Finally some news

Well I finally got some good news from the sleep Dr.....After two weeks of using the cpap machine with successful results his nurse called me on Wednesday and said that he had cleared me for surgery...She was going to fax all the results to my other Dr.s so everyone would be on board....I can't believe all the test that I went through to get to this point, but maybe we can get on with the show....I just have to wait for the knee Dr. to set the time....I am going to call him tomorrow to prod him just a little for info.....

In the mean time we are in a little mess here at the house as we are having the ceiling redone in the living room....We had a couple of bad places and you can't just get new panels for mobiles any more , so we're just tearing out the old and replacing with new dry wall....It's kind of slow going  for the guys I hired as we have beamed ceiling and they have to work around them....All the furniture is kind of stacked up in the Texas room at this point...We still have room for the computer and able to watch TV so it's not too bad....I know that the Texas room sure saved us....I am sure glad we had it....Well they will be done in a couple of days....The final mudding and the next day the paint and move stuff back in...Hopefully then back to normal.....Life's still good.....

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.....

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....

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....

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....

Hot Summer

Well this past week has been very warm but I managed to play pool a couple of days(imagine that) take Marilyn to Wal-mart a couple of times and have a couple of Dr.s appointments....So far every thing is going well...I have an appointment with a heart Dr. this coming Tuesday morning for the first time ever...My Dr. wants me checked for any heart problems before he will set up the surgery for my knees....I have never had any heart problems and didn't have a heart Dr., so he set me up with one....I guess as we get OLDER they want to make sure of every thing....I some times wonder if they just want to make a car payment and want some extra money...HA HA....Oh well I guess we just have to do what they want to get anything done....

Tomorrow is Memorial Day and we need to remember all those that have gone before us and honor them with memories of times that we had together that are precious to us now....We need to remember all those that fought and died for our freedom around the world....God bless them and their families for their sacrifice...

Summer Time

Well it looks like summer time is here....It's very warm (in the upper 90s ) every day now and dry, dry , dry.....The only thing moist about the weather is the humidity and folks sweating (if they are working outside).....At least we aren't having tornadoes tearing up the houses and country side like up north in the mid west....I fell sorry for the ones that the wind and the flooding has wiped out......I just turn up the air conditioner and watch some movies on netflix to pass the time away, unless I am playing pool or taking Marilyn to Wal-mart...HA HA...I did go to the Dr. and I am going to have my knees replaced in the near future...I need to get a complete physical for the Dr. to get blood work and so forth before scheduling the surgery, but it won't be too long coming....I am kind of glad to be doing it, but am kind of dreading it also....Oh well I know that it will be better for me in the long run as it hurts now anyway so let's get on with it...This afternoon we went up the hall in the fireside room for pot luck again... We have a nice group of folks that are here all summer and are glad to get together for some socializing and good food...You can't beat that can you?????