Good morning and Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all... I hope everyone's day is off to a good start and if you celebrate St Patrick's Day, I hope your celebration is in full swing and your favorite meal is well underway.
My day is off to a very busy start, though it's not centering around St Patrick's Day. We're in the final stages of our remodeling project and I'm trying to get things put away into the new cabinets, as well as clean up other parts of the house, in which we had things stored while we worked on the kitchen. That was mainly the living room and one bedroom. Yesterday, I removed everything from the living room that doesn't belong there and began the cleaning process. This morning, I finished that cleaning and moved on to the bedroom. That's going to take longer because it's still storing the items that will be going for donation, so until I can get that pile of "stuff" out, there's a limit to what I can do. It won't hurt to try though. Of course, some of the mess spilled over into the attached bathroom, so I'll get that sorted and cleaned (again), as well.
So - I think I mentioned last week that I'd had to go for a CT and x-rays on my kidneys and bladder, to check on kidney cysts that have been there for some years. I saw the doctor on Friday for that report... it didn't mention the cysts, but I do have a 0.5 cm non-blocking stone, which is causing blood in my urine, as well as a low grade back ache. They're recommending lithrotripsy using laser. That's an out-patient surgery, done under anethesia. I'm waiting for the surgery center to reach out with an appointment for that.
On Thursday, I went to my hand specialist. I get injection for arthritis pain, but I'd noticed that there's (what I thought to be) a tendon across my knuckle that kept "rolling" off whenever I straighten my middle finger. Yep, that's what it is and when I bend my finger, it tries to go back into place, but can't always make it. They can do surgery for this, but don't like to. They've recommended a splint to prevent my finger from bending far enough to allow the tendon to roll out of place. I was going to wait until my next set of injections in 4 months, but I think I'm going to call in and just get it done. I saw the PA and she was pretty upset that I'd let the injections go as long as I did so the pain got so bad... she pretty much insisted we just do them again in 4 months instead of leaving it to my discretion, as she'd done before. Ooops!!
So, there's all that. I haven't weighed this morning, but yesterday when I got on the scale, I was down 0.8 pounds from last week. Not quite as good as I'd have liked, but better than being up that much, so I'll take it. I've been having a lot of trouble with my stomach lately, so I'd guess that's the problem. I'm hoping that starts resolving.
So - that's my story. How was your week? I hope it was good and that you've been successful with whatever plan you've tried.
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week~~