I went to the doctor with Christy this morning and she is still pregnant. The doctor told her that she was not far enough allow for him to induce her and she was a little disappointed. She is ready to have this baby. She said any day would be fine except for the 31st. She does not want a Halloween baby. Maybe before the weekend is over we will have a new addition.

While I was there the doctor asked me how I was doing and that I looked good for just having a hysterectomy two weeks ago and his nurse said the same thing. He also told me that he had received some of the test results and that there was cancer in my uterus and that it was a stage one. That is the beginning stage and he also told me that they were not going to have to do any chemo because the hysterectomy took care of the problem. He made the statement that it was a blessing that they were able to find it at such an early stage. God takes good care of his children. Boy, am I thankful that I wasn't seeing the ones at the army base because they probably would not have caught it as soon if at all.

Today was Alan's birthday. He is a whopping 42. I cooked him supper tonight and baked him a cake. We had roast, potatoes, carrots, and fresh corn on the cob. We also have chocolate cake for dessert. I told him since I cooked today that I wasn't cooking tomorrow and he said he didn't care because we had left overs and that he could find something to eat.

Tomorrow is going to be a cleaning day for me. I am going to get some clothes washed and do some vacuuming. I am also going to go through my bedroom and get rid of some things and do some reorganizing.

I need to take my car in for an oil change and to have them check the back door on the passengers side. It doesn't sound like it is sealing. When I am driving I can hear wind blow around the door, so since it is under warranty I may as well take it in and have them take a look at it. I will either do that tomorrow or early Friday morning. It will more than likely be Friday morning.

I went by work after we finished at the doctors office and everyone was asking if I was ready to come back to work and I told them not yet. They all said that they were ready for me to come back because the girl that is working for me is just out there some where. They keep telling me that her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. It is nice to know that I am missed and that they are ready for me to come back.

I will call it a night and you all have a great day tomorrow and I will write more later.

I went to the doctor today and I have a colostomy scheduled for December. The doctor said that he did not want to put me through anything else until I have done some healing, boy was I glad. I will not have it done until after I get back from my cruise. I will be able to eat while I am gone. My boss is going to flip over this, but just think I have been checked from head to toe and should be good to go for the following year.

I am going to a meeting tonight for continuing education for work. It is a two hour class. I was already signed up before I had my surgery scheduled. It will be fine because all I am going to do is sit and listen to someone talk.

Christy goes to the doctor tomorrow and we will see if they will induce labor. I am going to go to the doctor with her. Who knows we may have a baby in the next couple of days. I will be sure to keep you informed of the progress.

I have done a lot of running today. As I said I went to the doctor and then I went to the hospital to talk to them in Human Resources about my co-payment for the hospital stay in Birmingham. They told me that they were still waiting for paper work from my doctor but last week he told me that he had everything that he needed. I will have to stay on top of it or I want get anything done through them. They seem to think that they will be able to get it wavered because there is not the kind of specialist here that I had to go see. We will see what happens.

I am going to go so that I can get something to eat before I head to my meeting. Have a great afternoon. More later..................

How are you guys doing? I am doing great. My back pain has eased off quite a bit. It is almost back to normal. I will start my walking but I am not ready for a marathon and I probably never will be.

The weather is a little cool this morning and the wind is blowing pretty hard. It will be a little cool to walk. But I need to start sometime.

I received my bill from the hospital and it was over $27,000. Boy I am glad I don't have to pay that much. I am still waiting for the insurance to see if they are going to waiver the five hundred dollars fee. I am going to go check on that tomorrow and see if I can find out any information.

I have to go to the doctor tomorrow to see about having a colostomy done. That should be a blast. NOT It will probably be done sometime during November. Tell me I don't know how to have fun. Anybody want to join me in all this fun. I am sure there are no takers out there.

Christy had an ultrasound done on Friday to see how big the baby is and they estimated the baby weighs almost 7 pounds 8 ounces. She goes back to the doctor on Wednesday and she hopes that if she is favorable that he will go ahead and induce labor. She is ready to get this over with.

Well, I am going to go start some spaghetti sauce for supper. I will get back to you later. Have a great day......

