Back to Normal

last week Thursday was the 1st nite since my ordeal that i didn't feel dizzy, so apart from a faint red spot under my eye, i am back to my 100%.  whew!  hopefully i won't have any more horror stories to tell for a while...someone told me last week that I'm due for a quiet non eventful next few months and i completely agree.  In fact if that is the last "drama-filled, falling" story ever, I wont' complain at all!

Atlanta carnival is coming up on Memorial weekend so getting ready for cooler fete this weekend; it's the 1 fete i actually look forward to every year because it is generally very good.  Last year at cooler fete, i had my 6 Kaliber in it because i wasn't drinking - LOL!  good times/memories.   Atlanta carnival has soooooo much potential (it's the 1st one in N. America, it's on a holiday weekend) but it's absolutely NOTHING to write home about (so unfortunate).  in fact, we will just be liming hard (harder than usual) as opposed to doing anything "carnival like" - I think; I actually thought about going to FL that weekend instead.

Anyhoo, so things are normEl on my end; no stress, no worries and things are right with the world once more!

Quick Update

I'm on the mend...my eye looks 100x better and i feel like a brand new person.  I still have some vertigo experiences, esp. when i'm lying down, but it's NOTHING like last week!  Of course, I was more of a pill popper for a minute, but even that is almost back to normal.

it truly is amazing how the body heals sometimes...this is what's left of the "Mike Tyson" eye and i swear it looks better and better as the day goes by!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

to ALL the mothers out there, but especially to Learls! :-)

MS is to Blame

I don't know about anyone else, but anytime something out of the ordinary happens to me without warning, my 1st thought is always "what now...is this the MS doing its thing!" i always do it and i'm sure that the MS doesn't think it's fair, but it is what it is...

the Vertigo kicked in on Sunday nite with a vengeance...i went to the MS Center Monday morning.  There i was told that it was vertigo, but if it happened again, i must come back in to make sure that there wasn't anything else going on...well, by Wednesday, things had gotten worse and i could take it no more!  I called the MS Center and got an appt for 11 that morning for an MRI.  By this time, all the worst scenarios were swimming around in my head.  Stroke, brain bleed, the works...The MRI was done and i was able to get on the same person's schedule whom i'd seen when i went in on Monday.

The results were in - i braced myself!  

She walked in and said, "well Stacey, i have good news - ur brain looks fine; we have no problem there.  The bad news is that you have a severe sinus infection - actually the worst i've ever seen."  

wait a minute...a sinus infection?!!?!?  

that is what is causing me to be dizzy, throwing up and has me feeling the absolute WORST i've felt in a long time????  Unbelievable!!!  it appears that the blood that pooled and formed the bruise under my eye (from the fall), pooled in my sinuses causing the infection.  It was cause for celebration, if u ask me, because everything was "fine" - she prescribed drugs (i have NO problem taking drugs) and today FINALLY, i actually feel like I'm on the mend.  

I still blame the MS...had it not been for MS, i would not be going to PT, i wouldn't have been weaker last week Tuesday, i prolly wouldn't have fallen and wouldn't have a bruise (black eye) so there wouldn't have been any pooling of blood in my sinuses to cause the infection!!

Vertigo

I've heard of Vertigo - never experienced it...until Sunday nite....and oh my was it AWFUL!

U know when u're tite and the room starts spinning when u lie down?  Imagine that X 100!  oh my goodness, the room just wouldn't stop spinning!  it last about 6 secs, but i think it was 1 of the worst 6 secs of my life.  It really was just AWFUL!  it actually scared the shit out of me.  it only happened once that nite and then again Monday morning, but MUCH MUCH less violently and only for about 2 secs that time.  that's when i called the ER i went to when i fell; they suggested that i call my doctor's office.

I called and they told me to come in...i saw a doctor (mine doesn't work on Tuesdays!) and she told me that i'd sufferred from Benign Positional Vertigo. It commonly occurs after head trauma and gets better over time.  If it happened again she said that i'd have to go back in and pull up my MRI, which is scheduled for 6/3 right now.  Needless to say, i was ah lil afraid to lie down last nite (both times it happened, i was lying down), but luckily it didn't happen again.

Vertigo is something that happens to some MS patients...i'm hoping that the occurence was just as a result of my last fall and not an exacerbation/flare up coming on.

