Holiday madness

I just got home from Walmart. Boy, oh boy! Was that ever a mistake. I had to get kitty litter. That place was sheer insanity. I can’t believe how many people wait until the day before a holiday to buy the food they need. Oh well. I’m home now and not going back out for the rest of the day. It’s a damp, damp cold out there today. Snow is around us, but we are only supposed to get rain here in the valley. 

This is where I spent the morning.

The neurologists office. Although that is a pretty cool replica of the spine hanging there isn’t it? Basically I got no answers. The nerve conduction study on my arm and leg said everything is fine there, which I was already pretty sure of, and he has no clue what’s happening with my back. He is going to order yet another test, but says our insurance company has consistently declined it for other patients. He’s not holding out a lot of hope. So I guess we have to wait and see what they say and take it from there. He says this might be it.  There may be nothing they can do for me. They may try Botox injections.  Meanwhile I’m in another “holding pattern.”  

He was very impressed on what I have done to try to get better. Two separate six-month stints in physical therapy. Two different chiropractors. Acupuncture. Massage. Not to mention a Spine and Pain clinic who just wanted to pump me full of narcotics. He actually told me he doesn’t think he’s ever had a patient who tried so many other things before coming to him.

Enough of that.  I just thought I would update all of you because you have all been so supportive and caring of me.

A few people asked me what kind of tree that was with all the berries. I honestly don’t know. I know someone has told me the name of it in the past but I don’t remember. I’m so sorry.

I finally finished the socks and washed them. They’re a little bit bigger than my sock blockers, but you get the idea. The lighting is horrible here today so there are lots of shadows, but I think they turned out well and that Brad will like them.

The color changes were going almost perfectly until about 3/4 of the way down the foot and then all of a sudden, the stripes didn’t match. That part will be in his shoes so I guess it won’t matter too much.

Are you already for Thanksgiving? I hope those of you that are traveling have a very safe journeys and you enjoy your time with your families. 

“ I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all of my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”  Psalm 9:1

Blessings always, Betsy