I am watching the Alabama football game and it is half time. As of now Bama is ahead but they are known for not playing well in the second half. So we will see how it goes. Bama is ranked #2 as of now.

I had a good night last night even though I was out with the grand kids. I had a good nights rest and was able to sleep all night. I will start my walking back on Monday. It will be kind of slow to start with.

I went with Christy this morning to have breakfast, her treat and then we headed to a large garage sale at the farm center. We didn't find anything that we could do without. Christopher found himself a firefighters outfit for two dollars.

When we got home he put on his suit and headed outside to put out fires with his squirt gun. He did that several times also putting the fire out where his moms car was on fire. After that decided that it was time to help he cats out of the tree. He told us that he saved two cats. He had a ball. Then it was time to wash Nana's car with Riley. Jonathan spent the weekend with a friend.

I am going to go so that I can watch the second half of the game. Talk to you guys later.

Not much going on today. It has been a dreary day. It has rained most of the day and we really needed the rain.

I took Christopher to a harvest party tonight since his parents were working. He had a good time. He was so excited that he was able to go. I satmost of the time and let someone else chase him for me.

I just hope I didn't over due it. I know I need to take it easy. I am planning on it the rest of the weekend. I just couldn't stand to see Christopher upset.

Well, I am not going to stay on to much. I am going to call it a night and get some rest.

Talk to you guys later.

I almost over done it yesterday.....

Christy was off yesterday and she came by and got me and we went out and had lunch. After lunch I needed to go pick up a few things from Wal-mart and we headed there. After finishing there we went to pick Jonathan up from school and by the time I got home I was hurting and ready to just take a pain pill and relax. That is just what I did. I definitely got my walking in yesterday.

I know that I am not yet ready to be out for a long period of time. I am going to give it a few more days before I head back out for awhile. It is suppose to rain for the next couple of days so that will help to stay put.

Today was a take it easy day. I did not do a lot of anything. I worked on my cross-stitch and I fixed vegetable soup for supper. Nothing to stressful.

I finally talked to someone at the Human Resource office today and they have gotten all the paperwork they need to see about wavering the deductibles for me since I had to go to Birmingham to have surgery. We will see how it all works out.

Well, I am going to call it a night and lay down for awhile. I will be so glad when my back quits hurting. Have a great day!!!!

I took a little walk today and it felt pretty good. I had a problem with getting rid of a headache. I have had one most of the day and I just popped some pills to get through the pain.

We had a little cooler weather this morning when I got up. It was in the low fifties and I think the highs were in the mid seventies. I can tell cooler weather is on it's way. I like it cooler not colder.

One of the ladies from church brought over a meal for us tonight. I tried to tell them on Friday that I did not need for them to bring food over but sometimes it is just easier to let them do then to argue with them. I was a nice meal and we didn't have to cook. There is suppose to be someone else bringing us a meal tomorrow night. I have a great church family and the have always been very supportive of the decisions that I have made over the several months.

Christy has only sixteen more days before her due date. She is really miserable and ready to have that baby anytime. Even Chad says she looks worn out. Maybe we want have to wait to many more days.

I am going to call it a night and I will fill more in tomorrow afternoon. Have a great day.

Taking it easy today....

I did manage to get the dishes out of the dishwasher and load it back up today but other than that I just sat around and watched TV most of the morning. Chad and the boys came over after church and I entertained the boys as well as I could. We sat on the back porch and blew bubbles for awhile and then we watched the show Dirty Jobs.

I still have not heard from my youngest son. I did not talk to him before I went into surgery and I haven't talked to him since I got out of surgery. The bad thing about that is that the day I had surgery he was in Birmingham and he couldn't take the time out to come by and check on me before he went home. he said that he needed to get home because his wife was cooking tender loins for dinner and he didn't want to miss out on a good meal. I know where I stand. I am not going to call him. I am going to wait and see how long it will take before he calls me and when he does call I am going to let him know how I feel about the whole situation. Enough on that.

Things are getting a little easier. I am at able to sleep all night in my bed and that has really helped. I am not sleeping all night without waking up. Then I have to get up and reposition myself to another spot. This goes on all night.

Well, I am going to go since sitting up or laying down to long hurts and it is time to move around a little. Thanks for the encouragement. More later.