In Other News...

my eye is healing well...I'm still scary to look at because now below my eye is PURPLE (i have some aviator shades that covers it right up), but 99.5 % of the swelling has gone down and my head is back to it's normal shape!  When i was growing up, i never had any major injuries to talk about - i think i'm making up for that these days in my "more mature" age!

NEVER a Dull Moment!!!

indulge me...this post might be a bit long.

So, i had yesterday and today off.  As it turns out, the reason that i took the days off fell thru and last nite i was in 2 minds about whether or not i would go to work today.  In the end, good sense prevailed and i decided to keep the off day and sleep in (i didn't have anything pressing that i had to go in for).  The last thing i did before i went to sleep was turn the volume of my phone OFF.  There's a reason for this.  Anyone who knows me well, knows that the ONLY thing that will actually get me up when i'm sleeping is my ringing cell phone and for reasons known only to God and herself, G2 ALWAYS calls me on my days off when she gets to her desk in the morning.  Last nite I said to myself, "Self, the last thing u want in the morning is to have to wake up by the sound of a ringing phone with G2 at the other end asking y u aren't logged on even though she knows that u are off." so what did i do?  i turned off the volume on my phone!

so i'm sleeping blissfully this morning - not even dreaming, fus (it was such) it was a good sleep - and all if a sudden i hear the doorbell; not once, but about 7 or 8 times in succession.  so of course, i jump up and i'm thinking "WTF!!  who the hell is that and y the ass are they ringing my bell like that??!!??"  i have to say here, that usually, i don't answer my bell - if someone is coming over, i usually know that they're coming and i'm expecting them - so naturally this morning, i was a little alarmed.  I looked out my window to see if i recognised the car, and lo and behold what did i see?  a fire/alarm emergency vehicle!  so now, i'm a little more than alarmed, trying to figure out what the ass was really going on!  i got my phone, looked at it and realised that i had 4 missed calls, 3! of them from G, so i called her back and asked her if she knew why there was an emergency vehicle parked outside the door.  That is when she informed me that apparently the Life Alert button had gone off (!) and they were trying to get in touch with me.  She was on her way home, K was on her way over and they told the Life Alert people that 1 of them would arrive soon to unlock the door.  She said that she was hoping NOT to get a ticket fus she was speeding to get to the house and was trying NOT to think about what she would find when she got home.  At this point,  i think more because i was jarred awake than anything, i could barely stand and really did not want to go all the way downstairs to tell the man at the door that it was a false alarm, so i called back the Life Alert people and asked them to please tell whomever was downstairs to leave because it was a false alarm.

Toward the end of all the explanations and phone calls (K2 and S were already getting ready jes in case they had to go to the hospital, so we had to call them to tell them that everything was alright), who should call but G2 - calling just to chat not knowing ALL the drama that she started.  when i gave her the story, she told me that she'd actually thought about calling at 4:30 this morning when she got up to watch the kiss meh ass wedding, but had a change of heart!!!!!!  see?  i know her so well, that i KNEW that there was a chance of her calling!!!

All in all, everyone had a good laugh after realizing that i was safe and there was no need for concern but now, i have to try to figure out a way to NOT set off the stupid thing when i'm asleep or maybe just NOT turn off my phone.  Better fete, G2 needs to NOT call me in the mornings on my days off so i won't have to turn off the volume to avoid her damn call!

AARGH!!! - Story of my Life (these days)

Well...i fell down again yesterday and had to go to the ER.  all in all, could have been much worse....Steups!!!

I was shaky after physical therapy, so it makes sense Y i fell (i s'pose)...what doesn't make sense to me is that i didn't hit anything, on my way down (just because of where it happened), but i have a black eye,  a bruise on my upper arm and a small one on my foot (all on the weaker, left side to boot).  i look like a boxer - with that swollen, purple eye.  It just so happened that I am off tomorrow and Friday - good thing, so i won't be very stressed out at work, so hopefully it'll heal properly.

 
My eyebrows are still HOT!

they did a CT Scan and everything looks good, so don't have to worry about that - it's just that i'm a Tyson look alike for now and a few more days to come i s'pose.  It appears that the swelling moved down my face too (my face looks a lil distorted there)  - my cheek is now swollen but the side of my head isn't.

argh!!! "happy" "happy" times!!!

