So Much to Do, to Say, To want to do, NEED to DO!!! Yet, the battle of it All goes on.. from COVID-& Variants to pseudo-gout, to THIS HOUSE falling Apart! Where are the plumbers, electricians, Handy Men & everyone when you REALLY NEED THEM!HELP!!

 So Much to Do, to Say, To want to do, NEED to DO!!! Yet, the battle of it All goes on.. from COVID-& Variants to pseudo-gout, to THIS HOUSE falling Apart! Where are the plumbers, electricians, Handy Men & everyone when you REALLY NEED THEM! HELP!!

This is a couple of posts from Facebook I have posted & due to all of my own health issues especially with my Hands, Wrists, fingers - the RA Flares, the Pseudo-Gout and as it goes on.. I wanted to play catch up here a bit..

Oh Yes and INSANITY IN TEXAS WITH OUR WEATHER (and as it seems every place else in the Nation)

thy said on the news that ALL 50 TATES HAVE SOME FORM OF COVID - EXCEPT ANARTICA?? AND WE WONDER WHY...

Back to the house needing to be repaired! In am no good at making dumplings. They tend to be like "rubbery balls of mush" LOL! Honestly, after baking a small hen for Christmas rather than turkey or ham. Then having more chicken left over than I thought, all 3 of us I think are "tired of chicken"... I decided yesterday to go to something completely different. I did some fish portions, which were good, some regular fries, and a couple of onion rings. Then I made "Ranch dip/dressing" of my own, had yogurt, small orange jello with the cool whip inn it & Voila' something different... Even the fur-babies Bella and Peanut were thrilled... LOL!!! Well, the holidays are past, which seems crazy. The temps went from 80 degrees night before last to 25 degrees up in the day yesterday.. of course my poor plants on the front porch are beyond "freezer burned"... & that wind and wind chill plus the temps yesterday kept me from barely walking on the porch, it was SO BONE CHILLING COLD! Typical TX - 80 and shorts and in less than 3 hours 330 and headed down to 25. Thank goodness, I DID get bth the inside and outside of my A/C window unit covered up, got the water loose from the outside spickets, got the hummingbird feeder and my new bird feeder cleaned up, washed & put up for the winter. I am still working on the research for which "Tankless Water Heater to buy for the house QUICKLY!!!" Getting research and which "walk in shower" (WITHOUT DOORS JUST A SHOWER CURTAIN) that has to be done. I have got to get at least 1 set of rails for my front porch up. I just cannot carry things up and down even as "not steep" as those steps are in the front, they are danger to me and everyone. I thought at 1st I would do metal BUT, that would be HOT in the summer and freezing in the winter. Plus between rain and humidity that metal would be useless. SO, I thought I would use treated SMOOTH lumber and just stain it. The steps are concrete so those rails can be anchored into the concrete steps. I really only need ONE set. I use only the right hand side coming up and going down, so for now 1 set would be fine. I had forgotten but those ROTTEN WINDOWS IN MY LAST "BEDROOM" in the back have to go! No repair, they just need to be removed & I am going to put a couple of windows like my neighbors. Theirs are a bit wider, but shorter. Plus they are perfect in that area for where plants sit, and they will get the sun they need. I have a total of SIX big of the old windows that were "weighted" like most of the homes that are especially wooden are around here built in the 50's. But. the people that owned the house I bought it from must have not had good renters, the windows just were not propel managed, ... they have breaks in some of them, they tend to stay wet, where that part of the house is more shady and so forth. Plus, my neighbor and I are talking about letting him do the work (which is most of it) he can do. He has been doing all kinds of hand-man things from showers, to light fixtures, doors, and you name it for people here in town. So, he is good, he is very TALL! LOL! Actually most of the time he can stand on the floor and put a ceiling in without needing a ladder. By the way, I am STILL GOING TO SELL THIS HUGE SAUNA/TUB/JACUZZI/WATERFALL, RAINFALL, & YOU CAN EVEN ADD ANSWERING YOURB PHONE, IT HAS A STERO BUILT IN, TWO SHOWER HEADS AND THE RAINWATER FROM THE TOP.It can be taken apart all glass doors, and then set up again wherever someone may want to set it back up. I supposed you could take it and put it into the wall. I left mine on the legs, put tile under it so I could move it if I ever need needed to. A "walk in shower" will be PERFECT" for the pups and me. They can't climb into and out of the tub either. Not with their hips and legs. I am going to buy one of the already ones with all of the surround walls, get the bottom one, which will fit where my drain is, & will have PLENTY of room left for either adding more shelves in the bathroom, or adding more onto one side that goes into the closet of the bedroom, so I have ore walk in & storage space.

