Rhizotomy

I had 24 spinal epidural injections (8 injections in a series of 3 visits) last fall (2009).  After the 3rd set, I finally felt some relief.  A couple months ago, I started to feel the effects wearing off, because the pain wouldn't recover after a day's rest, etc.  Dr. Stein had already told me that he wouldn't do any more steroid injections because when I got older (menopause), steroids would cause bone loss.  He told me the next step of pain relief is Rhizotomy. 

Rhizotomy (in layman's terms) is taking a needle and with the guidance of a portable xray, inserting it near the spine, in the same areas (L1-5 & S1) as the steroids were injected, and turning on the radio frequency to burn the nerves so that it doesn't send a signal to my brain that I'm in pain in those areas. 

This is not permanent, but can last anywhere from 2 months to 2 years.  The average is 6 months.  I got my left side done yesterday, and it will flair up for 2-3 days after the procedure, then settle down.  In two weeks, he is going to do my right side.  I hope this relieves my back pain.  I wish it was more permanent, but at least there is alternative procedure for pain relief to medication all the time (I hate taking pills and think they're just a band-aid, not a fix). 

Baseball Spring 2010

Blake made the Lewis Baseball team again this year. He is now on two baseball teams....Traveling Eagles & Lewis Middle School. No Little League this year...that would be three teams for him and Zachary wanted to take a break this season from baseball.


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All-Sports Day

Paul is a member of the All-Sports Association and they hold an FCA breakfast and banquet/auction every year as a fund raiser for scholarships for athletic students. This year, Blake is a member of FCA, so he got to go to the breakfast and hear Christian Ponder (current FSU quarterback) as the speaker (held at the Emerald Coast Conference Center on Okaloosa Island).
The banquet that night had several speakers, but of course our favorite was Bobby Bowden who was given a lifetime honorary membership to the All-Sports Assoc.
Paul put $100 total in a raffle for 15 different items and won two of them! Here are the pictures. One is an autographed picture of RADIO (don't you remember the movie?)


and the other one is by Len Dawson the MVP of
Suoerbowl IV for Kansas City Chiefs (that's 40 years ago!)


I saw a lot of high school friends and also heard that one passed away recently. That is so sad and reminds us all to cherish each day with our loved ones.
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Snowmen in Florida!

The snow lasted all night, so Sat afternoon, the boys built snowmen.









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Snow in Florida & Southern AL

The snow didn't fall below Crestview, so Paul wanted to take the boys to see it. Zachary opted for his first dance with some classmates at the Boys and Girls Club. So Paul and Blake drive north and didn't see a lot in Crestview, so kept driving up to Carolina, AL just south of Andalusia. They decided to load up the back of the truck with snow to bring it home and show us.









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Blake's fca meeting

I had an fca(fellowship of Christian athletes)meeting today at 6:00.we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows over a bond fire after school.

Zacharyism

I was telling Zachary about my friend, Ashyea, who lost her sister 20 years ago.  She just disappeared with no trace.  I wanted to share with him that things can happen, even to older kids and even adults- she was 13, older than Blake.  Zachary asked if they called the police to help out.  I said yes, and they thought she ran away, but she didn't. He said, well, did they call Law & Order to help?  :-D