Apparently I love my bike

Yesterday as I was walking to the mailbox, I saw our bikes hanging in the garage. It triggered something in me, so last night when Chod got home I asked him if I had asked the doctor if I could ride my bike.

This is the story as told by Chod:

After surgery on the doctor's first visit of three before I am officially awake.

Doctor: blah, blah, blah, and no heavy exercise.

Me: Can I ride my bike?

Doctor: Uh

Me: Cause I really like to ride my bike. I ride it all the time.

Chod (thinking): What the...she doesn't ride her bike. It is freezing cold outside. Her bike has been hanging in the garage since October....she doesn't ride her bike.

Doctor: Riding a bike is out of the question, but you can walk.

Me: Oh, but I would really like to ride my bike.

Chod: I'm not going to tell her and the doctor that she doesn't ride her bike, but seriously, what is she talking about. I'll just nod my head.

Doctor: Riding a bike is fine until you have to go up a hill and then it requires more work than you should be putting forth. You should really just stick to walking.

Me: oh, okay.

So obviously I have a great love for my bike and the doctor won't allow it.

I hope you all find this story as humorous as I do, because I laugh about it every time I think about it--and laughing really hurts.

I wonder what else I told the doctor. During surgery he wanted me responsive, which is his own fault if I told him off while he was operating.

Think we got it!

Looks like the doctor took care of the correct hernia this time, and his description of it matches what the ultra-sound showed. I am home with an ice pack and bottles of pain killers. All is well.

I'm hoping this is my last hernia surgery in...well, in forever.

Denial at its Finest

Tomorrow morning bright and early I hope to have my hernia taken care of once and for all.

The doctor better get it right this time.

I am not looking forward to surgery.

I am not looking forward to recovery.

I am in denial about 6 more weeks of no lifting.

If any of you want to come visit Eastern Idaho, Bentley and I would both love it.

The magic word

Yesterday the doctor was less than cooperative.

Until I dropped the word lawyer, that is.

And then everything changed..

Medical Update

This month has been a crazy one with lots of doctors involved. Here is a little update of what we have learned.

#1 Chod had the MRI done because he lost hearing in his right ear. He already had some hearing loss in the same ear, but is now almost completely deaf in that ear. The MRI didn't show anything suspicious, which is good. But now they aren't sure exactly what is happening. At first they thought it was Meniere's Disease but after more testing they aren't so sure that is it. We are now in the process of looking into hearing aids, which they are also unsure about actually helping him, but its worth a shot.

#2 Hernia(s). I got my records and showed then to another the doctor. She says that he obviously messed up and he insists that he operated on the hernia where I told him it hurt during the pre-op visit. I have an appointment with him tomorrow for operation #1 and it should be a fun visit. I highly doubt he knows what kind of a person he is dealing with, especially now that I know what is going on. Last week he caught me a little off guard, but tomorrow I will be prepared.

I am thankful that otherwise we are all healthy, and hope that this month is not an indication of how the rest of our year is going to go.

Good to be back

Yesterday morning I got Bentley out of bed, I gave him a bath, I put him down for a nap, I moved a whole load of laundry by myself!

Even though I still have 5 days until I am cleared to lift again, I thought what the heck!? I don't think I even had a hernia repaired, and if I did "it was much smaller than we anticipated." That's the direct line from the doctor when I woke up from the surgery. "It only took 2 sutures to repair." That's another line from the same man.

So I figured, if there was a hernia it was very small and took no effort to fix so it should be healed enough by now.

Loving to be able to be a mom on my own again!

I need a lawyer

Week 5 check with the doctor:

Me: Why is there a hard spot where my hernia was, and why does it still hurt sometimes?

Doc: That wasn't where your hernia was.

Me: Uh, yeah it is.

Doc: No, your hernia was down here

Me: No, this is where my hernia has always been. This is the spot they did the ultra-sound on.

Doc: Let me check your ultra-sound

Leaves the room for a while

Comes back

Doc: Well it looks like you had 2 hernias. We fixed the 1 and I guess if the other one is hurting we can go ahead and schedule a time to take care of the other.

Me: But this is the one that has always hurt. I didn't even know I had that one.

Doc: On my notes I wrote down that you complained of this one hurting.

Me: That one has never bothered me. I didn't even know I had it, we never even talked about it.

Doc: So do you want to go ahead and get it taken care of.

Me: I need to talk to my husband

Doc: Well give your insurance a call cause if you have met your maximum out of pocket, this surgery could be free.