Friday, November 30, 2012
Alysha had Her Baby Benny!-November 29, 2012
Alysha went in to labor around 5 pm on Wednesday, the 28th. She had little Benny at 2:06 am on Thursday morning. So she and Benny will share birthdays because the 29th is Alysha's birthday and she turned 30 years old. Isn't that a great birthday present?!! He weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz. and was 20 inches long. He looks perfect and they both are doing very well. Here's a couple pics I made for her with the two pics Faith uploaded so far.
Monday, November 26, 2012
November 26, 2012-Cold Few Days
I spent a nice quiet day at home on Thanksgiving. Made myself a Mrs. Calender's Pot Pie. It was real good! Pam called. She was home and John was working till 3 pm. They were going to John's family's home for dinner.
Debby went down to Danielle's. Nina had her father's side of the family over to her house for dinner. She wanted to bring me a plate but I said no. I don't need all that food.
Alysha hasn't had her baby yet, as of this morning anyway.
Debby went down to Danielle's. Nina had her father's side of the family over to her house for dinner. She wanted to bring me a plate but I said no. I don't need all that food.
Alysha hasn't had her baby yet, as of this morning anyway.
This is Alysha and Faith on Thanksgiving day. Her belly looks like a perfect basketball..Ha!
Steve won't be going down till Christmas, according to Alysha.
I haven't heard anything from Jeanne. Debby said she was going to stay home on Thanksgiving also. Deb had talked to her the day before.
Rich and Ann went out to Rochester to be with Ann's daughter and grandchildren. Here's a pic of them.
It sure was a nice day that day! Up in the 50's.
I went out Friday evening to get groceries and to Aubuchon for critter food. At least Walmart was quiet by that time. I was afraid it might snow a lot and then I wouldn't be able to get out.
Nina will be starting her new job on Dec. 13th. She says she's looking at apartments down there and thinks she will probably move and rent her house out till she decides if she wants to sell it and to make sure she likes her job first. I'm glad. I didn't like her driving all that ways every day. Time will tell.
Jim and Patty stayed home for Thanksgiving too. They won't be traveling out to see Matthew at Christmas either. Jim called me the other day and we talked for two hours. he's trying to get a roof done up in Middleville before too much snow comes. He better hurry! Winter is upon us.
Carol spent Thanksgiving with her daughters out there in Las Vegas. She said she had a nice day. Mike's girls were home for the holidays from college. I see their pics online but haven't heard anything from Mike. I presume he was with them.
I'm doing okay. Nothing has changed. Still as fat as ever..Ha!
On the 24th it snowed and it was very blustery. It didn't stick too much in this area but other places got a few inches. Then it snowed gently on the 25th. No accumulation on that day either. And this morning there were snowflakes in the air and it is a bit warmer. 33 degrees. The sun is peeking through and looks to be a nice day. Winter is here I think. They say it's going to be a normal winter this year, with lots of snow and cold. I hope they are wrong. I would like to get out on my own a few times during the winter. If not I'll have to ask for a ride maybe.
That's about it for another week.. Take care everyone.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
November 19, 2012-Catching Up
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.
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.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
November 10, 2012-Trouble Finding Pharmacy
It's been a nerve wracking week. Since my original pharmacy closed up in Ilion and never let us know I've been stuck trying to find one that will fill my prescriptions for my Ostomy supplies. All my records went to Rite Aid. but they don't deal with the Medicaid part. Only Medicare. That means I'd have to pay out of my pocket for the balance that Medicare doesn't pay. The 20%. So after they gave me the run around for a couple weeks and got my stuff and then tell me how much my bill will be when they deliver, I said NO WAY! Keep the stuff! So then I called The Medicine Shoppe in Ilion. They aren't sure about the Medicaid part either so I have to pay the 20% and if they get reimbursed then they will give it back to me. So this means I will only get my stuff monthly instead of the three months because there's no way I can afford to pay all that.
