Link Fixed

Just a quick note to tell you I fixed the dead link for the singing Santa and his reindeer - click on the picture and enjoy!!

The Continuing Saga of The Arm

Eleven weeks down the track and I am still being tortured by the Australian version of the Spanish Inquisition - actually in fairness to her she has got some more movement back for me so in spite of the pain I cannot complain; in fact if I had to have physio again or knew someone who needed it I would tell them to see her.

Saw the infamous Drs for a review of treatment and options.

First Doc - mmmm can you do this? aahhh Can you do this? emm. Yes, I see. Okay wait here.

Leaves room and returns with older (wiser??) doc in tow. Second Doc introduces self, shakes hands smiles nicely.

Second Doc - mmmm can you do this? aahhh Can you do this? emm. Turns to first doc and says "Yes, I see what you mean."

I mean to say these guys go to Uni, do internship, residency and all they can say is "mmm, ahh and emm?"

At this point I felt like the proverbial 5th wheel , felt like yelling "HELLO - I'm sitting here, talk to me and tell me whats going on?"

Second Doc - Okay, Mrs P may I call you Suzanne?? Sweet smile on his face (think I was supposed to feel relaxed and not threatened) Yes? Ok normal people (oops does he mean I am not normal?) have a range like this (flings his arms in circles etc) you, on the other hand, can only do this - (restricted circle this time). Basically you have no supination on the left arm, you cannot turn your palm upward - (gee I knew that and I didn't even go to medical school).

We have four options for you - leave it; remove head of radius and replace with metal; remove head of radius and head of elbow and replace with metal or scrap bone during arthroscope. What would you like to do?

Finally I get to speak!! - What guarantee can you give me that I will not be worse off than I am now?

Second Doc - None (said with the sweetest smile on his face)

Me - Well forget it, you can just leave it! I went on to explain the physio results etc. Second Doc smiles and says - "if it was my arm I would say exactly the same thing".

Anyway, after going into the details of the break and how all the fragments may have set, the outcome is I am to continue with the phsyio until January then have an xray and make a final decision then. Superior doc did say that the xray may show some roughness that would improve movement if it was removed via an arthroscope but we will have to wait and see.

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On a brighter note (if you have read my other blog) I have had a 'second date' and a third one is happening tomorrow. So, yes, I have a big smile and enjoying LIFE ....... lol

Marie Antoinette Award

Oh my, Birdie (Aubirdwoman) has awarded me the Marie Antoinette Award- A real person - A real award!


I am overwhelmed, a little embarrassed and quietly chuffed - thank you so much Birdie!

I think she reads too much into my blogs - rotfl - my other one, Philip's Story is really a rant and rave that she has held my hand over. Thanks Birdie for the award and thanks for the hand holding and the cuddles and the shoulder to cry on. I'm glad you won the award.

Here are the Rules for the Award:
1. Please put the logo on your blog
2. Place a link to the person from whom you received the award
3. Nominate at least 7 or more blogs
4. Put the links of those blogs on your blog
5. Leave a message on their blogs to tell them.

Gee nominating people - I find that very hard - I do love reading Lindi's blog and I know what she has been through so Lindi consider yourself nominated!

Also OzJane - anyone who can tidy up like that is a real person!

Sorry, I can't think of 7 people but figured two who really deserve it would be fine.

Pick Up Lines

I wrote this on my other blog but thought I would share it with the readers of this one. I am still giggling about it.

"Yesterday after my torture (which is carefully hidden under the name of physiotherapy), I went to my favourite shop ) Bunnings); had to get some rope as part of my therapy; and while I was waiting in the line to be served a very nice looking guy (around 40) commented on my tattoo and then asked me if he could read it while we were in bed. I was a little stunned at first, then babbled something unintelligible - I did notice he was wearing a wedding ring as he had used that had to point at my tatt and he even touched my arm to feel the tatt. I smiled sweetly then paid my bill and walked out. He quickly followed, his car was parked close to mine and he blew me a kiss and said "you sure?" I thank him and shook my head. Now I was very flattered but I am

a) not into jumping into the cot with strangers and;
b) would never do anything with a married man."

Have you ever had a proposition that left you speechless for a moment?

I wish I could have thought of some witty comeback instead of my mumbling babbles but at that moment I was a little stunned. I just never thought I would get this sort of proposition at my age. Just goes to show beauty is in the eye of the beholder doesn't it..... rotfl.

So now I am off to Bunnings - just trying to work out all my clever repartees .... any suggestions would be greatly appreciated ..... but I will probably never get approached again ... lol.

I've Been Tagged

I have been tagged by Lindi for a meme.

Here's the rules:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.

2. List 7 things about yourself. Some random, some weird.

3. Tag 3 more players and let them know.

So my 7 random tales are

1. Like Sheila, I do not own a watch - for some strange reason they don't work on me. If they are battery operated, the battery will only last a week if I'm lucky. If they are wind up they run fast, slow or just stop. A Dr once said it has something to do with the electrical current in our bodies. But I can tell time without one and usually right within 15 mins. Don't use an alarm clock either - I can wake up when I need to.

2. I hate wearing shoes - whenever I can I have bare feet. I only owe a couple of pairs of shoes, 2 pairs of sandals and one pair of dressy silver thongy things.

