Monday & Tuesday, July 23 & 24, 2018

Monday & Tuesday, July 23 & 24, 2018

Monday, July 23, 2018

I was up early to get the coffee started and make sure we got around in time to leave for Springfield.  

The view on our way to Springfield - the countryside is just gorgeous here!

Dean's first appointment is at 10:15, so we left Treasure Lake at 9:15.  His vascular surgeon has ordered a cat scan of the area where the abdominal aorta aneurysm was; and the veins that go to his legs, just to be sure everything is as it should be.  Our first stop was at the Martin Center in the Cox Hospital Area.  It took about 20-25 minutes to complete the test.  His appointment with Dr. Vorhies isn't until 11:45, so we drove to his office, and set in the truck for about 30 minutes or so before going inside.  Fortunately it was a nice day and we just put the windows down.  We didn't have to wait too long once we were inside.  The results of the cat scan were available for the doctor to review and he was very happy with the outcome - and we were too!  We will need to see him in approximately a year - and he said it was fine to work around our schedule - we can go a little early or a little later depending on where we are at that time of the year.

By the time we left Dr. Vorhies office it was 12:30.  I had suggested Zio's, an Italian restaurant or Leong's and Asian restaurant.  Dean chose Leong's since we just ate Italian a week or two ago while we were in Branson.  They have a lunch special for $8.99.  You can choose two dishes from about 5-6 choices.  Dean chose broccoli beef and cashew chicken.  I chose General's and cashew chicken.  I ate half of mine and brought the other half back with me.  We also got one egg roll and split it, and 2 crab rangoon, one for each of us for an extra $2.  We both thought it was very good and would not hesitate to return.  

My back felt a little better this morning but as the day went on it seemed to worsen.  I slept most of the way back to Branson.  When we returned I looked up some reviews on chiropractors and called Thrive Chiropractic.  I was miserable and knew I wasn't going to get over this without a little help.  They did not have any openings until Wednesday, but she called me back about an hour or two later and wanted to know if I could come at 5:45. I told her I would be there.  I felt a little better when I left, but sore.  He suggested we go to the Branson Landing and walk for about 15 minutes or so before going back to the RV Park.  It is a nice flat sidewalk.  

View as we walked on the sidewalk behind Branson Landing.

He also told me to put ice on it for 15 minutes later in the evening.  I did that and it helped some as well.

It was fairly late when we went to bed, about 10:30 or so. 


Tuesday, July 24, 2018

I woke up this morning and other than feeling a little sore when I got up I felt pretty good.  However, as the morning went on my back was soon hurting again.  I made a second appointment for 4:45 today.  

I washed a couple of loads of clothes this morning, then got things picked up before I went to do a little shopping with Joyce G.  Dean drove over and visited with Frank while we were out and about.  This morning on the news I heard about a resale shop that only carried name brand clothing.  That's where we are headed.  Joyce found a cute shirt but I came away with nothing.  Very disappointing.  We then walked down to another store that carried lots of Lee products along with several other name brands.  I found two pairs of shorts but I didn't like the way either pair of them fit me, so nothing here either.  

We called the guys and told them we were headed to Vaskens Deli, just around the corner from the Branson Meadows Mall.  They showed up not too long after that.  I had a reuben sandwich - one of my favorites.  Dean had a panini with ham and veggies.  My sandwich was wonderful and came with a pasta salad.  Dean enjoyed his as well.

Dean is going to go over and help Joyce get her new printer setup later so she can print from her phone when she wants to.  We stopped at Bentley long enough to use the restroom, and I wanted to take some clothes out of the dryer.  We drove to their site here in the park.  Dean is really good at doing stuff like this.  I'm glad - I'm someone who just wants it to work.  If I have to learn it on my own I will, but I'd rather someone just tell me what to do.  I'm not sure how long it took - between 1/2 to 1 hours.  We visited for awhile before we had to leave. 

We had to stop at Bentley before Dean took me to my doctor appointment.  By the time we got there I was so sore and it hurt to get out of the truck.  My lower back hurt almost everytime he touched it.  He adjusted both my back and my neck - my neck just went right in, and my upper back did pretty well, but the lower back wasn't giving too much.  He mostly pushed, stretching my lower back, then used a little punch gun, followed by a heavy duty vibrator to further stretch my back by pulling away from the area where it was out of place.  I'm going back again tomorrow at 2:45.  

Once we returned to our site, I did a few things inside, grabbed my ice pack and laid down on the bed.  I slept about 20 minutes.  Shortly after that I was looking at my phone when it rang.  It was our Heartland friend Barbara V.  They are in Branson.  We had visited with each other earlier about their trip and that we should try to get together, and that is what we are going to do.  We decided on Hard Luck Cafe at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.  Dean and I really like this place.  They have their 10 year old granddaughter with them and I hope she will enjoy it as well.  Once I was off the phone, I had to roll over to get out of bed.  I couldn't just set up.  Sitting anywhere except in a straight back chair is just miserable,, so that is what I'm doing.  I'm sore but the pain in my lower back has finally let up, so I'm hoping tomorrow will be the last treatment I will need.  It's not keeping me from doing anything, it's just not fun!

It's now a little after 9 and I think I'm going to head to bed a little early tonight, hoping to get a good night's rest and wake feeling much, much better tomorrow.  Goodnight all!