" THE DAY OF DOCTORS AND X-RAYS "

YESTERDAY WAS A LONG LONG DAY FOR BOTH MIKE AND I!!  MIKE HAS BEEN HAVING LOTS  OF  PROBLEMS WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE FOR A WHILE NOW.  HE HAS SEEN AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST WHO GAVE HIM A STEROID SHOT (WHICH MIKE STILL SAYS WAS AN OPERATION).  MIKE INSIST THAT THE DOCTOR CUT HIS KNEE OPEN, AND LOTS OF STUFF CAME OUT.  NONSENSE!!  I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE CAME UP WITH THAT, BUT HE ONLY GOT A STEROID SHOT FROM THAT DOCTOR.  WELL, HE WAS SUPPOSE TO SEE THAT DOCTOR AGAIN YESTERDAY, BUT HE DID NOT WANT TO.  INSTEAD, HE WANTED TO SEE HIS PCP DOCTOR AGAIN.  I SAY AGAIN, BECAUSE MIKE DOES NOT REMEMBER SEEING HIM BEFORE ABOUT HIS KNEE-EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TOLD HIM SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE DID.  HE WILL ASK ME WHAT THE PCP HAD TO SAY, AND I WILL TELL HIM ARTHRITIS AND THEN HE WILL SAY HE WANTS TO GO SEE HIM AND FOR ME TO CANCEL THE APPOINTMENT WITH THE SPECIALIST.  WELL, LIKE A DUTIFUL WIFE, I DID, AND OFF TO THE PCP WE WENT.  HE SAID EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS HE HAD SAID BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME HE GAVE MIKE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE SWELLING, AND SOME EXERCISES TO DO, AND THEN SENT HIM FOR X-RAYS.  NOW THE FUN BEGINS, GETTING MIKE TO TAKE ONE MORE PILL EVERY MORNING, AS HE COUNTS THEM AND WANTS TO KNOW WHAT EACH ONE IS FOR EVERY DAY.  HE ALREADY IS GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT THE KNEE BRACE, AND I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT HAVING TO PUT ICE ON HIS KNEE TWICE A DAY AFTER EACH TIME HE WALKS THE DOGS.  

IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS-SINCE MY SISTER BROKE HER WRIST AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON IT.  I TOLD BOTH SHE AND MIKE YESTERDAY THAT MIKE HAD HIS NOSE SURGERY AND GETS WAITED ON HAND AND FOOT, AND NOW MY SISTER BROKE HER RIGHT WRIST, AND CAN DO LITTLE FOR HER SELF (BUT SHE SURE DOES TRY), AND NEXT IT WILL BE MY TURN TO BREAK SOMETHING SO THAT SOME ONE CAN TAKE CARE OF ME FOR A WHILE (LIKE THAT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN!!!).  TILL LATER-JUST ME