Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Deviated Septum and Sleepless Nights
Is it stress?
Two weeks ago I went to the ENT because my ears were hurting. In fact, they are always hurting, but I ignore them. I thought I had an ear infection, but my ears were clear when the local NP checked them. He referred me to Dr. Ventura in Tooele. He looked in my ears and asked if I took a bad forward fall when I was younger. Well, I would suppose--with ice skating, water-skiing, snow tubing, recess, brothers etc, I'm sure I took quite a few falls. In fact, when I cracked my rib last summer that was the side of my body that I landed on too. But I don't remember breaking anything. He said at some point I had cracked my jaw. Then he looked in my nose and said I had a deviated septum. Well, to look that up I found that those crooked noses can even happen at birth and most people don't have straight noses. (I think it was from the #10 can 2-yr old Ben threw up in the air and accidentally dropped on my nose--the worst bloody nose I ever had-and the only one until last year)
My problem is that I don't breathe. I am not sleeping well at night and I don't feel rested in the morning. He gave me some Nasonex to snort. I can't see how its helping. Its just disgusting to me as it drips down the back of my throat. yuk. Said that I had TMJ symptoms and should do facial jaw exercises-which seemed simple enough to me, but the exercises actually feel like they are agitating my ears more. And I can't seem to shake the neck and headaches of late. Any suggestions?
I was told that fixing the Deviated Septum can help with breathing and the surgery seems innocuous enough. My neighbors swear by the procedure that it was the best thing they both ever did for their breathing. I'm sold. Guess it will be a procedure where he remolds the cartilage and packs the nose and it is swollen for several days and..maybe I get stitches? I'll have to check up on all of this.
There Becky-two whole days of updating!
love,
Kimberly
Two weeks ago I went to the ENT because my ears were hurting. In fact, they are always hurting, but I ignore them. I thought I had an ear infection, but my ears were clear when the local NP checked them. He referred me to Dr. Ventura in Tooele. He looked in my ears and asked if I took a bad forward fall when I was younger. Well, I would suppose--with ice skating, water-skiing, snow tubing, recess, brothers etc, I'm sure I took quite a few falls. In fact, when I cracked my rib last summer that was the side of my body that I landed on too. But I don't remember breaking anything. He said at some point I had cracked my jaw. Then he looked in my nose and said I had a deviated septum. Well, to look that up I found that those crooked noses can even happen at birth and most people don't have straight noses. (I think it was from the #10 can 2-yr old Ben threw up in the air and accidentally dropped on my nose--the worst bloody nose I ever had-and the only one until last year)
My problem is that I don't breathe. I am not sleeping well at night and I don't feel rested in the morning. He gave me some Nasonex to snort. I can't see how its helping. Its just disgusting to me as it drips down the back of my throat. yuk. Said that I had TMJ symptoms and should do facial jaw exercises-which seemed simple enough to me, but the exercises actually feel like they are agitating my ears more. And I can't seem to shake the neck and headaches of late. Any suggestions?
I was told that fixing the Deviated Septum can help with breathing and the surgery seems innocuous enough. My neighbors swear by the procedure that it was the best thing they both ever did for their breathing. I'm sold. Guess it will be a procedure where he remolds the cartilage and packs the nose and it is swollen for several days and..maybe I get stitches? I'll have to check up on all of this.
There Becky-two whole days of updating!
