There really isn't anything new to report lately. We are all still elated on the news with Grandma and just revelling in the joys.
I have been dealing with plantar warts on both feet, as I think I have posted before. It's really getting old. It just sucks. I know that there are a lot worse problems out there, for instance Jacque and Grandma, and I feel awful for complaining. But I just have to vent. I have been so strong and quiet about it. I don't want to sound like a whiny child. But I have to tell you it hurts so bad that I can't hardly bear it any more. I have one on the ball of my right foot and one on the outter side by my heal on my left. My General Practitioner tried everything he could for a year to get rid of them and finally sent me to a dermatologist. The dermatologist started out with this acid that is just plain awful and then every night after that I had to use a 50% acid on them after using a... well... I call it a foot razor. It's one of those things that they use to scrape your feet when you get a pedicure. Which is why I will never EVER get a pedicure, but I digress....
So after about three months of doing the 50% acid at home and going in once a month to have the REALLY scraped and checked, I told the lady that this was getting old. So now she is using what she calls a slurry (sp?) and oh my GOD. I have to go in once a week now while we are doing this and it is just plain BAD. It is so flipping painful. I can honestly say, after having three babies with no drugs, that I would rather go through childbirth again. For one, I can't walk straight on either foot. I have had back problems (again, nowhere near as bad as Mel's.... I am being whiny) since high school. This crap of not being able to walk right has thrown my back, ankles, and knees off so bad that toward the end of the week when I CAN walk, it isn't straight because I hurt so bad everywhere else.
The good news is that this last Tuesday, she thought that this MIGHT be the last treatment I will need on the right foot, which is hardest to walk on. So, here is hoping. I guess I will let you all know what happens this Tuesday. UGH.
Other than all that there is nothing new. Just sitting and waiting to see if we are new aunt and uncle via Jeremy's brother, Josh. I can't wait. The sex is still unknown. I love not knowing! It is one of the true, genuine surprises in life!
I hope you are all having a great week and ready for the weekend! We have nothing planned for the weekend. It should be nice to actually have some family time, since Jeremy has been gone so much this week. OH!!! There are some major changes on the horizon with his job!! However, since this posting has gotten so long, I will save it for tomorrow!
Good night and sweet dreams to all!
4 comments:
Oooooooo, a cliff hanger! Don't forget to post about Jeremy's job! Sorry 'bout your feet, hope those things fall out soon!
Better jet, I think chaos is ensuing in the TV room, I hear the clinking of glass and have NO idea what it is!
Ouch, Nikki- I had plantars warts when I was in college and they HURT! It sounds like your dermatologist has finally gotten down and dirty with them - hope it works for you. I wonder why yours are being so stuborn?
Anxious to hear the next installment. Don't keep us waiting too long! :-)
Mama always said to keep them wanting more. Way to go gypsy.
I had one of those on my foot. My doctor tried to burn it off all at once--it was much less medieval than it sounds. It seemed to have worked, but then it started growing back. So, I cut it off myself. And now, I can sound really manly writing about it. :)
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