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08 May 2024
Well, Mom's shoulder surgery went very well. They did end up doing the reverse shoulder replacement, because there was a huge hole in the tendon near the rotator cuff, which meant there was nothing the surgeon could create a suture with.
But, because she has so much extra muscle in that arm (because, her kids believe in strength training) - the doctor will be sending her to PT and expects that she will have far more mobility than most because of the muscle in that arm.
And, yes both my brother and I couldn't help smiling with that..."I told you so" grin on our faces.
Both of us do weights and had a few good strength training sessions while care giving.
On the flip side. We all got sick and I have to say this one was pretty horrendous. It started with my bro. It was kind of funny because we were talking the night before about our immune systems. We have some weird genetic funky things with our immune systems. But, we're an odd mix of ethnicities so its always hard to nail which side we got it from.
For the record, my brother and I are a strait half and half of Bengali Indian (dot, not feather) and Caucasian. I'm only getting racial for medical reasons here so don't get touchy. The Caucasian side is a wonderful mix of Italian/Hungarian/German/Dutch.
Since, we were young my brother and I have immune systems that tend to react sensitively and out of proportion. Mine more so than his, but when it comes to fevers our bodies go crazy and for all intents and purposes we fry like bacon! LOL
Now, high fevers are not out of the ordinary for young babies but my brother and I never grew out of it. Throughout our lives we strike fevers out of no where with no accompanying symptoms and the temp will just continue to go up and up and up. And, oh yes our fevers will often defy the impact of aspirin or Ibuprofin. It will go down a couple of degrees, and then go up even higher than before. This hit a peak for me at 40 years of age and a bout of rheumatic fever (pre MS diagnosis) when it hit 104 degrees and my mother had to put me in the bath tub.
All I can say is it felt like somebody ripping the skin off my body to be 104 degrees and put in cold water. I screamed and remembered thinking "geez I could go into convulsions..." I remember the water around me was turning warm from the heat of my skin.
Anyway, Mom tends to think this propensity for high fevers and high immune response is from her side. But, then why does no one else on her side of the family react this way? My brother and I don't know too much about our Indian side because my parents split when I was 2 and my bro was 4. Both, my brother and I would not be surprised if he too had the genetic marker for MS due to his own immune responses. But, we both know just because you have that marker doesn't mean you will actually present with the disease. And, we both agreed that my life as a humanitarian presented an extreme level of stress that would have definitely provided the key that "unlocked the genetic door".
Either way, we were twinsies this time around. It started with him and it began with the fever. Mom, got it too but not as bad though they gave her a good strong dose of antibiotic before the surgery.
And, then came my turn and the fever went from 101.5 - dose of aspirin - then 101.6 --> 102.7 -->aspirin --->99.9 --->101.5.-->another dose of aspirin. It was at 102.7 that I started freak a bit because I was not going to go back to the tub. Unless you've been through it, you just don't know...the pain is ungodly.
FINALLY, after we started pouring mucinex down my throat the fever started to abate. I do still deal with Polyarthritis from that bout of rheumatic fever so even when the fever abated every joint in my body is inflamed right now. My ribs and and lower back have taken the biggest brunt. But, I switched to ibuprofin at this point because it's much better at pain relief than aspirin. I am feeling a thousand times better than yesterday and can function even if my thinking is a bit water logged right now.
I slept the majority of the time in upstairs spare room. I love my kitty little Bill, but he likes to be all over me when I'm sick and just having the sheets touch my body is painful. Mom pulled out the softest of softest blankets and put it over my body and I don't even have words but to say it felt like paradise in the midst of a raging hurricane going on inside my body. And, though we might say I slept upstairs so I could watch over mom - we both knew it was the other way around. It's the closest room to the dreaded bathtub.
Fortunately, God was good and we didn't have to go there. Now to transition out of of being sick and move into the wonderful role of getting better. I hope you are all having a blessed and beautiful day!
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29 April 2024
Oh my dearest FS peeps! Some of you know how long I have been working at this. Recovery score was good this a.m. and the stars were aligned. 40 minutes, level 13 resistance, 297 beautiful watts. Maximum hr 174 bpm, average 155 bpm.
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28 April 2024
Chicken Tinga, refried beans (homemade), rice, roasted veggies. Long day. Lots of cooking. 1210 cal burn 🔥 on bike. Mom’s shoulder replacement surgery is on Thursday.
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27 April 2024
Current physique shot. Tummy is bulging from core work yesterday. Was up to 119.8 this morning. But core work and increase in reps on all sets does that - I’m sore and welcome a little cushion from water retention. 😁😅
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26 April 2024
Pork chop piccata with capers, beets with vinaigrette, sweet potato wedges with ranch seasoning and our homemade yogurt for dip 😁
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