Life Updates

Just To Keep Up

2011-05-26T19:30:00.002-04:00

I went to Lowes today. I went out when I got home. Before I did, I checked my O2 sats and I was in the upper 80's. I increased my O2 to 6 L/M. I woke up several hours later and I'm in the lower 90s. It was a fight to drive home from Lowes.

I'm considering starting another blog and putting this one to private. I've already set the blog up. I just need to decide how often to post on it. I'll let you know as I go.

How to tie your shoes, peel a banana, And Find A Love Seat

2011-05-24T15:11:00.007-04:00

It's time for sit back, relax, and enjoy a cup of coffee with me.

Many times we miss the small things that can bring a lot of personal enjoyment when added up over a lifetime. Sometimes it is the little things that can count a lot. I thought I would throw in a couple of the nicer things in life I learned a long time ago, has improved the quality of my life, and I don't notice other people doing.

So here are a limited number of secrets. As if I could start anywhere else, here is the first; how to tie your shoes. You might think you have this one down pat and you couldn't use any additional instruction. I'm asking you to think again. I always check in on TED.com because of the mostly unsurpassed group of intelligent people all meeting together, sharing ideas, and all at one phase. If you don't know about TED.com I suggest you give it some of your time.

Terry Moore has given an enjoyable lecture to some of the brightest people on the planet on how to tie your shoe. Somewhere in life I had come across this information, or just tried it and it worked, but until this video I have never seen it explained. Here is a short video on how to tie your shoes correctly. I tried to embed the video several ways, but could not get a big black box from sounding the video.

Another little life gem I've tried to pass around that makes eating a banana so much more enjoyable can be watched in this video. Although I do pass this information on every chance I get, I have yet to see it repeated by someone else.

And just for the record, I eat all of my apple from one side to the other. I don't eat around the core and throw the core out. This has made my apple eating experience more enjoyable since I started doing this practice years ago when eating an apple on the bus and didn't have a place to throw out the core. I ate the core and have ever since. Maybe sometime later I'll explain why I have never peeled a potato.

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SFFYBO (Safe For 14 Year-Old Boys Only)

2011-05-23T13:50:00.030-04:00

Times have changed so much. When I was growing up, feminine products could only be advertised at something like after 9PM with the assumption that only adults would be up and watching the television.

Now, anything goes. This South Park episode T.M.I. is an outstanding example that rules just don't go far enough to keep pretty much anything from being seen by anyone at any age.

No longer are things just NSFW (Not Safe For Work) but also SFFYBO (Safe For Fourteen Year Old Boys Only). Remember you heard SFFYBO here first.

I agree 14 year old boys will possibly find this episode one of the the greatest things they have watched on television or the Internet. However, just because there might be a target audience for something doesn't mean everyone wants to see the show or would want their children to see the episode. I've seen the argument so many times; one should be a responsible parent and pre-watch everything that their children might see before allowing them to see this.

Not only do just about every person with a television just doesn't have the time to watch everything before they allow or disallow their children to watch a program, it takes the enjoyment out of a family watching a show at the same time together for the first time, thereby being able to have a conversation where everyone is at an equal advantage or disadvantage on what is going to happen next in the show and how the show is going to end.

This is why we have rating systems, where a few people watch the program and decides which category a show falls within. Then a parent is informed without having to watch the show first. So until we have a category of SFFYBO, we are not informed parents. I think most parents would know what information would be included in such programing and decide if they want the program to be showed to those that would be watching at that time.

Why do 14 year old boys think this type of show is the best thing since slice bread is debatable, but at least with such a category parents would be informed of the content.

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No Support For Now

2011-05-21T21:49:00.003-04:00

My Google account to allow people to help support this blog has been turned off. I don't have the time to look into it right now.

I've been sleeping most days and every night. I have the router set up correctly now. That was a pain in the neck.

Other than sleeping all the time, things are going well. I need to do some cleaning while I'm awake.

Not much else to say.

Home Alone

2011-05-14T13:08:00.002-04:00

I have some time home alone and have agreed with myself to take the day off, or most of it. I crossed the state for a few days to see a couple of doctors, where I used to work, and a few friends. I got back Thursday night and I continue to pay for the trip with a wore out body.

