AN OK DAY = FABULOUS!!!

        Who would think that OK equals fabulous?? But if my pain is OK/tolerable and lets me function, I think the day is absolutely fabulous!!  So glad that my pain is a little less!! I went to Marshalls to return a gift and then Dan and I went to the cemetery to get Amy's Christmas tree and my dad's tree. Sometimes the cemetery just clears everything out and it all gets trashed with no recourse to get the items back. I was looking around at everything at the cemetery today. There are so many beautiful Christmas items left at loved one's graves. Amy died in 2001 and I think there was only one other Christmas tree that Dan and I ever saw there.  But in the last few years, the number of trees has exploded and I just love it.
         Some people have been telling me how bad it is to take Gabapentin. I think it depends on your quality of life.  With no Gabapentin, my life is sort of on a couch or in extreme pain when I get up to do anything! At least today, I cleaned the upstairs and downstairs bathrooms, dyed my roots, and finished packing!!  I think my appointment with the new pain management doc is next week and I hope he thinks I am a good candidate for an ablation! I don't know if an ablation works for sacroiliac joints but I sure hope it will! I know that my worst herniation is at L5.
     I just finished reading Hour of the Bees for one of my book clubs.  It was far from a favorite book of mine. I would rate it a 4 out of 10.  I wasn't sure if I really got the theme of the book!  I think it is important to read books that you might not normally choose on your own.  For the library book club we are reading The Clockmaker's Daughter.  So far, so good! Someone I am friends with online started an online book club for bereaved moms. I have never done an online book club so I will think about joining it.  I don't know if I could get another book read in the month so I will see how that goes.
        Last night I was trying to roll over in bed. Geez, it took me so long!  Why don't we ever appreciate good health when we have it?? But we sure miss it when it leaves!
       

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