Yet Again Something Else!

   They always say that you only get hit be lighting once. I mean is that really true? Another saying is God doesn't give you more than you can handle. Is that true also? Well they must be otherwise they wouldn't be sayings.
   I welcomed a call from a Nurse Practitioner at Dr. K.G.'s office. She said they got my lastest blood results back. And surprise, my thyroid is lower that recommended, therefore they called in another pill to my pharmacy. Woopee! I was not so secretly excited about this. Maybe I'll be back to 110lbs. LOL! I expected to not be feeling well because of stopping Cymbalta, but other than mild facial and ear pain with some nausea that's all I got today. I took one of the Ibuprofen 800mg and that seemed to help. I was predicting so much worse so this is a nice surprise.
   It was so great outside today, in the 80's, I decided to go and get some mulch and miracle grow to spruce up my garden a bit. I went to Home Depot (yes, I forgot to tell J) and thought I was going to pass out from a heat stroke. I was so hot, so I found a very comfy patio set I thought I would try out. This lady comes up and asked if I was interested in this set. I told her no I was just so hot and tired. All of this said and done I got what I needed and headed home.
   M stayed home sick with a fever yesterday and the fever was gone today but the swelling in her throat was still present. Today was her Spring Fling Party at school and she did not want to miss it. When she came home I called her doctor Dr. J.G. and asked if her symptoms were appointment Worthy. They said we need to check for strep. Awesome!!! She said she feels fine but sounds like she has a bubble in her throat. In the morning we'll (meaning me) go take her to check.
   We have family flying in for the weekend tomorrow. We are kind of sucky hostesses, but at least J has off on Friday. They are fully aware of the mess going on here, at least people still want to come visit us.
   I got in the mail yesterday the inaugural edition of the TNA Quarterly. (Trigeminal Neuralgia, Facial Pain Association) It was amazing! One of the articles Can Face Pain Effect Your Identity? The lady who wrote this article is a big wig in treating TN. She talks about losing yourself to the disease. 'Before TN your identity was made of blended roles: parent, child, brother, sister...After TN, you may feel reduced to mostly a patient, who remembers being a person'. Wow, how true all of this was. The second article was more or less a review of a previous conference in Rochester. He was a person with TN, but the thing he said that stuck out was: ' So what did I learn this week? I guess I finally realized that I will never be "cured" of TN and it's more of "managing it'" going forward. And I guess I never thought of it that way.