Ramblings

i hope that a good Easter was had by all; i had a good one myself.  It wasn't a rough Lent, but i tell you, i couldn't wait to sink my teeth into some meat.  In fact, can't wait to go to Eclipse to dig into some Veal Osso Buco and lamb meatballs that they put on the menu duuring Lent - mmmhhhmmhhmmm.  Everytime i went during Lent, i had to just hang on to the aroma emanating from others' plates and imagine how both dishes taste.

i mentioned last week that i started going back to physical therapy.  Well this morning was the 2nd session and again, it went well.  The therapist had to walk me to my car though because had i walked on my own, i probably would still be trying to get to the car.  It always amazes me (altho i am NOT asking any questions and just running with it) that when walking, i am a righteous mess, but put me behind the wheel of my car and smooth sailing.  NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER!!!!  i swear if that is ever taken from me, I'm not sure what i would do.  I've said this before, i'll say it again - in my car is the 1 place where i feel like i'm on a level playing field with everyone else and i can take on ANYONE, ANYTIME (and i will win).

Anyhoo, i got home, got out of the car, took 2 steps to the door and fell right outside the front door.  it wasn't a bad fall - in fact, it was one of those times when i just said, "fuck it, i'll just take this tumble and move on." i didn't try to fight it.

I'm inside safely and SITTING; will try to keep the movements to a minimum today :-)

Happy Easter!!!

PT

i'm breathing a sigh of relief...things weren't as bad as i orignally thought they were, so everything's well with the world again.

i started physical therapy this morning.  I was going last year and then i don't remember what happened, but i stopped going - started back this morning.  This place was recommended by the MS Sociey of GA so i'm hopeful (i know that there can be no guarantees).  Things went well; we'll see how it goes this time around.  it'll be 1 hr sessions each time - havent decided if i will go once or twice weekly yet.  she did her evaluation and as usual i tested well.  I have noticed that all my muscles when tested individually work really well and are always strong. 

• they push down on my knees and tell me to push up and vice versa? done
• pull up on my feet and tell me to resist and vice versa?  no problem
• in a seated position, they try to close my legs while i push out?  piece of cake etc etc

Put all the muscles to work together and take 3 steps and that's when everything goes to shit!  oh goody!

anyhoo, so this is the 1st day of many more to come, and as i said - i'm hopeful, so we'll see...

Stress/Anxiety

It really is amazing how ur body reacts to stress (at least i hope it was the stress).

i messed up at work...and didn't realize my mistake until kinda late...not too late, but it was late.  I didn't stress out over it too much on Friday and Saturday, but last nite, i was a slight basket case and well this morning before i went downstairs - WHOA!!

one of the things that happens to me normally, when i'm nervous or anxious about anything is that i get cold - it's quite funny actually - it could be 100 degrees and i would be freezing my ASS OFF!!  so put that together with my normal unsteadiness (heightened with cold) and u can just imagine what u get.  I mentioned before that i think i may be getting worse (hopefully it's all in my mind); funny thing is that i only notice it during the week when i'm working.  On the weekends, i'm okay but during the week, not so much.   Am I stressed out at work?  No..not until now!  so this morning, i was just a righteous mess...

of course, i'm hoping that it was because i was stressing over the fallout at work and nothing more!

"You are a Nightmare"

That's what the nurse who told me about the port said to me last week Friday.  LOL!!!  She's an IV nurse; she normally gets it on her first try, but someone else usually has to call her over...Friday, they had to get 4 vials of blood for all the tests to be performed and as usual, the "molasses that flows thru my veins" had to be coaxed out -

• i had to let my hand hang naturally
• the needle had to be pushed in and drawn out (not all the way) a few times,

...and after all that, she didn't even get 3 full vials!  Steups!  By this time, the 1st chick was fed up (she knew i was also in pain), so she called over the IV nurse and as she walked over, she looked at me, sighed and said, "u really are a nightmare".  Of course that sparked ah set of jokes about their groaning on the Friday that they see me walk in, "oh geez, here comes Stacey - lemme pretend to be busy, someone else will get to her" etc. etc...

LOL!!  Who knew that the infusions could have turned out to be happy happy times :-)

Funny...

i always find it funny when other people can make jokes about my situation.  So i mentioned that i gave blood the other day.  It was a blood drive sponsored by the bank, so i'd emailed the coordinator 2 days prior with a couple questions (i'd never met the man before).  I walk into the room where they've set up and when i signed in, (same fella happened to be the one with the sign in sheet) he said to me, ur name is familiar...have we met?  So i told him that i'd emailed him a few days ago, bla blah blah...we engaged in ah lil small talk and i went on my way.