Glynda Cooke not yet. The issue with ALL of them s they are still either swamped from the blizzard last year OR some of them with COVID and other went to doing "contractor" type jobs, SO many of them don't do a "residential type job" like mine. I've called all of them that I used before and were very good and just about everyone went to doing contract work. I think with the housing boom they feel thy are making more money doing the larger jobs, like apartments, or a new residential section with more than one or two homes. Of course we have also had lots of new buildings & the downtown stuff, so no one is wanting to take on a job, which mine is NOT small! I intended to do the toilet of course, but i was going to do the walk-in shower, the tankless water heater, and a couple of other things so it is not like it is s tiny job. This COVID issue along with last years horrible blizzard really made a mess of things in this county. I would try someone like Lowe's or Home Depot. I know thy DO have some things they get professionals to come in and install things such as the water heaters, walk in showers etc. I think my best bet is to actually make a trip to those and look at the water heaters, showers etc... and ask questions. Plus find out what thy do, where they have installation that can be done. Calling won't work, not when I really need for them to HE TANKLESS WATER HEATER, AND THE WALK IN SHOWER, AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THEM. I got to thinking when I bought my kitchen appliances my fridge, stove etc. I went & picked them out and they brought them and took off the old ons and put in new ones... same way with my washer and dryer. They took the old ones away, and brought the new ones to put in, and that included some new piping that had to go in. Also, I have a separate breaker, it is still just a 125 not like the dryer 250, but it is with this huge tub I have now. So, I have a separate breaker the shower can be wired to, along with all of the lights, bath fan etc in the bathroom. I was wondering rather than have the new water heater put back in the old spot, it may be better to put it where the shower will be. I will have lots of room once this HUGE TUB of mine is gone! That reminds me and I will post more pics of it BUT IT IS FOR SALE!!!! And I paid almost 3,000.00 for it. And other than a couple of pieces that need to be ordered to replace where some "flaky" spots are on some of that looks like chrome, it is in perfect shape. But, I am going to ask GREAT GREAT DEAL LESS HONESTLY THAN IT IS WORTH.Now one like mine with everything are way over 4,000.00 almost 5,000.00. It comes apart easily, the glass is heavy but the bottom of the tub with all the jets, jacuzzi etc is also. Yet, we installed it ourselves back then. When it is gone I will have loads of room for the walk in shower and probably either cabinets or another closet.

