I'M BACK!!!!

First of all, thank you for your prayers, I appreciate each and every one and I know the Lord heard. Secondly, I did not leave a comment on the blogs for the past couple of days, but I did read each one and enjoyed staying in touch that way.

To let you know what I will be facing in the next few weeks, I have an appointment with the hand specialist on September 25 for xrays, etc.  He did the surgery on my right hand and I have not had one single problem with it, so of course chose him to do the left.  

What happens is that the cushion in between the joints in my thumb wears out and he takes a piece of cartilage from my wrist, rolls it up and puts between the joint and as it part of my body, it fits right in and works!  Right now, it is very painful to open a jar, pull out a drawer, hold a glass in my hand or anything else....it is like when you have worn out the cushion in your knee and it must be replaced....it is bone on bone rubbing against the nerves and making pains shoot up my hand and arm.

Then, I finally got a call back from the ortho doctor that does my epidurals.  He was out of the office yesterday and will be again today, but I talked to his nurse and she looked at the schedule and said it would be the first or second week in October before he could do anything.  She will talk to him tomorrow and call me with what he says.  I guess my back and legs just will have to hurt and I will have to put up with it til then.

My UT VOLS won last weekend, and my all time favorite quarterback (Peyton Manning) threw for 7 touchdowns with the Denver Broncs!  

We managed to take Jim to the doctor yesterday and the Dr. could tell he was better.  He suggested several things to eat that might help him gain some muscle and strength back.  One thing was whey....do any of you use it, and if so, how?  The Dr. says he has it every morning....mixes in skim milk and drinks.  He said we could do it that way and even add ice cream to give Jim more calories.  I bought 1 package of vanilla and 1 of chocolate before I bought the big container, to see if Jim would drink it.

I did go to the Ladies Banquet at my church on Saturday and it was very nice.  I was in pain, so needless to say, I was anxious for it to be over, but the organizers did a fantastic job.  The theme was "The Bride of Christ" and you can see why some of the decorations are there........

 Before the banquet began!

 The wedding cake was delicious, along with the bbq, slaw, 

little red potatoes, green beans and rolls.

 Door prizes!

 These are real wedding dresses from some of the ladies in the church.

The last 3 pictures are of the game we played, using toilet paper, ribbon, to make a wedding dress, and the winner was chosen and it was really a fun time.  Amazing what you can do with toilet paper! We also had door prizes and I won one containing shower gel, a massager and net scrubber!

I will leave you now and wish you a happy Tuesday.