Please keep good thoughts my way

[Babyblue]

Here is an update.

Mom is doing a little better, they took all the tubes out.

I GOT THE JOB! I AM WORKING IN MY OWN TOWN AND IT IS K-6! LITTLE ONES WHO WILL LIKE ART! Truth be told even though this is the right move for my family financially I will miss my students and coworkers very much. We were like a family.

I prayed on it and I left it up to God to guide me in the right way to go. I guess the answer was clear, I had an interview on Monday, and by Tuesday at 8:00am I had a call that I was hired.

As for my arm, not so good news. My doctor is sending me to an Orthopedic surgeon to look at my arm. He told me their is a good chance I will have to have surgery. We know there is a blockage to the bundle of nerves in my elbow. Possibly on top of this is a bulging disc in my neck. I am going for an MRI next week to find that out.

I am really scared about my arm. I don't want to lose the control of my hand.

Thanks for the kind words and prayers. There are amazing folks on MR. So many of you are such wonderful people to know. I wish I could meet you all and give you a hug. I had fun meeting RIP and hope someday that I have the distinct pleasure of meeting more of you.

My wife has a herniated disk in her neck and will have surgery as soon as insurance comes back and approves this type. There are two types of surgery for this:
1. What I call "old school" - they go in and remove the bad disk and replace that void with either a piece of bone from your hip or a cadaver bone. Then they join the two neck bones together with a plate. Much longer recovery time.
2. They remove the bad disk and replace it with an artificial disk. Much less recovery time but insurance sometimes doesn't cover it because it's a newer procedure.

She's already had two separate steroid injections into the spine and they didn't help. She has constant numbing and tingling in both hands and has excruciating constant pain in her neck and shoulders. I can't wait for surgery to be scheduled so she can have some relief.

Ken, so sorry to hear about your wife I do hope that she can get the surgery soon.She will be in my prayers tonight.

[Babyblue]

Hey! Mom is home now! She is sore but much better! Thanks for the well wishes.

I am so thrilled that your mom is back home Ginger.Good luck on the new job.Sorry you had to leave the old school behind.Will keep prayering for you.Please let us know when you can. Did the Dr give you any pain meds to take????????????????

[artist4perry]

Hey! Mom is home now! She is sore but much better! Thanks for the well wishes.

I am so thrilled that your mom is back home Ginger.Good luck on the new job.Sorry you had to leave the old school behind.Will keep prayering for you.Please let us know when you can. Did the Dr give you any pain meds to take????????????????

Nope, toughing it out with tylenol.

[artist4perry]

Here is an update.

Mom is doing a little better, they took all the tubes out.

I GOT THE JOB! I AM WORKING IN MY OWN TOWN AND IT IS K-6! LITTLE ONES WHO WILL LIKE ART! Truth be told even though this is the right move for my family financially I will miss my students and coworkers very much. We were like a family.

I prayed on it and I left it up to God to guide me in the right way to go. I guess the answer was clear, I had an interview on Monday, and by Tuesday at 8:00am I had a call that I was hired.

As for my arm, not so good news. My doctor is sending me to an Orthopedic surgeon to look at my arm. He told me their is a good chance I will have to have surgery. We know there is a blockage to the bundle of nerves in my elbow. Possibly on top of this is a bulging disc in my neck. I am going for an MRI next week to find that out.

I am really scared about my arm. I don't want to lose the control of my hand.

Thanks for the kind words and prayers. There are amazing folks on MR. So many of you are such wonderful people to know. I wish I could meet you all and give you a hug. I had fun meeting RIP and hope someday that I have the distinct pleasure of meeting more of you.

My wife has a herniated disk in her neck and will have surgery as soon as insurance comes back and approves this type. There are two types of surgery for this:
1. What I call "old school" - they go in and remove the bad disk and replace that void with either a piece of bone from your hip or a cadaver bone. Then they join the two neck bones together with a plate. Much longer recovery time.
2. They remove the bad disk and replace it with an artificial disk. Much less recovery time but insurance sometimes doesn't cover it because it's a newer procedure.

She's already had two separate steroid injections into the spine and they didn't help. She has constant numbing and tingling in both hands and has excruciating constant pain in her neck and shoulders. I can't wait for surgery to be scheduled so she can have some relief.

Ken, so sorry to hear about your wife I do hope that she can get the surgery soon.She will be in my prayers tonight.

Ken I will be praying for your beautiful wife as well. She is so lovely and young!

[Babyblue]

Hey! Mom is home now! She is sore but much better! Thanks for the well wishes.

I am so thrilled that your mom is back home Ginger.Good luck on the new job.Sorry you had to leave the old school behind.Will keep prayering for you.Please let us know when you can. Did the Dr give you any pain meds to take????????????????

Nope, toughing it out with tylenol.

Good luck hope it helps.

[KenTheDude]

Here is an update.

Mom is doing a little better, they took all the tubes out.

I GOT THE JOB! I AM WORKING IN MY OWN TOWN AND IT IS K-6! LITTLE ONES WHO WILL LIKE ART! Truth be told even though this is the right move for my family financially I will miss my students and coworkers very much. We were like a family.

I prayed on it and I left it up to God to guide me in the right way to go. I guess the answer was clear, I had an interview on Monday, and by Tuesday at 8:00am I had a call that I was hired.

As for my arm, not so good news. My doctor is sending me to an Orthopedic surgeon to look at my arm. He told me their is a good chance I will have to have surgery. We know there is a blockage to the bundle of nerves in my elbow. Possibly on top of this is a bulging disc in my neck. I am going for an MRI next week to find that out.

I am really scared about my arm. I don't want to lose the control of my hand.

Thanks for the kind words and prayers. There are amazing folks on MR. So many of you are such wonderful people to know. I wish I could meet you all and give you a hug. I had fun meeting RIP and hope someday that I have the distinct pleasure of meeting more of you.

My wife has a herniated disk in her neck and will have surgery as soon as insurance comes back and approves this type. There are two types of surgery for this:
1. What I call "old school" - they go in and remove the bad disk and replace that void with either a piece of bone from your hip or a cadaver bone. Then they join the two neck bones together with a plate. Much longer recovery time.
2. They remove the bad disk and replace it with an artificial disk. Much less recovery time but insurance sometimes doesn't cover it because it's a newer procedure.

She's already had two separate steroid injections into the spine and they didn't help. She has constant numbing and tingling in both hands and has excruciating constant pain in her neck and shoulders. I can't wait for surgery to be scheduled so she can have some relief.

Ken, so sorry to hear about your wife I do hope that she can get the surgery soon.She will be in my prayers tonight.

Ken I will be praying for your beautiful wife as well. She is so lovely and young!

Thank you Ginger & Babyblue for the kind words. I will let her know you both are thinking about her.