Disability filing

I REALIZE DUE TO COVID, THE FURTHER ISSUES OF THE PANDEMIC, THEN EVEN WORSE, THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS that are following, I haven't been able to keep up with a couple of my groups that are extremely important! One of them is this one on Medicare, Medicaid & all that goes with these vital parts of our nation and people! years from now our kids, grandkids, and great great great grandkids, will not be able to have a "retirement" because all of the money for these have been wasted.... SO ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE INFORMATION, ARTICLES, HAVE AN OPINIONS, or know things that are coming through crucial to especially Social Security and MEDICARE!!!... Send me a message with the information so I can "vet" it & get the word out to so many... more ad more I continue to see people trying to file and get their total disability and it is taking not months but YEARS LIKE 2, 3 YARS TO GET IT APPROVED! that is after doctors and doctors, medical records sometimes even needing to be 12 r more years old,, hospital records and so forth.. things we may have to even "pay for" (not so much anymore they are in most hospital , clinics etc allowing people one copy of their medical record without having to pay for it. A HUGE PLUS IS NOW MANY OF OUR HOSPiTAL, CLINIC ETC HAVE "PATIENT PORTALS" where all of your information on visits, medications, dates, times. vaccines, are in that portal. f you sign up, you can get your records, see them even print them, make changes to your phone numbers and so forth without having to go through red tape to get it done... I WENT THROUGH 1 FILINF, WAS DENIED, WHICH MOST ARE the 1st TIME, I filed again MYSELF, the 2nd time, and was denied, so that is when I went to the Dept. of Human Services in the state I was living in at that time, and my caseworker there had a list of GOOD "lawyers who specialized" in nothing but "Disability cases"... he took mybcase after I talked wth him on the phone for a bit, and since I already had MOUNDS OD PAPERWORK where I had been filing, I sent all of it to his Assistant. Boy did she ever appreciate seeing how much of the "leg work" I had already done for her... doctors notes, letter, medical records, operative reports, ER records, times, dates, everything I could get my ads on, I had copies of also and sent it all to her. It took months for her to sort through and then she would call me and ask me about certain things that I could answer... and ALL THEY ASKED ME FOR WAS, a $200.00 case file money that went into an escrow acct for me. they used it i they had to pay for further records, phone calls, or anything they may get to help my case. I was to go through the disability judge once all of my paperwork, and my lawyers and paperwork was all ready. I filed myself the 1st time in 2003. Then I filed a 2nd time in late 2004. By the time we heard that my case was ready to goin front of the judge, it was 2005. I went in front of the judge with my lawyers assistant, and 3 other people, a physician who had been in charge of going through my medical records, a "psychologist" whi went through all of the mental evaluations they did on me during all of this & a gentleman who was there to make sure both sides were impartial & all was in order. I did not get an answer that day, which was disappointing.. I thought I would get a determination that day BUT it was about 6 weeks later I got an official letter from the judge telling me I WAS APPROVED!, why he judged my case approved etc. He gave details of what I would get etc, and also how far back my disability started. They began mine back in 2004.

And more about COVID, Illnesses and the list goes on..

Back to the house needing to be repaired! In am no good at making dumplings. They tend to be like "rubbery balls of mush" LOL! Honestly, after baking a small hen for Christmas rather than turkey or ham. Then having more chicken left over than I thought, all 3 of us I think are "tired of chicken"... I decided yesterday to go to something completely different. I did some fish portions, which were good, some regular fries, and a couple of onion rings. Then I made "Ranch dip/dressing" of my own, had yogurt, small orange jello with the cool whip inn it & Voila' something different... Even the fur-babies Bella and Peanut were thrilled... LOL!!! Well, the holidays are past, which seems crazy. The temps went from 80 degrees night before last to 25 degrees up in the day yesterday.. of course my poor plants on the front porch are beyond "freezer burned"... & that wind and wind chill plus the temps yesterday kept me from barely walking on the porch, it was SO BONE CHILLING COLD! Typical TX - 80 and shorts and in less than 3 hours 330 and headed down to 25. Thank goodness, I DID get bth the inside and outside of my A/C window unit covered up, got the water loose from the outside spickets, got the hummingbird feeder and my new bird feeder cleaned up, washed & put up for the winter. I am still working on the research for which "Tankless Water Heater to buy for the house QUICKLY!!!" Getting research and which "walk in shower" (WITHOUT DOORS JUST A SHOWER CURTAIN) that has to be done. I have got to get at least 1 set of rails for my front porch up. I just cannot carry things up and down even as "not steep" as those steps are in the front, they are danger to me and everyone. I thought at 1st I would do metal BUT, that would be HOT in the summer and freezing in the winter. Plus between rain and humidity that metal would be useless. SO, I thought I would use treated SMOOTH lumber and just stain it. The steps are concrete so those rails can be anchored into the concrete steps. I really only need ONE set. I use only the right hand side coming up and going down, so for now 1 set would be fine. I had forgotten but those ROTTEN WINDOWS IN MY LAST "BEDROOM" in the back have to go! No repair, they just need to be removed & I am going to put a couple of windows like my neighbors. Theirs are a bit wider, but shorter. Plus they are perfect in that area for where plants sit, and they will get the sun they need. I have a total of SIX big of the old windows that were "weighted" like most of the homes that are especially wooden are around here built in the 50's. But. the people that owned the house I bought it from must have not had good renters, the windows just were not propel managed, ... they have breaks in some of them, they tend to stay wet, where that part of the house is more shady and so forth. Plus, my neighbor and I are talking about letting him do the work (which is most of it) he can do. He has been doing all kinds of hand-man things from showers, to light fixtures, doors, and you name it for people here in town. So, he is good, he is very TALL! LOL! Actually most of the time he can stand on the floor and put a ceiling in without needing a ladder. By the way, I am STILL GOING TO SELL THIS HUGE SAUNA/TUB/JACUZZI/WATERFALL, RAINFALL, & YOU CAN EVEN ADD ANSWERING YOUR PHONE, IT HAS A STERO BUILT IN, TWO SHOWER HEADS AND THE RAINWATER FROM THE TOP.It can be taken apart all glass doors, and then set up again wherever someone may want to set it back up. I supposed you could take it and put it into the wall. I left mine on the legs, put tile under it so I could move it if I ever need needed to. A "walk in shower" will be PERFECT" for the pups and me. They can't climb into and out of the tub either. Not with their hips and legs. I am going to buy one of the already ones with all of the surround walls, get the bottom one, which will fit where my drain is, & will have PLENTY of room left for either adding more shelves in the bathroom, or adding more onto one side that goes into the closet of the bedroom, so I have ore walk in & storage space.

