Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Drew,

You will be in my prayers regularly now. May you be restoed to full health and function, and without pain.

I too agree, the sitting around doing nothing is the hardest part...

God Bless,
David

thanks David. I've had a bad back/really bad arthritis for a long time and this operation is not a surprise. I just expected my back to give out first, which it has done before, and not my neck. Yes, I sure know what a Pain In The Neck means....

Sure reminds me I'm alive, and I do my best to just keep on trucking.
But oh will it be nice if/when this pain goes away. I don't like drugs, they make you fuzzy and sleepy,
and if I took enough to get rid of the pain, which I likely could, I'd be sitting in front of this pc nodding off.
Nope.

Every day is an opportunity. And since my favorite saying is every day is an opportunity for kindness, well
I'll be looking for my opportunities. I've always found the greatest joy is in giving, not receiving, and if I can focus on giving
and try to compartmentalize the pain, I can ignore it as much as possible.

We all have a limited number of days on this Earth. Our last one may be tomorrow. Make today count. And David, you should go out and find
a way to have some fun today. something just for yourself and where you won't think about your separation. you are getting frustrated trying to give to unappreciative people, which loved ones should not be..., maybe cool it for a bit and work on your own mental balance. Your life is not just your marriage and your kids, though it sure seems like they are consuming all your mental energy now. And I'm sure they are the most important things in your life. But they aren't everything. I hope you find some inner peace and go forward successfully. And I of course wish the same for your family.

I'm uncomfortable giving this kind of advice online, but since it basically applies to all of us, well, I'll get off my philosophical soapbox and get my jeans on and get to work. Those fields won't mow themselves....

Peace. Drew

 

[sam5570]

good morning 36 degree's this morning going to be cool next couple days. David i agree 100% with what drew says treat yourself to something you will really enjoy today.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Drew,

I try to keep my issue at the "ok" level for public advice, but if I needs it, feel free to PM me and lay it on thick and hard...

Drew & Sam,
I did something I've not done in ages last night. I sat down and watched the entire "Captain America" movie, and I enjoyed it.

Saturday night my buddy the 2nd year Midshipman invited me to sit and smoke a cigar so I did that (but I did NOT like the cigar :yuck and the company & conversation was awesome.

I am trying to not be all dull and depressed.

I thank you kindly for such good advice.

Be well & God Bless.
David

 

[deerseeker001]

good morning its sunny but cold and 30 degrees,it will be warming today to 60.

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! 58˚ not a cloud in the sky, warming to 83˚. A picture perfect day after the 2" of rain last week.
It seem like I'm always doing maintenance on Chinese made products, from the bushings on the ZRT to the doorknob in the garage....etc...etc... at least my tractor is made in Japan.

 

[murphy1244]

morning, 38 and sunny. man I thought this cold stuff was gone.

 

[toppop52]

38 this morning! Are you kidding me, maybe frost tonight! What???!!! Anyway, beautiful weather starts in a couple of days so weather is just weather and life goes on.

Crushed two fingers between my scraper blade and 3 pt hitch yesterday, tried rolling the tractor ahead a bit using the rear tire, that made it worse! I was trying to slide the 3 pt arm off the blade on one end when it happened and it wouldn't budge. I was about to start screaming for the wife, neighbors, groundhog, whatever, when I put left hand on the arm and slid right off. Nothing had changed from when it wouldn't budge, Hmmmm... Thankfully nothing broken but my pride, and a lesson well learned, never take your leather gloves off until your heading in the house, and pay more attention!
Took the wife, mom and daughter to dinner and they let son in law, grandson and me come along. Great day!:thumbsup:

 

[Mousefield]

Cloudy with showers/light rain today, high of only 16C/61F.
Big chore for the day, off to see the dentist right after lunch for a couple of fillings.
Guess the good thing is I still have my own teeth that need fixing.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all. 38F this morning going to 72F and sunny with light winds. Chores and riding and softball coaching today.

 

[jinman]

Another great day with a morning temperature of 56 F. I have to fix the wire to my electric PTO clutch on my JD mower and get the grass cut this morning. I have the new clutch pigtail and just have to splice it in and connect it. JD doesn't sell the pigtail separately. They want $70 for the whole harness. To get a pigtail, I just bought a similar one for a generic clutch with the same connector for $17. Even the $17 is expensive for that product, but that's a tolerable price.

I've had a bad back/really bad arthritis for a long time and this operation is not a surprise. I just expected my back to give out first, which it has done before, and not my neck. Yes, I sure know what a Pain In The Neck means....

Drew, my wife has arthritis and also has had the operation on her neck, but needs another. I feel so sorry for her, but she doesn't want to do the other surgery just yet with our grandson living here. I suspect it will end up getting to horrendous levels of pain before she gives in. Sometimes now, the pain is so bad it makes her sick at her stomach. Yet, I can't convince her to get the additional surgery.

I hope your surgery goes well. Her first one relieved a lot of pain for her, but it was a nightmare experience. The day of the surgery, they could not get a tube down her throat after putting her under general anesthesia. They took her to recovery and cancelled surgery. As soon as she was just coming to, they basically booted her out and said she would have to go see a ENT specialist in another hospital because her throat was too small and they could not get the tube down. They sent us up to see this guy while she was recovering and she got sick in his waiting room that was almost full. When we finally got to see him, he took some x-rays and told her nothing was wrong with her throat. The whole surgery had to be rescheduled and the ENT came to do the intubation that the unskilled person botched before. The 2nd time was no problem whatsoever. The surgeon did an excellent job. I can certainly understand her fear of going through something like that again. It was not the surgery, but the whole process that was handled poorly. . . and of course our insurance was billed for the surgery team and operating room twice.