Feeling even better today. I have only had to take one pain pill today. I don't think that I am going to have to take any tonight to be able to sleep. My back has finally eased up. I think it was bothering me more than my stomach. Getting gooder and gooder every day. (The gooder word is for Dennis from this southern chick)

I was able to sleep all night in my bed last night. It takes a little time to get settled but at least it is more comfortable than the recliner. I use lots of pillows.

GO BAMA!!! They won again. They are ranked #2. They won again but not by much. The score was 24-20. If they would learn to play as good in the second half as they do in the first half it is no telling what the score would be. Since I couldn't go anywhere today I was able to watch the whole game without interference.

Not a lot going on around here other than just sitting around watching tv. I am going to try to do some of my cross-stitchiong tomorrow, since I can't do a lot of moving around. Give me a few more days and I will be getting around pretty good.

I'm going to go for now and you guys have a great day!!!!

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to jot a few lines to let everyone know that I am doing okay. Moving on the slow side but it will get better.

I received a call from Dr. Alveraz from Birmingham yesterday. He called to check up on me and to tell me that they did find tumor cells in my uterus but that he thought that everything would be fine with doing the hysterectomy. i will go back to see him in four weeks.

I also want to say that I appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers throughout this process. It is great to know that so many people are concerned for me. It really means a lot to me.

Dennis, I promise that in the next couple of weeks I will get a new picture. One with a smiling face and glad that this is all over with.

I am going to go take a pain pill and rest for awhile. I will write more later.

This is going to be short and sweet. I am having some problems with my computer staying on for any length of time. I am going to have Chad check it out later on today. I may end up taking it to the shop. But that will have to wait until after I get better.

I will not be writing for a few days due to haveing surgery. I will be back later on in the week. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

Talk to you later in the week.

Not a good evening...

I am not doing good right now. I am a little aggravated with my children. It seems like my surgery is an inconvenience to them. I told them not to worry about it and that I would just take myself there. We really don't like the idea of Christy driving back by herself considering she is pregnant and Chad really doesn't want her to come back by herself. I then decided to call Michael and his response was that he would be here if I needed him to be but that he had a meeting that could be a great career move. As for Jason he can't take off work either because he is already taking off the last four days of the week for a wedding and he can't afford to take off. So right now I am not doing real good. I hope tomorrow will be better.

Dennis, I have no idea when I will get the picture changed. I will work on it after I get through with all this other mess going on. The picture is the last of my worries.

I am going to go. I really don't feel like doing this at all. I will try more tomorrow.

Boy, did I get a surprise yesterday....

My trip to Birmingham was a success. My surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. I have to be there on Monday for all my labs . I will be in for two days. I am glad that it is all scheduled and I can get it all over with.

I also went to the genetics clinic to see what the chances are of me getting breast cancer since my mom had breast cancer and the odds are greater at getting cancer just because I am a woman. At least it is a good thing to know. One less thing to worry about.

There isn't a lot to let everyone know other than I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. It means a lot to me. I will update more later on this weekend.

A another day in my life....

I went with Christy to see her doctor since he is the same one that I see because I had a question that I wanted to ask him. I asked him what were the pros and cons in having the surgery in Dothan other than Birmingham. His response was that he could do the surgery but that if they opened me up and found cancer they would have to call in a surgeon and they would not have to do that in Birmingham. He said that if I was his mother that is where he would want the surgery done. I told him then that settled it then. I am Birmingham bound.

While I was on my lunch break I had to go over to the hospital to check on my stocks that are offered to us through work. After I finished I didn't understand any more than I did when I went in. The representative told me that he did not see any red flags on my funds and that he would just let them stay since I was in no hurry to retire.

Before I went in to speak to him I spoke to Keith(he is over my department) and he asked me how I was doing and I told him to ask me after tomorrow when I finished up with my appointment in Birmingham. He asked me why I was going there and I explained it to him. I told him that it was going to end up costing me a lot more than it would by having it done in Dothan. I then went to meet with the gut that handles our mutual funds or investments.

Before I came out he told the reception that he wanted to talk to me and I thought that was pretty weird because I wanted to speak to him also. Anyway, he told me to get Dr. Lazenby to get him a referral on me to Birmingham and he would see if he could get the co-payments wavered. He said that he may not be able to but that he would give it a try. I told him that was all that anyone could ask for. So it may work out all together.