Glynda Cooke not yet. The issue with ALL of them s they are still either swamped from the blizzard last year OR some of them with COVID and other went to doing "contractor" type jobs, SO many of them don't do a "residential type job" like mine. I've called all of them that I used before and were very good and just about everyone went to doing contract work. I think with the housing boom they feel thy are making more money doing the larger jobs, like apartments, or a new residential section with more than one or two homes. Of course we have also had lots of new buildings & the downtown stuff, so no one is wanting to take on a job, which mine is NOT small! I intended to do the toilet of course, but i was going to do the walk-in shower, the tankless water heater, and a couple of other things so it is not like it is s tiny job. This COVID issue along with last years horrible blizzard really made a mess of things in this county. I would try someone like Lowe's or Home Depot. I know thy DO have some things they get professionals to come in and install things such as the water heaters, walk in showers etc. I think my best bet is to actually make a trip to those and look at the water heaters, showers etc... and ask questions. Plus find out what thy do, where they have installation that can be done. Calling won't work, not when I really need for them to HE TANKLESS WATER HEATER, AND THE WALK IN SHOWER, AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THEM. I got to thinking when I bought my kitchen appliances mu fridge, stove etc. I went & picked them out and they brought them and took off the old ons and put in new ones... same way with my washer and dryer. They took the old ones away, and brought the new ones to put in, and that included some new piping that had to go in. Also, I have a separate breaker, it is still just a 125 not like the dryer 250, but it is with this huge tub I have now. So, I have a separate breaker the shower can be wired to, along with all of the lights, bath fan etc in the bathroom. I was wondering rather than have the nw water heater put back in the old spot, it may be better to put it where the shower will be. I will have lots of room once this HUGE TUB of mine is gone! That reminds me and I will post more pics of it BUT IT IS FOR SALE!!!! And I paid almost 3,000.00 for it. And other than a couple of pieces that need to be ordered to replace where some "flaky" spots are on some of that looks like chrome, it is in perfect shape. But, I am going to ask GREAT GREAT DEAL LESS HONESTLY THAN IT IS WORTH.Now one like mine with everything are way over 4,000.00 almost 5,000.00. It comes apart easily, the glass is heavy but the bottom of the tub with all the jets, jacuzzi etc is also. Yet, we installed it ourselves back then. When it is gone I will have loads of room for the walk in shower and probably either cabinets or another closet.

