Fyrescape II : Continuing On The Path To Excellence!

Feeling great today! I feel very back to normal. BUT, I guess I'm not yet. I want to exercise so bad, get back to lifting weights and start doing everything I was doing before surgery...but nope, can't do that and it sux! Today was a great day! We went and got groceries this morning, which was Awesome. Still so thankful to my mom for helping us out with that yesterday. The true credit, however, goes to God. He watches over us everyday and I am so so thankful to Him for always taking care of us. I had been out there selling for the last couple days so I can get us some money for groceries, and I've been going to that dang casino the last several days as well to try and get some money for groceries. Ugh, it's been a struggle. So today it was great to get out and get some food. Lisa is really going thru some crap, though. She's completely struggling herself with school. It's a big crazy long story, but she's worried that she's not going to pass this clas

Feeling good today! This morning Lisa did the chores outside, which she's been doing really great at the last few days, well actually ever since I had my surgery. She's been taking care of everything and I'm so proud of her. She's doing Great! But after all that, we headed back out and did some more selling. I was out there all day! Lisa had things to do and she had class to go to so about 2pm, she left me out there and came home to get ready for class. She did not get back out there to get me until close to 6pm. So, it was a long day. I had to go to the bathroom so bad lol. Oh man I was really holding it until she got back, but we did not sell much. Again, I only made about $35 total, but twenty dollars of that had to go to a loan that we needed to pay, so that only left us with $15 :( I swear, these ppl that come out here to buy stuff are so cheap. They don't like my prices for movies. I charge $5 per movie, or 3 for $10 and these are quality movies too. Superb c

Today was pretty good. We went selling this morning and stayed out there until Lisa had to go to work. We did ok today. After we left, we got some food then I took Lisa to work. After dropping her off, I went to the casino but again I didn't win anything big. I can make a dollar last several hours, but I can't seem to really win any big money and that's what I'm trying to do. If I could just win something big, then we can go buy groceries and all that stuff we need without having to sell all my movies, but that damn casino just doesn't pay anything. You have to be betting like $100 or more to win anything decent. Well my stomach is feeling great, but I tell ya I can really feel it when I lift anything. Even if that something is not heavy, I can really feel it. On my right side of where the incision was made, that part is really sensitive and if I lift anything constantly, I'll feel it right there. So, I gotta be careful. Lisa told me that when you get surger

I'm feeling really Awesome today! Definitely one of my best days. We went to church this morning. I woke up way too early so after going back to bed after 8am this morning, I went to sleep and didn't get up until it was time to go to church. Service was good and now it's crunch time because I need to get working on 'Hallowed Eve 8' which is happening in about 3 weeks. Lots to do on that! My stomach is feeling really great today. I cleaned out a lot of crusty stuff from my belly button this morning lol. I think it was just old discharge from those blisters I had in there. It's all clean now. Those strips that the doc put on during my last visit, are still on me. They're getting loose. I'm going to go ahead and leave it on there for a few more days, then I'll take it off. My incision looks great! I think I healed up really nicely. Went to the casino...again today. I'm so sick of that place. I NEVER win anything there. I try and try, but I do

I am feeling good today! I wanted to exercise this morning...but nope, today we needed to make some money. So, we gathered up some movies and things to sell and headed out to there. Because of our situation yesterday, we definitely needed more money for groceries and gas. That's the worry now lol. But, I'm so glad our phones and internet service is back on. Not only so we can keep in touch with everyone, but so Lisa can have access to her school thru the internet. That's really important, especially now that she got into the NURSING PROGRAM wooohoo!!!! I'm still so happy for her :D :D :D We made about $40 out there so that was enough for some food. I bought Lisa something to eat before she went to work. I did something crazy today lol. I wanted to try and win some money for us at the casino, then hopefully we won't have to sell again but Lisa needed to go to work and we didn't have much gas, so since the casino is only about a mile away from here, I told her