I better call it a night. It is already late and I have an early day tomorrow. I have to leave Dothan around five in the morning. Just continue praying and keeping me in you thoughts as I approach this hurdle coming up in my life. I'm okay with the whole thing because I know that God is in control.

I will fill you in tomorrow evening.

Good Morning....

Dennis, I am sorry for making you worry. I didn't mean to do that. I will try to do better and keep you informed. Thanks for being concerned and caring. You are a special friend to me. Hey, congratulations on the new mini. At least you can ride it in the winter and stay warm and you can't do that on your hog.

I guess some of you thought that I just disappeared, but I didn't. I have a lot on my mind lately and I just haven't felt like messing with anything. I will be glad when tomorrow is over and I will know a little more about what they are going to do with me. The now knowing to me is harder than knowing. I can't make any plans until I get all this surgery set up and over with.

I am going to go talk to the doctor this morning and see if there is any chance I can have the surgery done here instead of three hours away. I found out that it is going to cost me more to go to Birmingham to have the surgery and that is okay if both doctors feel that it is at my best interest. It would be a lot more convenient for me to have it in Dothan. We will wait and see what the doctors say. I will do what they think is best for me.

I am also going to the genetics clinic while I am in Birmingham to discuss having the test to see how much at rick I am to having breast cancer. If the risk is high then there may be another surgery in the future. That is yet to be seen.

With doing the history on my parents family I found out that my grandmother was only 57 when she died with cancer and my mom was first diagnosed when she was 25 and then again with leukemia when she was 58. At my age that is young....

My mom asked me if I wanted her to cancel our cruise and I told her as of right now "no", that we would wait and see what the doctors say and see how soon I can get the surgery scheduled.

I am going with Christy this morning and see if I can talk to the doctor. We are using the same one just for different reasons. GRIN!!! Because I am not the pregnant one. We need to see if he is going to let her go with me to Birmingham if I end up having surgery there.

Well it is almost time for me to head out to meet Christy so I will feel everyone in later tonight. Maybe. If not then I will feel you in tomorrow after my doctors appointments. I am going to try to get to bed earlier tonight since I have to be out of the door by five in the morning.

Thanks for all of your love, concern, and prayers.

Another sleepless night....

My nights are getting bad. I am not sleeping well. Maybe after I see the doctor on Thursday it will be better. I have lots of questions running through my head with no answers. Hopefully I will have them answered on Thursday.

Not a lot going on today. Well that isn't totally right. We are having homecoming at church today and we will have a large crowd there with lots of children. We rent moon walks for the children and they get pizza, coke, cotton candy, popcorn, and several activities to do while the adults are eating dinner in the fellowship hall. W usually have over six hundred in attendance.

Bama won again. They are undefeated as of know. As of the standings before the game I think they were ranked number two. Yahoo!!!! The score yesterday was 17-14. I was a close game and of course I missed it again because of running around with Christy. That is okay to because we had a good time. We listened to part of it on the radio between shopping.

I went to Christy's house yesterday morning and we redone the boys room and set up there beds. They need to get some new mattress for the beds. We got there new sheets to fix up there room when Christy has the new baby. They are going to have their room done in transformers and I was suppose to be the one to fix them up but that may change.

We then headed off to her baby shower that her work gave her. It was very nice and she recieved a lot of nice things. Her boss paid for hers and my meal which was very nice. She will probably have another on from church. She really doesn't need a lot of things but it is always nice to get new things.

I am going to go for now and get things ready for the day. Have a wonderful day.

What a loooong night.....

I had a really hard time sleeping last night. I may have gotten five hours if I was lucky. I was on the computer around four this morning because I couldn't sleep. Part of it was thinking about all the questions that I needed to ask the doctor and trying to figure out who is going to go to the hospital with me. If I have it done the week of the Oct.13-17, I have no idea who is going to be there. Christy is in no shape and Michelle and Jason are going to North Carolina for her sister's wedding. I am sure that I will figure something out. Any helpers out there....... I probably didn't get

I received a phone call around lunch time and scheduled my appointment for the specialist in Birmingham. I will be going up there on Thursday Oct. 9th. I have to be there by 9:30 and it will take over three hours to get there. I may end up going up by myself. I don't think anyone can get off of work. If I can get the surgery for the following week than it will be a go.