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  I think this pseudo-gout is here to stay. I knew 2 days ago it was coming. My wrists and hands have NEVER swelled and hurt, ached, burned, like they have been. It's been about 5 weeks of this. I have not said anything BUT I think I told everyone that my Rheumy put me on a new biologic.... it was one I knew little about. I only take an injection once very 2 weeks. Well they finally got the insurance to approve it, and it was supposed to be one with" less" side effects, work quicker, & so forth. I took the 1st one about 5 weeks ago I think now. And I didn't have any thing I would consider a side effect BUT I also saw no change .. if anything my hands got worse. BUT, the medication is more for RA and not so much for the pseudo-gout. Well, the 2nd Thursday came, I took the 2nd injection, and about 2 or 3 days later, I began to notice that my legs almost looked "sunburned, just from the top of my ankle up to about mid-calf and more in the back part of my leg. Then the next day I noticed I had what looked like the clear blisters you get from a sunburn, and they have water in them. First of all my thought was the new medication had caused a "bad reaction" Made sense since 2nd dose, it had time to really get into my blood stream. Then I thought "shingles".... which was ironic since my PCP and i JUST TAKED ABOUT ME GETTING THE NEW SHINGLES VACCINE as soon as I had been off the step down dose of prednisone I had been on. So, about "today" would be 14 days since I took the last prednisone pill. Then I thought maybe between two rounds of higher prednisone AND THE NEW MEDICATION may have also been a factor about these watery blisters. I also thought about 3 or 4 days before they started one night I thought something had "stung" pr bit me. I had woke up to my right foot n the top itching so badly I was going to scratch it bloody. But it made no sense why one and nor the other BUT the right calk and foot is worse than the left. Well, I've just been watching them keeping the "dipping" lightly touched up with some light gauze and NOT covering it, because that would make it worse... I knew it needed to dry out...also oddly enough, I "think" it is excema on my right HAND, it is splitting not like usual with the weather, but more peeling, and cracks on several fingers. So, that I have been using cream for that on that. Well, my left leg is slowly (cross my fingers) seems to be getting better. And the right leg, although slowly is also looking better than it had been. This last round with my left hand, wrist and this pseudo-gout now feels as if at times if iI move it a certain way, like electric shock going through it. OF COURSE THEN THERE IS ALL THE HOUSE CRAP, BETWEEN PLUMBING, THE WATER HEATER, THE WALK IN SHOWER AND EVERYTHING ELSE I DESPERATELY NEED FIXED, REPAIRED, THROWN AWAY, GET RID OF AND SO FORTH...But until the weather and my legs are better I don't dare get out and go to Home Depot or Lowes yet.. I think my answer for all of this mess to be done around the house, is to go to Lowe's or Home depot, physically LOOK ask questions etc about the water heater, the walk in shower and so forth, I THEN can find out "which" I need, and they usually have their own company's that are licensed and bonded to do certain things... I realize the labor will be HIGH, but so are all of the PARTS etc now. And of course I still have the laundry room and those windows and the back bedroom to tackle as soon as I can get the other stuff done... AND NOT INCLUDING MY SHOULDER THAT GETS WORE BY THE WEEK, MY ELBOW & EVERYTHING ELSE...So HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ME! AND NOT INCLUDING, I think he messed up my cataract surgery on my left eye and my eyes are not right either....

STARTING OUTN WITH typical Insane Texas Weather for 2022!!! DROPPED OVER 40 DEGREES WITHIN HOURS & UNBELIEVABLE CHIND CHILLS

 

TYPICAL INSANE TEXAS WEATHER WITHIN HOURS ON NEW YEARS DAY!                          

Talk about TX CRAZY WEATHER!? It was almost 80 degrees part of the day yesterday & high humidity... I went to the shower about 2:30 PM yesterday afternoon & KNEW I had better get ready for COLD, bone chilling cold, high high winds & severe swelling & pain. By about 3:15 PM I was drying my hair & could hear that wind howling. By the time I gt my hair dry, clothes on, it had already dropped over 10 degrees & felt like it quickly was moving down. By 4:00 to 4:30 it had dropped to the 40's, and by 9PM was in the upper 30's... By 2AM as it continued to drop, at 3:30 it was 25 DEGREES! Now is remains 25 degrees and with the wind chill I know has to feel MUCH colder than that..sure enough another entire night of MISERY! Severe pain, severe swelling in both hands, wrists & fingers, even up to my elbows! I can barely stand to even touch my joints in my hands. This is AFTER I HAVE TAKEN EVERYTHING I can take, and it is relentless! Try thinking of it like this-having twins with no anesthesia, & kidney stones that decide to give a week Or two to pass, & a massive abscessed tooth all at the same timed with nothing for the pain! Even worse if I think about it! I cannot pick up a cup to drink from, or even pick up a spoon WITHOUT SEVERE PAIN ENOUGH TO MAKE ME WANT TO DROP IT! This is one of the worst kinds of pain .... THOSE CRYSTALS IN THAT SYNOVIAL FLUID, MUCH LIKE THOSE IN KIDNEY STONES, EVEN A MAN WILL TELL YOU HAVING A BABY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO KIDNEY STONES OR A BOUT OF GOUT IN YOUR BIG TOES!