3. I positively HATE seafood - this stems from when I was a child. My father was a professional fisherman and we always had lots of seafood but I can remember my parents and grandfather telling me when we ate fish "watch out for the bones. If you swallow one you will have to eat a cotton wool sandwich."

Even just writing that makes me shiver and gives me goose bumps - to this day I cannot eat anything from the sea.

4. My hair is very very curly. Until 3 years ago I kept it long so that the weight of it would pull the curls out - it didn't work. My hair was down passed my butt but it was still curly and for the first few days after I washed it I looked like all three witches from MacBeth. I only needed to wash it fortnightly and it would take all day to dry. Now it is that short that some men have longer hair than me. Finally because it is so short you can't see the curls....lol

5. My eyes are greeny grey.

6. I am the youngest of three children all girls but I was, and still am, a tomboy.

7. When I am home alone I turn my music up very very loud and sing and dance around. Worst thing is I can't sing for nuts!


Okay now you know a little more about me. I am supposed to tagged 3 people to write up their facts but instead I will say anyone who visits and has not done this Meme - consider yourself tagged!!

Lest We Forget

Monday Morning

I thought the Drs examining my arm were cruel but they have nothing on my phsyio.

She is a tiny little thing barely 5 feet tall and yet she can inflict pain and torture with the best of the Spanish Inquisition. I do know it is for my own good but that doesn't make it any better when all you want to do it yell and say "Please no more!!" I am amazed at the strength of her. She is tiny and so cute.

Still she is getting some results - I could straighten my arm 52 degrees now she has got it to 70 degrees; she isn't sure I will get much more back but that isn't stopping her from trying. The major concern is turning my palm upward - despite inflicting such torture it isn't improving.

I never realised how hard it is to rub the back of your neck when you can't turn your palm, even dressing is awkward, I have to learn old skills over again a new way. I am just hoping I will be able to knit, crochet and sew.

Fortunately I can still type and paint - been spending a lot of time doing some charcoal studies, male nude torso will probably do some in watercolours and oils once I decide which studies have turned out best - and of course, the computer is a mainstay.

This year I will have to forgo making my Christmas cakes - I usually make between 25 and 40 to give as presents to the relies and friends but it involves a lot of heavy lifting and I am not allowed to lift more than 2 kgs with my arm yet. So now I have to figure out what to give people instead, this will be the first time in about 30 years I haven't made my cakes - I know there will be a lot of disappointed people but they will get over it.

It's on Again - Decorate Your Blog for Christmas

Why not get into the festive season? Decorate your blog for Christmas! We decorate our houses so why not decorate our blogs.

Email me ( sooziii@optusnet.com.au ) for the html. code for the clumsy Santa banner and then put in a link back here so we can keep tabs on who has joined. Maybe we could all take a virtual tour of decorated blogs mid December.

We could nominate those decorated blogs that we like - there will be PRIZES!!! Yeah, we love prizes. Aubirdwoman and Lindi and Jackie have all volunteered to add to the prize pool again.

AS SOON AS YOU HAVE YOUR BLOG DECORATED PLEASE EITHER DROP ME AN EMAIL OR LEAVE A COMMENT SO I CAN ADD YOUR SITE TO OUR LINKS LIST.

As we get more blogs involved I will put up a poll for the finalists.

Come on get into the spirit of the season and join Sheila (Aubirdwoman), Lindi, Jackie and me!

8 Weeks On

Well, my arm is still pretty sore - actually it wasn't as sore as it is now until I started phsyiotherapy,now it aches all the time. The physiotherapist isn't that confident of getting much more use back. I can almost touch my hand to my shoulder, but straightening the arm is almost impossible, the worst part is not being able to turn my palm up. I didn't realise how much we need our palm up until I couldn't do it. Even simple things like rubbing your eyebrow on the opposite side is really awkward.

Anyway I will persevere with all the exercise she gives me and hope I get a little more movement than I have now - if not - well at least I can use my arm, it may only be about 85% but I have an arm and I can use it.

Bought myself a laptop computer - now for those of you who know my luck lets just say that it is still running true to form.

Bought a router so I could wander through the house and still be connected to the 'net. Took me 2 days of cursing before I got the damn thing working. Then the laptop wouldn't stay connected for longer than 2 minutes, and if I left the same room as the router then it was gone never to return. Ended up biting the bullet and calling in an expert - she informed me the laptop was faulty! Anyway after a bit of thinking she decided to reformat the whole thing and then restore the factory defaults.

Had a few problems when I loaded some software (antivirus and messenger) but after I did a system restore and then a windows update things looked better. I am sitting in my bedroom typing this and fingers crossed, things are looking up. Have dropped out a few times but then it has reconnected itself which it wasn't doing before.

Bought another new toy earlier - when I first broke my arm and was very limited in what I could do. I bought myself a Sony eReader - I am an avid reader and found books were getting pretty expensive. I started downloading them as either audio or ebooks. The only problem with ebooks was sitting at the computer for hours reading.

Did some research and found that Sony made a good ereader - similar in size to a paperback - but they do not sell them in Australia. Wrote to Sony here and in the US and found it was impossible to buy them through Sony. Then found an Aussie on ebay selling them for a reasonable price - $450 (Aust) so after much humming and harring I decided to buy one.

Man - it was the best thing I ever did. I have over 3000 ebooks on my computer, now I just download 100 at a time to my reader then when I have finished that lot I start on the next 100.

Can even put audio, songs and pictures on it.