Alright, So this weekend I was told that I needed to blog more. So I figured since I had a few minutes of downtime at work I would spend a few and update all of you. I am sorry, it is missing pictures I have been horrid about taking them lately. But I will try and take some soon and post.
September started off to a good start. I started school and Cody started online courses. I enrolled in 15 credits of art classes and Cody in 20 credits of airline things. So we are both trying to keep up. Every weekend is filled with homework for Cody, and me building some project. Needless to say we have been filled with thoughts of airplanes and art.
Cody, started the month off studying hard for his private pilot's license. He had his test last Monday, September 15th. He worked hard and flew 3 days in a row the few days before and we are glad to say passed his test with flying colors on the first try, which is apparently very rare to do. So CONGRATS!! In honor of his graduation, I planned a surprise party this weekend with family and friends at PF Changs. I do have to give myself props, I have NEVER been able to pull off a surprise without Cody figuring it out before I can do it, this time... he had no idea! It was great... So CONGRATS my sweetie, I am SO proud of you!!
Also... while in Cody news... Cody applied for a job at Skywest in Salt Lake at the airport. He thought it would be a good idea to get his foot in the door working for an airline and that way when he was able to be a commercial pilot he would already be working for an airline. So he went to the interviews, and a week later we found out he got the job. He will be a ramp agent, one of the people that has to load luggage on planes. He starts September 22nd. I am just excited, cause I get to fly for FREE!!
Recently I had been struggling with pains in my tail bone area. I would often find myself saying my tail bone hurt and I couldn't sit for long periods of time without having bad pains. So I decided that I would make an appointment with my doctor. He told me that I needed and MRI to see what was happening in my back. Back problems run in my family, My mom has 2 now fused discs (she had 2 herniated discs but had them removed and her bones fused together) my younger brother had a ruptured disc and my grandpa and a few uncles have bad back problems. So I was afraid of what it could mean. So I went and had an MRI. It was cold, and very noisy.. but 20 minutes later I was done.
The radiology tech took the time to show me my scans and explain the different parts to me. He told me it looked like I had 2 bulging discs but that my doctor would call me in a few days and talk to me. Sure enough the next morning my doctor called me. He told me that my L4-L5 disc and L5-S1 disc were both bulging, in the centers. Now, this was strange so for you that don't know what this means... let me interpret (don't worry they had to do this for me too). The L stands for lumbar, which is the lower vertebrae in your back. The S stands for sacral, which is a fancy name for the tail bone. So my cartilige discs in that area are popping out into my spinal cord cavity pushing against my spinal cord which causes pain and numbness in my legs and hips.Yes I know it sounds like great fun.
For the next few days I went through what I told Cody was my "denial process". It started with a day of " I am dreaming... this is just a dream, I will wake up and it will be gone.." to " Why me... I am 24 I am healthy, not overweight and I take good care of myself..." ( this portion involved many tears, and a few laughs..) and then finally to the "This is a part of my life now, and will be forever. It isn't going to be a disability, and I am just going to learn how to live with it." So I am now on asprin therapy which works pretty good, I can't lift more than 40 pounds at a time and I am learning my limits. I am taking it slow, and my next step is to get back into doing things that are physical. I am going to try yoga. I am going to a doctor tomorrow to have a nerve block put in place so I can't feel the pain for a few months until I see a neurosurgeon in December.
Needless to say our life is anything but boring right now... what can you do? So that is what is new... and I promise I will do this more often and with pictures!!
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