This is not a mirage...

Hi ya! I know it's been awhile... & a lot has happened (ok, not a lot) since last I blogged.

There's good & bad news... well, not that bad.

Anyway, start off with the not so good news... Let me back up a little, in case you didn't see my "quick note" about my surgery...

I went up to The Cleveland Clinic (TCC) a week ago for the pre-ops & all was going well & we were on our way home. In fact, we (my mom & I) were at our exit on the highway, when I got the call from Dr. Di's nurse. All my blood work came back fine... however, the urine analysis didn't. Seems I had a bladder infection. The results were not slight, it was obvious.

This surprised me because I had no symptoms that I could think of... but then she mentioned frequency... yep, I had that... so much I was going to ask Dr. Di if it was a sign of things getting worse with my Chiari, but forgot.

Now that was answered... but not the way I had hoped. Since I had an infection they had to cancel the surgery for the next day... and they called me in some antibiotics. You would think that they could reschedule for this week... but nope, Dr. Di is completely booked. So, the nurse said she'd talk with him to see if there's a day he could work me in... & that we have 4 weeks for the results of all the rest to still be valid. I'd just need to get another urine test within a week before the rescheduled date.

After several calls & messages left, I finally got a call yesterday from the nurse again to say that she's still trying to find a way to get me in within the 4 weeks. However, it's not looking good. She said she's trying to see if some other doctors would be off in one of those days so that a room would be open for Dr. Di... but she's still waiting to hear back.

Then she said that the 1st open slot she has at the moment is August 20th. ARRRRGGGGHHHH... I may have to wait THREE MORE MONTHS... Why can't I have my original date of June 25th? Well, seems Dr. Di is not going to be there that day! UGH!!!

I told her that if someone else ends up canceling or something to give me a call. We can drop everything & be up there. If not, she has me penciled in for August 20th. Yes, that means I'd have to go through all their pre-ops again! *sighs* ... Yes, I will be forceful and ask that it be done a week ahead so that we don't end up in the same situation.

When I told her when the next person who is turned away because of something similar, she said that won't happen because they're tested a week before. I told her that was what was supposed to happen to me too, but the scheduling department didn't get me in until the day before. I said again, we'll drop everything to get me up there if a slot opens.

So, that's where we stand as far as that. It's not bad bad news... but it's not good either. Waiting another 3 months is not going to be fun at all... especially since my bad days are getting to be worse... & have out weighed the good days for a long time now.

It's all just a pain in the ... neck & head (literally) & I don't have to worry that this is terminal or anything like that. I've lived with it for this long, I guess another 3 months isn't going to matter... It does give me more time to deal with Social Security.

Yeah, that's still up in the air. & That's another long story that I'd rather not get into at the moment. Suffice to say, I'm still waiting!

Now... let's move on to the good news!!! Hubby & I are moving... WOO HOO!! Next weekend if all goes well (& if I'm not going to be at TCC) we should be in our new home.

My hubby's best bud is moving to Tennessee & they knew that we wanted out of our house we're in now. (We live in the city limits & hate it!) So, they worked it out that we'll rent from them... and we'll be paying the same amount we have for our mortgage. Which is great!

It's a house on 5 acres of land & it's not out in the country where we're miles from everything. The house it's self is a little small, but will be quite manageable for us & our 2 dogs.

This will be wonderful for Coleman & Sunny, because they'll be able to get out & run. There's an invisible fence so, once they're "trained" we'll be able to let them out without leashes. Being that Coleman is a Border Collie, it's going to be great for him to get that exercise.

I'll miss a few things from this house... one being that the big kitchen... but then again, we won't have space to junk it up like it is now. LOL! ... The other thing is my dutch doors. (The kind that is split in the middle so you can just open the top half.) That we can always get later... I think. Do they even still make them?

Oh & we're going to "inherit" 2 barn cats too, named Tiger & Prince. I guess they're smart kitties too. They will lay down just out of the line of the invisible fence when the dogs are out... so, that'll be interesting to see how Coleman & Sunny will deal with the fact they can't really chase them.

What's going to be tough for us is that we're going to have to do a "short sale" for our house... or just turn it over to the lender. Mainly because the property around here is just not selling & we're still trying to deal with being behind while Hubby was laid off for over a year. It's not going to hurt me, credit wise, because I've never had good credit... it's just going to be a big hit for Hubby's credit if we can't get it sold for the amount we owe... but we're not too worried since we have a new home now... which I'm looking forward to!!!

Looking forward to the peace & quiet... central air... & a fireplace (even though it's gas!)... & room for the doggies to run... & outside cats! (I love cats, but can't deal with the litter boxes & etc... so, it's going to be great!)

Yes, I'll post pictures soon as I can... just keep in mind that it maybe awhile.

Other than that... everything else is still the same around here. Take care & talk with ya later!