Where does the time go? I can't believe it's been this long since I last posted!
Just to catch up on a few things. I finally got The Medicine Shoppe to deliver two items that I needed badly. My last flange was on my belly and I only had two pouches left. So that was real close. I just got them on Thursday. There was some confusion between the doctor's office and getting the scripts to the pharmacy. I was on the phone so much with one place or the other. The doctor's office said they sent the scripts out last Friday. When I called the pharmacy on the following Tuesday they said they didn't have them. So back and forth I went. Hopefully I will continue to get my stuff from The Medicine Shoppe. They didn't make me pay for the 20% Copay till they find out if Medicaid will pay for it. I don't see why not when the other drug store I dealt with for two years never had a problem. If they don't get reimbursed then they will bill me for it. For one box of flanges with 10 to a box and one box of pouches with 30 in a box, my cost would be $30. And I didn't even order my other stuff that I need yet. I need two boxes of pouches a month. The box of 10 flanges last one month. They only had one box of pouches for now. I am glad I still have some of the other products for now but will need them next month. I'll be so glad when this is all straightened out. I've been under some stress over all this.
Rite Aid bought out Empire Drugs that used to be Lennox Pharmacy in Ilion. That's why they had all my records. Only to find out that they don't handle the Medicaid part and that's why I had to find another pharmacy. And Rite Aid had me on a string for three weeks.
Then I had a problem with my computer for a few days. I had made a video in my Proshow Producer software. I had it sent to Youtube from the software and to their Photodex web site also. That all worked fine. Then I made a video in a DVD format for myself. That worked fine also. It was saved to my Docs folder. It was a larger size so I made one in a smaller size for web sites etc. So I had these two videos in my docs. I looked at the DVD file and it worked great. Then I was going to look at the smaller version and realized that it was blank and that when I clicked on it something happened and it hung up my computer. I tried to delete it. I couldn't. I tired moving it and renaming it. I couldn't do either and everytime I touched it it would hang my computer up and I'd have to shut it off manually.
So I just left it alone. I figured if I didn't go near it then I could still do things on the computer. I could. Then I had to resize some pictures in my PSP software. I made a mistake and clicked on "documents" to see if I had downloaded any pictures. As soon as i clicked on the docs folder it hung my PSP software up and I couldn't do a thing. That's when I started looking for something online. After I had shut off and turned back on again. I downloaded virus and spyware remover stuff and scanned the computer a dozen times. Always came up clean. I've never kept any virus remover tools on my computer and never had any problems. Then I'd delete these if I didn't want them. I downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials and let that scan my whole computer. That came up clean also. But it shut off my Windows Defender. So I had to decide which one to keep. I ended up keeping the Essentials just in case. but I can turn it off so it won't interfere with any of my programs when I use them.
So I'm still stuck with that blank video in my docs. Decide to look at forums online and after trying a couple things I finally found one that worked! It's free and is called, "Move On Boot". It transferred that video into it's program and deleted it! No more problems!! My computer is back to normal again. Thank heavens! I hate when I can't solve a problem. But I did!
Now on to my health. The tumor in my groin is growing and is bothering me sometimes. No pain though. My belly is tender on that side too. But everything is still working so I'm not going to worry about it.
My belly around my Stoma is all irritated again though and itching like crazy. I wanted to get the spray barrier film instead of the wipes but for now I guess I'm stuck with the wipes. But they sting like crazy. And the adhesive remover isn't any fun either. I think that irritates me more.
I've been having a few back problems but that comes and goes. My head hasn't felt like jelly since that one time a couple weeks ago. But that spasm in my upper chest on the left side, under my rib cage is still there and drives me nuts too. It's the weirdest feeling. I have researched and found a lot of people to have this same problem. They never seem to find any answers for it though. As long as it isn't painful then I'll not worry about that either.
I haven't heard anything from Nina or anyone else since my birthday on the 1st. I never do anything for Thanksgiving. Nina goes to her sister's or if she cooks then it's all her father's family and I would never go anyway. I like staying home. I used to cook myself a turkey breast but I'm only cooking myself a pot pie and I also bought fresh cranberries. That's all I want. Nice and simple. I don't even feel like getting out my Christmas stuff this year. I don't have much. I threw away my little tree and some other stuff. Gave the kids some. I just don't have the energy. But I'm sure I'll get some out soon. I don't have any lights either. Maybe I'll buy a small box of them. I thought I'd be dead by now so got rid of so much. Guess I could have kept that stuff around..Ha! On the 22nd is my two years since my rectal surgery. I bet the Dr. would be surprised that I'm still here when he said I wouldn't last a year because the cancer had spread to my liver. I really should send him a card. I never did last year.
I haven't made out the papers to donate my body to science yet. There's still a few more questions I have to ask them. I did get everything I need in the mail though. has anyone else ever heard of Medcure?? It's out of Oregon. They work through a local funeral home when they are notified that one has died. They pay all expenses. I am going to run that by Fenner's to see what Pam Hess has to say about them. This company won't tell me which funeral home they work with in this area. That's what I want to find out.
The weather has been beautiful, but cold for the past week and will continue to be nice right through Thanksgiving. That will be great for the travelers. It's going in the low 50's this week!
My black squirrel is still here! He's found a good spot. Ha!
I hope you all have a nice Thanksgiving, for those who are in the states and everyone else have a nice week. Not sure when I'll get back here. Take care.
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