i know i whine n snivel alot about being stuck at home,truth is being as heavy as i am..i dont want to leave,dont want people to see me..but the main thing is..i cant walk well...maybe 10 feet without pain..which is not to do with my wieght ( well it does) but has mostly to do with my ruined spine..i need my jazzy614HD power chair,wheelchair,or a rental to go anywhere now.
well first good news....i was visiting with my surgeon turned friend bart last sunday,and we started talking about lapband vs a good diet (meaning eating correctly)...or doing a wieght loss program like atkins or south beach ect...he remembered a weight loss seminar that his office ladies attended a few weeks back and had me call the office and talk to his gal sally on monday,,i did and she gave me the drs number and a referal from bart,i then filled out the forms through emails and im now waiting for a consultation.this is not a "diet" place...not at "eat my food and lose"..like jenny craig,or weight watchers...this entails counciling,with one on one meetings,or group if you wish...classes with nutritional experts to learn to eat properly,and im hoping they will take my pain levels into account and work with me on that point...i refuse physical thieripy for several reasons i wont go in to..but the main reason is that every one ive been to has said to me...the pain is self generated..you can over come it but working through it.....fact is..i worked through pain all my life due to the spondylolistheis at L3 ,along with conjoined nerves at that level,which caused me knee and leg pain all my life,,,no one ever "heard me" when i complained...just told me to buck up...so i did,,,remember as ive bragged before i was in excelent shape in my teens and twenties,was in pain all the time..but never said a word because no one listened...well they do now...anyway...the good news is...if im accepted into the program..i should be able to learn to ea correctly again and lose some weight.
good news 2:
to go to airshows.carshows,military vehicle shows ect..we have to put a hitch mounted power chair rack on the back of the truck...it bounces and sways and is a terrible piece of equipment,i no longer have a drivers lic due to my medications..i dont like to admit this..but i was stupid in 1994 and my best friend was forced to arrest me for a DUI...well i didnt want that to happen again...and one day my ex came over for a visit...she was the currant police chief,and when she came in the door,i was setting up my meds for the week...she got nosey..looked at them all...looked outside at my truck..looked at me again and said...Davey hon...you drive that truck while on these meds...imma take yer cute azz to jail for a DUI"...i sold my truck a few months later and surrendered my lic soon after....
all that said...dad has to drive me every where...so what has happened is...dad and mom have decided to not go rving any more.so he removed the rear box and 5th wheel hitch from his truck,and we are buying a truckbed crane to lift the jazzy in and out of the pickup much easier so we can go farther and i can do more....
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