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO MY BEST PAL, LISA!!!!! TODAY, SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT SHE GOT ACCPETED INTO THE NURSING PROGRAM AT SAN JUAN COLLEGE!!!! OMG I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO HAPPY FOR HER!!!! LISA I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU!! I KNEW IT ALL ALONG THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE IT!! DO GREAT AND MAKE SOMETHING GREAT OF YOUR LIFE!!!! I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU WHENEVER YOU NEED ME :D :D :D :D That was such great news! She got the letter in the mail today when we got home. And YES FINALLY MY INTERNET IS BACK ON!!!! We had a big decision to make today. This morning we headed out because today is Bills Day. We have two major loans stemming from our San Diego trip. Both of them are totally killing us on our money situation. Today, though, Lisa got a pass on one of them and she had overtime from when she pulled a double working for that stupid worthless woman that didn't come in on her shift. So her check was big! Our dang cell phone/internet bill hit $691 and tha

Doing great today! Feeling great! So glad to not have to be taking pain pills anymore. I'm feeling really normal today...ugh it just sux to not have internet service or a cell phone. I'm so behind on my bills and I really need to get that situated. Tomorrow is Bills Day! I hope so much that it goes smoothly or we figure some things out. I don't know how I'm going to handle it all, but there's lots to do. Let me just list some things here so I can keep a record of it all. Cell Phone Bill Loan #1 Loan #2 Loan #3 Directv Home Phone service Insurance Propane Bill Utility Bill Computer Bill Are the ones I'm currently dealing with that I need to get rid of. Crazy right? I'm sure there are ppl out there with worse, but as for me especially during my recovery when I can't do Anything, it's really tough. Now that my cell phone bill got completely out of my control because I called them today and they added yet another month to that cr

So today is the First Day of Fall :D :D :D Woohoo!!! Halloween approaches and then follows all the other holidays. So, today is a rather exciting day. Summer is over, but it still kinda feels like summer. I think once October gets here, that's when for sure it'll be over and Fall will be starting up. At least, that's how I've always seen it. Today I'm feeling Awesome! Feels so good to be going around without my cane and walking like I'm used to. I haven't walked again since that 3 miles I did, which was awesome! I think we're going to have to start selling here soon because of our financial situation. If that does happen, we'll be doing that rather than exercising because we usually need to get out there early. Recovery is going swell. I'm taking it one day at a time. The fact that I can get up unassisted as well as sit down, that's a huge accomplishment in itself. Hopefully I get all my strength back because I know my stomach is super w

Today was great, then bad, then good. I don't really want to get into the details, but I was at the casino today and I was playing. Lisa dropped me off there and went to class. Well, she comes into the casino to get me and turns out, she locked the keys in the truck :( Oh man I was so angry because I didn't have another key. I was a prick to her though :( I regret that so bad. I should never be treating Lisa that way, meaning getting mad at her. I hate getting mad at her, but today I just couldn't control my anger. But NO I didn't hurt her physically. I would NEVER do that. I just get mad at her, that's all. I hate doing that, but today I couldn't stop it. So we went to the college and tried breaking into my truck, but we couldn't. Fortunately, these older guys stopped by and offered to help. We got the door open, and didn't have to bust my window, which I was afraid we were going to have to do. It was great though! I was happy about that. When we

Darn...well today my cell service went off. It's going to be off for a while, or until we can finally get it turned back on. I hope it's soon, but with the bill being so high...oh man I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see. My recovery is going great! I'm going to keep posting my progress, but honestly it's all downhill from here. I'm walking on my own and I'm feeling great. I don't think I need to take my pain pills anymore because my stomach is not bothering me at all. Today was my little cousin's birthday. She's...uh 15, I think. I don't even know when who's birthday is or how old they are. Crazy! Anyway, my mom picked me up this evening and took me down to grandpa's for the party. It was nice spending time with family. Those are the best times always! Ugh I wish my phone stayed on until this coming Friday. That's our Bills Day. I figured maybe we could've pulled a fast one and some how kept it on...but tha

