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[anubisa]

Hey everyone. Today is my birthday. I'm 38 years old.

Happy birthday!

Well later today we have to take Lily to her appointment at the vet. I'm hoping that we can finally find out what's going on with her.

[Roknrol]

Hey everyone. Today is my birthday. I'm 38 years old.

Happy belated birthday!

[anubisa]

Well we saw the vet on Friday. Our vet checked Lily's eye sight and she does have some issues with her right eye. Other than that she has had her medicine changed for her pain. She is now taking gabapentin and a muscle relaxer. We are going back to see the vet in two weeks to see if she is doing better. It seems that she is doing some better. So hopefully things will get better for her.

[Roknrol]

Fingers crossed

The main reason I'd like to be able to communicate effectively with my pets is to ask them what's wrong (what hurts, what's bothering you, etc)

[anubisa]

I agree. I know my babies can understand me and I can understand them to some extent, but I really wish what they were saying or thinking. That would be nice.

[Bartmanhomer]

So anyway. I just have a bad night which has something to do with my older brother and his now ex-friend. His ex-friend was knocking at the door I ignore her until she mention the word seizure. I think "Oh no." She said that she needs to get her seizure medication. She has been having out at my house for a few weeks. She is a nice woman but with so many issues. She always knock at the door at a very inappropriate time even went my brother and I was asleep. She's kind of a nuisance who doesn't respect people's boundaries. So anyway back to the story. I call my brother about the situation and she talks to him on the floor. After that my brother got home and he and his ex-friend got into a huge argument he kick her out of the house and throw her show at the house which cause me some stress because I didn't need this sort of drama. My brother asked me am I good. I told him yes. And that is my story.

[anubisa]

We all have negative people in our lives unfortunately. We just have to let it be. Just ignore it and don't let it affect your life.

[anubisa]

I finally got a new job with Longhorn Steakhouse. I'm going to be a hostess. I was a hostess with Cracker Barrel. It's going to be nice because I like interacting with people. I'm having trouble with my back though. I see someone at the pain clinic next Wednesday and I hope that I can get this resolved. I am already taking muscle spasm medicine and pain medicine, but I don't know if they can give me a shot or what. I'm hoping that it can be resolved. No matter what, I'm very happy to have a new job.

[Roknrol]

Congrats on the new job!

Back problems are awful - for a time I had a regular masseuse that I would see; that helped a bit. Walking helped for a time. Things like stretching and squats can make the difference between a sore back and throwing it out. One specific thing that I learned was that if your back is sore, the BEST thing you can do is keep using it. If you decide to spend a day in bed because your back hurts, it will keep hurting and make things take longer to heal. If you even do light stuff like walking, it's better than staying in bed.

Turns out that a lot of my pain was probably a result of heart disease, so if you engage in 'bad' behavior (like smoking) you'll want to stay on top of that.

[anubisa]

I agree with you. I find that if I stay in bed that my back hurts a lot. I don't want to rely on pain meds forever. I'm hoping that something good will come out of seeing someone at the pain clinic though.