I go back in another month. I'm getting closer with getting the house clean. This has been one heck of a big job. However, with only one computer hooked to the Internet, I am getting more connected. I need to figure out how to get my router to work with this DSL equipment. I'm watching movies as I think about it.

The nightmares are still back. The worse one was the other day where I was married to someone that killed a person and I was trying to keep the news from our two sons. Jimmy Carter helped a guy walk and while in court I helped pump a dead guys muscles as everyone in the court room sang What A Friend We Have In Jesus.

The guy moved a few muscles, but didn't talk during my dream. I'm putting out effort to reconnect with those in the area. The reconnecting is going slow. I'm receiving little, but much appreciated, help with not staying alone all the time and with some cleaning and cooking. The more I stay home the less negative remarks I hear about me. I've decided those needing to make such gossip about me is hurting in ways I can't offer help with. Live is what it is and that is just that. I have my own problems to deal with to have time to worry about it much. My life would be easier if the person going out of their way to cause me problems would find a way to stop. But I'm in the situation I'm in and such is life.

I borrowed a car to make the trip. Maybe in a month someone would like to go and so some of the driving.

Getting Settled

2011-04-12T15:13:00.002-04:00

I'm trying to get settled in. But as we all know by John Lennon "Life is what happens when we are doing something else." I did a great cleaning job at my first place of landing. I thought I would have a break for slowly working on my house I'm in, but that was not to be. My next location was short lived and now I'm in my house.

I could of used a break, but as I said, that was not to be. I've been fixing many problems with many to go. I don't know when I'll get to any real cleaning. I've washed several loads of cloths and other things lying about the place as I've fixed the pipes to the washing machine. I have fixed pipes to just about everything now. I continue on a few projects there and with several drains.

But on the bright side, I have a working washer and dryer. I have a shower, a commode, and a couple of sinks working. I'm finishing the kitchen sink later today. I'm just so broke I can't do much at a time.

My brother fixed my roofing problems and my floors will come after the pluming. Then I'll have a guy finish the block work. I have several plans, but I'm not feeling well, so I'm going at a very slow pace.

I slept in my own bed last night. That felt very nice, although I'm not doing very good at getting rid of some of the smells just yet. They will go away as I move further. When I first moved here I had plans of fixing the place before moving in at all, but now I'm living in the fix me upper.

I continue to hear about local gossip that I'm not sick and just want to receive money to live off of. This I can't change and might get worse before it gets better. This is not the area to get sick in if you are me.

I would say more, but I'm getting rather tired and I go to my cousins house for a nap or at least a rest. Then a funeral for a great aunt, then a rest and then back at it.

Such is life.

Hypoxia

2011-03-17T03:10:00.003-04:00

Just checking in, it has been quite some time. Moving was tremendously hard on me. I've been having some days that are not so bad. Some days are quite bad.

The couple of days I woke up after sleeping most of the day and feeling horrible, I found out my oxygen tank was showing I had oxygen, but I had no pressure, Thus, I was not receiving any oxygen. The delivery guy found a couple of leaks, hopefully this will help.

I continue to have MD appointments. Social Security disability is waiting for my application and work is trying to move the process along. I guess I'm not working again.

I'm getting my temporary housing situation clean. It's hard to do too much in one day, but I am making progress.

It's nice seeing people I've not seen in years. Some are very supportive and some are just down right cruel. Some have 'plans' on how I can get better. I understand their care and their honest believes they are helping, but I do wish they would take a step back and let me work on this one alone. This is a personal journey. Many very well meaning people have difficulty understanding this part of my illness.

My doctors have not given up trying to find a diagnosis and an answer. I'm about ready to say, let's just let things be. I've had so many tests and now we are going in circles.

Where I worked does not want me back and trying to work anywhere else would cause me to lose all my disability benefits. I just can't do that.

Hopefully I can check in a bit more often. BTW, I'm taking free Spanish lessons at the local library. This is something I wanted to do at UNC, but was told I could not be on the premises if on disability. I have been a bit outspoken. This I have no apologies for, but it has cost me the ability to try any return to work at UNC Hospitals.

Now I just have to try to land on my feet the best I can.

