OUCH!Writing side in pain.
TTYL/T
TTYL/T
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Harborwalk Scoops and Bites, best in U.S. ice cream right here in River City AKA Punta Gorda Florida!
A five year in existence family run business run with love and old fashioned flair and product quality and customer care friendliness is the same as in the olden days. No wonder they were named No.1 ice cream parlor in America and they are right here in our local Charlotte County Florida backyard in Laishley Park on the beautiful Peace River, in Punta Gorda, which pays credence to their expression of uniqueness saying, "Where you can enjoy the view with your ice cream!" Come on down!
Full story link below:
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Menu below:
Here is a list of their homemade flavors:
Black Cherry
Black Raspberry
Butter Pecan
Captain Rum Raisin
Cherry Vanilla
Chocolaty Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Chip vs. Cookie Dough
Chocolate Hapiness
Coffee
Coffee Chip
Cookies and Cream
Kit Kat Crunch
Mapple Walnut
Mint Chocolate Chip
Moo Tracks
Simply Caramel
StrawberryToasted Coconut
Turtelicious
Vanilla
Vanilla Chip
And our Big Olaf Creamery Flavors*:
Birthday Cake
Chocolate Deluge
Chocolate Peanut Butter
Cotton Candy
Mocha Almond Fudge
Pistachio
Rocky Road
Superman
No-Sugar Added Butter Pecan
No-Sugar Added Vanilla Caramel
*Big
Olaf in case you are not familiar with them, is a small creamery in
Sarasota. We have carried their products for the past 5 years and will
continue to do so, until we have created all of our own flavors.
VINTAGE SODAS
We have a large variety of these "back to the past" bottles, come and enjoy a taste that WILL bring back memories!!! With REAL sugar! The make awesome "Vintage Floats"
Ale8
A&W Root Beer
Americana Black Cherry
Bubble Up
Cheerwine
Coca Cola
Coco Fizz
Dad's Root Beer
Doug n' Suds
Dr.Pepper
Foxon Park White Birch
Frostie Blue Cream Soda
Frostie Root Beer
Mountain Dew
Moxie
Nehi Grape
Nehi Orange
Nehi Peach
Old Brooklin Cream Soda
Sioux City Orange Cream
Sioux City Sarsparilla
Vernors
And here is our menu with prices:
We are the home of the 50 cents bottled water - 16.9
oz - NO, it's not a misprint!
(941) 505-8880
An Oasis from the heat! Inside is as cool and amazing with an incredible windowed view too! (The above view PIC was taken just his morning by Hubby!)
Ice Cream Products
Single scoop - $2.80
Double scoop - $3.70
Kiddie size - $2.40
Single Waffle bowl or cone - $3.40
Double Waffle bowl or cone - $4.15
Get it chocolate dipped! $0.30
Milkshake - $4.20
Malt - $4.50
Float - $4.20
Vintage Float - $4.80
Hot Fudge Sundae - $4.60
Banana Split - $5.75
Brazilian products
Cafe Pilao - 500 gr - $8.88
Cafe Pilao - 250 gr - $4.88
Drinks
Brazilian Iced Coffee - $1.75 - 20 oz
Guarana Antartica can - $1.25
Passion Fruit Sparkling Juice can - $1.25
Passion Fruit Sparkling Juice bottle -$1.25
Vintage Sodas - $2.00 glass bottle
Arizona Green Tea - $1.25
Gatorade - $1.50 - 20 oz
Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr.Pepper, Mountain Dew, and
Canada Dry can - $.93
Hot Coffee - $1.50 - 12 oz
Hot Chocolate - $1.50 - 12 oz
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
A little bit...
...More awake, that is to say since I did get a better night's sleep last night, with my nose not running too much, only when I use the recommended saline spray, every two hours during the day.
Legs still numb, make that my thighs, twins.
Shoulder pain and wrist and hand on right side all being iced periodically; works better than moist heat for this type of pain.
Oh I almost forgot this reaction that I had all weekend is normal for this type of surgery; I Googled it again!
...Did make homemade chicken soup from leftover rotisserie chicken carcass, (we had quite a few meals from the rest, including chicken salad), thyme, kosher salt and black pepper, two sodium free chicken bouillon packets, frozen mixed veggies, mushrooms, fresh 1/2 of medium onion and four garlic cloves, water, no wide noodles in the house so added brown rice instead.