I guess that you have to be careful of what you ask for. I need some excitement in my life but this is not what I bargained for. Well I guess this will slow me down for awhile but I will be up and ready to to face the world head on.

So, Dennis, you don't like the was this southern gal types. My fingers get faster than my mind. I did read over it but I guess I didn't catch that mistake. I am just trying to keep you laughing. I can guarantee you that it will happen again and you can laugh at me again. It is good that I have a good sense of humor or it could hurt my feelings.

I will be sure to keep you guys informed on my progress. Maybe I could borrow Christy's or Jason's laptop while I am at the hospital. Probably not. Thanks for keeping me in your prayers. I know that the Lord will take care of me and things will be good, but there is still some concern.

A sleepless morning......

I am not sure why I am not sleeping at 3:45 in the morning. Some if may be due to the news that I received yesterday. I am not worried but concerned. Well maybe a little worried. Maybe I will hear from the doctor in Birmingham today and we can get things going. I was just complaining about my life being boring and now I have several things coming up in the future. A new grand son to arrive soon, surgery, and a trip with my mom on a cruise boat. All within the next few weeks.

My boss is going to flip her lid when I come in for work this morning and tell her that I am going to be out of work for six weeks. We will already have one person out for her maternity leave and then I will be out also. I did figure my six rime up and I will have plenty to take care of me being out.

Tomorrow I am going to be spending the day with Christy and the boys. We are going to work on the boys room and get it ready for the new baby and we will also work on the babies room because Christy hasn't gotten clothes washed or bedding ready for the new one. I will have to light a candle under her feet to get it done.

I told Christy about me having a hysterectomy abd she seem okay with it but when I told Michelle(my daughter-in-law) she just cried. I told her that I would be alright and it took me awhile to calm her down. She is not real close to her mom so we have really grown close together and she just doesn't want me to have to go through any more bad things. She knew how my ex treated me and she is just worried. She offered to go to the hospital with me if for some reason that Christy couldn't go. She is a good daughter-in-law.

Well, since it is almost five I am going to try to lay down and see if maybe I can get a couple more hours of sleeep. I don't really think it is going to happen but at least it is worth a try. I will update later on today. Have a blessed morning and a great day.....

My morning started off at around six this morning. I woke up and I could not go back to sleep. I decided to go ahead and get up since I was going to meet Chad and Christy around seven. I went ahead and got dressed and was putting on my shoes when Christy called me. We went and got the pool that one of her friends gave her and loaded it in the back of her SUV. That thing was heavy. After loading the pool up Chad headed to work and Christy, the boys, and I headed to McDonald's for breakfast and of course I took care of the bill. Not to bad it was under ten dollars. Jonathan decided that he did not want his mom to take him to school. He wanted his Nana to take him to school so of course I couldn't tell him no. I don't do that much. After dropping him off it was almost eight so I decided to go to the park and walk the trail. I have never walked it before. I thought it was only a two mile trail and it ended up being three miles. It was really nice out there and it was a different scenery. It took me almost an hour to walk it. I even jogged part of it. After I went to work I had told some of my co-workers that I had walked the trail and they asked me if I was by myself and I told them yes and the proceeded to tell me that there had been some people attacked out there last year. That was very encouraging. I could see where that could be possible because you are in the woods for most of the trail.

After walking the three miles I came home and took a shower and headed to the clinic and received my flu shot before going to work. My arm is a little sore but not to bad.

I received an e-mail from mom and we are booked for a cruise from Dec.11 through Dec. 15. It is going to be great. I talked to my boss about getting off and she said that it would not be a problem. We have a room with an ocean view. The one that I went on before we were on the inside.

Tomorrow morning we are suppose to be waking up to the weather being in the high forties. We are not use to cold weather so there will be a lot of people in jackets. It want be me. I am ready for the cooler weather.

That is all that is going on in this southern girls life. I hope this everyday stuff doesn't bore you guys to much. My life is just laid back and easy going. Have a wonderful evening and keep smiling.