I’vd been really really sick for a long time with assorted ailments.

The bad knee:After a trip through the woods and swinging at the playground, I woke up with that elephant standing on my knee again.I had had a shot of cortisone and thought it was all better.Now it was back worse than ever.Another shot of cortisone and a different diagnosis this time.Last time he said I had arthritis.This time he said he could not read the MRI because it was out of focus and maybe I have arthritis and maybe there is cartilige loose hitting a nerve root ending causing the pain.He recommended to try another shot of cortisone and surgery in January after the holidays if that does not hold.This shot held for about one day.I think it was just the anesthesia that wore off.Back to limping badly.geeeze louise………So I did some reading online.  I like the Mayo Clinic website for my second opinion.What they do at Mayo is if cortisone does not hold…..then they shoot in hylauronic acid(HA).hmmmmmm I had given my mom HA for her knee and she did not see much difference.However, I suspect that she diluted the doseage since it is rather expensive.I thought it was worth the try since I was limping so bad and at times unable to walk.So I got some and took a dose at bedtime. I expected that it would take a few weeks to notice a gradual difference.The elephant was gone the next morining.***Yippie Skippie***I am getting around much better but it comes and goes. 

I am trying to find the magical timing and doseage for the HA.grrrrrr to the insurance company which will pay thousands for an opperation on my knee but nothing for the HA grrrrrrrrrrBut I am much more hopeful now. 

The bad cold:At my aunts funeral about a month ago, I got some kind of chest congestion that led to lung and ear complications.I had antibiotics for the ears but the rest is just lingering and keeping me from sleeping at night.That makes me crabby and I don’t know who to blame it on since I hugged every relative I have at the funeral I went to the pharmacy to get drixoral which Blips and I used a few years ago and it worked great.Well, it is off the market.So I have had to play around with other OTC meds.I think now that I found something that works so that I can sleep better.

So, I missed our beautiful fall and it is now early winter.I did see these pics online and decided to share them with you just because they made me feel good. I think I found the end of the rainbow and I am on the mend starting to feel like a person again.

A woman in her fifties is at home, unclothed, happily jumping on her bed, squealing with delight.   Her husband watches her for a while and asks, ‘Do you have any idea how ridiculous you look? What’s the matter with you?’ 
 
The woman continues to bounce on the bed and says, ‘I don’t care what you think.I just came back from having a mammogram, and the doctor says that I am not only healthy, but I have the breasts of an 18-year-old. 

The husband replies, ‘What did he say about your 55-year-old ass? ‘
 

‘Your name never came up,’ she replied.

Here is our new first family.  Michelle(44), Barack(47), Malia(10), Natasha(Sasha) age 7   

 God bless and protect them.