Monday, Monday...

Today...it's off to the surgeon's office for my post-op appointment.  That's the bad news (having to deal with them yet again!) The good news is---I AM going to get some MEDS to help make me comfortable-or someone is going to get hurt! BADLY!!!

 Yep, one miserable puppy here and I can honestly say---NEVER AGAIN!

Nausea, constant fire going in my chest, and feeling as if I am on the verge of a gall bladder attack is not my idea of "feeling better after surgery!"

On another note...Jak has this available to win...

.go here... if you'd like a chance...

I absolutely LOVE MINE... would love to have a back up--the color is pretty, too!

Well, time to shower...

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping...

Blessings, Sharon

And now for a few words...

NAUSEOUS. dr. tomorrow. WILL get better drugs! or else!

Diva Dah-ling!

So the night before my surgery...I got to go and see my dah-ling goddaughter play Veruca Salt in Willie Wonka, Jr. at her her school.  This is a Montessori School and each year they do a production in conjunction with their graduation.  Last year-she was a flying monkey in The Wizard of Oz. This year-the spoiled diva daughter!  She got to yell, stomp her feet, roll her eyes and toss her hair about.  I cracked up! Really. Her teacher has her pegged! I can't say it was a real stretch of her acting ability! She was a natural! Lol. Yeah, gotta love her!   There was a lot to get done before I was down--and a card or flowers just didn't happen. So today I went to work on putting together what's been brewing in my brain...

Mo's image fit perfect! And there's a clip art site for Willie Wonka that I pulled the "backdrop" photo from along with the top hat-the Willie Wonka Jr. I did in Publisher using WordArt...

 I used a step card format --scanned the program pages and highlighted her parts to make the side panels...

added a copy of  the golden ticket that was in my candy bar I received at the door...

had the date, place and time of their production...

added my sentiments on the back side....

and, since it was all rather hefty and "drooping" a wee bit from my layers (as well as the humidity here---)

I added a "brace" to the bottom...

As usual, my card's too big for the enve--so it wasn't going to fold up anyway!

Time to put myself back down and read for a bit.  And try not to scratch the incisions.

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping.

Blessings, Sharon

Saturday...

Another sleepless night. Sigh. Instead of gall bladder attacks once a week...it seems, after surgery, one has one on-going attack. Coming and going continuously.  Incisions are now starting to itch like crazy as well. So, let's see: no gall bladder but still having attacks. Itchy incisions. Eating basically instant mashed potatoes, toast-and oh, let's not forget the divine canned chicken!   Did I mention swallowing Aleve by the fistfulls?  Can't even take the  sheets out of the dryer or carry the clothes basket as it hurts to lift, pull, etc. so doing anything more than sitting on the royal kiester is out of the question.  Praying my massage therapist can give me some relief with the migraine and upper back pain from having to sleep in weird positions.  This is a week and one day out now. I am overtired, uncomfortable, and ticked off.  THIS is better?!  Give the gall bladder back, please. I'd rather suffer through a bad attack every now and again and be able to do things, eat a little more than mush, and sleep. 

That, and the "baby" is still not himself, either.  He probably needs to go back to the vet, but lifting him and the carrier in and out, up and down is out of the question. 

Until next time...

Rough nite....

Ok. So today is Royal pitty party day for me.  Pain meds aren't helping. Been up since 12:30 AM with gall bladder attack symptoms and pain--even tho it's not there anymore (the chicken-poop surgeon told my husband that that's normal for another 4-6 weeks---never told ME THE PATIENT that...like I said---he was chicken poop to keep this clean...!) --along with nausea, increased fibro pain (probably due to the increased stress and rain...) topped with a migraine.  My surgeon's nurse was about as sympathetic as Hitler--I could ride 1 hr, sit in the waiting room for 2, and ride home for another 1 hr. if I want to be seen? Go figure how that's  going to help?! Then she tries telling me all my pain is from the gas--that was almost a week ago, thank you, and I KNOW the difference between attack pains and the pain I had from the gas. It's different-but hey, SHE's had the same surgery so she know it all?!  Oh-and if someone can drive in and get a prescription---again---another 2 hrs. round trip---they can give me something a little stronger. Oh and let's see...I am not supposed to be upset--that's not going to help!  Her lecturing me as if I were a two year old is, however, is supposed to be the magic cure?!   Of course...my doctor is off playing golf today and hence could care less.   I'm sorry.  I am soooooo tired of living with pain.  I am sooooooo  tired of empty promises of "this will make it better."  I am soooooo tired of doctors who don't get it and don't listen....or care. Just pay your copay--that's all they care about. It's not about patient care, patient comfort, listening...and actually HELPING.  I am still in search of....medical professionals as good as my vet and her staff...they get it. I know-maybe I can walk on all fours and attach a tail? It's an idea....!

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping. Blessings, Sharon

Wobbly get well wishes...

So--"playing" some helps get my mind off the pain! And, since my daughter-in-law just went through two dental implants yesterday, I wanted to send her some get well wishes.  In my earlier post-I mentioned Roberta of Prairie Fairy's Wobble-head card.  I did it!  I used a picture of my step son for her "nurse", and one of my hubby for my "nurse".  Here's how it came out:

I put Roberta's "Dr. Lewis" image (although I was tempted to use "Nurse Gillian!)  in Publisher

and then cropped off his head.

Then I put it in a second time and cropped just his hat.

Then I cropped a photo of Tommy and Brook and sized it so it was larger than the body to give it that cartoon look-and fixed the hat to fit the top of their head...cut, colored, popped and pasted!

Since this was an easel card, I simply scanned the image of my hubby and cut it out for the inside.

The wobble-head gizmo is SUPER TECHNICAL. 

You MUST have an engineering degree to even attempt this!

 Lol! NOT!

I took thin wire, wrapped it around a pencil 4-5 times, hot glued the ends to two ovals I punched out and

then attached those to the card base and Tommy's head image!

Easy-peasy! And yes, it wobbles nicely (trick is--thin wire!)

Time for lunch and some meds.

Back to the deck to recuperate some more.

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings, Sharon