Better!!

Well even though I don't go to the MD until tomorrow I made it through today's 6 hours with very little back pain and then only at the end as I had to cover for someone and did alot of twisting in a chair.  I'm so happy! I'm hoping the MD will let me do a couple of weeks of PT and then back to work. I'm hoping for the last week in April or the first of May..

We have vacation that starts Wednesday and Spring break for DS starts on Saturday and the weather is supposed to be great. I have alot I want to do without hurting my back anymore so here's hoping my hubby is ready to work with me guiding him..

~Wild Irish Wanderer

Sunshine maybe!

Well supposedly by Friday we care supposed to have sun for about 5 days with the weather....GASP! at 60 degrees which where I live is summer weather.. My back is still bothering me so bad that I go home after only 4 hours although I can stay for 6 but when I did on Monday I paid badly for it the rest of the day.

I'll do four hours this week and try to increase to 5 or 6 by next week and I see the MD again next Tuesday so we'll see what she says then..

I'd like to at least take a small drive this weekend if the weather is going to be nice, I know I can't hike or snowshoe but I'd love to get out of the house for awhile, but DH works Saturday and only has Sunday off then works Monday and Tuesday so I know he won't want to go anywhere, and I don't blame him.

I'm praying that by the time really nice weather comes around I'll be healed and ready to hike some short fairly easy hikes, I'd like to hike Oak Island again it's a nice flat easy hike to do..

~Wild Irish Wanderer

Not much going on and back update

Well I'll start with my back update... Still hurts especially when I sit for any length of time. I'll make a MD appointment for next Friday since I'll have worked my half days by then and I'll know how it goes.

And as you can guess there is not much going on since it still hurts. I'm going to have to ask the MD to refill my medications since I'm almost out.

~Wild Irish Wanderer

Again!

  Late Last night I found out that my supervisor AGAIN, used my vacation pay for the past two weeks I have been off on L&I, I'm furious as now I don't have any vacation time saved up for said vacation in two weeks.

  I'd like to know why she thinks It's okay to use vacation time for a work related injury when I'm supposed to be paid BY the L&I company for those two weeks I've been off and any other time I have incurred while being off. It's not my full paycheck mind you, but it's better then nothing at all.

  I do have disability insurance that I personally pay for that I could use if I had to but since I don't plan on being off that long I really wish she would have left my vacation accruals alone..

  I've cut all my coupons for this week and now I just need to put them away and go thru my coupon folder, I've used coupons for years to supplement our grocery bills and love them.

  Nothing planned from our bucket list since I'm not risking my back, although we did go clam digging last weekend, I watched while DH and DS-Y dug up the clams, we had alot of fun and got 20 clams to boot, we could have gotten 10 more but DH's back was starting to kill him so we stopped.
There is another clam dig at the end of this month I think we are planning to go to it's 4 days long, I'd like to stay there this time and watch them dig for two days instead of one.  Oh, and they are so good it only took us an hour to get those 20 clams...

~Wild Irish Wanderer

Finally!

I have my MRI today and I'm going to try to get an MD appointment for either today or Monday to see if I can at least go back to work on Light Duty. I have the weekend off any way and was scheduled to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so I'm hoping she will say it's okay.

I'm going to measure my pantry cabinets and scour the thrift stores to see if I can find some baskets that will work to keep my stuff in, my cabinets are very deep and they don't pull out thus causing the stuff in the back to go bad before we use them up. It's my solution to wishing I had a better kitchen layout with better cabinets but that will be done someday just not right now.

I still need to put laundry away but I'll have to wait for DH to get up before I can do that so he can carry them upstairs.

We have no plans for this weekend other then take our taxes to our accountant, since I'm not pushing my luck regarding my back I'd rather be safe then sorry, especially since I want to go back to work next week badly..

~Wild Irish Wanderer

Boredddddd

Well while I want for the L&I company to decide on whether they think I need an MRI on my back I'm dying of boredom!!  I have...

Rearranged the stuff in our closet and bought baskets to put stuff in.

Rearranged the extra stuff in the office on the shelving units.

Kept up with the Laundry.. A feat I have never be able to do before :-)

Kept up with the Dishes.. See Above :-)

Made shampoo bars and candles..

Read enough books for the whole year..

Read all my magazines I get on my Ipad..

Read every blog I can think of..

Discovered Pinterest!!!!!

As you can see I'm almost out of stuff to do.. I am going to try to get ahold of the MD today to see if I can go back to work on light duty next week or I just may go stark raving crazy at home..

~Wild Irish Wanderer

Oh and yes most of this stuff was done under the influence of Pain medication because, well you don't have back pain after you've taken pain medication and boy do you feel either sleepy as heck or energized and ready to go depending on which you took :-)

What's Up at our house

So today I have officially started doing light exercise again, just walking on the bow flex and some stretches to help my back. I have a goal of reaching 150lbs by August 10th. I will be working out on the bow flex every day since it's not hard on my back I'm sure this is doable. Now to just tackle my diet, which sucks btw.

I ordered a Bountiful Basket for this week, it's been awhile since I did it but I loved the fruit and vegetables that come in the basket.

I ordered Chicken from Zaycon, which I do every time we get low, now I just have to wait for the Hamburger to come up again as we are getting low on that also. We love Zaycon's Chicken and Hamburger, great prices and great quality.

My back doesn't hurt at all this am and I'm hoping it stays that way, I'm just waiting for an MRI to be approved from the L&I company because I can't go back to work until it's done.

The rain is back and although it was beautiful yesterday I'm not minding the weather at this point because we actually had a decent winter, no pouring rains for 6 months, no snow and NO flooding!!

That's it for this update, off to make breakfast...

~Wild Irish Wanderer

What's Up!

So not much happening here, still off work due to my back which I might say hurts every morning when I get up, in fact right now I'm sitting with a heating pad on my back since it helps alot!!

Nothing planned although I do want to go to The Container Store next weekend and I hope DH will take me there since in less It's a dire need I haven't really been driving much..B U T boy does the seats on my car make my back feel better especially on long drives I love having heated seats :-)

I need to send an email to our local TV station to see if there is anything they can do regarding the United fiasco, if not we know we'll never, ever fly United again I don't care how cheap they might be, their customer service absolutely SUCKS!!

I'm sad we have all this stuff on our bucket list and can't do any of it since I hurt my back and of course the weather is so nice right now, although it's supposed to rain starting tomorrow, I hear the weekend will be nice..

I've paid all our bills I can until the other two come in the mail and then I'll move whatever is left over to savings.

~Wild Irish Wanderer