Legal Department

2011-02-10T16:35:00.004-05:00

I'm been slandered by one of the most vile and vicious trolls to roam Hulu.com. Here is just one of this person's ever so nasty posts and the only one I've asked Hulu to take down. So far they have not. I'm seriously considering legal action against this person as nothing I've been accused of is true. I don't have, nor ever have had, any sexually transmitted disease. I also don't receive government assistance, not that stating that alone would of bothered me to this point. I'm now having left face pain and I'm sure it is due the the stress of what this person has done. Here is the post:

You don't need a doctor Raymond Carney (aka Robber Baron). You need a swift kick in the rear. Just because you're a homosexual doesn't mean you're afforded extra protection. Just because you contracted some venereal disease as the result of your homosexual promiscuity doesn't mean you require the sympathy of the rest of us White GOD Americans. fearing people. If you put your business out here on the blog, then you've invited me in to your business. You claim you're too sick to work. You're using up Government resources. My tax dollars are MY business. If I pay for your homosexuality contracted disease, your disease is MY business. If you have strength to post day, after day, after day on this blog: YOU AIN"T TOO SICK TO WORK!

You should have at least used a condom if you knew you were going to participate in lewd, lascivious, promiscuous, and deviant behavior. Tax payers shouldn't have to support your flawed choices!.

Homosexuals and minorities are using up resources at an alarming rate. If it's not the Muslims attacking this country with planes from out side this country, it's the Mexicans, and other illegals attacking us Americans from with in this country. We have to house drug addicted, Negro crack babies. We have to house illegal Mexican Anchor babies. Now we have to pay for your non Christian ways of perversion.

And yeah, that burns me up! I don't need to be your doctor to know you're an injustice on America!

Go To Sleep Little Baby

2011-02-10T13:12:00.002-05:00

Again today. I can hardly wake up right now. This has got to go.

Just Put Me In A Coma And Be Done With It

2011-02-09T18:38:00.002-05:00

Just for the record, I didn't wake up until noon and have slept most of the time since. I'm going back into what I was. I have to move. This is not a good combination.

Breathing Can Be A Luxury

2011-02-07T16:10:00.003-05:00

This is the second time I've let my O2 tank run out of O2 and I've totally crashed today. I did have a couple of days of starting to get a little better as I'm back on my c-pap. I'll have to deal with the pain. However, I can't do without this oxygen. My sats were in the 80s.

I have to do a small project and also get moved.

4 @ night

2011-02-01T18:19:00.002-05:00

I received the results of my sleep study. The machine gets changed and my O2 goes from 2L/M to 4L/M. The thing is, I've felt so crappy all my life I don't know if this is a major turn in the wrong direction or just a bump in the wrong direction. I have never felt good.

So for now, I might be a bit worse off, but as long as I don't do anything and can sleep anytime I wish, life is about the same.

We'll see what happens next.

What Is Going To Happen To Me?

2011-01-31T12:25:00.004-05:00

Almost everyday has been horrible for two to three weeks now. Today is no exception. I have gone into these "coma" states at least twice today and when I'm awake, I can't get all the way awake. It is all I can do to type this, but I want to keep record of how I am doing.

I should be moving before the end of February. This gives me a month to pack. With days like this I don't know if that will be enough time or not. I have help coming on Wednesday to help me get started.

The c-pap might be contributing to my face pain. I had another sleep study done a couple of weeks ago to see if I could just come off it it. So far I've not received an answer. Sometimes the wheels move a bit slow over there.

If I wake up again, I'll let you know about it.

My Mind Wonders

2011-01-07T21:58:00.002-05:00

I try to stay positive. That is not remaining something easy to do. I need to pack my things. I think about just how easy and just how worth it is to do. I think I want to move back before making a major decision. That would kind of make closure to it all. I have been feeling a little better and this might be enough to get me moved. I always thought I was in control. I have no control, and that is okay. It is time to figure out how and when to go.

I Will Be Moving

2010-12-30T16:29:00.004-05:00

Today I turned in my notice that I will not be renewing my lease to my apartment. I will be moving close to here. This is where I will be buried. Many of my family members have been buried here. My house is close by.Just about everyday for the past couple of weeks or so, I've slept most of the day. I can have two to three hours of good time, then it goes. Other than a repeat sleep study I've requested, my doctor doesn't know how to help me anymore than what he is doing and UNC Hospitals hasn't as much as talked with me about how I might be able to return to work doing any kind of work.

