Betty Where Are You????????????????

[Blackboy98]

Have not heard from bett in awhile or did I miss something. You are on my mind a lot with your problems and I say a little prayer for you and DH.

Hope you are OK and just busy, but come and talk. I really miss you!

[POPTOP]

She was back on for a while and then disappeared. Rarely see her on Facebook either.

Sure would like to hear from you Betty.

[Maxx&Emma]

It is hard when Betty is not around. I miss her humor, her bluntness, I just miss her! I hope she is doing well, I think of her often and she remains in my prayers.

[bett]

I'm around.
going to the wellness part of pt, which is really a gym with guidance towards my ankle and wrist. i will say the pt guy is awesome , at least once a week, coming over to me, grabbing me, taking off my sneaker and sock and rolling my foot around. good.

having difficulty with pain , still, and pain doc is still giving so I'm still taking. every time i think i can "trick " it , and wait extra time, i get clobbered.
i won't use the D word but boy am i fighting it.
nick back, maybe 2-3 days a week so financially god knows how, ok.
kids all good, so that's great. nick buying remi a pink fishing rod, cole a blue one (that will be a fight because cole will want the pink.oh well) and jack has his. jack had an awesome time in sleep away camp (i never would have thought no tears from that one) and is a fresh , sweet, little 3rd grader. i love them so, and saw them for dinner last night. faked feeling ok, got all hugs and kisses for looking so great, dropped them off, and cried in bed for a few hours. the pain is just wearing me down. i ask ankle doc, "everyone heals differently. we put bones together but don't really know pain". ask the pain doc, and he says "look at your X-ray. take the scripts". talk to cristina , shrink friend, and she says "take the pills, take the xanex and try and focus on how far you have come, not how much is left". ok doc. doing all that.

driving, taking audi in for 15 thousand mile checkup and pathetic as it is, lease is up and getting another black on black 6 speed. I'm boring but that's what i like.

so much real illness around me, friends battling really wretched stuff, so i cant focus too much on me, tho cristina tells me my issue is still an issue and not to be dismissed because others are worse. ok, sounds right but….

met a few nice folks at pt, some i know, believe this one or not, pray for. yes, i now pray for them. who would have thought? but since the whole issue with cole, i do pray. cant hurt right?

thanks for looking for me, thinking of me, wishing me well. I'm just so foul most of the time….

now got a pair of new balance, fair, and a pair of brooks. new balance is clunkier, and roomier, but brooks is supposed to be ok too. going out and wearing summer flip flop type sandals is a trip. get to the restaurant and take the right shoe off. leave squeezing into it. foot still swollen and i guess i have a while to go. can you believe it's since dec 23rd? me neither.

but all in all, except for my foul disposition, I'm ok. i try and socialize but I'm a dud if in pain. actually having a big party for the pt crowd. yes, i am. haven't figured a count yet but thank god they probably drink beer tho i ordered all the booze from a friend. tequila seems to rule, i have the whites and ordered some rose and one red. i think only the boss will drink anything other than beer but what do i know. they're all young, no one even 30, except for fernando who ordered a standing rib roast for his family tonight and nick is delivering. i have a feeling this will be on me. i've been tipping a $50 now and then, to each one who is extra special to me. it will end up being everyone because i think no one is used to a patient as devoted and driven as me and they love that. I'm there 6 days a week (closed sun) at 8 and leave at 10:30, after being iced for 10 min.
I'm kind of freaked out but i even go on the treadmill , hate hate hate, for at least 10 minutes , not holding anymore, at 1.9-2.0 which is baby-doody but not for me. legs are just about the same size and calf is not as firm but I'm not allowed to call it mushy . or say "bad leg". it's getting firmer, I'm told, and it's the "operated leg". ok, whatever.

sorry I'm not my witty self , but now gotta lock up the pooches, (whole other story, jake has LP and is failing and i just am not ready, selfish as it is, i cant) and has trouble -fell down the steps (yup, same one as me) two times in three days. now i leash him up to get him down but nick has to do it or i'll be back where i started. he's a big boy. has some trouble getting up too. i cant watch it and not cry so i better get away from that subject now, cause i have to drive to audi.

vangie ok, eli a trouble making troll (what in the world was i thinking??) but all in all, we're ok.

i will attempt, to pop in, and give reports but figured you were all sick of me moaning and groaning. so, i will attempt to not do that.
grrr.

this sucks and is taking a very long time. but, it could be worse.
thanks again for the thoughts and wishes.
later dudes. i hear yelping downstairs.

[Blackboy98]

Thanks bett, you are still dear to my heart and wish somehow I could help. Maybe more prayers and MOJO. And maybe more

[kelsyg]

I'm so sorry for your difficulties but must correct you - you are still your witty self!
Continue to take care or yourself.

[Charlotte K.]

Thanks, Betty, for the report. Maybe as the weather gets cooler it will be easier for Jake with LP. My seniors always have trouble during hazy, hot, humid weather with air quality alerts, even in air conditioning. Then they have a good time in fall weather.

Keep up the good fight, getting stronger, so strong as you have improved, driving and on the treadmill. Glad Vangie is well and Eli is comic relief. Cuddly size, too!

[bett]

back from audi, put a deposit on a new a4, black on black, six speed tho the larger 4x4 was tempting. too bad we own nick 's subaru forester,neither of us crazy about it and i'd love to surprise him with that truck but too much moola. and he really wants the ram truck (NOOOOOOO).
i was almost tempted to get the 4x4 for me, but….i'd miss the stick too much and then, why do we need two r4x4"s?

one never knows with me. trying to figure out how to really surprise him and tho the ram is really what he wants , he did bring home the 65 vette with no warning….and i didnt go crazy…..and i bet the audi 4x4 would make him smile. he deserves a treat but……lots of moola for cars.
we'll see.

[smartrock]

We just drove from MD out Long Island last weekend. Going through weekend traffic going and coming was horrid and I thought of you driving in and out of the city for all the craziness you, Nick, and other family members have gone through. I'd forgotten you were driving an Audi stick. Now that's truly horrifying to consider! My husband has been driving Audis with stick shift for> 30 years, currently driving an S4 avant, but just about ready to give up the stick. Driving through all the ridiculous traffic and construction both up to NYC and down I-95 to NC to see our kids has taken the joy out of owning a stick for him.

I'm glad to hear you're still "fighting the good fight" as my Dad used to put it. You're one tough broad!

[POPTOP]

So good to hear from you. Sorry it's been such a long, hard, painful battle. One day at a time, slow and steady. Wish we were closer to help you. Even from a distance, if you need anything, please, please, let us know.

Sending you hugs, mojo and prayers.