♫♪♪♫ I Sing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

because I'm happy,,,,,,,,,,,I sing,,,,,because I'm free,,,,,,,,,,,,,,For his eye is on the sparrow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and I know,,,,,,,he watches,,,,,,,,me,,,,,♫♪♪♫

♫♪ Happy Birthday to Me ♫♪,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

today is my 60th birthday,,,,,WOW!!!! Talking about old,,,,,,Never thought I would live to see this day. When diagnosed with CLL 12 years ago, I was given 3 to 4 years, and now it has been 12. Ain't God Good!!! I've had 6 months of chemo 5 years ago, and then some other treatments to raise platelets (twice). And that is all,,,,it could have been so much worse. So I'm very thankful of this,,,,and sometimes when I look back,,,,,,,what have I really got to gripe about in life,,,,it has been good,,,,,and could have been worse.......One reason,,, is because I am still here,,,,,,,,,why I don't know,,,,but here I am,,,,still blessed.♥ So,,,, Happy, Happy Birthday to me,,,,,,,,

Oh, and by the way,,,,,another infection,,,,,,,kidney stones and kidney infection, on my 2nd round of antibiotic,,,,,,,,Happy Birthday to me!!!!☺

Another infection,,,,,,,,,

surprise, surprise.... Started on Friday,,,the old jaw got to aching,,,,by Saturday am,,,I looked like a hamster, storing up food. My jaw was swollen,,,,,and I had an abscessed wisdom tooth. Now this tooth has a silver crown,,,,,and connected to a bridge,,,(where some missing teeth are)......I have had this before,,,,and because of the silver crown,,,,,nothing will show up on the x-ray,,,,so we just treat it with anti-biotics,,,,until the next time,,,,,,and that has probably been 4 to 6 months ago. Need to have it pulled but with platelets so low,,,that could be a scary thing,,,,plus would have to worry about infection. So suffered ALL weekend,,,didn't get to go to church sat or Sun,,,,and missed the church Christmas dinner on Sun..and The Health Care Center open house (but sent my dessert by JSV) on Sat...and The Red Hatter Christmas breakfast ( I had already bought my exchange ornament too)... (Doesn't do me alot of good to even plan anymore),,(tears, tears),, luckily I had some hydrocodone to take,,,,advil was just not getting it. Called early this am when dentist came in and got some anti-biotics,,,some better,,,but this is a bad one,,,,waited too long to call dentist,,,,will just have to wait it out,,,,,,and hope it doesn't bother me with Christmas coming up. I first thought I had caught a cold,,,it affected my eye, sinuses on that side and my nose was running,,,I started rinsing my mouth with warm salt water and I begin to find out what was wrong,,,not a cold but abscessed tooth again.....but at least it is not the flu,,,,could be worse. Infections pop up over nite,,,,,I am sooo fortunate, to be so blessed,,,,ha

Happy Birthday Jonathan,,,,,

Today my baby turned 29, the baby of the three.....He and Tiffany came over for supper and cake,,,a nice visit,,,,in 6 months he will be getting married,,,,
June 26th.

In the mail the other day I received a big bottle of Barium solution to drink for a cat scan,,,oh boy, oh boy! I guess that means we are going to check the spleen out,,,,,not looking forward to it,,,I have a phobia for enclosed places,,,,,yikes!! The platelets in the blood work were 55,,,mmmmmm,,,,,,and the lymph count was a 7.1,,,not good,,,but of course could be alot worse. Getting sooo tired,,,and have to take naps,,,,wish I could wake up tomorrow and Christmas would be over,,,,it's wearing me out.......I'm not anemic yet,,,that's good,,,,,I feel a nap coming on,,,,,

The drugs are diffently gone,,,,,,

I don't feel so good,,,,been in bed all day (but went to church this am),,,,,,can't munster up enough energy to finish the tree. Jonathan put the tree up for me yesterday,,,,,last night I managed to get lights, bows, and Burgundy ornaments on,,,,I still have all of my glass ornaments to put on,,,,,just too tired!! Had blood work done for Dr Young last Wednesday,,,,will find out results tomorrow. Also been having bad pain in the spleen area,,,enough to where it is also in my left shoulder through to my back,,,,just what I need. The Dr has mentioned a spleen removal but I refused,,,,, with all the flu going around,,,,,don't think so......need it too bad,,,,

I had a good Thanksgiving with good friends,,,and got to visit at some time with the kids,,,,,ate too much,,,,as usual,,,,it was sooo good. Thought I would never eat again,,,,,but,,,,,after about 6 hours,,,,,had to eat some more,,,ha

In earlier years we used to travel to Louisville to Moms,,,,what a good day we would have,,,,goood food,,,,and good memories,,,,,Life has sure changed,,,,,,,,

Since I'm in bed,,,,been watching the Hallmark channel,,,,enjoying the Christmas movies,,,,,and not even December yet....

I'm thankful for what I know,,,,and I know that I know it!!

Still Feeling Good,,,,,,,,

and no steroids..it has been a very busy week,,,,been working hard on the windows,,,,christmas bazaar with the homemakers today, church tonight and tomorrow,,,,,,whew,,,,,,,,,But I am still doing well,,,,,,and have been off the steroids for several days now. The toe is almost completely healed,,,,,and tiny, tiny hole still not healed and tiny bit of drainage,,,,,but I'm positive it will. Maybe things will be good for a while.....There's alot of sickness going around,,,,been santitizing every chance I can,,,,,and hoping not to catch anything.

♫ ♪ I Feel Good,,,Like I Knew that I Would Now,,,,,♫ ♪

It's the steroids for sure,,,the best I have felt in over a year,,,of course I've been doctoring this toe since February....But good news,,,stitches came out on Wednesday,,,3 weeks over due,,,but hey,,,it's almost healed!!!! A little hole still in it,,,and a little blood oozes,,,because of low platelets I'd say....but I keep neosporian on it and it's getting better...Went to see a reumatologist and for now I am on steroids to get past this part and if I have any more gout problems she will put me on meds,,,which will probably not do well with some other meds,,,,just have to wait and see...I was able to wear a pair of (short) heels today to church,,,that's the first pair since the surgery,,,,yeah!!!! I have been laid up for sooo long with the toe that I haven't done very much around the house,,,,laid up for 6 weeks with the pic line, and then 6 with the surgery,,,,,I have lots I want to get done before winter sets in and I am sooo glad I am feeling better so I can get it done,,,,,hopefully I will stay up,,,when I come off the steroids it may be like before....I don't usually do well on the steroids,,,makes the fibro hurt more,,,,but it's really been a big improvement this time,,,I hurt really bad the first day,,,but it is only a 6 day pack, dex pack I believe it is, so now I am coming off them, 4 today, 3 tomorrow, etc.....Of course the steroids make the sugar go up,,,but it's only for 6 days....and hopefully I will stay up and can get the work done. Thanks to Jason, my son, for keeping my grass mowed for me,,,helped alot. I was able to mulch (mowed) some leaves on Saturday and even chalked some windows, painted and washed them,,,,,,,sounds like I am on drugs, doesn't it,,,,haha. It's awfully good to feel well again,,,,,,it gets old laying around so much. Ain't God good,,,,,,,