Where to begin, so much going on! Seeing as how I'm not supposed to be typing guess I should start with the new doctor and my tendons! Wanted to get a spot on my arm checked and found out I had to get a referral. Problem is, I didn't like my primary care doctor so since I see one or the other of my two favorite docs every four months figured I just wouldn't see her. Sadly, her office had to be the one to provide the referral. Made that dreaded call only to find out that she had left and I was being assigned to a new resident. This could of been a disaster but luckily turns out the new doc is on top of her game and pretty alert. Showed her my spot and also mentioned that I had hit my left hand on the kitchen island three weeks ago and it was still swollen and achy. Turns out I have a pretty fancy inflammation:
De Quervain Tenosynovitis
Basically, I type and cook so much that I have hurt the tendons by my thumb. I am not alone in this, seems like tons of folks out there do this and it is pretty common. My darling daughter told me she has it as well! Tylenol, some ice packs and using my left hand a bit less will help. Hitting it on the island evidently made the pain more noticeable. They'll check it again in six months and unless the pain becomes unbearable I don't have to do anything else. As for my spots, have to wait on dermatology to call and set the appointment. Did make me feel better by letting me know that they don't look like any of the bad guys. Will keep everyone posted, figuring I should see dermatology by the end of the year...
Spring is here! The rains have started turning the grass green, made our first run to Lowe's for flowers and most importantly, the hummingbirds are back! The first two have arrived and already gone through half the juice in a week. Joe is planning to do the first mow of the season on Saturday! We've had a few meals outside in the last couple of weeks, so nice to be outside. Of course, the trade off is the sneezies and a sinus headache, gotta love that pollen!
Meanwhile, since spring is in the air, real estate has started to become a bit more active. Starting the looking progress has been very interesting! We have seen a few and the one thing that I have come to realize is that we are much pickier than we used to be. Used to be that all we saw was potential, now, all we see is work that needs to be done! Older and wiser I guess. Definitely going to keep looking, time to move out of the boonies and closer to the action but not wanting to move enough to settle. Joe and I are in complete agreement that we would like to find a place that we both are happy with and can easily see ourselves living in for quite awhile.
Trying to be more tech savvy so decided I should try and use my Instagram account for some of my blogging and Smiley360 activities. Imagine my surprise to find out that I was following 136 people I don't know. Took some research but seems that somewhere along the line I did something that gave somebody called Vesta access to my account and that gave them the right to follow people for me... Uh, not. Consider that right revoked and 136 people blocked and deleted. During the course of my research found that this is a pretty common occurrence and it can take up to a month for folks to figure out that they've agreed to this. Instagram users, check your authorized apps! You don't even want to know who you will be authorized to follow. You can't unsee some of those pictures :)
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