It never seems to go away.

By now I'm sure you all know of my two ankle surgeries and the problems I've had with them. Unfortunately, the pain is creeping back, my foot is curving sideways in an upward motion, I still have an occasional limping spell, and I am not able to be on my feet more than a few hours, limiting my work abilities, and many fun activities as well (ask Renee ablut how I felt after standing 3 plus hours at Eddie Money on Thursday). There may be a reason. I have posted some highlights of an article I found "Post Surgical Ankle Pain. Rather than putting you through the torture of reading the whole thing, I have taken a few paragraphs out. See, I take care of blog buddies.

Ankle fusion may provide some temporary pain relief, at least for a while. Imagine how much motion your ankle normally has. What is going to happen when all of that motion is lost? Other joints around that fused joint must move more in order to compensate for the fused joint. This will cause excessive strain to these joints or the joints around them. The long-term outlook for fusion patients, no matter which joint, is long-term pain and disability. The reason why people succumb to these operations is that they feel they have no other options.

All that an ankle fusion does is cause arthritis to travel from one joint to the other. On top of that, the fused joint can no longer be moved at all. At minimum, most of the motion in the subtalar joint will be lost. In regards to ankle fusion, the velocity of the gait will be much slower and the length of the stride will decrease

I am fairly certain that I am developing arthritis, which explains alot. I will most likely be feeling this way for a while. Please bare with me. I may need to vent every now and again. As my BFF Lothian knows, Bitching is therapeutic. I am also taking on what my other BFF, Renee, does. I'm going to drink the pain away. ALOT!!!! So I'll be a bitchy, drinking queen. Sweet!!

Shakin your Money maker

Renee and I are singlehandedly keeping the 80's alive. Last year we went to see a Flock of Seagulls and Missing Persons, Def Leppard and Journey, and this summer saw the Defsters again. Last night we saw Eddie Money. I know you're thinking "is he still alive?" Yes, barely, but he is still Sh Sh Sh Sh Shakin. We were both afraid he was die on stage. He was so old looking. His lazy eye was even lazier, and he almost needed a walker to do his "dance moves". But, he can still ROCK! I forgot how many hits he had. Shakin, Two Tickets to Paradise, Walk on Water, Take me Home Tonight, I think I'm in Love, I wanna go back, and Baby hold on to me. Sweet.

Speaking of shakin your money maker, Britney Spears new CD "BLACKOUT" came out on Tuesday. It is fantastic. Regrdless what she is doing in her personal life, she still can make great dance tunes. Every queen or queen wannabe (you know who you are) needs to get this CD. It is worth the money alone for 'Toy Soldiers'. I can already see the smokin video for this song. Brit being surrounded by hot, gay, army men wearing tight army shorts, shirtless and muscular.... Whew... I need to end this blog. Girl I'm getting alll hot and bothered.

Happy Halloween

Ugly Betty meets Dirty Sanchez

Don't Ask.... Didn't need to tell.

Boob-a-licious

Like OMG, Maggie is 80's chic and Renee is slutty pregnant cheerleader.

It's the Gay (I mean Great) Pumpkin!

Laura

My neighbor, and hag extraordinaire, had a simple knee surgery yesterday. Originally she would be on crutches for 3 days, and be fine. Well, there were complications. She is now going to be on crutches for 6 weeks. Those of you who know Laura will understand that she is miserable. No horses, no riding, no nothing.

Send her your love. She needs it. Send her an email: lal@onart.com

Get well soon.

Life will go on!!!

It's over. I'm bummed. The Indians lost to the Red Sox last night in game 7. No World Series. Wait til next year... that is the Cleveland mantra.

It was a great season. They did better than I expected, better than the world expected. But life goes on. That is the true Cleveland mantra. After all we still have the Browns to continue losing. Life will go on. The Cavs, who made it so close last year, will lose. Life will go on. Then we get back to the Indians. I don't need to say it. You know what happens. Life will go on.

So Thank You Tribe! I still love you. I always will. Hopefully one of these years, my beloved team will win it all. But for now, Life will go on.

GO ROCKIES BEAT THE RED SUX! I'm not bitter.