MMMMMMMmmmmmm good, mmmmmmmmmm, good and hopefully healing.
Moving on...
Heard from Number One Son these last couple of days, and he lets me babble, what a great son.I suppose he has my listening skills; because I certainly don't.
Had my new mail-order RX, Humana, send me two emails over the last week so I took inventory and found out that out the five medications that they wanted to send of those I only needed two after taking my own inventory. So I called and ordered my ninety day supply of the two, my thyroid one and one of the two antispasmodics that I take.
Hopefully the order will be here within the five to seven days that they state it takes to arrive.
The only reason I seem speculative is because they robo called me only a couple hours later asking if I would like to order my medications and then read the list, and I said no to all, thinking I had just ordered two of the five on their robo call list.
I over thought again and decided to call them to make sure that now they did not cancel the ones I had just ordered earlier, since I said no to the robo call same ones...oh boy does this seem like dejevu and a bit confusing.
In a few more days I will be hopefully discussing other things than my ills...I do have a place of distinction I would like to give the additional publicity it deserves. So stay tuned!
Upward and onward eventually, and on that higher note allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you all to kindly count your blessings and share all those overages with you know whom and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Legs still numb, make that my thighs, twins.
Shoulder pain and wrist and hand on right side all being iced periodically; works better than moist heat for this type of pain.
Oh I almost forgot this reaction that I had all weekend is normal for this type of surgery; I Googled it again!
...Did make homemade chicken soup from leftover rotisserie chicken carcass, (we had quite a few meals from the rest, including chicken salad), thyme, kosher salt and black pepper, two sodium free chicken bouillon packets, frozen mixed veggies, mushrooms, fresh 1/2 of medium onion and four garlic cloves, water, no wide noodles in the house so added brown rice instead.
MMMMMMMmmmmmm good, mmmmmmmmmm, good and hopefully healing.
Moving on...
Heard from Number One Son these last couple of days, and he lets me babble, what a great son.I suppose he has my listening skills; because I certainly don't.
Had my new mail-order RX, Humana, send me two emails over the last week so I took inventory and found out that out the five medications that they wanted to send of those I only needed two after taking my own inventory. So I called and ordered my ninety day supply of the two, my thyroid one and one of the two antispasmodics that I take.
Hopefully the order will be here within the five to seven days that they state it takes to arrive.
The only reason I seem speculative is because they robo called me only a couple hours later asking if I would like to order my medications and then read the list, and I said no to all, thinking I had just ordered two of the five on their robo call list.
I over thought again and decided to call them to make sure that now they did not cancel the ones I had just ordered earlier, since I said no to the robo call same ones...oh boy does this seem like dejevu and a bit confusing.
In a few more days I will be hopefully discussing other things than my ills...I do have a place of distinction I would like to give the additional publicity it deserves. So stay tuned!
Upward and onward eventually, and on that higher note allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you all to kindly count your blessings and share all those overages with you know whom and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Monday, August 24, 2015
And the beat goes on...
...Yep, no better yet, dang!
Today and yesterday my both legs are doing the non-gyration of burning twisting dance of silence, not to mention my shoulder pain and numbness so much so in those thighs that it was my Copaxone day and I did not even feel the shot at all in my right thigh; make any sense to you?
Not me either.
The best I can tell is that according to my Googling again that ridiculously it could be another exacerbation of the MS due to stress culminating from the surgery itself! Oh joy, here we go again.
And I have been taking all my medication except for the no no fish pill and aspirin, it said no blood thinners for two to four weeks after surgery. I have been taking the Tylenol, even though my temperature does go up with or without it; this is so confusing.
I did ask the hospital about the muscle relaxer in the IV and I was told not that particular one that I had mentioned two blogs ago, and so once again I was WRONG, but nothing new there, hmm?
I do have an ENT appointment in the middle of the week, and I did speak with the doctor and he feels that it is the MS causing all this.
His wife also has MS, so I tend to believe him.
Although, I do not want to go on the IVs again, perhaps this will dissipate on its own?
Who am I kidding I am never ever am that lucky that is not needing medical intervention...so yes DANG!
On that note of what to do, what to do, maybe nothing is the answer, less is more and all that, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share those overages with you know whom and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Today and yesterday my both legs are doing the non-gyration of burning twisting dance of silence, not to mention my shoulder pain and numbness so much so in those thighs that it was my Copaxone day and I did not even feel the shot at all in my right thigh; make any sense to you?
