Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Getting a little rain at last

Well we are getting a little rain at last in the area....It has rained hard several times in the  last few days so we are finally starting to have the grass green up some.....The trouble is when it has rained it has pored and a lot of it has run off and not soaked in...Oh well at least we are getting some...

I have been getting along very well with the cpap machine at night....I can't be any more surprised at just how well I have been able to get use to it....Marilyn says now I don't snore when I sleep now....That's something that I have done for years( or so they tell me)...I still haven't heard any thing from the Dr.s about my surgery on my knees but I don't expect to until I check in again with the sleep Dr. and he makes his report....I know that my knees aren't getting any better and are getting worse each day....Oh well we just have to do what we can and do out best no matter what....Life is still good and most people don't realize just how blessed we are....Later.....

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Update

Well I have been kind of busy for the last week or so since I wrote with Dr.s and such....Kind of frustrated with every thing to do with them....As I said last time the next appointment was with a sleep Dr.....They wanted to run some breathing test and sleep test to see if I have sleep apnea.....So last week was spent running back and forth taking test an such....I had to spend two nights at the sleep center with a couple of dozen wires and a breathing mask on....Try sleeping in a strange bed and all that junk on you...Not too good of a deal I must say.....Well it turns out that they say I do have sleep apnea and today they brought out the machine for me to see how I do at home....Now I have to try it and my next appointment with  Dr. is in two weeks....So no surgery at least for two or three weeks at a minimum..I guess all things have a reason so will just have to bare with the program.....

Well at least I can say that we had rain today and it was sure welcomed...We have been so dry the mosquitoes even left the country...I  suppose they will come back now looking to make up for lost time...Till next time....

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Kind of Upset

Well I haven't written any thing on the blog for a few days cause I am kind of upset with Dr.s in general....After all the tests that they have given me and I passed OK, they want a couple more before they  will give me the go ahead on the surgery for my knees....Some times I think that they must have a car payment to make and I am handy for the charge...I guess I just have to laugh about it and go along.....It's just that my knees are telling me to get this done NOW....I don't want to have it last all summer and healing into the fall before I am 100 percent.....Come to think of it at my age I will never be at 100 percent again....Oh well...I just don't want it to drag out....The next appointment is next Monday afternoon so we'll see what happens then.....

The Dr. told me that he wants to do one knee at a time....He will do the second one a couple of weeks after the first if every thing goes well with the first....I know that I am looking forward to it but am dreading it also....I know that every thing will be better after the healing has been done....I am still able to play a little pool a couple of times a week but it's getting harder to be on my feet for any length of time so have to watch it...The knees tell me just how long, what a bummer....I am kind of enjoying riding the carts around in Wal-mart thou cause my knees aren't hurting and I can go see any thing I want to like I use too...Life is still good if we just don't give up....Later....

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Quite a week

This has been quite a week for the old fat boy as I have had Dr.s appointments almost every day running all kinds of test trying to find something wrong with me...Well today when I had the last test and saw the Dr. for the results of all the test he told me that every thing was normal....The heart was strong and no blockages in the veins that they could find....He then told me that he would OK any surgery to my familly Dr. and also to the Dr. that is going to do my knees....I was sure releived to hear the good news...I didn't think anything was wrong but you always are wondering as we get older....Now I am going to see my family Dr. and see what else he has to say and go from there....So far so good.....I am kind of upset as on Tuesday I had to give up pool for the day as the time warner cable guy came and tuned up the signal for our High Definition cables.....Now it comes in great again so the world is still going around....Now you can see it doesn't take much to keep the old fat boy happy....Later....