I've asked and my doctor has asked the hospital to help me, but that is just not going to happen. It is time to move back. I will miss my best friend, but I will have a cousin to help me. I'm learning how to use a webcam messager system so I can stay in touch better. Things will work out. I will have to try to stay away from those wanting to give me a hard time for being on disability. I've already heard just how much of a low life I am for not working.

I'm sure I can pay someone to load a U-Haul for me, but I've not figured out how to get the truck and my car across the state. I've yet to check into it, so at this point I'm not worried about that. I have to start packing soon or it won't be done on time. I've already been told I can get help to unload the truck when I get there.

I've only been up a few minutes, but I need to go back to sleep. I mainly wanted to document about my decision to move out of the apartment and turning in my notice.

Ups And Downs

2010-12-23T15:32:00.002-05:00

I've slept the better part of the past several days. This comes and goes. The nightmares have been back for a few weeks now. Instead of trying an increase in the medication I take for the nightmares, I'm giving them a chance to go away.

Last night I dreamed earth was being attacked by aliens. People were dieing all around me. That was not the nightmare part. I escaped being killed and arrived where I worked. The nightmare part started when I realized this made me late for work and I could be fired. I woke up when a friend was knocking on my front door.

Since there is not an end in sight with finding out what is medically wrong with me, I'm moving back home in a couple of months. I've asked for another sleep study before I leave.

I will miss my best friend. I wish his wife and he would move there with me. Although anything is possible, I don't see that happening.

I have to find out just what are the rules for the disability. Two of the payment systems are paying now and are direct deposit. There are rules such as trying to work again, how long I can try, which field I can work in, what the doctors have to say, etc. I don't want to lose my benefits because I didn't follow the rules, but I would like to work some again if I'm up to it.

I'm going back to sleep.

I Don't Like Where This Pain Is Headed

2010-11-20T11:03:00.002-05:00

I've put off going to the dentist for over a year trying to get my face pain under control. I had the control and went back to the dentist yesterday. Today I'm having some of the worse pain ever. I've taken extra medication with no relief. I go to the pain doctor on Monday. We will have to discuss how am I going to get through the dental work we are scheduling. I can't wear my oxygen right now due to the pain caused by the tubing. My saturation is in the low 90s, that will have to do for now. Living with this is certainly a challenge. If I didn't have a pain doctor willing to work with me, I would be out of my mind by now. All the other doctors were willing to checkout reasons for the pain, but none of them treated the pain with a plan that resembles anything like I currently have.

The heart catheterization went well as far as ruled out some very serious things, but some of the numbers did indicate I have a shunt somewhere. We have been looking for a shunt from the beginning. MD explained shunts are almost always found in the heart or lungs, but rarely they are found in other organs. Next is a head to toe nuclear scan. I've been pushing to get the scan scheduled, but so far I'm waiting. I would love to find what is wrong with me, get it fixed and get back to work. I've done little to nothing for months now.

I've tried spending time with each of my brothers and sisters, but I guess that isn't going to happen. I did get the opportunity to spend time with one of my brothers when Mom died. I know a couple of them live busy lives. One, I have no way of getting a hold of. I've asked the others for an address, e-mail address, or telephone number, but no one gives out any information. I can only speculate as to why they don't. I tried to friend his daughter twice on Facebook explaining I had no other way to contact them, but no such friend connection. It is no secret we come from a very dysfunctional family, so if my brother doesn't want me to contact him, I can see him thinking he has a reason. I can't reach out to him if I have no way to contact him. However, I far as I know, I've done nothing to his daughter. She was in school the last time I saw her. She is friends with several other family members, I don't understand why the two of us would have any kind of problem. I've reached out to all of them I could, I can't do more than that. It would be nice to have one of them to talk to about how sick I am, but I don't see that happening either. I see on Facebook where they are getting together for Thanksgiving.

One sibling had a conversation with me on Facebook. It was basically all about how there life was great and mine was nothing. I expected that because we have all dealt with our past in different ways, and that shoe fits. One of the things I do to help keep my mind from going to mush is to rewrite things I've written to see just how close I can come to a perfect match. I rewrote my part of the conversation and noticed I had already deleted the conversation when I went to check how well I remembered what I had wrote. I did send an e-mail requesting my part of the conversation, but no response. I don't expect to see it either.