I had my doctor send all the scripts to Rite Aid at first. Now they are no good and I have to have them send all new ones to The Medicine Shoppe for only one month at a time. By the time I got all this straightened out it was too late in the afternoon on Friday. I never got a call back from my doctor's office nor the SS Dept. I wanted to ask them about all this. Now it's a long weekend with Veteran's Day so I won't be able to do anything till Tuesday. I have one flange left and only a few bags. Hopefully I'll get the bags and the flanges by Wednesday. That's all I'm getting for now. I got enough of the other stuff for a month, thank heavens. By then the pharmacy will know if they will be getting reimbursed or not.
I checked into ordering by mail from a place that said they took medicare and Medicaid but after talking to them, they say they won't deal with NY because of the low amount that they pay.
If for some reason this doesn't work out then I will have to get Home Care in. Then they will get my stuff. That means a nurse or aide coming in at least once a week to help me. I hat anyone in my space but if it has to be that way then I will get them. I know I could use some help. I can't clean my place like I used to. Trying to vacuum and walk with the walker at the same time is sort of tough. Ha! The other women in this building have people helping them all the time and it doesn't cost them anything. I'm just too stubborn to admit I need help I guess.
Besides all that crap I guess it's been an okay week. As you can see on my header photo, I have a new critter. A black squirrel showed up on the 3rd and is still here every day now. I had never seen a black on in my whole life. And I've asked lots of people and no one has seen one around here. there are some in Utica. I like them. he or she is so pretty. Maybe we'll be having a family in the spring. They do mate with the gray ones from what I've read.
The next two days are going to be in the 60's before the temps drop again. looks like nice weather for a while except for a little rain maybe on Tuesday.
I don't know if I mentioned this gurgling under my left breast bone but it's been doing it for a month now and it's getting worse. It feels like a muscle spasm that won't go away. No pain or anything with it though. Just is the weirdest feeling. I thought it was my heart at first or maybe fluid building up in my lungs but I would have had pain. Every time I move or get up it twitches like crazy. I can even see it! I've been searching online and lots of people have it and most say the doctors can never find the cause. Then another forum said it might be the beginning of Pancreatic Cancer. Well, I don't think so. Or I'd have some kind of pain.
When I first started having it is when I thought I had a mini TIA because my head felt funny that day and I asked the lady upstairs for some aspirins. it was like that for a few days and then went away. I guess if it gets worse then I'll go to the doctors but for now I'm not.
Oh! I saw two fat raccoons out here the other night! I never see any of those things much. Got a few pictures. I had to open the window and they ran at first then one peeked around the corner at me and they stayed still long enough for me to get a few pics. I kept hearing this strange noise so looked out with a flashlight and saw them. They have the cutest faces. I won't talk to them because I don't want them to become used to me. They were eating leftover nuts and seeds I guess.
I see two different skunks but that's all. One is a black one that lives up in the woods and the other is almost all white and he lives out front somewhere. I only see the daddy fox now and then at night but not his mate nor any pups now. :(
I guess that's all for now. Take care everyone.
I had my doctor send all the scripts to Rite Aid at first. Now they are no good and I have to have them send all new ones to The Medicine Shoppe for only one month at a time. By the time I got all this straightened out it was too late in the afternoon on Friday. I never got a call back from my doctor's office nor the SS Dept. I wanted to ask them about all this. Now it's a long weekend with Veteran's Day so I won't be able to do anything till Tuesday. I have one flange left and only a few bags. Hopefully I'll get the bags and the flanges by Wednesday. That's all I'm getting for now. I got enough of the other stuff for a month, thank heavens. By then the pharmacy will know if they will be getting reimbursed or not.
I checked into ordering by mail from a place that said they took medicare and Medicaid but after talking to them, they say they won't deal with NY because of the low amount that they pay.
If for some reason this doesn't work out then I will have to get Home Care in. Then they will get my stuff. That means a nurse or aide coming in at least once a week to help me. I hat anyone in my space but if it has to be that way then I will get them. I know I could use some help. I can't clean my place like I used to. Trying to vacuum and walk with the walker at the same time is sort of tough. Ha! The other women in this building have people helping them all the time and it doesn't cost them anything. I'm just too stubborn to admit I need help I guess.
Besides all that crap I guess it's been an okay week. As you can see on my header photo, I have a new critter. A black squirrel showed up on the 3rd and is still here every day now. I had never seen a black on in my whole life. And I've asked lots of people and no one has seen one around here. there are some in Utica. I like them. he or she is so pretty. Maybe we'll be having a family in the spring. They do mate with the gray ones from what I've read.