Oh how I wanted to walk again today! I tell you what though, Today is the day I Aced my cane!!!! I am no longer carrying that thing around. This morning I left it inside the house and walked out to get the paper. I walked fine without it ;) So yeah, no more cane for me!! Went to church today. The cool thing was today, we renewed our membership at our church. We left (on good reason I might add) back in January. So many months, but now that we're back, it's time we renewed things. It's so cool how everyone welcomed us back with open arms. Now, it's back to work on Hallowed Eve 8. Lots to do and we're having it on October 23rd so I have a lot of planning to do with that. Over the next several weeks I'll be dealing with that whole deal. I feel great not dragging that cane around. Boy that thing was so awkward, but I needed it. I'm not ashamed. I needed help walking. I mean, just holding myself up when I walked, put strain on my stomach so when I had supp

Woke up feeling Awesome this morning! Went out and did my FIRST 3 MILES SINCE SURGERY!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!! Oh man it felt great to be back out there again. I felt really up to walking and this time I wanted to finish the whole thing so I did the entire 3 miles ;) So proud of myself! I really want to get back to this everyday. I'm not sure if I'll be doing it tomorrow because we have church, plus Sundays are supposed to be Rest Days ;) Of course, I'd been having way too many of those since the 2nd lol. Weird rest of the day, that's for sure. I took Lisa to work with the intention of going to Sun Ray Casino. Well after dropping her off, I did go there. I got there about 3pm. By the time Lisa was ready to get off by 10:30pm, I was still there lol. I spent the whole evening there. Oh my gosh I stunk so bad. Cigarette smell like crazy! That is really bad too. No way am I EVER doing that again. We just really needed to save on gas because my truck is close low and I need to

Went for a walk this morning! AWESOME!! Felt so good to get out there! Still walking with my cane, but I'm feeling superb ;) The day went by pretty good. Just mainly took it easy today. This evening I went out to a movie with my mom and my brother. That was nice to get out. I'm always up for that. Been cooped up in my place for so long now, it seems. We went to see Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. I have already seen it, in fact we watched it just before going out to San Diego in August. My mom has been talking about wanting to see it ever since, but no one wanted to lol. Anyway, I went with her to watch that. My brother wasn't interested in seeing it so he went to see a different one. Mom enjoyed the movie. I liked it! I always like Tom Cruise's movies. He makes the best ones! I really wanted us to all go see 'The Visit'. I really want my mom, dad and brother to see that one. I think they would really like it. But my dad is out hunting, which is where I w

Today has been ok. I'm still trying to get up to walking without this cane. I feel I'm close, but not quite there yet. It's been a pretty easy going day. Not much happened at all. Stayed home most the day. I hung out with my little dog, Jayde. We sat here in the living room watchin movies and eating a pork chop. I gave her this big bone when I was done and she chomped it down in less than 5 minutes lol. Crazy little dog! This evening we went to the casino. It's nice being up there, but I feel really awkward walking around with this cane lol. Oh well, it's just how it is. I'm getting better everyday, though. Can't complain about that!!

This day has been Awesome! This morning Lees drove me out to the hospital and I picked up my pills. Good thing I got them yesterday. We only sat there for maybe 3 minutes before they called me to pick them up. So now, I'm all set and hope to recover as soon as possible. One our way home, we stopped by a casino we've never been to called 'Flowing Water Navajo Casino'. It's a small casino and we'd never been there before. I never thought anyone won anything there because it was so small. Oh man, how I was so wrong about that place. Yes, it's small, but it's really nice in there. Since it was still morning, there weren't too many ppl in there but those machines were cool. Very different from the other places. I walked in there with $1 in my wallet. I didn't plan on really making any money, I just wanted to see what it was like in there. Well I turned my $1 into $40 :D Unexpected! So, we left and I treated Lisa out to some lunch. Afterwards we sto

