One more for the road!

Does it bother anyone else that we who are blogging and Facebooking are in essence saying, we really don't care that much about our privacy anymore? Especially if we don't set our blogs to private. We are just giving up rights to anybody who wants to read about our lives. I mean I know that the gov't could come in here at any point and tap into anything, but does it bother anyone else out there?

You're so Vain, you probably think this blog is about you....

Well, the waiting begins again. I had an MRI of my back (lumbar spine to be exact) done today. Not nearly as bad as the other one was, probably because I knew what I was walking into. I even got to listen to music in headphones this time. I think they will probably have the results ready on Friday at the dr's office. I hope there are some answers. Watch, they will probably be like... nope you are just fine!

On a J note.... he has switched nursery classes which has worked better than I thought that it would. Not that he can't hold his own cause he can...i think I was the one who was holding him back! Anyway, he pulled up to his feet on one of those push and go toys last night and took like 3 or 4 steps. Then he did it again later on. Maybe this is all quite normal for his age right now, but I was simply amazed. But he probably saw another child do it in his nursery class. He also wrote an overture last night for the baby Einstein opera edition. In a typical, first born, over achiever fashion, he is moving right along!

Saturday Night Fever

All my blood work came back normal! Yeah! That was a call at 7:15am this morning from my doctor.... who in the heck calls at 7:15am? But anyway... We took J to the pediatrician today for his 9 month check up. He's doing well if you all haven't seen him in a while.

Then, after I dropped the boys off, I went to the chiropractor who said he didn't take appointments. Issue #1... So I signed in to a sign in sheet at the receptionist desk, with no receptionist and sat down and picked up a People magazine. 45 minutes later I am still waiting to be seen and there is one person in front of me! i thought, I am going to be here for 3 hours! Vowing that I will see this guy today and then go somewhere else where they take appointments, thinking I have no time for this.... Finally, he comes and gets the lady and says I will be with you in a little while. I'm thinking well obviously, all these people have all day to sit around at the chiropractors office just waiting their turn, but I do not. But she only took like 5 min. 

So I go back there and it's a throw back form the 70's. I don't think they have updated anything since then. But then we start talking and he takes x-rays also on very 70's equipment. I am thinking, How much bad stuff am I really putting into my body at this point? But he goes and develops them in his back room.. comes out, we chat and then he works on my back... 

At the end of the visit, he gets out this blue tape and put three pieces on my back and stomach. He says this will trick my muscles into going the opposite way so they will unconstrict faster etc. I'm still not totally sure. He said if it starts to come off I can retape it with something else. He also says it's waterproof, so I should be able to leave it on for a few days!!!!! And that he could sell me a roll so I could keep putting this on for like the rest of my life! WHAT?!??! By 4pm it had half fallen off, and lost it's stickiness...so I took the rest of it off. I mean come on, picking up and putting down J and then holding him...are you serious? That stuff would only stay on if it's Duct tape and I refuse to donate my body to science. 

Needless to say, I will give this guy another shot on Wednesday and see if he can further help anything along. I have no idea how long it will take to see results. But it's probably a good idea that I went to see him when I did.

It really is all about me!

Yes folks, as you might have guessed, this blog will probably contribute to the size of my already large ego.  I used my son as a cover story and sure I'll post pics of how he is crawling and pulling up on things and write about how he loves being outside and is so cute when he rubs his feet in the grass while sitting in the grass every now and then, but if I can't get time on Cable Access (not because I have tried--but I would still like to), am not going to run for City Council here in Mt. Washington, (although I am pretty sure if I just had the money for the publicity aspect of things, I think I could win), or probably won't enter into real estate sales for at least another 20 years, then dag gone it...I am going to have something that is indeed all about me! 

I want to give a shout out to AC, who made a comment in my previous blog, for those of you that would like to reference where the idea for this blog originated ! 

So please stay tuned for further narcissistic episodes as they are recorded here where everyone can read about and maybe even relate to them, because at this point, I have no shame. 

It's confirmed! I am normal!

Okay, if you haven't seen on facebook, via email or any other type of communication. The MRI came back normal! So I have another dr. appointment on Friday. So we'll see where that leads us! Thanks for your thoughts and prayers! 

No news is good news right?

No news on my test results. I did call yesterday afternoon and nothing had come through, so I'll call again this afternoon. Hopefully, I'll have something to report.

Am I walking into a set from Star trek?

Okay, so I had my MRI done today. The first part lasted 30 minutes with the instructions: you may breathe, swallow and blink your eyes. So of course you know that everything in your body that could possibly itch started itching! But I knew, from reading on the internet, that if they stop in the middle of the process, they have to start all over. So I was too stubborn to let that happen. 

Have any of you had an MRI done lately? You walk into this room and it looks like a hovering spacecraft suspended from the thing that would keep a spacecraft in place. Anyway, I get situated, and they push my "board type thing" that I am laying on underneath this thing. It's like off white and 30 feet wide or so. So technically it's not a tunnel that you might have seem on tv, it's open, but it's not like I can sit up, cause that would ruin the scan. 

Regardless, she gave me earplugs  for the "jack hammering" sound that would take place, and pads for my head that would keep my head in place if I fell asleep (which remarkably I didn't do) and a helmet that would keep my head from moving as well. And she gave me blankets to keep me warm. She also gave me something in my left hand that I could squeeze at any point if I needed to stop, which was reassuring. 

After 30 minutes, she stopped the machine, pulled me out, injected some dye in my arm for contrast on the scan and 10 minutes later I was done! 

So the doctor's office gets the results tomorrow or the next day. I really hope they call me with good news. And I'd really like to figure out what's going on with my leg and all b/c it feels so weird!  I'll keep you all updated! 

This is so confusing!

Oh good night! This is ridiculous! I will have to call KJ and find out what I am doing wrong for now..... hang on, don't go to someone else's blog!

My First Attempt

I have finally caved to peer pressure. I thought if Jane had the time to create a blog, I could too! :) 

So that's all you get for now, since I'll work on the layout etc. and of course privacy settings! I am such an exciting blogger.... note the sarcasm....