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Well, another week begins. The r.v. remains un-fixed at the repair shop. So,,, we will not be driving the r.v. up to Eureka this week as planned. Instead, I stay here with the animals, Claudia goes up to visit her Mom.  They have no idea what is wrong with the levelers, the things that make the coach flat when parked. I hope we are getting charged by the day as they make calls to manufacturers, and get a great run around for their efforts.

Back is no better.  Bladder is no better.  What a waste of effort, and pain.

Pictures from her family re-union.

 

Cousin Paula.

 

The whole gang.

 
Two brothers and two cousins.

New week

The catheter came out on Monday. Claudia did the dirty work. No problems passing urine, so I just have to worry about my back pain now.  It is better but I need to get the tech out here again to adjust the controls.  I am walking again, Claudia's diet is working even better than advertised.

Friday

The catheter remains in place. It is not getting better with time. Very annoying.  But, if you look for something good in any situation, at least I do not have to get up to pea several times a night. The medicine is doing pretty well to cover the pain. It is just the irritation that is hard to put up with. At least it is better than the colostomy was.  It comes out on Monday.

Nikki has a new haircut.

 

 

Just kidding.

 

Is it post op day 2 ?

I had surgery on Monday to remove a golf ball sized bladder stone. Tuesday, I seem to have been peeing so I went home.  This morning I could not pee, or stop the bladder spasms, so I went in to see the surgeon.  He put the catheter back in.  To be in place until Monday. It feels as if I have to pee constantly. Thanks to all of you who sent your well wishes.

Sunday (hot fudge?)

I have nothing planned for tomorrow, so I guess I'll have an operation. Tomorrow it is my bladder. I hate to be boring and do the same thing every time. I am first in the morning, but do not have to be there until 8 a.m. That is much better then the 6 a.m. start on my last back operation. The surgery is to remove a calcified stone from my bladder. It is done with a cystoscope and laser. I hope that he will be able to get enough out of it without anything more than just a scope.  I also hope that I don't remember any thing afterward. 

Our lap top crashed. Our virus soft wear told us to restart the computer. I did, but the computer refused to start after that. After putting in hours at the repair shop, they had to erase every thing from the hard drive and return to the way it was from the factory. I had just copied all of my photos to back up external drives, so lost none of those. But all of my Ipod music is gone for ever.  I'll try to find soft wear to reverse down load, ipod to lap top. I'm told that it can be done, if I can find the right soft wear.

We spent a few hours today at a street fair in Burlingame. Lots of trinkets and food.

The tech for my back stimulator is supposed to come by soon. I am no longer getting the relief of pain that I had after the first few weeks.

 
Claudia cuddling a horse in South Dakota.

 
Our condo in Maui. If you click on the picture you get a much better view of our location.

 
We are going to try Ruby with swimming lessons.

Thursday

Claudia is home safely from Eureka. We met the doctor who is going to be doing my bladder surgery. He seems to be very nice. Kind of young but so was I once.   I will have to go home with a catheter for several days. Bummer.   We went to the Giants game yesterday.  Great weather, great game, we won 8 to 1.  Go Giants!!

I walked about an hour today, about a mile I think. I think that soon I will join a cheap gym for the exercise bike and treadmill.

Our lap top has died so I am using an old one, functional but slow.

 

An old sailing picture.