Not me either.
The best I can tell is that according to my Googling again that ridiculously it could be another exacerbation of the MS due to stress culminating from the surgery itself! Oh joy, here we go again.
And I have been taking all my medication except for the no no fish pill and aspirin, it said no blood thinners for two to four weeks after surgery. I have been taking the Tylenol, even though my temperature does go up with or without it; this is so confusing.
I did ask the hospital about the muscle relaxer in the IV and I was told not that particular one that I had mentioned two blogs ago, and so once again I was WRONG, but nothing new there, hmm?
I do have an ENT appointment in the middle of the week, and I did speak with the doctor and he feels that it is the MS causing all this.
His wife also has MS, so I tend to believe him.
Although, I do not want to go on the IVs again, perhaps this will dissipate on its own?
Who am I kidding I am never ever am that lucky that is not needing medical intervention...so yes DANG!
On that note of what to do, what to do, maybe nothing is the answer, less is more and all that, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share those overages with you know whom and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Latest development
Last night I continued to have that nasty sinus headache, not unlike a migraine that caused me to vomit up dinner, and today my low grade fever is back in spite of being on an antibiotic since last Tuesday, along with continuing myalgia from the risidual affects of the anesthesia, methinks.
Lest us not forget the antibiotic via my IV during this surgery too, hmm I am definitely baffled.
I did try extra strength Tylenol today again due to the fever going up to 99.8F and my aches and pains, it has come down slightly, but still above 99.3 and it has been two and half hours since I had taken the Tylenol?
I even verified that a low grade fever is one between 99 and 100, and it is a negative in overall health. And this one has been hanging around for months in the afternoon.
The problem is that my doctors have addressed any of the possible causes, between my skin cancer biopsies and then surgery, optic neuritis with IV steroids, and my chronic sinus issues with antibiotics and surgery, even that bout with food poisoning a few months ago more antibiotics and a colonoscopy due to occult blood and clots, mystifying actually and a bit crazy.
What more can one do?
I suppose if it doesn't stop soon we do have both the Cleveland clinic and the Mayo clinic in state, at either end, oh well...
On this note of gals just want to be well, a quality of life issue, truly, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you all to count your blessings and share all those overages with you know whom and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Lest us not forget the antibiotic via my IV during this surgery too, hmm I am definitely baffled.
I did try extra strength Tylenol today again due to the fever going up to 99.8F and my aches and pains, it has come down slightly, but still above 99.3 and it has been two and half hours since I had taken the Tylenol?
I even verified that a low grade fever is one between 99 and 100, and it is a negative in overall health. And this one has been hanging around for months in the afternoon.
The problem is that my doctors have addressed any of the possible causes, between my skin cancer biopsies and then surgery, optic neuritis with IV steroids, and my chronic sinus issues with antibiotics and surgery, even that bout with food poisoning a few months ago more antibiotics and a colonoscopy due to occult blood and clots, mystifying actually and a bit crazy.
What more can one do?
I suppose if it doesn't stop soon we do have both the Cleveland clinic and the Mayo clinic in state, at either end, oh well...
On this note of gals just want to be well, a quality of life issue, truly, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you all to count your blessings and share all those overages with you know whom and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
Saturday, August 22, 2015
What an interesting feeling that I am feeling...
BAD!
Below is the link to the info I gleaned while trying hard not to give in and fill the hard drug script of medication the doctor gave to me, with an all telling smile of knowing what was going to happen. I did not fill it yet, instead I tried extra strength Tylenol and another Gabapentin that was upped during my herniated disc time and then it worked, but not this time. Tried both and they failed, so moist heat and icing, again.
And it's sort of my fault that when asked my the anesthesiology team about how difficult with my cervical stenosis for me to be intubated, all I said was I usually have a sore throat after.
Little did I know that there was a way for them to do it easier for them but not for the patient later dealing with the after affects.
What they do these days, although when I was also had a general anesthesia for my colonoscopy a couple of months ago they apparently did not do it since I did not have this problem...
Achy like I was working out, doing a few hundred sits ups after not exercising all these years in the stomach region; so much so that it is difficult to get out of bed. My right shoulder that does have bursitis with a tear in the muscle causing the type of injury that would end a pro pitchers career I was told when found on a MRI years ago and perhaps rotator cuff damage by now, and yep nasty pain there too. And that sore throat too! Surgery a nasty business that should be avoided at all costs, but sometimes you have no choice like I was told I hadn't. So far my nose has calmed with the amount of blood coming out, no more clots just teensy weensy drips and mucous that I have dab not blow out no sneezing through it or coughing either only through the mouth, not easy I tell you!
