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Tomorrow, my husband will undergo some cardiac stress tests.

We are both praying that the tests show he is able to have surgery. We cannot imagine what his life would be like having to be catheterized every day for the rest of his life. horrible

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I know that is a strange title for an article, but it states my feelings.

My husband was supposed to be operated on December 10. It did not happen. we went to the Anesthesia assessment unit with my husband for his pre-op interview. It went okay until the nurse verified that he had stopped his Plavix and daily aspirin. Well, we were not told that was necessary. The information that we got from the secretary did not include that little bombshell.

Well, the operation was canceled. Then my husband was told to visit a cardiologist. We did that. Now he has to under go a thallium stress test. It is not until the 17th of December. One whole week after he was supposed to be operated on. The continued waiting is getting worse. The new operation is not even mentioned, yet. The cardiologist is going on vacation the same day of the test and will not be back until the 22nd. So, my husband is scheduled with another cardiologist the day after the test, on the 18th.

Meanwhile each day, is the procedure where my husband is catheterized at least 3 xs a day with accompanying pain each and every time. He suffers daily cramping inside his gut. He has pain almost all of the time either from hurt after the cramp, or from the procedure itself.

I could scream.

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Well, my husband was supposed to be operated on on December 10th.

It was fouled up. The secretary ‘forgot’ to give all of the information to us. My husband was supposed to stop 2 medicines for a week before the operation, and we were never told of this. Now, he has to go through the cardiologist the day after he was supposed to be operated on and we do not know when the operation will be.

Yes, I am GROWLING HERE. He has to go through unnecessary pain every day that should be ending soon. Instead he will be going through it for at least one week longer. It makes me wonder what else the secretary fouled up.

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Guess what? I still have the chair that I called 5 wheels of torment. It still does cause problems when I forget just how close the wheels are and I manage, yet again, to hit my toes. Talk about pain! I try to avoid turning the air blue, but it does hurt.

I still have a grudge against the person who decided that things should have 5 wheels and not four.

Every time I try to roll the chair, it goes in a direction that I do not want. I am used to it by now, but it still makes me cringe when my toes get involved. Then there are the 5 wheels that torment people in the hospital when there is an IV stand that is involved. I have not yet found even one of them that rolls in a straight line. GROWL

Maybe there is a ’scientific’ reason for using 5 wheels, but just try to make that item roll in only one direction. Bet you can’t.

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Have you ever had times when you can’t think? Your mind feels fuzzy, your thoughts are disordered, and you find it hard to focus? Been there done that.

It ain’t no fun. Just try to balance a checkbook when the numbers don’t make any sense. I hate that feeling. It is not easy to errands or drive in any sensible manner. Muzzy, wuzzy, fuzzy head is not fun. Yes, I am griping. I’ve been missing sleep lately, and that leaves me with the problem of not being able to think.

It would be nice is there was a medicine that could stop the problem. However, every medicine can have its side effects. The thing that keeps me from getting my sleep is the pain in my bones and joints. My pain meds do not seem to work as well as they used to work. I refuse to give up however. I will try to think anyway. Ha, so there, I guess that stubborn does sometimes pay.

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Well, the pain monster has been striking again.The arthritis that has been bothering me these past weeks has really gone overboard in keeping me awake even when I’m very tired.

I even dreamed about taking pain pills during the time that I was asleep. It is hard to sleep when it keeps feeling like there is a white hot poker being shoved into my knee cap. Last night I got so desperate to get sleep that I had to take Aleve, Ibuprofen, and Aspirin. Of course that is also including coating my knee with muscle rub to induce heat into the joint. UG, not fun, not, not, not! I realize that I sound like I’m griping, because I am. I figure it is better to grip with the keyboard than to expose my loving husband to the gripes. He cares, and does not deserve to hear the gripes. Getting this off my chest helps. I can see the humor in dreaming about pain pills, though. The dreaming of it doesn’t help, but it does make for interesting thoughts when I wake up.

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Another thing that I have found with the heat around us, is the fact of pain.

My fingers hurt, my back, toes, ankles, my back, it seems to be every where. Cold is a hazard to someone with Arthritis, so is a change in the weather. It seems that I get used to one type of weather, then it changes, and I have all of the aches again while my system adjusts to the change in the weather, I adjust to the change in the amount of pain.

Pain killers will only go so far in relieving the aches. The stiffness makes it harder to adjust at the same time. I am not whining, just stating a fact of life. When I was younger, I used to hear adults talking about kids having growing pains. I used to think that that was what was bothering me in my joints. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized that not everyone had pain all of the time. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I had a name to put to what was bothering me - osteoarthritis. It has been with me all of my life. Most of the time I just ignore it, but there are some times that I can’t. The absence of pain is a wonderful thing, I’ve said that before. That is another reason to avoid the extreme heat outside. However, I do have bills to pay, and some of them make it necessary to go outside and around town to get it done. If the pain left and didn’t come back, I honestly do not think that I would miss it, do you?

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Ever stubbed your toe and lost your breath? We’ve all been there like it or not. As much as everybody dislikes it, pain has a use. It tells you that there is something wrong. The thing that is wrong could be something very temporary, small or insignificant. OR–it could be something very important. The worst physical pain I’ve felt caused me to scream and cry every time I had to stand. I took aspirin, Tylenol, ibuprophen and Aleve. All of these at the same time. I timed them so if one was due to be taken, the others were still working. Believe it or not, it didn’t help my pain all that much. I’d gotten a skin infection in my leg. I still have the scar that was left–to this day. The doctor told me that I came close to losing that leg. I didn’t, thank God.

At the time I thought that was the worst; but, I’ve since learned differently. I could ease the pain by elevating that leg, until I had to walk, of course. The worst physical pain isn’t necessarily the most intense; but, a constant dull ache that will not leave! The unending character of that ache can drive a person to the brink of falling apart.

The absence of pain is something that is taken for granted by many people. Until pain, or ache present themselves, they are not thought of in any serious way by most people.

The absence of pain is—WONDERFUL!

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