Friday, April 27, 2012

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MARSHA IN CANTON, OHIO?

Thursday, April 26 – While Paul is back in Boulder City, NV, Marsha is enjoying precious time with family and friends. But first things first.

Marsha's back was not good on her long flight back to Ohio. She took a pain pill from Nevada to Atlanta, GA, which knocked her out…she is a lightweight when it comes to pain medicine. Once she left Atlanta and landed in Canton, OH, she headed for a long nap. Kelly came to visit her along with other family members Friday night.

Finally Saturday morning, she had had enough. Kelly drove her to Stat Care where she found out she had pulled two muscles and had Sciatica. Sciatica is a symptom of another medical problem, not a medical condition on its own…a result of either an injury, back problem or muscle pull. She received an injection of two anti-inflammatory meds….one short-term and one long-term. She did receive relief from the injection. Dr. Dang also gave her a NON drowsy pain medicine which after she took one promptly passed out for three hours. So much for the NON drowsy part.

Sunday found her enjoying her church family and diner with Kelly, Dave and his parents.

Left-right: Dave, Kelly, Marsha, Jackie, Daviddave-and-kelly

Thanks Dave for buying lunch for us all.

She was sooooo happy when Monday came. She got to have her favorite all-time hair dresser, Krista, color and cut her…as she calls it…mop! Krista just opened her own salon, and Marsha wanted to give her something for the shop. So she whipped up a new basket and presented it to her. Marsha said Krista loved it. Marsha gave her a big bag of mints to put in it.

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Besides visiting with Kelly, dad and family, she has been enjoying several evenings out with her good friends. The photo below are with her "Jackson Divas plus one." She has divas all over the country. This group all taught together except Joyce, who was also a teacher but in a different school district. Of course they all had tons of fun and laughter.

Front: Stephanie, Leigh Ann, Cindy. Back: Joyce, Marsha, Sharonjackson-diavs

She is SUPPOSE to be sitting on the heating pad, doing stretches and TRYING to relax. She says she is as much as she can. BUT…Thursday finds her back at Stat Care. She said the hip and back just won't stop. Again Dr. Dang was on call. He pinched, pulled, twisted and tapped everywhere. He heard no cracking in the hip joint, and Marsha told him that she had no pain when he was rotating it. Conclusion…going to take time before those muscles heal. Even though she told him the last pain meds knocked her out, he wrote a prescription for Vicodin. He said…don't drive if she takes one….NO DUH! She got the prescription filled but won't take it unless she is in dire need.

We will skip hiking Red Rock Canyon this time around. Paul will continue is two-a-day bike rides. We will walk the streets of Las Vegas when Marsha arrives back on Saturday.

For all of you that fell for Paul pitiful attempt for sympathy, Marsha agrees with Margery…Hey, Paul...just how much mess can one person and one cat make? Please don't feel sorry a moment for him. He puts a Walmart bag on the counter, throws his garbage in there, walks all of 30 steps to dispose of it.

Also here is a picture he sent to from his phone.

Sitting outside in the gorgeous weather watching the Cleveland Indians on our new TV.
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Now I, Marsha, ask you…how much work do you think is really getting done?

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y'all back real soon. Have a great day.

16 comments:

  1. Well, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do!!
    Marsha, I sure hope your back/hip gets to feeling better real soon. That is a terrible pain to have! Take care!!
    So glad you are having fun with family and friends! It is always great to reconnect!!
    Love that basket...beautiful!!

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  2. Oh no. Having back pain is not fun. Being back home with family and friends though .. now that's fun. Here's to Paul and those long, long bike rides. Enjoy yourselves.

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  3. It seems to me that both are enjoying some R & R. Both of you, enjoy.

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  4. I can't imagine how uncomfortable she was on that plane ride. A person in the best of health can't get comfortable in those seats.

    Hoping the situation resolves before her flight back.

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  5. We know all about that back pain and it is horrible. I know Marsha is trying to cram in all kinds of visiting but maybe when she gets back, Paul can slow her down a little so that back can heal.

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  6. Marsha take it easy on the back and enjoy your time home..

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  7. Sorry to hear Marsha's back is giving her fits. I have back problems as well but hate taking pain meds-they play with my head. But, I get relief from muscle relaxants. Does Marsha use them? Feel better soon. Paul, hang in there w/out her-only 1 more day.

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  8. Marsha, you take it easy and let those muscles heal. I'm like you when it comes to pain meds - I have to halve the prescription on most meds, most of the time. Maybe you can both enjoy your new "outside TV" and take it easy for a while.

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  9. Suzy and I can really sympathize with you on the back and other pains! Of course, Jerry is sympathizing with Paul -- he hates to be left to his own devices, because he usually can't even find the devices in the first place. Back to Suzy and Marsha -- at one time our doctor suggested sciatica, and it probable was there, but the reality is -- PMR, polymyalgia rheumatica. That's one to look up on Google, far to involved to describe here! And Vicodin isn't enough for that. Suzy was on Oxycontin and Oxycodone for years. finally off that stuff, thank God!

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  10. Just before we went on the road, I had sciatica too. It went AWAY completely. No recurrences. You can hope for the same outcome. Also I am surprised they didn't give you a shot of cortisone. Lasts a few weeks.

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  11. Hope Marsha's memories of her visit home aren't lost in the fog of pain meds! That sciatica is really an annoyance and it seems to be making the rounds...just went to the chiropractor yesterday for said annoyance. I told him I thought it was because I lost weight and didn't have so much cushioning on the bum...he said dream on! LOL He said only if the pain radiated to the ankle and foot was a disc the cause. Otherwise, it can be alleviated in my case with exercises and an adjustment. Praying you'll soon find relief.

    Nothing like face time with the girl friends!

    Not much longer of bach-ing it with Bella, Paul. Bet wife home again even if she's a little 'dopey.' LOL

    Another beautiful Marsha creation!

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  12. Hope Marsha's memories of her visit home aren't lost in the fog of pain meds! That sciatica is really an annoyance, and it seems to be making the rounds...just went to the chiropractor yesterday for said annoyance. I told him I thought it was because I lost weight and didn't have so much cushioning on the buttocks...he said dream on! LOL He said only if the pain radiated to the ankle and foot was a disc the cause. Otherwise, it can be alleviated in my case with exercises and an adjustment. Praying you'll soon find relief.

    Another beautiful Marsha creation!

    There's just no substitute for face time with the girl friends!

    Not much longer of bach-ing it with Bella, Paul. Bet it'll be nice to have your dopey wife, home again. LOL

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  13. Sorry to hear that Marsha is having a lot of pain. Besides taking "time" to heal, it takes a lot of "patience" too - not being able to be 100% isn't fun.

    Love the basket! Beautiful as always.

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  14. Yup. . .sorry to say that sciatica is not a bit of fun. . .I finally conquered the pain with the "magic exercises" I learned in a book called "Pain Free by Peter Egoscue."

    There were days I couldn't get out of bed. . .and would do the exercises before getting up, just to get some relief. . .

    Good luck,
    Janice

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  15. So glad Marsha is having such a great time visiting family and friends. No happy that she is in pain. I sure hope it clears up fast so she can enjoy herself. I hate the way pain medications make you feel too!

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  16. I'm so far behind...Marsha is probably back by now. Loved the pictures of family and friends - that's always so nice. The basket is absolutely beautiful. Marsha hope your back and hip are feeling better.

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