Very congested today even with the vaporizer running, using saline, and the polysporin. Sleeping sitting up with pillows and that bed thingy you use for reading and TV viewing. I cannot let Gus our Havanese kiss me, bacteria and all, I miss his sweet loving licks; sadly he thinks I am angry with him, since when I tried to bend down to talk to him yesterday my nose started to hemorrhage with clots and everything,scary. They even put another antibiotic in my IV even with the pill one I am taking since last Tuesday!Staying in bed for that reason etc.
Below it tells everything! Thanks to Net Wellness:
The link is the same as it allowed me to copy and paste entirely below, shocker!
http://www.netwellness.org/healthtopics/anesthesiology/musclepain.cfm
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There are a few theories about the cause of postoperative myalgia, but it is usually attributed to the use of a muscle relaxant drug called succinylcholine. Hence this is sometimes referred to as "scoline pain".
If the use of succinylcholine cannot be avoided, (this is rare), there are methods for decreasing the incidence and severity of the muscle pain, such as giving a very small dose of another muscle relaxant before the succinylcholine, or by giving a local anesthetic medication called lidocaine.
Last Reviewed: Oct 05, 2010
Below is the link to the info I gleaned while trying hard not to give in and fill the hard drug script of medication the doctor gave to me, with an all telling smile of knowing what was going to happen. I did not fill it yet, instead I tried extra strength Tylenol and another Gabapentin that was upped during my herniated disc time and then it worked, but not this time. Tried both and they failed, so moist heat and icing, again.
And it's sort of my fault that when asked my the anesthesiology team about how difficult with my cervical stenosis for me to be intubated, all I said was I usually have a sore throat after.
Little did I know that there was a way for them to do it easier for them but not for the patient later dealing with the after affects.
What they do these days, although when I was also had a general anesthesia for my colonoscopy a couple of months ago they apparently did not do it since I did not have this problem...
Achy like I was working out, doing a few hundred sits ups after not exercising all these years in the stomach region; so much so that it is difficult to get out of bed. My right shoulder that does have bursitis with a tear in the muscle causing the type of injury that would end a pro pitchers career I was told when found on a MRI years ago and perhaps rotator cuff damage by now, and yep nasty pain there too. And that sore throat too! Surgery a nasty business that should be avoided at all costs, but sometimes you have no choice like I was told I hadn't. So far my nose has calmed with the amount of blood coming out, no more clots just teensy weensy drips and mucous that I have dab not blow out no sneezing through it or coughing either only through the mouth, not easy I tell you!
Very congested today even with the vaporizer running, using saline, and the polysporin. Sleeping sitting up with pillows and that bed thingy you use for reading and TV viewing. I cannot let Gus our Havanese kiss me, bacteria and all, I miss his sweet loving licks; sadly he thinks I am angry with him, since when I tried to bend down to talk to him yesterday my nose started to hemorrhage with clots and everything,scary. They even put another antibiotic in my IV even with the pill one I am taking since last Tuesday!Staying in bed for that reason etc.
Below it tells everything! Thanks to Net Wellness:
The link is the same as it allowed me to copy and paste entirely below, shocker!
http://www.netwellness.org/healthtopics/anesthesiology/musclepain.cfm
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Anesthesia and Muscle Pain
After surgery the incision is sometimes not the only area of discomfort. Discomfort can occur in relation to nausea and vomiting, sore throat, or muscle pains. You may experience an everyday sort of discomfort in the neck, shoulders, back, or chest that comes from lying for a prolonged time on an operating table designed not for comfort but for stability, durability and access. Perhaps surprisingly, muscle pain can also be a result of a particular drug used during anesthesia.Postoperative Muscle Pain (Myalgia)
Severe muscle and joint discomfort that may be experienced after surgery is known as postoperative muscle pain (myalgia). This is a fairly common, quite distressing, but rather interesting condition. It usually appears on the first day after surgery, is often described as feeling similar to the pain one might suffer after unaccustomed physical exercise, and is usually located in the neck, shoulder and upper abdominal muscles.There are a few theories about the cause of postoperative myalgia, but it is usually attributed to the use of a muscle relaxant drug called succinylcholine. Hence this is sometimes referred to as "scoline pain".