So on the down side, I have next to no contact with my family and I'm extremely sick with something my doctors can't figure out the cause so they can attempt a fix. I have disability insurance, but it is not as much as my wages and I'm suffering finances are suffering more each month. I have other options to help, but I rather just get back to work.

On the plus side I have a very close friend that comes over almost every day to help me. I don't know what I would do without him. It still is not a good time to move back to Hoopers Creek. The nice thing is when and if I do move back, I have a place to move to where a cousin can help me as I need it.

My friend and I are working on a joint Internet project, but these things take a lot of time to get off the ground. But we will do it. We are making progress every week. If things turn out with our project, I will try to involve Adam in a way that can help him. We'll see about that.

I have no idea when I will be back.

I Wish I Was With Them Again

2010-11-08T11:34:00.002-05:00

I'm going for my heart catheterization today. We'll see what happens. This is the only test I've been a little worried about. This is the only test I've felt could tell me I have a shortened life expectancy. Like all the other tests, this could be nothing and we will have to go from here. I'll keep you posted.

It Is Back

2010-10-28T20:25:00.002-04:00

The shaking is back. I lived with that all my life and went away with the ablation. I will tell my doctor about it and the seriousness of it if I see him tomorrow, but I won't live with it. This can be the brick that breaks the camel's back.

Seing My Son

2010-10-26T16:11:00.002-04:00

I had a dream of my son last night He assured me all was well several times. It was comforting.

I have a another respiratory function test on Friday. I'm requesting the Internet Archive to remove this blog from it's records. I have felt some better as of late. One of my doctors said he would help me get back to work. That would be nice.

Trigeminal Neuralgia

2010-10-02T15:15:00.002-04:00

I forgot to mention something earlier. As I was trying to file a claim for insurance I have been paying for since working full time at UNCH. I filled out the wrong form. I filled out the form asking to start insurance as though I was working. I was quite surprised with their response. They said they would not start coverage with me because I have trigeminal neuralgia .

I've never missed a full day for this condition and only left work a couple of times. I could of missed so many days and never called in one time for this and yet, to my complete total surprise, this condition makes me un-insurable. Out of all things. I can't believe so many people go on disability for this that it makes a person un-insurable.

However, this does make it necessary for me to remain connected with UNCH so I have insurance the remainder of my life. I'm glad I turned in the incorrect form or I would not know this.

Mark Rossini

2010-10-02T12:33:00.002-04:00

Just a quick update. After the lose of 30 lbs and a hospital visit, I've started feeling much better. I continue to have times I pass out and have low O2 saturation in the mid 80s. I continue to be tested with more tests being set up. My only condolence is when I tell them to put me in a psych ward if need be because I can't live like this I'm told it would not be possible for me to make up my test results, they just can't figure me out yet. I think they are going to heart catheterize me next. I have tried to work my way towards getting back to work, but work just fights it. They could help me if they wanted to. I'm not asking for a position to be made for me, but things can always be done a little different than planned for a short period the would benefit UNCH and myself to help me back on the road to better health and working. They tell me all rules are made in stone and no help can be given and no one can help look out for me to make things a little more in my favor if possible because nothing is possible.

As a nurse I have always helped someone else before myself and always put my patients before myself. As my health was deteriorating while at work all I was always told when I asked for some consideration so I wouldn't lose my job was "These are the rules." Even the rules gave supervision the room to make exceptions when they felt they were working with an unusual circumstance. What hurt the worse was that most of the things that was hurting me the most was done by nurses, the same people trained to put others first.

This brings me to Mark Rossini. If you click on the link to this post it will take you to the transcripts to a NOVA program about 9/11. Mark Rossini was an FBI Supervisory Agent at the time. In this program he stated "I can't come up with a rational reason why I didn't break the rules, pick up the phone, and tell that the hijackers, or really bad guys, are in the U.S. And I don't know if I'll ever be able to come to terms with that. I don't know. I really don't know. " As he looked back he understood when someone's health is at stake you break the rules if you have to. The rules are never as important as someone's health. Although my case is just one person and has little affect on anyone else, as nurses it was there place to break the rules if it meant helping a sick person and breaking the rules didn't hurt the hospital any. But they couldn't see this. As nurses, they have no excuse. One day I was told to work without my oxygen for my 12 hour shift or I would be fired. When I complained about this to employee relations I was told basically so what, you miss so many days and you are fired. As I sat there wearing my oxygen I was asked if I thought I was above the rules. I reminded them the rules allowed for discretion and wearing oxygen was reason for some discretion in how the rules were applied, I was just looked at.

