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Chewy not eating

Not sure what is wrong with him. I know he is likely hurting and he is on his medication. When we fed the dogs this morning everyone ate but him. I even put the food topper on it, still nothing. I did get him to eat his probiotic and an immune boosting treat but he won’t touch his food.

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It's Monday!

It’s Monday! What are your plans for the week?

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Fun day cut short

I have a friend I follow on tiktok who has a six year old child who has autism. As you know I also have an adult/child with autism so I definitely know what they are going through. I wanted to share their experience when they visited a park and their day was cut short. Please take the time to watch his video and if you have any suggestions let him know. I am sharing this post with him so if…

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There's a leak

These past few weeks have been crazy. Since getting out of the hospital I have been on a scheduled medication every four hours. I have been waiting for an appointment the see the surgeon (again). Not only the neurosurgeon but the surgeon that will be doing the ankle replacement. That appointment had to get postponed since the other issue showed up recently. I imagine that I will end up…

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I have been off my feet for the past few days as I did something (or just too much) on Thursday night and I am paying for it now. My low back and my left hip along with the top part of my left thigh are killing me. No matter what I have taken or put on it has it subsided. I do not know what the hell I did. Unless it is it one of those cysts on my ovaries that may have ruptured and I just…

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Unexpected

A few days ago I had what I thought was just a follow-up appointment to discuss how a new medication was working for my bladder issues. After being called back they put me in a room to have a transvaginal ultrasound done. I didn’t recall needing to have this done but I wasn’t necessarily opposed to it because of my history of ovarian cysts. So… got the ultrasound done and then put in another…

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Too many cut short

Man o Man this weekend was absolutely crazy. Originally I was supposed to attend a vendor event on Sunday (doing my Pure Romance stuff) But some almost tropical like weather was coming from the south and it was forecasted to hit on Sunday. So the organizers changed it to Saturday. We knew that everything advertised up to that point showed Sunday but I know had we all even been there no one…

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First Infusion

Day 1 Infusion 1… It didn’t help it was cold already lol. Left there and went to get something in my stomach. Have another one this week.

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Unsolicited Comfort

With all the shit currently going I have tried a plethora of things to try and reduce stress. I could take meds but I don’t need to be zonked out and then not being able to keep an eye on Dusty. From pain to anxiety… I know it’s not the end of the world but it’s just stress. I want a hug and to be able to speak to my momma but I know I can’t. I talk to her urn. When I saw these sweats and…

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This was not how I wanted to start my week after Thanksgiving. My husband calls me on his way to work to tell me that the truck told him to immediately turn it off. SO… he pulled over right before entering the base to go to work. It said oil something. I called my bff’s hubbie and got him to get up and go get him and then tow the truck to the dealership. Fast forward to Tuesday morning… I…

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If you know...

If you know…. you know. I haven’t posted my entire life story and probably won’t but for those who see this… Those who know me personally… Those who know most of what I’ve been through in my life… Then you know know why I posted this. But to say I’ve made it to see the age of 50, a half of a century years old, 5 decades… then you know that is an accomplishment of sorts. I never thought I’d…

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4 Advent Calendars Left!

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Gone to work

Do you ever just miss your spouse while they are gone to work? I mean there isn’t anything different that is going on or spouse isn’t gone for anything out of the norm. Well … this is where I am right now. I just miss my husband more than the norm. He is gone to work just like any normal day of the week but for whatever reason I miss him lol. Even though he can annoy the shit out of me I…

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Curveball

Man if life don’t have a funny way of throwing you a curveball… My son’s neurologist of almost 20 yrs is closing his doors!! Ughhh Hopefully they can refill all his seizure medications temporarily to tide us over. Time to find someone new ASAP It doesn’t help that our primary care doc is out all week either. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Tired for a reason?

Why the hell am I ALWAYS TIRED! Like seriously… I wake up tired… I am consistently tired throughout the day no matter what I do. Now, I did go get some blood work done and my iron storing ability is zilch… like almost non existent. So for now I am taking iron supplements but have to watch it because since I take pain meds the risk off over constipation is there. I say “over” because I deal…

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You know… there are times when I truly just can’t with my son… Here he is 30 years old and sometimes he acts like he’s six years old. He has been throwing tantrums like a little kid. He has been going outside in the backyard, dropping his pants/drawers and peeing 🤦🏼‍♀️ I can only imagine the horror if any of my neighbors were watching. Granted we do have six foot fence but my neighbor behind…

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The Iron-e

Life isn’t fun without something always shaking it up LOL. I have been so tired lately and we couldn’t figure out why exactly. I kind of chalked it up to menopause. Supplements after supplements nothing seemed to work. Well I had gone to my primary doc for some bloodwork. My doc and I had both forgotten why exactly we started this but she went back and looked and saw I had dizziness and…