Good News:
Doctor gave me the thumbs up. Spider bites should heal on their own. No skin graphs or specialty doctors. He was very impressed with my progress, and I even told him I did some dancing over the weekend (and no swelling). It will be a few more weeks for healing, buying a semi truck load of gauze and roll gauze, but it will heal. I will have a nasty scar, but I am very happy. I really like my new doctor too. Once again, nurses came to see the updated larger bite, ha ha! I'm like a hot topic there when I arrive. Trust me, if you saw a photo of what it looked like when I first went to the second doctor, you'd be "sweatin' bullets" too. He and I both were concerned.
Bad News:
The heat is drawing the spiders into the house and I have yet to spray inside. As they crawl in to escape the heat, however, the outside spraying should keep them from living too long if they do get all the way in. I had to swat at jumping spiders all yesterday afternoon.
Mediocre News:
Going to town put a halt on canning, gardening, weeding, deep cleaning....you get the picture. I'm okay with that. It got up to 90°F and I was not complaining about being indoors either, ha ha!
Although hot, I baked a pie. More on that in a future post.
Large Project Finished :
Doctor gave me the thumbs up. Spider bites should heal on their own. No skin graphs or specialty doctors. He was very impressed with my progress, and I even told him I did some dancing over the weekend (and no swelling). It will be a few more weeks for healing, buying a semi truck load of gauze and roll gauze, but it will heal. I will have a nasty scar, but I am very happy. I really like my new doctor too. Once again, nurses came to see the updated larger bite, ha ha! I'm like a hot topic there when I arrive. Trust me, if you saw a photo of what it looked like when I first went to the second doctor, you'd be "sweatin' bullets" too. He and I both were concerned.
Bad News:
The heat is drawing the spiders into the house and I have yet to spray inside. As they crawl in to escape the heat, however, the outside spraying should keep them from living too long if they do get all the way in. I had to swat at jumping spiders all yesterday afternoon.
Mediocre News:
Going to town put a halt on canning, gardening, weeding, deep cleaning....you get the picture. I'm okay with that. It got up to 90°F and I was not complaining about being indoors either, ha ha!
Although hot, I baked a pie. More on that in a future post.
Large Project Finished :
...bedding and various linens, spare curtains, are all washed and in spider-proof bags.
I found several cloth tablecloths in the drawers too, so my goal is to get the apple-fall colored one on the table (which means cleaning off the table - completely).
I actually found items to donate to the thrift, and made more room in the storage drawers too. What a good feeling that is. However, I felt I needed to bag my rag balls that are also in a drawer, awaiting a rug making day. A few years ago, I started moving crafting items in that room too.
All done!
On to the next project...
I found several cloth tablecloths in the drawers too, so my goal is to get the apple-fall colored one on the table (which means cleaning off the table - completely).
I actually found items to donate to the thrift, and made more room in the storage drawers too. What a good feeling that is. However, I felt I needed to bag my rag balls that are also in a drawer, awaiting a rug making day. A few years ago, I started moving crafting items in that room too.
All done!
On to the next project...
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I love the look of flats hanging out on the line. I do that maybe 3x a week generally speaking. Though lately I've been having a problem doing it because of the pain in my shoulders, I have been getting it done, some with the help of Bro Tom, God bless him.
Still in all, it's a blessing I've been able to continue to work at the store. Several times last week people told me they prefer me to others because I'm so cheery and always have a smile for them. That was so good to hear.
Prayers everyone's having a great week, and a safe one too.
God bless.
RB
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Finally gave up with the shoulder pain and went to the VA hospital. They turned me upside down and inside out (LOL) and determined I have severe arthritis in the vertebrae of my neck, and as the bones there are breaking down, they're pinching nerves. Ouch!!!
They gave me a muscle relaxer and one for inflammation. I'm suppose to check back with them in a week if I notice no improvement.
Glad I finally gave up and went. I don't like doctors or hospitals much, especially VA hospitals - but the ones where I went were great.
God bless.
RB
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