The next two days are going to be in the 60's before the temps drop again. looks like nice weather for a while except for a little rain maybe on Tuesday.
I don't know if I mentioned this gurgling under my left breast bone but it's been doing it for a month now and it's getting worse. It feels like a muscle spasm that won't go away. No pain or anything with it though. Just is the weirdest feeling. I thought it was my heart at first or maybe fluid building up in my lungs but I would have had pain. Every time I move or get up it twitches like crazy. I can even see it! I've been searching online and lots of people have it and most say the doctors can never find the cause. Then another forum said it might be the beginning of Pancreatic Cancer. Well, I don't think so. Or I'd have some kind of pain.
When I first started having it is when I thought I had a mini TIA because my head felt funny that day and I asked the lady upstairs for some aspirins. it was like that for a few days and then went away. I guess if it gets worse then I'll go to the doctors but for now I'm not.
Oh! I saw two fat raccoons out here the other night! I never see any of those things much. Got a few pictures. I had to open the window and they ran at first then one peeked around the corner at me and they stayed still long enough for me to get a few pics. I kept hearing this strange noise so looked out with a flashlight and saw them. They have the cutest faces. I won't talk to them because I don't want them to become used to me. They were eating leftover nuts and seeds I guess.
I see two different skunks but that's all. One is a black one that lives up in the woods and the other is almost all white and he lives out front somewhere. I only see the daddy fox now and then at night but not his mate nor any pups now. :(
I guess that's all for now. Take care everyone.
Friday, November 2, 2012
November 2, 2012- Had A Nice Birthday
First of all I want to say that I sure hope all those people down in the city and New Jersey get some help. They say that FEMA isn't doing much. It's a terrible situation down there. I feel so bad for all those people. We are very blessed that we didn't get any damage from the storm. I still have a roof over my head and power. The power never went off at all during that wind. But yesterday, the 1st, the power went off at 5 pm for about 30 minutes. I have no idea why yet. I did hear sirens so I'm assuming it was an accident.
It's been raining on and off since Monday. But we do see peeks of the sun sometimes.
It was my birthday on the 1st. My sister, Debby came over Halloween night and spent a few hours. She didn't want to be home handing out candy..Ha!
Jeanne and Jane stopped over yesterday and Nina came with the girls later in the evening. I have so much sweet stuff around now. Yuck! I have decided that i am going to go on a Gluten free diet. Nina has been on it for a couple months and she feels great and doesn't even have PMS any more. She has had that all her life. Everyone I know that goes on it says they feel so much better.
The kids bought me scratch off lottery tickets and they were thrilled when I won on a few of them. Won $58!! I told Nina to keep it because I might need her to pick me up something at the store, now that the weather is getting colder.
I also got a nice surprise from a few of my classmates. The sent me a very nice dish garden. It's beautiful!
So I guess I had a great birthday!! My 66th. Never know when it might be my last. I never expected to be here for this one. It's a miracle so far!
Here's the pics. I'll be back soon. Take care everyone.
Thanks for all the beautiful cards too!!
It's been raining on and off since Monday. But we do see peeks of the sun sometimes.
It was my birthday on the 1st. My sister, Debby came over Halloween night and spent a few hours. She didn't want to be home handing out candy..Ha!
Jeanne and Jane stopped over yesterday and Nina came with the girls later in the evening. I have so much sweet stuff around now. Yuck! I have decided that i am going to go on a Gluten free diet. Nina has been on it for a couple months and she feels great and doesn't even have PMS any more. She has had that all her life. Everyone I know that goes on it says they feel so much better.
The kids bought me scratch off lottery tickets and they were thrilled when I won on a few of them. Won $58!! I told Nina to keep it because I might need her to pick me up something at the store, now that the weather is getting colder.
I also got a nice surprise from a few of my classmates. The sent me a very nice dish garden. It's beautiful!
So I guess I had a great birthday!! My 66th. Never know when it might be my last. I never expected to be here for this one. It's a miracle so far!
Here's the pics. I'll be back soon. Take care everyone.
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