love,
Kimberly
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Litter Patrol Update
John got off the truck on Jan 27 and moved back up to Bend OR where he is being mentored by his son, Byron, about parking lot sweeping. Tomorrow will be one month since we officially started working. I went up to Bend over Valentine's day weekend. Took Amanda's yellow dressers up to Michelle. The kids were so excited to see me and John. They had posters ready and gave us "heartbeats" Tate's word for Valentine day heart cards. They are so cute and we miss them more then we knew. Unfortunately we could not stay for the whole Valentine day because we had to get back and fix the sweeper truck. Two bearing had exploded on the truck so the fan that makes the sucking wasn't working. Gavin, John's son in Portland, purchased the part and drove it over to Wilsonville at the DeVries. So he got to have some breakfast with the family. When we took off early to go back to Bend, little did we know the pitfalls that lay ahead. We were stopped in the middle of the canyon for an hour because of an accident. I'll tell you about an almost accident. I had been sleeping and woke up to tell John that I needed a pit stop then a mile up the road, instead of a pitstop, the whole road was stopped for a mile or two of traffic. Times like this might be a good reason to be a guy... But I endured. We got back to the ranch expecting the repair to take less than an hour.. NO the bearing got stuck. John tried everything, compressor screwdrivers, holediggers, propane torch...prayer. Finally, he improvised the pressure he needed to push the bearing on with a hydraulic jack. 6 hours later!
ARGHHHHHHH
That night went fine except that I'm not a night person who likes to go around in circles while sniffing gas. I had heartburn and puked. The next night I would like to say that I did better, but while John was blowpacking the parking lot, I managed to ram the sweeper head or rather the vacuum up against the curb. Not a good idea. The vacuum is made to be snugged up to the curb, because there just isnt' any give to go over anything that is not a flat surface--ei parking lot. I managed to snap the chains, crack the exhaust pipes, tweek the vacuum, crack the welding, and at the time we thought I damaged the drive shaft too (but now, John thinks that was already having problems). Thank goodness John is a loving understanding, non condemning husband. He didn't guilt trip me or anything! We just went to a liquidator outlet and purchased some steel which he used in a welding project that I never saw. Found some muffler bandage and later went to a specialist to fix the drive shaft.
So this first month was a wash. Yeah, we're rolling in the money...
I don't know how long we can do this. It was actually okay having him home on the weekends and playing hard together. Typically during the week I was so busy with work that I doubt we would have had the quality time together that we got when he came home on Fridays and left on Monday mornings. It was always weekends full of projects and fun. I am missing that immensely right now.
I knew that Becky and Chris were going to get engaged. Congratulations. We are going to do all that we can to come in June! Okay, so, well, I'm projecting its in June. She will make her official announcement for herself.
Love to all and thanks for our webcams so that we can now Skype. So far, I've skyped with Tressa and Becky. Tried to contact Michelle, but the video and sound was funny. John still has to fix his C-drive in order to run the Logitech program. And...he has to find good places for an internet connection.
Kimberly..
Wish mom happy birthday!
ARGHHHHHHH
That night went fine except that I'm not a night person who likes to go around in circles while sniffing gas. I had heartburn and puked. The next night I would like to say that I did better, but while John was blowpacking the parking lot, I managed to ram the sweeper head or rather the vacuum up against the curb. Not a good idea. The vacuum is made to be snugged up to the curb, because there just isnt' any give to go over anything that is not a flat surface--ei parking lot. I managed to snap the chains, crack the exhaust pipes, tweek the vacuum, crack the welding, and at the time we thought I damaged the drive shaft too (but now, John thinks that was already having problems). Thank goodness John is a loving understanding, non condemning husband. He didn't guilt trip me or anything! We just went to a liquidator outlet and purchased some steel which he used in a welding project that I never saw. Found some muffler bandage and later went to a specialist to fix the drive shaft.
So this first month was a wash. Yeah, we're rolling in the money...
I don't know how long we can do this. It was actually okay having him home on the weekends and playing hard together. Typically during the week I was so busy with work that I doubt we would have had the quality time together that we got when he came home on Fridays and left on Monday mornings. It was always weekends full of projects and fun. I am missing that immensely right now.
I knew that Becky and Chris were going to get engaged. Congratulations. We are going to do all that we can to come in June! Okay, so, well, I'm projecting its in June. She will make her official announcement for herself.
