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Life Changes~
11 years ago
Things change a lot, whether in a short period of time, or a longer period of time. But again, that's just how life goes. Just a little update for the masses here, so it's nothing major at all(depends on how each person interprets this).
Life has been interesting as of late, with everything including the weather, holidays, and day to day life. I'm starting to realize again, just how much changes. The people you know/knew, and how they have impacted your life, and daily activities. Every once in a while I get to a spot, where I just sit back and look at things. The good, the bad, and the in between. And it's made me realize again, just how important the handful of friends I hold close are to me.
I won't name names, because it HAS caused issues in the past. But you know who you are, and how important each and everyone of you is to me. And each of you holds a very special place to me in my life, past, present, and future. That future, is what I look forward to each and every day.~
Now, onto the news about myself, which will be a mix of everything boiled down.
As some of my close friends know. My health has dwindled badly, heart, back, and multiple other issues medically. Now I am not in direct harms way, but, I do need to be more attentive to certain aspects of my life. My heart is doing well enough, but I do need to see a cardiologist again, and soon. Gotta keep my ticker going strong. Besides, I plan to live until I'm 120 years old(inside joke).
As far as my back goes, that is the biggest issue. I found out a few years ago about my back, and why I've lived with chronic pain all of my life. I have something called a physical anomaly, and it disrupts a large portion of my life. In short, the vertebrae right above my pelvis has deformed wings. And due to this, it has rubbed grooves into my pelvis, and caused irreversible damage to the bone and cartilage. Due to this as well, it pinches nerves to the point where I cannot get out of bed some days. It averages anywhere between 4-15 hours maximum. Lovely way to live isn't it?
My only relief is to live off of ibuprofen for the swelling in my back, and minor pain relief. Prescription drugs only last 1/8 of the normal time frame for me. So they really are not a viable option for me, as some of them can lead to addiction, and no thanks for that. I have also tried close to one hundred natural remedies, which also only last a short time. I honestly would not want anyone to deal with this type of chronic pain, especially since this degree has kept me bedridden for days before. I do have two appointments set up for the same day now. One is a cervical spine x-ray, and the other is a lumbosacral spine x-ray. I need to know what the full damage is, and deal with this accordingly. I was exploring getting the nerves cauterized, but a friends father went through it and warned me against it. He says it's only temporary, and when the nerves grow back, it is about 50 times worse than before. So yeah, that's out of the question there. My projected date for my back becoming almost unlivable, is anywhere from now, to fifteen years before I am in a wheelchair. Knowing how I am, I'll fight it as long as I can before letting that happen. But there is really the "Bad News".
Now onto the good news, the x-rays themselves will help me in determining my next course of action. Whether is is preventative measures, or just knowing is good enough. Anything I will do from here on out, will depict what the x-rays reveal. Which I am hoping that it hasn't gotten worse. But we shall see what that really reveals in due time. ALSO! Me and my family have been looking at foreclosed houses as of late. And we have found a few that are easily within our budget! One such house is almost 4,000 square feet, has a 0.73 acre lot, four and a half bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a very nice fireplace with wood storage, full finished basement, and an outside screen porch attached TO the house itself. It also sports a very nice two and a half stall car garage, detached, but still very nice! We are hoping to figure things out after the New Year, and see what we can do about getting the house. And the best part about it, is that it is just barely out of town, which allows for plenty of privacy! So we are hoping for this to work out on our end, and the banks end.
But yeah, there you have it, sort of a long winded update on things! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and had tons of fun!
~Reaper
Life has been interesting as of late, with everything including the weather, holidays, and day to day life. I'm starting to realize again, just how much changes. The people you know/knew, and how they have impacted your life, and daily activities. Every once in a while I get to a spot, where I just sit back and look at things. The good, the bad, and the in between. And it's made me realize again, just how important the handful of friends I hold close are to me.
I won't name names, because it HAS caused issues in the past. But you know who you are, and how important each and everyone of you is to me. And each of you holds a very special place to me in my life, past, present, and future. That future, is what I look forward to each and every day.~
Now, onto the news about myself, which will be a mix of everything boiled down.
As some of my close friends know. My health has dwindled badly, heart, back, and multiple other issues medically. Now I am not in direct harms way, but, I do need to be more attentive to certain aspects of my life. My heart is doing well enough, but I do need to see a cardiologist again, and soon. Gotta keep my ticker going strong. Besides, I plan to live until I'm 120 years old(inside joke).
As far as my back goes, that is the biggest issue. I found out a few years ago about my back, and why I've lived with chronic pain all of my life. I have something called a physical anomaly, and it disrupts a large portion of my life. In short, the vertebrae right above my pelvis has deformed wings. And due to this, it has rubbed grooves into my pelvis, and caused irreversible damage to the bone and cartilage. Due to this as well, it pinches nerves to the point where I cannot get out of bed some days. It averages anywhere between 4-15 hours maximum. Lovely way to live isn't it?
My only relief is to live off of ibuprofen for the swelling in my back, and minor pain relief. Prescription drugs only last 1/8 of the normal time frame for me. So they really are not a viable option for me, as some of them can lead to addiction, and no thanks for that. I have also tried close to one hundred natural remedies, which also only last a short time. I honestly would not want anyone to deal with this type of chronic pain, especially since this degree has kept me bedridden for days before. I do have two appointments set up for the same day now. One is a cervical spine x-ray, and the other is a lumbosacral spine x-ray. I need to know what the full damage is, and deal with this accordingly. I was exploring getting the nerves cauterized, but a friends father went through it and warned me against it. He says it's only temporary, and when the nerves grow back, it is about 50 times worse than before. So yeah, that's out of the question there. My projected date for my back becoming almost unlivable, is anywhere from now, to fifteen years before I am in a wheelchair. Knowing how I am, I'll fight it as long as I can before letting that happen. But there is really the "Bad News".
Now onto the good news, the x-rays themselves will help me in determining my next course of action. Whether is is preventative measures, or just knowing is good enough. Anything I will do from here on out, will depict what the x-rays reveal. Which I am hoping that it hasn't gotten worse. But we shall see what that really reveals in due time. ALSO! Me and my family have been looking at foreclosed houses as of late. And we have found a few that are easily within our budget! One such house is almost 4,000 square feet, has a 0.73 acre lot, four and a half bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a very nice fireplace with wood storage, full finished basement, and an outside screen porch attached TO the house itself. It also sports a very nice two and a half stall car garage, detached, but still very nice! We are hoping to figure things out after the New Year, and see what we can do about getting the house. And the best part about it, is that it is just barely out of town, which allows for plenty of privacy! So we are hoping for this to work out on our end, and the banks end.
But yeah, there you have it, sort of a long winded update on things! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and had tons of fun!
~Reaper