When i was done, i said goodbye to everyone and started my trek to the car (i swear that it was a 8 mile walk to the car)!  Now, whenever I'm walking (esp if it's a tight space) and i hear someone behind me, I move to the side so that i don't keep back anyone.  So...i heard someone coming up behind me, so i just moved over so that the person could go head...it was the same guy and as he walked by, he said, "boy Stacey...u not going to be winning any races or setting any records there huh!"

Now someone else might have been offended/get their panties all in a bunch - i thought it was funny as hell!  I laughed and i laughed hard!  As it turns out, we were heading to the elevator and he ended up having to wait on me to get to it :-)

i always appreciate a good laugh/sense of humour.

Size DOES Matter

so yesterday i went to give blood...i've spoken about being a blood donor before, the diameter of the needle is (--) that big; the needle is HUGE (as far as i am concerned).  Anyhoo, when u go to give blood, they swab the area with iodine - wiping(scrubbing) it clean.  the chick yesterday did that and left the iodine on my skin; it's a dark brown liquid like substance.  After all that, she had no problems and stuck the needle in with ONE shot - NO PROBLEMS, normEl, normEl.  The blood flowed with no issues and i was actually done in 10 minutes!!!

I am convinced that the size of the needle makes a helluva difference; i doh care what the professionals think/say..it MUST be the size of the needle.  Y is it that when i go for my infusion, my veins don't corporate??? they play the "i don't want to come out and lime" or "catch me if u can" games AND my blood never flows; in fact, recently, the lady had to use a syringe to plunge and draw the blood out of me!!!!!  i think the veins see that "blood donor" needle coming and jes boil down like bhaji (settle/calm right down).

I'm a pint low...go easy on me :-)

Speak No Evil

When i started working at the bank, i was in a banking center.  I worked at many centers and they were all extremely busy.   Whenever things slowed down a bit, it was taboo for anyone to utter those words, "it's kinda quiet in here" or "today's been really slow"....ultimately if someone uttered those words, the "Nationsbank bus" would pull up and let loose hoards of customers...

I've been avoiding this for a while now - for fear that it might actually come true/be true...

I think my walking is getting worse.  

It'll be 12 months on Tysabri on Friday; it's working i s'pose - no additional scarring on my brain - altho, i haven't had an MRI on my spine since the original one last year, so who knows what that might show when i go for 1 this year (i'm assuming that i'll be sent to get 1).

Quite frankly, things are (feel) worse during the week than on the weekend - go figure!  I'm still trucking, but i still hate having MS too!

Good Thing

The damn Life Alert wristband is only for inside the house.  It is soooooooooooooooo not attractive and not an accessory that i would wear AT ALL.  On top of which my wrist is so damn small, it is too big for me.  LOL

I must say, i'm pretty darn proud of myself.  I actually remember to wear it (at least during the week); the weekend is iffy because I'm out and about for the most part.

Necessary Evil

"ALL SENIOR CITIZENS NEED LIFE ALERT"

I've always hated that ad.  for those who've never seen the ad, it's for the Life Alert system.  Subscribers of Life Alert wear either a necklace or a wristband with a button they can press while they are in their homes if they have fallen and can't get up/need medical assistance.  It's a very corny ad and definitely not 1 of the better ones on TV.

I've said time and time again that i hate having MS.  It's caused me to start doing things that i never did before, stop doing things that i've enjoyed all my life and just in general make adjustments to my life (some okay, some not so okay) that i probably would not have otherwise.    I'm at home by myself a bit - i work from home; my entire work day, i'm at home alone.  After my last nasty fall, i realized that maybe i might have to make yet some more adjustments.  I was lucky that time; if God forbid, it happens again, i may not be as lucky.  UGH!!!

i signed up for Life Alert - i hate having MS.  So now, there's a 2way speaker in the house and if necessary, i jes press the button on my wristband, a man speaks to me via the speaker and i let him know what the deal is.  if he can't get me via the speaker, he calls my cell phone (i found that out the hard way the other nite - i got into bed and was trying to go to sleep and all of a sudden heard a man's voice in the house - i had NO IDEA what the heck was going on, but i didn't freak out.  i got up to investigate (kinda like those dumbasses in the movies who u shout at NOT to do what they're about to do) when my cell phone rang and it was the Life Alert man.  Apparently i had unknowingly pressed the button as i was getting into bed!

i view Life Alert as a necessary evil - i really don't like the fact that i had to sign up for it, but i realise that it is better to be safe than sorry.

