Re: three year anniversary

[Guest guest]

You do have a lot to be thankful for . I hope you continue to do good.

Joyce E

[ ] Three year Anniversary

Dear Group,Today is my three year anniversary of my revision. These days I think very little of my back except to recall things to help people in the group. I have had only two problematic episodes with Hardware irratation, both lasting about ten days, more sore than painful. For the remainder of the time I have been painfree, so in the scope of things 20 not so good days aren't bad compared to the 1075 really good days.I'm living my life more fully now than the previous 15 years before revision. I walk, stand tall, am level,and don't hurt,a huge blessing.I do have daily living challenges because of not being able to bend, most are gotten around with tools, but minor in the scope of things.Grateful, is mostly what I feel at this point. I have gotten my life back. I am thankful that I didn't give up trying to find a doctor who could fix me. I am thankful to my surgeon Dr. Anant Kumar who trudged through a complicated case like mine, who never gave up despite some complications, and got me to where I am now. I'm also glad my family stuck by me, even when I wasn't the most pleasant person to be around due to the pain. What the future will bring for me, who knows, but for now, and hopefully forever, is a productive, happy life, with tons more painfree days. I'm lucky, and oh so ever thankful.Colorado Springs

[Guest guest]

Hi, Addy,

Good luck on all of the construction. I am glad that your boss is taking

things into his own hands.

May God bless you.

Better breathing.

Sr. Volz, C.R.

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote:

Monday is my birthday and my 3rd anniversary on Xolair. Best birthday

present I ever received.

That said, I am closing in on four weeks on antibiotics and pred. I am

having serious sinus issues and they may have to be drained. I am

also on two steroid inhalers in an effort to keep my lungs under

control b/c I cannot seem to reduce the inflammation in my head. Sigh.

I think the root cause is mold in one of the offices on our floor

caused by a roof leak which should have been fixed by the developer in

August. My boss has been at war with the developer and now he and his

partner are taking things into their own hands. My boss's parter

works for a huge fire/water damage assessment-reconstruction company

and he is coming in today to encapsulate the area and re-work the duct

system and de-mold that office.

To the good side, I have been trying to get my Xolair dosage increased

back to 375mg every two weeks. When I cahnged insurance companies

last year I had to start over and somehow I got 300mg every two

weeks. Well, the latest shipment came yesterday and includes the

extra vials, so between increasing my dosage and my boss and his

partner taking care of the other situation, I am hoping there is light

at the end of the tunnel. However, knowing my luck, I'll still have

to have the d* & ! surgery.

Take care all,

Addy

Group co-owner

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