Today I'm feeling pretty great! This morning Lisa and I went into town. I bought dog food and cat food so now all my babies have food and I don't gotta worry bout them ;) I also bought the movie 'Cinderella' on bluray :D I love that movie!! I went to my Follow-Up appointment today at 2pm. The results, EXCELLENT!! I am doing superb :D :D :D The surgeon who did my hernia repair said my incision looked really great! He was very pleased with how clean it was and how nicely it was healing. I asked him those questions I had and he put my mind at ease. The hardness around my belly button was from the scarring where they did the repair. He said that it's going to be hard like that for maybe 3 months, then it'll start softening up. I also brought up the rash and blisters in my belly button (which cleared up yesterday though) and he said that was most likely a reaction from either the adhesive on the tape they used or from the bandages. He checked everything and it wa

I'm feeling great today! My stomach is doing good. Lisa cleaned my incision today really good. She didn't clean it yesterday because I was busy making the banner all morning, then we left for church. After church we went to mom and dad's place, then I took her to work. So this morning she finally cleaned it up. It's looking really good. So clean! I can't wait to get these staples pulled out tomorrow. My appointment is at 2pm tomorrow afternoon. I hope that I no longer feel any pain after tomorrow, but we'll see what happens. I've been doing so much the last three days. Been pushing myself way too hard. Almost felt like I was back to normal but that is NOT GOOD!!! I'm supposed to be recovering. I need 6 weeks and I really need not forget that. It's only been 2 weeks. Still have 4 more to go to be able to start lifting heavy things again, but an additional two weeks after that to really be ok. So I slowed myself down. Today, I decided to not do anyt

Woke up feeling good this morning. I did not go for a walk, instead I did some computer work. Just in case things did work out at church, I went ahead and made a 'Hallowed Eve 8' banner and printed it out. Took me all morning. Lisa had gotten up and got ready. After I was done printing it out, I also got ready then we headed to church. I'm really taking less pain pills now. I only take them if I really feel the pain down around my incision area, but so far I'm doing good. We went to church. It was Great! We got in and sat down. No more than two minutes after we sat down, Pastor stopped everything and walked over and hugged us both. He was so happy that we were back and had everyone clapping lol. That was really nice! He then did his sermon and we sat and listened. It was nice to hear the Word of God once again thru Pastor Johnson. Great message today! Afterwards, before dismissing everyone, he brought up the 'Hallowed Eve' event. He gets mixed up and calls

Today I felt like Superman!!!! I woke up this morning and decided to go and get my grandma's newspaper, which is another thing that we do every morning. Since we go walking on our way back every morning we get my grandma's paper and take it to her house. Since my surgery, Lisa has been doing that along with all the chores around here. Well today I felt like doing that so I got my new cane that I got yesterday and headed out. I ended up walking all the way out to the crossroads, which is the same place I went to that first time. The second time I had to bring the chair and it took me two hours because I got so tired. haha well today, I did the whole thing by myself. Lisa was still asleep. I walked all the way over there alone. I prayed to God, like I do during my morning walks and then I came home. The great news, I was not tired. Not one bit!! I felt full of energy. I took my grandma's paper to her house and I got some good news in the mail. I got approved for Medicade. So

Went on my first truck ride today! Oh man that was Awesome!! It was nice to see the town again. Felt like I was away for so long again. It still kinda bothered me when my stomach moved during the ride, but after a while I got used to it. We handled our Bills, well sort of. I couldn't pay for our cell phones because we didn't have enough money for it. So that was really tough because now our cell phones are probably definitely going to go off, but I don't know when. We just didn't have enough money. That loan we got for our San Diego trip is really killing us. So I had Lisa drive over there later after we paid everything and talk to them. Some really great news is that we can pay it off early and save about a thousand dollars and to pay it off will only be about $675 roughly. So we're planning on doing that next paycheck and just get the damn thing over with. Once we get rid of that loan, everything else will be easy. That's the only thing really bringing us dow

