last time mom went walking with me, she pointed out some TP hanging from the next door neighbor's tree. So, we went on our stroll, and this morning she told me about Jan. (our neighbor). The day this happened, I don't know, maybe Monday or Tuesday? Jan screamed at the kids and then later called the cops. Apparently half the street was loaded with tp everywhere, I think stringing from tree to tree sort of in an arch pattern. The street was blocked off somehow and people probably couldn't see where they were going, I don't know, part of the translation from mom seemed jumbled. ANYWAY, Jan called the cops, of course by the time they got there the kids were gone, BUT the cops cleaned up most of the mess. Nice. :)
We've had some idiots kiddy corner behind us somewhere still playing with fireworks/crackers, every time I hear them it startles me and jars my neck, would love to catch THEM in the act. After we had our bbq on July 4, people left just b4 9 so mom and I watched the display on t, and Scott & John each were on their roofs, Scott had his guitar and amp up there, he said kids across the street were "trying" to play music, not very good at it... I told him he should have shown them how to really play. Hahaha. Anyway sorry this should have been more than one blog.
Hope everyone is doing well, unfortunately (?) my cell is working again, I was hoping to get a new one. :P Back and neck are bugging me and have been for a few days so I guess tonight I'll try the regular bed again as opposed to the lounge chair.

Well I FINALLY got a hold of someone at Stanford after playing phone tag! (It also helped that I had my phone fwd to my cell :P )... my reg nurse will be out of town, the Dr. too, TWICE, gone for 2 weeks then back then gone again fora couple of weeks. He was laughing at the nurse's sub, wondering why I was calling wha's wrong etc etc. Aaaaaaaaaaah!!! So I can't get in earlier... I COULD have been seen by a different neurosurgeon, but not following surgery from my original one, that just seems creepy to me not knowing exactly what they're dealing with. So, here are some not so great pics of me, I hope they turn out, if not I'll have to try again later after I re enable zoomtext so I'm not straining so much, and if this computer behaves long enough, yeah, right. (Kristen does Mike know any IT stuff?!)... anyway I have a graphic image without my brace if you want to see it just let me know, my neck is swollen and numb.... The numbness in my extremities went away temp but it's back and the sub nurse said it would prob take 6 mos to a year to completely go away. (I can't even take ibuprofen for 6 months)..... it's going to be a long haul. :( Sorry for all the glum notes, I'm just a little bummed and going crazy...

I swear Momzilla is trying to kill me...

Well I just got back from going to Walgreens with my mom because I needed shower gel. (Had I known they had green tea & cucumber I would have just sent her off for it). She really REALLY wanted us to go home the long way.. the only problem is, the side we walked on (and I reminded her of this) was not paved very well, thus, making us walk in the street (bibbadabibbadabibbada, um, uneven pavement with a walker is NOT fun) plus she was always walking severl feet in front of me and not helping me very much..... I am so FRUSTRATED with her, I wish she would have just gone ahead and kept her plans to go to Alaska, would be much safer for me anyhow. So this weekend she asked Scott to spend one night here because she & Jim are going to a wedding that they were originally declining. (The bride asked that each guest help pay for the honeymoon and had a very specific registry)... how dumb. And my mom is getting weird about how much I eat again, how often I eat, etc etc etc. But with her being "exhausted" and such, I know she's been feeling sorry for herSELF having to help me through this which doesn't help me at all... I'm going crazy, I'd much rather be wilting away at a rehab center to tell you the truth. :( Scott is coming over later with Nintendogs and Brain Age which should keep me quiet for awhile but I'm not sure about the suduko portion, I'm never good at that. I love doing the word jumbles in the newspaper. Sorry for venting but it's so frustrating to have limitations and have your own parent sitting around feeling sorry fo themselves. Yesterday I was reviewing the release notes from the hospital and I shouldn't be sitting for more than 30 min at a time... I told mom I'm not used to that, I usually sit for a lot longer.. to which she said, "Well I can't do that I have to keep moving I can't sit still"..... Yeahhhhh...... :( I just wish she would use her head sometimes... at least dvd's and games have kept me quiet for awhile. Oh, I sent an email to Thabto, hadn't heard from him for awhile, told him about my surgery, he sent me a 2 wk trial for Netflix, I might just go for it.. =)
Sorry for whining :(

Home from the Hospital

Hi all,
I'm home... went in Thursday for surgery, it's Saturday... I'm in a lot of pain, have to wear the neck brace for two months, no ibuprofen for SIX months, and I have to pretty much stay at home, am not allowed to go in the car anywhere for two months. I feel like someone kicked me in the neck... and patient care (scare) at Stanford was not the greatest so I'm grateful & happy to get home though will be uncomfortable for awhile. It's somewhat difficult to use the phone because my ears are engulfed in the brace, and my throat/voice is messed up anyway, swallowing is an unpleasant chore. So to those i owe phone calls to you will have to wait for awhile, I apologize. It's going to be a boring summer but I needed to get this done, possibly more surgery in the future...
btw, Sarah please pass this note on to everybody on Wednesdaay for me? I'd appreciate it...
Thank you everyone,
take care, being on computer isn't TOO bad but I should be keeping my neck still and i have to bend it down a little bit so maybe no computer for awhile....
take care,
Diane