Dr.'s Visit

so i went to my neuro last week Tuesday...did a 2fer - went to see him and did my infusion one time (1 stick - woohoo!).

The disease is stable - my exam went well - nothing to report on that.  he asked me if i've figured out the correct combination of all the drugs to take, i said yes and told him that i don't want to change the pill regimen.  the things are not a bother and don't impact my life negatively in any way - got rid of all the napping, so i'm happy.

there is a blood test that he is going to perform to show if i've been exposed to the JVC virus (the one that causes PML - the brain infection); (i can never say that without laughing out loud - i think it's so damn ridiculous)!  It'll be a year since i've been on Tysabri, so they like to test at a year to see if the patient tests positive to the anti virus and then make a determination as to whether or not Tysabri really is the way to keep going.  I hadda (have to) say, that i hope that i can stay on it...i don't want to go back to a daily shot, nor do i want to start takin the new oral pill because...well it's new (that coupled with the fact that there's already been some BAD thing (i can't even pretend to remember the word he used) reported).

They'll take the blood for that test when i go for my next infusion - must remember to drink a bucket of water the day before and day of so that my blood will flow that time, so that they can get enuf to do the test!

March 17th

Tomorrow is St. Patty's Day - drink green beer...eat green food.  for people like me who have given up something for Lent (meat), it's your 1 free day!  I can't wait to dig into some good ole meat tomorrow...i have to say tho, it's really not fair that this year st. patrick's day - the 1 free day that we have - falls 1 week after the beginning of Lent!

MS Awareness Week 2011

Today marks the start of MS Awareness Week 2011...March 14-20

this year's campaign - MS=

in other words, what does MS mean to you?   MS=lifestyle adjustments

check out the MS Society website and find your local chapter to see what events might be taking place during the week.  for any interested parties in GA: eat at CA Pizza Kitchen this week (March 14-18) and 20% of the bill goes to the society.  Download the flier on the page to take with u to the restaurant.


Wear your orange!

so...

i've mentioned before that i have alarms going off at various times during the day as reminders to take my DRUGS.  those who are around me regularly know exactly what time it is when each alarms goes off because they are as used to the things as i am...

2 Saturday nites ago, I went to a birthday party.  It wasn't just a party - it was a 70th birthday so there were some formalities and dinner prior to the party part getting in full swing.  During that time, there were a few speeches, a few prayers, couple performances and just a celebration of the person's life to that point - all his siblings were in town, so they were reminiscing (u get the picture).  did i mention that we got there around 7:15?  so anyhoo, everything started by about 7:30ish and the evening was underway...Now,

• do i always remember that alarms are going to go off at specific times?  no! 
• is my alarm a nice soothing one that only i might hear? no!

so in the middle of someone's speech, at 8:00, the shit goes off!  Now the alarm sounds like a firetruck when it's going thru an intersection (that kinda noise pollution kinda sound)  - a kind of "BARP!!" "BARP!!" "BARP!!" (it just went off as i wrote that!)...I mean i have to be able to hear it afterall...of course, as i took my phone out of my clutch to turn the thing off, it got even louder!  it was a little embarrassing, but hey - i have to take my meds... :-)  Afterwards, i was talking to K2 and he said (he was sitting across the hall at another table) that some on his table snickered and had to explain to the others (who were a little appalled), "yeah, that's just Stax - she has to take her pills" 

Ah Comin for Ca-nee-val

Im not doing a very good job this year of ignoring everything on these 2 days...the parade of the bands kicked off yesterday morning with J'ouvert - thank goodness i was asleep at the time so i had no idea what was going on...

Yesterday during the day however, i sneaked many peeks at the road - technology is a hellluva ting...there were so many live streams of so many different events this year - was listening to Red as they broadcast from the road, looked at pictures and just essentially tortured myself all thru the day.

Soca Monarch went off without a hitch.  I must say that i was half expecting the feed to go down and interrupt during the course of the show and i was pleasantly surprised to see that there were no problems whatsoever and the quality of the feed was quite good.  i know i will get alot of flack for this, but I'm sorry...but i really do not agree that Iwer "geh tief".  he might have mash up the place, but Machel's performance was much better.  The last song from Iwer that i remember really liking was Bum Bum Time (how much years ago was that!)...Machel is the only man i know who does release a album every year on a regular.  so while Iwer might be d BOSS, Machel is the KING of soca!