On a very nice note, I have a friend that comes over almost every day to help me. I have gotten so much done. I've turned in insurance information, asked for help with my medical bills, etc. All these things were just too much stress on me to do my myself. On my own I would just look at what needed to be done, get a sick feeling and go back to bed or to lye on the couch. He has made the difference.

I did ask to go to a Spanish for Nurses class that was held for two hours once a week for six weeks. I felt this would help me towards getting back to work. I offered to do it with no pay, but I did want the nursing educational hours to help keep up my nursing license. I was told while I was on disability I was not permitted on the premises. It is clear to me UNCH has no plans on ever helping me become a productive worker again.

I will go for now. I did receive my MSN, after much stressful events. The window to SILS remains open as far as I can see. However, I need to get in better health before I think about that. I'm also trying very hard to decide when the proper time to move back to Hoopers Creek will be. I'm only putting out very high rent here if I'm not going to be going back to work.

Good News And Bad

2010-08-15T20:56:00.002-04:00

The good news is I've lost 23 of the 45 pounds I've gained. This leaves me with 22 more pounds to lose. The bad news is how bad I feel. I've been taking my oxygen off in the apartment because of how high my levels have been. I'm wearing my oxygen because my level was 88% and I feel so bad.

I was told the other day to turn my badge back in and my job was not secure after the 25th. All theses tests have taken weeks at a time to get results back. All of this has been so unfair to me. No one has thought of me and what I have been going through. Every time I need to speak with someone it is one to two weeks at the soonest I have a chance to speak with someone and then there is a major mess up that has to be straightened out. I could work with all of these delays, but all they have done have pushed my dead line for any job protection closer and closer.

I can't help but think they know exactly what they are doing. At one point I was looked at in the eyes and was asked, when you miss so many days then you just don't have a job anymore, do you think you are special?

I have all sorts of forms I don't know how to fill out and can't get help filling out. All I've done is gotten sick and I'm being treated like I've done something awful to the hospital. I remember a few years ago doctors at UNCH would make comments that my doctor in Asheville was only treating my symptoms, not a particular disease process.

Now I've had so many test and I'm told I can't be making up the tests results, they just can't find what is wrong with me yet. And in the mean time, all they can do it treat the symptoms. I didn't, but I wanted to so bad to tell a few doctors to come with me to Asheville that they need to give my doctor there an apology, and a big one.

As we get closer to what this problem is and when we find it, I would like to round up another group of a very large practice of doctors and let them apologize to me and the hell I continued to go to go through because their attitude of if they couldn't find the problem then it was time to start blaming the patient.

I'll see how this plays out, but I don't see UNCH back stepping any of its tracks. It looks like I will have plenty of time on my hands. And if this is the case, I think anyone and every one should know what I have been through.

Diarrhea

2010-08-08T23:23:00.002-04:00

I'm having diarrhea over 10 times today. I have these days every so often. I can't guess why. I have constipation on just a little more often basis. I've stopped telling doctors about these problems because most doctors just think I have no problems and since my problems have come to the point of making me not work, I'm trying trying to keep them down to which ones are the most major ones first. I hate I have lived the life I have lived, but I have. Almost most all of my family has disowned me because of me being sick and nonjudgmental. They can't see how much that hurts. Even the ones that clam not to be judgmental tell me the best thing to do is not to live around there. They love throwing religion into the mix, but I won't go there, that should have nothing to do with getting along with someone. I need to try and fall asleep.

Another Coma Like Sleep

2010-08-04T12:59:00.002-04:00

I was watching the Alfred Hitchcock Hour at 10 something and just woke up. I had no idea I was going to sleep. I'm a bit confused. I'm misspelling several words here that I'm having to go back and fix. I haven't had one of these sleeps in a few weeks that I can remember. I don't like this.