Today was good, but all morning my incision was really acting up. It was stinging and felt irritated. Oh man and it itches all around that area. I'm trying not to scratch. When I do scratch, I never scratch the incision area, just my skin around it. Ugh it's tough though. I really can't wait to get 100% better. I've been feeling much better that now my mom is no longer coming over. It was just me and Lisa today. I'm really trying to get on her about exercising and really getting back to doing everything we both did before this whole hernia thing happened. She has completely quit exercising. She hasn't gone out running, nor has she did DDP yoga, nothing! I'm getting really frustrated because I really want to exercise, really bad! I just can't and I'll be on the shelf for the next 6 weeks but I'm definitely going to push myself everyday. I'm not just going to lay around and be lazy for 6 weeks. I'm going to really try and do my best to get

Today was Awesome!!!! I feel so good today. I am able to move around now, really good. I took a shower this morning and it didn't take me 2 hours like the last shower I took a couple days ago. That shower took forever because I couldn't move around very well lol. Today, it took less time, but I found that I have really great movement now. I can bend really well. I can now sit down and get up on my own. I still need to use my cane, but I don't need help. My stomach is still slightly in pain, but I can take it and it's feeling much better. I think once these staples get taken out, I'll really be doing great. Mom got after me for walking so much yesterday and the day before. She said I shouldn't be walking that much sooooo today I didn't walk at all. Lisa and I sat in my room and talked a while. Things are going really good. After my shower I felt great. I stayed inside today. I didn't venture out or anything. Lisa went to work today, which sux. I can&#

I feel Amazing today! I don't feel dizzy like yesterday morning. When I woke up, I wanted to go for another walk. The doc did say for me to move around. So, when I was ready, Lisa and I headed out. I ate a banana and a fiber bar and had some water. That gave me some energy. Then, I got my cane and my black stick I take with me when I do my 3 miles. I used those to get me along. Lisa took my chair this time, which was so sweet of her. I went to the same area as yesterday, the crossroads. Oh man, it took me 2 hours to make it out there!!! TWO HOURS. I walked as far as I could, then I needed to rest. Oh man I wear out very easily. I get so tired and I'm just plain out of energy. So glad Lisa brought my chair. We were sitting out there for a long time, just talking and enjoying the morning air. Finally, I got up and we walked some more. During one of my sit downs, we saw "big gene", the guy who gives us water and treats, both us and the dogs. He's a good friend and I

Ok, definitely making progress today! So I'm walking around with a walker that grandpa let me use. I'm also using a cane, actually more than anything. I also have crutches but I tried them out this morning and they are too short for me, the ones he gave me. Way too short. Anyway after waking up this morning. I fell asleep early last night. But after waking up, I washed up, then took my pain meds. I really wanted to get out and walk, so I told Lisa. We got my walker outside and then I went for a walk with her :D Oh man it felt great to get out of the house. I mean, I've been getting outside most mornings while Lisa waters the trees and stuff, but this was the first time I actually got out there and walked. I still can't walk very fast. No I did not do the 3 miles, or especially the 6 miles lol. No I just walked out to the crossroads between my house and my parents place. That was my goal. It took me forever and I was really dizzy this morning. I think I totally had no

I feel pretty good today! My incision is looking really good. You can just see the staples and that's it. I think I'll heal up pretty nice. I go outside with Lisa when she waters the trees but today we didn't do that because yesterday and last night, it rained like crazy!! I mean it was pouring, that was Awesome! I really loved that. Smelling the rain and hearing it pour outside, that really made my healing process all the more better. I took it easy most the day. I'm still having trouble getting up on my own. Lisa, my mom and my brother have been helping me just to get off the couch, sit down and everything. It's tough, but I can finally go to the bathroom on my own now. I don't need help, though it does take me a while. It hurts to move my stomach around so even just to shift from left to right, I can't do that. I also can't turn to my side when I'm laying down so every night since surgery, I've been laying flat on my back. It's ok, but