WIND CHILL IS AT 4 DEGREES! https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/today/weather-today/we-city?el=lxY3Y3UsU89LSXzFji%2BckgxHVsvdd8UL4cnsFSFUhBBZ7nNohuu3%2Bzb28VCwlodXBmQR59DxQ7OgIzWsycpUoJgYoz3i4e0sD3SHkLEL0BY%3D&weadegreetype=F

May the 2022 New Year bring us all Positive, Healing, New Relief Laughter and Love to All!

 Wishing You and Yours A 2022 New Year that brings Good Health, Joy, Faith, Hope & Love to you All!

As the Time of one more year has ticked by so quickly, another hits on our heals, Hoping for things to be Much Better in 2022 and the Years Ahead...

Have a SAFE, HEALTHY, HAPPY, JOY-FILLED Christmas &may the New Year Bring Us all many Positive Outcomes

Merry Merry Christmas!

May The Spirit of the Season Bring A Warmth to Your Heart, Safeness surrounding you, Hope. Joy, & Whether a Huge Meal or a turkey Sandwich May it be fulfilling in many, many ways... Prayers for Our Coming Year to be blessed and Overflowing with Hope, Peace, Wellness, & Most of All LOVE!

#GivingTuesday- This is one day (or you can have many more) to give back to whatever or Whomever you feel needs your help...

After all the Food has been eaten, and all of the Black Friday & Cyber Monday Shopping is done - Time to think about to Whom or to What community, charity, or even Neighborhood you want to give back to!

May Your ThanksGiving Weekend be Safe, full of Joy, Wellness, Friends & family - if you drive be extra cautious, if you fly take extra time at the airports

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL...

May Peace, the Warmth of Family and Friends, Faith, Hope, Joy & Much Happiness fill your Holidays & your Hearts! With Warmest Thanksgiving Treasured Reasons...May you be safe and well... If you journey out for the holidays may the roads be safe, may everyone stay well & May Joyous laughter fill the air all around... Prayers and thoughts are with you...

Why is it no one can get plumbers, carpenters, electricians etc to come to do things at their homes anymore?

 It just seems impossible we can't find plumbers, carpenters, electricians etc. I would even go ahead & have the walk in shower put in, have someone finish the lights in my bathroom and the fan..they are already in the ceiling & wire ran up, they just need to be hooked into the main electrical wiring. I would have flooring put in and as I said, if someone would like to take this huge sauna/tub/tub/shower/jacuzzi I would be willing to possibly let them take it. ALL of these things are not huge they just need to be completed. If I could still climb around in the attic & do some of this stuff I would do it myself.There is nothing wrong with it, BUT after all of my surgeries, joint replacement etc I no longer can climb over into it without fear of falling. I paid LOTS of money to get it shipped here, and then we pu it together ourselves. It is NOT make into the wall, but stands on i's own, s it is not hard to take apart. It really just needs to be cleaned where I have had the caulking around it & then new one put on as it is put back together again. I have heard of these places that can do these walk in showers and wkl take the tub out etc... but I fear trusting them. Has anyone trie to have anything like this done as fr as remodeling etc by Lowe's or Home Depot? It is really ashamed, because I have MOST of the things like the lights, mirror, a new light fixture for th outside of the house that comes off and on, and have all kinds of cordless tools, from drills, to a BRAND NEW CORDLESS LAWNMOWER HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE YET, that brand new troy-bilt tiller with all of the oil etc and different parts, a almost brand new cordless chain saw plus all the other tools I needed over the years.. but as it came along I had to be more cautious about climbing, putting tree limbs down, and so forth, it is a nightmare for me to see all of this sit here & me not use it. My laundry room is terrible. It needs new walls inside and out, and a new floor laid in. Like I said i have the things and the "knowledge" but not the physical part to get me through these projects.