Succinylcholine and Scoline
If the muscle relaxant succinylcholine, also known as scoline, has been used during anesthesia, this may in some patients cause generalized aches and pains in the muscles for two to three days. This drug is sometimes used routinely, though less so now than years ago, and also has a special place in situations when the anesthesiologist needs to place a breathing tube in the patient's throat (intubate) very quickly. These pains, often referred to as scoline pains, are more prevalent in very muscular and fit patients.What Causes the Pain?
Although the problem of postoperative myalgia has been recognized for many years, the exact way in which succinylcholine causes this muscle pain is not fully understood. Most believe that it is due to uncoordinated contraction of muscles that occurs a few seconds before the muscle relaxation that is the desired effect of the drug.Prevention of the Pain
It is also not clear how best to prevent scoline pain, short of avoiding the use of this drug altogether. It is natural to ask then why we continue to use this medication, and the reason is that succinylcholine, despite a few significant side-effects, is a very reliable and quick-acting muscle relaxant that helps the anesthesiologist "secure" the airway (place a breathing tube).Who is at Risk?
Muscle pain from succinylcholine is most common in young female patients, especially those undergoing ambulatory surgery (going home the same day as the surgery). The incidence of myalgia with succinylcholine ranges widely - in some reports it's as low as 1.5% but can be as high as 80 - 90%. To add to the mystery, some patients experience myalgia even when they are not given succinylcholine at all, and other patients, such as those given succinylcholine in the course of electroconvulsive (shock) therapy do not seem to complain of myalgia at all!How long to the effects last?
Postoperative myalgia does not normally go on for a long time and usually it is symmetrical and affects muscles throughout the body Typically the pain lasts 2 or 3 days and it can be quite severe. Fortunately it does go away without specific treatment. Standard pain medicines, such as acetaminophen can be prescribed.What You Can Do
Talk to Your Anesthesiologist
If you've experienced muscle pain after previous anesthesia, you or your anesthesiologist may be able to obtain the records of your previous anesthetic and hospital stay. This will supply clues about what happened to you during your last surgery. Be sure to discuss your concerns with your anesthesiologist, whose job is to evaluate you thoroughly and come up with a plan to provide you with a safe anesthetic, with minimum side-effects.Alternative Drugs
The good news is that there are other muscle relaxant drugs than can almost always be used instead of succinylcholine. This will not guarantee that you do not have the myalgia again but probably makes it much less likely.If the use of succinylcholine cannot be avoided, (this is rare), there are methods for decreasing the incidence and severity of the muscle pain, such as giving a very small dose of another muscle relaxant before the succinylcholine, or by giving a local anesthetic medication called lidocaine.
General Information on Succinylcholine or Scoline
SUCCINYLCHOLINE (Anectine®) is a muscle relaxant. It relaxes muscles during surgery or before investigational procedures. Generic succinylcholine injections are available. Succinylcholine is for injection into a vein, or infusion into a vein. It is given by a health-care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.How much is given?
Your doctor or anesthesiologist will decide what dose of Scoline you will receive. This depends on factors such as your weight, age, the type of operation and the degree of muscle relaxation required.How it is given?
Scoline is given as a slow injection or infusion into a vein (intravenous). It is only used after the anaesthetic has made you fully 'asleep'.Could I overdose?
As Scoline is given to you only by trained professional, it is very unlikely that you will receive too much.More articles about Anesthesia:
- An Online Pre-Anesthesia Interview
- Frequently Asked Questions About Anesthesia
- Intravenous Catheter Complications
- Methods of Anesthesia
- Midazolam (Versed®)
- Special Considerations for Outpatient Surgeries
- Surgical Patients: What You Can Expect From Anesthesia
- What is Anesthesia?
For more information:
Go to the Anesthesia health topic, where you can:- Read articles on this topic
- Browse the previously asked questions
Last Reviewed: Oct 05, 2010
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Today was...
...My surgery and it went well. (Anyone wondering what surgery read last night's blog please)
I guess I am tired due to every time I get up my nosy drips bright red blood from its surgery, supposed normal.
Tomorrow I will say more...sore and in a bit of pain too...gotta go... thanks for listening.
I guess I am tired due to every time I get up my nosy drips bright red blood from its surgery, supposed normal.
Tomorrow I will say more...sore and in a bit of pain too...gotta go... thanks for listening.
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