Emotional Roller Coaster

I cried myself to sleep last night, but finally slept. I woke up around 4am to go to the bathroom and found DH sitting next to the bed, just watching me. He had been up all night long, "watching to make sure you were alright", as he explained it. Today, he was edgy. In fact, he was worse than a pregnant woman waiting for labor with an overactive nesting instinct. I'm worried about him.

Migraine Mystery: solved but not resolved

It has been a somewhat emotional day around here. My OB-GYN referred me to a neurologist. Not just any neurologist, he insisted on this one particular neuro who last I heard wasn't even accepting new patients. But my OB-GYN somehow got me into see him.

My new neurologist ordered an angiogram, that I had done yesterday afternoon. I wondered yesterday if something was wrong. As the dye goes into your system, you can feel it moving throughout your body...a really hot, flushed feeling with a metallic taste and smell. I felt it only on the right side of my body, tasted it on only the left side of my mouth and felt it only on the left side of my head. Then the test was done. I questioned, "Are you sure that dye infused completely?" They assured me it did.
I left thinking, "Wow! That was really bizarre."

This morning, the neurologist called the house and asked to review my schedule with him so that he could get me scheduled with a neuro surgeon next week. Yesterday's test showed an aneurysm on my anterior communicating artery. (the front half of the circular blood vessel, circulating between the two sides of the brain) It has not ruptured, thank God, but is bulging and causing pressure in my head. They need to get it repaired before it ruptures.

Considering I've been walking around and working with this thing for a couple of months, we decided to schedule for Tuesday morning.
I needed some time to tie up some loose ends at home and sit down to discuss with my family before such an event. At this point, we are not sure if I will be a candidate coiling or if they will need to go in and clip it. We'll hopefully know Tuesday. That decision will determine whether I will remain here or need to have my treatment moved to Emory University in Atlanta.

Needless to say, I've been on an emotional roller coaster all day today. Please keep me and my family in your prayers.

Return from Gone Fishing

Well, we're back from our fishing trip. We had a good time, despite the weather changing every few hours over the entire weekend. Here are some pics I scrapped from the weekend, using Tina Williams GONE FISHING KIT that is on sale this week! :)


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See how serious Oyster Happy Hour is to these girls?!?! *LOL*

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Gone Fishing

I'm off to the Gulf to do some fishing. I may post while gone if we have a rainy day. If not, I'll update y'all when I return! :)

TGISaturday

I'm SO glad it's the weekend! Things at work have been SO chaotic and stressful. It's everything I can do to get through the week lately.

I've had no headache since my last post. I still have some swelling in my left temple; and we still don't know why. I'm going to take some time off mid-month and head down to the gulf for a few days. When I return that Monday, I'll see a neurologist. Maybe he can determine what's going on?

In the interim, I'm trying to do a better job at managing my home. The house has gotten completely out of control. I don't know where in the heck all this STUFF comes from. I think we have elves who think they are doing me a favor by creating more stuff and duplicating other things during the night. With school back in full gear, we're all on the run, giving those little elves even more opportunity to create havoc in the house.

I started cleaning out last week and stacking boxes in the living room to go to a yard sale and/or the thrift store. That plan didn't go over well with DH, who feels the living room should remain clean at all times since it's the main room of the house. I, on the other hand, feel that the LR is the most central area of the house and the most efficient to collect and stack while cleaning. I've TRIED explaining to DH that he CAN ignore it for a week or so until I can get it all finished; afterall, it's just ONE room. He made it 3 days before he announced "I can't stand it anymore!" and started moving everything around again. My boxes are again all over the house; and I'm ready to strangle him!

Neither of us like the house cluttered or messy. But on the other hand, our cleaning syles are very different. These two facts can create some substantial tension during such busy, hectic times. Although much better now than during the first few years of our marriage, we still can't seem to "come together" on this topic. I wonder if there are any therapists out there who specialize at cleaning counseling? We may need it sometime! *LOL*

In the evenings, while the girls are doing homework and settling in for the night, I've been working on a scrapped Faithbook for my grandson. You can check out the pages I've finished thus far by right-clicking the title on this post, and opening a new window.