PAIN NEWS NETWORK - DEA Planning More Cuts in Supply of Rx Opioids

 

Pain news network article on tea proposals to cut back again on opioid pain medications! It’s a nightmare!

WE have got to stand up against this! I already am "suffering" at the hands of this terrible proposal, along with even some cancer patients, any chronically ill patients with chronic pain to boot. Even my own pain specialist who has been a medical doctor for most of his life. He was in the Navy & went on to "retire" and goo into pain management. I have myself been seeing him for over 12 years. He has always been straight forward. He "sees" through to real "severe ad chronically ill pain patients". I never had an issue, we communicated very well. He is extremely intelligent, and keeps up with how the government effects "negatively and sometimes positively" on pain patients. Especially those who are on Medicare, on Disability, and tried to make sure patients were treated with the correct meds, doses, and NOT given "over" or "under" the amounts of medication they need. He also does "internal pain pumps" which he did mine. He does the spinal injections, and if you need a neurologist, orthopedic specialist. he referred me to the Orthopedic surgeon" who has done my reverse total replacement on my r. shoulder (now I face having it redone due to it "wearing out" Which I knew there was a chance now it has been about 11 years  since the shoulder was replaced, that I would need a "new one". Fortunately, the ones now are much lighter in weight, last a great deal longer (I probably will not have to have another new one put in now after the new one is in). Had it not been for m pain doctor knowing whom to send me to, I would have had a very difficult time finding a surgeon to do that surgery back then. Even in the greater Dallas/Ft. Worth area had MANY Orthopedic Surgeons BUT NONE trained to do a "Reverse complete Shoulder Replacement". I searched, called my insurance, did everything and one day I was telling my pain doctor I needed a very specialized type of Orthopedic surgeon who KNOWS and has been not only trained but already done surgeries of this type. He suggested mine I have now, and not only can he do just about ANY type of joint, muscle and so forth treatment and/or surgery, he is superior on "spinal surgeries" I would NEVER ALLOW ANY OTHER PHYSICIAN TO DO SURGERY ON MY BACK, NECK SPINE ETC. He is a genius although HE HAS NO BEDSIDE MANNER! LOL!!! But when a surgeon is going to operate on any part of you... especially your spine, bedside manner although very important that surgeon knowing exactly how to fix the problem(s). Yet, over the past 2 years I have witnessed my pain doctor, being almost "fearful". He is extremely concerned. In fact, (and he is quite a bit older than he looks for sure)... he has cut back his days to only a couple in the office.. as if he is partially retired, which sucks! Yet, all of this mess with "illegally gotten opioid medications" (either gained by people who deal them, they steal them, they order them from some fake pharmacy, they go to the few "bad eggs for pain doctors", when you really listen, read and see HOW these meds get into the hands of the wrong people fr the most part it is NOT OUR PAIN SPECIALISTS WHO TRULY "DO NO HARM" & THEY ARE NOT PILL FACTORIES" but are REAL physicians with no record of being in the eye of doing something wrong. So, although yes, this is a HUGE, ISSUE, MANY YOUNGER KIDS GET HLD OF THIS ILLEGAL STUFF Or they get them from parents whom may have some left over after a surgery etc. (I KEEP MINE LOCKED UP) although I am the ONLY person in this hose, I have NO people but me here I have always locked up most of my meds. There are those pushers that prey on the kids, and it is not just prescription meds, but cocaine, heroin, and the illegal items as well. SO WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AS CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM HAVING ALL OF OUR MEDS AND/OR DOCTORS SUDDENLY TAKEN AWAY WITHOUT WARNING!!!!

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2021/10/18/dea-proposes-cuts-in-opioid-supply-for-sixth-straight-year

A bit About the "wild life" around my home & my plants... and life in general

 I don't post a great deal of things such as video's etc. Since I made these this week, I thought I would post them.

Tell Congress to disseminate the key findings of the Pain Management Task Force Report and demand #PainCareNOW

 http://www.votervoice.net/Shares/B_sgLAFCBCXxVA2QJDZ7FAA

I just poured my heart and soul out, then sent this too my Senators & Representatives... please take a moment to stand up for yourself & all of us who suffer needlessly now due to some that do NOT get our severity of chronic pain...