Well, today Staci got her cast off. I know! It seems pretty fast to me, too! It was only 3 weeks yesterday that she broke it. (I was going to take a picture or her getting it off, but of course, my camera batteries died right then....oh well, and they had her sitting on my lap with me holding her, so it would have been a little hard anyway!!) The doctor did x-rays and said that her arm was "well on it's way to being healed" but that it was still broken. I guess because of where the break was, it was not good to keep it casted very long for fear of not getting back the full mobility in her elbow. The doctor just said to "try and keep Staci from falling on it, and don't pull on it for a few weeks". I thought to myself, "hmmm... has this doctor SEEN the SIZE of STACI'S HEAD? Does he know that just in the waiting room waiting to get our name called this morning, she FELL 27 TIMES!? (Maybe a slight exaggeration, but still!) I could no more keep her from falling then I could keep her from screaming in Sacrament Meeting!" (and anyone in my ward could tell you that is not gonna happen!!) These were basically my thoughts, but the doctor assured me that this was the right thing to do. So now I am paranoid of anyone touching her or making her run ('cause she ALWAYS falls when runs). Anyway, wish me luck to keep her arm from breaking again!! Yikes!
I am sorry it has been hard for me to post anything lately. I just haven't been in my normal blogging mood! I don't know why, but I have been pretty busy with things that are not blog-worthy (i.e. Doctor's visits, cleaning the house, yelling at the kids, wondering why all of my earrings are in a bowl filled with water and 9 batteries, and how long they've been like that!). I have recently gone to a neuro-muscular dentist that seems to have helped me. He hooked me up to a machine that basically sent shocks to my jaw and neck and shoulders. After more than an hour on that machine (It was interesting because I had all of these involuntary twitches that I could not control... about every second I twitched and blinked... interesting) my jaw was basically numb and he could see where I should naturally have my teeth fit together. I know it sounds weird, but then he shaved off a bunch of my tooth enamel (on all but my top 4 and bottom 4 front teeth) and fit my teeth together better. Before he did this the ONLY teeth in my mouth that lined up were my wisdom teeth! The dentist says that this will probably really help with my TMJ! I hope so, because the ear pain and migraines and everything else has just been getting worse and worse! I have been up to about 5 migraines a week! And I DON'T use the term migraine loosely! It is the kind that makes you just want to sit in a dark room and cry!! Well, I obviously can't do that (being the basically single mom that I am while Geoff is in school!) and so I just would sit in the light family room and cry! Anyway, today it seems like I have had a lot of relief of my pains! I am sceptical, of course, because no one has had the answer, but I am also optimistic that this will help. Is it possible to be sceptical and optimistic at the same time? I guess it is, 'cause I am.
Yesterday at the doctor's office I read a quote by John Homer Miller that says, "Circumstances and situations do color life - but you have been given the MIND to CHOOSE what the color shall be!" This is my new goal... to try REALLY hard to look at life and not focus on what is wrong with it - but what is right with it! P.S. If any of you didn't hear Elder Uchtdorf's talk in the Relief Society broadcast last Saturday, read it!! It was SO good! If you finished this post, you are a true friend, or you really have nothing better to do!
8 comments:
Good luck, and that was a totally blog-worthy post! And I think you can be optimistically skeptical:) And yes, President Uchdorf's talk was AWEsome! Thanks for posting:) Love ya!
Good Luck Em! Melis told me about all of this, but I figured I'd read about it too! I love you, and I hope you can do everything in your power to keep Staci from breaking her arm again.
That TMJ thing sounds interesting...I am so glad that it is seeming to help! I've definitely learned to think "outside of the box" when it comes to finding help for my pain. Good luck with everything. I really feel for you. And by the way, I was just going to post something on Elder Uchtdorf's talk...I was trying to keep my mouth from hanging open the whole time I was watching it...AMAZING!!!
We finished reading your posting, and it is because we ARE your true friends AND we have nothing better to do. Good luck getting Staci to fall on her right arm instead of her left.
Give our love to all three of those sweet kiddos!
Mom and Dad
I am so glad that you have some pain relief!! I really hope it works!
Love ya!
Love your new autum look!
Wow...that TMJ sounds awful, and I don't know how you cope. But I know you do just like all of us moms barely hangin' in there! :) I hope you get the relief you deserve.
First I want to say I am glad you do blog because the beginning of this post seriously put a smile on my face...know you are not the only one with earrings in a bowl of water ;)
Second - SO SO SORRY about TMJ. I had no idea. That has to be so miserable. And to not have an answer must be so frustrating. I hope your teeth shaving helps. I definitely get headaches when I have uneven teeth. As for migraines - 5 a week - SO SO SORRY! Migraines are the worst - I know first hand what you are talking about - immediately dark room, eyes covered and to sleep or I die - and it's barf city. But how do you manage with 3 kids - yea, good luck! But I wish you the best road to recovery. Keep searching - there is something out there.
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