Falling Apart!

Since I have last seen my OB doctor a month ago, tomorrow, I have been diagnosed with gall stones, possible fractured second metatarsal and the need for a root canal!

Praise the Lord, I haven't had any gallbladder attacks since then...I believe the culprit for me is milk. The first time I had an attack (at the time I thought kidney stones), I was drinking a lot of Slim-Fast and right before the second attack, I had eaten a lot of cereal that week.

As for the fracture, I was stepping out of our chicken coop, stepped wrong and rolled on my foot and fell down. I was able to limp up to our house and limp around that evening, but in the morning, I couldn't put any weight on it and it HURT! I ended up going to the ER, where they diagnosed it as a possible fracture, but they couldn't tell b/c of calcifications. They put on a splint, told me to get a pair of crutches and stay off the foot. Where does one find crutches on Memorial Day? At Walgreen's, where you have to buy them, not rent them. The next day, to our family doctor we go for even more x-rays, to have him tell me it doesn't look like a fracture to him and then he proceeded to ask me about any past foot injuries. All I had to do was look at my foot for a discolored spot where I dropped a huge box containing a put it together entertainment center, when I was 13 or 14, and tell him yes...in the second metatarsal spot! I must have broken it back then, but b/c I didn't want to tell anybody what I did, I just dealt with the pain! Final consensus? Sprained foot, keep it wrapped, use crutches as needed (I don't think I need them anymore!) and stay off it as much as possible...and be careful this weekend at the home school convention! Yes, our doctor homeschools his children too, so he knows about it! This entire Dr's appointment was such a blessing. The ER doctor had said I would most likely need surgery to fix my foot...that would have happened right when I normally lose my balance pregnancy wise, or need a cast on for 6 weeks. The ER doctor also said I would have to use crutches for at least a week...that would have made walking around the homeschool convention quite difficult and would have made purchasing and carrying stuff even harder!

Teeth! Take care of your teeth, go for every 6 month check up...do it please, for your own sake. I have avoided that for quite some time, using the excuse that I was pregnant, nursing or that my hubby couldn't get off work. In my defense, the few appointments I did schedule, I had to cancel b/c hubby went out of town on short notice. The other day, I was eating watermelon and was almost in tears from the pain shooting out of a tooth into the rest of my head. I was able to get an X-ray yesterday (more radiation...just how good do those lead aprons work?), and yup, I need a root canal. We start the first part next week. I am not looking forward to this. Since I have actually started seeing a dentist again, he might as well start planning his next vacation, car purchase and possibly even a new house purchase!

Through all of this, God has been good. Yes, I have had a few moments of intense pain where I just want to cry (it takes a lot of pain for me to cry...not much to complain, though!), but it has been just that...moments. I have learned that I can not be in control all of the time and just have to let him work, and work he is doing!