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frustratedearthmother
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Can y'all just see the look of total relaxation on my face this morning??? I had some hot tub time last night! Now-it's not totally ready for soaking, but we cheated a little bit cuz as soon as that thermometer read 99 degrees we was IN it, lol. I was worried about DH getting in and out but he did pretty good. My biggest fear was that he wod slip and hit his side on the edge of the tub and break his ribs even more. So glad that didn't happen!
we finally have an explanation of why he's still having problems with his left side. He's got what is called a 'slipped rib' on that side....as if the 7 broken ribs on the other side weren't enough. It just means that rib slips in and out of place-so painful when it happens and it happens just about every time he breathes. I can even hear it click and if I put my hand on his chest I can feel it pop....yuck!
I'm going to make him an appt with an ortho guy and see what his advice is. From the research I've done it doesn't sound good... Not life threatening, but surely screws up the quality of life. He can't really use the arm on that side because it pulls on those muscles and pops that rib out of place. My poor DH. He didn't need this on top of his other health challenges...
I got a little more area in the small garden cleaned up and planted a lettuce mix and started some more napa cabbage and broccoli plants.
Having retirement dreams lately-but have at least 5 more years...unless win the lottery!
we finally have an explanation of why he's still having problems with his left side. He's got what is called a 'slipped rib' on that side....as if the 7 broken ribs on the other side weren't enough. It just means that rib slips in and out of place-so painful when it happens and it happens just about every time he breathes. I can even hear it click and if I put my hand on his chest I can feel it pop....yuck!
I'm going to make him an appt with an ortho guy and see what his advice is. From the research I've done it doesn't sound good... Not life threatening, but surely screws up the quality of life. He can't really use the arm on that side because it pulls on those muscles and pops that rib out of place. My poor DH. He didn't need this on top of his other health challenges...
I got a little more area in the small garden cleaned up and planted a lettuce mix and started some more napa cabbage and broccoli plants.
Having retirement dreams lately-but have at least 5 more years...unless win the lottery!
this afternoon. I was going in and out of the house in my feeding routine and smelled something....that burning plastic nasty smell that always means something is WRONG. I was headed for the garage to look around but I had a bucket in my hand so I stepped out to the back porch to set it down and could see smoke coming from the box. (The box is on the back porch, right next to the hot tub) I yanked the fuse thingy outta there and thankfully the fire went right out. It was a tiny fire, but who knows if it woulda grown. That stupid thing coulda really messed up my freshly painted house...grrrrrr!
But if it keeps up- I might be able to convince him. One of his therapists mentioned DMSO to him the other day and he's considering it, but first he wants to see the orthopedic doc. Maybe he'd go for a therapeutic massage at least. He's getting real tired of this so pretty soon I'm sure he'll start looking for anything that will help!
