Wednesday Early Update

Like I predicted, I got up around four am.

Started coughing. Got up.

Four of my five Purr Balls asked for breakfast.

Their dishes were actually empty.

Had I not paid attention to them like I usually do.

They weren't too mad at me.

I spoil them terribly normally.

Been up for almost two hours.

Read all my mail.

Played my games.

Games you say.

Well, yes.

Which ones you ask.

My favorite one is Back Gammon.

Next I play Battle Ship.

Third is Yacht.

Fourth is Mahjong,

And, if I have a cat napping on my lap,

I play hearts.

The games go fast.

Just a mental thing to do with morning coffee.

I also, play a few games on dare I say it, facebook.

A farm life for me and add in a castle.

Nothing like living the fantasy life.

After that and another cup of coffee,

I check out my blogs.

That's what I do in the mornings

while drinking coffee and petting cats.

I also check the world and local news.

My news is that my cough/cold is just a bit better.

Not gone but not as bad as it was.

Hope is that each night I will cough less than before.

I'm an optimistic one, I know.

The pinched nerve in my back is also on the mend.

Or at least the steroids and Icy Hot patches with ice packs

are making me think so.

I can put more weight on my leg.

Don't scream as much.

To me, that's a great improvement.

I'm on day two of my steroids.

No big problems so far.

And, that is my Wednesday Early Update

~ JC ~

Steroids Are So FUN

~ ^,,^ ~

And so the steroids begin.

Yes, I finally went to the local mini health clinic.

Hobbled in with a scream or two.

After waiting for an hour or so,

with the cough and cold gang,

I got called into the office.

What I wanted was an x ray

and a referral for physical therapy

or massage therapy.

Nope, I got told that I needed an mri.

That they couldn't order that.

That only my normal Dr. could do that.

(me thinking, great I wasted my hobbling time)

She gives me three meds.

One ~ muscle relaxant

Two ~ pain 

Three ~ a week of steroids

Well, isn't that great.

So, I hobbling out and got to my car.

Had to hobble in person to the drug store.

Those pain meds aren't just for anyone.

They had to see my face.

One look and they knew it was me.

So, this morning I took my first steroid pills.

They are known to be fun fun fun.

As a previous taker of steroids,

I know all too well what they do to you.

Puffy face.

Can't sleep.

Wild thoughts.

So much fun.

So, I am on this road again.

Been a while since I got this bad.

Almost six years.

Will this help me.

I hope so.

From previous experience,

I know that this is just the start.

And, this is just for my pinched nerve.

Not for my cold/cough that's being mean.

~ JC ~

Note ~ I might be writing blogs at four in the morning.

That's what steroids did to me last time.