Estherfromjerusalem
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Well, I can't remember the last time I started a post. But I wanted to share my good news with you all, and then my bad news.
The good news: The child I call my former difficult child (today he is almost 38 years old), is going to get married! I cannot tell you how thrilled I am. I hardly know the girl, but since he doesn't live at home, that's fine with me. So long as they love each other and get on fine, that's all I want. She's 27. And she will be my daughter-in-law, and I will love her. It's as simple as that. So my up-to-date count will be six children married and only two monsters left at home: 22 year old easy child (well, almost!) and 21 year old difficult child, who is still very difficult child-ish and I don't want to even start talking about him because as long as he is out of the house I just don't want to waste my brain on him, and he isn't here at the moment. Well, why should he be home? It's only 3 in the morning.
The bad news: Those of you who have known me for quite a long time might remember that I had an endarterectomy (Fran, you were the one who told me what it is called). It was done about five years ago. My left carotid artery was 90 percent blocked. We discovered it because I had a series of TIAs which are ministrokes, affecting my eyes, my hands, and when one day my speech came out really strange I asked the friend I was with to take me to emergency room at the hospital. I was operated on and had a T-shaped stent put in. I now have one stent in my neck and two in my heart. I'm grateful -- I function well.
Well, the bad news is that the other side (the right side now) is 65 percent blocked. The vascular specialist told me this morning that it is borderline, but since I have had a couple of TIAs (eyes), it will have to be operated on.
Well, I can't say I'm feeling particularly happy now. I asked him if it could wait for about four months until after the wedding of my former difficult child. He said yes, on condition that I promise (a) to continue taking my aspirin daily, which of course I do, I take 325 mg daily among all my other medications. And on condition that (b) if I have another TIA I take myself straight to the emergency room at the hospital.
There, now I've said it. I haven't even told my children yet.
And can someone please bonk me on the head. Isn't this enough motivation to stop smoking? What the H*** is the matter with me that I am still smoking? I must be completely crazy.
OK all my friends, it is 3 in the morning. I feel glad to have shared that with you. Yes, of course it is worrying. It is pretty nasty surgery. And I have a horrible scar on the left side of my neck, and the nerves have been affected a little bit and the skin there is super-sensitive now. So now I can look forward (!!!) to having that on the other side too. How ghastly. I shall look like something out of a horror film. Sh** and D*** and -- no, I wont be even ruder!
OK, goodnight all of you.
Love, Esther
The good news: The child I call my former difficult child (today he is almost 38 years old), is going to get married! I cannot tell you how thrilled I am. I hardly know the girl, but since he doesn't live at home, that's fine with me. So long as they love each other and get on fine, that's all I want. She's 27. And she will be my daughter-in-law, and I will love her. It's as simple as that. So my up-to-date count will be six children married and only two monsters left at home: 22 year old easy child (well, almost!) and 21 year old difficult child, who is still very difficult child-ish and I don't want to even start talking about him because as long as he is out of the house I just don't want to waste my brain on him, and he isn't here at the moment. Well, why should he be home? It's only 3 in the morning.
The bad news: Those of you who have known me for quite a long time might remember that I had an endarterectomy (Fran, you were the one who told me what it is called). It was done about five years ago. My left carotid artery was 90 percent blocked. We discovered it because I had a series of TIAs which are ministrokes, affecting my eyes, my hands, and when one day my speech came out really strange I asked the friend I was with to take me to emergency room at the hospital. I was operated on and had a T-shaped stent put in. I now have one stent in my neck and two in my heart. I'm grateful -- I function well.
Well, the bad news is that the other side (the right side now) is 65 percent blocked. The vascular specialist told me this morning that it is borderline, but since I have had a couple of TIAs (eyes), it will have to be operated on.
Well, I can't say I'm feeling particularly happy now. I asked him if it could wait for about four months until after the wedding of my former difficult child. He said yes, on condition that I promise (a) to continue taking my aspirin daily, which of course I do, I take 325 mg daily among all my other medications. And on condition that (b) if I have another TIA I take myself straight to the emergency room at the hospital.
There, now I've said it. I haven't even told my children yet.
And can someone please bonk me on the head. Isn't this enough motivation to stop smoking? What the H*** is the matter with me that I am still smoking? I must be completely crazy.
OK all my friends, it is 3 in the morning. I feel glad to have shared that with you. Yes, of course it is worrying. It is pretty nasty surgery. And I have a horrible scar on the left side of my neck, and the nerves have been affected a little bit and the skin there is super-sensitive now. So now I can look forward (!!!) to having that on the other side too. How ghastly. I shall look like something out of a horror film. Sh** and D*** and -- no, I wont be even ruder!
OK, goodnight all of you.
Love, Esther