Turtles for Dinner?

Okay, so this was refering to ice cream flavor, but really...it doesn't say turtle sunday. I just had to take a picture of it. I would think turtle would be a terrible flavor of the day; right up there with raccoon or opposum!

I went to the dr. Today and he thinks my wrist is sprained; nothing shows up on the x-rays, so he gave me a shot, told me to take off the brace and just be careful with it, dont over-do it or anything, and if it's not better in 4 weeks, to call back. I can't believe all that pain was from a sprain, but I sure am glad surgery doesn't seem to be in my near future!

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Catcing Up

This is just a short catch up note.  I'm at school for the day trying to get my room ready for school to start next week and thought I would try to type up a quick post while I had access to a computer.

I'm still having problems with my Mac's video card.  Not sure what I'm going to do. I will probably buy a new Mac (it's time anyway) and see how much it will cost to fix the old one. They don't sell for much, so I doubt it will be worth it to fix it up to sell, but I may be able to convince my mother to fix it up for herself because she is wanting a laptop and I think she would like an Apple and this one would be fast enough for her (much faster than the dinosaur PC she currently has).

Also, I have an appointment to see a hand specialist about my left wrist. I really hope that surgery isn't in my future...

Why Me?

I have been going through my own personal trial lately. God puts people through trials all the time, and I think this is mine. 

I have been in almost constant pain since last November.  Back pain, bursitis, carpel tunnel and now an undiagnosed pain in my left wrist and hand.  I have been doing my best to get over each pain as it comes.  It has been a constant and discouraging battle.  As soon as one pain is gone, another appears.

Back pain is something I will battle for the rest of my life, so it is something I have learned to live with. Bursitis is a new pain, and thankfully I haven't had any relapses in a few months. I have been eating better and taking vitamins, plus the weight loss have all been things I have done to help with the bursitis. I went to the doctor for the carpel tunnel, but they were of no help, so I asked my chiropractor.  He adjusted my wrists and the carpel tunnel went away; unfortunately, ever since then, my left wrist and hand have been in almost constant pain. 

The chiropractor doesn't know what is wrong.  Nothing shows up on the x-ray, and he says he has never seen anything like it.  The next step is to go to the doctor to see if he has any ideas.  I'm pretty sure something got popped or wrenched when the chiropractor adjusted it for carpel tunnel, because the pain I feel almost daily for the last month and a half is the same sharp pain I felt when my left wrist was adjusted.  The cruel part is that my left wrist hardly even had any carpel tunnel problems; it was my right wrist that had severe pains from carpel tunnel (enough to keep me awake at night). The adjustment to my right wrist completely relieved me of all the carpel tunnel pains, but now my left wrist and hand are so bad that I can barely function at times.  It is hard to get dressed; it is hard to fix my hair.

At this point, I'm basically turning to God for the strength to endure and the faith that he will only let me endure what I can.