• Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Catalogs, Doctors, and Pain

Well, I may be put up and in pain often, but I did get to leaf through many of my seed and plant catalogs and I'm so, so, so ready to begin plans for my garden! Winter is a beautiful time to plan for this. I can just imagine the soil getting ready for spring, and how the snow is helping me out. I'm looking forward to the spring season, of course, but winter gives me a lot of time to plan, re-plan, and continue planning till I have what I want. A good thing is I think I'll be asking to splurge for a pressure canner as the season gets toward the gathering time. I want to can some things. I know it will help our budget immensely if we do this. So I'll be speaking to my friends, my Mom, and probably a lot of ladies I know for help! I've not canned in over 14 years. I'm sure not much has changed, but I do need to check. The last time I canned, I could barely talk over the pressure guage and there was so much that needed done for prep-work that I felt like I was in a continuous sweat zone. I'll see how things have changed in over a decade and figure things out. But from all things I have seen so far, not much has changed that I can see. But, again, I have to do some research. My neck isn't any better. I've been using ice and acetametaphin to help. I finally found the bottle of acetametaphin and rejoiced. The asprin wasn't helping much. I think the acetametaphin does a better job, at least I think it does. Sometimes I wonder if it's just my imagination. The pain isn't very fun. I'm a high tolerance type of gal. I can take a lot of pain. I take it in stride and just say it's part of life. We get in pain sometimes. It's not something that's fun, but it happens. I'm lucky in that I can't really feel much at some points, and that it doesn't bother me. For example, after each C-section I've had I've been up and walking the same day, in the shower, and getting clean!! I will not stay down. I don't like it. Perhaps my stubborness is what brings me to ignore the pain? Well, I'm not sure what it is, but this pain is not good. If I can feel it like I am, something is very wrong. I don't like going to doctors. A lady who I "talk" to often and have discussions with on-line came over from the United Kingdom to live in the United States. Over in the United Kingdom healthcare is awesome compared to the United States. Here, well, the US doesn't look good for anyone who needs a Doctor. I've worked in the field. It isn't a special place at all. There are too many people looking to make money and far too less who are actually caring for people. It's shocking. It's sad. And the Goverment, who are really a bunch of nincompoops, can't get their thick heads out of the tiny hole they are placed in (AHEM....), and actually make something happen. I don't know how or why the Government suddenly got involved in how a Doctor treats me, but you know, I think that was a huge mistake somewhere down the historical line. I thought I could treat this at home, and I'm attempting to do so, but if necessary I'll be heading in to the Doctor next week. My Mom has had previous problems with thyroid and jaw trouble, and even though this is the back of my neck (from ear to spine and down shoulder and arm on the left) one can never know if it's the thyroid acting up. Ew. I just do not think I like the idea of going in.... Ah, well, this too shall pass.

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