Love to all and thanks for our webcams so that we can now Skype. So far, I've skyped with Tressa and Becky. Tried to contact Michelle, but the video and sound was funny. John still has to fix his C-drive in order to run the Logitech program. And...he has to find good places for an internet connection.
Kimberly..
Wish mom happy birthday!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The Christmas Gala was Great... Okay. So it was our long overdue reception and I feel married now. Kind of silly but I do. Guess that's why we have celebrations with people instead of doing everything on our own. Thanks to the many people who helped. The decorations were especially dazzling. I don't think I would have ever been able to do so much on my own. Everyone put a lot of effort into making the day special. Thank you and love you. Kimberly
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I've been thinking about so many friends and family that I haven't seen in years. I didn't realize how easily some people can keep up with people and then the rest of us buzz through a spinning tube not realizing that you don't have to be alone.
I've been trying to reconnect with people from my past. I finally had a chance to announce something significant and yet, I find, I have lost track of so many. Like Mitzi Jo Allred, Varden Fuller, David Radcliffe, Chris Jensen, Julie Bahr, Harold Studebaker...Heidi Price, Ali King, my own Ricks cousins and even Cliff Nelson. I sometimes don't even know what my brother Ben or my sister Becky are doing. What a terrible thing to waste...Connections. But I don't know that I ever felt that I had much to contribute or give to others and let myself drift away. I make no promises because habits are formed and not easily kicked. But I would like to keep in touch better with people--even if its just a blog or a Christmas Card.
The suggested RSVP date for our Wedding Ceremony/Reception/Gala is coming in two days. I am so excited for those who have said they will join us. And I'm still hoping that even if friends and family can't join that they will email us on our website http://firstanniversarychristmasgala.vpweb.com/default.html or email me at kimberly.ricks@hotmail.com or just give a call.
I have been concerned about the interference of weather and other Holiday Parties. I would love to see people again like Gaywin Qwance, Lynette Stephenson, the Cranes, the Roses, the Georges, and Nick Metizigian. Yet, I'm sure that the time that I will get to spend with them will be brief.
I am loving FACEBOOK and the reconnections with so many High School memories. I didn't realize that some of the people even knew who I was and there we are adding each other to our FACEBOOK profiles. What a fabulous 20 year reunion we might have if we all keep connecting. Very amazing.
Well, just some thoughts. Hopefully I will be seeing many of you soon. Love to all. -K
I've been trying to reconnect with people from my past. I finally had a chance to announce something significant and yet, I find, I have lost track of so many. Like Mitzi Jo Allred, Varden Fuller, David Radcliffe, Chris Jensen, Julie Bahr, Harold Studebaker...Heidi Price, Ali King, my own Ricks cousins and even Cliff Nelson. I sometimes don't even know what my brother Ben or my sister Becky are doing. What a terrible thing to waste...Connections. But I don't know that I ever felt that I had much to contribute or give to others and let myself drift away. I make no promises because habits are formed and not easily kicked. But I would like to keep in touch better with people--even if its just a blog or a Christmas Card.
The suggested RSVP date for our Wedding Ceremony/Reception/Gala is coming in two days. I am so excited for those who have said they will join us. And I'm still hoping that even if friends and family can't join that they will email us on our website http://firstanniversarychristmasgala.vpweb.com/default.html or email me at kimberly.ricks@hotmail.com or just give a call.
I have been concerned about the interference of weather and other Holiday Parties. I would love to see people again like Gaywin Qwance, Lynette Stephenson, the Cranes, the Roses, the Georges, and Nick Metizigian. Yet, I'm sure that the time that I will get to spend with them will be brief.
I am loving FACEBOOK and the reconnections with so many High School memories. I didn't realize that some of the people even knew who I was and there we are adding each other to our FACEBOOK profiles. What a fabulous 20 year reunion we might have if we all keep connecting. Very amazing.
Well, just some thoughts. Hopefully I will be seeing many of you soon. Love to all. -K
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)