Kes is Groovy Soca Monarch...very much well deserved!

Today, there is live streaming of today;s mas which is always better because people come out in full costume...

www.carnivaltv.net

for anyone who might be interested...and as i writing this...Advantage is playin on the stage.  I read that it is already in the lead for Road March, with Come to Meh in 2nd place!

Trample it...Jump on it...Ramfle it...and Advantage it!!!!  is we privelege to take advantage of the stage...

Once Again...

She did it!  50 miles over 3 days...

3 Cheers for G2!!!

Hiphip - HOORAY!!!

Hiphip - HOORAY!!!

Hiphip - HOORAY!!!

there she is...bottom right in the white jacket! :-)

FANTASTIC FRIDAY!!!!!

Today is Fantastic Friday!!!  i not home for Carnival, but trust me, i am there in spirit that's for sure...it has kicked into HIGH gear, but especially today.

Tonite is Soca Monarch finals...i will be watchin and limin front and center on the soca monarch site
eh going and list all the other happenings between now and monday..

Monday and Tuesday - parade of the bands...people going and ramfle up that stage!!!!

This morning at 5:45, G2 started her 50 mile walk...

today is a great day! :-)...enjoy ur weekend fellas!

My Elvis Shake

I think that people feed off of my attitude...at first, if they're not sure, they would be serious about things, but then when they hear me making joke or making fun of things, they might get into that groove too. 

1 of the things that happens to me when i'm working out or on the eliptical machine or sometimes sitting (depending on what position my leg is in) is that my leg starts to shake.  U know how u may sit and just shake ur leg quickly - well that happens to me unwillingly.  Again, depending on how my leg might be positioned when i'm sitting, it'll just start to shake.  After i've been on the eliptical for a while, it starts to shake....when i'm working out - esp if it's a leg exercise - it shakes (it's tied somewhat to how fatigued my legs might be).

So the first time it happened in the training session, i said to Reggie (my trainer), "see? look at that shit"...he said, "yeah i see...y are u doing that?" That's when i told him that i wasn't doing it, it was just happening.  he was SHOCKED!  he couldnt' believe it...but then after he did the obligatory concerned look etc, he said, "it's like an Elvis shake" and then he did it himself and from then on, it "lovingly" became my "Elvis Shake"...

In retrospect, i've had the elvis shake for most of my life. I used to dance when i younger and by the end of each class whenever i plied, the legs would shake!  go figure...

LMAO!!

hmmm...

some people may think that i don't take this disease seriously enuf because i make jokes.  I do take it seriously, i take all the stupid ass pills, i go for my infusions, i don't put myself in situations where i may get hurt (not willingliy) and i am afraid of what it can potentially do to me.  The truth is that (i can't say this enuf) if i don't laugh, i certainly will cry and those feelings of "feeling sorry for urself" and "why me" are just not anything that i like to go thru - for what?  nothing's going to change, i just have to deal. 

So i take the disease very seriously, the situations i find myself in sometimes? not so much!

I have an eliptical machine at home - going to a gym is just not an option for me (i'll break my ass on the way out and that is NOT an option), so i had the opportunity to get a machine for free and i grabbed it.  Yesterday i decided to go on the machine - as usual - this is nothing new, i actually use the damn thing somewhat regularly.  when i was done it was time to come off - obviously...well, this is where it can get a little tricky.

By the time i'm done, things are a little out of whack of course but i am always able to come off even tho my legs are usually weaker than normal.  well not yesterday!  i got stuck on the bloody eliptical machine...somehow my left foot (that bloody weaker one) got stuck (trapped) somewhere at the bottom of the machine between all it's legs and not for the life of me, could i raise it up to get it out.  Thank goodness there was something for me to lean on so i wouldn't break my ass and who knows what else as i landed.  Did i mention that since it was my left foot that was caught, i had to stand on my right foot which has only recently healed from my fall?!?!?!


When i was done laughing at myself, i called G because she was on the way home and i figured maybe i'd stay there until she got home, but alas she was not close.  I had to muster all the strength i could to haul my foot out of the machine and eventually i did...i actually felt quite accomplished....

gotta laugh - sometimes the shit is just too funny