Saturday it is!!! Well this is my 3rd day after surgery. I'm still waking up a few times at night. Oh man it's still hurting pretty bad to get up. I took a shower this morning. That was tough. My incision is doing really good. It's no longer bleeding or anything. Lisa has been cleaning it every morning and changing out the bandage. She does excellent at this! She's goin to make a superb nurse one day. She's already got the skills, she just needs the degree and she's there! I'm walking around as much as I can. It's pretty hard because I can't walk very far. Just taking a shower and walking around all morning to get ready and washed up, that really wears me out. I am so out of energy after that. Lisa is taking care of all the outside chores. She's feeding the animals every night and watering the trees and grass every morning. She's a real trooper! I just hope she doesn't lag on her studies. Mom came over again today after Lisa went to

I am coming along today! Oh man, I'm taking this pain like a champ. It hurts, let me tell you. I can't walk fast. I can't cough. I can barely go to the bathroom on my own. It hurts to bend my stomach in anyway, even just sitting down is painful as crow! So last night, I woke up several times. Ugh it's pure agony just trying to get up from my bed. Lisa is super sweet and so watchful and caring. She sleeps in my room on my chair next to my bed. I wake up like every two hours and she's right there. She'll hop up out of the chair and come over and help me sit up, then she'll help me lift myself off the bed and hobble into the bathroom. Omgosh it's so hard to do anything. Well good news, today I finally had a bowel movement!! :D Dang I was getting scared for a while there lol. I'm so glad everything still works down there. I had zero pressure from my waist down since I woke up from surgery. I knew last night that I really needed to go, but nothing cam

Lisa was off today, her last day. She's going back to work tomorrow so I don't know what I'm going to do. Seriously, I need her like every minute, or at least when I'm doing anything. I can't do crap on my own. She slept in my room last night on the chair I have in here. I had to wake up like every two hours to pee. Omg that first time was insanely painful. My bladder was so full and that pain of it being full mixed with the pain in my incision area. OUCH!!! Dammit that was so hard. I'm peeing everywhere and have no control over it. It's so frustrating and painful. Oh but Lisa, she is cleaning everything up for me. She's amazing! I swear, she is going to be one Amazing nurse when she becomes one. I mean, seriously, she's going to be the BEST EVER!!! I been taking my pain pills every 4 hours. They're not really helping. I mean, they help a little, but the pain is so intense that it seems to only take away a little bit of the pain. I did not know

Ok I'm actually writing this blog late, so don't think I was on the computer anytime during this day! ALL FINISHED WITH MY SURGERY AND IT WENT VERY WELL!!!!! They fixed my Umbilical Hernia, Woohoo!!!! Oook now the pain.... :'( :'( :'( :'( I cannot describe this pain!!! I am in so much pain. I have pain pills, but let me tell you, they don't take all the pain away. I still feel pain even after taking them. I have a long road to recovery. 8 weeks of recovery time. The doc doesn't want me lifting more than 15 pounds for at least 6 weeks. I can't drive for at least 10 days and this pain is going to be quite intense for the next few days. I don't know how long a few days is. Hopefully not too long because this pain is unreal. I went into the hospital in the morning. I got checked in. Lisa was there with me, oh man she's such a trooper and supportive friend. My best friend!! Anyway, she waited with me in the waiting room for a few minutes,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Grandpa!!!! Today is his big day! 74 years old. I always thought it was cool how me, him and my dad are exactly all 20 years apart. I turn 34 this year, dad turns 54, and grandpa turns 74. Anyway, today is the day before my surgery. I spent it worrying lol. I'm scared about tomorrow because I have no idea what to expect. This is my first surgery ever and I've never had to do anything I've seen them do. Last night I cleaned myself with those ani-bacterial wipes which I totally hate because they are so sticky and gross. Today, I had to do that again. The family held a birthday dinner down at grandpa's house this evening and they all wanted me to be there. So, before I went I did the scrub down ugh. I swear that stuff makes me itchy and sticky everywhere. I really hate it, but it's necessary to prevent infection after or during surgery, something like that. Well, I gotta go to sleep, then be up at 5am so I can shower, then Lisa is going to hau