Hey Jenny... So exciting for your daughter to be leaving home for the first time. Are you a little saddened to have to let her go? I am going okay with the lozenges lately, and my breakfast with my friend was very nice. I will write more later when I have more time. God bless.

Paul,

Happy Belated Birthday to you too !!   My fellow Leo.  I love being a Leo .   The Birthdays do come faster each year .  WTH.

My lung Scan came back negative for nodules /cancer . It did show mild emphysema changes .  I think I am lucky it shows mild after all the smoking I have done in my lifetime.  I don't have symptoms of emphysema so that is good.  I did when I was still smoking so it is good I quit.

What have you been up to ?  Are you retired?

                       Lisa 

Hi Jenny, 

Are you back from taking your daughter to college or staying there for the long weekend?   I bet it is hard to leave her there.  Hugs.

I don't tolerate Prednisone . Even low doses make me absolutely insane.  I am glad it helped you with pain for your vacation.  You would think in this advanced world they could come up with something effective  for pain that doesn't cause awful side effects .  I wish that would happen soon.  I do have a tens unit but I have not used it in a  long while .  Maybe I should revisit that.   My insurance stopped paying for the electrodes a long time ago.  I hope the injection is super effective and you don't have to get a spinal cord stimulator.

Wow all those dolphins !  How wonderful.  Amazing creatures .  They are so friendly .  I petted one and fed it in the past.  My son hung out with one and swam with it when he was 16.   

Your border control experience is funny.    It was awfully early to be coherent.  At least they didn't hassle you.

I had a brief moment today where my Gollum in my brain said hey have a cigarette.  I was tempted for a sec , but got myself out of that.  Between too high of pain signals for too long and a new roof being put on next door and my neighbor behind me doing an add on construction my brain is overloaded and even more angry.  I am very noise sensitive normally and it has been worse since the concussions and vestibular issues.   

Also, my lung scan was negative for nodules,/cancer. 

                      Lisa 

I was putting my six stars after my name and I guess I hit send , so here's 5 more 

Solid work and effort Lisa. You worked for and earned each one of those gold stars. Keep going. You are a queen.

Thanks, Lisa.

I'm glad to hear your lung scan was good. I need to schedule my own for September. My doctor moved, so I need to find another doctor first. 

I still work. I was in banking for my years, but at a small software firm now.  4 days a week remotely. Thursday, I met some friends in Atlantic City. They had a few concerts on the water. Nice weather for it. 

Enjoy the Labor Day weekend, all.

Paul

Today I have been a nonsmoker for 7 months (213 days).   

I did too much outside today and now I am off to watch a Dodger game and work on dishes on and off.  Tomorrow will be baseball watching with my son and we will have a cook out.  I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend.  

                                            Lisa 

Congratulations Lisa! Keep up the great work!!!!

Lisa,

We got back Saturday night from dropping our daughter. Would’ve been nice to hang out in Boston a couple extra nights, but we’ve been gone from home enough this summer, lol. If she’d wanted us to stay and visit while there, we would’ve stayed, but she was happy for us to go. Ready to start her independent journey. We’ll hear from her again someday! 

I don’t hold out a lot of hope for the stimulator thing, so I hope the injection next week helps. I probably need to be more positive. That’s something I struggle with. 

I’ve always wanted to swim with dolphins! Didn’t seem like a good idea when there were so many of them. Someday I really hope to get to at least pet one. That’s so cool you got to do that and your son swam with one. Where did you guys do that? I’ve heard Hawaii is one place.

Good for you telling off Gollum! That sucks you have a lot of noise going on when noise is a problem for you. One more thing to pile on top of stuff. Are they done with it now? 

I saw someone smoking at the airport and wanting to go snatch it out of their hand, but that was easily resisted. I’ve done good since I got home. I know I’m going to have some rough moments with my daughter not here. I’m heartbroken and without her here I feel like I’ve lost part of my reason for quitting. Not super logical, but the feeling is there.

I think I’ll watch some tv and maybe cook a little bit to keep myself busy today.

OH! Today is my anniversary!! You must be at 7 months now?? Congrats!! I suddenly feel a bit better about getting through the next couple weeks  

Jenny

Lisa,

and super congrats on the negative test results!!